they said we are more familiar with the subjects and closer to the nature of the common people they are more at ease with us more at ease with us and more eager to meet us we are more merciful to them more affectionate towards them and more similar to them. so who is more deserving of preference and more deserving of a good status than one who has these qualities and these characteristics?
قالوا ونحن أشكل بالرعية، وأقرب إلى طباع الدهماء؛ وهم بنا آنس وإلينا أسكن، وإلى لقائنا أحن؛ ونحن بهم أرحم، وعليهم أعطف، وبهم أشبه. فمن أحق بالأثرة، وأولى بحسن المنزلة ممن هذه الخصال له، وهذه الخلال فيه.