 when he was in his house his friend would probably enter and the visitor or two would precede him. he would use tricks deceits and schemes on his guests some of which qais bin zuhair 5 and almuhallab bin abi sufra did not reach.
وكان إذا كان في منزله، فربما دخل عليه الصديق له، وقد كان تقدمه الزائر أو الزائران؛ وكان يستعمل على خوانه من الخدع والمكايد والتدبير ما لم يبلغ بعضه قيس بن زهير ٥ ، والمهلب بن أبي صفرة،