 have shown you people who combine for you the qualities that will ensure the continuity of your pleasure and the fulfillment of your desire. if you claim that what makes danduns spirit in his body and alqasims spirit in his body is their pleasure in what they have acquired from the treasures of the caliphate and the wealth of the subjects and that is not due to the firmness of their spirits in their bodies the intensity of their need and the strength of their hoarding then separate them from that wealth that holds their spirits by subtle tricks and effective management and by implementing the ruling of the book and the sunnah in them for it will untie the knot of their spirits knot by knot and your reward will be great your memory will be pleasant and you will obey the caliph and be endeared to the nation through him and you will have done well in diverting the blow to its people and relieved from it those who are not its people.
وقد دللتك على ناس يجمعون لك الخصال التي فيها دوام لذتك، وتمام شهوتك؛ فإن زعمت أن الذي يثبت روح دندن في بدنه، وروح القاسم في جسمه، سرورهما بما قد احتجنا من كنوز الخلافة وأموال الرعية، وليس ذلك من رسوخ أرواحهما في أبدانهما، ومن شدة الاحتجان وقوة الاكتناز، ففرق بينهما وبين تلك الأموال التي تمسك أرواحهما بالحيل اللطيفة، والتدبير النافذ، وبأن تمضي فيهما حكم الكتاب والسنة؛ فإنه سيحل عقدة أرواحهما عقدا عقدا، فيعظم أجرك، ويطيب ذكرك، وتطيع الخليفة وتتحبب به إلى الأمة؛ فتكون قد أحسنت في صرف الضرب إلى أهله، وأرحت منه غير أهله.