 this is abu shuayb alqallal in his closeness to musa and his familiarity with him and in his kindness to him with his generosity1 with food and his turning a blind eye to eating and his lack of concern for preservation and his lack of interest in collecting a lot abu shuayb was asked about him and he claimed that he had never seen anyone more stingy with food than him. it was said how? he said what indicates that is that he makes it a craft and prepares it as one who does not want to be touched let alone anything else. and how can a tooth dare to spoil that beauty and break that arrangement and scatter that when he knows that his beauty is embarrassing2 and that his beauty is intimidating? if he had been generous he would not have been prevented from it by this weapon and he would not have made madness a barrier against it. so he turned his kindness into an offense and his giving into prevention and his summoning to it into a prohibition.
وهذا أبو شعيب القلال، في تقريب مويس له وأنسه به، وفي إحسانه إليه، مع سخاته ١ على المأكول، وغض طرفه عن الأكيل، وقلة مبالاته بالحفظ، وقلة احتفاله بجمع الكثير، سئل عنه أبو شعيب، فزعم أنه لم ير قط أشح منه على الطعام. قيل وكيف؟ قال يدلك على ذلك أنه يصنعه صنعة، ويهيئه تهيئة من لا يريد أن يمس، فضلا على غير ذلك. وكيف يجترىء الضرس على إفساد ذلك الحسن، ونقض ذلك النظم، وعلى تفريق ذلك، وقد علم أن حسنه يحشم ٢ ، وأن جماله يهيب منه. فلو كان سخيا لم يمنع منه بهذا السلاح، ولم يجعل دونه الجنن. فحول إحسانه إساءة، وبذله منعا واستدعاءه إليه نهيا.