his goal and he became an imam and that whenever he had a dirham in his hand he would address it and whisper to it and sacrifice himself for it and be patient with it. and among the things he would say to him how much land have you crossed and how many purses have you parted with and how many hidden things have you lifted up and how many high things have you left behind? 1 you have with me that you will not be exposed or sacrificed. 2 then he would put it in his purse and say to him live in the name of god in a place where you will not be humiliated or disgraced or disturbed. and that he had never put a dirham in it and then he took it out.
غايته، وصار إماما، وإنه كان إذا صار في يده الدرهم، خاطبه وناجاه وفداه واستبطأه. وكان مما يقول له كم من أرض قد قطعت، وكم من كيس قد فارقت، وكم من خامل رفعت، ومن رفيع قد أخملت ١ . لك عندي أن لا تعرى ولا تضحى ٢ ثم يلقيه في كيسه ويقول له اسكن على اسم الله في مكان لا تهان ولا تذل ولا تزعج منه . وأنه لم يدخل فيه درهما قط فأخرجه.