 he reached the point of this and his achievement in it that he came to a man from thaqeef demanding a thousand dinars from him and the money had become due to him. so he would sometimes sit with him for a long time and he would bring him food and eat lunch with him and in that he was demanding it from him.
بلغ من أمره ذلك ومن بلوغه فيه، أنه أتى رجلا من ثقيف يقتضيه ألف دينار، وقد حل عليه المال. فكان ربما أطال عنده الجلوس. ويحضر عنده الغذاء فيتغدى معه، وهو في ذلك يقتضيه.