 and i found it to be a deserted and empty place so i poured my eyes upon you with lessons. abu alqasim alhamadhani may god have mercy on him told me we had with us in baghdad a brother of abdullah bin yahya bin ahmad bin dahun the jurist who was the center of the fatwa in cordoba. he was more knowledgeable than his brother and more venerable. there was no one like him among our companions in baghdad. one day he passed by darb qatna in an alley that had no exit. he entered it and saw at the far end a girl standing with her face uncovered. she said to him o man the alley has no exit. he looked at her and was infatuated with her. he turned back to us and became more and more confused.
فألفيتها منك قفرا خلاء فأسكبت عيني عليك العبر وحدثني أبو القاسم الهمذاني رحمه الله قال كان معنا ببغداد أخ لعبد الله بن يحيى بن أحمد بن دحون الفقيه ، الذي عليه مدار الفتيا بقرطبة، وكان أعلم من أخيه وأجل مقدارا، ما كان في أصحابنا ببغداد مثله، وأنه اجتاز يوما بدرب قطنة ، في زقاق لا ينفذ، فدخل فيه فرأى في أقصاه جارية واقفة مكشوفة الوجه، فقالت له يا هذا إن الدرب لا ينفذ، قال فنظر إليها فهام بها. قال وانصرف إلينا فتزايد