abu saeed used to forbid his servant to take the dunghill out of the house. he ordered her to collect it without the inhabitants and throw it on their dunghill. 1 then when it was time to sit the servant would come with a basket of dung. 2 she would separate one basket of dunghill from the dunghill in front of him then she would search one by one. if she found pieces of dirhams a purse containing expenses and a dinar or a piece of jewelry then the procedure for that was well known. as for what was found in it of wool the way was that it should be sold if it was collected from the owners of the saddles. 3
وكان أبو سعيد ينهى خادمه أن تخرج الكساحة من الدار. وأمرها أن تجمعها من دون السكان، وتلقيها على كساحتهم ١ . فإذا كان في الحين بعد الحين جلس وجاءت الخادم معها زبيل ٢ ، فعزلت بين يديه من الكساحة زبيلا، ثم فتشت واحدا واحدا، فإن أصاب قطع دراهم وصرة فيها نفقة والدينار أو قطعة حلى، فسبيل ذلك معروف. وأما ما وجد فيه من الصوف، فكان وجهه أن يباع إذا اجتمع من أصحاب البراذ. ٣