when qasim finished his lunch he said didnt you see how thamamah honored my son and how he singled him out? when this was told to me i said woe to you! i think there is a vein in the earth that is more ominous for your family than he. this is what anger brought out and this anger will not leave him until it gets its revenge on you. if you are destined to sin by god you are doomed and if you are not destined to sin anger will decree it for you. the doors of injustice are many and there is no one who does not have something in him that you can make a sin of so how about sins from your head to your feet! thamamah used to break his fast during the days when he was among the people of the tents and they increased upon him and they brought him notes and intercessions. there are ugly morals among the crowd of theologians and among them is a great trial for the people of speech and the masters of crafts. when thamamah saw what had befallen him he turned to them while they were eating dinner and said
فقال قاسم لما فرغ من غدائه أما رأيتم إكرام ثمامة لإبني، وكيف خصه فلما حكي هذا لي، قلت ويلك أظن أن في الأرض عرقا أشأم على عيالك منه. هذا أخرجه الغيظ، وهذا الغيظ لا يتركه حتى يتشفى منك. فإن قدر لك على ذنب فقد والله هلكت، وإن لم يقدر عليه أقدره لك الغيظ. وأبواب التجني كثيرة، وليس أحد إلا وفيه ما إن شئت تجعله ذنبا جعلته، فكيف ذنوب من قرنك إلى قدمك ! وكان ثمامة يفطر، أيام كان في أصحاب الفساطيط ١ ، ناسا، فكثروا عليه، وأتوه بالرقاع ٢ والشفاعات. وفي حشوة المتكلمين ٣ أخلاق قبيحة، وفيهم على أهل الكلام، وعلى أرباب الصناعات، محنة عظيمة. فلما رأى ثمامة ما قد دهمه، أقبل عليهم وهم يتعشون فقال