 alasmai used to seek refuge in god from borrowing and borrowing but god bestowed his blessings upon him until he became the one from whom he borrowed and the one from whom he borrowed. it so happened that two men came to him in one day one of them seeking a loan and the other seeking a debt. they attacked him together and that filled his heart and filled his chest. then he turned to the one who had given him the loan and said
كان الأصمعي يتعوذ بالله من الإستقراض والإستفراض ٤ ، فأنعم الله عليه، حتى صار هو المستقرض منه، والمستفرض ما عنده. فاتفق أن أتاه في يوم واحد رجلان، وكان أحدهما يطلب الفرض، والآخر يطلب القرض، هجما عليه معا، فأبعله ذلك وملأ صدره ثم أقبل على صاحب السلف، فقال