 he kept increasing the amount of food and showing his eagerness to eat until he said whoever raises his hand before the people we will fine him a dinar. some of them thought that paying a dinar was more appropriate so that was likely to please him and not benefit him.
فكان يتزيد في تكثير الطعام، وفي إظهار الحرص على أن يؤكل، حتى قال من رفع يده، قبل القوم، غرمناه دينارا فيرى بعضهم أن غرم دينار أولى، فذلك منه محتمل في رضى نفسه، وما يرجو من نفع ذلك له.