 i saw a group of them about fifty men eating lunch at a sack of vegetables in the presence of the bedouin village on the road to kufa. they were pilgrims. i did not see two of the fifty men eating together and they were close together talking to each other. what i saw from them was something strange that people do.
ورأيت أنا حمارة منهم، زهاء خمسين رجلا، يتغدون على مباقل ٥ بحضرة قرية الأعراب، في طريق الكوفة، وهم حجاج. فلم أر من جميع الخمسين رجلين يأكلان معا، وهم في ذلك متقاربون، يحدث بعضهم بعضا. وهذا الذي رأيته منهم من غريب ما يتفق للناس.