sirri bin mukram the nephew of musa bin janah said musa used to order us not to eat as long as one of us was busy drinking water and asking for it. when he saw that we were not obeying him he called for water one night then drew a line with his finger on a cedar tree that was in front of us and said this is my share do not interfere with it until i benefit from drinking water.
وزعم سري بن مكرم، وهو ابن أخي موسى بن جناح، قال كان موسى يأمرنا ألا نأكل ما دام أحد منا مشغولا بشرب الماء وطلبه. فلما رآنا لا نطاوعه دعا ليلة بالماء، ثم خط بإصبعه خطا في أرزة كانت بين أيدينا فقال هذا نصيبي، لا تعرضوا له، حتى انتفع بشرب الماء.