 they distanced me from wealth and the more i called them the closer i was to poverty and further from wealth?! in his analogy it is his opinion that he should abandon everyone who asked him for a drink of water or took a fig from his garden or a stick from his animals mixture.
وباعدوني من الغنى، وكلما دعوتهم أكثر، كنت من الفقر أقرب ومن الغنى أبعد؟! وفي قياسه هذا أن من رأيه أن يهجر كل من استسقاه شربة ماء، أو تناول من حائطه تينة، ومن خليط دابته عودا.