from others. and there are many such examples and if their rights over the muslims were not obligatory and we must only mention from their stories what is firm and revives the religion and it is only something that they did alone in their palaces with their families so it is not appropriate to report it from them i would have mentioned from their stories in this regard not a little.
من غيرها. ومثل هذا كثير، ولولا ان حقوقهم على المسلمين واجبة وإنما يجب أن نذكر من أخبارهم ما فيه الحزم وإحياء الدين، وغنما هو شيء كانوا ينفردون به في قصورهم مع عيالهم فلا ينبغي الإخبار به عنهم لأوردت من أخبارهم في هذا الشأن غير قليل.