and what is included in this category even though it is not from it nor is this previous chapter of the same type as the epistle and the chapter but it is similar to it according to what we have mentioned and stipulated and that is that muhammad ibn walid ibn maksir the writer was connected to me and cut off from me during the days of the ministry of my father may god have mercy on him and when what happened in cordoba happened and the conditions changed he went out to some of the regions and connected with its owner and presented his position and he acquired a position and a good condition. so i settled in that region during some of my journey and he did not give me my due but rather my place was burdensome to him and he treated me badly and accompanied me and during that time i charged him with a need in which he did not stand or sit and he was busy
ومما يدخل في هذا الدرج، وإن كان ليس منه، ولا هذا الفصل المتقدم من جنس الرسالة والباب، ولكنه شبيه له على ما قد ذكرنا وشرطنا، وذلك أن محمد بن وليد بن مكسير الكاتب كان متصلا بي ومنقطعا إلي أيام وزارة أبي رحمة الله عليه، فلما وقع بقرطبة ما وقع وتغيرت الأحوال خرج إلى بعض النواحي فاتصل بصاحبها فعرض جاهه وحدثت له وجاهة وحال حسنة. فحللت أنا تلك الناحية في بعض رحلتي فلم يوفني حقي بل ثقل عليه مكاني وأساء معاملتي وصحبتي، وكلفته في خلال ذلك حاجة لم يقم فيها ولا قعد، واشتغل