to the length of the requirement and with some of the inhabitant for the dwelling and the love of the dwelling for the inhabitant. because the dwelling loves the health of the inhabitants body and the hypocrisy of his market if he is a merchant and the movement of his industry if he is a craftsman. and the inhabitants love is that god should occupy the dwelling from him as he wishes. if he wishes he occupies it with his eye and if he wishes with his time and if he wishes with imprisonment and if he wishes with death and the orbit of his desire is to occupy it from him. then he does not care how that occupation was except that the more intense it is the more beloved it is to him and the more worthy of his security and the more likely he is to dwell. and that if his market slackens or his industry stagnates he insists on seeking a reduction in the original yield and a reduction in what he obtained from the wage. and that if god brings him profits in his trade and hypocrisy in his industry he does not see that he should add a qirat to his tax nor that he should hasten a penny before its time.
الى طول الاقتضاء، ومع بعض الساكن للمسكن، وحب المسكن للساكن. لأن السكن يحب صحة بدن الساكن، ونفاق سوقه إن كان تاجرا، وتحرك صناعته إن كان صانعا. ومحبة الساكن أن يشغل الله عنه المسكن كيف شاء. إن شاء شغله بعينه، وإن شاء بزمانه، وإن شاء بحبس، وإن شاء بموت، ومدار مناه أن يشغل عنه. ثم لا يبالي كيف كان ذلك الشغل، إلا أنه كلما كان أشد كان أحب اليه، وكان أجدر أن يأمن، وأخلق لأن يسكن. وعلى أنه إن فترت سوقه أو كسدت صناعته، ألح في طلب التخفيف من أصل الغلة، والحطيطة مما حصل عليه من الأجرة ١ . وعلى أنه إن أتاه الله بالأرباح في تجارته، والنفاق في صناعته، لم ير أن يزيد قيراطا في ضريبته، ولا أن يعجل فلسا قبل وقته.