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THE GENEROUS CREDITOR.

AHMED-IBN-MÛSA^[1] is reported to have said, "I never saw a man of more firmness of character, or greater knowledge and clearness in argument, than one of whom word was brought to el-Mansûr that he held possession of certain goods belonging to the Benu-ʾOmeyyah. So el-Mansûr commanded er-Rabîià, his chamberlain, to have him summoned. And when he appeared before him, el-Mansûr said, "It has been reported to us that thou holdest a deposit of money and arms belonging to the Benu-ʾOmeyyah. Produce it, therefore, that we may place it in the Bait-el-Mâl."^[2]

 

1. Ahmed-ibn-Mûsa-ibn-Abi-Máryam, el-Luluy, a member of the tribe of Khuzâáh, was a teacher of the Kurân readings and the Traditions. The date of his death is not mentioned by Ibn-Khalikân.
2. See Note *, p. 22.