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بخش ۹ / Section 9

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مأمون غلامی داشت که ترتیب آب طهارت به عهده وی بود در هر چند روز آفتابه یا سطلی گم می شد یک روز مأمون با وی گفت: کاش آن آفتابه و سطلی که از ما می بری هم به ما فروشی گفت: همچنان کنم.
این سطل حاضر را بخر! فرمود که به چند می فروشی. گفت: به دو دینار فرمود تا دو دینار به وی دادند پس گفت: این سطل از تو در امان شد؟ گفت: آری!

سیم بر زر خریده تنگ مگیر
تا بدان نفس او بیارامد

تن به اتلاف مال ازو درده
تا به اتلاف جان نینجامد

English translation

Ma'mun had a servant who was in charge of preparing the water for ritual ablution. Every few days a ewer or a pail would go missing. One day Ma'mun said to him: I wish you would also sell to us the ewer and pail that you carry off from us. He said: I will do just that. Buy this present pail! [Ma'mun] asked, For how much will you sell it? He said: For two dinars. He ordered that two dinars be given to him. Then he asked: Is this pail now safe from you? He said: Yes! Do not be tight-fisted with silver spent to buy gold, So that by it his soul may be set at ease. Give up your body to the loss of wealth, So that it does not end in the loss of life.

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