In this tale from Jami's Baharestan, Hatim al-Tai — himself the Arab byword for generosity — names a poor orphan slave as more generous than himself: while hosting Hatim, the boy quietly slaughters all ten of his sheep one by one simply because his guest praised the taste of the meat. The anecdote defines karam (noble generosity) and ithar (selflessly preferring others over oneself) as measured not by the size of one's wealth but by one's readiness to give away everything one owns. Withholding what one possesses is framed as an ugly disposition, and true generosity is shown to belong as fully to the powerless as to the celebrated and rich.