وقال عليه السلام لغالب بن صعصعة أبي الفرزدق، في كلام دار بينهما:
446. Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to Ghalib ibn Sa’sa’ah, father of Farazdaq (famous Arabic poet) during a conversation between them:
مَا فَعَلَتْ إِبِلُكَ الْكثِيرَةُ؟
What about the large number of your camels?
قال:
The man replied:
ذَعْذَعَتْها الحُقُوقُ يا أميرالمؤمنين.
They have been swept away by (discharging of) obligations, O Amir al-mu’minin!
فَقال عليه السلام :
Whereupon Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said:
ذَاكَ أَحْمَدُ سُبُلِهَا
That is the most praiseworthy way of (losing) them.
