476 — Abū al-Qāsim al-Sulamī, Hārūn ibn Abī al-Husayn, related to me, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abd Allāh al-Qurashī, who said: Nusayb was told, “Your poetry has grown old.” He replied, “No, by Allah! Rather, generosity has grown old. I once praised al-Hakam ibn al-Muttalib in an ode, and he gave me 400 she-camels, 400 sheep, and 400 dinars.”

He also said: A Bedouin asked al-Hakam ibn al-Muttalib for assistance, and al-Hakam gave him some wealth. The Bedouin began to weep, so al-Hakam asked, “What makes you weep?” He replied, “By Allah, I begrudge the earth devouring a man like you when you die.”