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ʿAbd Allah said: “Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab wrote to me: ‘I heard ʿAli ibn Ghannam al-Kilabi relate that ʿAmir ibn ʿAbd Qays said, “When your ʿaql (reason) restrains you from what is inappropriate, then you are truly intelligent.” ʿAli added, “It is called ʿaql because it resembles the ʿiqāl, the hobble placed on a camel.”’
وَقاَلَ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ غَنَّامٍ الْكِلَابِيَّ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ قَيْسٍ: «إِذَا عَقَّلَكَ عَقْلُكَ عَمَّا لَا يَنْبَغِي فَأَنْتَ عَاقِلٌ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَإِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْعَقْلُ عَقْلًا مِنْ عِقَالِ الْإِبِلِ