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144 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Abu Zakariyya al-Khathʿami recited to me:
He emerged, once he had grown affluent, among his brothers,
and dulled for them the keen blade of want.
Cautious foresight made him fear the twists of time,
so he hastened to kindness before remorse.
١٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عبد الله قال وَأَنْشَدَنِي أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا الْخَثْعَمِيُّ
بَدَا حِينَ أَثْرَى بِإِخْوَانِهِ ... فَفَلَّلَ عَنْهُمْ شَبَاةَ الْعَدَمْ
وَخَوَّفَهُ الْحَزْمُ صَرْفَ الزَّمَانِ ... فَبَادَرَ بِالْعُرْفِ قَبْلَ النَّدَمْ