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346 – He said: Al-Ḥārith ibn Miskīn told me that he once set out from Alexandria. When he stopped at a certain way-station he exclaimed, “Praise be to Allah! We are free from the company of kings: we may stretch out our legs whenever we wish, recline whenever we wish, and do whatever we please.”
٣٤٦ - قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَرَّةً مِنَ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ، فَنَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اسْتَرَحْنَا مِنْ صُحْبَةِ الْمُلُوكِ، نَمُدُّ أَرْجُلَنَا إِذَا شِئْنَا، وَنَتَّكِئُ إِذَا شِئْنَا، وَنَعْمَلُ مَا أَرَدْنَا "