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318 – Yahya ibn Maʿin said: Saʿid ibn al-As declared,
“My belly is the servant of my honour—never is my honour … Whenever it yearns for food, I make my belly the servant.”
٣١٨ - وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ: قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ:
فَبَطْنِي عَبْدُ عِرْضِي لَيْسَ عِرْضِي ... إِذَا اشْتَهَى الطَّعَامَ بِعَبْدِ بَطْنِي "