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Updated: May 28, 2025
'To plant my feet firmly on the ground, replied Ahnaf, 'to move them with deliberation and keep watch over them with my eyes. 'How, asked the Khalif, 'dost thou carry thyself, when thou goest in to the common folk of thy tribe? 'I lower my eyes modestly, replied Ahnaf, 'and salute them first, abstaining from what does not concern me and being sparing of words. 'And how, when thou goest in to thine equals? asked Muawiyeh.
'I give ear to them, when they speak, answered the other, 'and do not assail them, when they err. 'And how dost thou, said the Khalif, 'when thou goest in to thy chiefs? 'I salute without making any sign, answered Ahnaf, 'and await the response: if they bid me draw near, I do so, and if they bid me stand aloof, I withdraw. 'How dost thou with thy wife? asked the Khalif.
'Excuse me from answering this, O Commander of the Faithful! replied he; but Muawiyeh said, 'I conjure thee to answer. Then said Ahnaf, 'I entreat her kindly and show her pleasant familiarity and am large in expenditure, for women were created of a crooked rib. 'And how, asked the Khalif, 'dost thou when thou hast a mind to lie with her? 'I speak to her to perfume herself, answered the other, 'and kiss her till she is moved to desire; then, if it be as thou knowest, I throw her on her back.
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