٤٤٦. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام) لِغَالِبِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ أَبِی الْفَرَزْدَقِ، فِی كَلَامٍ دَارَ بَيْنَهُمَا: مَا فَعَلَتْ إِبِلُكَ الْكثِيرَةُ؟

446. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to Ghālib ibn Ṣa‘ṣa‘ah, the father of al-Farazdaq (the famous Arabic poet) during a conversation between them: What about the large number of your camels?

قال: ذَعْذَعَتْها الحُقُوقُ يا أميرالمؤمنين.

The man replied: They have been swept away by (discharging of) obligations, O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn!

فَقَالَ (عليه السلام) : ذَاكَ أَحْمَدُ سُبُلِهَا.

Whereupon Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: That is the most praiseworthy way of (losing) them.

(Dans un entretien entre Sa’sa’a Abi Al Farazdaq et ‘Ali, celui-ci demande): Qu’en est-il arrivé à tes chameaux nombreux?

(Et l’autre de répondre; ils ont été dispersés par la Zakat et les aumônes, ô Prince des Croyants).

Alors ‘Ali dit: c’est le meilleur moyen de s’en débarrasser.

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #446