HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS
The Caliph Harun al-Rashid lay one night between two slave-girls,
one from Al-Medinah and the other from Cufa and the Cufite rubbed
his hands, whilst the Medinite rubbed his feet and made his
concern[FN#115] stand up. Quoth the Cufite, "I see thou wouldst
keep the whole of the stock-in-trade to thyself; give me my share
of it." And the other answered, "I have been told by Málik, on
the authority of Hishám ibn Orwah,[FN#116] who had it of his
(grand) father, that the Prophet said, ‘Whoso quickeneth the
dead, the dead belongeth to him and is his.' But the Cufite took
her unawares and, pushing her away, seized it all in her own hand
and said, "Al-A'amash telleth us, on the authority of Khaysamah,
who had it of Abdallah bin Mas'ud, that the Prophet declared,
‘Game belongeth to him who taketh it, not to him who raiseth
it.'" And this is also related of
