[Machine] "Oh Abu Wail, what do you say about someone who passes away and leaves behind something like this?" So I replied, "Ignore it, how could it matter if it is from looters?" He said, "That is evil upon evil." Then he said, "Oh Abu Wail, when I arrive in Kufa, come to me so that perhaps I may bring you some good." So I arrived in Kufa and went to al-Akhamah and informed him. He said, "Had you come to me before seeking consultation, I would not have advised you anything. But if you consult me, then it is my right to advise you what I believe is best for me, even if I give away two thousand [dirhams] against two thousand [dirhams]. And that is because I have never received anything from their worldly matters except that they have affected my religion more than it."  

يَا أَبَا وَائِلٍ مَا تَقُولُ فِيمَنْ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَعْرِضْ بِهِ ‍ كَيْفَ إِنْ كَانَتْ مِنْ غُلُولٍ؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ شَرٌّ عَلَى شَرٍّ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا وَائِلٍ إِذَا أَنَا قَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَائْتِنِي لَعَلِّي أُصِيبُكَ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ فَقَدِمَ الْكُوفَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْتَشِيرَنِي لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ شَيْئًا فَإِذًا إِذَا اسْتَشَرْتَنِي فَإِنَّهُ يَحِقُّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَنْصَحَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي أَلْفَيْنِ مَعَ أَلْفَيْنِ وَإِنِّي أَكْرَمُ عَلَيْهِ؛ وَذَاكَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُصِبْ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَصَابُوا مِنْ دِينِي مَا هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُ