[Machine] I entered upon Al-Sabakhi, who was an elderly sheikh, and in his hands was a sour date, and he was saying with a piece in his mouth, then he eats. I said, "Why do you do this, O Abu Ya'qub?" He said, "So that it may remove sexual desire from me."
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فَرْقَدٍ السَّبَخِيِّ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرً وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ خَلٌّ حَامِضٌ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ بِاللُّقْمَةِ فِي جَوْفِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا يَا أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ؟ قَالَ «لِيَقْطَعَ عَنِّي النِّكَاحَ»