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[Machine] He hired a boy as his scribe for four thousand, then he relieved him of a thousand, and then he said, "If I had not seen Ali hiring a boy scribe for him and relieving him of a quarter, I would not have done so."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٠٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَاتَبَ غُلَامًا لَهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافٍ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ عَنْهُ أَلْفًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا كَاتَبَ غُلَامًا لَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ عَنْهُ الرُّبُعَ مَا فَعَلْتُ»