حتى انهى إلى قوله إذا ما علت منا ذؤابة شارب... تمشّت به مشي المقيّد في الوحل فضحك هارون وقال ويحك يا مسلم! أما رضيت أن قيدته حتى يمشي في الوحل! ثم أمر له بجائزة وخلّى سبيله
Then he came to the verse in which he says When it wets the forelock of a drinker among us, It makes him walk like a fettered man walking in mud. Harun al-Rashld laughed and said, ‘Woe to you, Muslim. You were not content with merely fettering him, but you made him also walk in mud!’ Then he ordered a gift for him and let him go