وقال لي يوما إني قد دخلت لهؤلاء القوم في كل شيء أكرهه، حتى أكلت لهم الزيت وركبت الجمل، ولبست النعل، غير أني إلى هذه الغاية لم تسقط عني شعرة- يعني لم يطل ولم يختتن
One day he said to me, I have fallen in with these people (i.e., the Muslims) regarding everything that I in fact detest, to the point that, for them, I have gone as far as eating oil, riding camels, and wearing sandals; however, no hair has so far ever fallen from me, meaning that he had never smeared himself (i.e., had never used depilatories on his pubic hair) or been circumcised