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22 Thereupon said the two young men: "O, Amîr-el-Muʾmanîn! verily we give our father's blood to this young man, that his trouble be changed into gladness—lest it should be said, Benevolence has gone from among men."

Then the Imâm rejoiced that the young man had received pardon, and at his truth and fidelity. And he declared the humanity of Abu-Zarr to be greater than that of any of the Associates seated with him. And he approved the benevolent intention of the two young men, and praised them in the warmest terms. And he quoted this couplet:

Then he proposed to them that he should pay theprice of their father's blood out of the Treasury.