So I said to him -asws ...

So I said to him -asws , \u2018May I be sacrificed for you -asws , we used to be in a time of sustenance and led an affluent lifestyle. Our condition changed as it sometimes does, so supplicate to Allah -azwj to return that state to us\u2019. So he -asws said: \u2018What is it that you want? To become kings?

Would you be satisfied to become like Tahir and Harsama, and they are opposed to what you are upon?\u2019 I said, \u2018No, by Allah -azwj , it would not satisfy me that there should be for me the whole world and whatever is in it of the gold and the silver, whilst I am upon the opposite to what I am upon at present (Al-Wilayah).