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 "id": "person/ibn-al-sammak",
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 "slug": "ibn-al-sammak",
 "label": {
  "ar": "ابن السماك الواعظ"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "واعظ، دخل على الرشيد فاستسقى فأتي بكوز فقال على رسلك يا أمير المؤمنين لو منعت هذه الشربة بكم كنت تشتريها قال بنصف ملكي فلما شربها قال أسألك لو منعت خروجها من بدنك بماذا كنت تشتري خروجها قال بجميع ملكي قال إن ملكاً قيمته شربة ماء لجدير ألا ينافس فيه فبكى هارون {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}.",
  "en": "A preacher who asked al-Rashid, as he raised a cup of water: 'Had this sip been denied you, what would you have paid for it?' 'Half my kingdom.' 'And for its exit from your body?' 'All my kingdom.' 'A kingdom priced at a sip of water is hardly worth contesting' — and Harun wept {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}."
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  "gender": "male",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 468",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-tarikh-khulafa-batch-21"
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ابن السماك واعظ، دخل على [[person/harun-al-rashid|هارون الرشيد]] فاستسقى، فأُتي بكوز. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}\n\nيروي السيوطي أنه سأل الخليفة بكم كان يشتري هذه الشربة لو مُنعت، فقال بنصف ملكه. ثم سأله عن ثمن خروجها من بدنه لو مُنع، فقال بجميع ملكه. فقال ابن السماك إن ملكاً قيمته شربة ماء لجدير ألا يُنافَس فيه، فبكى هارون. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Sammak, a preacher. He entered the presence of [[person/harun-al-rashid|Harun al-Rashid]] and asked for water, and a cup was brought to him. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}\n\nAl-Suyuti relates that he asked the caliph how much he would pay for this drink if it were withheld from him. The caliph said half his kingdom. He then asked the price of getting it out of his body if it were withheld, and the caliph said all his kingdom. Ibn al-Sammak said that a kingdom whose worth is a cup of water is worthy not to be competed for, and Harun wept. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 468}"
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   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-al-sammak",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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 }
}