It is narrated that they were roasting game for Nushirvan the Just in a hunting ground, and there was no salt. A servant went to a village to bring salt. Nushirvan said: Buy the salt at its price so that it does not become a custom and the village is not ruined. They said: What harm will come from this small amount? He said: The foundation of oppression in the world was initially small; whoever came added to it until it reached this extent.

If the king eats an apple from a subject's orchard

His servants will uproot the tree

For five eggs that the sultan allows injustice

His soldiers will roast a thousand chickens on skewers