One of Amr-i Layth's servants had run away. People went after him and brought him back. The vizier had a grudge against him and ordered him to be killed so that other servants would not commit such an act. The servant bowed his head to the ground before Amr and said:

Whatever happens to me is right, as you deem it proper

What claim can a servant make? The command belongs to the master

But because I have been nurtured by the bounty of this family, I do not want you to be held accountable for my blood in the hereafter. Give me permission to kill the vizier, and then order my blood to be shed in retribution for his, so that you are justly killed. The king laughed. He said to the vizier: What do you think is advisable? He said: O Lord of the world! For God's sake, free this impudent one as a charity for your father's grave, so that he does not cast me into trouble. The fault is mine, and the saying of the wise is valid, who have said:

When you fought with a clod-thrower

You broke your own head foolishly

When you shot an arrow at the enemy

Know that you have sat in his target