Asnam and his bounty and wealth.

Now it chanced that in one of the mosques was an Imam, [FN#105]
corrupt, envious and despiteful in the extreme, and his lodging
was near the palace wherein Mubatek and Zein ul Asnam had taken
up their abode. When he heard of their bounty and generosity and
of the goodliness of their repute, envy get hold upon him and
jealousy of them, and he fell to bethinking himself how he should
do, so he might bring some calamity upon them and despoil them of
that their fair fortune, for it is of the wont of envy that it
falleth not but upon the rich. So, one day of the days, as he
stood in the mosque, after the mid-afternoon prayer, he came
forward into the midst of the folk and said, "O my brethren, O ye
of the True Faith, ye who ascribe unity to God, know that in this
our quarter there be two men dwelling, strangers, and most like
you are acquainted with them. Now these twain spend and squander
wealth galore, passing all measure, and in my belief they are
none other than thieves and highwaymen and are come hither with
that which they stole from their own country, so they may
squander it." Then [FN#106] "O people of Mohammed," added he, "I
rede you for God's sake keep yourselves from these
tricksters, [FN#107] lest belike the Khalif come presently to know
of these two men and ye also fall with them into calamity. Now I
have warned you and I wash my hands of your affair, for that I
have forewarned and awakened you; so do that which you deem
well." And they said to him, all who were present, with one
voice, "We will do whatsoever thou wiliest, O Aboubekr!" When the
Imam heard this from them, he arose and taking inkhorn and pen
and paper, fell to writing a letter to the Commander of the
Faithful, setting forth to him [the case] against Zein ul Asnam