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summoned by our leader to partake of the dinner which had been served in his tent. As he refused to taste it, we too, following his example, refrained from eating. The attendants who waited upon us were delighted to partake of the dishes which we had refused to touch, and devoured their contents with appreciation and avidity.” A few of the companions who were dining outside the tent were heard remonstrating with the attendants, pleading that they were willing to buy from them, at however exorbitant a price, the bread which they needed. QuddĂşs strongly disapproved of their conduct and rebuked them for the request they had made. But for the intercession of MĂrzá Muhammad-Báqir, he would have severely punished them for having so completely disregarded his earnest exhortations. 82_ACT9
The companions now prepared for what lay ahead.Â
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