Story 9

  I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase

of a house when a Jew said: 'Buy it for I am one of the landholders of

this ward. Ask me for a description of the house as it is and it has

no defect.' I replied: 'Except that thou art the neighbour of it.'

        A house which has a neighbour like thee

        Is worth ten dirhems of a deficient standard

        But the hope must be entertained

        That after thy death it will be worth a thousand.