Note 177 — HASAN OF BASSORAH.[5] (continued 4)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The tradition is that Mohammed asked Akáf al-Wadá’ah “Hast a wife?”; and when answered in the negative, “Then thou appertainest to the brotherhood of Satans! An thou wilt be one of the Christian monks then company therewithal; but an thou be of us, know that it is our custom to marry!”