Then it is wiped with the hand and its brightness is recognized." 20h. Ibn Yusuf,
op. cit., pp. 128 f f . , considers the matter of recovery of gold from the furnace
walls as part of the labors of the mint. "The gold is in two kinds, gold particles and
others which are gilded. The gold particles are pulverized in a mortar, then
sieved. The sieve holds the "acceptable" f c ashur 1 . Then what comes out from it
is rubbed with mercury. Only the gold amalgam is retained to obtain the gold.
This is mixed ...
Ibn Abi Zaidan said : Charity shuts up 70 doors of evils. The excellence of secret
charity is seventy times more than that of open charity and secret charity destroys
seventy evils. Hazrat Ibn Masud said that a man did divine service for seventy
years. Then he committed a grievous sin for which his entire good deeds were
rendered void. Then he passed by a poor man and gave a bread to him for which
God forgave him and returned him the rewards of the divine services for seventy
years ...
