They would drink their water, then spit it out, and no smell of heat would spread from their mouths. These are customs that have become ingrained in them, their natures, and mixed with their blood and flesh, so they have become a followed tradition, even if they are forbidden in Islam. And among their customs is that if a man marries and is poor, and the wealthy of his family do not support him, and the day of the feast comes, he goes to the pasture of the livestock until he finds livestock belonging to the closest person to him, and slaughters from it what is enough for his feast, a bull or two. And if he owns camels, he slaughters them, and if there is nothing, he slaughters sheep according to his needs. If the owner of the money notices him and prevents him before the punishment, he fights him. If he wants, he takes him to the judge to oblige him to pay the value, and he pays it to him gradually if he is not well-off. And among their customs is that when a boy is circumcised, they gather on the third day, and circumcise him on the seventh day. They gather the women of the town and others who are related to them and know them, and they take the "safarik" (a type of food or drink) and roam their town and nearby towns, and they do not find a chicken without killing it. If they are able to capture it alive, they take it until they have a lot of chickens, and no one can oppose them in this. And whoever opposes them, they beat him, and they are young, so the law is not applied to them. And among their customs is the circumcision of girls because they are...