And among the things that happened to him was what was narrated that Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was so fond of women that he would sometimes shed blood out of suspicion that he had looked at one of his concubines with the gaze of love. It happened that he brought a singer, and on some days, it was during the day. He placed the singer under the bed and ordered him to sing. He lay down and appeared on the bed. He had a slave girl fanning him due to the intense heat. Sleep overcame him while the singer was singing. He saw the Caliph asleep and the slave girl fanning him. He looked at her and found her radiant like the sun at midday. He was captivated by her and could not speak for fear of the Caliph. Tears flowed from him, and his passion surged. He took a piece of paper and wrote poetry on it, addressing her and lamenting, "I wish I could be in the same bed with you." He then threw it to her. She took it, read it, and wrote back to him: "May you see good, and it is as if I have promised you will attain it from me despite the envious. And you will lie between my anklets and my adornments, and you will be between my kisses and my enemies. And you will be the first two companions to meet, despite time, without the envy of the envious." She threw the paper back to him. The Caliph noticed it and realized it was addressed to him. When he read it, his eyes welled up, and he was almost overcome with rage. He said, "What drove you to do what you did, love?"