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.