A touching story of loyalty to him is attributed to the great poet of pre-Islamic times, “Imru’ al-Qays.”
Imru’ al-Qais came to him after he was unable to take revenge on his father after the Arabs dispersed
from him. He had decided to go to the Roman Caesar to seek help from him, so he first went to “AlSam’wal” and secured him. He left valuable, unparalleled armor with his family, and after that, Imru’ alQays went to Caesar of Rome.
A few days later, one of the princes who had a vendetta against Imru' al-Qais surrounded the fortress of
Al-Sama'wal. Al-Sam'wal asked him why he surrounded his fortress? He said: I will not leave the fort
until I hand over the armor of Imru’ al-Qais and his family. Al-Samwal categorically rejected that, and
said: “I will not betray my duty or betray my trust.”
So the prince remained besieging the fort until he got bored, and in the meantime, one of Al-Samwal's
sons came from a hunting trip, and on his way to the fort, the prince arrested him and called out to AlSamaw'al: This is your son with me, so either give me what you have or I will kill him! However, AlSamaw'al refused to hand over the trust, so the prince slaughtered Ibn Al-Samaw'al in front of the fort
and returned with his army from where he came from without obtaining what he wanted.
Then the Heavens said:
I fulfilled my Canadian armor
If some people betray me, I will fulfill them
Among his poems:
If a person does not defile his honor with meanness
Every garment he wears is beautiful
Even if he does not bear the soul's grievances
There is no way to good praise
We are few in number
I told her that honorable people are few
It does not harm us that we are few and our neighbors
Mighty, and the neighbor of most is humble