رَبِذٍ يَدَاهُ بِالْقِدَاحِ إِذَا شَتَا هَتَّاكِ غَايَاتِ التِّجَارِ مَلُومِ
In winter his hands were quick with the divining lots; he was one who caused wine-merchants’ pennants to be taken down by buying up their stock, and was reproached for extravagant spending.
Rabidh yadāhu indicates quick-handedness. Al-qidāḥ are lots used in pre-Islamic practices. The wine-merchants’ pennants were removed when their stock was exhausted by his purchases. This conveys lavish expenditure and social reproach, not endorsement of the practice.