This paper compares Maḥfūẓ al-Naqāsh story of al-Jāḥiẓ's al-Bukhalā’ with al-Maqāmat al-Maḍīriyyah of Hamadhānī's Maqāmāt.
Both works belong to banquet literature and deal with such key words as invite, food, and avarice of a miser. The dispute between miser and guest in Maḥfūẓ al-Naqāsh story and al-Maqāmat al-Maḍīriyyah epitomize Arabic eloquence and Greek reason of Mu‘tazillah Jadal. This intertextuality of Maḥfūẓ al-Naqāsh story and al-Maqamat al-Maḍīriyyah will contribute to the study of satire, humor and dispute in Abbasid prose literature.