Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 10689
✧ Refraining from pursuing the private faults of Muslims and accepting their excuses, in addition to what has preceded in previous chapters
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أَنْشَدَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، أَنْشَدَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَاهِرٍ الْوَزِيرِيُّ، أَنْشَدَنِي الْمُطَرِّفِيُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ:
" [البحر البسيط] اقْبَلْ مَعَاذِيرَ مَنْ يَأْتِيكَ مُعْتَذِرًا... إِنْ بَرَّ عِنْدَكَ فِيمَا قَالَ أَوْ فَجَرَا فَقَدْ أَطَاعَكَ مَنْ أَرْضَاكَ ظَاهِرُهُ... وَقَدْ أَضَلَّكَ مَنْ يَعْصِيكَ مُسْتَتِرًا"
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machine translationAbū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī recited to us: Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir al-Wazīrī recited to me: al-Muṭarrifī recited to me, from some of them:
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" [Metre: al-Basīṭ] Accept the excuses of whoever comes to you apologizing, whether he is truthful to you in what he said or lying. For whoever pleases you with his outward conduct has obeyed you, and whoever disobeys you in secret has led you astray."
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