Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 4374
✧ The virtue of the intellect, which is among the great favors by which Allah has honored His servants
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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ الدَّرِيدِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنَ أَخِي الْأَصمَعِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ،
قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ: " الْعَقْلُ خَيْرُ قَرِينٍ، وَالْأَدَبُ خَيْرُ مِيرَاثٍ، وَالتَّوْفِيقُ خَيْرُ فَرَسٍ "
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machine translationI heard Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī say: I heard ʿUmar b. Aḥmad b. Ayyūb say: I heard al-Duraydī say: I heard ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the nephew of al-Aṣmaʿī, say, from his uncle,
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He said: Al-Aḥnaf b. Qays said: "Intellect is the best companion, good manners are the best inheritance, and divine success (tawfīq) is the best horse."
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