Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 8090
✧ Forbearance, deliberateness, and gentleness in all matters
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَيْبِيُّ، بِمَرْوَ، أَخْبَرَنِي شِهَابُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْأَصْمَعِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَانَ بْنَ تَغْلِبٍ،
يَقُولُ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ:" إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُعَادَاةَ الرِّجَالِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَخْلُونَ مِنْ ضَرْبَيْنِ: مِنْ عَاقِلٍ يَمْكُرُ بِكُمْ، أَوْ جَاهِلٍ يَعْجَلُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيكُمْ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْكَلَامَ ذَكَرٌ، وَالْجَوَابَ أُنْثَى، وَحَيْثُمَا اجْتَمَعَ الزَّوْجَانِ فَلَا بُدَّ مِنَ النِّتَاجِ" ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ: [البحر الوافر] سَلِيمُ الْعِرْضِ مَنْ حَذِرَ الْجَوَابَا... وَمَنْ دَارَى الرِّجَالَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَا وَمَنْ هَابَ الرِّجَالَ تَهَيَّبُوهُ... وَمَنْ حَقِرَ الرِّجَالَ فَلَنْ يُهَابَا
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machine translationAbū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us: ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Jaybī informed me, in Marw: Shihāb b. al-Ḥusayn informed me, he said: I heard al-Aṣmaʿī say: I heard Abān b. Taghlib,
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He said: The Commander of the Faithful ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (may God be pleased with him) said: "Beware of making enemies of men, for they are bound to be one of two kinds: a wise man who schemes against you, or an ignorant man who hastens to accuse you of what is not in you. And know that speech is male and the reply is female, and wherever the pair come together, there must be offspring." Then he began to recite: [Meter: al-Wāfir] Sound of honor is he who guards against the reply... and whoever treats men with courtesy has done right. Whoever fears men, they hold him in awe... and whoever despises men will never be held in awe.
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