Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 8100
✧ Forbearance, deliberateness, and gentleness in all matters
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ فِي التَّارِيخِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْفَقِيهَ، وَتَعَرَّضَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْغُرَبَاءِ بِالسَّفَهِ، فَأَسْمَعَهُ وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ سَفَهِهِ عَلَيْهِ، أَنْشَأَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ
يَقُولُ:" [البحر السريع] شَاتَمَنِي كَلْبُ بَنِي مَسْمَعٍ... فَصُنْتُ عَنْهُ النَّفْسَ وَالْعِرْضَا وَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ لِاحْتِقَارِي لَهُ... مَنْ ذَا يَعَضُّ الْكَلْبَ إِنْ عَضَّا"
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machine translationAbū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us in the History (al-Tārīkh), he said: I heard Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz the jurist say, when one of the strangers confronted him with foolish abuse and made him hear it while he remained silent. When the man had finished his abuse of him, Abū Bakr began to recite:
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He says:" [Meter: al-Basīṭ al-Sarīʿ] The dog of Banū Masmaʿ insulted me... so I protected myself and my honor from him And I did not answer him, out of my contempt for him... who would bite a dog if it bit?"
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