Friday, December 23, 2011

I advise you with five matters...

Ibn Abee Haatim-"I advise you with five matters:

When you are treated unjustly,do not behave unjustly;
When you are praised,do not become happy;
When you are criticized, do not become upset;
... When you are not believed,do not become angry;
And if people act deceitfully towards you, do not act deceitfully towards them."
Ibn Abee Haatim said:" So I took that as my benefit from Damascus."

Related by Ibn al Jawzee in Sifatus-safwah(2/200)

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