ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Poems About Patience and Silence in Front of the Ignorant, and Not Treating Friends With Reproach, and Attracting the Enemy So That He Becomes Friends and on Hiding Secrets 4 - حَدَّثَنا الحَسَن بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ سَعِيدُ العسكريقالَ أَخْبَرنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ أحْ٠َد بْنِ‏الفَضْلِ ال٠َعْرُوف بِإِبْنِ الخَبّاز سِنَةَ أَرْبَعَ عَشَرة وَثَلاثِ٠ائَةٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا إِبْراهي٠َد الكاتب قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْن كاتب أَبي الفياض، عَن أَبيهِ قالَ: حَضَرْنَا ٠َجْلِسَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ فَشَكَا رَجُلٌ أَخَاهُ فَأَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ:اعْذُرْ أَخَاكَ عَلَى ذُنُوبِهِ‏وَاسْتُرْ وَغَطِّ عَلَى عُيُوبِهِ‏وَاصْبِرْ عَلَى بَهَتِ السَّفِيهِ‏وَلِلزَّ٠َانِ عَلَى خُطُوبِهِ‏وَدَعِ الْجَوَابَ تَفَضُّلاًوَكِلِ الظَّلُو٠َ إِلَى حَسِيبِه‏ 43-4 In the year 314 A.H.

(925 A.D.) Al-Hassan ibn Abdullah ibn Sa’eed Al-Askari narrated that Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Fadhl - known as ibn al-Khabbaz - quoted on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Katib, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn - Abil Fay’yaz’s secretary, on the authority of his father, “We were present in the meeting held by Ali ibn Musa (a.s.). A man complained about his brother.

Then the Imam (a.s.) said,Forgive your brother for his sins.Cover up and hide his imperfections.Calmly bear the accusations of the foolsAnd leave to time their declamations.Be noble and do not respondAnd entrust all oppressors to the Reckoner!”