58 — Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: Shihāb ibn Abbād narrated to me; Abū Bakr ibn Ayyāsh narrated to us, saying: “One of the sages counseled a brother of his, saying, ‘My brother, take as your brother one who is noble in brotherhood and consummate in honorable conduct: one who, when you are absent, stands in your place, and when you are present, protects you; if he encounters a friend of yours, he encourages him to show you still greater friendship, and if he encounters an enemy of yours, he wards off his harm from you; when you see him, you rejoice in him, and if you become related to him, you are at ease.’”