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- Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār said: Yūnus ibn Ibrāhīm recited to me, from Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā, from Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh:
Do not be hasty in wronging anyone, for the field of injustice ends in ruin.
Nor let obscenity escape your tongue, though anger fill your breast; foul speech is ever blameworthy.
Do not sever ties with a brother over a slip, for the magnanimous heart forgives a fault.
Rather, cover his flaw with a discreet patch, just as worn cloth is mended with a patch.
Do not despair at the turns of fate; be patient, for patience leaves one sound in the end.
Panic will profit you nothing, and anxiety will never bring back what has passed.
١١٤ - قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ: أَنْشَدَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ:
[البحر الوافر]
فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بِظُلْمٍ ... فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ مَرْتَعُهُ وَخِيمُ
وَلَا تُفْحِشْ وَإِنْ مُلِّئْتَ غَيْظًا ... عَلَى أَحَدٍ فَإِنَّ الْفُحْشَ لُومُ
وَلَا تَقْطَعْ أَخًا لَكَ عِنْدَ ذَنْبٍ ... فَإِنَّ الذَّنْبَ يَغْفِرُهُ الْكَرِيمُ
وَلَكِنْ دَارِ عَوْرَتَهُ بِرَقْعٍ ... كَمَا قَدْ يُرْقَعُ الْخَلِقُ الْقَدِيمُ
وَلَا تَجْزَعْ لِرَيْبِ الدَّهْرِ وَاصْبِرْ ... فَإِنَّ الصَّبْرَ فِي الْعُقْبَى سَلِيمُ
فَمَا جَزَعٌ بِمُغْنٍ عَنْكَ شَيْئًا ... وَلَا مَا فَاتَ يُرْجِعُهُ الْهُمُومُ "