116. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the nephew of al-Aṣmaʿī, narrated to me from his uncle. He said: I heard Shawdhab ibn Ḥabīb al-Asadī, from his father, relate that Kaʿb ibn Saʿd al-Ghanawī—one of the people of Burdhān—recited to me:

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My brother—what a brother!—no foul word is heard within his home,
nor is he a timid pietist when the encounter comes; he is held in awe.

He is thick, pure honey in clemency and in giving,
yet a lion, enraged, whenever he meets the foe.

Indeed, his forbearance wafts over us like a cooling breeze,
while any lapse into folly on his part is exceedingly rare.

Forbearing still—should a surge of ignorance break loose,
the harvest of grey-haired wisdom subdues the obstinate soul.