13 – Ahmad ibn Jamil narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Minhāl transmitted from Maʿmar, from Jaʿfar ibn Burqān, who said: Muʿāwiyah declared, “A man does not reach the stage of sound judgment until his forbearance overcomes his ignorance and his patience masters his passion; and he attains that only through the strength of forbearance.”