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31 — Abū Khaythama narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Abū al-Agharr, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, who said regarding the wisdom teachings of the House of David: “A person of sound reason must understand the age in which he lives, guard his tongue, and attend to his own affairs.”
٣١ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَغَرِّ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ فِي حِكَمِ آلِ دَاوُدَ: «حَقٌّ عَلَى الْعَاقِلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَارِفًا بِزَمَانِهِ، حَافِظًا لِلِسَانِهِ، مُقْبِلًا عَلَى شَأْنِهِ»