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21 – The judge Abū al-Qāsim informed us; Abū ʿAlī narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Qurashī narrated to me; Abū al-Yaqẓān narrated to me; Abū ʿUmar al-Madīnī narrated to me, from Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, who said to his nephew: “For your garment to be seen on your companion is better than for it to be seen on you, and for your mount to be seen beneath your companion is better than for it to be seen beneath you.”
٢١ - أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاضِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْيَقْظَانِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُمَرَ الْمَدِينِيُّ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِابْنِ أَخِيهِ: «لَأَنْ يُرَى ثَوْبُكَ عَلَى صَاحِبِكَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ أَنْ يُرَى عَلَيْكَ، وَلَأَنْ تُرَى دَابَّتُكَ تَحْتَ صَاحِبِكَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ أَنْ تُرَى تَحْتَكَ»