56 – The judge Abū al-Qāsim informed us; Abū ʿAlī narrated to us; ʿAbdullāh narrated to us; and I was also told, from Ibn ʿĀʾishah, that a man said to him: “What it means is that you should turn to those fine-looking faces that habitually show kindness.” Ibn ʿĀʾishah rejected that interpretation and then recited:

Your face—yes, that very face—were you to implore the rain-clouds by it,
They would pour forth, moved by its beauty and grace.

He then recited as well:

Faces which, if night-travelers parched with thirst sought their light,
Would cleave the darkness till the night itself withdraws.

He recited again:

His face alone points to his benevolence—
Blessed is this guide that leads one to such bounty.

And he recited yet again:

I shall pledge my very face, for it is the first act of hospitality;
My beneficence will reach them, never my displeasure.