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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Ibrahim ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Talha ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah al-Taymi told us. He said: I asked Wurd ibn Muhammad Nasrawayh—who had reached one hundred and twenty years of age—“What is intellect (ʿaql)?” He replied: “It is that your forbearance outweighs your ignorance and your desires.”
٣٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ التَّيْمِيُّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِوَرْدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ نَصْرَوَيْهِ وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَ عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ سَنَةٍ: مَا الْعَقْلُ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «أَنْ يَغْلِبَ حِلْمُكَ جَهْلَكَ وَهَوَاكَ»