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23 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; al-Husayn ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman related to us, from ʿAli ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi. Ishaq ibn ʿIsa ibn ʿAli narrated to me, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:
Al-ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib said, “I have never been the first to show kindness to anyone without the space between us lighting up, nor have I ever been the first to wrong anyone without the space between us growing dark.”
٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا قَطُّ سَبَقَ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفٌ إِلَّا أَضَاءَ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا قَطُّ [سَبَقَ] مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ سُوءٌ إِلَّا أَظْلَمَ مَا بَيْنِي وبينه.