25 – Muhammad ibn ʿAbbad ibn Musa related to me; he said: My uncle Khalifah ibn Musa informed us, from Sharqi ibn al-Qitami, who said:

Sayfi ibn Rabah al-Tamimi once said to his sons:

“My children, understand that the transgression whose punishment comes fastest is oppression; the worst sort of help is that which turns into aggression; the most contemptible trait of character is miserliness; and the poorest form of etiquette is to keep reproaching others.”