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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Hassān al-Azraq narrated to me; Ibn Mahdī informed us; Abū ʿAwana narrated to us, from Mughīra, from al-Shaʿbī, who said:
Jesus, son of Mary—peace be upon him—said, “Excellence is not that you treat well the one who treats you well; that is merely repaying kindness with kindness. Rather, true excellence is to treat well the one who has wronged you.”
٤٧١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْأَزْرَقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ⦗٧٧⦘ عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ: " قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ (عليه السلام): لَيْسَ الْإِحْسَانُ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ، تِلْكَ مُكَافَأَةٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْإِحْسَانَ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَيْكَ "