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لأحد عندك شهادة لا يعرفها وقد اضطر إليها، فعرفه بها. وامنح أخاك الفقير منحة ما قدرت عليها؛ فإن أجرها عظيم.

وليكن خوفك من الله ورجاؤك فيه بالإيمان على السواء، وغلب الرجاء وحسن الظن بالله واطمع في رحمته؛ فإنه ثبت عن رسول الله ص: «لو يعلم الكافر ما عند الله من الرحمة ما قنط من جنته أحد».

وإياك أن ترد الهدية ولا تحقرها ولو كانت ما كانت. وعليك بالتوبة إلى الله مع الأنفاس. وإذا شاركت أحدا في شيء فلا تخنه. وإذا فعلت فعلا فحسنه؛ فإن الله كتب الإحسان على كل شيء. وعليك بالتواضع وعدم الفخر على أحد. قال علي بن أبي طالب القيرواني في ذٰلك:

الناس من جهة التمثيل أكفاء

أبوهم آدم والأم حواء

فإن يكن لهم من أصلهم نسب

يفاخرون به فالطين والماء

ما الفضل إلا لأهل الفضل إنهم

على الهدى لمن استهدى أدلاء

you hold testimony in someone’s favor of which he is unaware, and he is in pressing need of it, inform him of it. Give your poor brother such a grant as you are able, for its reward is tremendous.

Let your fear of God and your hope in Him through faith be equal; give predominance to hope and a good opinion of God, and aspire to His mercy. It is established from the Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace: “If the unbeliever knew the mercy that is with God, no one would despair of His Garden.”

Beware of refusing a gift or despising it, whatever it may be. Turn to God in repentance with every breath. If you enter into partnership with someone in anything, do not betray him. When you do a deed, do it well, for God has prescribed excellence in everything. Be humble and do not boast over anyone. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī said concerning this:

People are equals in their likeness:

Their father is Adam, and their mother Eve.

If from their origin they have a lineage

In which to boast, it is clay and water.

Excellence belongs only to the people of excellence, for they

Are guides upon guidance for those who seek it.