Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Advising
كتاب الإشارة
Chapter 194
بَابُ التَّفْرِقَةِ بَيْنَ الاحْدَاثِ
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Salim ibn ‘Abd Allah reported from his father that ‘Umar used to say to his sons: When morning comes, disperse, and do not all gather in one house, for I fear that you may fall out or that evil may arise among you.
Chapter 195
بَابُ مَنْ أَشَارَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَشِرْهُ
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‘Amr ibn Khalid narrated to us: Bakr narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Ajlan, that Wahb ibn Kaysan informed him—and Wahb had met ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar—that Ibn ‘Umar saw a shepherd and sheep in a poor place, and saw a better place than it. He said to the shepherd, ‘Woe to you, shepherd! Move them, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: Every shepherd is responsible for his flock.’
Chapter 196
بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ أَمْثَالَ السَّوْءِ
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Abu Nu‘aym narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ayyub, from ‘Ikrima, from Ibn ‘Abbas, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: We do not set a bad example. The one who takes back his gift is like a dog returning to its vomit.
Chapter 197
بَابُ مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْمَكْرِ وَالْخَدِيعَةِ
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Ahmad ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us: Hatim ibn Isma‘il narrated to us: Abu al-Asbat al-Harithi narrated to us—his name was Bishr ibn Rafi‘—from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra, who said that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: The believer is guileless and noble; the wicked person is deceitful and ignoble.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source explicitly identifies Abu al-Asbat al-Harithi as Bishr ibn Rafi‘. The paired terms غِرّ كريم and خَبّ لئيم are rendered with their contrast between guilelessness/nobility and deceitfulness/ignobility.