Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 545
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، أَنَّ أَبَا الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِذَا أَحْبَبْتَ أَخًا فَلاَ تُمَارِهِ، وَلاَ تُشَارِّهِ، وَلاَ تَسْأَلْ عَنْهُ، فَعَسَى أَنْ تُوَافِيَ لَهُ عَدُوًّا فَيُخْبِرَكَ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ، فَيُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ.
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‘Abd Allah ibn Salih narrated to us; he said: Mu‘awiyah narrated to me, that Abu al-Zahiriyyah related to him, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from Mu‘adh ibn Jabal, who said: “If you love a brother, do not argue with him, do not treat him harshly, and do not pry into his affairs. Perhaps you will encounter an enemy of his who tells you something about him that is not true, and so divides you from him.”