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bayhaqi:20815Abū Muḥammad al-Muʾammilī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Baṣrī > Abū Aḥmad al-Farrāʾ > ʿAlī b. ʿAthhām > al-Aṣmaʿī > Salm b. Qutaybah al-Dunyā al-ʿĀfiyah And al-Shhabāb al-Ṣiḥḥah Wa-al-Murūʾah al-Ṣabr > al-Rijāl

[Machine] So I asked, what is patience towards men? So he described diplomacy.  

البيهقي:٢٠٨١٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُؤَمِّلِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْفَرَّاءُ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَثَّامٍ عَنِ الْأَصْمَعِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ سَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ الدُّنْيَا الْعَافِيَةُ وَالشَّبَابُ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْمُرُوءَةُ الصَّبْرُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ قَالَ

فَسَأَلْتُ مَا الصَّبْرُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ؟ فَوَصَفَ الْمُدَارَاةَ