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Two Qualities of the Noble
It is reported that Ayyūb Al-Sakhtiyānī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
A man does not become noble until he has two qualities: he is undesirous of what other people possess, and he pardons and overlooks them.
Ibn Ḥibbān, Rawḍatu Al-ʿUqalāʾ p167
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