٣-١٦ حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رحمه الله - عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم قال: حدثني أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أحمد بن عبيد، عن الحسين بن علوان، عن عمرو بن ثابت، عن أبي عبد الله، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال: ثلاثة لا ينتصفون من ثلاثة: شريف من وضيع، وحليم من سفيه، وبر من فاجر
3-16 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God forgive him - narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Abil-Qasim quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ubayd, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Alvan, on the authority of Amr ibn Sabit, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB), “There are three people who would not get what is rightfully theirs from three other people. They are the honorable ones (who would not take what is rightfully theirs) from the wicked ones; the patient ones from the ignorant ones; and the good-doers from the evildoers.”