Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Muhammad al-Qasani narrated to us from Sulayman b. Dawud al-Munqari from Hammad b. `Isa from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said:

Among that which Luqman advised his son Natan is that he said to him: O son! Arm yourself against your opponent with kind words and voicing your acceptance of him. Do not abandon him out of fear, or he will prepare to fight you. O son! Fear Allah in such a way that if you had the goodness of the two heavyweights (humans and Jinn), you would still fear Allah’s punishment. Put your hope in Allah in such a way that if you had the sins of the two heavyweights, you would still hope for Allah’s forgiveness. O son! I have carried boulders, iron, and every heavy thing, but I have not borne anything heavier than an evil neighbour. I have tasted every bitterness, but I have not tasted anything more bitter than poverty.