My father narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah from `Ali b. Ja`far al-Jawhari from Ibrahim b. `Abdillah al-Kufi from Abi Sa`id `Aqaysa. He said: Al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Abi Talib was asked about intellect, so he said:

It is suppressing grief and speaking gently to enemies.