Letters · Instructions to Ibn Abbas upon his appointment as the governor of Basra

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

سَعِ النَّاسَ بِوَجْهِكَ وَمَجْلِسِكَ وَحُكْمِكَ، وإِيَّاكَ وَالْغَضَبَ فَإِنَّهُ طَيْرَةٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ.

Original English translation

Meet people with a broad face, allow them free audience and pass generous orders. Avoid anger because it is a augury of Satan.

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