“Two signs of learned person are: acceptance of other people's criticism, and being knowledgeable about the angles and dimensions of rhetoric and debate.”

—  Husayn ibn Ali

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 252
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The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib 626–680

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