“Whoever harms his kinship and his neighbors is worse than them. Whosoever returns ill that he receives from them is like them. Whosoever does not return ill done to him is the master, the best and most virtuous amongst all.”

—  Ibn Hazm

ibid, 18

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Arab theologian 994–1064

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