Criteria of a man’s excellence

34. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Saaleh, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al-Mugheira who said: ‘It has been narrated to me by Ja’far Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Tayyaar عليه السلام, from Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام, from his عليه الصلاة والسلام father عليه الصلاة والسلام having said: ‘The Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل said: ‘The status of the man is (in accordance to) his Religion, and his chivalry, and his intellect, and his nobility, and his beauty, and his generosity, and his piety.