Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنبأ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَسَّانَ بْنِ فَائِدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ الشَّجَاعَةُ وَالْجُبْنُ غَرَائِزُ فِي النَّاسِ تَلْقَى الرَّجُلَ يُقَاتِلُ عَمَّنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ وَتَلْقَى الرَّجُلَ يَفِرُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَالْحَسَبُ الْمَالُ وَالْكَرَمُ التَّقْوَى لَسْتَ بِأَخْيَرَ مِنْ فَارِسِيٍّ وَلَا عَجَمِيٍّ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, from Ali ibn Hamshad, from Abu Amr al-Dabbi, from Amr ibn Marzuq, from Shu'bah, from Abu Ishaq, from Hassan ibn Fa'id, from Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: Bravery and cowardice are instincts in people. You find a man fighting for someone he does not know, and you find a man fleeing from his own father. Noble lineage is wealth, and true honor is God-consciousness (taqwa). You are not better than a Persian or a non-Arab except through God-consciousness.