Al-Sha’bi reported: Jesus the son of Mary, upon him be peace, would say, “Verily, goodness is not that you are good to the one who is good to you, for that is only a charitable recompense. Rather, goodness is that you are good to the one who is evil to you.”
Source: al-Zuhd li-Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 317
عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْإِحْسَانَ لَيْسَ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّمَا تِلْكَ مُكَافَأَةٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَكِنَّ الْإِحْسَانَ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَيْكَ
1/50 الزهد لأحمد بن حنبل من مواعظ عيسى عليه السلام
