This section of Jami's Baharestan defines chivalry (javanmardi) through a saying of Ruwaym and an accompanying quatrain, framing it as an ethic of forbearance toward one's companions rather than martial valor. It sets out two obligations: first, that you overlook the shortcomings and repeated failings you observe in your friends and hold them excused; and second, that you never behave in a way that would force them into a position of having to apologize to you. Chivalry here becomes a discipline of pardoning others while refusing to make others seek your pardon.