لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ
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The strong man is not the one who overcomes people by his strength; the strong man is the one who controls himself when angry.
Authentic Hadith
Sahih al-Bukhari · 6114Sahih
Self-restraint
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
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Scholarly note
Foundational in the literature of tazkiya; al-Ghazali builds an entire chapter of the Ihya' on it.
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