حَدَّثَنَا فَرْوَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ
قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ، ثُمَّ انْتَبَهَ فَقَالَ: لَا حِلْمَ إِلاَّ تَجْرِبَةٌ، يُعِيدُهَا ثَلاثًا
His father said, “I was sitting with Muawiyah and he muttered to himself and then came to his senses. [This is when he was ill.] He said, ‘No one has forbearance without it being put to the test.’ He repeated that three times.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 566, Book 30, General Behavior, Hadith 27. 1 min read