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Sahih Muslim 2609a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
3names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَعَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ

قَالَا كِلَاهُمَا قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.

আবূ কুরায়ব (রহঃ) ... ইবনু আব্বাস (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, যে ব্যক্তি সওম পালন করে তার প্রতি দোষারোপ করো না এবং তার প্রতিও না যে সওম ছেড়ে দেয়। কেননা রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম সফরের অবস্থায় (কখনো) সিয়াম (রোজা/রোযা) পালন করেছেন (আবার কখনও) সওম ছেড়ে দিয়েছেন। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ২৪৭৬, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

ابو کریب ، وکیع ، سفیان ، عبدالکریم ، طاؤس ، حضرت ابن عباس رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے روایت ہے انہوں نے فرمایا کہ ہم برا بھلا نہیں کہتے تھے کہ جو روزہ رکھے اور نہ ہی برا بھلا کہتے ہیں جو آدمی سفر میں روزہ نہ رکھے تحقیق رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے سفر میں روزہ رکھا بھی اور روزہ افطار بھی کیاہے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Kuraib] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Waki'] dari [Sufyan] dari [Abdul Karim] dari [Thawus] dari [Ibnu Abbas] radliallahu 'anhuma, ia berkata, "Jangan kamu mencela mereka yang berpuasa dan jangan pula mencela yang berbuka. Sebab, dalam perjalanan Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam pernah berpuasa dan juga pernah berbuka

Bize Ebû Kureyb rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize Veki' Süfyân'dan, o da Abdülkerim'den, o da Tâvus'dan, o da İbni Abbâs'dan naklen rivayet eyledi, şöyle demiş : «Oruç tutanı da tutmayanı da ayıplama. Çünkü Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) seferde hem oruç tutmuş hem tutmamıştır.»

Sahih Muslim 2609a, Book 45, The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship, Hadith 140. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that true strength is not the strength of a person's body or his ability to overpower other strong men. But a truly strong person is one who strives to control and restrain himself while in a fit of rage. This indicates the power he exercises over himself and his ability to overpower the devil.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth points out the merit of forbearance and self-restraint while in anger and that it is one of the righteous acts encouraged by Islam.
  • Self-restraint in the moment of anger is more difficult than striving against the enemy.
  • Islam has transformed the jāhiliyyah (ignorance) notion of strength into noble manners. The most powerful person is he who maintains great self-restraint.
  • We should avoid anger, given its harmful effects on individuals as well as society.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَىTold us
  3. 3Abd al-Ala ibn HammadWith, Fourth generation, died 236 AH

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