What are hadiths about patience? Examples of hadiths about patience…
According to Abu Malik al-Ashʿari (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “The prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one’s faith) and patience is a brightness.” (Muslim, al-Tahara, 1)
Asas b. Malik (ra) reported, “The Prophet (saw) passed by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be patient. She said to him, ‘Go away, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine.’ And she did not recognize him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet (saw). So she went to the house of the Prophet (saw) and there she did not find any guard. Then she said to him, ‘I did not recognize you.’ He said, ‘Verily, patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Jana’iz, 31; Muslim, al-Jana’iz, 15)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “A strong man is not he who beat someone in wrestling, but he who controls himself when he is angry.” (Muslim, al-Birr, 107)
According to Ibn ʿUmar (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyance with patience will have a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance.” (Ibn Maja, al-Fitan 23; Ibn Hanbal, II, 44)
Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (ra) reported that some people from among the Ansar begged from the Messenger of Allah (saw) and he gave them something. They again begged him and he again gave them something, till what was in his possession was exhausted he said, “…He who shows endurance, Allah would grant him power to endure, and none is blessed with an endowment better and greater than endurance.” (Muslim, al-Zakat, 124)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
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