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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 1769

47. Good Character

موطأ مالك

1769
Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person who contains himself when he is angry."
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 47, Hadith 12
Arabic : Book 47, Hadith 1647