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patience

Patience is at the first stroke

إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى

Innama-s-sabru inda-s-sadmati-l-ula.

"Patience is only at the first stroke."

Narrated by Anas ibn Malik. Sahih al-Bukhari 1283, Sahih Muslim 926

A short reflection

Said to a woman weeping at a grave. Crying later, sighing later, all of it is reasonable. The sabr that earns the reward is held in the instant the news arrives.