205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

Hadith for · anger

The strong one controls his anger

Wednesday, October 16, 1996

لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ

Transliteration

Laysa-sh-shadidu bi-s-sura'ah, innama-sh-shadidu-lladhi yamliku nafsahu inda-l-ghadab.

Translation

The strong one is not the one who throws others down. The strong one is the one who controls himself when angry.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 6114, Sahih Muslim 2609

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