عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ مَا تَعُدُّونَ الصُّرَعَةَ فِيكُمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا الَّذِي لاَ يَصْرَعُهُ الرِّجَالُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ

Abu Dawud 4779

Abdullah ibn Masudؓ reported the Messenger of Allahﷺ said: Whom do you consider a wrestler among you? The people replied: the one whom the men cannot defeat in wrestling. Heﷺ said: No, it is he who controls himself when he is angry.

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