حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, and the condemnation and cure of anger: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ordered a man to be punished. Umar had vowed that if Allah put the man within his power, he would do such and such to him. Raja ibn Haywa, may God have mercy on him, said to him: God has granted you what you desired of victory, so do what God desires of forgiveness. [Uyun al-Akhbar 1/141].

Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, condemnation of anger and its cure: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said: When will I quench my anger? When I am able and it is said to me: If only you had pardoned, or when I am unable and it is said to me: If only you had been patient? [Uyun al-Akhbar 1/335].

Patience, forgiveness, pardon, condemnation of anger and its cure: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said: He who is protected from passion, anger and greed has succeeded. [Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam / 193].

Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, condemnation of anger and its cure: On the authority of Ali bin Hisham, he said: When Umar bin Abdul Aziz was poisoned, he said to the servant who poisoned him: Why did you poison me? He said: So-and-so gave me a thousand dinars on the condition that I poison you. He said: Where are the dinars? He said: They are here. So he brought them and put them in the treasury of the Muslims, and said to the servant: Go, and he did not punish him. [Al-Muntazam 7/70].

Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, condemnation of anger and its cure: A man spoke offensive words to Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, who told him: You wanted Satan to provoke me with the power of the Sultan so that I would take from you today what you will take from me tomorrow. Go away, may God have mercy on you. [Uyun al-Akhbar 1/334].