Clemency, Tolerance and Gentleness

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Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ashaj Abdul-Qais (May Allah be pleased with him), "You possess two qualities that Allah loves. These are clemency and tolerance." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah is Forbearer and loves forbearance in all matters." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah is Forbearer and He loves forbearance, and rewards for forbearance while He does not reward severity, and does not give for any thing besides it (forbearance)." <b>[Muslim]</b>

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whenever forbearance is added to something, it adorns it; and whenever it is withdrawn from something, it leaves it defective." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

A bedouin urinated in the mosque and some people rushed to beat him up. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Leave him alone and pour a bucket of water over it. You have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult." <b>[Al-Bukhari]</b>.

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Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make things easy and do not make them difficult, cheer the people up by conveying glad tidings to them and do not repulse (them)." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

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Jarir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who is deprived of forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to give him advice, and he (ﷺ) said, "Do not get angry." The man repeated that several times and he (ﷺ) replied (every time), "Do not get angry." <b>[Al- Bukhari]</b>.

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Abu Ya'la Shaddad bin 'Aus (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Verily Allah has prescribed Ihsan (kindness) for everything. So when you kill, you must make the killing in the best manner; when you slaughter, make your slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife and give ease to his animal (in order to reduce his pain)." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) was given a choice between two matters, he would (always) choose the easier as long as it was not sinful to do so; but if it was sinful he was most strict in avoiding it. He never took revenge upon anybody for his own sake; but when Allah's Legal Bindings were outraged, he would take revenge for Allah's sake. <b>[Al- Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

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Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Shall I not tell you whom the (Hell) Fire is forbidden to touch? It is forbidden to touch a man who is always accessible, having polite and tender nature." <b>[At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan]</b>.