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Sahih Muslim, 2609 a
sahih

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَعَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالاَ كِلاَهُمَا قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

‏ لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ ‏

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References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 45, Hadith 140
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 32, Hadith 6313 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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