Reviving the Sunnah of the Week

Posted under adab, sunnah of the week by rahma

Waaay back in the day…ok, well, 3 months ago, I attempted to start a series highlighting a sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa salaam) each week.  I got sidetracked by the hadithuna outages and then by life, but I’ve finally kicked myself in the pants and am reviving it inshaAllah.

Sunnah of the Week 3

June 2nd through the 8th, 2008; Jumada Al-Awwal 28th through Jumada Al-Akhir 4th, 1429

from al-Muwatta of Imam Malik, Bukhari and Muslim

12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person who contains himself when he is angry.”

 

For more, check this most excellent piece by Sh. Faraz entitled “Don’t Get Angry: A Little Fiqh of Anger & Aquiring Good Character.”  It’s been one of all time favorite pieces of islamic writing since I first read it years ago.