 man came to the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace and said o messenger of allah my servant mistreats and oppresses so should i strike him? he said you pardon him seventy times every day. it was narrated on the authority of ali ibn abi talib may allah be pleased with him on the authority of the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace that he said shall i not guide you to the best of the morals of the first and the last? he said i said yes o messenger of allah. he said you give to the one who deprives you you pardon the one who wrongs you and you connect with the one who cuts you off. it was narrated on the authority of umar ibn ubaydullah that he said three things whoever has them in a person completes his faith when he gets angry his anger does not lead him to falsehood and when satisfaction does not take him away from the truth and if he is able he does not take what is not his. it was narrated on the authority of omar bin alkhattab may god be pleased with him that he said do not be deceived by a mans character until he becomes angry nor by his religion until he becomes greedy so look at which side he falls. it was narrated on the authority of ali bin alhussein may god be pleased with them both that he went out of the mosque and a man met him and cursed him so the slaves and clients rose up against him so ali bin alhussein said take it easy about the man then he turned to him and said what you concealed from you of our affair is great you have a need that we can help you with so the man felt ashamed and returned to himself and threw it to him he was wearing a cloak and ordered that he be given a thousand dirhams. after that the man would say i bear witness that you are from the children of the messengers. it was also narrated from him that he called a slave of his twice but he did not answer him. then he answered him the third time so he said to him did you not hear my voice? he said yes.
رجلا أتى إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال يا رسول الله إن خادمي يسيء ويظلم أفأ ضربه قال تعفو عنه كل يوم سبعين مرة وروى عن علي بن أبي طالب رضى الله عنه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال ألا أدلك على خير أخلاق الأولين والآخرين قال قلت بلى يا رسول الله قال تعطي من حرمك وتعفوا عمن ظلمك وتصل من قطعك وروى عن عمر بن عبيد الله أنه قال ثلاث من كن فيه استكمل الإيمان اذا غضب لم يخرجه غضبه إلى الباطل وإذا رضى لم يخرجه رضاه عن الحق وإذا قدر لم يأخذ ما ليس له وقد روى عن عمر بن الخطاب رضى الله عنه أنه قال لا يغرنك خلق امرئ حتى يغضب ولا دينه حتى يطمع فانظر على أي جنبيه يقع وقد روى عن علي بن الحسين رضى الله عنهما انه خرج من المسجد فلقيه رجل فسبه فثارت إليه العبيد والموالي فقال علي ابن الحسين مهلا عن الرجل ثم اقبل عليه وقال ما ستر عنك من امرنا لكثير الك حاجة نعينك عليها فاستحيا الرجل ورجع إلى نفسه فألقى أليه خميصة كانت عليه وأمر له بألف درهم فكان الرجل بعد ذلك يقول أشهد انك من أولاد الرسل وقد روى عنه ايضا انه دعا مملوكا له مرتين فلم يجبه ثم اجابه في الثالثة فقال له اما سمعت صوتي قال بلى