قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَا تَعُدُّونَ فِيكُمُ الصُّرَعَةَ؟ قَالُوا: هُوَ الَّذِي لاَ تَصْرَعُهُ الرِّجَالُ، فَقَالَ: لاَ، وَلَكِنَّ الصُّرَعَةَ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ.
He reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Who do you reckon to be the one who most often throws people
down (in a fight)?" They replied, "The one whom men do not throw down." He
said, "No the one who throws people down is the person who controls himself
when he is angry."
قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَا تَعُدُّونَ فِيكُمُ الرَّقُوبَ؟ قَالُوا: الرَّقُوبُ الَّذِي لاَ يُولَدُ لَهُ، قَالَ: لاَ، وَلَكِنَّ الرَّقُوبَ الَّذِي لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ شَيْئًا.
He said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Who do you reckon to be the childless among you?" They said,
"They are those who do not have any children." No," he said, "The childless
are those who have not sent any of their children ahead (i.e. none of their
children have died)."
'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Which of you prefers the money of heirs to his
own money?" "Messenger of Allah," they replied, "there is none of us who
does not prefer his own wealth to that of his heirs." The Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Know that there is not one
of you who does not prefer his heirs' money to his own. Your wealth is what
you have spent (for Allah) and the wealth of your heirs is what you leave."
Sahl ibn al-Hanzala, who had no children, said, "I would prefer to have
a miscarried child while I am a Muslim and resign that child to Allah than
to have the entire world and what it contains."
