For if you forgive and forget, you will have achieved nobility in this world and honor in the next.
“But whoever forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.”
(Qur’an 42:40)
Shakespeare said words to the effect of,
“Don’t light the oven too much for your enemy in order not to burn yourself by the flame.”
Someone said to Saalim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, a scholar from the early generations of Islam,
“You are an evil man.” He quickly replied, “None knows me save you.”
A man said in a verbal attack to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him):
“By Allah, I will curse you with such curses that will enter with you into your grave.” He calmly answered, “Nay, but they shall enter with you into yours.”
And someone said to ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas,
“I will dedicate myself to waging war against you.” ‘Amr replied, “Now have you fallen into what supersedes all else, and it will be your preoccupation (i.e. your misery).”
General Eisenhower once exclaimed:
“Let us not waste one minute in thought over those whom we do not love.”
The mosquito said to the tree:
“Remain firm, for I wish to fly away and leave you.” The tree answered, “By Allah, I felt not your landing on me! Then how will I feel you when you fly away.”
Hatim said:
“I forgive the generous one when he saves some of his wealth,160 This is how the world is And I turn away from the curses of the accursed one generously.”
“And if they pass by some evil play or evil talk they pass by it with dignity.”
(Quran 25:72)
“And when the foolish address them [with bad words] they reply back with mild words of gentleness.”
(Quran 25:63)
Confucius said:
“The angry man is always replete with poison.”
One man asked the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) to give him advice three times. He (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) answered each time:
“Don’t be angry.”
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) said of anger in the following Hadith:
“Anger is an ember from the fire.”
The Devil overcomes man on three occasions:when he is angry, when he feels lust, and when he is in a state of forgetfulness.
[SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan – Don’t Be Sad]
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