21 — Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to us: Shabābah ibn Sawwār narrated to us, from al-Mughīrah ibn Muslim, from Hishām ibn Abī Ibrāhīm, from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said, “Whoever restrains his tongue, Allah, Glorious and Exalted, will conceal his faults; whoever controls his anger, Allah, Glorious and Exalted, will protect him from His punishment; and whoever offers his excuse to Allah, Glorious and Exalted, He will accept his excuse.”