Abu Amr al-Furati informed us; Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Isma'il al-Anbari informed us; Abu Abd Allah ibn Hazim al-Baghawi informed us in Mecca; Abu Salih ibn Ayyub al-Hashimi informed us; Ibrahim ibn Sa'd informed us; Sa'id ibn Muhammad informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“The generous person is near to Allah, near to Paradise, near to people, and far from the Fire. The miserly person is far from Allah, far from Paradise, far from people, and near to the Fire. An ignorant yet generous person is more beloved to Allah than a miserly worshipper.” (1)
“And those who restrain their anger”: that is, those who swallow their rage when their souls are filled with it. Restraining is to hold back something when it is full. ⦗69a⦘ To restrain one’s anger is to be filled with rage, yet hold it within oneself and not show it. From this is His saying, Exalted is He: “When hearts are at the throats, choking with anguish” (Surah Ghafir, 18).
Abu Sa'id al-Shurayhi informed us; Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi informed us; Abu Amr al-Furati informed us; Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Isfarayini informed us; Abu Abd Allah ibn Muhammad Zakariyya al-Allani informed us; Rawh ibn Abd al-Mu'min informed us; Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Muqri' informed us; Sa'id ibn Abi Ayyub informed us, saying: Abu Marhum narrated to me from Sahl ibn Mu'adh ibn Anas al-Juhani, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“Whoever restrains anger while able to act upon it, Allah will call him forth before all creation on the Day of Resurrection, until He lets him choose whichever maidens of Paradise he wishes.” (2)
“And those who pardon people”: al-Kalbi said: this refers to pardoning slaves for bad conduct. Zayd ibn Aslam and Muqatil said: it refers to those who wrong them and mistreat them. “And Allah loves those who do good.” (3)
“And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins—and who can forgive sins except Allah?—and do not knowingly persist in what they have done. (135)”
His saying, Exalted is He: “And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves”—to the end of the verse. Ibn Mas'ud said: The believers said, “O