and your own soul may press you to reclaim what is rightfully yours. Yet, as I have said, if the person is fit to be forgiven, it is better that you pardon him; otherwise, do not.

2/622 – Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I have never touched brocade or silk softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor have I ever smelled a fragrance more pleasant than that of the Messenger of Allah. I served the Messenger of Allah for ten years, and never once did he say to me, ‘Uff,’ nor did he ask about something I had done, ‘Why did you do that?’ nor about something I had left undone, ‘Why did you not do such-and-such?’” Agreed upon.

3/623 – al-Saʿb ibn Jaththāmah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I presented the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a wild donkey, and he returned it to me. When he noticed the look on my face he said, ‘We only returned it to you because we are in a state of iḥrām.’” Agreed upon.

[Explanation]
The author, al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Nawawī (may Allah have mercy on him), states in his Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn, in the chapter on good character, quoting Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): “I have never touched silk or brocade softer than the hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).”

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) served the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for ten years;