Quotes Pertaining To Sabr
Umar bin Khattab – radiyallaahu ‘anhu – said, “We considered the best part of our lives to be that in which there was sabr.” Related by al-Bukhaaree (1 l/303) in ta’leeq form, and it has been related in connected form by Imaam Ahmad in az-Zuhd with a Saheeh isnaad – as al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar mentioned in Fathul-Baaree (11/303).
Ali – radiyallaahu ‘anhu – said, “Indeed sabr is from eemaan (faith). Its position is like that of the head with respect to the rest of the body.” Then he raised his voice and said, “Verily, there is no eemaan (faith) for the one who has no sabr.” Related by al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah (no. 1659), al-Bayhaqee in Shu’abul-Eemaan and Abee Shaybaan in Kitaabul-Eemaan (no. 130), with a slightly different wording.
Imam Ahmad said,“Allaah has mentioned sabr (patient perseverance) in over ninety places in His Book (Quran).” Related by Ibnul-Qayyim in Madaarijus-Saalikeen (2/152).
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