Clemency, Tolerance and Gentleness

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ashaj Abdul-Qais (May Allah be pleased with him), "You possess two qualities that Allah loves. These are clemency and tolerance."

[Muslim].

وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ لأشج عبد القيس: “إن فيك خصلتين يحبهما الله: الحلم والأناة”. ((رواه مسلم)).

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is Forbearer and loves forbearance in all matters."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: قال رسول الله ﷺ: “ إن الله رفيق يحب الرفق في الأمر كله” ((متفق عليه)).

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah is Forbearer and He loves forbearance, and rewards for forbearance while He does not reward severity, and does not give for any thing besides it (forbearance)."

[Muslim].

وعنها أن النبى ﷺ قال: " إن الله رفيق يحب الرفق، ويعطى على الرفق ما لا يعطى على العنف ومالا يعطى على ما سواه" ((رواه مسلم)).

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whenever forbearance is added to something, it adorns it; and whenever it is withdrawn from something, it leaves it defective."

[Muslim].

وعنها أن النبى ﷺ قال: “إن الرفق لا يكون في شئ إلا زانه، ولا ينزع من شئ إلا شانه” ((رواه مسلم)).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
A bedouin urinated in the mosque and some people rushed to beat him up. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Leave him alone and pour a bucket of water over it. You have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult."

[Al-Bukhari].

وعن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: بال أعرابى في المسجد فقام الناس إليه ليقعوا فيه، فقال النبى ﷺ: “دعوه وأريقوا على بوله سجلاً من ماء، أو ذنوباً من ماء، فإنما بعثتم ميسرين ولم تبعثوا معسرين” ((رواه البخارى)).

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Make things easy and do not make them difficult, cheer the people up by conveying glad tidings to them and do not repulse (them)."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه عن النبى ﷺ قال: “يسروا ولا تعسروا وبشروا ولا تنفروا ((متفق عليه)).

Jarir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who is deprived of forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good."

[Muslim].

وعن جرير بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: “من يحرم الرفق يحرم الخير كله” ((رواه مسلم)).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
A man asked the Prophet ﷺ to give him advice, and he ﷺ said, "Do not get angry." The man repeated that several times and he ﷺ replied (every time), "Do not get angry."

[Al-Bukhari].

وعن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رجلاً قال للنبى ﷺ: أوصنى قال: “لا تغضب” فردد مراراً، قال: “لا تغضب”. ((رواه البخارى)).

Abu Ya'la Shaddad bin 'Aus (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily Allah has prescribed Ihsan (kindness) for everything. So when you kill, you must make the killing in the best manner; when you slaughter, make your slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife and give ease to his animal (in order to reduce his pain)."

[Muslim].

وعن أبى يعلى شداد بن أوس رضي الله عنه، عن رسول الله ﷺ قال: “إن الله كتب الإحسان على كل شئ، فإذا قتلتم فأحسنوا القتلة وإذا ذبحتم فأحسنوا الذبحة، وليحد أحدكم شفرته وليرح ذبيحته” ((رواه مسلم)).

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
Whenever the Prophet ﷺ was given a choice between two matters, he would (always) choose the easier as long as it was not sinful to do so; but if it was sinful he was most strict in avoiding it. He never took revenge upon anybody for his own sake; but when Allah's Legal Bindings were outraged, he would take revenge for Allah's sake.

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: ما خير رسول الله ﷺ بين أمرين قط إلا أخذ أيسرهما، ما لم يكن إثماً، فإن كان إثماً، كان أبعد الناس منه، وما انتقم رسول الله ﷺ لنفسه في شئ قط، إلا أن تنتهك حرمة الله، فينتقم لله تعالى. ((متفق عليه))