Patience in Narrations
Ethics with God
It has been transmitted that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household) said, ‘Patience is satisfaction [with Allah's decree].
It has been transmitted that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household)
said, ‘Patience is satisfaction [with Allah’s decree].
It has been transmitted that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household)
said, ‘Verily victory comes with perseverance, and deliverance with hardship,
and verily with difficulty comes ease.’
It has been transmitted that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household)
was once asked what faith was, to which he replied, ‘Patience.’
It has been transmitted that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household)
said, ‘Whoever tries to be patient, Allah makes him patient, and whoever tries
to remain chaste, Allah keeps him chaste, and whoever suffices himself with what
he has, Allah enriches him. No servant can ever be granted something better and
more sufficient than patience.’
It has been transmitted that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said, ‘The origin of
patience is to have strong conviction in Allah.
It has been transmitted that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said, ‘Perseverance in
the face of adversity protects the heart.’
It has been transmitted that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said, ‘Patience comes
in the form of either persevering in the face of an affliction, or enduring an
act of obedience, or restraining oneself against an act of disobedience. And
this third type is of a higher calibre than the first two.
It has been transmitted that Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) said, ‘Verily you
will never be able to attain that which you love until you are able to endure
that which you despise.
It has been transmitted that Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) was once asked
about graceful patience to which he replied, ‘That is the patience that is
devoid of complaint to other people.’
It has been transmitted that Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, ‘Patience
is the peak of faith.’
It has been transmitted that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said in his
description of the God-wary ones, ‘They endured hardship for a short while, and
in consequence they secured comfort for a long time.
It has been transmitted that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said, ‘Through
patience are great things accomplished.'
*Derived from the Scale of Wisdom: A Compendium of Shia Hadith
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