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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Indeed, the strong person is not the one who overpowers people, but the strong person is the one who controls himself."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠١٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الشَّدِيدَ لَيْسَ مَنْ غَلَبَ الرِّجَالَ وَلَكِنَّ الشَّدِيدَ مَنْ غَلَبَ نَفْسَهُ»  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الشَّدِيدَ الَّذِي غَلَبَ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الشَّهَوَاتِ وَالْوَسَاوِسِ، لَا مَنْ غَلَبَ النَّاسَ بِلِسَانِهِ

ibnhibban:717 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The strong person is not the one who can overpower others, rather the strong person is the one who can control their own desires."  

ابن حبّان:٧١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ مَنْ غَلَبَ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ مَنْ غَلَبَ نَفْسَهُ»