Reports on gentleness and deliberation

Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good."

Shurayh said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about staying in the desert. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to go out to these hillocks. Once he intended to go out to the desert, and he sent me an unruly she-camel from the camels of charity, and he said to me: "O Aishah, be gentle, for gentleness is not found in anything except that it beautifies it, and it is not taken away from anything except that it disfigures it."

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is given a share of gentleness has been given a share of good. And whoever is deprived of gentleness has been deprived of good."

Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good."

The aforementioned saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is also reported from Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) through this chain.

Hisham said that his father Urwah said: I have been informed that it was written in the Torah: Gentleness is the foundation of wisdom.

Ibn Abi Khalid said that Qays said: It used to be said: Whoever is given gentleness in this world, it will benefit him in the Hereafter.

Khalid bin Ma'dan said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah is gentle in His dealings and loves gentleness. He bestows His gifts upon it, and He gives help in the case of gentleness that He does not give in the case of harshness."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah is gentle in His dealings, loves gentleness and is pleased with it, and the reward He gives for gentleness He does not grant for harshness."

Imam al-Zuhri said that a man from Bali said: I went with my father to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) whispered to him, leaving me out. So I asked my father: "What did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say to you?" He said: "When you intend to do something, hold fast to patient deliberation until Allah brings about some way out of your affair."

Al-Hasan said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is gentle in His dealings and loves gentleness, and for gentleness He gives what He does not grant for harshness."