Some of these traditions are mentioned here: Imam ‘Ali has said: "اِنَّ الصَبرَ مِنَ الاِيمانِ كَالرَأسِ مِنَ الجَسَدِ وَلا خَيرَ في جَسَدٍ لا رَأسَ مَعَهُ وَلا في اِيمَانٍَ لا صَبرَ مَعَهُ" "Patience in relation to faith is like the head to the body; there is no good in a body without a head, or in faith without patience." [^10] Imam Baqir has said: "الجَنَّةُ مَحفُوفَةٌ بِالمَكارِهِ وَالصَبْرُ، فَمَن صَبَرَ على المَكارِهِ في الدُّنيا دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ، وَجَهَنَّمُ مَحفُوفَةٌ بِالَّلذّاتِ وَالشَهَواتِ، فَمَن اعطى نَفسَهُ لَذَّتَها وَشَهْوَتَها دَخَلَ النّارَ" "Paradise is encircled with afflictions and patience; so whoever patiently endures misfortunes in this world enters paradise.
Hell is encircled with pleasures and desires. Therefore, whoever grants his self its pleasures and desires enters the Fire.” [^11] Abu Basir says that he has heard Imam as-Sadiq saying: "اِنَّ الحُرَّ حُرٌّ على جَمِيعِ اَحوَالِهِ، اِن نَابَتهُ نَائِبَةٌ صَبَرَ لَها وَاِن تَداكَّت عَلَيهِ المَصائِبُ لَم تَكسِرهُ وَاِن اُسِر وقُهِر وَاستَبدَلَ بِاليُسرِ عُسْراً كَما كَانَ يُوسُف الصِدِّيقُ الاَمِينُ صَلَواتُ الله عَلَيهِ لَم يُضْرِر حُرِّيَتَه اِن استُعبِدَ وقُهِرَ واُسِرَ وَلَم يُضرِرهُ ظُلمَةُ الجُبِّ وَوَحشَتُه وَمَا نَالهَ اِن مَنّ الله عَلَيهِ فَجَعَلَ الجبَّارَ العَاتِي لَهُ عَبداً بَعدَ اِذ كَانَ لَهُ مَالِكاً فَارسَلَهُ وَرَحِمَ بِهِ اُمَّة وَكذلِكَ الصَبْرُ يَعقِبُ خَيراً، فَاصْبِرُوا وَوَطِّنُوا اَنفَسَكُم عَلى الصَبْرِ تُؤجَرُوا" "A free person is free in all conditions.
If an affliction befalls him, he is patient, and if misfortunes press upon him they do not break him even if he is taken captive and oppressed, and his ease is substituted with hardship - as in the case of Yusuf, the veracious and trustworthy, Allah’s blessings on him. His freedom was not harmed when he was enslaved, oppressed and taken captive, and the darkness and loneliness of the well did not harm him when God favoured him and made the insolent tyrant, who had been his king, into his slave.
God sent him as a Prophet and had mercy on a nation through him. Thus, patience has good results, therefore be patient, and accustom yourselves to patience and you will be rewarded." [^12] It is because of this constructive role of patience that Imam ‘Ali orders his son "Habituate yourself to patient endurance in afflictions; the best of moral traits is to constrain yourself to patience". The poet says: Patience is bitter, but later Will give you the fruit of importance.