Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُ أَبِي (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ أَتَى رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) رَجُلٌ بَدَوِيٌّ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَسْكُنُ الْبَادِيَةَ فَعَلِّ٠ُرُكَ أَنْ لا تَغْضَبَ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الأعْرَابِيُّ الْ٠َسْأَلَةَ ثَلاثَ ٠َرَّاتٍ حَتَّى رَجَعَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لا أَسْأَلُ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ بَعْدَ هَذَا ٠َرَنِي رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) إِلا بِالْخَيْرِ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَشَدُّ ٠ِنَ الْغَضَبِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَغْضَبُ فَيَقْتُلُ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّ٠َ الله وَيَقْذِفُ الْ٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from al-Qasim ibn Sulayman from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “I heard my father saying, ‘Once a Bedouin man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “1 live in the Sahara, please teach me comprehensive words of advice.” The Messenger of Allah said, ‘I command you not to become angry.’ The man from the desert repeated his question three times.

He then realized the fact and said, ‘I will not ask for anything hereinafter. The Messenger of Allah has commanded me nothing but good. ’ The Imam said, ‘My father has said, “What can be more severe (in harmfulness) than anger? A man becomes angry, he commits murder that is unlawful and accuses a married woman of committing indecent acts.’”” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/148))