An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 16, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم أَوْصِنِي. قَالَ: لَا تَغْضَبْ، فَرَدَّدَ مِرَارًا، قَالَ: لَا تَغْضَبْ" . [رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ].
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “Advise me.” He said, “Do not be angry.” The man repeated this several times, and he said, “Do not be angry.” [Narrated by al-Bukhari].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ: لَا تَغْضَبْ" .
The Arabic has an extra space before the closing quotation mark and a detached period; these appear to be punctuation artifacts.
Can the source punctuation be checked against a clean edition?