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What is sabr?

ما الصبر؟

Sabr is restraining the self from distress and the tongue from complaint; according to the majority it is half of faith, and its fruit is reward without reckoning.

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Patience (sabr) is restraining oneself from distress and the tongue from complaint. According to most scholars it is half of faith, and its reward is given without reckoning. 1

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The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

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