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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 131 638. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: Gentleness adorns everything and its absence leaves everything defective (Muslim). 639. Abu Hurairah relates that a rustic passed water in the mosque and some people got up to rough-handle him, whereupon the Holy Prophet said:. Let go of him and pour a bucket of water over it to wash it out. You have been raised up to make things easy and not to make them hard (Bokhari). 640. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Make things easy and do not make them hard; and cheer people up and do not repel them (Bokhari and. Muslim). 641. Jarir ibn Abdullah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: He who lacks gentleness lacks all good (Muslim). 642. This hadith is the same as No. 48. 643. Shaddad ibn Aus relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah has prescribed benevolence towards everything. When you must kill a living thing do it in the best manner and so also when you slaughter an animal. Sharpen your knife and reduce its suffering (Muslim). 644. Ayesha relates: Wherever the Holy Prophet was given a choice he adopted the easier course, unless it was sinful, in which case he avoided it more than anyone else. Nor did he ever seek revenge for a personal wrong, unless it involved violation of a divine command in which case he exacted a penalty for the sake of Allah (Bokhari and Muslim). 645. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: Shall I tell you of those whom the Fire is forbidden to touch? It is forbidden to touch every accessible, easy, soft, gentle one (Tirmidhi). 75. . On Forgiveness and Forbearance. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 223. Make forbearance thy rule and enjoin equity and turn away from the ignorant (7. 200). 224. Forbear generously (15. 86). 225. Let them forgive and forbear. Do you not desire that. Allah should forgive you (24. 23)? 226. Those who forgive people, and Allah loves the benevolent (3. 135). 227. The wronged one who endures with fortitude and forgives, indeed achieves a matter of high resolve (42. 44). 646. Ayesha relates that she asked the Holy Prophet: Did you experience a day harder than the day of the battle of Uhud? He answered: Indeed I experienced them at the hands of thy people and the hardest of them was the