A safeguard he built into his own temper
He made an agreement with his Lord about anything he said in anger.
إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَإِنِّي اشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَىُّ عَبْدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ سَبَبْتُهُ أَوْ شَتَمْتُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ زَكَاةً وَأَجْرًا
I am a human being. I have stipulated with my Lord: any Muslim servant I curse or abuse, let that be for him purification and reward.
The full narration
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:I am a human being and I have made this term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that a source of purity and reward. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6625
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)