The Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of people lifting a heavy stone and asked, "What are they doing?"They replied, "They are lifting a stone to test their strength."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I tell you who is stronger than them?" or words to that effect. "The one among you who controls himself when angry."In another narration from him, the Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of people wrestling and asked, "What is this?"They said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ, this is so-and-so the wrestler. He never wrestles anyone without throwing him to the ground."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I tell you who is stronger than him? A man whom another wrongs, yet he restrains his anger. He overcomes himself, overcomes his own devil, and overcomes the devil of his opponent."
أن النبي ﷺ مر بقوم يربعون حجرا فقال: ما يصنع هؤلاء؟ قالوا: يربعون حجرا يريدون الشدة فقال النبي ﷺ: أفلا أدلكم على من هو أشد منه، أو كلمة نحوها- أملككم لنفسه عند الغضب. وفي رواية عنه: أن النبي ﷺ مر بقوم يصطرعون فقال: ما هذا؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله ﷺ هذا فلان الصريع، ما يصارع أحدا إلا صرعه، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: ألا أدلكم على من هو أشد منه: رجل ظلمه رجل فكظم غيظه، فغلبه، وغلب شيطانه، وغلب شيطان صاحبه.
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Bazzar narrated both of them in his Musnad (7270, 7272) from Ibrahim bin Mustamir Aruqi, who said, Shuayb bin Bayan told us, Imran (that is, Qattan) told us, from Qatada, from Anas, who said, then he mentioned it.Haythami said in Majma (8/68), "Bazzar narrated it with an isnad containing Shuayb bin Bayan and Imran Qattan. Ibn Hibban rated them trustworthy, while others graded them daif. The rest of its men are the men of the Sahih."I say, it is as he said, and its isnad does not fall below the level of hasan, for Shuayb bin Bayan is disputed. Ibn Hibban rated him trustworthy, and Dhahabi said, "Truthful." Aqeeli and Azdi graded him daif, and both of them are among those known for strictness. There is nothing in his hadith that contradicts others or that would be rejected of him, and his hadith has sound foundations. Likewise his teacher, Imran bin Dawwar Qattan, is disputed, but his hadith is hasan when it does not contradict others and when he does not narrate something that would be rejected of him.