حلم وبردباری

To control the anger and the power of patience are called Hilm. The patience is a great attribute and person who adopts this becomes a reflectors of God’s attributes. A patient person can safeguard himself against many negative passions and can improve his psychological health. God has described himself with this attribute (Haleem) eleven times in the holy Quran. Quran has ascribed Hazrat Abraham to the quality of patience and asked the holy prophet of Islam to acquire the same equality. According to traditions, patience is the greatest quality after knowledge. The lives of holy prophet and imams were full of patience and temperance as many narrations highlight. We can find many examples of patience in the lives of religious scholars as well. According to the holy prophet, following are the advantages of patience: good deeds, friendship with pious people, development in personality, freedom from humiliation, climbing to greater statuses, forgiveness, silence against ignorant people.