Making Matters Easy For Others

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي طَاوُسٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ عَلِّمُوا وَيَسِّرُوا، عَلِّمُوا وَيَسِّرُوا، ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَإِذَا 

غَضِبْتَ فَاسْكُتْ، مَرَّتَيْنِ‏.

Ibn 'Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ' Teach and make it easy. Teach and make it easy' three times. He went on, 'When you are angry, be silent' twice."

Narrated in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Book 57 Hadith 5

Grade: sahih (Al-Albani)

Translation adapted from sunnah.com

Lessons:

1) In teaching and educating others, we should use the simplest methods possible for people to understand what is conveyed, keeping in mind their age and educational background.

2) Effective teaching and education is that performed with compassion and care.

3) We should be patient with the behaviour of the one being taught.

4) Refrain from anger towards others. If anger arises in ourselves, we should practice being patient and keeping silent.

Let us make things easy for others when teaching them and refrain from anger.