The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1881 (#Passage #240)

١٩٤. وكان (عليه السلام) يقول: مَتَى أَشْفِي غَيْظِي إِذَا غَضِبْتُ؟ أَحِينَ أَعْجِزُ عَنِ الِانْتِقَامِ فَيُقَالُ لِي: لَوْ صَبَرْتَ؟ أَمْ حِينَ أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُقَالُ لي: لَوْ عَفَوْتَ.

194. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, used to say: If I am angry when shall I vent my anger - when I am unable to take revenge and it be said to me, “better you endure” or when I have power to take revenge and it be said to me, “better forgive”?

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).