A man said to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), "Advise me."
The Prophet (pbuh) replied, "Do not become angry."
The Prophet (pbuh) replied, "Do not become angry."
Anger is the worst of all seventeen of the ruinous traits. It may easily be said that anger is the source from which the others flow.
When a person is overpowered by anger, it is akin to intoxication. His anger takes him far from his normal pattern of thinking, and he becomes unable to reason rationally. When one is in a state of anger, one loses the ability to listen to reason, follow good judgment or accept advise. That is why the Prophet (pbuh) said to his dear companion Abu Bakr Siddiq, "Anger is a form of disbelief."
Allah said, " Those who control their wrath and are forgiving towards mankind; God loveth the good." (Ali Imran:134)
Referring to the opposite of being angry, Allah mentions those who are able to control their anger. Moreover, Allah makes it clear that those who forgive the ones who make them angry, will be rewarded by Him. Any person who wants to eliminate anger, and is engaged in such a struggle, will receive these rewards.
You must burn down your anger, and keep it down, like a dog. If you restrain a dog in a very small room with food and water, he will bark and bark. But after one or two days, he will stop barking. The urge will die. Similarly, if you let your anger bark and bark, allowing it to rage in your heart, and appear in your features, or worse be expressed on your tongue, you will be ruined by its overwhelming strength. Yet if you begin to control your anger by keeping quiet, not allowing it to reach your tongue and not giving it control of your actions, anger will dissipate.
For that reason, the Prophet (pbuh) said, " If any of you becomes angry, let him keep silent."
May Allah protect us from anger.
-abridged verson from the Sufi Science of Self-Realization.
When a person is overpowered by anger, it is akin to intoxication. His anger takes him far from his normal pattern of thinking, and he becomes unable to reason rationally. When one is in a state of anger, one loses the ability to listen to reason, follow good judgment or accept advise. That is why the Prophet (pbuh) said to his dear companion Abu Bakr Siddiq, "Anger is a form of disbelief."
Allah said, " Those who control their wrath and are forgiving towards mankind; God loveth the good." (Ali Imran:134)
Referring to the opposite of being angry, Allah mentions those who are able to control their anger. Moreover, Allah makes it clear that those who forgive the ones who make them angry, will be rewarded by Him. Any person who wants to eliminate anger, and is engaged in such a struggle, will receive these rewards.
You must burn down your anger, and keep it down, like a dog. If you restrain a dog in a very small room with food and water, he will bark and bark. But after one or two days, he will stop barking. The urge will die. Similarly, if you let your anger bark and bark, allowing it to rage in your heart, and appear in your features, or worse be expressed on your tongue, you will be ruined by its overwhelming strength. Yet if you begin to control your anger by keeping quiet, not allowing it to reach your tongue and not giving it control of your actions, anger will dissipate.
For that reason, the Prophet (pbuh) said, " If any of you becomes angry, let him keep silent."
May Allah protect us from anger.
-abridged verson from the Sufi Science of Self-Realization.
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