The Meaning of the Hadith: Whoever Pleases People by the Anger of Allah, Allah Will Be Angry with Him
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This question asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever seeks to please people by the anger of Allah, Allah will be angry with him and will make people angry with him”?
Answer:
Who seeks to please people? This is a hadith that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) wrote to Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) when he asked her for advice. She wrote to him this hadith, stating that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Whoever seeks the pleasure of people by the anger of Allah, Allah will be angry with him and will make people angry with him. And whoever avoids the pleasure of Allah by the anger of people, Allah will be pleased with him and will make people pleased with him.”
This contains evidence regarding the descent of anger from the extremists and others. And that they should not seek to please people through Hajj.
Except for what has already passed, if it is in the context of taqiyyah (dissimulation) or diplomatic handling to remove oppression, that is a different matter. As for anything else, it is not permissible to oppress people. If a person is suspected of a sin, a violation, or a wrong, you do not leave off advising him and forbidding the evil in the proper manner.
You want to kill him and say, “I am not going to be arrogant about my feelings.” No, this is harming him. You want to say that you are not being arrogant about my feelings, but you have harmed him.
So if you spend it and pay what is due from you, you have fulfilled his right over you, meaning his right over you in this context.
As for saying, “Who is it upon?” or “I don't care,” this is a matter that is not permissible. Yes. May Allah reward you. If you please people by the trust of Allah, and you leave off enjoining good and forbidding evil, Allah will be angry with you and will make people angry with you. What happened? It is supposed to be that you are in the hand of Allah regarding people, or it did not happen because the hearts of people are in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But if you please Allah, even if people are angry with you, Allah will make people pleased with you. This is something you find with the scholars, the eloquent speakers, the intelligent ones who cannot be increased in status or like... you find them respected by people and loved by people, because Allah was pleased with them and made people pleased with them, and the hearts of the servants are in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Whereas you find the lax ones and the joking ones, you find them the cheapest of people, even among the owners of crimes and violations. Yes, this matter is in the hand of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
May Allah reward you. This question asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever seeks to please people by the anger of Allah, Allah will be angry with him and will make people angry with him”?
Answer:
Who seeks to please people? This is a hadith that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) wrote to Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) when he asked her for advice. She wrote to him this hadith, stating that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Whoever seeks the pleasure of people by the anger of Allah, Allah will be angry with him and will make people angry with him. And whoever avoids the pleasure of Allah by the anger of people, Allah will be pleased with him and will make people pleased with him.”
This contains evidence regarding the descent of anger from the extremists and others. And that they should not seek to please people through Hajj.
Except for what has already passed, if it is in the context of taqiyyah (dissimulation) or diplomatic handling to remove oppression, that is a different matter. As for anything else, it is not permissible to oppress people. If a person is suspected of a sin, a violation, or a wrong, you do not leave off advising him and forbidding the evil in the proper manner.
You want to kill him and say, “I am not going to be arrogant about my feelings.” No, this is harming him. You want to say that you are not being arrogant about my feelings, but you have harmed him.
So if you spend it and pay what is due from you, you have fulfilled his right over you, meaning his right over you in this context.
As for saying, “Who is it upon?” or “I don't care,” this is a matter that is not permissible. Yes. May Allah reward you. If you please people by the trust of Allah, and you leave off enjoining good and forbidding evil, Allah will be angry with you and will make people angry with you. What happened? It is supposed to be that you are in the hand of Allah regarding people, or it did not happen because the hearts of people are in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But if you please Allah, even if people are angry with you, Allah will make people pleased with you. This is something you find with the scholars, the eloquent speakers, the intelligent ones who cannot be increased in status or like... you find them respected by people and loved by people, because Allah was pleased with them and made people pleased with them, and the hearts of the servants are in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Whereas you find the lax ones and the joking ones, you find them the cheapest of people, even among the owners of crimes and violations. Yes, this matter is in the hand of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
Source
مَن أرضى الناس بسخط الله — alfawzan.live
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