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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Command to Say “La ilaha illa Allah” to the Angry Person When a Dispute Occurs

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Question : Until these people. These people are like this.

Answer : They intend to end the dispute with this, and this is a mistake. It is not forbidden, but it is a mistake, because we say that the best thing is to command him with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) guided to, which is to say to him: Say, “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.” Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the man who was angry:
I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.'إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Sahih al-Bukhari 6115
. But people say, “Pray upon the Prophet” after he has insulted them, and he cannot say, “What?”
He cannot say “no.” Is their intention that they are worshipping Allah the Exalted with this phrase? No. He cannot say “no,” so they say “La ilaha illa Allah” against his will. They do not want this phrase to affect the intensity of the anger, but they want to embarrass this man by cutting off his speech. However, I say that if they had said what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) guided to, it would have been better.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 585 - الأمر بقول “لا إله إلا الله” للغاضب عند وقوع خصومة - شرح تقريب التدمرية - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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