Treating Anger and the Words Spoken in a State of Anger
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Question:
He asks about anger, O Shaykh. He says: What is its cure, and what is the ruling on the words that come out of a person when he is angry?
Answer:
Anger is a compulsion and a natural thing, but when a person becomes angry, he should seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and it will leave him, by the permission of Allah.[Fussilat 41:36] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man who became so angry that his face turned red and his neck veins swelled, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him): Mishkat al-Masabih 2418 This is the most important thing by which anger is treated. Likewise, forgiveness. Allah the Exalted said, describing the believers: [Ash-Shuraa 42:37] So he forgives the one who was angry with him. Yes.
He asks about anger, O Shaykh. He says: What is its cure, and what is the ruling on the words that come out of a person when he is angry?
Answer:
Anger is a compulsion and a natural thing, but when a person becomes angry, he should seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and it will leave him, by the permission of Allah.
And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُhe knew a phrase by repeating which the man could get rid of his angry feelings: “I seek refuge in God from that accursed devil.”
إني لا أعلم كلمة لو قالها لذهب عنه ما يجد أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيمand when they are angry, they forgive,
وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/172 — archive.org (15:24)
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