The Cure for Quick Anger
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a bad habit, which is quick anger. He asks: What is your advice to me regarding this? And is it considered one of the diseases of the heart?
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:[Fussilat 41:36] When you feel anger, seek refuge in Allah from Satan the Rakeeb. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man quarreling with another man, and his neck veins swelled and his face turned red from the intensity of his anger. He said: Mishkat al-Masabih 2418 So they went and informed the man, and he said it, and the anger left him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have a bad habit, which is quick anger. He asks: What is your advice to me regarding this? And is it considered one of the diseases of the heart?
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:
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 لأعلم كلمة لو قالها لذهب عنه ما يجد أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (1:11:52)
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