When I get angry about something, I utter inappropriate words, and when the anger subsides, I regret it and seek Allah's forgiveness. Is there a sin on me for that?

The questioner : When I get angry about something, I utter inappropriate words, and when the anger subsides, I regret it and seek Allah's forgiveness. Is there a sin on me for that?

The Shaykh : We should remind this questioner of what is established in *Sahih al-Bukhari*: So we advise this questioner not to get angry, but to restrain himself and bear patience until he is calm and far from anger, which may lead to consequences that are not to be commended. Let him train himself in this, for many an angry person became a content person. As for giving oneself time and letting the reins go, so that one gets angry over the slightest thing and says or does things that lead to consequences not to be commended, this is contrary to prudence, and contrary to chivalry and manliness. If someone asks: What is the cure for that? Meaning, if anger rises in him, what is its cure? We say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of several cures. Among them is seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, by saying: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan." Among them is that if he is standing, he should sit, and if he is sitting, he should lie down, because moving a person from a higher position to a lower one breaks the intensity of the soul and the intensity of the elevation, and the anger subsides. Among the causes of anger subsiding is that he should perform wudu', because wudu' is an act that distracts the soul, and because wudu' cools the heat of the blood, so the anger subsides. Also, he should move away from the place. If his wife, for example, angered him in the house, and he was unable to perform wudu' and do what we mentioned just now, let him leave the house so that the prohibited thing does not occur.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.