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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
These are the two hadiths that the author mentioned regarding anger. Anger is a coal that Shaytan throws into the heart of the son of Adam, so he becomes furious, his body heats up, his neck veins bulge, his face turns red, and he sometimes speaks words he does not understand, and he behaves in a way he does not understand either. For this reason:
A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Advise me." He said: "Do not become angry." He said: "Advise me." He said: "Do not become angry." He said: "Advise me." He said: "Do not become angry." جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : أوصني ، قال : لا تغضب ، قال : أوصني ، قال : لا تغضب ، قال : أوصني قال : لا تغضب
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And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified in this hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which the author mentioned—may Allah have mercy on him—that the strong man is not the one who overpowers others in wrestling. He said:
The strong man is not the one who overpowers others in wrestling ليس الشديد بالصُّرعة
This is what people call strong and powerful. But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: This is not the true strong man:
the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage. إنما الشديد الذي يملك نفسه عند الغضب
Sahih Muslim 2609a
, meaning the truly strong man is the one who overpowers himself when he wrestles with it and forces it to submit and control it, because this is the true strength: internal, spiritual strength by which a person overcomes Shaytan, because Shaytan is the one who throws the coal into your heart so that you become angry. So in this hadith, there is an exhortation for a person to control himself when angry and not to give in to it, because he will regret it. Often a person becomes angry and divorces his wife, and perhaps this divorce is the final one. Often a person becomes angry and destroys his wealth, burning it or breaking something. Often a person becomes angry at his son and hits him, and perhaps he dies from the beating. Likewise, he becomes angry at his wife, for example, and beats her severely, and so on, of the many things that happen to a person when angry. For this reason:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a judge to judge while he is angry نهى النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام أن يقضي القاضي وهو غضبان
, because anger prevents the judge from understanding the issue, and then from applying the ruling of the Shari'ah to it, so he perishes and judges between people without truth. And the author also mentioned the hadith of Sulayman ibn Vard (may Allah be pleased with him):
Regarding two men who were cursing each other in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They cursed each other, and one of them became angry until his neck veins bulged and his face turned red. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I know a word that if he said it, what he is feeling would go away. If he said: 'I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.'" في رجلين استبا عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، استبا فغضب أحدهما ، حتى انتفخت أوداجه واحمر وجهه ، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : إني لأعلم كلمة لو قالها لذهب عنه ما يجد ، لو قال : أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
: "I seek refuge in Allah" means I take hold of Him as a protection from the accursed Shaytan, because what afflicted him was from Shaytan. He said:
"I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan," what he is feeling would go away أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم لذهب عنه ما يجد
: And based on this, we say: It is prescribed for a person when he becomes angry to restrain himself, to be patient, and to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, saying: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan." And he should perform wudu', for wudu' extinguishes anger. If he is standing, let him sit. If he is sitting, let him lie down. And if he fears, let him leave the place where he is so that his anger does not take effect, and he will regret it afterwards. And success is from Allah.
Source alathar.net

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