FITNAH OF THE HYPOCRITES Anger - The Deadliest Trait of The Hypocrites

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*FITNAH OF THE HYPOCRITES*

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*Anger - The Deadliest Trait of The Hypocrites*

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Allaah (ﷻ) says;

*وَٱلْكَٰظِمِينَ ٱلْغَيْظَ وَٱلْعَافِينَ عَنِ ٱلنَّاسِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ*

*“. . . And [those] who restrain anger and [those] who pardon the people - and Allaah loves the doers of good.”*

(Aal-e-Imran 3:134)

Anger is the most dangerous disease of the soul, a trait of the hypocrites and one of Shaytaan's qualities. It snatches away the wisdom of man and thus becomes a brute beast devoid of any sense.

Anger is one of the temptations and deceptions of Shaytaan, it is the root of all evils. Anger is a spark of fire that is always bursting, it is one of the worst conditions that weaken the Imaan.

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*What does anger mean?* The meaning of anger is a rage fierce, displeasure, passion excited by a sense of wrong, physical pain, inflammation, mad, hot-tempered, choleric, inflamed, a violent passion excited by real or supposed injury. 

Anger is the strong feelings caused by extreme displeasure, it is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, and hostility.

Once a man said to Allaah's Messenger (ﷺ); *_“Advice me!.”_*

He (ﷺ) replied; *_“Do not become angry and furious.”_*

The man repeated his request, saying; *_“Advice me!.”_*

He (ﷺ) replied; *_“Do not become angry and furious.”_*

The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said in each case; *_“Do not become angry and furious.”_*

(Sahih al-Bukhari, 6116)

Ya Bani Adam! Why have you chosen this for yourself? Why have we chosen the deadliest trait of the hypocrites? 

Anger is not considered as something strong but the real strength lies in absorbing the negative emotions, in order to control the harmful effects it may cause.

When someone is angry, mad and reaches a state of having wrath against any person, he should remember what our beloved one (ﷺ) said; *_“The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger.”_*

(Sahih al-Bukhari, 6114)

_“‘Do not get angry’ means: do not act in accordance with what your anger makes you incline towards, and restrain yourself. *As for anger itself, a human can’t prevent it;* rather, what they can prevent is acting in according to what anger calls one to do….”_ [Suyuti, Tanwir al-Hawalik, 1.212]

Khattabi said, _‘The meaning of ‘Do not get angry’ is: don’t fall into those matters that cause anger and those matters that stir one’s anger—because *anger itself is an intrinsic human trait and one can’t get rid of it*…’”_ [Ayni, Umdat al-Qari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, 22.164]

The religion of Islam teaches love, peace, to be positive, not to degrade someone, not to insult someone, to avoid each and every word that hurts human beings and their self-esteem.

Our religion teaches humanity better than any other religion. Anger destroys relationships and creates distances in people. It will not only affects other people but also, will affect the health of the angry person.

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Anger is satanic, it comes with the worst scenarios which can affect oneself or anybody around during the process, just as this man in the video, did to himself while in anger and I think he's no longer alive.

Anger creates hatred in relationships, causes divorce in marriages, and may create long term distance in relations. 

So be very careful while in anger: *_Sit down while standing, if the anger leaves you, good; otherwise, lie down,_* (See, Sunan Abi Dawud, 4782). 

And always *_seek Allaah's (ﷻ) protection against Shaytaan the outcast while in anger,_* (See, Sahih al-Bukhari, 6115)

May Allaah (ﷻ) grant us the strength to control our actions and emotions while angry.

*آمين يا رب العالمين*

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