THE CAUSES OF ANGER AND ITS MEDICINE.

THE CAUSES OF ANGER AND ITS MEDICINE

Know O dear readers that the medicine of a disease is to remove the root cause of that disease. Isa (AS) was once asked: “What thing is difficult?” He said: Allah’s wrath.” Prophet Yahya (AS) then asked: “What thing takes near the wrath of Allah?” He said:” Anger”. Prophet Yahya (AS) asked him:” What thing grows and increases anger?” Isa (AS) said:” Pride, prestige, hope for honour and haughtiness”

The causes which cause anger to grow are self-conceit, self-praise, jests and ridicule, argument, treachery, too much greed for too much wealth and name and fame. If these evils are united in a person, his conduct becomes bad and he cannot escape anger. So these things should be removed by their opposites. Self-praise is to be removed by modesty. Pride is to be removed by one’s own origin and birth, greed is to be removed by remaining satisfied with necessary things and miserliness by charity. The Prophet (SAW) said: “A strong man is not he who defeats his adversary by wrestling, but a strong man is he who controls himself at the time of anger.”

We are describing below the medicines’ of anger after one gets angry. The medicine is a mixture of knowledge and action. The medicine based on knowledge is of six kinds:

1) The first medicine of knowledge is: to think over the rewards of appeasing anger that have come from the verses of the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet (SAW). Your hope for getting rewards of appeasing anger will restrain you from taking revenge.

2) The second kind of medicine based on knowledge is: to fear the punishment of Allah and to think that the punishment of Allah upon me is greater than my punishment upon him. If I take revenge upon this man for anger, Allah will take revenge upon me on the Day of Judgment

3) The third kind of medicine of anger based on knowledge is: to take precaution about punishment of enemity and revenge on himself. You feel joy in having your enemy in your presence in his sorrows; you yourself are not free from that danger. You will fear that your enemy might take revenge against you in this world and in the next.

4) Another kind of medicine based on knowledge is: to think about the ugly face of the angry man, which is just like that of the ferocious beast. He who appeases anger looks like a sober and learned man.

5) The fifth kind of medicine based on knowledge is: to think that the devil will advise by saying: “You will be weak if you do not get angry!” Do not listen to him!

6) The sixth reason is to think: “What reason have I got to get angry? What Allah has wished has occurred!”

Medicine based on action when you get angry, say: “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed evil (A’oudhou billaahi min as Shaytaan ir Rajeem).

The Prophet (SAW ordered us to say thus. When Ayesha (RA) got angry, he hold her by the nose and said: “ O’dear Ayesha, say: O’Allah , you are the Lord of my Prophet Muhammed (SAW) , forgive my sins and remove the anger from my heart and save me from misguidance.”

If anger does not go by this means, you will sit down if you are standing, lie down if you are sitting, and come near to earth, as you have been created of earth. Thus make yourself calm like the earth. The cause of wrath is heat and its opposite is to lie down on the ground and to make the body calm and cool. The Prophet (SAW) said: “Anger is a burning coal. Don’t you see your eyebrows wide and eyes reddish? So when one of you feels angry, let him sit down if standing, and lie down if sitting. If still anger does not stop, make ablution with cold water or take a bath, as fire cannot be extinguished without water.”

The Prophet (SAW) said: “When one of you gets angry, let him make ablution with water as anger arises out of fire.”

In another narration, the Prophet (SAW) said:” Anger comes from the devil and the devil is made of fire.”

Hazrat Ali (RA) said: The Prophet (SAW) did not get angry for any action of the world. When any true matter charmed him, nobody knew it and nobody got up to take revenge for his anger. 

(From Imam Ghazali’s book “Ihya Uloom ad Deen” (TheRevival of religious teachings)

“I seek protection in the perfect words of Allah, from His displeasure and punishment and from evil people, and from the (evil) prompting of devils and from their presence.Aameen”

The Dua of a Believer.

The Dua of a Believer.

“When my servants Ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed Close (to them): I listen To the prayer of every Suppliant when he calls on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, And believe in Me: That they may walk In the right way.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:186)

When we make Dua, we should realize that only through Allah’s help can we achieve our purpose. At the time of supplication is one should have humility, and recognition of Allah’s oneness and greatness. The more praise of Allah we include in our prayer, indicating our firm belief in his Almightiness, the better are our chances of having our prayer answered. Anas ibn Malik (RA) reports: “I was with the Prophet (SAW) one day when a man was saying this supplication: “You are certainly the Creator of heavens, the Ever-living, and the Master of all. I address my prayer to You.” The Prophet (SAW) turned to us and said: “Do you realize how he has addressed his supplication? By Him who holds my soul in His hand, he has prayed Allah, using His name which ensures answering prayers.”(Sahih al-Al-Bukhari)

Another version of this Hadith related by Ahmad mentions that the Prophet (SAW) passed by Zaid ibn Al-Samit as he was saying in his prayers: “My Lord, I request You by the fact that all praise is due to You. There is no deity other than You. You are the One who bestows all grace, the Creator of the heavens and earth, and to You all majesty belongs and by You all favors are granted.” The Prophet (SAW) commented: “You have asked Allah by His greatest attribute which ensures answering prayers.”

Glorifying Allah and remembering His power we initiate a feeling of security because we entrust our safety to Him. Moreover, we are able to put the whole situation in proper perspective. This means that we remember that nothing takes place unless Allah wills it to happen.

“Oh Allah, verily, I ask You for the Best supplication, and the best success, and the best deed, and the best Reward. O’Allah! You are my Lord! None has the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am faithful to my covenant and my promise as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You all my sins. So I entreat You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You. Aameen”

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There has been request from many people wanting to know what are the best duas, from where can they find them. I hope that the following books names will be of benefit, they have the English translation for those who would like the meaning and for those who do not read Arabic:

1) Al Hisnul Hasin:  (A comprehensive collection of masnoon Dua’s for all occasions, prayers, etiquette of du’aa, and much more with English translation by Ml. Rafiq Hathrani, South Africa.)

2) Al-Hizb al-A’zam: (The Supreme Daily Dhikr) (a litany by the great scholar Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari, in which he gathered hundreds of comprehensive supplications from the Ahadith, and divided them into seven parts, one to be read each day of the week-a litany that forms an integral part of Muhammad al-Juzuli’s celebrated manual of Dhikr, Dala’il al-khayrat (Guides to blessings). This edition is complete with English translation and the invocations are referenced.)

3) Munajat E Maqbool (A collection of accepted supplications)

4) Solutions Through Duas (Moulana Abdullah Darkhasti)

 “O’Allah! We ask of You all the good things that Your Prophet Muhammed (SAW) asked from You. And we seek refuge with You from all the evils against which Your Prophet Muhammed (SAW) sought Your refuge. You are the Helper and You accomplish our prayers. And there is no power and no strength except with Allah. Aameen”

Please do remember the Ummah in your DUAS.