Hadith

ANGER الغَضَبُ

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الغَضَبُ مِفتاحُ کُلِّ شَرٍّ

Anger is the Key to All Evils

1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): الغَضَبُ جَمرَةٌ مِن الشیطانِ. 

1-The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Anger is a smouldering ember [kindled by] Satan.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 265, no. 15] 

2ـ الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): الحِدَّةُ ضَربٌ مِن الجُنونِ لأنَّ صاحِبَها یَندَمُ، فإن لَم یَندَمْ فَجُنُونُهُ مُستَحکِمٌ. 

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Rage is a type of madness because the one enraged feels regret later on, and if he does not feel regret, then his madness has become ingrained.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 255] 

3ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): الغَضَبُ مِفتاحُ کُلِّ شَرٍّ. 

3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anger is the key to all evils.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 303, no. 3] 

4ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): الغَضَبُ مَمحَقَةٌ لِقَلبِ الحَکیمِ.

4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anger is such that it destroys the heart of even the wise man.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 305, no. 13] 

الحَثُّ عَلى مِلکِ الغَضَبِ

Enjoinment of Controlling One’s Anger

5ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): ألا اُخبِرُکُم بِأشَدِّکُم ؟ مَن مَلَکَ نفسَهُ عِندَ الغَضَبِ . 

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Shall I tell you who is the toughest and strongest from among you? The one who controls himself when he is angry.’[Nathr al-Durar, v. 1, p. 183] 

6ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): لا قُوَّةَ کَرَدِّ الغَضَبِ . 

6– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is no strength like being able to repel one’s anger.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286] 



 الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم یَملِکْ غَضَبَهُ لَم یَملِکْ عَقلَهُ

7– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who has no control over his anger has no control over his reason.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 305, no. 13] 

الحَثُّ عَلى کَظمِ الغَیظِ 

Enjoinment of Suppressing One’s Anger

8ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ لِجَهَنَّمَ باباً لا یَدخُلُها إلّا مَن شَفى غَیظَهُ بمَعصیَةِ اللّه‏ِ تعالى. 

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily there is a door to Hell, the entrance into which will be reserved for one who vented his anger through committing an act of disobedience to Allah, most High.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 121] 



 رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن کَفَّ غَضَبَهُ کَفَّ اللّه‏ُ عَنهُ عَذابَهُ 

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who curbs his anger, Allah will curb His punishment from him.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 263, no. 7]


 الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن کَظَمَ غَیظا وهو یَقدِرُ على إمضائهِ حَشا اللّه‏ُ قَلبَهُ أمناً وإیماناً یومَ القِیامَةِ. 

10– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘He who suppresses his anger despite being able to vent it, Allah will fill his heart with peace and security on the Day of Resurrection.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 110, no. 7] 


ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): نِعمَ الجُرعَةُ الغَیظُ لِمَن صَبَرَ علَیها ... . 

11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘What a good dose anger is for he who can swallow it …’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 109, no. 3]

دَواءُ الغَضَبِ

The Remedy for Anger

12ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): یا علیُّ، لاتَغضَبْ، فإذا غَضِبتَ فَاقعُدْ وتَفَکَّرْ فی قُدرَةِ الرَّبِّ علَى العِبادِ وحِلمِهِ عَنهُم، وإذا قیلَ لکَ: اِتَّقِ اللّه‏َ فَانبِذْ غَضَبَکَ، وراجِعْ حِلمَکَ .

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O Ali, do not get angry, and if you do get angry, then sit down and reflect upon the power of your Lord over His creation and His clemency towards them in spite of it. And whenever anyone tells you [condescendingly] to fear Allah, expel your anger and remind yourself of your clemency.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 14] 


ـ الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): داوُوا الغَضَبَ بالصَّمتِ، والشَّهوَةَ بالعَقلِ . 

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Remedy your anger with silence, and your carnal desire through your reason.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5155] 

مدحُ الغَضَبِ للهِ

The Praiseworthiness of Anger for the Sake of Allah

ـ الإمامُ زین العابدین (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): قالَ موسى‏بنُ عمرانَ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): یا ربِّ، مَن أهلُکَ الذینَ تُظِلُّهُم فی ظِلِّ عَرشِکَ یومَ لا ظِلَّ إلّا ظِلُّکَ ؟ فَأوحَى اللّه‏ُ إلَیهِ: ... والذینَ یَغضَبُونَ لِمَحارِمی إذا استُحِلَّت‏ مِثلَ‏النِّمِرِ إذاجُرِحَ

14– Prophet Moses (AS) [addressed Allah] saying, ‘O Lord, who are your special people whom You will shade with the shade of Your Throne on the day when no shade will avail except Your Shade?’ So Allah revealed to him, ‘… and those who are angered when the things that I have prohibited are deemed lawful [by people], the way a leopard is angered when it is wounded!’[Wasael al-Shi`aah , v. 11, p. 416, no. 3] 

15ـ الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): کانَ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ) لایَغضَبُ للدنیا، فإذا أغضَبَهُ الحقُّ لَم یَعرِفْهُ أحَدٌ ولم یَقُمْ لِغَضَبِهِ شَیءٌ حتّى یَنتَصِرَ لَهُ.

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He (SAWA) [i.e. the Prophet] never used to get angry over worldly matters, but when he did get angry for the sake of the truth, he was unrecognisable and nothing could restrain his anger until he had triumphed in his case [for the truth].’[al-Mahajjat al-Baydha, v. 5, p. 303] 


 الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن شَنِئ الفاسِقینَ وغَضِبَ للّه‏ِِ، غَضِبَ اللّه‏ُ لَهُ وأرضاهُ یومَ القِیامَةِ. 

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who displays his ill-feeling towards the immoral people and gets angry for the sake of Allah, Allah will get angry for his sake and will render him well-pleased on the Day of Resurrection.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 31]