“One should be on one’s guard so as to dissociate oneself by some means before anger’s fierceness mounts and its fire becomes more violent. He should either leave the place where his anger may be provoked, or change his posture: that is, if seated, he should stand up, and if standing sit down, or engage…
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Among the practical remedies…
“Among the practical remedies for curing anger when it has flared up, the important ones involve withholding of the self in the initial stages of anger. This is because it is ignited little by little, becoming more intense until its furnace is set burning fiercely and its flame becomes violent and furious. When that happens,…
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It can be said that anger is the mother…
“It can be said that anger is the mother of all spiritual maladies and the key to each and every evil action. As opposed to this vice is the ability to restrain one’s anger. This ability to extinguish the fire of anger has been considered the essence of wisdom and the focus of all virtues…
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It may happen that someone gets angry…
It may happen that someone gets angry and, in a bout of extreme anger, turns away from the religion of Allah. The hot flames and the dark fumes of anger not only destroy his faith by consuming his righteous beliefs, they also lead him to apostatize by rejecting Allah, thus leading him to eternal damnation….
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The nightly prayer, it familiarizes man with…
“The nightly prayer, it familiarizes man with the worship and remembrance of Allah, bringing the unreal to the Real, and turning the heart towards the King of kings, stirring in it the love for the Beauty of the Real Beloved, and diminishing the attachment to and concern for the world and the Hereafter. Perhaps, if…
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