Islamic Anger Management

Islamic Anger Management

‫ﺑﺴﻢ اﻟﻠﻪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ‬

َ‫ ﻗ َﺎل‬:َ‫ﻣ َﺴ ْﻌُﻮدٍ ﻗ َﺎل‬ َّ

ِ ‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ ﻋ َﺒْﺪ ِ اﻟﻠ ﻪِ ﺑ ْﻦ‬
:َ ‫ر َﺳ ُﻮلُ اﻟﻠ َّﻪِ ﺻ َﻠ َّﻰ اﻟﻠﻪُ ﻋ َﻠ َﻴْﻪِ وَﺳ َﻠ َّﻢ‬
َ َ
َ ‫ أ ﻋ ُﻮذ ُ ﺑِﺎﻟﻠ َّﻪِ ﻣ ِﻦ‬:ْ ‫»ﻟ َﻮ ْ ﻳَﻘُﻮلُ أ ﺣ َﺪ ُﻫ ُﻢ‬
َ
ُ‫اﻟﺸ َّﻴْﻄ َﺎنِ ذ َﻫ َﺐ َ ﻏ َﻀ َﺒُﻪُ« أ وْ »ﺳ َﻜ َﻦ َ ﻏ َﻀ َﺒُﻪ‬

Abdullah ibn Masud (radi Allahu anhu) said the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬
said : If anyone of you were to say, “I seek refuge in Allah”,
then his anger would subside or he’d become calm.”

Collected by At-Tabarani in Al-Awsot (7022) graded as being

Sahih by Imam Al-Albani in Silsilah 1376

Benefits for this subject:

This is true; as anger stems from Satan. A man came to the

Prophet(‫ )ﷺ‬and asked for some advice. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said
don’t let your anger get the best of you. The man kept asking
for advice and he each time he was advised to avoid anger.
This advice was given because anger can result in one causing
harm to his family, his neighbor, or even to his Muslim
brother and so forth without just right. There are times when
a man becomes anger and thus divorces his wife, acts hostile
towards another and perhaps even strike his Muslim brother.
These all can result from the evils of anger, which the
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬explicitly warned against in his words, “Don’t
let your anger get the best of you.”

Hence, when a Muslim becomes angry, what should he do to repel

it? The remedy to control it has been mentioned in another
hadith as well, when he(‫ )ﷺ‬said that if one is standing then
he should sit ;and if he’s sitting then he should recline.
This would cause the anger to subside, or at least cool off .
Moreover, along with that he could also say. ” I seek refuge
in the accursed Satan. Consequently, following these steps
won’t allow you to do something which you’ll later regret due
to your anger. [i]
Translated by

Abu Aaliyah Abdullah Battle

At-Ta’leeqat ala ahadeeth As-Saheehah by Shaykh Zayd Al-

Madkhali vol-1,pg 59