Arrogance is a root cause of anger!
Read the
explanation of Al-Hāfidh ibn Hajar رحمه الله
in Fath-ul-Bāri on the hadith of Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
(hadith no. 5765) wherein Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم
repeatedly advised a man to not become angry:
Al-Hāfidh ibn
Hajar رحمه الله:
“It is
mentioned that the meaning of it (i.e. the hadith) is do not become angry
because from the main causes of anger is arrogance, due to it (i.e. the anger) occurring
when something takes place in a manner that the person did not want, such that
arrogance causes them to then become angry.
So the one who
humbles himself such that this self-importance (that causes them to want things
to happen only how they wish) leaves them, they are saved from the evils of
anger.”
Imām ibn Hajar
goes on to quote that from the most powerful ways of repelling anger is
bringing true Tawhīd to the forefront of ones mind, in realising that there is
no controller of actions except Allāh, and that everything else is merely a
tool (subject to His decree) such that if one is faced with some harm from
another person and they remind themself that if Allāh had willed (this to not
occur) then this would not have been possible, then their anger subsides,
because if they continued with anger while this is the situation, then in reality
their anger is with their Lord –جل وعلا
–
and this is in opposition to ‘ubūdiyyah (servitude).
[All taken
from Imām ibn Hajar’s explanation of the aforementioned hadīth in Bukhāri]
Translation by
Tower Hamlets Dawah / @DawahTH
5:23 AM – 9 Jan
2019
