11 Nov 2021 By Know Muslim
An Incident Of Hazrat Ali رضي الله عنه
A Jew spoke derogatory words about the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in the presence of Hazrat Ali رضي الله عنه who was not one to let him go unpunished for that. He got hold of him at that very instant, raised him high and dropped him to the ground and sat down on his chest. The Jew finding himself no match for Hazrat Ali رضي الله عنه on his face, but the latter let go of his hold on the Jew and came down from his chest. When someone asked him why he set the Jew free while he had continued to be disrespectful and should have been punished, he said, "The first time I attacked him was for the love of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم because he had been disrespectful to him. When he spat on me, I became more angry and if I had revenged my self that would not have been for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم but for my own self because he had spat on my face. If I had hit him any more that would not have been for the sake of Allah, so I allowed him to go." In fact, this was the Hadith:
من احب لله وابغض لله
"He who loves, loves for Allah and he who hates, hates for Allah."
Put into practice. In other words, a chain is tied to anger so that one is angry only when it is allowed by shariah, otherwise the chain is held tight. One should refrain from being angry and show that he has nothing to do with anger. It is about these very people that it has been said "They are the ones to stop within the limits of Allah."
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