11 Nov 2021 By Know Muslim
We have seen that the angry man derives pleasure from the other man's troubles but it also happens that this man sees comfort and happiness. The angry man, then, wishes for his comfort and happiness to be taken away from him. He wishes that whatever gain the other has by way of prosperous business or promotion may be lost to him. He cannot see him happy and prosperous. In other words, he is jealous of him, and we have seen that it is also a result of anger. Thus, a man commits many sins when the person he is angry at is his subordinate or junior and even when he is his superior or senior. Therefore, the sins that he commits are because he cannot control his anger; if he had a control over his anger then he would not have committed so may sins. The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said for the very reason, "Do not be angry." We also find in the Qur'an, Allah describes the pious Muslims in these words:
وَالۡكٰظِمِيۡنَ الۡغَيۡظَ وَالۡعَافِيۡنَ عَنِ النَّاسِؕ
And restrain their anger, and are forgiving towards mankind, (ail Imran, 3:134)
The pious Muslims do that because one who controls his temper preserves himself from many sins.