الغَضَبُ

ANGER

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Rage is a type of madness because the one enraged feels regret later on, and if he does not feel regret, then his madness has become ingrained.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 255]

3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anger is the key to all evils.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 303, no. 3]

4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anger is such that it destroys the heart of even the wise man.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 305, no. 13]

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Shall I tell you who is the toughest and strongest from among you? The one who controls himself when he is angry.’
[Nathr al-Durar, v. 1, p. 183]

6– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is no strength like being able to repel one’s anger.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286]

7– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who has no control over his anger has no control over his reason.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 305, no. 13]

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily there is a door to Hell, the entrance into which will be reserved for one who vented his anger through committing an act of disobedience to Allah, most High.’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 121]

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who curbs his anger, Allah will curb His punishment from him.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 263, no. 7]

10– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘He who suppresses his anger despite being able to vent it, Allah will fill his heart with peace and security on the Day of Resurrection.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 110, no. 7]

11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘What a good dose anger is for he who can swallow it …’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 109, no. 3]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O Ali, do not get angry, and if you do get angry, then sit down and reflect upon the power of your Lord over His creation and His clemency towards them in spite of it. And whenever anyone tells you
[condescendingly] to fear Allah, expel your anger and remind yourself of your clemency.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 14]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Remedy your anger with silence, and your carnal desire through your reason.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5155]

14– Prophet Moses (AS)
[addressed Allah] saying, ‘O Lord, who are your special people whom You will shade with the shade of Your Throne on the day when no shade will avail except Your Shade?’ So Allah revealed to him, ‘… and those who are angered when the things that I have prohibited are deemed lawful
[by people], the way a leopard is angered when it is wounded!’
[Wasael al-Shi`aah , v. 11, p. 416, no. 3]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He (SAWA)
[i.e. the Prophet] never used to get angry over worldly matters, but when he did get angry for the sake of the truth, he was unrecognisable and nothing could restrain his anger until he had triumphed in his case
[for the truth].’
[al-Mahajjat al-Baydha, v. 5, p. 303]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who displays his ill-feeling towards the immoral people and gets angry for the sake of Allah, Allah will get angry for his sake and will render him well-pleased on the Day of Resurrection.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 31]