Why the Prophet Repeated 'Don't Get Angry'
Controlling Anger: A Hadith Analysis on Islamic Legal Principles of Means and Ends
Summary
This lecture discusses a hadith from Riyadul Saliheen narrated by Abu Hurairah, in which a man asks the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for advice and the Prophet repeatedly responds 'do not become angry.' The speaker explains that this prohibition is not about suppressing emotions themselves, which are natural to humans, but rather about controlling the circumstances and factors that lead to anger. He elaborates on the Islamic legal principle (Usul al-Fiqh) that the means to something have the same ruling as the end itself (al-wasail laha ahkam al-maqasid), citing examples such as how alcohol-related activities are prohibited just as drinking alcohol is prohibited. The speaker distinguishes between wasail (direct means) and dhara'i (indirect means), and emphasizes the concept of ijtinab (avoidance), which means completely distancing oneself not only from anger itself but from anything that leads to or might lead to anger.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله واشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد رياض الصالحين الحافظ النبوي يقول وعن ابي هريره رضي الله عنه ان رجلا قال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم اوصني قال لا تغضب فردد مرارا قال لا تغضب اي فرد عليه السؤال مرارا قال اوصني قال لا تغضب فقال ثم ماذا اوصني قال لا تغضب قال ثم ماذا تغضب وهكذا فكرر فردد مرارا وفي كل يقول له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا تغضب رواه البخاريed.
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اجتب الاجتناب اي ان تكون في جانب وهذا المحرم في جانب اخر هذا هو الاجتناب والتجنب انا اتجنب شيء اي اجعله على جنبي هذا اشد اسلوب من مجرد التحريم والنهي tyes and that a person is not only comm andit somethingit from comingose to that person is avoid it tells in the quران that alol and ging isit he So avoid it completely avoidance me I don't do it. I don't do anything that leads to it and I don't do anything might to it. These are three things. propet صلى الله عليه وسلم says تغضب entils that we are prohibited from that which will take us or lead us directly to anger such as argument or particular toics or that which might lead us to anger such as particular individuals for instance that make us angry ان شاء الله تعالى نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى بمنه وكرمه وجوده ان يضبط لنا غضبنا نساله تعالى ان يوفقنا للقيام بامره واجتناب نهيه انه ولي ذلك والقادر عليه صلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد.