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Wednesday, 07 Thul Qa'dah 1432 H /05 October 2011

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THE TREATMENT for ANGER

Taken from the discourses of Moulana Hakeem Muhammed Akhtar Sahib Daamat Barakaatuhum

The Quraanic verse concerning anger:

Allah Ta'aala has explained three qualities of his special servants in the verse:-

1) Those who swallow their anger,

2) They forgive the mistakes of Our Servants,

3) They not only forgive, but do an act of kindness upon them, and Allah loves such people.

Anger is not a bad thing, but to use it in a wrong place is bad. When anger is concerning oneself, then the following verse will apply to him, "Men of Allah are those who swallow their anger and control themselves."

Many times, people request for some prayers whereby evil thoughts, inspirations and feelings do not occur to them, as the Urdu saying goes - "The flute must not remain, nor the flautist." This is childishness. Actually, perfection and intelligence is to trample the evil inspirations, not to act upon them, just for the pleasure of Allah. Anyone who goes through a lot of difficulties and suffering for your sake, will you not think him to be your very best friend? Therefore, one has to escape from or overpower these demands, for if you cannot do this, then it is proof enough that you do not want to go through difficulties for the sake of Allah. How then can this be a claim of love? One of the rights of love is that one goes through all difficulties for the pleasure of the beloved. Therefore, these demands and urges must remain, otherwise how will one fulfil his wife's rights in a permitted manner, which means not using one's urges in the wrong manner.

Moulana Thanwi Rahmatullahi Alai used to say that the intention is not to destroy bad habits, but to channelize them in the correct direction. For example, someone has anger in him which is a bad habit. Before his reformation he used it for himself, i.e if someone told him something unbecoming, or he was harmed by someone, he immediately lost control and let out his anger. But after he reformed, the direction of his anger changed. Now he gets angry on witnessing the disobedience of Allah and his enmity is now directed towards the enemies of Allah.

Reforming the Nafs

If after reformation, the 'SELF' (nafs) encourages towards sin, then he lets out his anger on it, saying he will not allow it to sin! So anger is there, but its direction is now changed, which is praiseworthy and a commendable action.

Now, what is the meaning of "Kazm" and for what was is it used by the Arabs? The Qurân has been revealed in the Arabic language. Allaamah Aloosi As Sayyid Mahmood, the Mufti of Baghdad has explained this in his commentary, Roohul Ma'aani, that "Kazm" means to fasten a string around the mouth of a water bag which is filled to the brim. Thus Allah Ta'aala states that when anger surges up in you, before you begin to talk vulgarly, swear and speak anything harmful, immediately tie your mouth up with the string of "Kazm".

Now, let us see what is the difference of "Ghaiz" and "Ghadhab". Sometimes, the workers in the office speak amongst themselves that "today the boss is fuming with rage, perhaps he had a fight with his wife." Allaamah A‚loosi Rahmatullahi alaih has explained that the meaning of "Ghaiz" is that when one is angered, he controls himself and holds back his frustration. In "Ghadhab" , one intends to take revenge. "Ghaiz" can be used only for the creation and not for the Creator (Allah) while "Ghadhab" can be used for both, the creation and the Creator. Allaamah Âloosi Rahmatullahi alaih has explained four ahaadeeth concerning this verse for only the one on whom the Quraan was revealed can explain the commentary of the above verse.

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Ingredients
4 cups flour - 4oz butter - 4 level tsp baking powder 1/4 up castor sugar - 250ml fresh cream - 1 egg - 1/4 tsp salt in the egg - A sprinkle of nutmeg in the flour.

Method
Mix all ingredients to forma soft dough. Add as little milk to make the dough soft if needed. Roll out and cut with doughnut cutter. Fry in hot oil. When cool roll in castor sugar & cinnamon. 1/4 Cup castpr sugar. 1/4 tsp cinnamon.

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