Anger and forgiveness · When the moment comes
Say A'udhu billah when anger rises
- The practice
- The moment you feel anger rising, say: A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajim.
- When
- When you feel anger rising
- In daily life
- In traffic, over a heated work email, or when the kids push your last button: say it before you say anything else. Put it on a sticky note on your screen or on your lock screen until it comes to you on its own.
The source
عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ، قَالَ اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا تَحْمَرُّ عَيْنَاهُ وَتَنْتَفِخُ أَوْدَاجُهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ " . فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَهَلْ تَرَى بِي مِنْ جُنُونٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلاَءِ فَقَالَ وَهَلْ تَرَى . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الرَّجُلَ
“Sulaiman b. Surad reported that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and the eyes of one of them became red as embers and the veins of his neck were swollen. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:I know of a wording, if he were to utter that, his fit of rage (would be no more and that wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed. The person said: Do you find any madness in me? Ibn al-'Ala' said: Do you see it? And he made no mention of the person”Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.