غضب

1. غضب Anger

2. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : الغَضَبُ جَمرَةٌ مِن الشيطانِ The Prophet of God (s) said: The Anger is the spark (lit) from Satan. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 265, hadith # 15]

3. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : مِن أحَبِّ السَّبيلِ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ جُرعَتانِ : جُرعَةُ غَيظٍ تَرُدُّها بِحِلمٍ ، وجَرعَةُ مُصيبَةٍ تَرُدُّها بِصَبرٍ The Prophet of God (s) said: In the love of the way leading to God, there are two sips of drinks: the drink of anger that you overcome with forbearance, and the drink of calamity that you overcome with patience. [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 110]

4. ...: قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : إنَّ الغَضَبَ مِن الشّيطانِ ، وإنَّ الشيطانَ خُلِقَ مِن النارِ ، وإنّما تُطفَأُ النارُ بالماءِ ، فإذا غَضِبَ أحَدُكم فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ The Prophet of God (s) said: Anger is from Satan (devil), and Satan is created from fire, and fire is quenched with water, thus when anyone of you is overcome with anger, he should perform wudhu (minor ablution). [Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib, vol. 3, p. 452]

5. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله - لَمّا استَوصاهُ رجُلٌ - : لا تَغضَبْ ، قالَ : فَفَكَّرتُ حِينَ قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله ما قالَ ، فإذا الغَضَبُ يَجمَعُ الشَّرَّ كُلَّهُ Prophet of God (s) while responding to a person who sought an advice, said: ‘Give up anger’. This person says that while the Prophet (s) was speaking, I thought that anger gathers all the evils with it. [Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib, vol. 3, p. 445]

6. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : الغَضَبُ يُفسِدُ الإيمانَ كما يُفسِدُ الخَلُّ العَسَلَ Prophet of God (s) said: Anger destroys faith in the same manner as vinegar destroys honey. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 267,hadith # 22]

7. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : إنَّ لِجَهَنَّمَ باباً لا يَدخُلُها إلّا مَن شَفى غَيظَهُ بمَعصيَةِ اللَّهِ تعالى The Prophet of God (s) said: There is a door in Hell through which no one will enter except the person who used to get angry while disobeying God, the most high. [Al-Tanbih al-Khawatir, vol.1, p. 98]

8. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله - لَمّا سَألَهُ رَجُلٌ : اُحِبُّ أن أكُونَ آمِناً مِن سَخَطِ اللَّهِ - : لا تَغضَبْ على أحَدٍ تَأمَنْ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ وسَخَطَهُ The Prophet of God (s) when asked by a man that he loved to remain safe from the anger of God, said: Don’t get angry on anyone and you will be safeguarded from the anger of God and His displeasure. [Kanz al-Ummal, hadith # 44154]

9. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : يا عليُّ ، لاتَغضَبْ ، فإذا غَضِبتَ فَاقعُدْ وتَفَكَّرْ في قُدرَةِ الرَّبِّ علَى العِبادِ وحِلمِهِ عَنهُم ، وإذا قيلَ لكَ : اِتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَانبِذْ غَضَبَكَ ، وراجِعْ حِلمَكَ The Prophet of God (s) said: O Ali ! Never be overpowered by anger, and if you get angry, sit down, and reflect that Lord, in spite of His unlimited power over His servants, is so tolerant towards them. And when it is said to you: ‘Be afraid of God’ then give up your anger and return to your forbearance. [Tuhuf al-Uqool, p. 14]

10. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : إنَّ هذا الغَضَبَ جَمرَةٌ مِن الشيطانِ تَتَوَقَّدُ في قَلبِ ابنِ آدمَ ، وإنّ أحَدَكُم إذا غَضِبَ احمَرَّت عَيناهُ ، وانتَفَخَت أوداجُهُ ، ودَخَلَ الشيطانُ فيهِ The Prophet of God (s) said: This anger is a spark from Satan that burns in the heart of son of Adam (human being), and when anyone of you gets angry, then his eyes become red, his veins swell and Satan enters inside (takes hold of) him. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 5, p. 267,hadith # 21]

11. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله - لأصحابهِ - : ما الصُّرَعَةُ فيكُم ؟ قالوا : الشَّديدُ القَويُّ الذي لا يُوضَعُ جَنبُهُ ، فقالَ : بلِ الصُّرَعَةُ حَقُّ الصُّرَعَةِ رَجُلٌ وَكَزَ الشيطانُ في قَلبِهِ واشتَدَّ غَضبُهُ وظَهَرَ دَمُهُ ، ثُمّ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَصَرَعَ بحِلمِهِ غَضَبَهُ The Prophet of God (s) asked his companions: Who is the best wrestler among you ? They replied: Whoever wouldn't fall on his back over ground is the most powerful. The Prophet (s) then said: No ! In reality the most powerful wrestler is the person who, when provoked by the spark of Satan in his heart to become severely angry and when his complexion is reddened by it, remembers God at that moment and successfully overpowers his anger by forbearance. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 150,hadith # 86]

12. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله : الصُّرَعَةُ كُلُّ الصُّرَعَةِ ، الصُّرَعَةُ كلُّ الصُّرَعةِ ، الصُّرَعةُ كلُّ الصُّرَعةِ : الرَّجُلُ الذي يَغضَبُ فَيَشتَدُّ غَضَبُهُ ، ويَحمَرُّ وَجهُهُ ، ويَقشَعِرُّ جِلدُهُ ، فَيَصرَعُ غَضَبَهُ The Prophet of God (s) said: The most powerful wrestler of the all the wrestlers ! the most powerful wrestler of the all the wrestlers ! the most powerful wrestler of the all the wrestlers ! The man who when angered severely and when his face becomes red (with anger), his skin becomes bumpy with gooseflesh (because of anger), is able to knock down his anger ! [Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib, vol. 3, p. 447, hadith # 9]

13. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله : ما تَجَرَّعَ عَبدٌ جُرعَةً أفضَلَ عِندَ اللَّهِ مِن جُرعَةِ غَيظٍ كَظَمَها للَّهِ‏ِ ابتِغاءَ وَجهِ اللَّهِ The Prophet of God (s) said: No sip of drink that a servant drinks is best in its excellence near to God, that is the drink of anger which he drinks for the happiness of God seeking nearness to Him. [Kanz al-Ummal, hadith # 5819]

14. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله - لَمّا رَأى قَوماً يَدحُونَ حَجَراً : أشَدُّكم مَن مَلَكَ نفسَهُ عندَ الغَضَبِ ، وأحمَلُكُم مَن عَفا بعدَ المَقدِرَةِ The Prophet of God (s), when he came out one day, and saw some people lifting a heavy stone, said to them: The most powerful among you is the one who is able to control himself when anger takes over him and most forbearing among you is the one who, when he has overpowered (his enemy), forgives him. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 148,hadith # 67]

15. أوحَى اللَّهُ إلى داودَعليه السلام : إذا ذَكَرَنِي عَبدِي حينَ يَغضَبُ ، ذَكَرتُهُ يومَ القِيامَةِ في جَميعِ خَلقِي ، ولا أمحَقُهُ فِيمَن أمحَقُ The Prophet of God (s) said: God sent revelation to Dawood (a): When my servant remembers me while (he is) in anger, on the Day of Judgment I will remember him among all my creatures and will not let him among the perished ones who will perish (because of my punishment). [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 266,hadith # 18]

16. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله : مَن كَفَّ غَضَبَهُ كَفَّ اللَّهُ عَنهُ عَذابَهُ The Prophet of God (s) said: “One who restrains his anger (towards someone), God will refrain chastisement from him. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 263,hadith # 7]

17. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : إذا غَضِبَ أحَدُكم وهو قائمٌ فَلْيَجلِسْ ، فإن ذَهَبَ عَنهُ الغَضَبُ وإلّا فَليَضطَجِعْ The Prophet of God (s) said: When anyone of you is overpowered by anger, if he is standing, he should sit down. Then if still anger is not overcome, he should lie down. [Al-Tanbih al-Khawatir, vol. 3, p. 450]

18. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : ألا وإنَّ الغَضَبَ جَمرَةٌ في قَلبِ ابنِ آدمَ ، أما رَأيتُم إلى حُمرَةِ عَينَيهِ وانتِفاخِ أوداجِهِ ؟! فَمَن أحَسَّ بِشي‏ءٍ مِن ذلكَ فَلْيَلصَقْ بالأرضِ The Prophet of God (s) said: Beware that anger is the spark lit in the heart of son of Adam. Haven't you seen this in the red eyes of angered and his swollen veins ? Thus when one feels that anger is approaching him, he should touch (or lie down on) the earth. [Al-Tanbih al-Khawatir, vol. 3, p. 448]

19. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : ألا اُخبِرُكُم بِأشَدِّكُم ؟ مَن مَلَكَ نفسَهُ عِندَ الغَضَبِ The Prophet of God (s) said: Shouldn’t I tell you who is the most powerful among you ? The one who controls himself while in the state of anger. [Mizan al-Hikmah, hadith # 15014]

20. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : مَن كَظَمَ غَيظاً مَلَأ اللَّهُ جَوفَهُ إيماناً The Prophet of God (s) said: The one who overcomes his anger, God will fill his inside (heart) with faith. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 25, p. 411,hadith # 71]

21. رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله : ليسَ الشَّديدُ بالصُّرَعَةِ ، إنّما الشَّديدُ الذي يَملِكُ نفسَهُ عندَ الغَضَبِ The Prophet of God (s) said: A wrestler is not powerful, (rather) in reality, powerful is the one who controls himself when he is in anger. [Al-Tanbih al-Khawatir, vol. 1, p. 99]

22. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ مِفتاحُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: Anger is key to all kinds of vices. [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 303, hadith # 3]

23. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ يُثِيرُ كَوامِنَ الحِقدِ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger provokes hidden malice. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 1220]

24. عنه عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ شَرٌّ إن أطَعتَهُ دَمَّرَ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger is such an evil that if followed, will lead to destruction. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 2164]

25. عنه عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ مَركَبُ الطَّيشِ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger is a ride to the downfall of Wisdom [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 2507]

26. عنه عليه السلام : بِكَثرَةِ الغَضَبِ يكونُ الطَّيشُ Imam Ali (a) said: With excessive (or repeated) anger, the wisdom is lost. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 3855]

27. عنه عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ يُردِي صاحِبَهُ ويُبدِي مَعايِبَهُ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger destroys the one who possesses it and discloses his shortcomings. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 4417]

28. عنه عليه السلام : مَن أطلَقَ غَضَبَهُ تَعَجَّلَ حَتفَهُ Imam Ali (a) said: The one who leaves his anger loose, his destruction comes very fast. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 7948]

29. عنه عليه السلام : بِئسَ القَرِينُ الغَضَبُ : يُبدِي المَعائبَ ، ويُدنِي الشَّرَّ ، ويُباعِدُ الخَيرَ Imam Ali (a) said: What a bad companion anger is ! It reveals faults, brings evil nearer and keeps good away. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 1709]

30. عنه عليه السلام : إنّكم إن أطَعتُم سَورَةَ الغَضَبِ أورَدَتكُم نِهايَةَ العَطَبِ Imam Ali (a) said: If you are taken away by the tide of anger than it will take you towards the last limits of destruction. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 4264]

31. عنه عليه السلام : احتَرِسُوا مِن سَورَةِ الغَضَبِ ، وأعِدُّوا لَهُ ما تُجاهِدُونَهُ بهِ مِن الكَظمِ والحِلمِ Imam Ali (a) said: Keep yourself protected from the attack of anger and take it as your enemy with whom you fight with suppression and forbearance. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 808]

32. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ مَمحَقَةٌ لِقَلبِ الحَكيمِ Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: Anger makes the heart of a wise person, dead. [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 305, hadith # 13]

33. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا نَسَبَ أوضَعُ مِن الغَضَبِ Imam Ali (a) said: There is no relationship worse than anger. [Amali al-Sadduq, p. 264, hadith # 9]

34. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عُقوبَةُ الغَضُوبِ والحَقُودِ والحَسُودِ تَبدَأُ بأنفُسِهِم ! Imam Ali (a) said: The punishment for the angry, malicious and the envious starts within their own souls. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 6325]

35. عنه عليه السلام : مِن طَبائعِ الجُهّالِ التَّسَرُّعُ إلَى الغَضَبِ في كُلِّ حالٍ Imam Ali (a) said: It is the habit of ignorant persons to become angry (over minor issues) all the time. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 10793]

36. عنه عليه السلام : لا يَقُومُ عِزُّ الغَضَبِ بِذُلِّ الاعتِذارِ Imam Ali (a) said: The respect a person enjoys on controlling his anger cannot be equal to the excuse he offers (to someone) after he was angry. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 9351]

37. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ نارُ القُلوبِ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger is the fire of hearts. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 1787]

38. عنه عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ نارٌ مُوقَدَةٌ ، مَن كَظَمَهُ أطفَأها ، ومَن أطلَقَهُ كانَ أوَّلَ مُحتَرِقٍ بها Imam Ali (a) said: Anger is a raging fire, the one who controls it, quenches it and the one who leaves it free is the first one to be burned in its flames. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 965]

39. عنه عليه السلام - مِن كتابٍ لَهُ إلَى الحارِثِ الهَمْدانيِّ - : واحذَرِ الغَضَبَ ؛ فإنّهُ جُندٌ عَظيمٌ مِن جُنودِ إبليسَ Imam Ali (a), in a letter to Harith al-Hamdani, wrote: ...Be afraid of anger, for it is an army among the armies of Satan. [Nahjul Balagha, saying # 69]

40. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إيّاك والغَضَبَ ، فَأوَّلُهُ جُنونٌ وآخِرُهُ نَدَمٌ Imam Ali (a) said: Protect yourself from anger for its beginning is insanity and its end is remorse. [Gharar ul-Hikam wa darar ul-Kalim, hadith # 2635]

41. عنه عليه السلام : الحِدَّةُ ضَربٌ مِن الجُنونِ لأنَّ صاحِبَها يَندَمُ ، فإن لَم يَندَمْ فَجُنُونُهُ مُستَحكِمٌ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger is a kind of insanity because the one who gets angry feels regret and if he doesn't then his insanity is established. [Nahjul Balagha, saying # 255]

42. عنه عليه السلام : الغَضَبُ يُفسِدُ الألبابَ ، ويُبعِدُ مِن الصَّوابِ Imam Ali (a) said: Anger corrupts one’s intellect, takes one away from path of righteousness. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 3047]

43. عنه عليه السلام : أقدَرُ الناسِ علَى الصَّوابِ مَن لَم يَغضَبْ Imam Ali (a) said: The most righteous and aware among people is the one who doesn’t get angry. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 1356]

44. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن لَم يَملِكْ غَضَبَهُ لَم يَملِكْ عَقلَهُ Imam Al-Sadiq (a) said: The one who cannot control his anger also cannot control (the power of) his intellect [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 305, hadith # 13]

45. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : شِدَّةُ الغَضَبِ تُغَيِّرُ المَنطِقَ ، وتَقطَعُ مادَّةَ الحُجَّةِ ، وتُفَرِّقُ الفَهمَ Imam Ali (a) said: The severity of anger alters logical reasoning, cuts off the foundation of authentic argument and scatters the ability to understand and perceive. [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 428]

46. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أفضَلُ المِلكِ مِلكُ الغَضَبِ Imam Ali (a) said: The best of abilities is (the ability) to control anger. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 1337]

47. عنه عليه السلام : أحضَرُ الناسِ جَواباً مَن لَم يَغضَبْ Imam Ali (a) said: The best prepared among the people to reply is the one who doesn’t get angry. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 3269]

48. عنه عليه السلام : أشرَفُ المُروءَةِ مِلكُ الغَضَبِ وإماتَةُ الشَّهوَةِ Imam Ali (a) said: The excellence of honor is to control anger and kill excessive desires. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 6048-6049]

49. عنه عليه السلام : أعظَمُ الناسِ سُلطاناً على نفسِهِ مَن قَمَعَ غَضَبَهُ وأماتَ شَهوَتَهُ Imam Ali (a) said: The most magnificent among people is the one who has complete authority over himself, who he kills his anger and puts to death his excessive desires. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 5931]

50. عنه عليه السلام :رَأسُ الفَضائلِ مِلكُ الغَضَبِ وإماتَةُ الشَّهوَةِ Imam Ali (a) said: The fountainhead of all excellences is to control anger and kill excessive desires. [Ghurar ul-Hikam wa Durar ul-Kalim, hadith # 5237]