Those Who Suppress their Anger

Anger is a very strong in your heart that can cause so much pain if you don’t release it. Your physiological and psychological state changes. It causes you to do irrational things or even become violent. If you are able to suppress it – even though it’s there – RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that there is a very big reward for it.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “If anyone suppresses anger when he is in a position to give vent to it, Allah, the Exalted, will call him on the Day of Resurrection over the heads of all creatures, and ask him to choose any of the bright and large eyed maidens he wishes.” [Abu Dawood, 41/4759] Also, in the hadith, notice it says that you hold the anger back when you can actually release it or act upon it. In some situations, you can’t do anything.

Allah mentions in the Qur’an the mutaqeen (the God-conscious): “Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people – and Allah loves the doers of good.” (3:133) The sahabah, with the training of RasulAllah, reached to the level where they forgave. They would stand up for the truth, but when they had the ability to take revenge, they would forgive; this is a very virtuous thing. In Islam, you have the right to take what belongs to you – an eye for an eye. Forgiving is above that and you receive a special reward for doing so.