THE TWO
MOTIVES BEHIND SINS, ANGER AND DESIRE
if a person
looks closely then they will notice that there are two kinds of motives or
emotions that lie behind all the sins committed in this world, whether they be
related to rights of Allah (حقوق الّٰلہ),
or rights of people (حقوق العباد),
one is anger, and the other is desire. Desire can be Halal (permissible), like
desire for eating good food that a person can obtain through Halal means. Or
the desire can be Hara’am (unlawful), for example, desire of owning more and
more wealth leading a person to engage in theft or robbery. Similarly, anger
can sometimes be appropriate, for example if another person attacks his person,
property or honour unduly, but if one acts in anger where it is not due, it can
lead to many sins.
Hazrat
Thanvi Rehmatullah Elaih (RE) used to say that the matter of this Hadith, i.e.
controlling one’s anger, is one of the major requirements of Tareeqat (Tasawuf,
تصوّف). If a person wants to
progress in the way of Allah and wants to go through Tazkiah (تزکیہ) (Tazkiah
literally means purification, in this context it refers to self-purification),
then the first step in that journey will be to control his anger.
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