CONTROL YOUR ANGER: 30

THE RISK OF EXPRESSING EXCESSIVE ANGER AT MINORS

If a person we are expressing anger at are the same age as us or older than us, then they can tell us if they don’t like what we say, or can express anger at us in return. However, if he person we are getting angry at us is younger than us, or is our subordinate, then they are not in a position to express their displeasure or take revenge. Therefore, we may not even realize how badly we have hurt their feelings or insulted them, and because we won’t know we won’t even be able to ask for forgiveness for that excessive anger.

Violating rights of minors is a very delicate matter, so much so that Hazrat Thanvi RE that teachers who teach young children should be extra careful because they are minors and in Shariah forgiveness by minors is not valid. It means that if they die before becoming adults and forgiving the teachers for any excesses they may have committed, then there won’t be any way for the teacher to ask for forgiveness for any excessive anger they expressed, and they will have to atone for the violated rights of the minors on the Day of Judgment.