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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Ethics Lecture 10: Showing Anger with The Tongue, Hand or Heart Sometimes one can be excessive in anger at a time when one should be angry. This is not good, if it occurs. One should become angry at oppression and sin with his tongue, with his hand and with his heart, but should make sure to act in the correct fashion. How angry should one become?

The different stages of anger using one's tongue hand or heart will become clear by giving some examples. Exceeding the limits using the tongue - It is natural that a believer will become angry when someone says something bad to him. In this case, the best thing to do in the view of Islam is control one's anger and remain silent. Answer Bad With Good It would be very good if one could not only refrain from replying with bad language, but give the person advice in a nice tone using good manners.

For example if one would tell him: “You are a respected person whom people look up to. It would be a shame if your respect would be lowered in their eyes.” If a Muslim is able to answer bad language with good language, he should answer bad actions with good actions. For example, you can give someone who needs something what he needs even if that same person did not help you out when you were in need.

If one is able to answer bad with good, his enemies would lose their hatred for him and would become his friends, even better than friends, they would become like family members. Of course, not everyone is able to do this. Only the people who have a high level of faith are able to do this and benefit from their good habits.

The Other Person Will Be Ashamed When You Act Well With Them At first it is difficult to answer with good words someone who swore at you, but later it becomes pleasurable to do so. Sometimes men, in order to feel better, answer one swear with ten different swears. Not only does this make that person feel worse, he gets even angrier and it results in making an enemy.

A person who answers bad language with good language, who controls his anger, who acts like an adult, is the one who will become calm and feel better while the person who used bad language will be ashamed and regretful. An Eye For An Eye Limited By The Divine Decree One can perform one of the following three actions to someone who swears at him.