Mufti Menk – How to Control Your Anger

			So my brothers and sisters, then Allah says, It's not good enough to only spend, some people spend,
but then they are arrogant. They are boastful, they brag. Allah says: <<wal kaazimeenal ghaiza>> [Q,3:134]
those who actually swallow their anger. Those who extinguish their anger, they suppress their anger.
Those are the ones who've developed the right relationship with Allah. They are the muttaqun, they
deserve paradise, they would have made haste towards paradise. So Allah's telling you about the race.
The race to paradise includes
		

			extinguishing your anger. SubhanAllah. you want paradise Allah says, Well, part of the race is
		

			don't be angry. A young boy comes to the Prophet peace be upon him and says, advise me. He says,
Don't get angry. Give me more advice. He says, Don't get angry. Give me more advice. He says, Don't
get angry. He kept repeating that Why? Perhaps that boy had a temper problem or problem with his
anger, anger management, he needed. Allah's telling you be conscious of me. Develop the correct
relationship with me and you know what? race towards forgiveness and paradise and the racing towards
forgiveness and paradise that is prepared for those who are conscious of Allah. That race includes
spending. You spend when you spend, you've won the race.
		

			But together with that, you need to extinguish your anger.
		

			When you extinguish your anger, there comes a time when you achieve so much of comfort. You cannot
describe it. It is so comforting. You could have prevented it and you just didn't. So what?
Subhanallah you are the more powerful person. --laisasy syadiidu bishshura'ati innamaasy syadiidul ladzii yamliku nafsahu 'indal ghadhab--. The Prophet peace be upon him says a powerful person is not he who can
out wrestle others. A powerful person is the one who can extinguish his anger when he's angry. Subhanallah
can you do that? Well then you achieve a lot of comfort.