hurt anyone’s feelings or violate anyone’s rights, then how will I remain safe from the wrath of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ on the Day of Judgement?’(Ghussay ka Ilaj, pp. 15)

Another cure for anger is that at the time of anger, recall the way of life and parables of the pious predecessors. Let’s listen to 3 such parables:

1.   A person talked rudely to Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen, Sayyiduna ‘Umar Bin ‘Abdul-Aziz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه. He bowed his head and said: ‘Do you want me to become angry and that Satan plunges me into the pride of arrogance and power, I make you a target of oppression and on the Day of Judgement, you seek its compensation from me? I will certainly not do this.’ Saying this, he remained silent. (Kimiya-e-Sa’adat, vol. 2, pp. 597; Ghussay ka Ilaj, pp. 12)

2.   A person swore at Sayyiduna Salman Farsi رَضِىَ اللهُ عَـنْهُ. He replied: ‘On the Day of Judgement, if my scale of bad deeds is heavier, then I am worse than what you have said. However, if it is lighter, then I do not care about your swearing.’(Ithaf-us-Sadah, vol. 9, pp. 416, Az Ghussay ka Ilaj, pp. 12)

3.   A person swore at Sayyiduna Sha’bi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه. He replied: ‘If you have spoken the truth, then may Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forgive me and if you have lied, then may Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forgive you.’(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 212; Ghussay ka Ilaj, pp. 13)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب               صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Points regarding respect of the Holy Quran

٭   It is an etiquette to keep the Holy Quran in a case or in a cover. Muslims have been acting upon this since the time of the Sahabah and Tabi’een رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُمۡ اَجۡـمَعِیۡن. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, part 12, pp. 139)

٭   One of the etiquettes of the Holy Quran is to refrain from turning one’s back towards it, spreading out the legs towards it, putting the feet higher than it, and being on a higher surface as compared to it. (ibid)

٭   The 3 sciences of Lughat [language], Nahw [grammar: Arabic syntax], and Sarf [morphology] are all equal in status. It is permissible to put any book of these sciences on top of the other one. On top of those, books of