Anger Is the Root of All Sins and Will Ruin Your Good Deeds
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani (q)
23 September 2009 Falls Church, Virginia
A'udhu Billahi min ash Shaytan-ir-rajeem
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem
nawaytu'l-arba`een nawaytu'l-`itikaaf nawaytu'l-khalwah nawaytu'r-riyaadah nawaytu's-salook nawaytu'l-`uzlah li 'Llahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid.
It is written in Holy Qur'an, obey Allah obey Prophet and those who are on authority. Adab of meeting is that one speaks, the other listens. And in Islamic adab, in Islamic discipline, you are supposed to listen. Whatever that person is speaking, the other has to listen. Anyone can speak and the other listens. Prophet (s) said, "If you are three put one Amir," (so) if you are three together put one to speak. You cannot have everyone speaking - then there is no benefit. "Wa qaalu sami`na wa ata` na - they said we listened and we obeyed." So I have to listen to what they say; you have to listen to what they say. Because when someone has been authorized by a wali to speak then that wali must reach him. He cannot give him permission to speak without reaching him. I appoint you my deputy (points to someone in audience); you for example. If I don’t reach you anytime you need me what is the benefit? Then no need to appoint you, what is the benefit?.
Especially in spirituality, (it is) not like in realities; it is different from normalities, (which) means the normal way. Normal way is people study through university and even some study from non-Muslim teachers about Islam and they go and teach. The professor who taught them about their Islamic behaviours and Islamic knowledge and he is not a Muslim, how he can reach them? There is no connection. He gave you a presentation in a university and that is it. That is why it is very important and the Heavenly message of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is not a message that came to universities. That Heavenly message cannot be taught in a university and specially non-Muslim universities.
What (do) they understand from that Heavenly message? Heavenly message no one can understand except those who are connected. Like electricity if it is not connected to the mains, what you call transformer, that it is connected to main source there is no light. You want light then put the switch on and you get light. Awliyaullah, guides, you have to request (them) to put your switch on. With the connection on they can reach you. If they are not reaching you they are not awliya, they are not necessary to be guides. The one who takes the responsibility as the guide has to reach his student or he will be lost
A general in the army has to reach his soldiers or all his soldiers will be in the hands of the enemies. So he has to reach them wherever they are and that is why they say communication, communication?.. ministry in a government is important because without communication I'tisalaat, through wireless technology today, you cannot reach. your soldiers. Awliyaullah they have Heavenly technology, Heavenly connections. The ministry that has the communication, there is a Heavenly ministry for communication. If there is no such Heavenly communication, how (can) awliya reach their followers? Millions and millions and millions in different tariqahs, we are speaking in general. Every guide of a tariqah, if he reached the level of wilaya, sainthood has to have that communication system. Look now Internet is reaching everywhere so you need that communication for physical reaching. Awliyaullah reach the physical and spiritual. Without reaching them spiritually you will lose them to the hand of Shaytan.
So when they come, when you listen, and they give you the right connection because everyone has his own connection; don't think that your connection is similar to my connection or your connection is similar to his connection. Different communication to your heart, different communication system to his heart, different to my heart depend upon the voltage for you, what they speak today gigabytes (bandwidths). Like they speak today bandwidths, how much it is strong that you can reach of knowledge, Huge bandwidths that satellite is using. Awliyaullah are not satellites? Satellites is not even a piece of their nail. They have heavenly satellites coming from the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) Wa `alam anna feekum Rasulullah, you have to know that Prophet (s) is in you, not only with you,among you,with you in you, over you, everywhere.
He is what? He is what? If he is like us, why Jibreel (as) doesn’t come on us? If people they say he is only a human being, why then Jibreel (as) doesn’t come to us? Means he is different. No one can.. la shareeka lahu - (there is no partner for him). As the Creator, as the Ilah, (has no partner as Lord, similarly) Sayyidina Muhammad, la shareeka lahu as `abd, (has no partner as servant). We are not `abd yet, he is the only `abd. The reality of `Uboodiyyah, `Uboodiyyah and `Abdiyyah, two different, vast difference. No one can reach as `Abd as Prophet (s) has reached. That's why Allah SWT made all prophets to come in Day of Judgment under flag of Sayyidina Muhammad (s), seeking his intercession, all of them. "Man ahyaa sunnatee faqad ahabbanee -Who revives my Sunnah," Prophet (s) said, "You have to revive my Sunnah" (which) means "who observes my Sunnah, means he loves me." Is it not? They say the child carries the name of his father. Means if his father was a good person, the child carries the name of the father he wants to show.... that he is from that father.
We are all from Prophet (s), Ahlu Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, lovers of Prophet (s), are from that light that has been created, from what is left from Sayyidina Muhammad's (s) light. The light that Allah created the whole creation from the light of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and us we have been created the nearest to the reality from that drop, from the ocean, that has been thrown into our heart that makes you the lovers of Prophet (s). Not everyone is lover of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). It is an honour. You must be happy all your life that Allah picked you and chose you to be a lover of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). It is not that simple to understand but our duty is to listen: "wa qaaloo sami'na wa ataa'na - ("and they said, 'we) listen and obey.'" (Our duty is) listen to what?
Prophet (s) " has to reach his Ummah, at any moment we call "Ya Sayiddee! Ya Rasulallah!" he is reaching us, but we are veiled, so we cannot see it. But he mentioned in many ahadithm "I observe the ` amal of my Ummah. If I see good, I say, Alhamdulillah I thank Allah, if I see bad I ask forgiveness on their behalf."
Whoever sends Salaam, Prophet (s) send back the salaam. So Prophet (s) is ready waiting that only you, O HUMAN BEINGS HAVE ENOUGH MIND TO PUT YOUR SWITCH ON! That’s what is needed, nothing else, to put what? Put the switch on. You get light like we get electricity. If you get electricity from a transformer or a turbine you cannot get reality from the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad (s)? So means there is a defect within ourselves. We might be doctors, professors, carpenters, hafiz, scholar, whatever you want to be, be. If you are not able to put your switch on and get realities from heart of Prophet (s) (it) means there is a problem. Try to find that problem.
I had a problem. When everyone left the house, one of the rooms had no electricity Alhamdulillah. One of the best mureeds stayed one day more, he is electrician and began to follow, to check everything in the room. Everything was okay, he said, "so it might be a water problem." Then he went to the panel and he checked. It was working, but then why no electricity? When you put it on it trips. Then he found that it is connected with another switch and that switch is bad. Spending five, six hours to find the problem.
So we have a problem, you have to find your problem.What is the main problem? The root of all problems, you heard it many times but no one listens, they might be looking and struggling with it because I know many people are doing, I am also not listening. Sometimes I have that, not all the time. The most dangerous problem that prevents our switch not to be put on, it is a defect.You put it on but there is no communication, you cannot get a connection. It is anger. ANGER IS THE ROOT OF ALL SINS. Is not?
If you get wet, children get wet at night sometime; they can pray when they get wet? No. If someone gets wet and he is not able to make wudu...can he pray? No, why? Because he has to wash, he has to clean. We are every moment wet. How you think you can be in presence of Prophet (s) wet? You have to wash, you have to clean, you cannot go to the presence of Sayyidina Muhamamd (s) and say, "Ya Sayyidee! Ya Rasulullah! I am coming." You have no adab, you have no discipline.
When you go to your boss at work, you put a tie and suit, can you go like that (Sunnah clothes)? Huh? No! Why? You want to show him respect. It's not because you cannot wear this - no you can wear that - but you want to come up to his level of understanding. People they look at you from outside, how you are. They don't look from inside. They try to fix the outside. We are not trying to fix the inside. Our inside is wet - that is why we have no connection. Our connection is broken.
It doesn't mean we don't have the connection. No, everyone from Ummat-un-Nabi (s) has a connection, directly but somewhere it is broken. Not from the side of Prophet (s) but from our side, and what breaks it is anger. When you are angry you are stubborn, you cannot accept the opinion of another. I don’t understand why when a doctor tells you, "you must take this medicine," you take it. Why do you listen? Because he is authority. If you don't take it you are are afraid you will get sick, so you listen to the doctor. Na`am?
Today Mawlana was speaking about doctors from his speech in Cyprus on the Internet and I was worried (when) he said something. I don't want to repeat it here ...or I say it? Did you hear it? One of what he was saying, "I am warning these doctors that with no reason, only to make money they find any excuse they ask their patient to make C-section.They don't want their patients to go into normal labour they tell them to make C-section because it is more money. I am warning them if they do that they will die."
It means when a doctor says something, you listen and accept. Why then you don't listen when Sayyidina Muhammad (s) says something? He said, "O stupid, you human beings." He didn’t say "stupid". I am adding it. Prophet (s) has makaarimu'l akhlaaq - the best of manners. Allah says in the Holy Qur'an, "O Muslims, if you are oppressor to yourself, if you did something wrong, sinned, come to Muhammad (s)." That's it, finished! There is no other way don’t think about something else. Your life is based on that. If you do something wrong or oppress yourself, go to Muhammad (s). Why Allah saying this? It is in Holy Qur'an
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآؤُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ اللّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ اللّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا
Wa maa arsalnaa min rasoolin illa liyuta`a bi-idhni Allahi wa law annahum idh dhalamoo anfusahum ja’ooka fastaghfarullah wastaghfara lahumur-rasoola la-wajad-allaha tawaaban raheema
We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful. An-Nisa (4:64)
"Wa law annahum i'dhdhalamoo anfusahum jaaooka (4:64) - when they do something wrong they have to come to you Ya Muhammad," to build back their connection. Are we going every day and every moment when we do something wrong do we say, "Ya Rabbee! Forgive us for sake of Prophet (s)"? Not only that look its more people...it's on their tongue today, "Ya Rabbee! forgive me, Ya Rabbee I did sin." No...it's not accepted!...don't say it too much no, you cannot go directly!
Even if it is stated you can go directly, there is adab. Allah is teaching us adab and Prophet (s) is teaching us adab . You cannot go to see the president without passing through hundreds of people, through hundreds of security, to get hundreds of appointments and they might cancel it on you. Sayyidina Muhammad (s) never canceled on anyone. You come, you come . Knock the door, the door is open. Allah didn't say the door of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is closed. He said when they are oppressors to themselves they come to you O Muhammad! this is their door. Means when I make du'a I say "Ya Sayyidee Ya Rasulullah I am coming to you to ask forgiveness for my sin." You cannot say, "Ya Rabbee! I am asking forgiveness for may sin." No you have to say "Ya Rabbee! I am coming to your Prophet (s) to ask forgiveness for my sin." You have to come to the door of Prophet (s).
"When they are oppressors to themselves they come to you Ya Muhammad, they ask Allah forgiveness." That is the discipline, that is the way, that is the adab, that is the respect. That is what Allah ordered his prophets that "everyone is in need of you, Ya Muhammad (s)." No one can say about himself he is not doing a sin, any one can even say he does one sin, huh? What he has to do? One sin! it is enough to make him go to Sayyidina Muhammad, is there any one that has not done a sin? That is why prophets they come to Prophet (s) on the Day of Judgment and say "Ya Rasul Allah we did something and we feel shy from Allah (swt)."
Sayyidina Adam (as) ate from the tree, is that not what he did? He ate from the tree, so we cannot say a prophet has a sin because they are masoomoon, they are protected more than protected they have Divinely, Heavenly protection on them; although he did that for a prophet it is not considered (a sin) but still Sayyidina Adam (as) wants to go to Prophet (s) and say, "Ya Muhammad! I am coming to you on the Day of Judgment because I ate from the tree and I feel shy to ask from my Lord anything." Sayyidina Nuh (as), he said, "Ya Rabbee", when he come to Prophet (s), "Ya Rasulullah, I did a mistake," he said, "what mistake"? He said "Inn 'Ibnee min ahlee..my son is from my family and Ya Rabbee don't torture him forgive him" He Allah (swt) said:
وَهِيَ تَجْرِي بِهِمْ فِي مَوْجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ وَنَادَى نُوحٌ ابْنَهُ وَكَانَ فِي مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلاَ تَكُن مَّعَ الْكَافِرِينَ
قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاء قَالَ لاَ عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللّهِ إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ
وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءكِ وَيَا سَمَاء أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاء وَقُضِيَ الأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَقِيلَ بُعْداً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابُنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ
قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ فَلاَ تَسْأَلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنِّي أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ
Wa hiya tajree bihim fee mawjin ka'l-jibaali wa naada noohunu ibnahu wa kaana fee ma`zilin yaa bunayya irkab ma`ana wa laa takun ma`a al-kaafireen. Qaala sa-aawee ila jabalin ya`simunee mina'l-maa'i. qaala laa `asima al-yawma min amrillahi illa man rahima wa haala baynahuma 'l-mawju fa-kaana mina 'l-mughraqeen. Wa qeela yaa ardu ibla`ee maa'aki wa yaa samaa'u aqli`ee wagheeda al-maa'u wa qudiya al-amru w'astawat `ala aljoodiyyi wa qeela bu`dan li 'l-qawmi adhdhalimeen. Wa naada noohun rabbahu fa-qaala rabbi inna ibnee min ahlee wa inna wa`daka al-haqqu wa anta ahkamu 'l-haakimeen. Qaala ya noohu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu `amalun ghayru saaliheen fa laa tasalni maa laysa laka bihi `ilmun innee a`idhuka an takoona mina al-jaahileen.
So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!" The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood. Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!" And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely my son is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of Judges!" He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I give thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!" (11:42-46)
Allah said, "No he is not from your family" although he is his son. Because he said: sa-aawee ila jabalin ya`simunee mina'l-maa'i.- "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." ...when Sayyidina Nuh was calling him saying my son come with us on the boat. He said "no, no, no I am going on the mountain that will protect me from the flood." laa `asima al-yawma min amrillahi - no one can be protected today from Allah's punishment. He didn't listen. He (Nuh as) said, "Ya Rabbee! This is my son." Allah scolded him "Laa, hu laysa min ahlik." You might have a son but he is not from you." It means although he is from you, his `amal (work) Allah does not like. He does not want you to be related to him. Sayyidina Nuh (as) said, "Ya Rabbee! I said something bad because I asked that he is my son and You threatened me." So he goes to Prophet (s) yon the Day of Judgment.
Sayyidina Ibrahim (as), what he did? Huh? He went to all these statues and cut their necks, except the biggest one. He put the axe and didn't cut his head. He goes to the Prophet on the Day of Judgment saying, "Ya Sayidee Ya Rasulullah! I feel shy to ask anything of Allah because I didn’t' say the truth to them when they asked me who cut their heads and I said 'ask this big one.' I have to say 'I cut their necks.' I didn’t' say it." Sayyidina Musa (as) did something, Sayyidina `Isa (as), all of them, they go to Prophet (s).
(adhan in background) Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar . Their connection is with Prophet (s), they have to come to him. He is the door of Allah (swt), he makes short cut. They say, "Ya Sayyidee, Ya Rasulullah! We are coming to you; we have a lot of sins. Ask Allah's forgiveness on our behalf. - Fa'staghfara lahumu'r-Rasul. At that time Prophet will make istighfaar on your behalf, "La wajad allaha tawwaaban raheema - they will find Allah (swt) forgiving them."
So our duty is not to be wet, anger makes us wet and that is why Sayyidina Muhammad (s) said and we might be repeating it 10,000 times now, "Ya Aba Bakr al ghadhabun kufr - O Aba Bakr, anger is disbelief!" It makes you an unbeliever. Why? Because you become drunk.
The wife shouts at husband, husband shouts at the wife, they fight, they struggle, they go to court, they want what? Divorce. What the judge knows about your intimate life when you were okay? Now you are going to the judge. For what they go to judge? Can anyone tell me? For what reason? For the dirty of dunya. How much they can squeeze from the husband or from the wife. Islam showed what you have to do. You divorce, you have to give her her dowry and you have to give her nafakha. That's it, if you are really Muslim, you know your duties and similarly for her she knows her rights to her husband that she has to give. Why they have to go to court? For what reason ? For money. For dunya. They are not going for Allah (swt). Allah (swt) said:
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلاَ تَأْخُذُواْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا أَتَأْخُذُونَهُ بُهْتَاناً وَإِثْماً مُّبِيناً
Wa in aradtumu 'stibdaala zawjin makaana zawjin waataytum ihdaahunna qintaran falaa takhudhoo minhu shayan ataakhuthoonahu buhtaanan wa ithman mubeena
But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would ye take it by slander and manifest wrong?
An-Nisa (4:20)
Even if you gave them a qintaar of gold, that means more than one tonne, qintaar is 10,000 tonnes. I f you give her such a dowry, such richness and such gold you cannot ask her back (for it), you have to give it to her. What do they do now, they fight to get as much as possible from each side. So why that? Because of anger, she is angry with him, he is angry with her, they no longer can listen to each other and blow up in fighting.
So our duty as a human being is to stop anger. The only anger that you can throw and show is against Shaytan, your Iblees, your Shaytan in your heart, that is where you have to shout. Not to shout at this one or this one or this one, shout at yourself. Say "Ya Rabbee, I know my problem I am this bad, bad, bad, bad." Try to count how many bad manners you have, don't count how many good manners you have. People count their good not their bad manners. They like people to say "oh this one masha'Allah, very worthy, generous, he is this, he is that. I know one person, that he has a TV station, cable station 24 hours to whole world put on it Islamic things they say he is very pious; his TV was going well for many years and recently he had a fight with his wife. He is a Muslim and he had a fight with his wife over money; I want half of what you have...fighting, fighting, fighting, he did something that is not good. All this Islamic teaching that he was giving and bringing scholars from around the world and showing how much he is interested in Islam and how much he wants to spread Islam around the world. Recently what he did? He cut the neck of his wife and put it in a box and went and reported himself to the police. This is in New York. Where is the TV station's teaching, the owner and the head and the president of that TV station that is doing it for Allah (swt) and Prophet? When anger came he forgot Allah, he forgot Prophet (s). He cut the neck of his wife, correct? She was following the story, I don't want to say who, or which TV station but this is anger, when anger comes finish. You are lost. He is not a millionaire, a billionaire, what he lost? He's gone, he is in jail now. Allah knows where his children go. What you say .. a foster house and they become Muslim or non-Muslim, Allah knows.
So anger, O Muslims, is a dangerous, bad manner. Try to eliminate it as much as you can from your life. May Allah (swt) forgive us, may Allah bless us, may Allah support us wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq bi hurmati 'l-Fatiha. Ameen Ya arhamu 'r-Rahimeen. Taqqabbal Allah.
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