RESTRAIN YOUR ANGER
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RESTRAIN YOUR ANGER
Imam Sadiq (a.s) says:
مَا مِن عَبدٍ كَظَمَ غَيظاً إلا زادَهُ اللهُ عَزّ وجلّ عِزاً في الدّنيا والآخِرَةِ. وقَد قالَ اللهُ عزّ وجَلّ: وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَاللهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ.
Whoever restrains his anger Allah will increase his honor in this world and the Hereafter. Allah says: Those who restrain their anger and pardon men; and Allah loves the doers of good to others. (The Holy Quran; 3:134)1
AL-MASH'AR OR THE MEETING PLACE OF
GOD'S LOVERS
Al-Mash'ar is also called 'al-Muzdalifah?the near place-' since it is very near to Mecca. There is a consensus among the Islamic scholars that the Maghrib and Eshaa Prayers should be offered together in al-Mash'ar. It is derived from the Arabic root 'sh-a-r' meaning 'motto' or 'sign'. It is a place for those seeking God, for no sign of mammonism or egotism is there. Al-Mash'ar is a dark plain with pebbles on it, which has accommodated over one million pilgrims who have taken refuge in God and supplications under the dim light of stars of a mysterious sky. It is truly Mash'ar ?sign-, for nothing but God-seeking mottos can be
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1 See Usoul al-Kafi; vol. 2 p. 110 hadith 5
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heard. Eyes cannot see anywhere but the echo of supplications soothes man's soul.
