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24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim
24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim

Avoiding anger and dispute

Disputes are cause for people falling out with each other, be-
coming at variance, fight and conflicts. If a small argument between
two friends grows, anger can replace all their positive feelings. In
verse 54 of Surat al-Kahf, Allah draws our attention to this negative
quality, and says that human beings are, above all, argumentative.
For this reason, believers must at all costs avoid every kind of argu-
ment that may weaken or destroy their spirit of unity, togetherness
and brotherhood. Allah clearly forbids this kind of behaviour:
Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel among your-
selves lest you lose heart and your momentum disappear…
(Surat al-Anfal: 46)

Quarrels break believers' strength, offer no solution to a problem,
are of no benefit and come about at the instigation of satan. If a per-
son in good conscience regards arguments and fights as ugly and un-
acceptable, even so his lower self may push him towards dispute and
conflict. For this reason, someone
who takes the Qur'an as his
guide and always acts ac-
cording to his conscience
will never allow argumen-
tativeness to develop.
Even if an argument
breaks out as a result of
some moment of carelessness,
he will collect himself, re-
member Allah's command,
realise that what he did was
not pleasing to Allah and
abandon this kind of be-
haviour.

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