Anger and Patience
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How sound is the saying that three deeds will not be weighed on the Day of Judgment due to their immense greatness: pardoning people, because Allah Almighty says: "So whoever pardons and makes reconciliation – his reward is due from Allah"; and patience, because Allah Almighty says: "Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without reckoning"; and fasting, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, narrates from his Lord: "Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting, for it is for Me, and I shall reward for it"? And will a caller proclaim on the Day of Resurrection: "Where are those whose reward is due from Allah?" whereupon the patient, the fasters, and those who pardon people will step forward?
What is the ruling on buying items for the prayer room, and does this atone for stealing the institution's device? And how can employees atone for harming their colleague without confronting him, for fear of imprisonment?
What are the most powerful legitimate (Shar'i) ways to relieve immense tribulation that no one can imagine?
Was the death of the wife, which was preceded by marital disputes and financial expenditure on her treatment, due to the husband's neglect of her and his failure to send sufficient money, or were there other reasons?
ما هو الأجر الخاص للزوجة الأولى التي تصبر على زواج زوجها بامرأة أخرى، وهل هو أعظم من الجهاد، مع وجود دليل على ذلك؟
How can a young man steeped in sins return to Almighty Allah, and what is the path for his repentance to be accepted after committing crimes of blackmail, slander, and fabricating accusations against others? And must he contact all those who were harmed to inform them of the truth and seek their forgiveness?
What should I do, for I have become weak and weary of my appearance, and my prayers have not been answered even though I seek forgiveness, but I do not pray?
Is what issues from the wife towards her husband—screaming, reproach, self-harm, and imprecations against herself during problems—with this recurring despite apologies and promises not to repeat it, a punishment from Allah, and what is her duty towards her Lord and her husband?
Does the Hadith: "Three there are who supplicate to God but are not answered: a man who has a ill-tempered wife whom he does not divorce, so if he supplicates against her, his supplication is not answered, because he is the one who torments himself by living with her, while he has the means to separate from her," apply to my situation with my ill-tempered and foul-mouthed wife who harms me?
Is separation the solution for a marriage in which the wife suffers from the husband's intellectual extremism and constant suspicion, in addition to his inability to confront problems or accept criticism, which has negatively affected their understanding and life together?
Is it considered gloating to call a sick person who cannot move "disabled," and will the person who says it be afflicted, and is it necessary to ask the patient for forgiveness, especially since the statement was made in anger and repentance and seeking forgiveness have occurred?
Does the divine attribute of Al-Samadiyyah (The Absolute, The Eternally Besought), by which God is described, mean that He is without a heart or emotions, and that He is distant from the affairs of His servants, despite the trials and difficulties that humans experience in life?
How can the problem of misunderstanding between a son and his father be resolved, especially when the son feels humiliated and frustrated by his father and brother, which negatively affects his psychological and educational state? And is this behavior considered disobedience to parents ( 'Uqūq al-wālidayn ) in a state of extreme anger?
Is a wife entitled to object to her husband who deliberately rebukes her and threatens her with divorce, exerts psychological pressure on her by taunting her about her family, curses and hurts her, and holds the maintenance over her head, especially since they have one child and are expecting another?
What is the reason for the distress and pain that afflicts a religiously committed girl, despite her recitation of the Quran, her remembrance of Allah, and her seeking closeness to Him through supererogatory acts of worship, and should she go to a doctor?
Did the Children of Adam destroy Satan with seeking forgiveness and “There is no god but Allah” just as he destroyed them with sins? And what is the virtue of seeking forgiveness as stated in the noble verses?
Is it prescribed to fast for an entire lifetime ( الدهر ) as a means of drawing closer to God, lifting affliction, bringing back a husband after a sudden divorce, and recovering from a spiritual illness?
Does a husband's divorce of his wife, while he is angry and at her insistence and coercion, count as a divorce, especially if he did not intend to divorce her and she now regrets it?
Is it considered a sin if I raise my voice and bang on the table while with my mother, and say to her: "Don't make that flimsy excuse," out of anger at her repeatedly using the excuse that my brother is like my sister when I forbid her from speaking to someone?
A woman in a state of stress asked her husband for a divorce; what is incumbent upon her?
Is there sin involved in having sexual relations with one's wife after swearing not to have sexual relations with her and likening her to a sister as a threat, with no intention of divorce?
Is it permissible for a husband to compel his wife to visit his mother against her wishes, even if she is tired or in her postpartum period, and would his action be considered an injustice to her that warrants her supplication against him?
Why do some insist on the authenticity of hadiths that portray the Prophet, peace be upon him, as if he used to curse and insult, despite the existence of other hadiths that forbid obscenity and call for self-control when angry, and despite the fact that this contradicts his being an excellent example and the noble verse: (Do you enjoin righteousness upon people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?) Al-Baqarah/44, and prefer that over acknowledging the existence of false hadiths in the Two Sahihs?
Is it correct to remain married to a wife who repeatedly commits adultery by repeatedly engaging in sexual relationships, and then a love affair with another man, with the intention of reforming and guiding her, or should she be divorced and another woman married?