‘Ata’ on Anger: Terrible consequences for a careless angry word

Ibn Rajab reported: ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Verily, a man might speak a word in anger by which his good deeds of sixty or seventy years are destroyed.”

Source: Fatḥ al-Bārī li-Ibn Rajab 1/200

عَنْ ابن رجب عن عطاء بن أبي رباح رحمه الله قال إن الرجل ليتكلم في غضبه بكلمة يهدم بها عمل ستين سنة أو سبعين سنة

1/200 فتح الباري لابن رجب

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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