Excerpt from Tariq Jameel’s speeches.
“And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden [i.e., Paradise] as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous” (3:133)
Who are the righteous?
“(1) Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and (2) who restrain anger and (3) who pardon the people” (3:134)
Here it mentions their characteristics.
(1) One who spends in both ease and hardship. We learn here despite how many acts of worship he/she does, a stingy person will not be considered righteous.
(2) Who restrain their anger.
Praying night (tahajud), completing Hajj, remembering Allah profusely, reading complete quran, listening to complete quran. All of this is easier in comparison to controlling anger.
Indeed, all ritual acts of worship such as prayer, reading quran are difficult. But what is more difficult is to control one’s anger. A person is able to express his anger but still restrains it.
(3) Who forgives others.
Its not that one just restrains their anger. But they also forgive.
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