- ‘To use will power and determination to stop (display of anger)
- If one succumbs (and displays anger) then to repent and
- Ask forgives (from the victim)
- To ponder before speaking on the evil and good results it will lead to
- To intentionally keep one’s tone mellow (at the time of feeling angry)
- To move away from the individual on whom one is feeling angry
- To supplicate for Allah’s protection
- To recall one’s own sinful actions (and feel ashamed for censuring another for some minor faults)
- To recall the possibility of wrath of Allah (on displaying anger) and His love of forgiving
- To recall that I am more disobedient of Allah and if similar display of anger is done with me what will I do.
- To recall that if I forgive than I will be also forgiven (by Allah)
- Drink water
- Make wudhu
- To become busy in some other activity
- To remember that even the display of anger to correct someone else is detrimental for a novice (spiritual seeker)’
Tarbiyet us Salik, volume 2, page133