Foreword

When any of you feel angry, you should sit down if you are standing. And if your anger passes off with this, well and good. If not, you should lie down. HADITH OF ABU DAWUD ON THE AUTHORITY OF ABU DHARR AL-GHIFARL. 136 When a man tells you something in confidence, you must not betray his trust. HADITH OF ABU DAWUD ON THE AUTHORITY OF JABIR IBN ‘ABDULLAH. 137 On the Day of Judgement, the tyrant’s own tyranny will descend upon him in the form of darkness. HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘ABDULLAH IBN ‘UMAR.