Ibn Kathir on Ayyub: The story of the Prophet Ayyub’s vow to strike his wife

Ibn Kathir said: Allah said, “Take in your hand a bundle of grass and strike with it and do not break your oath.” (38:44) The Prophet Job, upon him be peace, was angry with his wife and upset about something she had done, so he swore an oath that if Allah healed him, he would strike her with one hundred blows. When Allah healed him, how could her service of mercy, compassion, and kindness be rewarded with a beating? So Allah showed him a way out, which was to take a bundle of thin grass with one hundred stems and strike her with it once. Thus he fulfilled his oath and avoided breaking his vow. This was the solution and way out for one who had fear of Allah and who turned to Him in repentance.

Source: Tafseer Ibn Kathir 38:44

قال ابن كثير وَقَوْلُهُ وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ قَدْ غَضِبَ عَلَى زَوْجَتِهِ وَوَجَدَ عَلَيْهَا فِي أَمْرٍ فَعَلَتْهُ قِيلَ إِنَّهَا بَاعَتْ ضَفِيرَتَهَا بِخُبْزٍ فَأَطْعَمَتْهُ إِيَّاهُ فَلَامَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَحَلِفَ إِنْ شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ لَيَضْرِبَنَّهَا مِائَةَ جِلْدَةٍ وَقِيلَ لِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْأَسْبَابِ فَلَمَّا شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ وَعَافَاهُ مَا كَانَ جَزَاؤُهَا مَعَ هَذِهِ الْخِدْمَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَالشَّفَقَةِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ أَنْ تُقَابَلَ بِالضَّرْبِ فَأَفْتَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ ضِغْثًا وَهُوَ الشِّمْرَاخُ فِيهِ مِائَةُ قَضِيبٍ فَيَضْرِبُهَا بِهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَقَدْ بَرَّتْ يَمِينُهُ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ حِنْثِهِ وَوَفَى بِنَذْرِهِ وَهَذَا مِنَ الْفَرَجِ وَالْمَخْرَجِ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ وَأَنَابَ إِلَيْهِ

38:44 تفسير القرآن العظيم تفسير سورة ص تفسير قوله تعالى واذكر عبدنا أيوب

An-Nawawi: The Unlawfulness of Cursing One Particular Man or Animal

Imam An-Nawawi recorded in Riyad us Saliheen the following chapter:

باب تحريم لعن إنسان بعينه أو دابة

Chapter: The unlawfulness of cursing a particular man or animal

Thabit ibn Ad-Dahhak Al-Ansari reported: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ غَيْرِ الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَعْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَقَتْلِهِ وَمَنْ رَمَى مُؤْمِنًا بِكُفْرٍ فَهُوَ كَقَتْلِهِ

He who swears by a religion other than

Ibn Qudamah: The Causes and Remedies of Anger, Malevolence, and Envy

Ibn Qudamah رحمه الله writes in Minhaj Al-Qasidin [English translation and Arabic text below]:
Anger is a flame of fire, and when man is angry he has some relation to the accursed Satan who said, as mentioned in the Quran:

خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ

You created me from fire, and him from clay.
[Surah Al-A’raf 7:12]