Prohibition of doing that which Allah and His Messenger have Prohibited

A single, weighty hadith forms this chapter, and its theme is the seriousness of crossing the limits Allah has set. When something has been declared unlawful (haram), treating it casually is not a private matter; it touches the relationship between the servant and his Lord.

The striking word here is anger: Allah becomes angry when His prohibitions are violated. This is not anger as we feel it, but a way of impressing on the heart that what Allah forbids, He forbids in earnest. The takeaway is reverence, that we approach the boundaries of the religion not looking for loopholes but with awe of the One who drew them.