of the mind, a distraction that prevents the heart from the full measure of reflection it must give. When this distraction arises it is more apt to bring about error than accuracy, yet it does not invariably accompany every bout of anger or every individual.
Hence, whenever anger deprives a person of the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, judging in that state is unquestionably forbidden.
4 – The marginal commentary states: No rational person would doubt that whoever restricts the prohibition to anger alone—while ignoring distressing worry, unsettling fear, severe hunger and thirst, or any other preoccupation of the heart that blocks understanding—possesses but little insight and comprehension.