How Allâhu ta’âlâ likes His slaves to be is explained very well in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. The exalted meanings of verses 63-69 in Chapter Furqan are: “[The virtuous] slaves of the Rahmân (Allâhu ta’âlâ’, who has much compassion for His slaves) walk on the earth modestly and with dignity. When ignorant people try to annoy them, they respond with kind words, such as: ‘peace and safety be on you!’ They spend the nights standing and prostrating [performing namâz] before their Lord. [They offer their thanks and praise to Him]. They entreat Allah, ‘O my Allah, take the Hell torment away from us. Indeed, His torment is eternal and bitter, and that place is no doubt an evil and horrible residence.’ In their spending, they are neither prodigal nor miserly; they follow a moderate way between these two extremes, and they do not deduct from anyone’s rights. They do not attribute partners to Allah. They do not kill anyone, which is prohibited by Allah. [They only punish the guilty.] They do not commit fornication.” In verses 72-74 of the same chapter: “[Those virtuous human slaves whom Allâhu ta’âlâ likes] they do not bear false witness. They abstain from things… useless and harmful. If they are accidentally involved in something useless or which can be done with great difficulty, they pass by in a dignified manner. They do not turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the revelations of their Lord when they are reminded of them. They implore saying, ‘O my Allah! Bestow such wives and children as may be a source of comfort to our eyes. Make us examples for those who fear You.”
Moreover, the sacred meaning of the second and third âyats (verses) in Sûra (chapter) Sâff: “Believers! Why do you profess what you never did? Allah feels a strong distaste for you when you say something you cannot practice,” shows that a person’s vowing or promising what he cannot perform makes him a bad person in Allahu ta’âlâ’s view.
A true Muslim is extremely respectful to his parents, teachers, commanders, the laws, and to the leading authorities of his country. He is not concerned with something insignificant. He is busy only with something useful. He doesn’t gamble. He doesn’t kill his time.
A true Muslim does his worships perfectly. He offers gratitude to Allâhu ta’âlâ. Worship should not be performed unwillingly or unconsciously. Worship must be performed willingly and with great love for Allâhu ta’âlâ. To fear Allâhu ta’âlâ means to love Him very much. You do not want the person you love much to be displeased and you are afraid lest you might cause him to be disturbed. In this way, worship for Allâhu ta’âlâ should be performed in such a manner as to prove our love for Him. The blessings which Allâhu ta’âlâ has given us are so great that our debt of gratitude to Him can be paid only by loving Him much and by worshipping Him with profound sincerity. There are different kinds of worship. Some kinds of worship, as we have said above, are between Allâhu ta’âlâ and His slave. Maybe Allâhu ta’âlâ will forgive those who worship insufficiently. It is worship to respect others’ rights, too. But He will never forgive those who abused others and have the rights of others’ on them, unless the owners of those rights forgive them.
The following traditions (the Hadîth ash-sherif) are found in the fourth volume of the book Ashi’at-ul Lamaât, which is in Persian and is a commentary to the well-known book Mishqât-ul- Masâbih.[1]
- He who does not have mercy on people is not treated with mercy by Allâhu ta’âlâ.
- You will have helped both the oppressor and the oppressed by preventing cruelty.
- If nine-tenths of the money given for buying a shirt is halâl and one-tenth is harâm, Allâhu ta’âlâ doesn’t accept the prayer done with that shirt on.
- A Muslim is another Muslim’s brother. He doesn’t torment his brother. He runs to help him. He does not abhor him or think of him as inferior to himself. It is harâm (forbidden) for him to harm his blood, property, chastity or honour.
- I swear by Allâhu ta’âlâ that unless a person loves for his Muslim brother what he loves for himself, his îman will not be perfect.
- I swear by Allâhu ta’âlâ that a man who is not trusted by his neighbour doesn’t have îman (belief). [That is, he is not a genuine Muslim.]
- A person without mercy in his heart does not have îman.
- Allâhu ta’âlâ pities the person who pities others.
- He who does not pity our young or respect our old is not one of us.
- If a person respects and helps the old, Allâhu ta’âlâ will send him helpers when he gets old.
- The house that Allâhu ta’âlâ loves best is the one which houses an orphan and in which an orphan is served kindly.
- In this world and in the Hereafter Allâhu ta’âlâ will help the person who silences a backbiter. If he does not silence the backbiter while he has enough power to do so, Allâhu ta’âlâ will punish him in this world and in the Hereafter.
- A person who sees a defect, a shortcoming in a Muslim brother of his, but covers and conceals it, has acted as if he saved the life of a girl buried alive, as practised by the pre-Islamic Arabs, by taking her out of the grave.
- In Allâhu ta’âlâ’s view, the better one of two friends is the one who has done more good for the other one.
- Whether a person is good or bad is judged by observing whether or not his [Muslim] neighbours like him.
- The destination of a man who hurts his neighbours with his speech is Hell, even if he prays much, fasts much, gives alms much. But, if he doesn’t hurt his neighbours with his speech, the place for him to be sent will be Paradise, though he may pray little, fast little, and give little alms.
- Allâhu ta’âlâ has given valuable things both to His beloved ones and to His enemies. But he has given beautiful morals only to His beloved ones. [Now, it is understood that the words, “It is hoped that the disbelievers with excellent manners will have îmân immediately before they pass away” is right.]
- The thawâbs (rewards for a pious act) of a man who violated other’s chastity or property will be given to the man oppressed. If the violator’s worships or pious deeds are not enough, then the latter’s sins are given to him.
- One of the worst of the mortal sins in Allâhu ta’âlâ’s view is to be a man with a bad character.
- If someone is happy to see that the man he dislikes is in trouble, Allâhu ta’âlâ will send the same nuisance upon him.
- Two people went to the mosque and prayed there. Something was offered to them. They said they were fasting. After talking for a while, when they were about to leave, the Prophet (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) said to them: “Do your prayers again, and perform your fasting again! For you have backbitten someone in your conversation. [That is, you have mentioned one of his faults.] Backbiting removes the thawâb (blessings) of worships.”
- Do not have jealousy. As a fire destroys wood, feeling jealousy annihilates the blessings of a person, ” Having jealousy means being jealous of a person, that is, to wish the blessings given to him by Allâhu ta’âlâ were taken away from him. It is not called jealousy to wish to have the same blessings for yourself without wishing them to be taken away from others. This is called “qipta” which means “longing,” in other words, “good will.” Wishing something evil and harmful to be removed from someone is called “qairat” which means “perseverance”, or called “khamiyyat” which means “zealousness.”
- Someone who is good-tempered will attain goodness both in this world and in the Hereafter.
- Allâhu ta’âlâ does not put his slave whom He endowed with a beautiful face and a good character into Hell in the Hereafter.
- Abû Huraira was told: “Be good-tempered!” by the Prophet (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam). He asked: “What is it to be good-tempered?” the Prophet answered: “Approach a person who stays away from you and give him advice; forgive him who torments you; if a person is loath to give you from his property, knowledge or help, give him plenty of these!”
- Paradise is the destination of a person who dies purged from arrogance, treachery and debts.
- The Prophet (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) did not want to perform the janâza prayer[1] for a person who had died indebted. A Sahabî (companion of the Prophet) named Abû Qatâda (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) took his debts upon himself by remittance. So, the Prophet accepted performing the janâza prayer for him.
- Do not beat your wives! They are not your slaves.
- In the view of Allâhu ta’âlâ, the best of you is the one who is the best towards his wife. I am the best among you in the treatment of his wife.
- The best among you in îman (faith) is the one with the best character and the one who is the mildest to his wife.
Most of the Hadith ash-sherîfs written above exist in the book Zawâjir by the profound Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar[2] immediately before the part entitled ‘Ihtiqâr.’ They are the source for beautiful Islamic morals. Islamic scholars have derived rules from these hadith-i sherîfs. Some of them are as follows.
- It is harâm (forbidden) for a Muslim who is in a country of disbelievers to violate their property, life, chastity or to steal. He should not disobey their laws and should not cheat or be treacherous when shopping and so on.
- Usurping a disbeliever’s property or hurting his heart is worse than usurping a Muslim’s property. Cruelty to animals is worse than cruelty to men, and cruelty to disbelievers is worse than cruelty to animals.
- It is harâm to take and use someone else’s property without his permission even if you return it undamaged.
- If a person postpones the payment of his debt for one hour while he has the means, he will be considered cruel and disobedient. He will remain accursed continuously. Not paying one’s debt is such a continuous sin that it is recorded (in one’s deed-book) even when one is asleep. If one pays his debts with money of low value or with useless property, or if the creditor takes it back unwillingly, this too makes one sinful. One will not escape being sinful unless one pleases or satisfies the creditor.
For fourteen hundred years, Islamic scholars have always taught in their lectures and books the beautiful morals commanded by Islam. In this way, they have tried to inculcate the beautiful habits taught by Islam into the minds and hearts of the young. The below-mentioned book is a sample of the innumerable books promulgating these beautiful morals. =>
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