Friday 11 August 2006

.....Such is the man of good character

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the two Desires, Books XXII and XXIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences.

Page 69.

A man once summed up the signs of good character by saying:


“It is to be abundantly modest, to avoid harming others, to be righteous, truthful in speech, and of little discourse; it is to do many things and slip up infrequently, to avoid excess, to be loyal, friendly, dignified, patient, grateful, satisfied, forbearing, charitable, chaste and pitying; and not to curse or to insult people, or to backbite or to slander them, and to avoid hastiness, hatred, meanness, and jealousy; to be cheerful and kind, to love [good] and hate [evil] for the sake of God, to be well-pleased with Him and to be angry for His sake. Such is the man of good character.”






The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa'sallam said:
"The Muslim is a unique Ummah among the whole of mankind:
Their Land is ONE, their War is ONE, their Peace is ONE,
Their Honour is ONE and their Trust is ONE."
[Ahmad]

2 comments:

Al-Hajeji said...

jazakum Allah kheir and that was a beautiful reminder. May Allah help our ummah against the crusaders.

Aga Mama said...

Mashallah, that wsa a great reminder, jzk for sharing.