(Worksheet) Islaam And Good Character

By Shaikh Muhammad Bin ‘Uthmaan Al Anjaree

As Salaamu Alaikum,

Islaam has come to complete and perfect good character but unfortunately many of us have yet to acknowledge this (behavioral) completeness that Allah has blessed upon the Muslims.  Due to this I wanted to (share) some of the legislative treasures and topics related to good character.     

Verily Jaabir (radi Allahu ‘anhu) said, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

“Verily, the most beloved of you to me and the closest from amongst you to me on the Day of Judgment will be the best of you in character; while the most hated of you to me and the farthest from amongst you to me on the Day of Judgment will be those who talk excessively, the loud-mouthed and vulgarly flagrant individuals.” [Collected by at-Tirmidhee and graded authentic by al-Albaanee]

Imaam at-Tirmidhee (rahimahullah) said:

“Al Mutashaddiq refers to the one who excessively speaks about people in a filthy manner.”

Condemnation (and humiliating people) is also something which is dispraised by the Islaamic legislation. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“If a slave girl commits fornication you must (first) verify and confirm that she has done so, if confirmed flog her and do not condemn and humiliate her; then if she commits fornication flog her and do not condemn and humiliate her.” [Collected by Al Bukhaaree]

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