Good Akhlaq (Good Manners)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah narrated that once Prophet ﷺ stood amidst the people and said, "Can I tell you who the best among you is?" Everyone was silent and Prophet ﷺ said the same and he ﷺ said it thrice. One person said, "Ya Rasoolullah, definitely tell us, who is the best among us." Prophet ﷺ replied, "The best among you is the one from whom the people hope and expect khair (good) and feel protected from your evils." That is when he is seen, people will feel that this is a good man. Prophet ﷺ then said, "The worst among you is the one from whom the people don't expect any good and from whose evil, people don't remain secured." Some men are beautified with good akhlaq that just by hearing them; people feel that he is such a good person. He might be an officer or an employer or a doctor or he comes to a gathering, there is a feeling that a good man has come and there won't be any harm from him and there will be only khair. And nature of some men is such that people think by just seeing him that they will face only evil now and there is no expectation of any good from him.
So beloved Prophet ﷺ told about the touch stone of a good man that his akhlaq is so lovely, his talk is so lovely and his character is so good that everyone can expect only good from him and they will be secured from his evils. The worst man is the one from whom no good can be expected and there is no security from his evils. Abdullah ibn mas'ud narrated that Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah ﷻ has divided the akhlaq between you just like how He ﷻ divided the provision among you." Then he ﷺ said that, "Allah ﷻ gives dunya to everyone be it the one whom He ﷻ loves or the one whom He ﷻ doesn't love." He ﷻ gives it to His ﷻ own people and to His ﷻ enemies, to the criminals and even to those who revolt. The matter of dunya is all different. He ﷺ said, "But deen is received only by the one whom Allah ﷻ loves. SubhanAllah, Glory be to Allah ﷻ. As far as the one who got the deen, believe it for Allah ﷻ has loved him. This is the most precious treasure from the court of Allah ﷻ and the one who got it, has got the most fortunate thing. He is the most fortunate one, who is very religious. Allah ﷻ loved the one to whom He ﷻ gave deen.
The Prophet ﷺ then said, "I swear on the One under whose control is my life that a man is not protected until his heart is protected and his tongue is protected." Or we can say that a man cannot be a true muslim till his heart is not a true muslim and his tongue is not a true muslim. A man cannot be a mu'min until those near him and his neighbors are not safe from his evils. Prophet ﷺ said, "A mumin is the place of love and the people love him." There is no good in him who doesn't love and who is not loved by the people. The base of love is good akhlaq because of which the love spreads. The bad-akhlaqi (man of bad akhlaq) spreads the hatred and breaks the heart. Good akhlaq draws the love towards one. Let Allah ﷻ give us tawfeeq to act on what we preach, we hear, write and read. Amin. All praise to Allah ﷻ, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and let Allah ﷻ send His blessings on His beloved Prophet ﷺ, His family and His honorable companions. All praise and thanks are to Allah ﷻ and the glory is to Him ﷻ. Let Allah forgive us all. Amin, Amin, thumma Amin.
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Take yourself into account before you are taken into account
Remember Allah ﷻ in every breath that my Allah ﷻ is watching me. He ﷻ is with you wherever you are. If there are three, then the fourth is Allah ﷻ and if there are four, then the fifth is Allah ﷻ. Be it few or many, Allah ﷻ is always with us. When we have our elder brother with us and if we have hayaa, we won't act improperly before him. If we have hayaa (modesty, shyness) and respect, we won't do anything cheap in presence of parents. The more a believer has hayaa and respect for Allah ﷻ, he will remain protected that much. The parents can miss watching us but Allah ﷻ never miss watching us. Hazrat Umar used to say, "Take account of yourself before you are taken into account and weigh your deeds yourself before it is weighed." Equip yourself for the biggest trade. Nothing will be concealed and even what is in the hearts will be disclosed. So fear Allah ﷻ in the matter of deen and have hope in all your affairs only in Allah ﷻ and have sabr (patience) during times of difficulty.
Ali used to say if there is anything to fear, then it is just our sins. Today if muslims fear for their sins as much they would fear for the loss of their material things, then subhanAllah how they would be protected! Prophet ﷺ said that to save one self from sins is the fortress of that person and it is the hedge of his protection and he remains protected. If something is to be feared, it is the disobedience of Allah ﷻ and if there is any deficient in that, then the hole has been formed in the hedge and he might lose something. Save yourself from sins as you would normally save yourself and your children from poisonous creatures and the fire. He saves from this because he knows that these are something to be feared. Thus Ali used to say if there is anything to be feared more than these things, it is sins.
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo qoo anfusakum waahleekum naran. O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a Fire. We can't see anyone jumping into the fire or we keep watching our children jumping into the fire, then why should we allow jumping into the fire of sins? Save yourself from the sinful life. The fire of sins is like the fire of the jahannam leading up to the hearts and the fire of sins is such that it will leave one's heart in distress showing its effect right in this world. Allatee tattaliAAu AAala al'afidati-The Fire of Hell will leap up to the hearts. The fire of sins will fill the heart with the distress that his turning around on the bed won't give any comfort to his heart. So fear the sins. Let Allah ﷻ give us tawfeeq to act on what we hear, read and preach. Amin
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