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Conduct - Morals
Evils to Mockery
B: Evil characters
They
are the opposite of all virtues mentioned above, in addition to the following:
Backbiting
· Backbiting is to mention your
fellowman in his absence with what he deplores, whether
· Backbiting is remedied by being
pious due to fear of Allah, and being occupied with
· Backbiting is permissible only to
raise a complaint, change something prohibited, give a warning, · Negative suspicions are also considered a kind of backbiting but are perpetrated by the heart.
Envy
· Envy is not only to hate the good
for others, but also to wish it to be gone from them. One may even strive for
that purpose.
· Al-Ghibtah is to wish to have
others’ achievements in knowledge, wealth, or good conditions without wishing
them to be gone from them. · Envy, but not Al-Ghibtah, is a mischief in religion because it infers that one is displeased with the ordainments of Allah. It is also a mischief in this worldly life because it promotes grief, affliction, the feelings of depravity and hatred among people.
Idleness
and Helplessness
· Idleness and helplessness are two
forms of behavior that were condemned by the Prophet (peace be upon him).
· Among the signs of helplessness and idleness is becoming lazy to perform prayers, leaving useful deeds and spending time in playfulness and nonsense, and lagging behind in offering charity.
Mockery
· Mockery is to ridicule and degrade others by mentioning their defects and deficiencies.
Evil Manners:
Allah says:
]وَلا
يَغْتَب
بَّعْضُكُم
بَعْضًا
أَيُحِبُّ
أَحَدُكُمْ
أَن يَأْكُلَ
لَحْمَ
أَخِيهِ
مَيْتًا
فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ[
This means:
“Neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of
his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting).”
Allah says:
]وَالَّذِينَ
يُؤْذُونَ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
بِغَيْرِ
مَا
اكْتَسَبُوا
فَقَدِ
احْتَمَلُوا
بُهْتَانًا
وَإِثْمًا
مُّبِينًا[ (الأحزاب:
58)
This
means: “And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear on
themselves the crime of slander and plain sin.
Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“The
blood, honor, and property of a Muslim are forbidden for all Muslims.”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“That
who has done a wrong affecting his brother's honor or anything else must ask
his forgiveness for it today before he will have neither dinar nor dirham.
If he has done some good deeds, an amount equal to his wrongdoing will be
deducted from them. But if he has not done good deeds, he will be burdened
with the evil deeds of the one he wronged in the same proportion.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“O
community of people, who believed by their tongue, but belief did not enter
their hearts, do not backbite Muslims, and do not search for their faults,
for if anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for his fault,
and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone, He disgraces him in his
house.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“The
creditor has the right to demand.”
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“Delay in payment on
the part of one who possesses means makes it lawful to dishonor and punish
him.”
Ibn Al-Mubarak said
that "dishonor" means that he may be spoken to roughly and
"punish" means he may be imprisoned for it.
Allah says:
]أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ
النَّاسَ
عَلَى مَا
آتَاهُمُ
اللّهُ مِن
فَضْلِهِ[
This
means: “Or do they envy men (Muhammad SAW and his followers) for what
Allah has given them of His Bounty?” (4, An-Nisa’: 54)
Allah says:
]إِن
تَمْسَسْكُمْ
حَسَنَةٌ
تَسُؤْهُمْ
وَإِن
تُصِبْكُمْ
سَيِّئَةٌ
يَفْرَحُواْ
بِهَا[
This
means: “If a good befalls you, it grieves them, but if some evil overtakes
you, they rejoice at it.” (3, Al-`Imran: 120)
Allah says:
]وَدَّ
كَثِيرٌ
مِّنْ أَهْلِ
الْكِتَابِ
لَوْ
يَرُدُّونَكُم
مِّن بَعْدِ
إِيمَانِكُمْ
كُفَّاراً
حَسَدًا
مِّنْ عِندِ
أَنفُسِهِم[ (البقرة: 109)
This
means: “Many of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish
that if they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed,
out of envy from their ownselves.” (2, Al-Baqarah: 109)
Allah says:
]أَهُمْ
يَقْسِمُونَ
رَحْمَةَ
رَبِّكَ
نَحْنُ
قَسَمْنَا
بَيْنَهُم
مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ
فِي
الْحَيَاةِ
الدُّنْيَا
وَرَفَعْنَا
بَعْضَهُمْ
فَوْقَ
بَعْضٍ
دَرَجَاتٍ[
This
means: “Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of your Lord? It is We
Who portion out between them their livelihood in this world, and We raised
some of them above others in ranks.” (43, Az-Zukhruf: 32)
Allah says:
]وَمِن
شَرِّ
حَاسِدٍ
إِذَا حَسَدَ[
This
means: “And from the evil of the envier when he envies.”
Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“Neither nurse
mutual hatred, nor jealousy, nor enmity and be fellow brothers, servants of
Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim to keep his relations estranged with
his brother beyond three days.”
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Beware
of envy because it consumes the virtues just as fire consumes fuel.”
(Reported by Abu Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“No envy except in
two: A man whom Allah has given property, empowering him to dispose of it
(on what is right), and a man whom Allah has given wisdom by which he judges
and teaches it.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
Idleness and helplessness:
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“A strong believer
is better and dearer to Allah than a weak one, and there is good in both.
Cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter). Seek help from
Allah and do not feel disabled. If anything (in the form of trouble) comes
to you, do not say: If I had done so and so, it would have happened so and
so. But say: Allah so determined and He executed what He had ordained. The
word ‘if’ opens the gates for Satan.”
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) supplicated:
“Allah, I seek
refuge in You from incapacity, from indolence, from cowardice, from
senility, and from miserliness, and I seek Your protection from the torment
of the grave and the trials of life and death.”
In another narration,
he said:
“…And from the
burden of indebtedness and oppression.”
Allah says:
]يَا
أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا لا
يَسْخَرْ
قَومٌ مِّن
قَوْمٍ
عَسَى أَن
يَكُونُوا
خَيْرًا
مِّنْهُمْ
وَلا نِسَاء
مِّن
نِّسَاء
عَسَى أَن
يَكُنَّ
خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ
وَلا
تَلْمِزُوا
أَنفُسَكُمْ
وَلا
تَنَابَزُوا
بِالأَلْقَاب[ (الحجرات:11)
This
means: “O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may
be that the latter are better than the former; nor let (some) women scoff at
other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former, nor
defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames.” (49, Al-Hujurat:
11)
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