Chapter 34: Gentleness, Modesty & Good
Character
Hadith 1: ‘Allah
ta’aala is Compassionate and compassion is dear to Him, and He awards for
compassion, that which he does not award for harshness (i.e. severity).’ [Muslim]
Hadith 2: He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said to A’isha رضی
اللہ تعالٰی عنہا
‘Make gentleness (i.e. softness and empathy)
necessary and abstain from abusiveness and harshness. Gentleness gives beauty
to that which possesses it and that from which it is removed, becomes flawed’. [Muslim]
Hadith 3: ‘He who is
deprived of gentleness is deprived of Good’. [Muslim]
Hadith 4: ‘Whosoever
received a share of gentleness, has received the share of good for this world
and the hereafter, and the one who is deprived from the share of gentleness,
has been deprived from the good of the world and the hereafter’. [Sharhus Sunnah]
Hadith 5: ‘Shall I
not tell you whom hell-fire is forbidden to touch and upon whom hell-fire is
haraam? It is haraam upon a person who brings about easiness, having gentle and
lenient (nature).’ [Ahmed, Tirmizi]
Hadith 6: ‘Believers
are lenient and gentle, like a camel on a bridle. If it is pulled, it allows
itself to be pulled and if it is brought to sit on a rock, then it will remain
seated.’ [Tirmizi]
Hadith 7: A person
was admonishing his brother because of modesty, saying that he was too shy.
Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said,
‘Let him be, (in other words, do not admonish him) for modesty is from Imaan’. [Bukhari, Muslim]
Hadith 8: ‘Modesty
does not bring forth but good. Modesty is totally good’. [Bukhari]
Hadith 9: These are
the words of the past Ambia, which is common amongst the people, ‘If you have
no modesty (i.e. shame), then do as you wish’. [Bukhari]
Hadith 10: ‘Modesty
is part of Imaan and Imaan is in Jannat, and rudeness is part of hardness of
heart, and hardness of heart is in hell’. [Ahmed,
Tirmizi]
Hadith 11: ‘Every
Deen has an innate character (i.e. natural habit and trait), and the character
of Islam is modesty’. [Imam Maalik]
Hadith 12: ‘Imaan and
Modesty are both companions. When one is taken away, then the other is taken
away as well’. [Baihaqi]
Hadith 13: ‘To be
virtuous is to have good character and sin is that which feels distasteful in
the heart, and you do not desire that the people should become aware of it’. [Muslim] Here a
person whose heart Allah has enlightened, and whose heart is alert and bright
is being discussed. Even though it is not something proven to be forbidden
through evidence of the Shariat, he still feels this. Now, if there is evidence
pointing to it being forbidden, then there will be no consideration to it
feeling distasteful.
Hadith 14: ‘The
dearest to me amongst you is the one whose character is the best’. [Bukhari]
Hadith 15: ‘The best
amongst you are those, who are of good character’. [Bukhari, Muslim]
Hadith 16: ‘The most
accomplished in Faith are those who possess good character’. [Abu Dawud]
Hadith 17: ‘Man has
not been awarded anything better than good character’. [Baihaqi]
Hadith 18: ‘The
heaviest thing which will be kept on the Mizaan (Scale) of the believers, on
the Day of Qiyaamat shall be their good character, and Allah does not keep dear
a person who is obscene and foul mouthed’. [Tirmizi]
Hadith 19: ‘A
Believer attains the excellence of being ‘Qaaim-ul- Lail’[1]
and ‘Saaim-un-Nahaar’[2],
due to his good character’. [Abu Dawud]
Hadith 20: ‘A
believer is one who is tricked[3]
and a ‘Faajir’ is deceiving and mean, and one possessing bad character’. [Imam Ahmed, Tirmizi, Abu Dawud]
Hadith 21: ‘Fear
Allah wherever you may be and if you commit any wrong, do good thereafter, for
it cleanses it, and approach the people with good character’. [Ahmed, Tirmizi, Daarimi]
Hadith 22: ‘The one,
who swallows his anger even though he has the ability to resist, will be
summoned by Allah before all on the Day of Qiyaamat, and he will be afforded the
choice to go with whichever of the maidens of paradise he wishes’. [Tirmizi, Abu Dawud]
Hadith 23: Rasoolullah
صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘I have been sent so that I may perfect
good character’. [Imam Maalik, Ahmed]
[1] ‘Qaaim-ul-Lail’ refers to
one who stands in prayer at night.
[2] ‘Saaim-un-Nahaar’ refers to
one who keeps fast in the day.
[3] In other words, a believer is tricked due to his kindness and not
because of stupidity.
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