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📚 Al-Wasiyyatu’s-Sughraa (The Concise Legacy)
Shaikhu'l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah - 3

💥Good Nature ❖

💢 Next, after RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) had covered Allah's right in the first two clauses, i.e., to act righteously and to rectify any harm done, he said:

🍃"... and behave well towards the people"

🔰thus turning to the right of one's fellow worshippers. The essence of being good-natured to people is that: he who cuts off relations with you, that you keep an association with him, giving him greetings, respecting him, supplicating for him, asking Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) to forgive him, speaking of him in good terms and visiting him.

⭕️He who deprives you of knowledge, benefit and wealth, you give them in return; and he who does an injustice to you regarding blood, wealth or honor, you forgive him. Some of these actions are obligatory and others are recommended. As for the "great character" which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) described Muhammad's (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) way, it is no other than the complete din, comprising of everything that Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) commanded him with, as explained by Mujahid and other knowledgeable commentators.

🔰It is no other than the implementation of the Qur’an, as 'Aishah (Rady'Allahu Anha) said:

💠"His character was the Qur’an.", and the reality of it is an eagerness to put into practice those things that Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) loves, with purity of soul and openness of heart.

💥Tafsir of the word 'Taqwa' ❖

🔰All of the above ideas do emanate from the Wasiyyah of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) mentioned at the beginning, and this should be understood as such that the word 'Taqwa' is very comprehensive, covering the fulfillment of all of Allah's orders, whether they are ones of obligation or recommendation, and also the refraining from all that Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) has forbidden,

⭕️Whether it is totally prohibited or strongly discouraged; hence, it includes both the right of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and the right of his slaves. However, wherever 'taqwa' specifically refers to fear of the consequent punishment refraining one from indulging in the prohibited.

🍃It is clear from the context; an example of this is in the hadith of Mu’adh (under discussion), and similar is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (Rady'Allahu Anhu) which Tirmidhi has narrated and declared to be sahih, RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) was asked about that which mostly earns people entry to Paradise; he replied:

💥 "Taqwa and goodness of character."

💠He was also asked about that which mostly earns people entry into the Fire; he replied:

💢"The mouth and the private parts."

🔰In a narration of a sahih hadith from Abd-Allah bin Umar (Rady'Allahu Anhu), RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

⭕️"The most complete of the believers in iman is he who is the best of them in character."

🍃Hence, RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) told us that perfection of iman lies in completeness of one's goodness of character; it is known that all of iman is Taqwa.

🔰However, this is not the place for a detailed discussion of the fundamentals and branches of Taqwa, for that would cover the din in its entirety.

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📚 Al-Wasiyyatu’s-Sughraa (The Concise Legacy)
Shaikhu'l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah - 3

💥Good Nature ❖

💢 Next, after RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) had covered Allah's right in the first two clauses, i.e., to act righteously and to rectify any harm done, he said:

🍃"... and behave well towards the people"

🔰thus turning to the right of one's fellow worshippers. The essence of being good-natured to people is that: he who cuts off relations with you, that you keep an association with him, giving him greetings, respecting him, supplicating for him, asking Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) to forgive him, speaking of him in good terms and visiting him.

⭕️He who deprives you of knowledge, benefit and wealth, you give them in return; and he who does an injustice to you regarding blood, wealth or honor, you forgive him. Some of these actions are obligatory and others are recommended. As for the "great character" which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) described Muhammad's (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) way, it is no other than the complete din, comprising of everything that Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) commanded him with, as explained by Mujahid and other knowledgeable commentators.

🔰It is no other than the implementation of the Qur’an, as 'Aishah (Rady'Allahu Anha) said:

💠"His character was the Qur’an.", and the reality of it is an eagerness to put into practice those things that Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) loves, with purity of soul and openness of heart.

💥Tafsir of the word 'Taqwa' ❖

🔰All of the above ideas do emanate from the Wasiyyah of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) mentioned at the beginning, and this should be understood as such that the word 'Taqwa' is very comprehensive, covering the fulfillment of all of Allah's orders, whether they are ones of obligation or recommendation, and also the refraining from all that Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) has forbidden,

⭕️Whether it is totally prohibited or strongly discouraged; hence, it includes both the right of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and the right of his slaves. However, wherever 'taqwa' specifically refers to fear of the consequent punishment refraining one from indulging in the prohibited.

🍃It is clear from the context; an example of this is in the hadith of Mu’adh (under discussion), and similar is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (Rady'Allahu Anhu) which Tirmidhi has narrated and declared to be sahih, RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) was asked about that which mostly earns people entry to Paradise; he replied:

💥 "Taqwa and goodness of character."

💠He was also asked about that which mostly earns people entry into the Fire; he replied:

💢"The mouth and the private parts."

🔰In a narration of a sahih hadith from Abd-Allah bin Umar (Rady'Allahu Anhu), RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said:

⭕️"The most complete of the believers in iman is he who is the best of them in character."

🍃Hence, RasulAllah (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) told us that perfection of iman lies in completeness of one's goodness of character; it is known that all of iman is Taqwa.

🔰However, this is not the place for a detailed discussion of the fundamentals and branches of Taqwa, for that would cover the din in its entirety.

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