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Monday, April 08, 2013

Your Intellect and Piety is Directly Connected to the Manners you Display

Verily, the (human) self is inclined to evil, except when my Lord bestows His Mercy (upon whom He wills). Verily, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful” [Yoosuf 12:53]

Imaam Ibn Jareer at-Tabaree [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said:

The whims of the servant always call for him to follow his desires, even if what he desires is that which doesn’t Please Allaah.

‘….except when my Lord bestows His Mercy’ meaning, whoever his Lord wishes from His Creation, so He frees them from following their desires and Helps them in Obedience to Him in what He has Ordered and thus being free from all evils.

[Tafseer at-Tabaree 16/142-143]

And be moderate in the way you walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the most unpleasing of voices of all voices is the voice (braying) of donkeys.” [Luqman 31:19]

Al-Allaamah Taahir Ibn ‘Aashoor [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said:

After Luqmaan advices his son on the manners that he should have, he advises his son to beware of having manners that are blameworthy, blameworthy manners in speech and action. So when we walk, we are commanded here to walk with manners, thus when walking we don’t walk with a swagger or with pride, nor do we walk as if we are lost, creeping instead of walking. Therefore, we are commanded here to walk with humility and a purpose.

As for the meaning of voice of donkeys, then this refers to the speech of a person, if he is loud and unmannered in the way he talks, then this is the resemblance given to this characteristic, that of a donkey.

[Adapted from Tahreer wa Tanweer 22/168-169]

It is narrated on the authority of Umm Dardaa [May Allaah be Pleased with him] that the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “There is nothing heavier on the scales than having good manners. So the person who has good manners may reach or exceed to the status of those who pray and fast regularly. ” [Narrated by at-Tirmidhi (2003) and it was classified Saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaanee in Saheeh at-Tirmidhi]

Ibn al-Qayyim [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said:

The manners of a person depends on the environment he places himself in. So you can find someone who is intelligent and has the best of manners, but this all changes if he places himself in a different environment, even if that means he befriends animals, he will take on their characteristics and manners. So you can witness that the worst of people in manners and actions are those who are effected by those around them, therefore the environment has an imprints on the way you behave and think.

The opposite is also true, you may find someone who is ignorant and has the worst of manners but if he befriends friends who are upright, and he mixes with them, his manners and deeds are affected in a positive way.

All this shows that the environment you place yourself in has an imprint, those who seek to better themselves are affected by their environment. So pay attention to this point….

[Madaarij as-Saalikeen 2/488]

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