Be Nice With People

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked, “What will enter the greatest amount of people into Paradise?” His response was, “Taqwa of Allah and dealing with people in a nice and beautiful way."

Good character is a true test of religiosity. Many times, people are outwardly religious, but their manners are terrible. They engage in religious matters with enthusiasm, but when it comes to family, they neglect or mistreat them, when it comes to business, they mistreat their employees, or they still from their employer. The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was sent and confirmed by Allah to have a very high level of morals and to be very strict in his ethics. We have to hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards and be morally rigorous, because it is part of what it means to bear witness to the world around us and carry the message of Islam.

It is extremely important to get your obligatory worship in place -- prayers, fasting, zakat and hajj. If you don't nothing else is going to work for you. But once you have them in place, don't think that you have a one way ticket to Paradise without fulfilling the rights of others upon you. People have rights on us and society have rights on us. We have to be acutely aware of this and fulfill them in the best manner. To help us do that we have to have a level of consciousness of Allah (taqwa).

Some of the companions explained the concept of taqwa as the following: “If you were to walk through a thorny patch wearing long clothing, how would you walk through that patch?’’ Someone answered that they would gather their clothes together and step over the thorns to avoid tearing their clothing; such is taqwa.

Knowing that Allah is watching us and having this awareness of Him in every moment is something that we should seek to instill in all aspects of our life, and that includes in our dealings with people.

May Allah make us of those who have taqwa and grant us noble character. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.