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
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. 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 certsin 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 you and having this awareness of Him in every moment is something that we should seek to instill in all aspects of our lives, including dealing with people especially our parents.
Ramadhan is around the corner. Fasting is decreed upon us to make it easy for us to build our taqwa. It is your training ground.
Allah Most High says,
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٨٣
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - (183) [Quran, Al-Baqarah 2:183]
May Allah make us of the muttaqeen and allow us to reach Ramadhan. Aameen.
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