Rasoolullah (SAW) said, “I guarantee a house in Jannah (Paradise) for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right; and I guarantee a house in the middle of Jannah for one who abandons lying even when joking / for the sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners.” [narrated by Abu Dawud]
The breakdown:
Imam Shafii (rahimullah) stated, “I have never disputed anyone in order to overcome him, and whenever I dispute anyone, I love that the truth should become manifest at his hands.” Look at the wisdom of Imam Shafii, he would love to lose a debate as long as the truth prevailed! Subhan’Allah, many of us become a part of some movement and we defend our stances even if we know we are wrong. Are we to be given a house in paradise then?
Imam Shafii further stated, “I debated a scholar and beat him. Then I debated a layman and that layman beat me – he had no knowledge of the principles and texts. I had nothing to say.”
Nowadays, knowledge is only with few as the one of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that knowledge will be lost. Therefore, my brother or sister in Islam, avoid confrontation and debating.
Imaam al-Nawawi (rahimullah) said: “The kind of joking which is forbidden is that which is excessive and persistent, for it leads to too much laughter and hardening of the heart, it distracts from remembrance of Allaah, and it often leads to hurt feelings, generates hatred and causes people to lose respect and dignity. But whoever is safe from such dangers, then that which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do is permissible for him.”
Joking and laughter has its limits and one of those limits is that we do not lie when we joke.
Subhana’Allah, many people exert poor manners when they are trying to prove something and their entire message is lost in their actions. I want to give a small personal example that irritates me. Many people put the mus’haf on the ground and though this may be something that is permissible (Allahu Alim), but we should not do it out of respect for kalaam Allah (the Speech of Allah – the Quran). We should respect our hearts out with the Quran. We should love the Quran and not let it sit on the ground when we are not reading it. Furthermore, out of respect for the Quran, we should not have ayaats of it scribbled on our clothing or on some necklase that we wear, but we should recite it more than anything. This gives the proper respect to the Quran.
Other examples of good manners can be how we interact with other people. Do we expect reward from Allah (SWT) in terms of how we talk and deal with our family, our friends, and people in general, whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim.
May Allah SWT guide us all to the truth. Ameen.
The breakdown:
- for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right
Imam Shafii (rahimullah) stated, “I have never disputed anyone in order to overcome him, and whenever I dispute anyone, I love that the truth should become manifest at his hands.” Look at the wisdom of Imam Shafii, he would love to lose a debate as long as the truth prevailed! Subhan’Allah, many of us become a part of some movement and we defend our stances even if we know we are wrong. Are we to be given a house in paradise then?
Imam Shafii further stated, “I debated a scholar and beat him. Then I debated a layman and that layman beat me – he had no knowledge of the principles and texts. I had nothing to say.”
Nowadays, knowledge is only with few as the one of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that knowledge will be lost. Therefore, my brother or sister in Islam, avoid confrontation and debating.
- for one who abandons lying even when joking / for the sake of fun
Imaam al-Nawawi (rahimullah) said: “The kind of joking which is forbidden is that which is excessive and persistent, for it leads to too much laughter and hardening of the heart, it distracts from remembrance of Allaah, and it often leads to hurt feelings, generates hatred and causes people to lose respect and dignity. But whoever is safe from such dangers, then that which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do is permissible for him.”
Joking and laughter has its limits and one of those limits is that we do not lie when we joke.
- for one who has good manners
Subhana’Allah, many people exert poor manners when they are trying to prove something and their entire message is lost in their actions. I want to give a small personal example that irritates me. Many people put the mus’haf on the ground and though this may be something that is permissible (Allahu Alim), but we should not do it out of respect for kalaam Allah (the Speech of Allah – the Quran). We should respect our hearts out with the Quran. We should love the Quran and not let it sit on the ground when we are not reading it. Furthermore, out of respect for the Quran, we should not have ayaats of it scribbled on our clothing or on some necklase that we wear, but we should recite it more than anything. This gives the proper respect to the Quran.
Other examples of good manners can be how we interact with other people. Do we expect reward from Allah (SWT) in terms of how we talk and deal with our family, our friends, and people in general, whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim.
May Allah SWT guide us all to the truth. Ameen.
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