Islam As It Is
Islamic Character
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encounters hardship will have his own burden
lightened by God, both in this world and in the
next. God helps His servant, so long as that servant
is actively helping his brother.” (Muslim,
Sahih)
All these statements are summed up in a
hadith
re-
lated by Jarir, according to which the Prophet said:
“God will not show mercy to one who is not
merciful to others.” (Bukhari, Muslim)
LARGE-HEARTEDNESS
Say someone hires a taxi and, at the end of his
journey, is asked to hand over fifty rupees for his
fare. Now, if the passenger has only fifty rupees in
his pocket, he is likely to argue that the taxi driver is
quoting too high a fare. He does not, after all, want
to be left with an empty wallet. However, suppose
he has five thousand rupees in his wallet, he will
not argue over a mere fifty rupees. He will just pay
whatever fare is demanded and go on his way.
The possessor of great wealth will not argue over
mere trifles, whereas a man living in straitened
circumstances will have to be careful about every
