An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
Table of Contents
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The simpler the ceremony, the greater the blessing 122
Choose the simpler, not the more difficult way ......123
Making things unnecessarily difficult for oneself does
not constitute piety .....................................................123
Religious leaders should have consideration for their
congregations ..............................................................124
Rather than from outward actions, greatness comes
from inward grace ......................................................124
No rigidity in religion ................................................125
God looks not just at actions but at their motives ...125
5. Piety .............................................................................127
Piety leads one to press onwards in spite of all
obstacles.......................................................................127
Giving oneself up to God and wishing others well .127
The self-destructiveness of worldly greed ...............128
The true intellectual is a man of great piety.............129
Showing no favouritism.............................................129
Self-appraisal first and foremost ...............................130
Taking no advantage of one’s position.....................131
