An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
8. Manners In Speech
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8. MANNERS IN SPEECH
THERE IS VIRTUE IN REFUSING TO
RETALIATE
Certain individuals, who held Abu Bakra to be in the
wrong abut something, set upon him and flung him
to the ground. His son, Abdul Aziz came running,
but Abu Bakr told him to hold off, swearing an oath
in the name of God, that if any soul were to be taken
away from this world, it had best be his own. When
his son asked him why, he replied: “Because I fear
that I shall live to see a time when I am unable to
command good and forbid evil. When that day
comes, there will be no-good in the world.”
(AL-TABARANI)
NOT BEING OFFENDED WHEN CRITICIZED
When Umar ibn Khattab became Caliph, he
removed Khalid ibn Walid from the leadership of
the Muslim forces in Syria. According to Nashirah
ibn Sahmi, Umar gave a sermon in Jabiya,
explaining his decision to remove Khalid from his
post. “It was my command that wealth should be
