An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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1. GOD’S PEOPLE
THOSE WHO SHOW MERCY WILL BE DEALT
WITH MERCIFULLY
“The Merciful One shows mercy to the merciful,”
said the Prophet. “Be merciful with those on earth.
The One in Heaven will be merciful with you.”
(AHMAD, ABU DAWUD, AL TIRMIDHI)
WHATEVER HAPPENS IS THE WILL OF GOD
When certain people offered to guard Ali (The
fourth Caliph), the son of Abu Talib, the latter
replied, “Destiny is man’s guardian.” According to
another tradition, he said, “No man will taste the
joy of faith until he realizes that he could never
have escaped what has befallen him, nor enjoyed
what escaped him.”
(ABU DAWUD,
SUNAN
)
REMAINING STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF
PERSECUTION
During the Abbasid Caliphate the emergence of the
