An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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God be pleased with him looked towards the man
and said: “No one whom God has saved from being
present at those hours should desire to have been
there. Who knows how they would have acted in
those circumstances? By God, many of whom God
cast into Hell came to see the Prophet, such as did
not accept what he said, or believe in his mission.”
EVEN SELF-SACRIFICE IS OF NO VALUE
WITHOUT TOTAL SINCERITY
A certain Muslim participated in the Battle of Uhud
(3 A.H.) and died fighting. When his mother learnt
of the death, she cried out for her “martyred” son.
“Hold your peace,” the Prophet told her “How do
you know that he has been martyred? He used to
indulge in vain talk and was miserly with things that
it would have done him no harm to give away.”
(At-TlRMIDHI,
SHAMA’IL)
IT IS WRONG EVEN TO HINT A PARTNERSHIP
WITH GOD
“That which God wishes, and you wish, will come
to pass,” said a certain individual to the Prophet.
