An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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FEARING GOD’S PUNISHMENT, EVEN WHEN
ONE IS DEALING WITH THE LOWLY
Once when the Prophet was at home with his wife,
Umm Salamah, he summoned the maidservant for
some errand, but she seemed to take a long time in
coming. Seeing signs of anger on the Prophet’s face,
Umm Salamah got up to see what had happened to
the girl. She opened the curtain and saw her playing
outside with the goat’s kids. She called to her once
again, and this time she came. The Prophet was
holding a tooth-stick at the time, “If I had not feared
the retribution of Judgement Day,” he said to the
girl, “I would have hit you with this tooth-stick”.
(AL-ADAB AL-MUFRAD)
THE GREATEST FAVOUR TO SEEK FROM GOD
IS FORGIVENESS
According to Anas ibn Malik, the Helpers (Madinan
Muslims) suffered from not having enough camels
to irrigate their land. They came, therefore, to the
Prophet, hoping that he would be able to provide
them with camels, or arrange for a canal to be dug,
which would bring them an abundant supply of
