An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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BEAR HARDSHIP WITH PATIENCE, AND
ONE’S SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN IN THE NEXT
WORLD
Abu Bakr once recited this verse of the Qur’an
before the Prophet: “He that does evil shall be
requited with it. There shall be none to protect or
help him.” (4:123) “How,” he asked, “can things
now turn out well for us, since we shall have to pay
for the evil that we do?” “May God forgive you,
Abu Bakr,” the Prophet said, “don’t you ever
become ill, or feel fatigue or distress? Aren’t you
sometimes afflicted with hardship? Don’t you fall
into error now and then?” Abu Bakr said that he
did indeed. “This then is the requital of your sins in
this world,” said the Prophet.
(KANZ
AL- UMMAL)
THE EMINENT SHOULD GRIEVE FOR THE
LOWLY
It happened that a woman of Madinah, who used to
clean the mosque, passed away. She was black-
skinned and mentally deranged and there were few
to perform her funeral. Those who came to it did
