An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
2. What is Faith?
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devil seeks to stir up enmity and hatred among you
by means of wine and gambling, and to keep you
from the remembrance of God, and from your
prayers. Will you not abstain from them?” (5:90,91)
When this verse of the Qur’an was revealed, the
Prophet, as was customary on such occasions,
recited it to the Companions. When he reached the
end of the verse – “Will you not abstain from
them?” – every one of the Companions shouted out:
“We have abstained from them, Lord. We have
abstained from them.”
THE GOD-FEARING TREATS OTHERS BEST
Maamar, who belonged to the next generation after
the Companions, tells us that the latter used often to
say: “Your greatest well-wisher is he who fears God
with regard to you.”
BOWING AT THE VERY NAME OF GOD
The Prophet was in Aishah’s chamber when he
heard two men quarrelling at the tops of their
voices outside. One of them had lent money to
the other, who now wanted to pay back less than
he had borrowed. But his creditor was adamant.
