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Allâhu ta’âlâ will create an angel. (This angel) will pray until that
person dies. When he is dead and is put into the grave, the angel
will come to him and ask, ‘Do you know me?’ When the person
says, ‘No. Who are you?’, the angel says, ‘I am the pleasure you
afforded to a Muslim. Today I have been sent to please you, to
help you answer the angels of interrogation and testify to your
answers. I shall intercede for you in the grave and on the Day of
Rising. I shall show you your rank in Paradise.’ ” When he (our
Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’) was asked what would
cause many people to enter Paradise, he said, “Taqwâ, (that is,
avoiding the harâms and being good mannered).” And when he
was asked what would be the reason for which many people
would enter Hell, he said, “The tongue, and the vulva, (that is,
sex organ).” It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “Of Believers, the
one with perfect îmân is the one who has beautiful manners and
who treats his wife mildly;” in another hadîth-i-sherîf: “A born
slave will attain high grades and will be given many more thawâbs
(than he would otherwise attain) owing to his beautiful manners.
Bad manners will drag a person down to the depths of Hell;” in
another hadîth-i-sherîf: “The easiest and lightest worship is to
talk little and to have beautiful manners.” When a person stood
before Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ and asked what
the deed Allâhu ta’âlâ liked best was, he said, “Having beautiful
manners.” When the person asked the same question once again,
this time approaching from the Prophet’s left hand side, the
Prophet said, once again, “Having beautiful manners.” Then the
person walked behind him and repeated the same question from
behind the Prophet, Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’
turned his blessed face towards him and said, “Why don’t you
understand? Beautiful manners means to do one’s best not to
become angry.” It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “A person who
does not quarrel even when he is right shall be given a villa at one
side of Paradise. A person who does not lie even as a joke shall
be given a villa in the middle of Paradise. A person with beautiful
manners shall be given this villa at the highest place of Paradise.”
It was declared in a hadîth-i-qudsî: [1]
“Of all religions. I have
chosen this religion (Islam), This religion is completed with
generosity and beautiful manners. Complete this religion daily
[1] The blessed statements of our beloved Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi
wasallam’ are called (Hadîth). When these statements of our Prophet’s
are inspired by Allâhu ta’âlâ they are called (Hadîth-i-qudsî).
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