Saving Our Souls Series | Part 3: A Precious Counsel from a Revered Scholar – Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Our master ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad (may Allah be pleased with him and benefit us by him) said, in his book ‘Religious Counsels’:
These qualities are obligatory for every believer to embody and acquire…
Referring to a prior statement just before this:
That the believer should be:
- in a state of reverential awe
- humble
- in a state of fear due to consideration of Allah’s majesty
- detached from the world;
- content with less of it
- generous with the surplus of his possessions
- desirous for good for the servants of Allah Most High;
- compassionate to them
- merciful to them
- enjoining toward the good and preventing the evil
- competing in good deeds
- perseverant in worships
- guiding toward goodness
- calling towards guidance
- emulating of the righteous
- dignified
- respectable
- tranquil
- beautiful in character
- big hearted
- soft shouldered
- lowering of his wing to the believers
He should not be:
- arrogant or haughty
- covetous of people
- desirous of worldliness
- giving preference to the world over the Hereafter
- hoarding of wealth
- preventing the good
- harsh nor hard-hearted
- argumentative
- quarrelsome
- accusing
- rigid
- evil in character
- tight-hearted
- lax
- deceptive or untrustworthy
- giving preference to the rich over the poor
- frequenting the gathering of the sultans
- quite regarding correcting the wrongs when able
- loving of:
- status
- wealth
- power
- rather he should abhor all of these and not endeavour toward any of them nor associate himself with them – unless there be a need or necessity
May Allah make us ideal Muslims, ameen.
