Saturday, October 20, 2007

"The Content of Character" (Part 7)

"The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (saw)"
Translation and Introduction by Hamza Yusuf
Collected by Shaykh Al-Amin Ali Mazrui

last part:

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120. The Messenger of God (saw) said, "He who sins laughing enters Hell crying." [Abu Nu'aym]

122. The Messenger of God (saw) said, "Whoever pleases his parents has pleased God, and whoever angers them has angered God." [Ibn an-Najjar]

123. The Messenger of God (saw) said, "Anyone who sees a believer degraded, and, being able to defend him, does not, is degraded by God on the Day of Judgement."

124. The Messenger of God (saw) said, "One aspect of manliness is for a fellow to listen attentively to his brother should he address him." [Al-Khatib]

129. The Messenger of God (saw) said, "God removes faith from one who engages in illicit sex or consumes intoxicans just as a man removes his shirt when pulling it over his head." [Al-Hakim]

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