Book Name:Husn-e-Ikhlaq ki barkatain
نعمتِ اَخلاق کر دیجئے عطا
یہ کرم یا مُصطَفٰے فرمائیے
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic sisters! Have you noticed! How beautifully Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Aaishah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه presented call towards righteousness! He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was filled with the sacred passion for reforming the misguided Muslims. When he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه saw a drinker being beaten by people, he freed him from the people and took him to his home. As he came to his senses, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه advised him in an extremely gentle way. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, his sweet words, affectionate style and good manners touched the heart of the drinker so much that he repented of drinking wine and committing other sins and got busy serving blessed Hadees in the company of Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Aaishah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه.
If Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Aaishah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had also fallen upon him and started beating him, treated him cruelly and badly, so just ponder, would there have been any effect of his individual effort and pieces of advice upon him? Would he have stopped committing sins? Would he have reformed? Would he have developed a mind-set to repent truly of his sins? Would a Madani reformation have taken place in in his life? Surely, not at all! If we want to spread Sunnah in our society, want Muslims to become real obedient to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and adopt the Madani aim, ‘I must strive to reform myself and people of the entire world, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ’, we should advise the Islamic sisters with love, gentleness and affection who do not offer Salah, act upon Sunnah or are busy committing different types of sins. Further, we should try to bring them closer to the Madani environment through good manners.
Outcome of good and bad manners
A pious man has said: Good manners make even a stranger, friend and bad manners make even friends, strangers. (Deen-o-Dunya ki Anokhi Baatayn, pp. 268)