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The People of Taqwa
should refrain from boasting about their lineage and adopt taqwā instead. This will grant you honour and virtue in the court of Allah.[1]
Dear Islamic brothers! Allah has placed many virtues in taqwā:
* Taqwā is the root of every goodness.
* Every pious elder, from earlier or later times, all advised others of taqwā.
* The people of taqwā are those the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is more pleased with.
* Piety is the true basis of honour.
For these reasons, we too must strive to attain and adopt this great treasure.
Taqwā is the best provision for a journey
Allah declared in the Quran:
تَزَوَّدُوۡا فَاِنَّ خَیۡرَ الزَّادِ التَّقۡوٰی ۫
Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: “And take provision along with you; that the best provision is piety.”[2]
This verse commands us to take provisions with us whenever we travel, and the greatest provision is taqwā. The most important journey is the one to the hereafter, and the true provision for us in this endeavour is taqwā. Imam Ghazāli رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes:
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- The people of taqwā
- Excellence of sending salāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Advice of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Acting upon Advice
- Taqwā is the basis of all goodness
- Glad tidings and reward for people of taqwā
- Advice for all nations
- The beloved of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Honour is in taqwā
- Taqwā is the best provision for a journey
- The qualities of the people of taqwā
- 1. Refraining from that which is doubtful
- The taqwā of Imam Ibn Sirīn رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- The taqwā of Bāyazīd Bisṭāmi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- An excellent quality of the pious
- Having taqwā is easy
- Four Attributes of the Pious
- 1. Fear of Allah
- ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه and his fear of Allah
- How to acquire fear of Allah?
- 2. Acting upon the Quran
- Madrassat al-Madinah for adults
- 3. Being Content
- Examples of our Pious Predecessors
- Virtues of being content
- 4. Preparing for the Hereafter
- Fear the day you will die
- The people of taqwā and their preparation for death
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