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The People of Taqwa
Someone’s relative passed away. After the deceased was buried, the person had the following admonitory couplet written upon the relative’s grave:
لَیْسَ زَاد سِوَی التُّقَا فَخُذِیْ مِنْہُ اَوْ دُعِی
- The only provision for this journey is taqwā. It is your choice whether you adopt it or not![1]
The qualities of the people of taqwā
Dear Islamic brothers! May Allah grant the treasure of taqwā to us all. How does one go about attaining taqwā? In order to find out, let us listen to some qualities possessed by the people of taqwā with the intention of taking on these qualities and becoming pious ourselves ان شآء اللہ!
1. Refraining from that which is doubtful
The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, لَا یَبْلُغُ الْعَبْدُ اَنْ یَّکُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِیْن حَتّٰی یَدَعَ مَا لَابَاْسَ بِہٖ حَذْراً لِمَا بِہِ الْبَاْسُ - “A person will not become pious until he refrains from doing something in which there is no sin, for fear of falling into something in which there is sin.”[2]
In other words, a person refrains from performing a permissible action out of fear of falling into an impermissible act. The action of refraining from that which is permissible, in order to protect oneself from sin, is a quality of the people of taqwā. Nobody can become pious without this.
BOOK TOPIC
- 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
- Department for Serving Masjids
- Madani pearls of wisdom about preventing the wastage of water
