1/ Four Keys to Good Character
Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (RH) stated:
Good character is established upon 4 pillars; it cannot be attained except based on them.
They are:
patience, chastity, courage and justice.
Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (RH) stated:
Good character is established upon 4 pillars; it cannot be attained except based on them.
They are:
patience, chastity, courage and justice.
2/ Patience will make one to endure, suppress anger, abstain from harming others, & have forbearance, tolerance, and kindness and not be thoughtless and hasty.
Chastity will cause one to abstain from despicable & vile things of speech & action; & will make one to have modesty,
Chastity will cause one to abstain from despicable & vile things of speech & action; & will make one to have modesty,
3/ which is the head of every good and prevent one from illegal sexual intercourse, miserliness, lying, backbiting and slandering.
Courage will make one to have sense of honor, give preference to high standard of characters & traits, to give generously, which is the courage of
Courage will make one to have sense of honor, give preference to high standard of characters & traits, to give generously, which is the courage of
4/ the soul and its strength to give out what is beloved & separate from it. It will also make one to suppress anger & have forbearance, because through the strength of one’s soul and its courage, one will withhold its trouble & restrain it from incitement to evil & violence as
5/ stated by the Prophet (SAW):
'The strong isn't one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is one who controls himself while in anger.”[Bukhari (6113)]. That is the reality of courage. It is the special ability with which a person defeats his opponent.
'The strong isn't one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is one who controls himself while in anger.”[Bukhari (6113)]. That is the reality of courage. It is the special ability with which a person defeats his opponent.
6/ Justice will make one’s character to be upright & balanced between the two extremes of immoderation & negligence. It will spur one towards the character of selflessness & generosity, which is the middle cause between humbleness & brazenness, and the character of courage,
7/ brazenness, & the character of courage, which is the middle cause between cowardice and rashness; and towards the character of patience which is the middle cause between anger and humiliation.
The origin of all these virtuous characters is from these four things.
The origin of all these virtuous characters is from these four things.
8/ Source: Madaarij as-Saalikeen Bayna Manaazil (Iyyaaka Na‘bud wa Iyyaaka Nasta‘een) by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (Rahmatullah Alaihi).
