Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers in your heart, and you dislike tha…

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Hadith narrated by The first Hadīth: Narrated by Muslim, and the second Hadīth: Narrated by Ahmad and Ad-Dārimi

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Hadith text: Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers…

عَنِ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سِمْعَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «البِرُّ: حُسْنُ الخُلُقِ، وَالإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ، وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ».
وَعَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُ عَنِ البِرِّ وَالإِثْمِ»، قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «اسْتَفْتِ قَلْبَكَ، البِرُّ: مَا اطْمَأَنَّتْ إلَيْهِ النَّفْسُ، وَاطْمَأَنَّ إلَيْهِ القَلْبُ، وَالإِثْمُ: مَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَتَرَدَّدَ فِي الصَّدْرِ، وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ النَّاسُ وَأَفْتَوْكَ».

Explanation of the hadith: Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers…

Lessons: Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers…

• Encouraging the act of adopting noble morals because good morals are among the greatest aspects of righteousness.
• The believer does not feel confused about the truth and falsehood; rather, he knows the truth through the light in his heart and turns away from falsehood and disapproves of it.
• Anxiety and uneasiness of the heart along with disliking the idea of making it known to people are among the signs of sinfulness.
• As-Sindi said: This applies to suspicious matters when people are not aware of the right choice. Otherwise, what is enjoined in the Shariah, without the existence of a relevant proof, falls under righteousness, and what is prohibited falls under sinfulness, and there is no need to refer to the heart and its tranquility in both cases.
• The Hadīth addresses those who possess a sound natural disposition, not those with reversed hearts that do not recognize what is good or reject what is evil except what is engraved therein of their whims.
• At-Tībi said: It was said that righteousness in the Hadīth was interpreted in various ways. He interpreted it in one position as what the soul and the heart feel at ease about. In another position, he interpreted it as faith, and in a different position as what brings you close to Allah, and here as good morals, and he defined good morals as the endurance of harm, the avoidance of anger, having a cheerful face, and speaking good words, which are all close in meaning.

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