Hadeeth
Twenty Two:
The Essential Characteristics of
His Personality
From
Aboo Hurairah (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) who said that Allaah’s Messenger
(
) said:
Two
characteristics are not found together in a hypocrite: good manners and
understanding of the Religion.[1]
So his manners are the manners of the righteous people,
and his behaviour that of the servants of the Lord of the worlds. He emulates
the pious and follows in the footsteps of the sincere. His heart and his
behaviour agree, he is not like the weak who take pains to put on a good
appearance whereas their hearts are empty! His knowledge and understanding of
the Religion is deep and springs from a good and sensitive heart, and precise
memory. However his good manners and knowledge and understanding of the Religion
do not prevent him from:
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Notes:
[1] Reported by at-Tirmidhee (no.2685) and
through a different chain of narration by Ibnul Mubaarak in az-Zuhd (no.459) and
all the narrators of this chain are reliable and further strengthen the
narration of at-Tirmidhee.
