Stress on good manners Friday, 05 August 2011 02:02

By Ramzi Al Saeed

In Ramadan, human beings  comply with the word of Almighty Allah and obeys Him and fasts unto Him and performs prayers in the night, lusts for the Heaven and seeks refuge from the hellfire. Every person should know that Allah made the good attitude better than the level of fasting. What is the benefit of fasting without decency or praying without morals and good manners?.

Therefore everybody should know that if any one abuses him or swears at him then he should say “I am fasting”, because the Muslim is noble and humane and does not use bad or harsh words and is guided by the light of Islam and abides by the instructions of the Islam, and stops from all the things and acts forbidden by the Almighty Allah. Consequently he knows surely that Islam is the perfect religion and suitable for all people. The view of Islam covers all aspects of the life and is the firm pillar for the existence of the Islamic nation and its steadfastness to protect it from all kind of damages and risks through its legislative construction.

Thus, we can say that all the above-mentioned depend on good manners and behaviour, and the good manner links the humans with truth, beleif and faith and the perfect worship and is the base of goodness in this world and salvation in the Hereafter.

Good manners and behaviour is more important, so every body must show the good manner in all aspects of the life. Good manner is the zing of Islam. Islam is the perfect religion and covers all necessary needs of this world, as the good manner is the perfection of faith.

The Muslim believes in rights and ethics that are imposed on him or his brother and he adheres to these rights and does his duty towards his brother, and believes that carrying out all these things is worship of Allah and the act of worship to be closer to Allah.

Allah has enjoined these rights on Muslim to adhere to them towards his Muslim brother, so he acts to obey Allah and to be closer to Him without any doubt, and pointing out to this, our Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), has explained the purpose of his mission and the true Shariah through His Hadith by saying (I was sent to complete the good manners).

Ethics and good manners in view of non-Muslims are based on good education and safe upbringing and advanced education and the commitment to training, but the morals and good manners in view of Muslims are based on the guidance and instructions of Islam and its legislations explained in the Holy Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him).

Good manners are considered the main characters of Muslim. Every Muslim is taught and trained with good manners and morals that raise his status in the world and consequently is accepted in the world and becomes beloved among the people, and will be successful in the Hereafter as there is no heavier work and act in his balance than good manners and morals.

Good manners are considered as perfection of faith in Islam and the Islamic system in providing training to the soul is based on love, care and harmony, and from here you cannot find jealousies and envy nor discord in the life of any sincere Muslim, how can it possible that a Muslim has these bad manners and morals, the mankind knows since its existence in the world that the Islamic system is based on good manners and ethics. Muslim who reputes high teachings of Islam and its system, as he knows the Islamic system is based on morals, love, compassion and fraternity so he rises Islamic noble values in the hearts of his sons which every Muslim should have, and no one has bad morals and ethics but who has a disease in his heart and has unfriendliness in his nature.

Some people might get into performing the required worship and appear in the general community making sure to set them up, and at the same time they commit big offences and leave good works. We say to such people that a good attitude and good manner means to comply willingly and with an open heart with what Allah loves, as the way of uprightness of the society is the way of uprightness of ethics and morals.