Modesty Thursday, 25 August 2011 02:59

By Ramzi Al Saeed

The modesty is one of the highest qualities of faith. Believers  should know that it isthe base of all goodness, and it is an element in every deed done by a man.

Modesty and shyness play a special part between the affairs of the Creator and the created.  All prophets and Messengers encouraged modesty.

The Almighty Allah is modest and generous, He feels shy when His slave raises his hands towards Him to return hands back empty, the modesty that is between a person and people, is one that keeps him away from doing what does not suit him, he does not like to make people aware of his defect and censure. It is the modesty that prevents the believer from committing evil deeds. A person who seeks Allah’s pleasure will keep away from all the things that is forbidden - not only in public but in secret also. He knows that Allah almighty is everywhere and He is closer to His servants than their jugular veins. This is the relationship between and Allah and His slaves.

His knowledge about the secret of eyes and hearts, and it is one of the greatest qualities of good deeds, and the person who feels shy from the people must be avoiding from bad habits, evil deeds and bad acts, so he will not be abuser, slanderer and calumniator, and he will not be immoderate and excessive, and he does not disobey openly, and does not pretend any ugly thing, his modesty for Allah prevents him from the corruption of inside, as his modesty for the people prevents him from committing ugly acts and despicable morals, especially in these blessed days when he is fasting for Allah Almighty seeking the dignity in the sight of Allah and the dignity is for Allah and His messenger and the believers,

If Allah wants his servant destruction, he removes the modesty from him. When he becomes hated, Allah removes from him trust. When he becomes a traitor Allah removes from him mercy and the person will become rude. When he becomes rude Allah removes from him belief, and you will find him a Satan.

The right of Allah upon His slaves is great, if they estimate it rightly. They rush to do good deeds from their own and keep away from  sins. A Muslim should keep his tongue from speaking wrong thing and avoid his sight from seeing bad and vulgar things. He should also  protect his ears from hijacking the secret or exploring the subtle. He should protect his abdomen from prohibited things.  Mo desty is part of the religion and the essence of belief.

Modesty as a sense of shame or shyness in human beings is a shrinking of the soul from foul conduct, a quality that prevents one from behaving badly towards others or encouraging others to behave badly towards you.  Islamic ethics considers modesty as more than just a question of how a person dresses, and more than just modesty in front of people; rather it is reflected in a Muslim’s speech, dress, and conduct: in public in regards to people, and in private in regards to God.

Islamic faith has more than seventy sections, the greatest one is Kalima - there is no God but Allah- and the lowest one is removing the harm from the way, and the modesty is a section of faith, this great character is the main feature of Islam. Every religion has a nature, the nature of Islam is modesty, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) was most gentle in the nature and deeper in sense of duty than other people. ‘The Messenger of Allah used to talk little and every thing was expressed in this brief talk. In his speech, there was no defect of excess or brevity. The words came one after another like pearls.

Whoever heard them remembered them. He was the sweetest in talk among his companions. He used to keep silent for long and not talk without necessity. He used not to talk evil words and what he talked was just.

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