Faith is such a power that keeps a person away from low qualities and mean acts, and encourages him to achieve high attributes and lofty morals. That is why whenever Allah, the Almighty, urges His Slaves towards virtue or warns them against evil, He declares that as an essential requirement of the faith in their hearts. For example, Allah (Glory be to Him) commands to adopt righteousness and truth, and says:
O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true. (At-Tawbah 9:119)
Moreover, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has nicely explained that only when faith is firm and strong, strong and lasting morals would be developed, but if the moral character is low in faith, it will be weak accordingly.
Who is immodest and ill-mannered or who adopts bad habits, loses his faith:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Modesty and faith are twins. One who gives up one has to lose the other too.” (Al-Hakim)
Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) passed by a person of Al-Ansar who was scolding his brother on his excessive shyness. The Prophet (peace be upon him) told the man to leave him because shyness is a part of faith.
A man who harasses his neighbour and makes him suffer any kind of damage is called cruel and stonehearted by Islam. In this context, the Prophet (peace be upon him) says:
“By Allah, he cannot be a true believer; By Allah, he cannot be a true believer; By Allah, he cannot be a true believer. He was asked: ‘Who?’ He answered: “(The one) whose neighbour is not safe from his wrongdoings.” (Al-Bukhari)
Moreover, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) linked the good deeds to faith itself, and said:
“Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbour, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should entertain his guest generously and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep silent.” (Al-Bukhari)
Through the firm and perfect faith, noble qualities are nurtured, developed and safeguarded until the good manners bear their fruits. That is why Islam regards good manner as an inseparable part of faith.
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The nations are not but by their ethics; if their ethics are lost they are lost as well.
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