Relationship between Fear of Allah and Good Character

“The Prophet (S.A.W) established a relationship between the fear of Allah and good character because fearing Allah improves the relation between the servant and Allah, and good character improves the relation between a person and others. Therefore, fearing Allah makes it possible for Allah to love him, and good manners makes it possible for people to love that person.”Ibn al Qayyim 

EFFECT OF SINS

❝Sins generate more sins, and one leads to another, until they overpower a man and he finds it difficult to repent from that.❞

As one of the scholars said: 

One of the punishments of bad deeds is more bad deeds, and one of the rewards of good deeds is more good deeds. - Ibn al Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

LOVE OF ALLAH FOR HIS SLAVE

Had Allah lifted the veil for His slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah. Therefore if the pains of this world tire you do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of duaa. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know that verily Allah does not forget it. Ibn Al Qayyim Al Jawzi

Wise Sayings of Luqman

“If you’re in prayer, take care of your heart;

If you’re eating, take care of your throat;

If you’re in another man’s house, take care of your eyes;

If you are among people, take care of your tongue.

Remember two matters and forget two matters:

Remember Allah (SWT) and death;

Forget any good that you have done to another

and any evil that was done to you by another.”

EFFECTS OF ACTIONS

Indeed good actions are a light in the heart, a strengthening for the body, a glow on the face, a cause for extensive provisions and love in the hearts of the creation.  Indeed bad actions are a darkness in the heart, a blackness on the face, a weakness for the body, a cause for decrease in provisions and hatred in the hearts of the creation. - Ibn Abbas 

Two Types Of Good In The Dunya

Ali RA said: There is no good in the dunya except two (types of) people: Someone who commits a sin then corrects it with tawbah and another who hastens to do good deeds.

قال علي رضي الله عنه

: لا خير في الدنيا إلا رجلين: رجل أذنب ذنوبا فهو يتداركها بالتوبة ورجل يسارع في الخيرات

Forbearance and Humility With Knowledge

Learn knowledge, and learn calmness and forbearance for the sake of knowledge. Humble yourselves to those whom you teach, and let those whom you teach humble themselves to you. Do not be tyrannical people of knowledge, lest your knowledge not spread because of your ignorance.—‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb