Never is any money amassed for its own sake or deprived from...

Never is any money amassed for its own sake or deprived from helping the poor and needy as this is against Islam. Another characteristic of a believer who deserves a good life and pleases Allah is in the way of speaking. Controlling the tongue eliminates all idle chatting and presents one from interfering in or provoking any hostility.

A believer says nothing which displeases Allah, the Almighty and instead voices what is useful in knowledge and advice, in uttering what is good and saying what is righteous. A believer never does harm to others. People will feel safe and secure when they live with a believer because he is the doer of good, who shows his love of good by performing it and his dislike of evil by avoiding it. Apart from this, he is also just and never forfeits the rights of others.

He respects another's rights and abides by them. In the same sermon, the Messenger of Allah (s) explains that belief in Allah and knowing Him makes a man fearful of committing sins and evil deeds. He, who fears Allah, never becomes over-involved with the life of this world in which people strive against each other for mere material gain. Instead he directs himself towards life in the Hereafter and strives for its sake.

In Summary A believer is one who deserves Allah's pleasure and for him there will be a good life and happiness in this world and in the Hereafter. The believer is the one in whom the following characteristics are found: Doing what are lawful and righteous deeds. Having good morals and treating people with respect. Having a purified heart and soul, neither hating others nor being hypocritical. Spending whatever he has out of his wealth in the cause of Allah i.e. in the fields of charity.

Being offensive to no one. Causing no harm to others. Respecting other people's rights. These characteristics are only found in truly faithful persons who know Allah well and fear His punishment because those who know Him do not think much of this world's life, and wish only to achieve the performance of as many good deeds as possible in it, in order to be rewarded in the life hereafter. [^1]: Ya'qoobi, Tarikh al-Ya'qoobi, vol.

2, p.89, Dar Sadir, Beirut, Harrani, Tuhaf al-Uqul an aal al-Rasul, Mawa'idh al-Rasul. Previous…