So the grave diggers came over...

So the grave diggers came over, but when they were with him, they could not dig anything, and they complained of that to Rasool-Allah -saww saying, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Our irons (pick axes/spades) do not work in the ground. It is as if we are striking with it in the rock’. So he -saww said: ‘If your (dead) companion was of good manners, come to me with a cup of water’. So they brought it to him -saww .

From him, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The (good) manners are a Grant Granted by Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic to His -azwj creatures. So, from it is the natural disposition, and from it is the intention’.

So I said, ‘So which of the two is superior?’ So he ‑asws said: ‘(As for) the one with the natural disposition, he is naturally disposed, not having the capacity for something else; while the one with the intention is patient upon the obedience with an excellent patience, therefore he is superior of the two’.

And from him, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Ibrahim, from Ali Bin Abu Ali Al Lahby, from; Abu Abdullah -asws says: ‘Allah -azwj Blessed and High would be Giving from the Rewards to the servant based upon the good manners, just as He -azwj would Give to the fighter in the Way of Allah -azwj (waking up) in the morning and going upon it’.