Conscience, Compassion, Consideration, Courage, Control, and Confidence. What is Good Character? The simplest way to answer this question is to look at the Messenger of Allah as a rolemodels. Consider how the pious people around the prophetmanaged to RESET their lives time and time again in order to please Allah (SWT) One prominent attribute ofthe Prophet’s character was perfection and that he sought perfection in everything he did. He was the best father, the best husband, the best leader, the best teacher, and the best friend. According to his Companions may Allah be pleased with them He was known to be the most honest, patient, trustworthy, gracious, compassionate person of their time. His wonderful character gave him a magnetic personality that everyone around him loved dearly. The lesson forus is to perfect everything we do, however small evenin mundane daily actions. Although the Prophet was the leader of all the Muslims, he was humble. He never belittled his Companions may Allah be pleased with them. When someone would speak to him, He would turn around fully to talk. He didnot answer carelessly whilewalking away nordid he merely turnhis head towards them. When he shook hands with someone, he gripped with his whole hand and never was the first to release his grip. When speaking with him, He never was the firstto look away. When he walked into a congregation, He never demanded to sit at the center or near the front. Hejust sat wherever he foundspace. The Prophet encouraged his Companions may Allah be pleased with them to bethe best they could be. The Prophet brought out the best in all of his Companions. The Prophet took people who used to bury their own babies aliveand transformed them intocompassionate, caring human beings. He did not accomplish this by sitting around and telling people what to do. The Companions emulated in his actions thus caused a domino effect. A Way to establish a good moral code is to reformat/reset our minds, heart and actions (similar to a computer), clear our heads of bad ideas and interpretations. We have toteach ourselves different and better ways to analyzeideas and events that we may come across.
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