Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728AH/1328CE) wrote in his text book on Islamic
Creed, “The believers encourage people to reconcile relations with those
who have cut them off, to give charity to those who have deprived them,
and to forgive those who have oppressed them. They order people to keep
benevolence with parents, to uphold ties of family, to be benevolent
with neighbors, to be kind with orphans, travelers and the poor, and to
be gentle with servants. They forbid bragging, arrogance and
transgression. They discourage people from feeling superior over others,
rightly or wrongly. And they bid people use lofty manners and prohibit
them from pursuing trifles. All that they say or do from the above (good
character) or from other teachings, in all of it they follow the Book
and the Sunnah. Their path is the religion of Islam, for which Allah
sent Muhammad, peace be blessings be upon him.”
[Ibn Taymiyyah, Al-Aqidah Al-Wasitiyyah]
[Ibn Taymiyyah, Al-Aqidah Al-Wasitiyyah]
وَيَنْدُبُونَ إِلَى أَنْ تَصِلَ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ،
وَتُعْطِيَ مَنْ حَرَمَكَ، وَتَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَكَ. وَيَأْمُرُونَ
بِبِرِّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَصِلَةِ الأَرْحَامِ، وَحُسْنِ الْجِوَارِ،
وَالإِحْسِانِ إلَى الْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ،
وَالرِّفْقِ بِالْمَمْلُوكِ. وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَخْرِ،
وَالْخُيَلاءِ، وَالْبَغْيِ، وَالاسْتِطَالَةِ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ بِحَقٍّ
أَوْ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ. وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِمَعَالِي
الأَخْلاَقِ،َوَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ سَفْسَاِفِهَا. وَكُلُّ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ
وَيَفْعَلُونَهُ مِنْ هَذَا وَغَيْرِهِ؛ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِيهِ
مُتَّبِعُونَ لِلْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ، وَطَرِيقَتُهُمْ هِيَ دِينُ
الإسْلاَمِ الَّذِي بَعَثَ اللهُ بِهِ مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم
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