Part 2
.......... O Kumail! Prosperity in fortune comes with alms giving,
consolation of the believers, and visiting your relatives. Your relatives are
those who are close to us.
O Kumail! Be more generous, more kind, and more charitable to
the believers from your family than to other believers.
O Kumail! Do not turn away the poor even if you can only give
them a date or a grape!
O Kumail! Charity grows in Allah’s eyes.
O Kumail! The Akhlaaq of a believer is beautified through his
humility, made complete through his kindness, honoured through his compassion,
and glorified through not participating in hearsay.
O Kumail! Do not ever be self-righteous because you will
seduce only the foolish and you will lose your real friends.
O Kumail! Only argue about Allah (with disbelievers) who look
like they are intelligent, because they are all foolish anyway as Allah says, “Verily,
they themselves are the fools, but they do not know” (2:13).
O Kumail! Every nation has good and bad people. So do not get
in a heated argument with those who are ignorant. And if they insult you, be
patient amongst them for Allah says, “When the ignorant address them, they say:
Peace” (25:63).
O Kumail! Always tell the truth. Surround yourself with those
who are pious and abandon those who are immoral.
O Kumail! Stay away from the hypocrites and do not befriend
those who will betray you.
O Kumail! Never knock on the door of the unjust, mingle with
them, or earn from them. Do not ever obey them and do not speak in their
gatherings about that which will make Allah angry with you.
O Kumail! If you
have to attend the gatherings (of the unjust) praise the Lord continuously,
entrust your soul to Allah, and seek refuge with Allah from their evil. Say
nothing to them, but deny their actions in your heart and glorify the Lord
loudly so that they can hear you. Consequently, they will fear you and you will
be protected from their evil.
O Kumail! The best thing that Allah loves from His slaves,
after testifying in Him and His successors, is beautifying the soul through
compassion and patience.
O Kumail! There is nothing wrong with people not knowing your
secrets. O Kumail! Do not show people your needs and be patient while
anticipating Allah’s reward and you will thereby earn peoples’ trust.
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