Monday, March 23, 2009

Four Traits

“Four traits lift a person to the highest ranks, even if their works and knowledge are little:
(1) Forbearance (hilm)
(2) Humility (tawadu`)
(3) Generosity (sakha’)
(4) Good character (husn al-khuluq)–and this is the perfection of faith.”
[Ghazali, Ihya' `Ulum al-Din]

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