WHAT IS A TRUE MUSLIM LIKE ? (II)

One should not spread gossip (carry words) among Muslims. It has been declared that various kinds of torments would be done to those who commit these two kinds of sins. Also, it is harâm to lie and slander, and must be abstained from. These two evils were harâm in every religion. Their punishments are very heavy. It is very blessed to conceal Muslims’ defects, not to spread their secret sins and to forgive them their faults. One should be compassionate towards one’s inferiors, those under one’s command [such as wives, children, students, soldiers] and the poor. One should not reproach them for their faults. One should not hurt or heat or swear at those poor persons for trivial reasons. One should attack nobody’s property, life, honour, or chastity. Debts to everyone and to the government must be paid. Bribery, accepting or giving, is harâm. However, it would not be bribery to give it in order to get rid of the opppression of a cruel one, or to avoid a disgusting situation. But accepting this would be harâm, too. Everybody should see own defects, and should every hour think of the faults which they have committed towards Allahu ta’âlâ. “They should always bear in mind that Allahu ta’âlâ does not hurry in punishing them, nor does He cut off their sustenance. The words of command from our parents, or from the government, compatible with sharî’a, must be obeyed, but the ones, incompatible with sharî’a, should not be resisted against so that we should not cause fitna. [See the 123rd letter in the second volume of the book Maktûbât-ı Ma’sûmiyya.]

After correcting the belief and doing the commands of fiqh, one should spend all one’s time remembering Allahu ta’âlâ. One should continue remembering, mentioning Allahu ta’âlâ as the great men of religion have communicated. One should feel hostility towards all the things that will prevent the heart from remembering Allahu ta’âlâ. The more you adhere to the Sharî’at, the more delicious it will be to remember Him. As indolence, laziness increase in obeying the Sharî’at, that flavour will gradually decrase, being thoroughly gone at last. What should I write more than what I have written already? It will be enough for the reasonable one. We should not fall into the traps of the enemies of Islam and we should not believe their lies and slanders.