What is reported regarding the virtue of good character
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Question:
What has been reported regarding the virtue of good character?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one among you who is closest to me in rank on the Day of Resurrection is the one with the best character." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):[Al-Qalam 68:4] He, the Exalted and Glorified, said: [Ali 'Imran 3:159] so that they would return to Him. [Ali 'Imran 3:159] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the model for his Ummah (Muslim community). Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ahzab 33:21] Yes.
What has been reported regarding the virtue of good character?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one among you who is closest to me in rank on the Day of Resurrection is the one with the best character." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍSo by mercy from Allah
فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِwith them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you
لَهُمْ وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَThere has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما ورد في فضل حسن الخُلُق - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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