The Standard of Mar'ah
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What are the standards of mar'ah that a Muslim should follow, and what are the means that facilitate for a person the practice of this conduct?
The standard, may Allah reward you: Mar'ah is doing what beautifies and adorns one, and leaving what defiles and disgraces one. Everything that people describe as good character is mar'ah, and one should avoid everything that defiles and disgraces one. This is how the scholars defined it, so it is well-defined. This varies according to people; some people are noble, dignified, and of high rank. If they do what those of lower rank do, they are criticized, but if others do it, they are not criticized.So we say to the first: If you do it, you have contradicted mar'ah.And we say to the second: If doing it does not contradict mar'ah, then this is the measure.Mar'ah: Doing what beautifies and adorns one, and leaving what defiles and disgraces one.
The standard, may Allah reward you: Mar'ah is doing what beautifies and adorns one, and leaving what defiles and disgraces one. Everything that people describe as good character is mar'ah, and one should avoid everything that defiles and disgraces one. This is how the scholars defined it, so it is well-defined. This varies according to people; some people are noble, dignified, and of high rank. If they do what those of lower rank do, they are criticized, but if others do it, they are not criticized.So we say to the first: If you do it, you have contradicted mar'ah.And we say to the second: If doing it does not contradict mar'ah, then this is the measure.Mar'ah: Doing what beautifies and adorns one, and leaving what defiles and disgraces one.