Name: Ep: 22: Establishing the Best in Character | Guidebook to God
Uploaded: 2021-01-22T18:32:56.000Z
Channel: Yahya Ibrahim
Description: What does it mean to have good ethics and morality? Watch Sh. Yahya Ibrahim explore how to establish the best character.

<p>What does it mean to have good ethics and morality? Watch Sh. Yahya Ibrahim explore how to establish the best character. </p>

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 The importance of ethics. Another word for that is akhlaaq. Usually it's wrongly translated  as good manners. Akhlaaq, having khuluq, having a demeanor that is pleasing to Allah subhanahu  wa ta'ala is a very important concept. And the importance of our ethics as Muslims is  one that is unrivaled in our makeup with any of the other nations and traditions that are  found on the earth today. You and I must be exemplary because we are the followers of  the one who Allah described, wa innaka la'ala khuluqin azeem. Ya Muhammad, I destined for  you, I created you to be the one who is on the exalted, unreachable, unblemished, highest  standard of ethics, morality and character, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. I wish to explain  to you the word khuluq, akhlaaq. So the word khuluq is your physical being, right? Ana  makhluq, I am created by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. My physical standing is the khuluq  and the khuluq that Allah created me on. But my khuluq is how I use my physical being.  My khuluq is the demeanor of the habit of my physical existence. And therefore if you  change khlaaq to a dhamma khuluq, therefore you see that it's the same three letter words  that define your physical presence and your demeanor or spiritual existence and your way  of life. So notice that how you are created is beyond your control. You can be created  by Allah tall or short, dark or light, male or female. You are not accountable to Allah  on account of the khalaq that you have. And therefore the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa  sallam he said, inna Allaha la yanzuru ila suwarikum wala ila ajsamikum, walakin yanzuru  ila quloobikum wa a'malikum. Allah does not make note of your physical stature. He doesn't  make note of how you were created in your physicality. What he does make note of, what  he holds you accountable to is what is in your heart and the actions that are performed  congruent of it. What comes out of you and your behavior out of the khalaq is what is  important, not how you look, not the shape or color or shade of your skin. And therefore  the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, kullukum li Adam, all of you are from Adam,  wa Adam min turab and Adam was from dust. To Allah it is insignificant and immaterial  what your physical standing is, what the color of your skin is, whether you're male or female.  What is important is what you've used your creation in. And that's where the word kulluk  is. Therefore the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam doesn't make mention of our physical  standing but he makes mention of the importance of our character. So the Prophet sallallahu  alayhi wa sallam speaks of our ethics by saying, inna a person la yudriku bi husnu kullukihi,  that a person on account of their high standard of ethics, their mighty standard of morality,  can reach the level of a person who fasts all day, prays all night. As-sa'imul qa'im,  a person who fasted every day of their life, prayed every night, all night of their life.  Who can attain that? Nobody can attain that. Even the Prophets of Allah, they would pray  part of the night and sleep part of the night. They would fast some of the days and break  some of the days. The best of fasting was the fasting of Dawud alayhi as-salam where  you would fast one day and break it one day. So how can you reach a level even higher than  the Prophets of Allah? He said, on account of good ethics, good morality. Therefore it's  important for you and I to pay attention to this. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa  sallam was a highest example of character and therefore his sunnah becomes the reflection  that you and I seek to establish the best of character in his name, sallallahu alayhi  wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim. When we speak of ethics, when we speak of character,  what do we mean? Do we mean it just to be pleasant and to say, thank you and please  and forgive me and I'm sorry when it's necessary? What does it mean to be on a high standard  of morality of character? Well, it's first to understand that your greatest accountability  isn't to the creation and to others, but it is to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That whether  there are people to see you there or not, that your accountability is with Allah. Whether  there are cameras trained on you or not, your ethics are maintained. That you do what is  right because it's right and you abstain from what is wrong because it's wrong. You don't  do what is right because others observe you doing what is right and you expect acknowledgement  from them. You don't abstain from what is wrong because other people are there to tell  you stop or will hold you accountable. You abstain from error because Allah is always  material in your life, in your presence. That he is always there observing you. You are  always aware of your place and your dealings with him. So that gives you a higher standard  of akhlaq, of character, of ethics, of morality in dealing within yourself and with others.  The greatest of importance in your khu…

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