Watch Out!
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
therefore,
When our wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When our health is lost, something is lost;
When our character is lost, everything is lost
Islamic Chivalry – 3
“Anyone who claims to be on this path (of spiritual chivalry) must show these three signs: total loyalty without fear; generosity without any demand or hope for praise; and the desire to give without being asked.”
Islamic Chivalry – 2
One of the earliest texts on spiritual chivalry, Sulami’s (d. 1021 AD) Book of Spiritual Chivalry, includes tales of moral people. In this text, when a spiritual warrior was asked about the nature of spiritual chivalry, he said:
Spiritual chivalry is knowing that others can be forgiven for their misdeeds, but that you yourself are always at fault; that everyone and everything else is complete, while you yourself are lacking. Spiritual chivalry is showing understanding and compassion equally to what appears good and what appears bad. The highest form of spiritual chivalry is when nothing occupies you but God.
Islamic Chivalry – 1
Spiritual chivalry is to live in moral goodness and freedom. It is of three kinds: a kind with God, a kind with creatures, and a kind with oneself. To be chivalrous with God is to strive in servanthood with all one’s strength. To be chivalrous with creatures is not to blame them for a defect that you know comes from yourself. To be chivalrous with oneself is not to accept the temptations, embellishments and adornments of your own ego.
[Ansari]
Islamic Chiivalry
The root of spiritual chivalry is that the servant strive constantly for the sake of others. It is that you do not see yourself superior to others. The one who has spiritual chivalry is the one who has no enemies. Spiritual chivalry is that you be an enemy of your own soul for the sake of your Lord. It is that you act justly without demanding justice for yourself. It is to manifest a beautiful character.
[Qushayri]
Hadith
“’Ishu Ma Shay’ta Fa Innaka Mayyeytu Wahbib Ma Shay’ta Fa Innaka Mufariqatun Wa’mil Ma Shay’ta Fa Innaka Tujza Bihi.”
“O Human Being! Spend your life the way you like but keep in mind that one day you will die, and love whoever you like but keep in mind that one day you will get separated from him/her, and perform deeds the way you like but keep in mind that one day you will surely get their just compensation good or bad depending on your deeds.”
Faith, Belief, and Work
And faith is confession with the tongue and belief with the heart and working with the members of the body.
[Al Ghazzali]
Scholars and Lovers
“A scholar without diligence is a lover without money”
[Shaykh Sadi]
