7. Courage & Cowardice

Courage                                                    7
God loves the soldier who encounters the enemy, though his companions are routed.

--Tradition by Tirmizi. Narrator: Abdullah bin Masud. (Excerpt).

Cowardice                                                 7
Of the worst of what is in a man is extreme niggardliness and extreme cowardice.

--Tradition by Abu Daud. Narrator: Abu Hurairah.

6. Contentment & Greed

Contentment____________________________6
Wealth lies not in being very rich but in self-contentment.

--Tradition by Bukhari and Muslim. Narrator: Abu Hurairah.

Greed__________________________________6
Had there been two mountains of wealth for the son of Adam
he would have sought the third.

--Tradition by Bukhari and Muslim. Narrator: Ibn Abbas. (Excerpt)

5. Best of Servants & Worst of Servants

Best of Servants_______________5  
(Among) the best of the servants of God are 

those who,when seen, remind of God.

--Tradition by Ahmed and Baihaqi. Narrator: Abdur 

Rahmanb-Ganam                                                                                                                                   Also by Ibn Majah. Narrator: Asma’a-b-Yazid. (Excerpt).

Worst of Servants______________5  
(Among) the worst of the servants of God are 

those who roam with Slanderers (and) who 

create differences among the pious.
--Tradition by Ahmed and Baihaqi. Narrator: Abdur 

Rahman-b-Ganam.  (Excerpt).

4. Believer & Non-Believer

Believer                                        4
A believer is he in whom mankind has an asylum for their  lives and their properties.

--Tradition by Bukhari and Muslim. Narrator: Abdullah-b-Amr. (Excerpt)

Non-Believer                                4 
This world is a paradise for the unbeliever (for whom this is “a pleasure-house” and he feels free to indulge in any sinful act).

--Tradition by Muslim. Narrator: Abu Hurairah. (Excerpt)

3. Anxieties of the After-Life & Anxieties of this World

Anxieties of the After-Life     3

Whoever makes the anxieties a single anxiety, the anxiety of his next world, God will remove his anxiety of this world.

--Tradition by Ibn Majah . Narrator: Abdullah-b-Masud. (Excerpt).

Anxieties of this World         3

Whoever has got a variety of anxieties concerning (only) this world, God will not care in whichever of its valleys he perishes.

--Tradition by Ibn Majah . Narrator: Abdullah-b-Masud. (Excerpt).