36. Seeking Knowledge & Concealing Knowledg

Seeking Knowledge                                          36

Seeking knowledge is compulsory on every Muslim male and female.

--Tradition by Ibn Majah. Narrator: Anas. (Excerpt)

Concealing Knowledge                                    36

Whoever is asked about the knowledge that he has acquired but he conceals it, shall wear a girdle of fire on the Resurrection Day.

--Tradition by Ahmed, Ibn Daud, Tirmizi. Narrator: Abu Hurairah.

Also by Ibn Majah. Narrator: Anas.

35. Paying Wages & Refusing Wages

Paying Wages                                                     35

Pay the labourer his wages before his sweat dries up.

--Tradition by Ibn Majah. Narrator: Abdullah-b-Omar.

Refusing Wages                                                 35

The Almighty God said: There will be three persons who will face My opposition on Resurrection Day: A man who gave (trust) in My name and then broke the trust; a man who sold a free man and enjoyed his price; a man who engaged a labourer, took full work from him but did not pay his wages.
-- Qudsi Tradition by Bukhari. Narrator: Abu Hurairah.

34. Patient of Others & Not Patient of Others

Patient of Others                                               34

A Muslim who mixes with the people and remains patient over their harms is better (Muslim).

--Tradition by Tirmizi and Ibn Majah. Narrator: Ibn Omar. (Excerpt)

Not Patient of Others                                        34

The one who does not mix with people nor is he patient over their harms (is not a better Muslim).

--Tradition by Tirmizi and Ibn Majah. Narrator: Ibn Omar. (Excerpt)

33. Monotheism & Polytheism

Monotheism                                                    33  

Belief has got seventy and odd branches of which the best is saying: ‘there is no deity but God’.

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

Polytheism                                                      33

The Almighty revealed: Whoever sets up partner with Me. I desert him and his partner.

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