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).

2. Action for God & Action for People

Action for God             2

One who acts to seek God’s pleasure God will protect him from people (even) if it displeases them.

-Tradition by Tirmizi. Narrator: Mu’awiyah (excerpt).

Action for People         2

Whoever seeks pleasure of people which displeases God, God will hand him over to them (i.e., will not protect him). 

--Tradition by Tirmizi. Narrator: Mu’awiyah (excerpt).

1. Action & Inaction

Action                     1

Whoever among you sees anything objectionable let 

him change it. If he is not able to do so let him speak 

against it, and if even this he is unable to do then 

(condemn it) at heart which is the weakest form of 

faith.
--Tradition by Muslim. Narrator: Abu Sayed al-Khidri.

Inaction                  1  
When people see anything abominable and do not 

change it (even though they have the ability to do so) 

it is near that God will overtake all with His 

punishment. 

-- Tradition by Ibn Majah and Tirmizi.  Narrator: Abu Bakr Siddiq. (excerpt).