Qualities of a Believer

*Qualities of a Believer*

*Tolerance*                                                            A disbelieving Bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. God’s Apostle told them to leave him alone, let him finish and poured water over the place where he has passed urine.
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) then explained to the Bedouin calmly, *“This is a place of worship, in it is the worship of God and the reading of Qur’an.”* After the Bedouin had left, the Prophet then said to his companions, *”You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have not been sent to make things difficult for them.”*
(By Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim

*Equality*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor for a fair-skinned person over a person with dark skin, nor for a dark-skinned person over a person with fair skin. Whoever is more pious and God-fearing is more deserving of honour.’*(recorded by Musnad Ahmad)

*Gratitude*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘Contemplate those who have less than you and not those who have more than you, lest you belittle the favors of Allah conferred upon you’.*(By Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)

*Simplicity*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘What is little but sufficient is better than that which is abundant but causes heedlessness.‘* (By Sahih Ibn Hibban)

*On Humility*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘God has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one oppresses another and boasts over another.’*(By Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud)

*On Generosity*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘The food of two people is enough for three, and the food of three people is enough for four.’*
(By Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)

*Appreciation*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘Whoever does not thank people (for their favours) has not thanked Allah (properly), Mighty and Glorious is He!’*(By Musnad Ahmad, Sunan At-Tirmidhi)

*On Calmness*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said:   *‘Calmness and determination is from God and haste is from Satan.’*
(Sunan At-Tirmidhî)

*On Patience*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘No one can give a better or more abundant gift than patience.’*
(By Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)
             
*Perseverance*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said: *‘There is no clement person who has not stumbled, nor is there no wise person who possesses no experience.’*
(By Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Mustadarak Al-Hakim)

*Self-critical*
The Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him) said   *‘Blessed is he who preoccupies himself with his own defects, rather than those of others.’*(By Musnad Al-Bazzar)


*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."*(51:55)