 respected listeners. Allah has made us among the best of the creation. Not only that, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent us and created us amongst the best of the nations, the nation of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Inna ma bar-ihtul yutammi ma magarim al-akhlaq Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, the only reason I have been sent to this world is to complete good character, the code of ethics, good manners, and good conduct. This good character, good conduct, good morals is the thing of the heart. It needs to be inside us, not just on the superficial appearance. Growing beard is an easy thing, respected listeners. Putting on toe, long clothes, growing a beard is a very easy thing. It doesn't require any effort to grow a beard. It grows by itself. But to smile at someone, it takes an effort. Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, no matter how chaotic life was in Mecca and Medina, he would always enter his home with a smiling face. Today, unfortunately, this aspect of character, one of these aspects of this character is missing from our lives. Maybe because of the culture we are coming from, maybe because the stress in our lives, or maybe the lack of Islamic knowledge in our lives, having good manners and good conduct respected listeners, to forgive someone, to overlook the faults of others, to hide the shortcomings of others is not an easy task, not to feel jealous or envy for the blessings and bounties that other people have. It's not an easy thing. Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is sitting in a gathering and he tells the gathering a man is going to enter who is a man of paradise. Everybody looks around, a middle-aged man from the Ansar. He enters the gathering with shoes in his one hand, left hand, and the water of Vadoo trickling from his beard down. Next day, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is sitting in a gathering. Again, he says a man of paradise is going to enter. Everybody looks around and the same man enters. Third day Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says the same thing and the same man enters. In the gathering is sitting a companion by the name Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aas, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu. It is written about this young companion Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aas, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu that among the entire companions of Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam among the entire Sahaba none would worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as much as Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aas, radi Allahu anhu. What was his habit of worshiping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? He would worship all night long and he would fast the next day and he would finish one Quran every day. That was his worship, fasting every day, praying all night long and finishing one entire Quran every day. But he did not hear the glad tidings of paradise from Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in spite of that extreme worship. So when he saw this man, a middle-aged man for three days, Rasulullah said this man will enter paradise. He got curious. Maybe he thought, I should have gotten the glad tidings of paradise because I worship so much. I haven't seen anyone worshiping like me. So he goes to the man and he says, can I come and stay with you for three days? The hospitality was in the blood of Arabs and still is. He said, I have an argument with my father. Is it possible I can come and stay with you for three days? He said, yes, please do. He goes and stays with him for three days and three nights. The first night he thinks he might get up and pray at the Hajj all night long. But this man goes to pray Isha Salat with Jama'at in Masjid-e-Nabui comes back, goes to sleep afterwards, goes to work in the morning, comes back in the late afternoon. Whatever Salat he could pray in Masjid, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, he prays comes back. Three days he sees the same routine and all three nights he doesn't get up for tahajj. Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as is keenly observing every action of his. What is it so special that he is doing the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has promised him parodies? And he starts, he's in a mental dismay saying the words of Rasulullah can never be wrong. What is it the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has promised him parodies? What is it that he's doing? He gets in this confused state but to doubt the words of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam can lead a person to kufr. At the end of the third day he says to him goodbye and he says listen I came to, I did not had an argument with my father, I made a false pretext. But I just wanted to see what is so special that you do that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has promised parodies. Remember Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as is this young companion from the Quraish, the son of Amr bin al-A'as, the liberator of Egypt. When he got married his wife was waiting for him on the night of marriage. He said allow me to pray Turrakat Salat. The wife said that's a good thing, I will join you in this Turrakat Salat too. She did wadhu came stood next to him. All night long he would pray Salat till the fajr time. The next morning his father comes and asks his daughter in law how is my son. She says your son is a good man. He prays all night long and fasts all day long. In other words he doesn't fulfill my rights. The father Amr bin al-A'as becomes upset and he goes to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saying oh Prophet of Allah what is this with my son? The wife is saying this is not fulfilling the rights of his wife. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says call him. He comes and Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says oh Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as oh Amr bin al-A'as your wife has a right over you your body has a right over you this has a right over you that has a right over you what is it that you're doing worshipping so much oh Prophet of Allah Allah has given me so much strength oh Prophet of Allah I love me to worship Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says no you're not going to finish one Qur'an every day you're going to finish one Qur'an once a week. He said oh Prophet of Allah please I can't do that I love me oh Prophet of Allah love reciting Qur'an oh Prophet of Allah Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says okay you cannot finish Qur'an more than one Qur'an in three days and as far as you're fasting every day you cannot fast every day fast three days of the month he says oh Prophet of Allah I cannot do that then Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says fast Mondays and Thursdays and and the three days in the at the in the middle of the month that was Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as and he tells this middle age Ansari sahabi what is it that Rasulullah has promised you paradise which I did not get the glad tidings myself the middle age Ansari sahabi says I do not know why the Prophet of Allah is promising me paradise Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as I am not able to solve this puzzle and riddle but still believing in the words of Prophet of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in dismay is walking away to the exit door then the young then the Ansari sahabi calls listen come there is one thing I do every night every night before I go to sleep I forgive everyone I keep my heart clean and number two I do not have jealousy against any fellow human being to whom Allah has blessed more bounties than myself at that time Abdullah bin Amr bin al-A'as Allah says subhan Allah this is exactly why Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has promised paradise for you and this is something which is hard for me and my fellow human beings to do Anas Ibn Malik Rasulullah says a man with much worship and not good character there is no stoppage of him from being made to enter hellfire on the same token he says a man of not much worship a man of not much worship but of good character good akhla good manners good conduct nothing can stop him from entering paradise Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says I guarantee paradise and only Allah and the prophet of Allah can guarantee paradise to anyone and no one else can Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says I guarantee paradise for that person if he does these six things number one when he speaks he speaks the truth number two when he promises he fulfills his promises number three when he takes a trust he fulfills the trust number four he does not let down his character no matter what even if others behave with him in in with a bad attitude and bad character he still behaves with them with good character and good conduct number five he controls his eyes may Allah give us these abilities respected listeners number five he controls his eyes he does not look at the forbidden things Allah save us from pornography respected listeners it has engulfed the humanity the families it is breaking apart the souls it's harming inside us how it is affecting the muslim countries out there the weapon shaitan has come up with silently killing the muslim umma and destroying the muslim umma the one who controls his eyes number five and prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said number six the one who does not hurt others with his hands even with his texting I guarantee paradise for this person Zaididna Sana is one of the famous jewish scholars living in madina he says I sat I used to sit in every gathering of the of muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to observe him is he really the prophet he is claiming to be and I saw every sign of prophethood in him except two qualities imam tiramizir writes this in his shamail he says I saw the signs of prophethood all the signs of prophethood prophethood in him and except two things number one his gentleness overtakes his anger number two no matter how foolishly you act with him the more tolerant he becomes I did not observe I did not get a chance to observe these two things except all other things he was a prophet except these two things so one day I came out of my house I was walking and I saw muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam coming walking with with a companion ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu then a group of villagers better winds came to prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and the leader said and I joined their conversation and because I was my habit to observe muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and the leader of the better winds told prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that oh prophet of allama entire tribe came into the fold of Islam and he promised them that Allah will bless them with food and grains and crops but for quite some time there's a drought going on in our region they had not been in rainfalls for a long time oh prophet of Allah our people are suffering and I'm afraid my people would go back to their own faith and and leave Islam do something help us oh prophet of Allah prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said ali razi allahu ta'ala to his left and he says do we have anything to give to him said the ali razi allah says oh prophet of Allah we don't have anything then zaid ibn sanat the jewish scholar steps in and he says listen I have certain amount of gold with me I can give you as a loan if you promise me so many dates at the end of this month from that particular garden of your companion prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says I can promise you that amount of dates at the end of the month on a condition that if those dates are not paid on time you will not take over his garden he's orchard zaid ibn sanat says that's fair he gives him the gold Rasulullah takes the gold and gives it to the leader of the Bedouins and he tells them spend on your people wisely the group is happy they leave not even a month has passed prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has just returned from janaza prayers from funeral prayers he's sitting on a well along with umar bin al khattab and asman bin afran radiallahu anhu ma zaid ibn sanat walks in remember this is not the end of the month he walks into prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he pulls the blessed shirt of rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam really hard and he says oh son of abdul mutallim where are my dates you are very poor pairs of debt he says slandering and accusing prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his entire family umar rasul allah draws up his sword he says you enemy of allah if i wasn't afraid of the presence of prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam i would have severed your head right now rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says oh umar this matter is between me and him yes he could have spoken to me in a proper manner but there is no way you should have spoken to him in this rude manner because you have spoken to him in this manner i want you to go pay him those those dates we have them available even though it is not the end of the month we have those dates available and because of your rude manner i want you to go pay him extra 1500 pounds which is come through our today's measure extra 1500 pounds of dates to this person so umar rasul allahu ta'ala nusami'ana wa ata'ana we hear and we obey he goes gives him the dates that were owed to him and then he gives him extra 1500 pounds of dates zaid ibn sanna says why are you giving me these extra dates he says because prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told me to give you these extra dates because of my rude behavior zaid ibn sanna says do you know who i am umar rasul says i don't know who are you anyway zaid ibn sanna says i am the allama of the jewish people i'm the great scholar of the jewish people he says you're that person if you're a person of such standing why did you act with our prophet in such a manner then zaid ibn sanna says listen i have seen all the signs of prophethood in your prophet except two signs that his gentleness overtakes his anger and no matter how foolishly you act with him the more tolerant he becomes today i have seen both of these qualities on him you bear witness oh umar today i read the shahada ashadu allahu illa allahu ashaduna muhammad and abduhu and he says take me to your prophet umar rasul takes him to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he holds the blessed hands of prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam reads the shahada again he says oh prophet of allah today i give half of my wealth in the path of allah zaid ibn sanna rasul allahu taala anhu these beautiful manners respected listeners these beautiful manners pulled people towards islam when makkah was conquered when makkah was conquered people of makkah had seen amazing miracles from the hands of prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam imam bukhari rahmatullahi relates the hadith of moon being split into two by the pointing of the blessed finger of prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the khoraysh said this is pure magic this is pure magic they saw angels in the battle of badr they saw angels in the battle of trench they would not accept islam makkah was conquered they would not accept islam but when prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said there is no reproach blame on any one of you may allah forgive you all when they saw these manners allahu akbar droves and droves came into the fold of islam today allah has brought us into america respected listeners allah has brought us to allah where everybody wants to come and we are here alhamdulillah we work we do business we have dealings with the people we need to show these akhla this is the only thing that attracts non muslims respected listeners non muslims and muslims this is the only thing that attracts when sallallahu alayhi wa sallam conquered by tul makhdis before his conquer the crusaders were led by king richard of england and king richard lost his horse his horse was killed in the battle sultan sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told these people go give my horse to king richard let him fight on my horse against me against us his people gave his his own horse to king richard when king richard saw saw this act from the muslim commander and general he said how can we win battle with these people still he fought for five years before he really did england and lost the battle and he's but he did say how can we win the people with such akhla with such manners khalid bin walid razi allahu tala anhu when he conquered damascus the governor of damascus the wife of the governor of damascus and the daughter of king iraqulus himself the daughter of king iraqulus the wife of the governor of damascus both came as captives to khalid bin walid razi allahu tala anhu khalid bin walid razi allahu anhu he told 400 of his troops take them with honor and dignity take them back to their families 400 muslim soldiers took the what took the daughter of the daughter of the king iraqulus and the wife of the governor of damascus back to their families when her daughter went and hugged her father iraqulus crying iraqulus asked did they treat you well how are you did they harm you did they hurt you the muslims tears in her eyes he said oh my father they did not even raise their eyes towards me oh in my entire trip oh my father tears in the eyes of iraqulus i cannot win battle with these people i cannot win wars with these people of such manners and such conduct people say islam spread with sword he did not respect the listeners it did spread with our manners with our akhlaq with our character may Allah guide me may Allah guide us all respected listeners to give those manners rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam la khadakana lakum fi rasulillahi us wa tun hasana the most beautiful example for you to follow is the example of prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam may Allah guide us all