LessonsCharacter, trust, and mutual care (Hadith 31–36)Quiz

الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ، وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ، وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ
Righteousness is good character; sin is what troubles your heart and what you would dislike people discovering.

Source: Muslim.

Arabic word or phraseMeaning
الْبِرُّrighteousness; goodness
حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِgood character
وَالْإِثْمُand sin
مَاwhat; that which is described here

حُسْنُ means goodness and الْخُلُقِ means character; together they describe good character. وَ means “and.” Read the inward-unease and disclosure parts with their explanation: they do not label every nervous feeling or private matter a sin.

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Goodness and inward unease

Character, trust, and mutual care (Hadith 31–36)

الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ، وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ، وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ
Righteousness is good character; sin is what troubles your heart and what you would dislike people discovering.

Source: Muslim.

Arabic word or phraseMeaning
الْبِرُّrighteousness; goodness
حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِgood character
وَالْإِثْمُand sin
مَاwhat; that which is described here

حُسْنُ means goodness and الْخُلُقِ means character; together they describe good character. وَ means “and.” Read the inward-unease and disclosure parts with their explanation: they do not label every nervous feeling or private matter a sin.