3) Because of what we see of weak morals nowadays
Everyone complains of the lack of honesty, the cheating, lying, lack of respect and dutifulness to parents, obedience to husbands, etc.
This is all due to lack of knowledge about Allah. If we increase our faith, it'll affect our morals.
E.g. One of the names of Allah is العفو. He is pardoning.
Allah, out of His mercy, will make someone wrong, offend, or oppress you. The person will not give you your rights. After some time this person will come and ask you to forgive him. Then you sit and think: Shall I forgive him or not?
The Shaytan will whisper and tell you 'If you forgive him he will offend you again' to prevent you from forgiving.
If you pardon him, Allah will pardon you. And if Allah pardons you you will be admitted into Paradise. And what do you want more than that? Don't forget this knowledge about Allah and think only of yourself and your rights.
And even if the person didn't ask for forgiveness, forgive him between you and Allah, because you want Allah to pardon you.
Many of us don't look at oppression as a mercy from Allah. This is due to lack of knowledge - only the person who knows Allah will behave like this.
E.g. Narrated by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause,' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah! Destroy every miser.'" [Bukhari]
I don't see or hear any angel but I believe. This belief motivates me to spend of my money, time, etc. because I want Allah to compensate me.
E.g. Abu Umamah narrated the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The companion (Angel) on the left lifts his pen for six hours for the Muslim slave that errors or sins. If this slave repents and seeks Allah’s forgiveness for that error or sin, the Angel doesn’t record it. And if the slave doesn’t ask Allah for forgiveness, the Angel records it once." [Collected by At-Tabarani in Kabir (7667 ) , Abu Na’eem in Hilya (6/124), Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ib (6788). Shaykh Al-Albani graded this hadeeth as being Hasan in Saheehah (1209)]
If you believe this, whenever you commit a sin unintentionally, you will rush to repentance, because you believe that the Angel has written it down yet.
This all requires إيمان.
We need to adopt good conduct as a worship to Allah.
People practice good conduct according to their desires and interests. They may behave well because there is something they want from that person. But the believer behaves well because he wants the reward from Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The believers with the most perfect faith are those with the most perfect conduct and manners." [At-Tirmithi]
The Prophet ﷺ made a link between faith and conduct. This means that the excellence of your behavior shows the degree of your faith.
Immorality is due to weak or lack of faith. And this is what we face nowadays. When our faith went down, our morals went along with its.
E.g. Islam emphasizes modesty. We hardly find this nowadays.
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Modesty is part of faith" [Bukhari]
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Modesty and faith are two that go together, if one is lifted the other is also lifted" [Recorded by AlHakim]
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Modesty does not bring anything but goodness" [Agreed upon]
Don't think when you cover yourself it isn't good for you. Modesty brings good because it encourages and pushes the person to obey Allah and to avoid disobedience.
If you are a believer then you should be modest. Allah loves this characteristic. He is modest and loves modesty. Out of the impacts of His modesty is that He shows shyness when a believer raises his hand asking Him to leave it empty.
From the impacts of the modesty of Allah is that He doesn't like committing sins openly or disclosing ones sins. He hates those who spread vulgar and obscene actions in the community.
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