Perfecting One’s Character
The following beneficial excerpt is from “The Magnificant Journey” by ibn-ul-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah:
RasoolAllaah - salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam - used to make a number of supplications related to good character.
“O Allaah, guide me to good character, none guides to good character but you …” [Reported in Saheeh Muslim]
“O Allaah, i seek refuge in you from bad character, deeds and desires.” [Reported by Imaam Al-Tirmidhi]
“O Allaah, You perfectly created me, so perfect my character.” [Reported by Imaam Ahmad]
“O Allaah, i seek refuge in You from disability and laziness; from cowardice and avarice; from decreptitude and harshness; from negligence and impoverishment; from lowness and humiliation. And i seek refuge in You from poverty and disbelief; from sinfulness, disunity and hypocrisy; from notability and riyaa’ (showing off) …” [Reported by Imaam Ahmad, Imaam Malik, Bazaar, Haithmi and ibn 'Abdul Barr who authenticated it.]
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