The VOICE

CHARACTER We begin in the Name of Allah. Bismillahir-Rahmaanir Raheem. With the name, Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate, we seek His assistance, and we turn to Him, and we pray that His peace and blessings be upon the last of the Prophets, the Universal Prophet, Muhammad, Ameen. First, I want to turn to my own religion, to look at the importance of character. Our prophet is believed to be the last of the Prophets, and the highest and most complete and perfect human being. This perfection, according to the teachings of our  Book, is really to be seen in his character more than anything else. Our Book says that in Muhammad, you will find the most excellent model of character for anybody to follow, not just Muslims. This hadith warns us to Practice What We Preach. If a person helps to bring others into Allah’s obedience he/she will be rewarded equally for all the good deeds the other person does and all the bad deeds that the other person refrains from. Some people think that with all the credit they might be getting they do not need to bother with their own conduct. The above mentioned hadith describes clearly what the end is of those who neglect themselves.