Forty Hadiths on Good Moral Values

Which positive personality traits are mentioned and advocated through hadiths? This authentic Islamic book is a collection of 40 hadiths that encourage Muslims to be lenient, tolerant, gentle, generous, peaceful, kind, and so on.

In Forty (40) Hadiths on Good Moral Values, the author Yahya M. A. Ondigo (Yahya Ondigo) offers a brief commentary with each hadith and suggests ways to incorporate these morals and principles in our daily life.

The author has commented on each hadith, presenting the issue in a way designed to help readers implement what they have learned. He writes: Demonstrating earnest leniency, tolerance and benevolence is the best way for the beauty of Islam to be seen in our own lives with our non-Muslim family members, neighbours, colleagues, workmates, schoolmates and all our fellow human beings that we interact with.

Benevolence in whatever actions we undertake is the best form of da‘wah that we can give to another person. This is because our actions speak louder than our words: no matter how much we try to convince people that Muslims are generous, peaceful, tolerant, kind, amicable, charitable, and so on, words alone are not convincing enough. If our moral values and compassion are not reflected in our actions, the words become meaningless.

Imam Ibn Qudâmah al-Maqdisi: He was a distinguished scholar of fiqh, known for his mastery of fiqh knowledge and principles and for his wisdom in promoting the correct practice of Islam. Ibn Katheer said of him: “There was not found in his era nor before it by a long span of time, anyone possessing more fiqh—understanding of the religion—than him.”

Ibn Taymeeyah and others also said the same. Born in 541 H (1147 CE) in Nablus, Palestine, Ibn Qudâmah began his Islamic studies at a young age, eventually studying under many scholars in Damascus, Badgdâd and Makkah. He wrote more than thirty books on fiqh, Hadith, ‘aqeedah (creed) and zuhd (spirituality and asceticism), though he is most famous for his books of fiqh al-Mughni and ‘Umdat al-Fiqh, both considered textbooks of Hanbali fiqh.

Always striving to fully implement the teaching of Islam in his own life, Ibn Qudâmah participated in jihad with the forces of Salâh-ad-Deen as they conquered Jerusalem. He died at the age of 79 in his home in Damascus.

Author: Yahya M.A. Ondigo

Dimensions: 14 x 21 cm