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— Abu Dharr & Mu‘ādh (RA) (Tirmidhi)

nawawiDay.commentary

Three pillars: taqwā in private, tawbah after slipping, akhlāq with people.

nawawiDay.extendedExplanation

Mu‘ādh and Abū Dharr (RA) received this comprehensive advice. Three pillars: (1) taqwā wherever you are — with people and alone; (2) erase sins by following them with good deeds; (3) treat people with good character.

Ibn Rajab notes the order is precise: taqwā is the relationship with Allah, tawbah-via-good-deeds is the recovery mechanism, and akhlāq is the relationship with creation. The middle clause is the bridge: it acknowledges that the believer will slip — and gives him an immediate antidote.

nawawiDay.fromScholars

"Hasanāt erase sayyi’āt according to the strength of the good deed and the sincerity of the doer — istighfār, ṣadaqah, and ṣalāh are among the strongest erasers."

— Ibn Rajab · Jāmi‘ al-‘Ulūm wa al-Ḥikam

"The greatest of good character is patience with people’s harm and not harming them. This is harder than night-prayer for many."

— Ibn ‘Uthaymīn

nawawiDay.fiqhRulings

  • •Major sins are not erased by ordinary good deeds alone — they require sincere tawbah (regret, leaving the sin, resolve not to return, and returning rights to the wronged).
  • •Minor sins are erased by ṣalāh, fasting, ḥajj, wuḍū’, and good deeds (per Muslim — ‘the five prayers, Friday to Friday, Ramadan to Ramadan, are expiations…’).
  • •Good character with people is part of taqwā — not separate from it.

nawawiDay.quranCrossRefs

11:114‘Indeed, good deeds erase bad deeds.’
3:159‘And by Allah’s mercy you (Muhammad) dealt gently with them…’ — the prophetic standard of akhlāq.

nawawiDay.keyVocab

اتَّقِittaqi

fear / be conscious of

السَّيِّئَةَas-sayyi’ah

the bad deed

تَمْحُهَاtamḥuhā

it erases it

خَالِقِkhāliqi

deal with / mix with

nawawiDay.todaysReflection

When you slip today, immediately do a small good deed — give in charity, pray two rak‘ahs, recite a portion of Qur'an.

nawawiDay.keyBenefits

  • 1Sin is followed by erasure when one acts quickly.
  • 2Character is part of taqwā, not separate from it.

nawawiDay.warnings

  • ⚠Do not delay tawbah hoping good deeds will accumulate — the Prophet ﷺ said: follow it up immediately.
  • ⚠‘Good character’ is not flattery — it is honesty wrapped in gentleness.

nawawiDay.relatedHadiths

Tirmidhi — ‘The most complete believers in īmān are those best in character’

Nawawi 27 — ‘Righteousness is good character’

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