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KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD DESPISES THOSE WHO ARE
HAUGHTY AND REFRAINING FROM HAUGHTINESS NO MATTER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
EXHIBITING A SOUND MUSLIM PERSONALITY IN EVERY PLACE
AND CIRCUMSTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
AVOIDING HASTINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
NOT SHYING AWAY FROM TELLING THE TRUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
BEING RESOLUTE AND RESILIENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
WORSHIPING WITH LOVE AND ENTHUSIASM. BELIEVERS DO
NOT FEEL EXHAUSTION, WEARINESS OR LAZINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
BEING SINCERE IN SERVING ISLAM AND DEVOTING ONE'S LIFE
TO GOD; REFRAINING FROM MAKING EXCUSES FOR

FALLING BEHIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
RECONCILING AND REUNITING BELIEVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
KNOWING THAT GOD HEARS ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS;
REFRAINING FROM SECRET TALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
REFRAINING FROM TALKING ABOUT A SUBJECT WE DO NOT
KNOW ABOUT; AVOIDING GOSSIP, SLANDER AND
ILL THOUGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
REFRAINING FROM BEING QUARRELSOME AND ENGAGING IN
DISPUTES WITH BELIEVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
AVOID WASTING TIME IN POINTLESS ACTIVITIES AND IDLE CHATTER . .108
REFRAINING FROM GIVING PROMISES THAT CANNOT BE KEPT . . . . . . . . .109
KEEPING ONE'S SELF BUSY TO AVOID IDLENESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
THANKING GOD WHILE WORKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
REFRAINING FROM INSINCERE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS
"BRAGGING ABOUT THINGS ONE DID NOT ACCOMPLISH" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
CLEANSING THE SELF OF NEGATIVE TRAITS SUCH AS SELFISHNESS AND
JEALOUSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

STANDING UNITED, AVOIDING SEPARATION AND DISSENT . . . . . . . . . . . .111
NOT FOLLOWING THE MAJORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113