Doshi Lad

Good Character

A man came from the front to the messenger of god and said 'o messenger of god give me some advice' the messenger of god said 'fear Allah'. the man came from the left and said 'o messenger of god give me some advice' the messenger of god said 'when you do a bad action follow it with a good one and it will erase it' the man came from the right and said 'o messenger of god give me some advice' the messenger of god said 'deal with people with the best of character'. the connection between action and character is very interesting. the messenger of god said 'bad character corrupts good action like vinegar corrupts honey'. for example, when people remind others of their gestures. it always makes you wonder how insincere them gestures were if they are now being used as a bargaining tool. 'remember when i bought you dinner that time'. the scholars say that the sign a good deed has been accepted is that you forget about it.

No Phone

I'm not usually one to lose things, as i've been a child who used to take good care of all his toys. most of which still remain till today. but recently, for whatever reason. i have now lost my phone. to add to the hard drive incident. i must be in a bad spiritual state! or god is just purifying me. it reminds me of the 4 states a human being is in.

-blessing

-tribulation

-obedience

-disobedience 

the response to each state is very important. if you are in a blessing its important to be thankful.

if you are in tribulation you must become patient 

obedience should be responded by not becoming self righteous 

and disobedience must be responded by repentance.

so in effect if you respond to each state in this way you will always be in a blessing. because the repentance you move towards god, the patience and the humility and the gratefulness also move you towards god. 

and the story about my phone, we were going to buy some chocolates as a birthday gift for one of the house mates. so we went to the shop and stopped off at another colleagues apartment block. as i was sat in the lobby sketching i must have left the phone must have dropped or i left it on the seat. not sure. when i returned back it was gone and the phone was switched off. bad times. the ironic thing was. before we left the house to get the chocolates. i said "we should leave everything at home including our phones, and only take as much money as we need." hmmmmm god works in mysterious ways. anyway. another lesson learnt! 

peace people!