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Al-Birr — righteousness is good character

Saturday, January 31, 2026

الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ، وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ
Transliteration

Al-birru husnu-l-khuluq, wa-l-ithmu ma haka fi sadrika wa karihta an yattali'a 'alayhi-n-nas.

Translation

Righteousness is good character. Sin is what weighs in your chest and you would hate for people to know about.

Narrated by Nawwas ibn Sam'an·Sahih Muslim 2553·Nawawi's Forty · #27
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