{"id":7748,"date":"2015-04-20T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2015-04-20T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T09:35:46","slug":"making-an-effort-to-improve-ones-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=7748","title":{"rendered":"Making an Effort to Improve one\u2019s Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/et54b-e1429522302815.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"et54b\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7743\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/et54b-e1429522302815-246x300.jpg\" width=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/et54b-e1429522302815-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/et54b-e1429522302815.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi &lsquo;alaih) once mentioned:<\/p>\n<p>Through studying the lives of our pious predecessors, we learn that one should not suffice upon expressing grief over one&rsquo;s shortcomings and weaknesses. Rather, one should make a concerted effort to rectify oneself and improve one&rsquo;s character. Together with making istighfaar, one should impose a monetary penalty on oneself in order to discipline the nafs. For instance if one had wrongly expressed anger upon a person, (then together with making istighfaar and seeking forgiveness from the person) one should impose a monetary penalty upon oneself. If one does not have the money to give in charity, then one should perform between four rakaats to twenty rakaats nafl salaah as a penalty for the wrong one has committed. By merely expressing grief and not making an effort to improve one&rsquo;s character and ways, one will not achieve any good. (Qutbul Aqtaab Hazrat Shaikhul Hadeeth Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi &lsquo;alaih) pg. 389)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi &lsquo;alaih) once mentioned: Through studying the lives of our pious predecessors, we learn that one should not suffice upon expressing grief over one&rsquo;s shortcomings and weaknesses. Rather, one should make a concerted effort to rectify oneself and improve one&rsquo;s character. Together with making istighfaar, one should impose a monetary &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,14],"tags":[345,410],"class_list":["post-7748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-hadhrat-shaikh-rahmatullahi-alaihi","category-malfoozaat","tag-hazrat-shaikh","tag-malfoozaat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7749,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions\/7749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}