Real Revolution — Page 165
ISLAMIC TEACHING IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE. Good Morals. . The Holy Prophet says that انَّ الْخُلُقَ وعَاهُ الدِّينِ to have a "Morals are the vessel which holds and preserves deen (religion or the sense of ultimate values). Now do you think that you can keep the milk you have, and prevent it from running waste, or from being polluted, unless you have a clean vessel to hold it in? Indeed it is possible for one vessel, but no milk to be put into it. But it is not possible that one should have some milk and be able to preserve it without a vessel in which it could be put and held. Therefore, if there was a man who claimed that he had faith in his heart but failed to display an appropriate moral sense in his dealings with people, then such a person shall have to be held a liar and a cheat. . This is the reason why on another occasion the. Holy Prophet said إنما بعثت لاتمم مكارم الأخلاق مِنْتُ لأُتَمِّمَ that he had been raised to bring morals to their due perfection 165