Character
Hadith 18 of 42
Title
Fear Allah wherever you are
Arabic
اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ.
Translation
Fear Allah wherever you are. Follow a bad deed with a good one to wipe it out. And deal with people with good character.
Narrator
Abū Dharr & Muʿādh ibn Jabal
Source
Tirmidhī 1987
Commentary
Three commands mapped to three relationships: with Allah (taqwā), with yourself (tawbah), with people (akhlāq). A complete syllabus compressed into one sentence.