Emulating the Elders
“A Muslimah’s Guide to Living a
Blissful Life”
My dear daughters! Carefully observe your elders
and learn intelligence from them. Strive to
become like them and imbibe modesty, bashfulness, intelligence and wisdom. By
doing this, you will attain success and prosperity in this world and the next.
Furthermore, you will lead a life of respect, happiness and dignity.
Until good and bad examples are not placed
before you and a comparison is made between them, you will not gain a true
understanding. Similarly, until you are not given a complete description of how
things were in the past, and the manner in which people of the past lived,
interacted and socialized, and how they educated and raised their children, and
until the mannerisms and ways of the young girls of those times is not clearly
outlined before you, you will
never understand and will not be able to instil those qualities within yourself
that are in actual fact the essence of being a civilized human being. Likewise,
you will be unable to correct your weaknesses (and improve your character).
Do you know what priceless gems are lacking in
your life, what beneficial qualities and aspects you remain deprived of and
which virtues you are bereft of? No, you have no idea (of what you lack)! The reason for this is that you are absolutely inexperienced (and
naive), and you have not enjoyed the good effects of anyone’s teaching and
upbringing. So much so, that you cannot even determine whether your
own parents are pleased with you or not.
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