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Respect by heart

Respect by heart means to have nice, kind, sympathetic and affectionate feelings about other human beings. In fact, the human heart is the foundation for human conduct. If it is adorned by the feelings of love, sympathy and kindness, the body will work according to it. And if it is poisoned by hatred. Animosity and cruelty then the deeds will go that way. As its good feelings promote righteous actions, similarly its evil feelings cause sinful actions.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said:

"Indeed there is a piece in the body when it is right the whole body is right and when it is corrupt the whole body is corrupt. Beware, that piece is the heart. (Bukhari and Muslim).

It is necessary to purify the heart by the light of divine instruction, and to make it the place of love, sympathy and kindness for humanity. It will establish the way to peace and love in society, and will promote the sense of universal brotherhood that all human beings are brothers to each other. Our Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wassalam) used to repeat these words:

"0 Allah! 0 our Lard, and Lord of every thing, I am witness that all human beings are brothers to each other" (Ahmad).

In short, according to the teaching of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wassalam) humankind have the following characteristics:

a. Every human being is born on the pure nature of submission to Allah. Therefore, everyone came to this world as innocent and sinless: no one is a sinner by birth.

b. Allah has granted human being honor and greatness.

c. Allah has granted human beings the best shape among all his creations. And he honored humanity by calling the human shape His own image

d. Allah has honored humanity by calling the human soul His own soul, and the human nature His own nature.

e. Allah has endowed human beings with unique qualities so that they may master the universe Vicegerents.

f. All human beings are endowed with the gift of equality. There is no place for discrimination on the basis of race or color.

g. The criterion for superiority is not race; color or ethnicity the criterion is Cod consciousness and good character.

h. Human beings are so close to each other that they are like the parts of one body.

i. All human beings are brothers of each other.

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