POSSESSING A SENSE OF SHAME
The Holy Prophet says, “Al-ḥayā’u mina l-īmān.” Shame comes from faith. “Shame” means adab. People with good manners are people with faith. Those who do not have adab are not ashamed. They are missing faith, iman. What should we be ashamed of? First, we should be ashamed before Allah. We need to have adab towards Him, then towards our Holy Prophet (SAW), and also towards people. We should have adab, since this is the basis of tariqah, and is the basis of Islam, also.
