Allaah loves to see the external beauty of His slaves which reflects
His blessings on them, and the inner beauty of their gratitude to Him
for those blessings. Because He loves beauty, He sends down on His
slaves clothes and adornments with which they may make their outward
appearance beautiful and He gives them
taqwaa which makes their inner characters beautiful. (Note: The outward
appearance of beauty/goodness must not be confused with the issue of
women displaying their beauty before non-mehram men, which is prohibited
in Islam).
Prophet (S) said, “No one will enter
Paradise who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart.” A man said,
“What if a man likes his clothes to look good and his shoes to look
good?” He (S) said, “Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means
denying the truth and looking down on people.”
(Muslim)
Ibnul-Qayyim (rh) said, commenting upon this hadeeth:
‘‘The phrase ‘Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty,’ includes the
beautiful clothing which was asked about in the same hadeeth. It is
included by way of generalization, meaning that beauty in all things is
what is meant here. In Saheeh Muslim, it says: “Allaah is good and only
accepts that which is good.”
"Allaah loves to see the effects of His blessing on His slave.’’
(Trimidhi, Hasan Saheeh)
It was reported that Abul-Ahwas al-Jashamee said: The Prophet
(S) saw me wearing old, tattered clothes, and asked me, “Do you have any
wealth?” I said, “Yes.” He (S) said, “What kind of wealth?” I said,
“All that Allaah has given me of camels and sheep.” He (S) said, “Then
show the generous blessings that He has given you.” (Saheeh: Ahmad,
Trimidhi)
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