What is Faith?

True worship entails meekness and humility before God During the days of ignorance that preceded Islam, there was an extremely generous and hospitable man called Abdullah ibn Judaan. A cousin of the Prophet’s wife Aishah, he died before the commencement of the Prophet’s mission. Aishah once mentioned to the Prophet that Abdullah ibn Judaan had rendered immense services to humanity and had always been a generous host. She wondered whether these acts would benefit him on the Day of Judgement. The Prophet replied in the negative: “For never once did he pray: Lord, forgive my sins on the day of Retribution.” (MUSLIM, SAHIH)