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Every person desires to be pious, but, unfortunately, some people try for being pious. No one is born pious except prophets. This is an earned quality that is acquired through constant straggle and hard strives. In the path one faces several obstacles, as he changes his well established attributes. Here I want to share with you some symbols of purity and piousness. Those will help you to recognize pious people in your lives.

1. 1.      Well-Mannered and Excellent Character

One of the vital qualities of such people is being well-mannered. The way they act, the way they reply, the way they treat with their elders, the way they behave to their younger. The way they spend their lives, the way they think about others and so on, all are remarkable and up to the mark. They will never let you feel that they are superior to you and you are inferior. They never claim that they are even pious. They keep in their minds their mistakes and try hard to reform them. They do good deeds but do not feel proud of doing so. Allah mentioned this quality of the holy Prophet (PBUH) in this verse:

‘And you are surely on an excellent standard of character.’ (Surah Al- Qalam, Verse no: 4)

 On the other hand a sinful people are far away from good manners. The way they act, the way they reply, treat, behave is always unbearable towards others. Some time people do not tell them their errors because of their status or fear, but they back bite them as that is an easy way to express and show their detestation and hatred towards those sinful people. They spend their lives in isolation and remain alone when they lose their statuses and posts, since they are shameless and hurt others willingly or unwillingly. They always make others feel bad in their company. Let alone reforming flaws, they claim their superiorities all the time and do not even think of their flaws.  They do not talk to their younger human beings in proper way, rather they insult them.

1. 2.      Soft-Spoken

Second outstanding quality of them is ‘Speaking soft’. They speak to every person in such a way that feels him comfortable while talking to them. A person who talks to them always wants to prolong his conversation with them as it gives him pleasure and feels good. It develops in him feeling of love and affection to those pious people. He experiences sense of fascination to them. He searches for pretexts to meet them and talk to them. This is one another quality of the holy Prophet (PBUH) that was mentioned in the holy Quran:

 ‘So, (O Prophet) it is through mercy from Allah that you are gentle to them. Had you been rough and hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from around you.’ (Surah Al-Imran, Verse no 159)

On the contrary, those who are rough and rude, nobody like them and everyone wants to refrain from his company.

1. 3.      Humbleness

Third amazing quality of righteous people is humbleness. They seem down to earth. They do not want to have credits of things; rather they focus on weaknesses to improve. Humbleness produces love to all mankind. They senseless of caste, tribe, race and nation treat everyone with honor, respect and love. So, Allah the All-Merciful uplifts their respect and dignity in return. The holy Prophet (PBUH) said:

‘Undoubtedly, one who humbles himself for Allah, He uplifts him.’ (Tirmizi)

And those who are conceited have no respect and dignity in the hearts of people.

1. 4.      Generosity

Those pious people are always generous. They spend money and do not keep their eyes over their own needs. They prefer others over their own interests. They do not fear pennilessness as they have complete and unshakable trust in Allah.  Allah says in Surah Hasher:

‘And give preference (to them) over themselves, even though they are in poverty. And those who are saved from the greed of their hearts are the successful.’ (Verse no: 9)

Conclusion

So friends try to find these pious people. They are always true friends.