The Value of Good Character 🥹

A man named Abu Hamza lived in Baghdad, who was famously known by the title "Sukri"... What was the reason for calling him "Sukri"?... In Arabic, "Sukr" means sugar... In fact, his manners were so sweet that his every word felt as delightful as sugar... Therefore, due to his good character, people made him famous as "Sukri"...

It is narrated about him that he once fell heavily into debt... Consequently, he wished to sell his grand house to pay off his debt... When the neighborhood people found out, they asked him the reason... He said: A difficult time has come upon me and I have become financially weak... The people consulted each other and agreed that if all of us neighbors do not collectively pay off his debt and "Sukri" leaves from among us... then we will never find anyone like him...

All the people together paid the amount of the debt... and did not let "Sukri" leave their neighborhood... nor did they let him sell his house...

(Kitab al-Batn, Page No. 55)