Good and Bad Deeds

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), from what he has related from his Lord:

Verily Allah ta’ala has written down the good deeds and the evil deeds, and then explained it [by saying]: “Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.” [Al-Bukhari][Muslim].

The Most Forgiving

On the authority of Anas who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say, “Allah the Almighty has said: ‘O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too].’ ” It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said that it was a hasan hadeeth.

Honesty

Honesty in Islam not just a good character ; it is an integral part of islamic identity , so if a muslim is not honest , definitely he is not a good muslim and that is applied for any other good manners like considerate, compassionate, merciful, helpful, truthful, generous etc. If you see a muslim does not have a good manners that is him/her personality and Islam is not related to any of that.

Charity

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Every joint of a person must perform a charity each day that the sun rises: to judge justly between two people is a charity. To help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it, is a charity. And the good word is a charity. And every step that you take towards the prayer is a charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is a charity.”[Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]

The Way To Paradise

A man questioned the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and said, “Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadhan, treat as lawful that which is halal, and treat as forbidden that which is haram, and do not increase upon that [in voluntary good deeds], then I shall enter Paradise?” He (PBUH) replied, “Yes.”  

[Muslim]

Respect Boundaries

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “Verily, from what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.” 

[Al-Bukhari]

Do not become Angry

A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “Counsel me,” so he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do not become angry.” The man repeated [his request for counsel] several times, and [each time] he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do not become angry.” 

Narrated by Al-Bukhari

Tough Choices

Being always good is really difficult, to do good, be honest, sincere, loyal, no cheating, no wrong doings is next to impossible. All religions ask us to do good deeds all the time, but we manipulate and try to do things the way we like for our benefit even though  they might hurt others or might be against all moral standards for example if everyone of us give charity there will never be poor people; in Islam there is something called Zakat in which rich people give specific portion of their wealth to the poor, in early days of Islam and for some few centuries zakat was collected properly and given to the poor to the extent there were times they could not find any poor in the whole area.