The next aspect of piety is that a muslim should learn to avoid those things which do not concern them. In fact, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, advised that a muslim cannot achieve excellence in faith until they behave in this manner. This is confirmed in a Hadith found in Jami At Tirmidhi, number 2317. This includes avoiding constantly monitoring the condition of others and attentively observing their actions. This only leads to grief for the one who observes heedlessness from others and can lead to other blame worthy traits, such as jealousy or ingratitude to Allah, the Exalted, after observing the worldly blessings of others. This of course, does not include interacting with people according to the teachings of Islam, such as greeting others with the Islamic greeting of peace. A muslim should restrain themself from enquiring about the affairs of others. They should avoid listening to gossip as the majority of it is untrue and sinful. A pious muslim will avoid the company of a gossiper and backbiter as they may adopt their evil habits. This has been indicated in a Hadith found in Sahih Bukhari, number 2101, where the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, compared a bad friend to a blacksmith. If one does not get burnt, the smoke from their work will most definitely affect them. A muslim who desires to adopt piety should avoid attentively observing those who behave as if they were created with no purpose, avoid listening to those who are ignorant of the consequences of their words, avoid interacting with the religiously lazy and avoid seeking comfort with materialistic worldly people. Anyone who fails to avoid these types of people will not be able to obey Allah, the Exalted, correctly. A muslim should remember not to concern themself with these people and useless matters as they were created alone, sent to this world alone, entered this world alone, will die alone, be in their grave alone, will be questioned by the angels in the grave alone, will be resurrected from their grave alone and will be judged by Allah, the Exalted, alone. The one who keeps this in mind only gets involved in matters which concern them.
A muslim should strive to accompany the pious as they will adopt their characteristics such as avoiding the things which do not concern them. This will lead to the perfection of their faith.
The other thing which is a part of avoiding things which do not concern a person is to not pay attention to how people perceive them i.e. whether others like them or not. They should be more concerned about the truth of their condition which Allah, the Exalted, knows best of all. They must strive to rectify any faults instead of being fooled by the compliments of others which can lead to laziness and even pride. This attitude also causes one to concentrate on pleasing people instead of pleasing Allah, the Exalted, which leads to hypocrisy, showing off and other blame worthy characteristics. One should understand a simple concept, the majority of people are not pleased with Allah, the Exalted, even though He gave them countless blessings, how can they then ever be pleased with another person who in reality has given them nothing. This is one of the reasons why pursuing the pleasure of people over the pleasure of Allah, the Exalted, is pointless as it is unattainable.
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