27. Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives
What Has Been Related About Being Dutiful To Parents.
Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who most deserves(my) reverence?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'"He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'"He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father, then the nearest relatives, then the nearest relatives.'"
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Ibn Mas'ud said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'O Messenger of Allah! Which is the most virtuous of deeds?' He said: 'Salat during its appropriate time.' I said: 'Then what, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Being dutiful to one's parents.' I said: 'Then what, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Jihad in the cause of Allah.'Then the messenger of Allah was silent, and if I had asked him more, he would have told me more.'"
What Has Been About The Virtue Of Pleasing One's Parents
Abdullah bin Amr narrated that: the Prophet said: "The Lord's pleasure is in the parent's pleasure, and the Lord's anger is in the parent's anger."(Hasan). Abu 'Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami narrated from Abu Ad Darda'.: He said that a man came and said : "I have a wife whom my mother has ordered me to divorce." So Abu Ad-Darda said: " I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'The father is the middle gate to Paradise. So if you wish, then neglect that door, or protect it.'"
What Has Been Related About Disobeying Parents
'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrated from his father who said: " The messenger of Allah said: 'Shall I not tell you of the biggest of the major sins?' they said : 'Of course! O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'To join partners with Allah, and disobeying one's parents.'"He said : " He sat up, and he had been reclining. He said: 'And false testimony, or false speech.' And the Messenger of Allah would not stop saying it until we said (to ourselves): 'I wish that he would stop.'" 'Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: "It is among the greatest of sins that a man should curse his parents." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! Does a man curse his parents?" He said: "Yes. He verbally abuses the father of a man, who in turn, verbally abuses his father, and he (retaliates and) curses his mother , so he curses his mother."
What Has Been Related About Honoring The Father's Friends
Ibn 'Umar narrated that : the Prophet said: "Among the most dutiful of deeds is that a man nurture relations with the people his father was friends with."
About Being Dutiful To The Maternal Aunt
Al-Bara' bin Azib narrated that : the Prophet said: "The maternal aunt holds the same status as the mother." (Another chain)From Ibn 'Umar: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been afflicted by a tremendous sin. Is there any repentance forme?" He said: "Do you have your mother?" The man said: "No." He said: "Do you have any maternal aunts?" The man said: "Yes." He said:"Then be dutiful to them." (Another chain) From Abu Bakr bin Hafs, from the Prophet (ﷺ), and it is similar, but he did not mention "from Ibn `Umar" in it. This is more correct than the Hadith of Abu Mu'awiyah, and Abu Bakr bin Hafs is Ibn 'Umar bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (narrators in the chain of this Hadith.)
What Has Been Related About Supplicating For One's Parents
Abu Harairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Three supplications are accepted , there is no doubt in them (about them being accepted): The supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveler, and the supplication of his father against his son."
What Has Been Related About Parent's Rights
Abu Hurairah narrated that: the Messenger of Allah said: "A son could not do enough for his father, unless he found him as a slave and purchased him to set him free."
What Has Been Related About Severing the Ties Of Kinship
Abu Salamah said: " Abu[Ar-Raddad] Al-Laithi complained(of an illness). So 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf visited him. He said: 'The best of you, and the most apt to maintain good relations, as far as I know, is Abu Muhammad('Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf). So 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf' said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying : "Allah, Most Blessed and Most High, said: 'I am Allah, and I am Ar-Rahman. I created the Rahim(womb), and named it after My Name. So whoever keeps good relations with it, I keep good relation with him, and whoever severs it, I am finished with him.'"
What Has Been Related About Connecting The Ties Of Kinship
'Abdullah bin Amr narrated that: the Prophet said: "Merely maintaining the ties of kinship is not adequate. But connecting the ties of kinship is when his ties to the womb are severed and he connects it." Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im narrated from his father, that: the Messenger of Allah said: "The one who severs ties will not enter Paradise." Ibn Abi 'Umar said: "Sufyan said: 'Meaning: Ties of the womb."
What Has Been Related About The Love Of A Parent For His Child
'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz said: 'a righteous woman, Khawlah bint Hakim said: "The Messenger of Allah came out during the middle of the day, while holding one of the sons of his daughter in his arms. He was saying: 'You are what makes them stingy, cowardly and ignorant. And you are but Raihanillah
What Has Been Related About Being Merciful With The Children
Abu Hurairah narrated: "Al-Aqra' bin Habis saw the prophet kissing Al-Hasan"- Ibn Abi 'Umar (one of the narrators) said:"Al-Hasan and Al-Husain." So he said: 'I have ten children and I do not kiss any one of them.' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever shows no mercy, he will be shown no mercy."
What Has Been Related About Spending on Daughters And Sisters
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: "There is no one who has three daughters, or three sisters, and he treats them well, except that he enters paradise." Aishah narrated that the: Messenger of Allah said:"Whoever is tried with something from daughters, and he is patient with them, they will be a barrier from the Fire for him." Abu Bakr bin 'Ubaidullah bin Anas bin Malik narrated [from Anas] that: the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever raises two girls then I and he will enter Paradise like these two." And he indicated with his two fingers. Aishah said: "A woman came to me with two daughters. She was asking (for food) but I did not have anything with me except a date. So I gave it to her and she divided it between her two daughters without eating any of it herself. Then she got up to leave, and the Prophet entered, and I informed him about her. So the Prophet said: " Whoever is tested something from these daughters (and he/she passes the test), they will be a screen for them from the Fire." Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has three daughters, or three sisters, or two daughters, or two sisters and he keeps good company with them and fears Allah regarding them, then Paradise is for him.
What Has Been Related About Being Merciful With The Orphan And Raising Him
Ibn 'Abbas narrated that: the Prophet said: Whoever takes in an orphan among the Muslims to raise, to feed him and give him drink, Allah admits him into Paradise without a doubt, unless he has done a sin for which he is not forgiven." Sahl bin Sa'd narrated that: the Messenger of Allah said: " I and the sponsor of an orphan shall be in Paradise like these two."And he indicaed with his fingers, meaning his index and his middle finger
What Has Been Related About Being Merciful With Boys
Anas bin Malik narrated that: "An older man came to talk to the Prophet, and the people were hesitant to make room for him. The Prophet said: ;He is not one of us who does not have mercy on our young and does not respect our elders." Amr bin Shu'aib narrated that his father, from his grandfather, who said that the Messenger of Allah said: 'He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, nor knows the honor of our elders." Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: " He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, respect our elders, and command good and forbid evil."
What Has Been Related About Being Merciful With People
Jarir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever does not show mercy to the people, Allah will not show mercy to him." Abu Hurairah narrated that Abul- Qasim said: "Mercy is not removed (from anyone) except from a wicked one." Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The merciful are shown mercy by Ar-Rahman. Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens. The womb is named after Ar-Rahman, so whoever connects it, Allah connects him, and whoever severs it, Allah severs him."
(What Has Been Related) About An-Nasihah
Jarir bin 'Abdullah narrated : " I pledged to the Prophet to establish the Salat, give the Zakat, and to give sincere advice to every Muslim." Abu Hurairah narrated that: the Messenger of Allah said: "The religion is An-Nasihah" three times. They said: "O Messenger of Allah! For Whom?" He said : "To Allah , His books, the A'immah of the Muslims, and their average people."
What Has Been Related About The Muslim's Compassion For the Muslim
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :"The Muslim is the brother to the Muslim, he does not cheat him, lie to him, nor deceive him. All of the Muslim is unlawful to another Muslim: His Honor, his wealth, and his blood. At-taqwa is here. It is enough evil for a man that he belittle his brother Muslim." Abu Musa Al-Ash'arf narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :The believer is to the believer like parts of a building, each one of them supporting the other." Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :"Indeed (each) one of you is the reflection of his brother. So if he sees something harmful in him, then let him remove it from him."
What Has Been Related About Covering(The Faults) Of The Muslims
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :"Whoever relieves a Muslim of a burden from the burdens of the world, Allah will relieve him of a burden from the burdens on the Day of Judgement. And whoever helps ease a difficulty in the world, Allah will grant him ease from a difficulty in the world and in the Hereafter. And whoever covers (the faults of) a Muslim, Allah will cover (his faults) for him in the world and the Hereafter. And Allah is engaged in helping the worshipper as long as the worshipper is engaged in helping his brother."
What Has Been Related About Defending (The Honor Of) The Muslim
Abu Ad-Darda narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever protects his brother's honor, Allah protects his face from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection."
What Has Been Related About Shunning (The Muslim) Being Disliked
Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his brother for more than three (days); they come fare to fare and this one turns away, and that one turns away. The best of them is the one who initiates the Salam."
What Has Been Related About Consoling The Brother
Anas said: :"When 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf arrived in Al-Madinah, the Messenger of Allah established a bond of brotherhood between him and sa'd bin Ar-Rabi. So he said to him: "Come here, I will divide my wealth and give you half, and I have two wives, I will divorce one of them, and when she completes her waiting period you may marry her." He said: " May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth. Show me where the market is." So they showed him where the market was and he did not return that day except with some cottage cheese and cooking fat which he had earned as a profit. The Messenger of Allah saw him after that, and he had traces of yellow on him. So he said to him: "What is this?" He said: "I married a woman from the Ansar." He said : " What dowry did you give her?" He said: " A date-stone(of gold) - ( one of the narrators) Humaid said: "Or he said: - gold equal to the weight of a date-stone." So he said: 'Have a banquet, even if with only a sheep."
What Has Been Related About Backbiting
Abu Hurairah narrated that it was said: " O Messenger of Allah! What is backbiting?" He said : " Mentioning your brother with that which he does not like." He said " What if what I said about him is so?" He said: "If what you said about him is so, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not as you said, then you have slandered him."
What Has Been Related About Envy
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not cut off one another, nor desert one another, nor hate one another, nor envy one another. Be you , O worshippers o Allah, brothers. It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his brother for more than three(days)." Salim narrated from his father who said that the Messenger of Allah said: "There is to be no envy except for two: A man to whom Allah grants wealth and he spends from it during the hours of the night and the hours of the day. And a man to whom Allah grants (memorization of) the Quran so he stands with it (in prayer) during the hours of the night and the hours of the day."
What Has Been Related About Hatred
Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed Ash-Shaitan has despaired of getting those who perform Salat to worship him.But he is engaged in sowing hatred among them."
What Has Been Related About Rectifying Manners
Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "One who brings peace between people is not a liar, he says something good, or reports something good." Asma bint Yazid narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "it is not lawful to lie except in three cases: Something the man tells his wife to please her, to lie during war, and to lie in order to bring peace between the people."
What Has Been Related About Deception And Cheating
Abu Sirmah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever causes harm, Allah harms him, and whoever is harsh, Allah will be harsh with him." Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Cursed are those who harm a believer, or plot to do so."
What Has Been Related About The Rights Of Neighbors
Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Jibril – may the Salawat of Allah be upon him – continued to recommend me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely), that I thought he would order me to make them heirs.” Mujahid narrated: "Abdullah bin Amr had a sheep slaughtered for his family, so when he came he said: 'Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'Jibril continued to advise me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely), that I thought he would order me (from Allah) to make them heirs." Abdullah bin Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "The companion who is the best to Allah is the one who is best to his companion. And the neighbor that is the best to Allah is the one that is best to his neighbor."
What Has Been Related About Treating The Servant Well
Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "Allah has made some of your brothers as slaves under your care. So whoever has his brother under his care, then let him feed him from his food, and let him clothe him from his clothes. And do not give him a duty that he cannot bear, and if you give him a duty he cannot bear, then assist him with it." Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "The one who treats his slaves badly will not enter paradise."
What Has Been Related About Beating And Abusing The Servant
Abu Hurairah narrated that Abul-Qasim, the Prophet of Repentance, said : "If somebody slanders his slave (by accusing him of committing illegal sexual intercourse) and the slave is innocent from what he says, Allah will impose the punishment upon him on the Day of Resurrection, unless it is as he said about him." Abu Mas'ud [Al-Ansari] said: "I was beating a slave of mine and I heard someone behind me saying: 'Beware O Abu Mas'ud! Beware O Abu Mas'ud!' So I turned around and saw that it was the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Allah has more power over you than you do over him." Abu Mas'ud said: "I have not beaten any slave of mine since then."
What Has Been Related About Pardoning The Servant
'Abdullah bin 'Umar narrated: "A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' The Prophet was silent. Then he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' He said: ' Seventy times each day.'"
What Has Been Related About Disciplining The Servant
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "When one of you beats his servant then he (should) remember Allah and, withhold your hands."
What Has Been Related About Disciplining The Son
Jabir bin Sumurah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "That a man should discipline his son is better for him than to have given a Sa' in charity." Ayyub bin Musa narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah said : "There is no gift that a father gives his son more virtuous than good manners."
What Has Been Related About Accepting Gifts And Reciprocating For Them
Aishah narrated: "The Prophet would accept gifts and he would give something in return."
What Has Been Related About Being Grateful To The One Who Was Kind To You
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah." Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah."
What Has Been Related About Various Kinds Of Ma'ruf (Good Deeds)
Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity, commanding good and forbidding evil is charity, your giving directions to a man lost in the land is charity for you. Your seeing for a man with bad sight is a charity for you, your removal of a rock, a thorn or a bone from the road is charity for you. Your pouring what remains from your bucket into the bucket of your brother is charity for you."
What Has Been Related About Minhah (Giving A Gift)
Al-Bara bin Azib narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "Whoever gives someone some milk or silver, or guides him through a strait, then he will have the reward similar to freeing a slave."
What Has Been Related About Removing Harm From The Road
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "When a man was walking on the road, he found a thorny branch and removed it. Allah appreciated his action by forgiving him."
What Has Been Related About Sittings Are To Be Held In Trust
Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said : "When a man narrates a narration, then he looks around, then it is a trust."
What Has Been Related About Generosity
Asma bint Abi Bakr said: " O the Messenger of Allah! I have nothing except what was given to me by (my husband) Az-Zubair, shall I give it (in charity)?'" It was said: "Do not hold (your wealth) so that Allah will hold against you." Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said: "Generosity is close to Allah, close to Paradise, close to the people and far from the Fire. Stinginess is far from Allah, far from Paradise, far from the people and close to the Fire. The ignorant generous person, is more beloved to Allah than the worshiping stingy person."
What Has Been Related About Stinginess
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Two traits are not combined in a believer: Stinginess and bad manners." -Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The swindler, the stingy person, and the Mannan shall not enter Paradise." Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The believer is naively noble and the stingy person is deceitfully treacherous."
What Has Been Related About Spending On The Family
Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "A man's spending on his family is charity." Thawban narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous of the Dinar is the Dinar spent by a man on his dependants, and the Dinar spent by a man on his beast in the Cause of Allah, and the Dinar spent by a man on his companions in the Cause of Allah." Abu Qilabah (one of the narrators) said: " He began with the dependants." Then he said: "And which man is greater in reward than a man who spends upon his depandants, having little ones by which Allah causes him to abstain (from the unlawful) and by which Allah enriches him."
What Has Been Related About Hospitality And What Is The Limit Of Hospitality
Abu Shuraih Al-'Adawf said: "My eyes saw the Messenger of Allah, and my ears heard him speaking when he was speaking and he said: 'Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him honor his guest with his reward.' They said: 'What is the reward?' He said: ' A day and a night.' He said: 'And hospitality is for three days, whatever is beyond that is charity. And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him say what is good or keep silent." Abu Shuraih Al-Kabi narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: :"Hospitality is for three days, and his reward is a day and a night, and whatever is spent on him after that is charity. And it is not lawful for him (the guest) to stay so long as to cause him harm."
What Has Been Related About Looking After The Widow And The Orphan
Safwan bin Sulaim narrated that the Prophet said: "The one who looks after a widow and a poor person is like the Mujahid in the cause of Allah, or like the one who fasts all the day and stands (in prayer) all the night."
What Has Been Related About A Smiling And Cheerful Face
Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Every good is charity. Indeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left in your bucket into the vessel of your brother."
What Has Been Related About Truthfulness And Falsehood
Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Abide by truthfulness. For indeed truthfulness leads to righteousness. And indeed righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues telling the truth and trying hard to tell the truth until he is recorded with Allah as a truthful person. Refrain from falsehood. For indeed falsehood leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire. A slave (of Allah) continues lying and trying hard to lie, until he is recorded with Allah as a liar." Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "When the slave (of Allah) lies, the angel goes a mile away from him because of the stench of what he has done."Yahya said: "(I asked) 'Abdur-Rahim bin Harun if he approved of it,and he said 'Yes'." Aishah narrated: "There was no behavior more hated to the Messenger of Allah than lying. A man would lie in narrating something in the presence of the Prophet, and he would not be content until he knew that he had repented."
What Has Been Related About Al-Fuhsh(Obscenity) [And At-Tafahhush(Uttering Obscenities)]
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Al-Fuhsh is not present in anything but it mars it, and Al-Haya' is not present in anything but it beautifies it." 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said; "The Messenger of Allah said: "The best of you are those best in conduct.' And the Prophet was not one who was obscene, nor one who uttered obscenities."
What Has Been Related About The Curse
'Samurah bin Jundab narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not curse yourselves with Allah's curse, nor with His anger, nor with the Fire." 'Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The believer does not insult the honor of others, nor curse, nor commit Fahishah, nor is he foul." 'Ibn 'Abbas narrated that a man cursed the wind in the presence of the Prophet, so he said: "Do not curse the wind, for it is merely doing as ordered , and whoever curses something undeservingly, then the curse returns upon him."
What Has Been Related About Learning About Lineage
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Learn enough about your lineage to facilitate keeping your ties of kinship. For indeed keeping the ties of kinship encourages affection among the relatives, increases the wealth, and increases the lifespan."
What Has Been Related About A Brother Supplicating For His Brother In His Absence
'Abudullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "No supplication is more readily responded to, than the supplication made for someone who is absent."
What Has Been Related About Vilification
'Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "(The burden of) what is said by the two who vilify each other is upon the one who initiated it, as long as the one who was wronged does not transgress." ' Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not vilify the dead (and) by that harm the living."
What Has Been Related About Verbally Abusing The Muslim Is Disobedience, And Fighting Him Is Disbelief
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Verbally abusing the Muslim is disobedience and fighting him is disbelief." Zubaid said:"I said to Abu Wa'il: 'Did you hear it from 'Abdullah?' He said: 'Yes.'"
What Has Been Related About Saying What Is Good
'Ali narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed in Paradise there are chambers, whose outside can be seen from their inside, and their inside can be seen from their outside." A Bedouin stood and said : 'Who are they for, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "For those who speak well, feed others, fast regularly, and perform salat [for Allah] during the night while the people sleep."
What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of The Righteous Slave
'Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "How wonderful it is for one of them that he obeys Allah and fulfills the rights of his master." Meaning the slave. And Ka'b said: "Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "There shall be upon dunes of musk- I think he said: On the Day of Judgment- a slave who fulfills Allah's right and the right of his patron (master), a man who leads a people (in prayer)) and they are pleased with him. And a man who calls for the five prayers during every day and night."
What Has Been Related About Having Amicable Relations With People
Abu Dharr said: "The Messenger of Allah said to me:'Have Taqwa of Allah wherever you are, and follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out, and treat the people with good behavior."
What Has Been Related About The Bad Suspicion
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Beware of Zann (suspicion), for indeed Zann is the falsest of speech."
What Has Been Related About Joking
Anas narrated: "The Messenger of Allah used to mingle with us such that he said to my younger brother: 'O Abu 'Umair! What did the Nughair do?'" Abu Hurairah narrated: "They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You joke with us?' He said: 'Indeed I do not say except what is true.'" (Hasan)' Anas narrated: "A man sought a mount from the Messenger of Allah who said: 'Indeed, I will let you ride on a she-camel's child.' So he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What can ashe-camel's child do?' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Are camels borne from other than she-camels?'" Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "O possessor of two ears!" Mahmud said: "Abu Usamah said: 'He only meant it as a joke.'"
What Has Been Related About Arguing
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever avoids lying while he is doing so falsely, a house will be built for him on the skirts of Paradise. Whoever avoids arguing while he is in the right, a house will be built for him in its midst. And whoever has good character, a house will be built for him in its heights." Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "It is enough sin for you that you never stop disputing." Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not argue with your brother, do not joke with him, and do not make a promise, only to not fulfill it."
What Has Been Related About Being Polite
Aisha narrated: "A man sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah while I was with him, so he said:'What an evil son of his tribe, or brother of his tribe.' Then he admitted him and spoke with him. When he left, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You said what you said about him. Then you talked politely with him?' He said: 'O 'Aishah! Indeed among the evilest of people are those whom the people avoid, or who the people leave, fearing his filthy speech.'"
What Has Been Related Concerning Being Moderate In Loving And Hating
Muhammad bin Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah - and I think he (narrated it from the Prophet) who said: "Love your beloved moderately, perhaps he becomes hated to you someday. And hate whom you hate moderately, perhaps he becomes your beloved someday."
What Has Been Related About Arrogance
Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has a mustard seed's weight of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire." Abdullah narrated: "The Messenger of Allah said:'Whoever has a speck of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a speck of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted in to the Fire.'" He said: "So a man said to him: 'I like for my clothes to be nice, and my sandals to be nice?' So he said: 'Indeed Allah loves beauty. But pride is refusing the truth and belittling the people.'" Iylas bin Salamah bin Al-Akwa' narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allah said: "A man shall remain exalting himself until he is written among the tyrants, so that he suffers from their afflictions." Jubair bin Mut'im narrated from his father who said: "They (meaning the people in general) told me that I was proud, while I rode a donkey, wore a cloak, and I milked the sheep. And the Messenger of Allah said to me:"Whoever does these, then there is no pride (arrogance) in him.'"
What Has Been Related About Good Character
Abu Ad-Dardh narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Nothing is heavier on the believer's Scale on the Day of Judgment than good character. For indeed Allah, Most High, is angered by the shameless obscene person." Abu Ad-Dardh narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Nothing is placed on the Scale that is heavier than good character. Indeed the person with good character will have attained the rank of the person of fasting and prayer." Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah was asked about that for which people are admitted into Paradise the most, so he said: "Taqwa of Allah, and good character." And he was asked about that for which people are admitted into the Fire the most, and he said: " The mouth and the private parts." Abu Wahb narrated that : 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak explained good character, and then he said: "It is a smiling face, doing one's best in good, and refraining from harm."
What Has Been Related About Beneficence And Pardoning
Abu Al-Ahwas narrated from his father who said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I stayed with a man who did not entertain me nor behave hospitably with me. Then he came to stay with me, shall I reciprocate the same to him?' He (ﷺ said: 'No, entertain him." He said: 'He (ﷺ saw me wearing tattered clothes and said:'(Do you have any wealth?' I said: 'Allah has given me various kinds of wealth through camels and goats.' He said: 'Then let it be seen on you.'" Hudhaifah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not let yourselves be 'yes-men', saying: 'If the people are good then we will be good, and if they are wrong then we will be wrong.'Rather, make up your own minds, if the people are good then you are good, and if they are evil, then do not behave unjustly."
What Has Been Related About Visiting Brothers
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever visits the sick, or visits his brother in Allah (faith), a caller calls out: 'May you have goodness and livelihood be good, and may you dwell in an adobe in Paradise.'"
What Has Been Related About Al-Haya
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Al-Haya is from faith, and faith is in Paradise. Obscenity is from rudeness, and rudeness is in the Fire."
What Has Been Related About Calmness And Haste
Abdullah bin Sarjis Al-Muzam narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Taking the good route is a part of the twenty-four parts of Prophethood." Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said to the Ashajj 'Abdul-Qais: "Indeed there are two traits in you that Allah loves: Forbearance, and deliberateness." Abdullah-Muhaimin bin 'Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa'd As-Saidi narrated from his father, from his grandfather, who said that the Messenger of Allah said: "Deliberateness is from Allah, and haste is from the Ash-shaitan."
What Has Been Related About Gentleness
Abu Ad-Darda narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever was given his share of gentleness, then he has been given a share of good. And whoever has been prevented from his share of gentleness, then he has been prevented from his share of good."
What Has Been Related About The Supplication Of The Oppressed
Ibn 'Abbas narrated: "The Messenger of Allah sent Mu'adh [bin Jabal] to Yemen, and said:'Beware of the supplication of the oppressed; for indeed there is no barrier between it and Allah.'"
What Has Been Related About The Character Of The Prophet
Anas narrated: that"I served the Prophet for ten years. He never said Uff and never blamed me by saying: 'Why did you do so' or why did you not do so?' And the Messenger Of Allah had the best character among all of the people. I never touched Khazz nor silk, nor anything softer than the hand of the Messenger of Allah, nor have I smelled musk, or a fragrance sweeter than the sweat of the Messenger of Allah Abu Abdullah Al-Jadali narrated: "I asked 'Aishah about the character of the Messenger of Allah. She said: 'He was not obscene, nor uttering obscenities, nor screaming in the markets, he would not return an evil with an evil, but rather he was pardoning and forgiving."
What Has Been Related About Keeping Consistent Relations
Aishah narrated: "I was not jealous of any wife of the Prophet as I was jealous of Khadijah, and it was not because I saw her. It was only because the Messenger of Allah mentioned her so much, and because whenever he would slaughter a sheep, he would look for Khadijah's friends to gift them some of it."
What Has Been Related About The Most Excellent Character
Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the most beloved among you to me, and the nearest to sit with me on the Day of Judgment is the best of you in character. And indeed, the most disliked among you to me, and the one sitting furthest from me on the Day of Judgement are the Thartharun, and the Mutashaddiqun and the Muthafaihiqun." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! We know about the Thartharun, and the Mutashaddiqun, but what about the Muthafaihiqun?"' He said:"The arrogant."
What Has Been Related About The Curse And Insulting One's Honor
Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "The believer is not one who curses others."
What Has Been Related About Too Much Anger
Abu Hurairah narrated that a man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "Teach me something that is not too much for me so that, perhaps, I may abide by it." He (S.A.W) said: "Do not get angry." He repeated that (the request) a number of times, each time he replied: 'Do not get angry."
What Has Been Related About Suppressing One's Rage
Sahl bim Mu'adh bin Anas Al-Juhani narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever suppresses his rage while he is able to unleash it, Allah will call him before the heads (leaders) of creation on the Day of Judgement, so that he can inform Him of which of the Hur he would like."
What Has Been Related About Honoring the Elder
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "No young person honors an elder due to his age, except that Allah appoints for him one who will honor him at that age."
What Has Been Related About The Two Who Shun Each Other
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.A.W) said: "The gates of Paradise are opened on Monday and Thursday. In them, (will enter) whoever has not associated anything with Allah will be forgiven, except for the two who shun each other, (about whom) it is said: 'Return these two until they make amends."
What Has Been Related About The Patience
Abu Sa'eed narrated: "Some persons from the Ansar asked for (something) from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and he gave them. They again asked him for (something), and he gave them. Then he said: 'whatever of good that I have, I would never hoard it from any of you. (Remember) whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him content, and whoever tries to make due, Allah will suffice him. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and more encompassing than patience."
What Has Been Related About The Two Faces Person
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Indeed among the worst of people to Allah, on the Day of Judgment, is the two faced person."
What Has Been Related About The Nammam
Hammam bin Al-Harith said: "Aman passed by Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman and it was said to him: "This person conveys news about the people to the leaders.' So Hudaifah said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Qatat shall not enter paradise.'" (Sahih)Sufyan said: "The Qatat is the Nammam.
What Has Been Related About Al-Haya' and Al-'Iy
Abu Umamah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.A.W) said: "Al-Haya' and Al-'Iy are two branches of faith, and Al-Badha and Al-Bayan are two branches of Hypocrisy."
What Has Been Related About: Indeed There Is Magic In Eloquence (Al-Bayan)
Ibn 'Umar narrated that two men arrived during the time of the Messenger of Allah delivering an address. The people were amazed by their speech, so the Messenger of Allah turned to us and said: "Indeed there is magic in eloquence'-or- 'Indeed some eloquence is magic.'"
What Has Been Related About Being Humble
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "Charity does not diminish wealth, Allah does not increase a man in anything for his pardoning (others) but in honor, and none humbles himself for Allah but Allah raises him."
What Has Been Related About Being Oppression
Ibn 'Umar narrated that Prophet said: "Oppression shall be darkness on the Day of Judgment."
What Has Been Related About Being Humble
Abu Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) never criticized any food. if he liked it, he would eat it, and if not, he would leave it."
What Has Been Related About Honoring The Believer
Nafi' narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) ascended the Minbar and called out with a raised voice: ’O you who accepted Islam with his tongue, while faith has not reached his heart! Do not harm the Muslims, nor revile them, nor spy on them to expose their secrets. For indeed whoever tries to expose his Muslims brother’s secrets, Allah exposes his secrets wide open, even if he were in the depth of his house.’” He (Nafl’) said: ‘ One day Ibn ‘Umar looked at the House- or – the Ka’bah and said: ‘What is it that is more honored than you, and whose honor is more sacred than yours! And the believer’s honor is more sacred to Allah than yours.’”
What Has Been Related About Experience
Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "There is no forbearance except for the one who stumbled, and there is no wisdom except for the one who has experience." (Dai'f)
What Has Been Related About One Who Pretends To Be Satisfied With Something He Was Not Given
Jabir narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: "Whoever is given a gift, then if he finds something let him reciprocate. If he has nothing, then let him mention some praise. For whoever has mentioned some praise, then he has expressed his gratitude. And whoever refrains (from doing so) then he has committed Kufr. And whoever pretends to be satisfied by that which he was not given, he is like the one who wears a garment of falsehood."
What Has Been Related About Praising For Good
Usamah bin Zaid narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever some good was done to him, and he says: 'May Allah reward you in goodness' then he has done the most that he can of praise."