General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet said: It is enough sin for a person to relate everything he hears. Abu Dawud said: Hafs did not mention Abu Hurayrah. Abu Dawud said: Only this transmitter, Ali ibn Hafs al-Madaini, connected this report with a complete chain.

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Thinking well of others is part of excellent worship. This is the wording of Nasr. Abu Dawud said: Muhanna is reliable and from Basra. Abu Dawud noted that he did not hear Muhanna clearly.

Safiyyah said: The Messenger of Allah was in retreat in the mosque, and I came to visit him at night. After we spoke, I got up to leave, and he got up with me to escort me. Her dwelling was in the house of Usamah ibn Zayd. Two men of the Ansar passed by. When they saw the Prophet, they hurried away. He said, Take your time; she is Safiyyah daughter of Huyayy. They said, Glory be to Allah, Messenger of Allah! He said, Satan flows through a person as blood flows through him, and I feared that he might cast something into your hearts—or he said, evil.

Zayd ibn Arqam reported that the Prophet said: If a man promises his brother, intending to fulfill the promise, but then does not fulfill it and does not arrive at the appointed time, he bears no sin.

Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Hamsa said: I made a transaction with the Prophet before he received his commission, and some payment remained due to him. I promised to bring it to him at the agreed place, but I forgot. Three days later I remembered and came, and found him there. He said, Young man, you have made things difficult for me; I have been here waiting for you for three days. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad ibn Yahya said that, in their view, the name was Abd al-Karim ibn Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq. Abu Dawud said: This is what reached me from Ali ibn Abd Allah. I was also told that Bishr ibn al-Sari transmitted it from Abd al-Karim ibn Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq.

Asma daughter of Abu Bakr reported that a woman asked, Messenger of Allah, I have a co-wife. Would I be blameworthy if I claimed to her that my husband had given me something he had not given me? He replied, The one who boasts of receiving what she was not given is like someone wearing two garments of falsehood.

Anas reported that a man came to the Prophet and said, Messenger of Allah, provide me with a mount. The Prophet said, We will mount you on a young she-camel. The man asked, What would I do with a young she-camel? The Prophet replied, Do camels give birth to anything other than she-camels?

Al-Numan ibn Bashir reported: Abu Bakr asked permission to enter upon the Prophet and heard Aisha speaking loudly. When he entered, he moved to strike her and said, I should not see you raising your voice to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet restrained him, and Abu Bakr left angry. After he had gone, the Prophet said, How did you find me rescuing you from that man? Some days later Abu Bakr asked permission to enter and found the two reconciled. He said, Include me in your peace as you included me in your conflict. The Prophet said, We have done so; we have done so.

Awf ibn Malik al-Ashjai said: I came to the Messenger of Allah during the Tabuk expedition while he was in a small leather tent. I greeted him, and he returned the greeting and said, Come in. I asked, All of me, Messenger of Allah? He said, All of you. So I entered.

Uthman ibn Abi al-Atikah said: He asked whether all of him could enter because the tent was small.

Anas said: The Messenger of Allah said to me, O you with two ears.

Abd Allah ibn al-Saib ibn Yazid reported that the Messenger of Allah said: None of you should take his brother property in jest or in earnest. Sulayman said: in play or seriously. Whoever takes his brother stick must return it. Ibn Bashshar did not mention the patronymic ibn Yazid; he said, The Messenger of Allah said.

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla said: The Companions of Muhammad told us that they were traveling with the Prophet. One of them fell asleep, and another took a rope he had with him, frightening him. The Messenger of Allah said: It is not lawful for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim.

Abd Allah ibn Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, detests the man who speaks with affected eloquence, rolling his tongue as a cow rolls its tongue.

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Whoever learns rhetorical embellishment in order to captivate people hearts, Allah will accept from him neither compensation nor ransom on the Day of Resurrection.

Abd Allah ibn Umar said: Two men came from the East and delivered speeches. The people were impressed by their eloquence. The Messenger of Allah said: Some eloquence is like magic. Another wording says: Some forms of eloquence are magic.

Abu Zabyah reported that Amr ibn al-As said when a man stood and spoke at length: If he had been concise, it would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: I have seen—or I was commanded—to be concise in speech, for concision is better.

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: It is better for one of you to have his belly filled with pus than filled with poetry. Abu Ali said: I was told that Abu Ubayd explained this to mean that poetry fills a persons heart until it distracts him from the Quran and remembrance of Allah. If Quran and religious knowledge predominate, then in our view his insides are not filled with poetry. The report also says that some eloquence is like magic. Its meaning is that a speaker may praise someone truthfully in a way that draws hearts to his words, then criticize him truthfully in a way that draws hearts to his other words, as though he had bewitched his listeners.

Ubayy ibn Kab reported that the Prophet said: Some poetry contains wisdom.

Ibn Abbas reported that a Bedouin came to the Prophet and began speaking. The Messenger of Allah said: Some eloquence is like magic, and some poetry is wisdom.