General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

كتاب الأدب

Chapter 120: Warding off waswasah

Abu Hurairah said; His companion came to him and said; Messenger of Allah! We have thoughts which we cannot dare talk about and we do not like that we have them or talk about them. He said

Have you experienced that? They replied: yes. He said : that is clear faith.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! one of us has thoughts of such nature that he would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them. He said: Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great. Praise be to Allah Who has reduced the guile of the devil to evil prompting. Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile".

Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile".

Chapter 121: When a man claims to belong to someone other than his master

Sa’id b. Malik said

‘Asim said : I said : Abu ‘Uthman! Two men testified before you. Who are they? He said : One of them is the one who is first to shoot arrow in the path of Allah or in the path of Islam, that is to say : Sa’d b. Malik. The other is the one came from al-Taif with ten and some men on foot. He then mentioned his excellence.

Abu Dawud said : When al-Nufaili mentioned this tradition, he said : I swear by Allah, this is sweater with me than honey, that is no say, his way transmission.

Abu ‘Ali said : I heard Abu Dawud say : I heard Ahmad say : The people of Kufah have no light in their traditions. I did not see them like the people of Basrah. They learnt it from Shu’bah.

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying

if a man becomes the client of any people without the permission of his patrons (i.e. those who have freed him), on him will be the curse of Allah, of angels and of all people; no obligatory or supererogatory worship will be accepted from him.

Anas b. Malik reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

If anyone pretends to be the son of a man other than his father, or attributes his freedom to people other than those who set him free, on him will be the curse of Allah that will continue till the day of resurrection.

Chapter 122: Regarding boasting of one's lineage

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah, Most High, has removed from you the pride of the pre-Islamic period and its boasting in ancestors. One is only a pious believer or a miserable sinner. You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust. Let the people cease to boast about their ancestors. They are merely fuel in Jahannam; or they will certainly be of less account with Allah than the beetle which rolls dung with its nose.

Chapter 123: Regarding tribalism

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail.

‘Abd Allah b. Mas’ud said

I went to the prophet (May peace be upon him) when he was in a skin tent. He then mentioned something similar to it.

Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa'

I asked: Messenger of Allah! what is party spirit? He replied: That you should help your people in wrongdoing.

Narrated Suraqah ibn Malik ibn Ju'sham al-Mudlaji

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave us an address and said: The best of you is the one who defends his tribe, so long as he commits no sin.

Abu Dawud said: Abu Ayyub b. Suwaid is weak.

Jubair b. Mut’im reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

he who summons others to party-spirit does not belong to us; and he who dies upholding party spirit does not belong to us.’

Abu Musa reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

the son of a sister of a people belongs to them.

Narrated AbuUqbah

AbdurRahman ibn AbuUqbah quoted his father AbuUqbah who was a client from the people of Persia as saying: I was present at Uhud along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and on smiting one of the polytheists I said: Take this from me who is the young Persian. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then turned to me and said: Why did you not say: Take this from me who is the young Ansari?

Chapter 124: When one man loves another because of some good that he sees

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

A man was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and a man passed by him and said: Messenger of Allah! I love this man. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then asked: Have you informed him? He replied: No. He said: Inform him. He then went to him and said: I love you for Allah's sake. He replied: May He for Whose sake you love me love you!

‘Abd Allah b. al-samit told that Abu Dharr said

Messenger of Allah! A man loves some people, but he cannot do work like their work. He replied; Yes, Abu Dharr, will be with those whom you love. Abu Dharr then repeated it. The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) also repeated it.

Anas b. Malik said

I never saw the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) so happy about anything as I saw them happy about this thing. A man said : Messenger of Allah! A man loves another man for the good work which he does, but he himself cannot do like it. The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: A man will be with those whom he loves.

Chapter 125: Regarding consultation

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is consulted is trustworthy.

Chapter 126: The one who guides others to do good

Abu Mas’ud al-Ansari said

A man came to the prophet (May peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah! I have been left without a mount. So give me a mount. He replied: I have no mount to give, but go to so and so; he may perhaps give you a mount. He then went to him and he gave him a mount. He came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and informed him about it. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: if anyone guides someone to a good (deed), he will get the reward like the reward of the one who does it.

Chapter 127: Regarding desires

Narrated AbudDarda'

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Your love for a thing causes blindness and deafness.