General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
كتاب الأدب
Chapter 19: With whom we are ordered to accompany
مَنْ يُؤْمَرُ أَنْ يُجَالَسَ
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Associate only with a believer, and let only a God-fearing man eat your meals.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend.
The spirits are in marshaled hosts; those who know one another will be friendly, and those who do not, will keep apart.
Chapter 20: Opinion based arguing is disliked
فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمِرَاءِ
Gladden people and do not scare them; make things easy and do not make them difficult.
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The people began to praise me and make a mention of me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I know you, that is, he knew him. I said: My father and mother be sacrificed for you! you were my partner and how good a partner ; you neither disputed nor quarrelled.
Chapter 21: Manner of speech
الْهَدْىِ فِي الْكَلاَمِ
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct manner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed.
Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Yunus, 'Aqil, Shu'aib, Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Aziz from al-Zuhri from the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mursal form (the link of the Companion is missing).
Chapter 22: Regarding the khutbah
فِي الْخُطْبَةِ
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.
Chapter 23: Treating people according to their status
فِي تَنْزِيلِ النَّاسِ مَنَازِلَهُمْ
A beggar passed by Aisha and she gave him a piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had a good appearance passed by her, and she made him sit down and he ate (with her). When she was asked about that, she replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Treat the people according to their ranks.
Abu Dawud said: The version of Yahya is short.
Abu Dawud said: Maimun did not meet 'A'ishah.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Glorifying Allah involves showing honour to a grey-haired Muslim and to one who can expound the Qur'an, but not to one who acts extravagantly regarding it, or turns away from it, and showing honour to a just ruler.
Chapter 24: A man who sits between two others without their permission
فِي الرَّجُلِ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمَا
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: One should not sit between two men except with their permission.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a man to separate two persons except with their permission.
Chapter 25: Regarding how a man should sit
فِي جُلُوسِ الرَّجُلِ
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, he had his knees drawn up supported by his hands.
Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Ibrahim was an old man and his traditions were rejected.
She saw the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting with his arms round his legs. She said: When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in such humble condition in the sitting position (according to Musa's version), I trembled with fear.
Chapter 26: Regarding disapproved manners of sitting
فِي الْجِلْسَةِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me when I was sitting thus: having my left hand behind my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it, and said: Are you sitting in the manner of those with whom Allah is angry?
Chapter 27: Regarding conversing late after Isha'
النَّهْىِ عَنِ السَّمَرِ، بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade sleeping before the night prayer and talking after it.
Chapter 28: Regarding a man sitting cross-legged
فِي الرَّجُلِ يَجْلِسُ مُتَرَبِّعًا
When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the dawn prayer, he sat cross-legged where he was till the sun had come well up.
Chapter 29: Conversing privately (around others)
فِي التَّنَاجِي
Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him.