Sunan Ibn Majah
Etiquette
كتاب الأدب
Chapter 41: Poetry
الشِّعْرِ
"In some poetry there is wisdom."
"The truest of wods spoken by the poet are the words of Labid: Everything except Allah is false.' And Abu Umayyah bin Abu Salt nearly accepted Islam."
"I recited one hundered verses of the poetry of Umayyah bin Abu Salt to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), and after every line he said, "More". And he said: "He nearly accepted Islam."
Chapter 42: What kind of poetry is undesirable
مَا كُرِهَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."
"The worst of all people lying is a man who trades insults with another man, disparaging the entire tribe, and a man who denies his father and accuses his mother of adultery."
Chapter 43: Playing Backgammon
اللَّعِبِ بِالنَّرْدِ
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: 'Whoever plays backgammon has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.'"
"Whoever plays backgammon, it is as if he dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig."
Chapter 44: Playing with Pigeons
اللَّعِبِ بِالْحَمَامِ
"A devil chasing a devil."
"A male devil following a female devil."
"A male devil chasing a female devil."
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) saw a man chasing a pigeon and said: 'A devil chasing a devil.'"
Chapter 45: It is undesirable to be alone
كَرَاهِيَةِ الْوَحْدَةِ
"If anyone of you knew what is wrong with being alone, no one would travel at night by himself."
Chapter 46: Extinguishing the fire when going to sleep
إِطْفَاءِ النَّارِ عِنْدَ الْمَبِيتِ
"Do not leave fire in your houses when you go to sleep."
"A house burned down in Al-Madinah, with its occupants inside. The Prophet(ﷺ) was told of what had happened, and he said: 'This fire is an enemy to you. When you go to sleep, extinguish it.'"
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us (to do some things) and forbade us (to do some things), and he commanded us to extinguish our lamps."
Chapter 47: Prohibition of camping in the road
النَّهْىِ عَنِ النُّزُولِ، عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ
"Do not camp on the middle of the road, or relieve yourselves there."
Chapter 48: Three people riding on one animal
رُكُوبِ ثَلاَثَةٍ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ
"Whenever the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) came back from a journey, he would be met by us(children). (One day) he was met by me and Hasan or Husain. He made one of us ride in front of him and the other behind him, until we came to Al-Madinah."
Chapter 49: Putting dust on writings
تَتْرِيبِ الْكِتَابِ
"Put dust on your writings, because it is better, and dust is blessed (being humble in correspondence brings good results)."
Chapter 50: Two should not converse to the exclusion of a third
لاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ
"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad."