Zuhd

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us; they said: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from ‘Abdullah ibn Abi ‘Utbah—the freedman of Anas ibn Malik—from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was more modest than a young woman secluded in her chamber. When he disliked something, it could be seen in his face.

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Isma‘il ibn ‘Abdullah al-Raqqi narrated to us; ‘Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Mu‘awiyah ibn Yahya, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Every religion has a defining trait, and the defining trait of Islam is modesty.”

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‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Muhammad al-Warraq narrated to us; Salih ibn Hassan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ka‘b al-Qurazi, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Every religion has a defining trait, and the defining trait of Islam is modesty.”

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‘Amr ibn Rafi‘ narrated to us; Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Rib‘i ibn Hirash, from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amr Abu Mas‘ud, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Among the words people retained from the earliest prophethood is: ‘If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.’”

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Isma‘il ibn Musa narrated to us; Hushaim narrated to us, from Mansur, from al-Hasan, from Abu Bakrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Modesty is part of faith, faith is in Paradise, foul speech is part of coarseness, and coarseness is in the Fire.”

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Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Khallal narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us, from Thabit, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indecency never enters anything without marring it, and modesty never enters anything without adorning it.”

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Harmalah ibn Yahya narrated to us; ‘Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Abi Ayyub narrated to me, from Abu Marhum, from Sahl ibn Mu‘adh ibn Anas, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever restrains anger while able to act on it, Allah will summon him before all creation on the Day of Resurrection and let him choose whichever houri he wishes.”

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Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ al-Hamdani narrated to us; Yunus ibn Bukayr narrated to us; Khalid ibn Dinar al-Shaybani narrated to us; ‘Umarah al-‘Abdi narrated to us; Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: “The delegations of ‘Abd al-Qays have come to you,” although no one could see anyone. While we were thus, they arrived and dismounted, then came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Al-Ashajj al-‘Asri remained behind. He came later, stopped at a place to camp, made his mount kneel, set his clothes aside, then came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: “‘Ashajj, you have two qualities Allah loves: forbearance and deliberation.” He asked: “Messenger of Allah, are these qualities with which I was created, or did they develop in me?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Rather, they are qualities with which you were created.”

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Abu Ishaq al-Harawi narrated to us; al-‘Abbas ibn al-Fadl al-Ansari narrated to us; Qurrat ibn Khalid narrated to us; Abu Jamrah narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to al-Ashajj al-‘Asri: “You have two qualities Allah loves: forbearance and modesty.”

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Zayd ibn Akhzam narrated to us; Bishr ibn ‘Umar narrated to us; Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Yunus ibn ‘Ubayd, from al-Hasan, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No sip brings a greater reward with Allah than a sip of anger that a servant swallows, seeking Allah’s countenance.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah informed us; ‘Ubaydullah ibn Musa informed us; Isra’il narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, from Mujahid, from Muwarraq al-‘Ijli, from Abu Dharr, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I see what you do not see and hear what you do not hear. The heavens groan, and they are right to groan: in them there is not a space four fingers wide without an angel placing his forehead in prostration to Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, would not take pleasure with women in your beds, and would go out to open ground, crying out to Allah for help.” By Allah, I wish I were a tree that was cut down.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Samad ibn ‘Abd al-Warith narrated to us; Hammam narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”

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‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, from Musa ibn Ya‘qub al-Zam‘i, from Abu Hazim, that ‘Amir ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr informed him that his father had informed him: There were only four years between their accepting Islam and the revelation of this verse, by which Allah reproached them: “Let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, then the time was prolonged for them and their hearts hardened; many of them were defiantly disobedient.”

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Abu Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us; Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hunayn, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not laugh excessively, for excessive laughter deadens the heart.”

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Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us; Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abdullah, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: “Recite to me.” I recited Surat al-Nisa’ to him, and when I reached, “How will it be when We bring a witness from every nation, and bring you as a witness against these people?” I looked at him and his eyes were shedding tears.

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Al-Qasim ibn Zakariyya ibn Dinar narrated to us; Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us; Abu Raja’ al-Khurasani narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Malik, from al-Bara’, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at a funeral. He sat at the edge of a grave and wept until the soil became wet. Then he said: “My brothers, prepare yourselves for something like this.”

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‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Bashir ibn Dhakwan al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Abu Rafi‘ narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Sa’ib, from Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Weep; and if you cannot weep, then make yourselves weep.”

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‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi and Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us; they said: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us; Hammad ibn Abi Humayd al-Zuraqi narrated to me, from ‘Awn ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Utbah ibn Mas‘ud, from his father, from ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No believing servant’s eyes shed tears, even as small as a fly’s head, out of awe of Allah, and those tears reach any part of his face, without Allah making the Fire forbidden to him.”

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Abu Bakr narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Malik ibn Mighwal, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa‘id al-Hamdani, from ‘A’ishah, who said: I said: “Messenger of Allah, does the verse ‘Those who give what they give while their hearts tremble’ refer to a man who commits adultery, steals, and drinks wine?” He said: “No, daughter of Abu Bakr”—or, “daughter of al-Siddiq”—“rather, it refers to a man who fasts, gives charity, and prays while fearing that it may not be accepted from him.”

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‘Uthman ibn Isma‘il ibn ‘Imran al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir narrated to us; Abu ‘Abd Rabb narrated to me, who said: I heard Mu‘awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Deeds are like a vessel: when its bottom is good, its top is good, and when its bottom is corrupt, its top is corrupt.”