The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship

كتاب البر والصلة والآداب

Chapter 25: Whomever Is Cursed, Reviled Or Prayed Against By The Prophet (SAW) When He Does Not Deserve That, It Will Be Purification, Reward And Mercy For Him

Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

O Allah, for any believing servant whom I curse make that as a source of nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.

Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

I am a human being and I have made this term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that a source of purity and reward. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters.

Anas b. Malik reported that there was an orphan girl with Umm Sulaim (who was the mother of Anas). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw that orphan girl and said

O, it is you; you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That slave-girl returned to Umm Sulaim weeping. Umm Sulaim said: O daughter, what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) has invoked curse upon me that I should not grow in age and thus I would never grow in age, or she said, in my (length) of life. Umm Sulaim went out wrapping her head-dress hurriedly until she met Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He said to her: Umm Sulaim, what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle, you invoked curse upon my orphan girl. He said: Umm Sulaim, what is that? She said: She (the orphan girl) states you have cursed her saying that she might not grow in age or grow in life. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) smiled and then said: Umm Sulaim, don't you know that I have made this term with my Lord. And the term with my Lord is that I said to Him: 1 am a human being and I am pleased just as a human being is pleased and I lose temper just as a human being loses temper, so for any person from amongst my Ummah whom I curse and he in no way deserves it, let that, O Lord, be made a source of purification and purity and nearness to (Allah) on the Day of Resurrection.

Chapter 27: The Prohibition Of Lying, And What Is Permitted Thereof

Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and she was one amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), as saying that she heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A liar is not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them).

Chapter 30: The Virtue Of One Who Controls Himself At Times Of Anger, And What Takes Away Anger

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.

Chapter 32: The Prohibition Of Striking The Face

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face.

Chapter 24: The Prohibition Of Cursing Animals Etc.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman Taimi with the same chain of transmitters but with a variation of words (and that is)

" By Allah, let that accompany us not which has been damned, or he said like it."

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It does not seem proper for a Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse.

Umm Darda' reported on the authority of Abu Darda' as saying

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.

Chapter 25: Whomever Is Cursed, Reviled Or Prayed Against By The Prophet (SAW) When He Does Not Deserve That, It Will Be Purification, Reward And Mercy For Him

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

O Allah, I am a human being and for any person amongst Muslims upon whom I hurl malediction or invoke curse or give him whipping make it a source of purity and mercy.

Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a hadith like it but with a slight variation of wording.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

O Allah, I make a covenant with Thee against which Thou wouldst never go. I am a human being and thus for a Muslim whom I give any harm or whom I scold or upon whom I invoke curse or whom I beat, make this a source of blessing, purification and nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

I have held covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make that an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.

Ibn Abbas reported

I was playing with children that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Prophet) came and patted my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiya. I returned and said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked me to go and call Mu'awiya to him. I went (and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food, whereupon he said: May Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthanna, said: I asked Umm Umayya what he meant by the word Hatani. He said: It means "he patted my shoulders."

Chapter 27: The Prohibition Of Lying, And What Is Permitted Thereof

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.

Chapter 30: The Virtue Of One Who Controls Himself At Times Of Anger, And What Takes Away Anger

Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Whom do you count as" Raqub" amongst you? They (his Companions) said: One who has no children (the children are born unto him but they do not survive). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: He is not a Raqub but Raqub is one who does not find his child as the forerunner (in Paradise). He then said: Whom do you count as a wrestler amongst you? We said: He who wrestles with persons. He said: No, it is not he but one who controls himself when in a fit of rage.

Chapter 31: 'Man Is Created In Such A Way That He Is Not Steadfast'

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When Allah fashioned Adam in Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to see what actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he would not have control over himself.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Humaid with the same chain of transmitters.

Chapter 32: The Prohibition Of Striking The Face

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face.