The Book of the Prohibited actions

كتاب الأمور المنهي عنها

Chapter 80: Abomination of saying: "What Allah Wills and so-and-so Wills"

Hudhaifah bin Yaman (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Say not: 'What Allah wills and so-and-so wills', but say: 'What Allah wills, and then what so-and-so wills."'[Abu Dawud with authentic Isnad].

Chapter 81: Abomination of Holding Conversation after 'Isha' (Night) Prayer

Abu Barzah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) disliked going to bed before the 'Isha' (night) prayer and indulging in conversation after it."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the 'Isha' (night) prayer till midnight. He (ﷺ) turned to us after the prayer and said, "All the people slept after offering their prayers, but you who waited, will be accounted as if you were engaged in your prayer throughout the period."[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 83: Prohibition of Observing an Optional Saum (Fast) by a Woman without the Permission of her Husband

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is not lawful for a woman to observe an optional Saum (fast) without the permission of her husband when he is at home. Nor should she allow anyone to enter his house without his permission."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 85: Prohibition of Placing the hands on the sides during As-Salat (The Prayer)

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

We are prohibited from placing the hand on the side during As-Salat (the prayer).[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 88: Undesirability of Glancing in one Direction of the other during Prayer

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, "It is something which Satan snatches from the slave's Salat."[Al-Bukhari].

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and not in obligatory Salat."[At-Tirmidhi].

Chapter 92: Abomination of Selecting Friday for Fasting

Muhammad bin 'Abbad (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him). Did the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit fasting on Friday?" He said, "Yes."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 95: Prohibition of Plastering and Building over the Graves

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures), used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them.[Muslim].

Chapter 96: Prohibition for a Slave to run away from his Master

Jarir bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the slave runs away from his master, his Salat (prayer) will not be accepted."[Muslim].Another narration is: "He is guilty of disbelief (i.e., in case he believes in the lawfulness of doing so)."

Chapter 98: Prohibition of Relieving Nature on the Paths

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Avoid two habits which provoke cursing." The Companions said: "What are those things which provoke cursing?" He said, "Relieving on the thoroughfares or under the shades where people take shelter and rest."[Muslim].

Chapter 101: Prohibition of Mourning beyond Three Days (For Women)

Zainab bint Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) said

I went to Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), when her father Abu Sufyan bin Harb (May Allah be pleased with him) died. Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) sent for a yellow coloured perfume or something else like it, and she applied it to a slave-girl and then rubbed it on her own cheeks and said: "By Allah, I have no need for perfume, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, 'It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for the dead beyond three days, except for the death of her husband; in which case the period of mourning is of four months and ten days."' Zainab said: I then visited Zainab, daughter of Jahsh (May Allah be pleased with her) when her brother died; she sent for perfume and applied it and then said: "Beware! By Allah, I don't feel any need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, 'It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband (for whom the period is) four months and ten days."'[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Chapter 102: Prohibition of Malpractices in Commerce

Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a person in the city should make a deal on behalf of a villager on commission even if he is his real brother."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

'Uqbah bin 'Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A Mu'min is the brother of another Mu'min; and thus it is not permissible for a Mu'min to make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending, nor should he make a proposal of marriage while that of his brother is pending till he withdraws his proposal."[Muslim].

Chapter 107: Undesirability of Praising a Person in his Presence

Abu Bakrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

Mention of a man was made to the Prophet (ﷺ) and someone praised him whereupon he (ﷺ) said, "Woe be to you! You have broken the neck of your friend!" He repeated this several times and added, "If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: 'I reckon him to be such and such and Allah knows him well', if you think him to be so-and-so, you will be accountable to Allah because no one can testify the purity of others against Allah."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 108: Undesirability of departing from or coming to a Place stricken by a Epidemic

Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you get wind of the outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; and if it breaks out in a land in which you are, do not leave it."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 112: Prohibition of Wearing Saffron-Colored Dress

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (May Allah be pleased with them) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) saw me dressed in two saffron-coloured garments and asked, "Has your mother commanded you to wear these?" I asked him, "Shall I wash them out?" He replied, "You had better set them to fire."Another narration is: "These are garments of the disbelievers. So do not wear them."[Muslim].

Chapter 113: Prohibition of observing silence from Dawn till Night

'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I have retained in my memory the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that: "No one is considered an orphan after he has attained the age of maturity; and it is unlawful to remain silent from dawn till night."[Abu Dawud with Hasan (good) Isnad].

Chapter 114: Prohibition of attributing wrong Fatherhood

Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us. He should make his abode in Hell, and he who labels anyone as disbeliever or calls him the enemy of Allah and he is in fact not so, his charge will revert to him."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 115: Prohibition of doing that which Allah and His Messenger have Prohibited

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah, the Exalted, becomes angry, and His Anger is provoked when a person does what Allah has declared unlawful."[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].