The Book of the Prohibited actions

كتاب الأمور المنهي عنها

Chapter 35: Prohibition of Show-off

Jundub (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who so acts to show off, Allah will disgrace him on the Day of Resurrection, and he who does good deeds so that people (may hold him in high esteem), Allah will expose his hidden evil intentions before the people on the Day of Resurrection."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A person who acquires (religious) knowledge, which is (normally) acquired to gain the Pleasure of Allah, (for the sole reason) to secure worldly comforts will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah on the Day of Resurrection (i.e., will not enter Jannah)."[Abu Dawud].

Chapter 37: Prohibition of gazing at women and Beardless Handsome Boys except in Exigency

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has written the very portion of Zina which a man will indulge in. There will be no escape from it. The Zina of the eye is the (lustful) look, the Zina of the ears is the listening (to voluptuous songs or talk), the Zina of the tongue is (the licentious) speech, the Zina of the hand is the (lustful) grip, the Zina of the feet is the walking (to the place where he intends to commit Zina), the heart yearns and desires and the private parts approve all that or disapprove it."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].This is the wording in Muslim; Al-Bukhari wording is a bit short.

Abu Talhah Zaid bin Sahl (May Allah be pleased with him) said

We were sitting and talking on a platform in front of our house when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped by us and said, "Why do you sit on roads? Avoid sitting in them." We replied: "We sit there intending no harm. We only sit and discuss (religious) knowledge and talk." He said, "If you have to sit, you should fulfill the rights of the road: Lower your gaze, respond to greetings and talk in a good manner."[Muslim].

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

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman one is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away.[Muslim].

Chapter 40: Prohibition of following the Manners of Satan and Disbelievers

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "Do not eat with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with his left hand."[Muslim].

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No person should eat and drink with his left hand for Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand."[Muslim].

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Chapter 9: Ascertainment of what one Hears and Narrates

Samurah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who relates from me something which he deems false is one of the liars."[Muslim]

Asma' (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "I have a co-wife. "Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The one who creates a false impression of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 11: Prohibition of Cursing one Particular Man or Animal

Abud-Darda' (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Those who frequently resort to cursing (people) would neither be accepted as witnesses nor as intercessors on the Day of Resurrection."[Muslim].

'Imran bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with him) said

We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel. She abused and invoked curse upon it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard it and said, "Off load the she- camel and set it free because it has been cursed."[Muslim].

Abu Barzah Nadlah bin 'Ubaid Al-Aslami (May Allah be pleased with him) said

A young woman was riding a she-camel on which there was the luggage of people. Suddenly she saw the Prophet (ﷺ). The pass of the mountain became narrow for her people (because of fear). The young woman said to the she-camel: "Go ahead." When it did not move, she said, "O Allah! Curse it." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The she-camel that has been cursed should not accompany us."[Muslim].

Chapter 13: Prohibition of Reviling a Muslim without any cause

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Reviling a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience of Allah) and killing him is (tantamount to) disbelief."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "When any Muslim accuses another Muslim of sin or of disbelief, the reproach rebounds upon the one who utters it, if the other person is not deserving of it."[Al- Bukhari].

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "He who accuses his slave of Zina will receive the punishment (Hadd) of slander on the Day of Resurrection, unless the accusation of Zina was true."[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 15: Prohibition of Maligning

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

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A (true) Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is he who leaves the deeds which Allah has prohibited."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 16: Prohibition of Nursing Rancor and Enmity

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not harbour grudge against one another, nor jealousy, nor enmity; and do not show your backs to one another; and become as fellow brothers and slaves of Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim to avoid speaking with his brother beyond three days."[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 20: Prohibition of Despising Muslims

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The haughty, even with pride equal to a mustard seed in his heart, will not enter Jannah." A man enquired: "What about that a person likes fine dress and fine shoes?" He said: "Allah is Beautiful and likes beauty. Pride amounts to disclaiming truth out of self- esteem, and despising people ."[Muslim].

Chapter 23: Prohibition of Deceiving others

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said

A man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he was often deceived in dealings. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, "When you enter into a transaction you should say: "There should be no deception."'[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].