Chapters on Manners

كتاب الأدب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 23: What Has Been Related About Reclining

Narrated Jabir bin Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reclining upon as pillow, on his left side."

Narrated Jabir bin Samurah

"I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) reclining upon a pillow."

Chapter 24: Chapter ['A Man Is Not To Be Lead In His Dominion']

Narrated Abu Mas'ud

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A man is not lead in his dominion, and his seat of honor in his house is not sat in without his permission."

Chapter 25: What Has Been Related About 'A Man Has More Right To The Front Of His Beast.'

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Buraidah

"I heard my father Buraidah saying: 'I was walking with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a man came to him with a donkey, so he said: "O Messenger of Allah! Ride" and the man moved toward the back. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No, you have more right to the front of your beast, unless you allot it for me." He said: "I have allotted it for you.'" He said: 'So he rode.'"

Chapter 26: What Has Been Related About The Permission Regarding Using Anmat (Curtains, drapes, sheets, etc.)

Narrated Jabir

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do you have Anmat?" I said: "Where would we get Anmat from?" He said: "Soon you will have Anmat" He said: "I would say to my wife: 'Remove your Anmat from my sight.' But she would say: 'Did not the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Indeed you shall soon have Anmat?" He said: "So I left it."

Chapter 27: What Has Been Related About Three Riding On A Beast

Narrated Iyas bin Salamah

from his father who said: "I guided Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) and Al-Hasan and Al-Husain, on his gray mule until I brought him to the apartment of the Prophet (ﷺ), this one was in front of him, and this one behind him."

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Unexpected Glance

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah

"I asked the Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) about the unintentional glance, so he ordered me that I divert my sight."

Narrated Ibn Buraidah

from his father (from the Prophet (ﷺ)) who said: "O 'Ali! Do not follow a look with a look, the first is for you, but the next is not for you."

Chapter 29: What Has Been Related About Women Veiling From Men

Narrated Nabhan the freed slave of Umm Salamah

to Ibn Shihab, that Umm Salamah narrated to him, that she and Maimunah were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), she said: "So when we were with him, Ibn Umm Maktum came, and he entered upon him, and that was after veiling had been ordered for us. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Veil yourselves from him.' So I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Is he not blind such that he can not see us or recognize us?' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Are you two blind such that you can not see him?'"

Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About The Prohibition Of Entering Upon Women Except with The Permission of the Husbands

Narrated Dhakwan

from the freed slave of 'Amr bin Al-'As that 'Amr bin Al-'As sent him to 'Ali seeking his permission to enter upon Asma bint Umais, so he permitted him. When he was finished from what he needed, the freed slave of 'Amr bin Al-'As asked about that, so he said: "Indeed the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us - or - prohibited that we enter upon women, without the permission of their husbands."

Chapter 31: What Has Been Related About The Danger Of The Fitnah Of Women

Narrated Usamah bin Zaid, and Sa'eed bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I have not left among the people after me, a Fitnah more harmful upon men than women."

Another chain with a similar narration

Chapter 32: What Has Been Related About Using Lock Of Hair

Narrated Humaid bin 'Abdur-Rahman

that he heard Mu'awiyah giving a Khutbah in Al-Madinah, and saying: "Where are your scholars, O people of Al-Madinah? [Indeed] I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbidding from these locks (of hair), and saying: 'The Children of Isra'il were only ruined when their women used them.'"

Chapter 33: What Has Been Related About Lengthening One's Hair, Seeking To Have Ones Hair Lengthened, Tattooing, And Seeking To Be Tattooed

Narrated 'Abdullah

that the Prophet (ﷺ) cursed the women who practice tattooing and those who seek to be tattooed, the women who remove hair from their faces seeking beautification by changing the creation of Allah.

Narrated Ibn 'Umar

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allah's curse is upon the woman who lengthens hair and the women who seeks to have her hair lengthened, and the woman who tattoos and the woman who seeks to have her herself tattooed."

(Another chain) with a similar narration

Chapter 34: What Has Been Related About Women Who Imitate Men

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the women who imitate men and the men who imitate women."

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed those men who behave effeminately and those women whose behavior is masculine."

Chapter 35: What Has Been Related About the Disdain of Women Going Out Perfumed

Narrated Abu Musa

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Every eye commits adultery, and when the woman uses perfume and she passes by a gathering, then she is like this and that.'" Meaning an adulteress.

Chapter 36: What Has Been Related About Fragrance For Men And Women

Narrated Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Fragrance for men is that which its scent is apparent and its color is hidden, and fragrance for women is that which its color is visible and its scent is hidden." (Meaning when leaving the home as indicated by the previous chapter. As far as in the presence of the husband, then the woman may wear fragrant perfume.)