Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 23: What Has Been Related About Backbiting

Abu Hurairah narrated that it was said

" O Messenger of Allah! What is backbiting?" He said : " Mentioning your brother with that which he does not like." He said " What if what I said about him is so?" He said: "If what you said about him is so, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not as you said, then you have slandered him."

Chapter 24: What Has Been Related About Envy

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Do not cut off one another, nor desert one another, nor hate one another, nor envy one another. Be you , O worshippers o Allah, brothers. It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his brother for more than three(days)."

Salim narrated from his father who said that the Messenger of Allah said

"There is to be no envy except for two: A man to whom Allah grants wealth and he spends from it during the hours of the night and the hours of the day. And a man to whom Allah grants (memorization of) the Quran so he stands with it (in prayer) during the hours of the night and the hours of the day."

Chapter 25: What Has Been Related About Hatred

Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Indeed Ash-Shaitan has despaired of getting those who perform Salat to worship him.But he is engaged in sowing hatred among them."

Chapter 26: What Has Been Related About Rectifying Manners

Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"One who brings peace between people is not a liar, he says something good, or reports something good."

Asma bint Yazid narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"it is not lawful to lie except in three cases: Something the man tells his wife to please her, to lie during war, and to lie in order to bring peace between the people."

Chapter 27: What Has Been Related About Deception And Cheating

Abu Sirmah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Whoever causes harm, Allah harms him, and whoever is harsh, Allah will be harsh with him."

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Cursed are those who harm a believer, or plot to do so."

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Rights Of Neighbors

Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Jibril – may the Salawat of Allah be upon him – continued to recommend me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely), that I thought he would order me to make them heirs.”

Mujahid narrated

"Abdullah bin Amr had a sheep slaughtered for his family, so when he came he said: 'Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'Jibril continued to advise me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely), that I thought he would order me (from Allah) to make them heirs."

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"The companion who is the best to Allah is the one who is best to his companion. And the neighbor that is the best to Allah is the one that is best to his neighbor."

Chapter 29: What Has Been Related About Treating The Servant Well

Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Allah has made some of your brothers as slaves under your care. So whoever has his brother under his care, then let him feed him from his food, and let him clothe him from his clothes. And do not give him a duty that he cannot bear, and if you give him a duty he cannot bear, then assist him with it."

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"The one who treats his slaves badly will not enter paradise."

Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About Beating And Abusing The Servant

Abu Hurairah narrated that Abul-Qasim, the Prophet of Repentance, said

"If somebody slanders his slave (by accusing him of committing illegal sexual intercourse) and the slave is innocent from what he says, Allah will impose the punishment upon him on the Day of Resurrection, unless it is as he said about him."

Abu Mas'ud [Al-Ansari] said

"I was beating a slave of mine and I heard someone behind me saying: 'Beware O Abu Mas'ud! Beware O Abu Mas'ud!' So I turned around and saw that it was the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Allah has more power over you than you do over him." Abu Mas'ud said: "I have not beaten any slave of mine since then."

Chapter 31: What Has Been Related About Pardoning The Servant

'Abdullah bin 'Umar narrated

"A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' The Prophet was silent. Then he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' He said: ' Seventy times each day.'"

Chapter 32: What Has Been Related About Disciplining The Servant

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"When one of you beats his servant then he (should) remember Allah and, withhold your hands."

Chapter 33: What Has Been Related About Disciplining The Son

Jabir bin Sumurah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"That a man should discipline his son is better for him than to have given a Sa' in charity."

Ayyub bin Musa narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah said

"There is no gift that a father gives his son more virtuous than good manners."

Chapter 34: What Has Been Related About Accepting Gifts And Reciprocating For Them

Aishah narrated

"The Prophet would accept gifts and he would give something in return."