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
" 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
"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)."
"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
"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
"One who brings peace between people is not a liar, he says something good, or reports something good."
"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
"Whoever causes harm, Allah harms him, and whoever is harsh, Allah will be harsh with him."
"Cursed are those who harm a believer, or plot to do so."
Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Rights Of Neighbors
"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.”
"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."
"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
"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."
"The one who treats his slaves badly will not enter paradise."
Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About Beating And Abusing The Servant
"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."
"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
"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
"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
"That a man should discipline his son is better for him than to have given a Sa' in charity."
"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
"The Prophet would accept gifts and he would give something in return."