Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 33: What Has Been Related About Disciplining The Son

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 35: What Has Been Related About Being Grateful To The One Who Was Kind To You

Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah."

Chapter 41: What Has Been Related About Stinginess

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

"The swindler, the stingy person, and the Mannan shall not enter Paradise."

Chapter 42: What Has Been Related About Spending On The Family

Thawban narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"The most virtuous of the Dinar is the Dinar spent by a man on his dependants, and the Dinar spent by a man on his beast in the Cause of Allah, and the Dinar spent by a man on his companions in the Cause of Allah." Abu Qilabah (one of the narrators) said: " He began with the dependants." Then he said: "And which man is greater in reward than a man who spends upon his depandants, having little ones by which Allah causes him to abstain (from the unlawful) and by which Allah enriches him."

Chapter 44: What Has Been Related About Looking After The Widow And The Orphan

Safwan bin Sulaim narrated that the Prophet said

"The one who looks after a widow and a poor person is like the Mujahid in the cause of Allah, or like the one who fasts all the day and stands (in prayer) all the night."

Chapter 46: What Has Been Related About Truthfulness And Falsehood

Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"When the slave (of Allah) lies, the angel goes a mile away from him because of the stench of what he has done."Yahya said: "(I asked) 'Abdur-Rahim bin Harun if he approved of it,and he said 'Yes'."

Chapter 48: What Has Been Related About The Curse

'Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"The believer does not insult the honor of others, nor curse, nor commit Fahishah, nor is he foul."

Chapter 54: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of The Righteous Slave

Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"There shall be upon dunes of musk- I think he said: On the Day of Judgment- a slave who fulfills Allah's right and the right of his patron (master), a man who leads a people (in prayer)) and they are pleased with him. And a man who calls for the five prayers during every day and night."

Chapter 57: What Has Been Related About Joking

Anas narrated

"The Messenger of Allah used to mingle with us such that he said to my younger brother: 'O Abu 'Umair! What did the Nughair do?'"

Chapter 58: What Has Been Related About Arguing

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"Whoever avoids lying while he is doing so falsely, a house will be built for him on the skirts of Paradise. Whoever avoids arguing while he is in the right, a house will be built for him in its midst. And whoever has good character, a house will be built for him in its heights."

Chapter 59: What Has Been Related About Being Polite

Aisha narrated

"A man sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah while I was with him, so he said:'What an evil son of his tribe, or brother of his tribe.' Then he admitted him and spoke with him. When he left, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You said what you said about him. Then you talked politely with him?' He said: 'O 'Aishah! Indeed among the evilest of people are those whom the people avoid, or who the people leave, fearing his filthy speech.'"

Chapter 60: What Has Been Related Concerning Being Moderate In Loving And Hating

Muhammad bin Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah - and I think he (narrated it from the Prophet) who said

"Love your beloved moderately, perhaps he becomes hated to you someday. And hate whom you hate moderately, perhaps he becomes your beloved someday."

Chapter 63: What Has Been Related About Beneficence And Pardoning

Hudhaifah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

“Do not be a people without a will of your own, saying: 'If people treat us well, we will treat them well; and if they do wrong, we will do wrong,' but accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and do not behave unjustly if they do evil.”

Chapter 38: What Has Been Related About Removing Harm From The Road

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"When a man was walking on the road, he found a thorny branch and removed it. Allah appreciated his action by forgiving him."

Chapter 39: What Has Been Related About Sittings Are To Be Held In Trust

Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"When a man narrates a narration, then he looks around, then it is a trust."

Chapter 40: What Has Been Related About Generosity

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said

"Generosity is close to Allah, close to Paradise, close to the people and far from the Fire. Stinginess is far from Allah, far from Paradise, far from the people and close to the Fire. The ignorant generous person, is more beloved to Allah than the worshiping stingy person."

Chapter 41: What Has Been Related About Stinginess

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"The believer is naively noble and the stingy person is deceitfully treacherous."

Chapter 42: What Has Been Related About Spending On The Family

Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah said

"A man's spending on his family is charity."

Chapter 43: What Has Been Related About Hospitality And What Is The Limit Of Hospitality

Abu Shuraih Al-'Adawf said

"My eyes saw the Messenger of Allah, and my ears heard him speaking when he was speaking and he said: 'Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him honor his guest with his reward.' They said: 'What is the reward?' He said: ' A day and a night.' He said: 'And hospitality is for three days, whatever is beyond that is charity. And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him say what is good or keep silent."

Chapter 46: What Has Been Related About Truthfulness And Falsehood

Aishah narrated

"There was no behavior more hated to the Messenger of Allah than lying. A man would lie in narrating something in the presence of the Prophet, and he would not be content until he knew that he had repented."