Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives
كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapter 62: What Has Been Related About Good Character
'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak explained good character, and then he said: "It is a smiling face, doing one's best in good, and refraining from harm."
Chapter 64: What Has Been Related About Visiting Brothers
"Whoever visits the sick, or visits his brother in Allah (faith), a caller calls out: 'May you have goodness and livelihood be good, and may you dwell in an adobe in Paradise.'"
Chapter 65: What Has Been Related About Al-Haya
"Al-Haya is from faith, and faith is in Paradise. Obscenity is from rudeness, and rudeness is in the Fire."
Chapter 40: What Has Been Related About Generosity
" O the Messenger of Allah! I have nothing except what was given to me by (my husband) Az-Zubair, shall I give it (in charity)?'" It was said: "Do not hold (your wealth) so that Allah will hold against you."
Chapter 41: What Has Been Related About Stinginess
"Two traits are not combined in a believer: Stinginess and bad manners."
Chapter 47: What Has Been Related About Al-Fuhsh(Obscenity) [And At-Tafahhush(Uttering Obscenities)]
"Al-Fuhsh is not present in anything but it mars it, and Al-Haya' is not present in anything but it beautifies it."
Chapter 48: What Has Been Related About The Curse
"Do not curse the wind, for it is merely doing as ordered , and whoever curses something undeservingly, then the curse returns upon him."
Chapter 51: What Has Been Related About Vilification
"Do not vilify the dead (and) by that harm the living."
Chapter 55: What Has Been Related About Having Amicable Relations With People
"The Messenger of Allah said to me:'Have Taqwa of Allah wherever you are, and follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out, and treat the people with good behavior."
Chapter 56: What Has Been Related About The Bad Suspicion
"Beware of Zann (suspicion), for indeed Zann is the falsest of speech."
Chapter 57: What Has Been Related About Joking
"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You joke with us?' He said: 'Indeed I do not say except what is true.'" (Hasan)'
Chapter 58: What Has Been Related About Arguing
"It is enough sin for you that you never stop disputing."
Chapter 61: What Has Been Related About Arrogance
"The Messenger of Allah said:'Whoever has a speck of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a speck of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted in to the Fire.'" He said: "So a man said to him: 'I like for my clothes to be nice, and my sandals to be nice?' So he said: 'Indeed Allah loves beauty. But pride is refusing the truth and belittling the people.'"
Chapter 62: What Has Been Related About Good Character
"Nothing is heavier on the believer's Scale on the Day of Judgment than good character. For indeed Allah, Most High, is angered by the shameless obscene person."
"Nothing is placed on the Scale that is heavier than good character. Indeed the person with good character will have attained the rank of the person of fasting and prayer."
Chapter 63: What Has Been Related About Beneficence And Pardoning
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I stayed with a man who did not entertain me nor behave hospitably with me. Then he came to stay with me, shall I reciprocate the same to him?' He (ﷺ said: 'No, entertain him." He said: 'He (ﷺ saw me wearing tattered clothes and said:'(Do you have any wealth?' I said: 'Allah has given me various kinds of wealth through camels and goats.' He said: 'Then let it be seen on you.'"
Chapter 71: What Has Been Related About The Most Excellent Character
"Indeed the most beloved among you to me, and the nearest to sit with me on the Day of Judgment is the best of you in character. And indeed, the most disliked among you to me, and the one sitting furthest from me on the Day of Judgement are the Thartharun, and the Mutashaddiqun and the Muthafaihiqun." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! We know about the Thartharun, and the Mutashaddiqun, but what about the Muthafaihiqun?"' He said:"The arrogant."
Chapter 77: What Has Been Related About The Patience
"Some persons from the Ansar asked for (something) from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and he gave them. They again asked him for (something), and he gave them. Then he said: 'whatever of good that I have, I would never hoard it from any of you. (Remember) whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him content, and whoever tries to make due, Allah will suffice him. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and more encompassing than patience."
Chapter 79: What Has Been Related About The Nammam
"Aman passed by Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman and it was said to him: "This person conveys news about the people to the leaders.' So Hudaifah said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Qatat shall not enter paradise.'" (Sahih)Sufyan said: "The Qatat is the Nammam.
Chapter 80: What Has Been Related About Al-Haya' and Al-'Iy
"Al-Haya' and Al-'Iy are two branches of faith, and Al-Badha and Al-Bayan are two branches of Hypocrisy."