Hadiths on Virtues and Manners

Sahih/Authentic with its two versions We went out along with the children to meet the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) at Thaniyyat al-Wadā‘ Authentic hadith The angels continue to shade him with their wings Authentic hadith This is mercy that Allah, the Exalted, has placed in the hearts of His slaves. Verily, Allah shows mercy to those of His slaves who are merciful Authentic hadith You are a person who has remnants of the ignorant pre-Islamic manners. Your slaves are your brothers and servants whom Allah has placed under your authority. He who has his brother under his authority should feed him from whatever he eats, dress him with whatever he wears, and not assign burdensome and difficult tasks to them that are beyond their capacity. If you do this then help them Authentic While a man was walking on a path, he found a thorn branch on the road, so he put it aside. Allah, thus, thanked him and forgave him Authentic hadith Did anyone of you have a dream? So dreams would be narrated to him by those whom Allah willed to relate. One day he said: Last night, I had a vision in which two men (angels) came to me, woke me up and said to me: Let’s go! So I set out with them Hasan/Sound by virtue of corroborating evidence Do not keep the farmland lest you should desire the world Authentic May Allah brighten the person who hears something from us and conveys it as he heard it, for perhaps the one to whom it is conveyed is more mindful than the hearer Sahih/Authentic with its two versions This (line) represents man, and this (line) represents the end of his life, and while he is as such, the closest line overtakes him Authentic hadith Soon there will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep that he will take to the mountaintops Authentic hadith The worst lie is when a man claims to have seen something which he has not seen Authentic hadith It does not befit the truthful one to frequently curse others Good hadith Do not curse one another, invoking the curse of Allah or His wrath or the fire of Hell Authentic hadith When a person curses something, the curse ascends to heaven and the gates of heaven are closed against it. Then it descends to earth and its gates are closed against it. Then it turns right and left and when it finds no exit it returns to what was cursed if it deserves to be cursed; otherwise it rebounds to the one who uttered it Authentic hadith Unload it and set it free, for it is cursed Authentic hadith Let the she-camel upon which curse has been invoked not accompany us Authentic hadith A number of Hadīths pertaining to the virtue of Dhikr sessions Good hadith The devil said: By Your Might O Lord, I will continue to misguide Your slaves as long as their souls remain in their bodies. The Lord said: By My Might and My Majesty, I will continue to forgive them as long as they seek forgiveness from Me Authentic hadith Beware of the invocations of the oppressed person, for, indeed, they rise to heaven as if they were sparks of fire Authentic hadith Allah says: If My slave intends to do an evil deed, do not write it down until he does it. If he does it, then write it as it is. If he does not do it for My Sake, then write it as a good deed for him Authentic hadith Two gardens, the utensils and the contents of which are of silver; two other gardens, the utensils and the contents of which are of gold. Nothing will prevent people from looking at their Lord except the veil of pride over His Face in the Garden of Eden Authentic A caller will call out: You will be healthy and never fall ill; you will live and never die; you will be young and never grow old; you will live in comfort and never suffer Authentic When the dwellers of Paradise enter Paradise, he said: Allah Almighty will say: Do you want Me to give you anything more? Authentic Verily, the believer in Paradise will have a tent made of a single hollow pearl, the length of which is sixty miles. The believer will have wives therein whom he will visit in turn, and they will not see each other Authentic Verily, in Paradise, there is a tree that the rider of a lean, swift horse would travel for a hundred years without reaching its end Authentic hadith The dwellers of Paradise will look at the dwellers of the lofty chambers above them in the same way that you look at a shining star far away on the horizon, in the East or in the West, due to their superiority over one another Authentic hadith A place in Paradise as small as a bow is better than all that upon which the sun rises and sets Authentic Verily, in Paradise there is a market to which they will come every Friday Authentic hadith The dwellers of Paradise will see the upper abodes of Paradise as you see the stars in the sky Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of what was and of what is to come. The most knowledgeable among us is the one who memorized it best Authentic hadith Any Muslim who loses three of his children will not be touched by the Fire except in fulfillment of the oath Authentic hadith Any Muslim who loses (to death) three children before reaching puberty will be admitted by Allah into Paradise because of his being merciful to them Authentic hadith If a man says: People are ruined, he himself will be the most ruined among them all Authentic hadith When two people insult each other, the one who started will be the sinner until the oppressed exceeds the limits Authentic hadith If you pursue the faults of the Muslims, you will surely corrupt them, or you will nearly corrupt them Authentic hadith A man was brought to him, and it was said: This is so-and-so, and his beard is dripping with wine. Thereupon he said: We have been prohibited from spying. However, if we see something evident, we will act upon it Authentic hadith It is unlawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three (days); so whoever abandons more than three then dies will enter the Hellfire Authentic hadith Whoever forsakes his brother for a year is like shedding his blood Authentic Verily, the devil has lost hope of being worshiped by those who engage in prayer in the Arabian Peninsula, but has not lost hope of sowing dissension between them Authentic Verily, Allah tortures those who torture people in this world Authentic hadith Whoever beats his slave boy or slaps him for something that he has not done, then the expiation for that is to set him free Authentic hadith Why do you sit in pathways? Avoid sitting in pathways Authentic hadith The son of Adam has been destined his share of fornication, which he will inevitably acquire. The eyes fornicate by looking, the ears fornicate by listening, the tongue fornicates by speaking, the hand fornicates by hitting, the foot fornicates by stepping. The heart loves and wishes. The genitals prove or disapprove that Authentic hadith The first to be judged on the Day of Judgment is a man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His favor [upon him], which he will recognize. Allah will say: What did you do as a token of gratitude for that favor? He will say: I fought for Your sake until I was martyred Authentic hadith What do you think of a man who does a good deed and people praise him for it? He said: That is instant good news for the believer Authentic I asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to avert my gaze Authentic There are two types of the dwellers of Hellfire whom I have not seen: people with whips like the tails of cows with which they beat people, and women who will be dressed yet naked, inviting to evil, and they themselves are inclined to it Authentic A man must not look at another man's ‘Awrah (must-cover body part), nor must a woman look at another woman's ‘Awrah Authentic hadith Cover the vessels, fasten the waterskins, close the doors, and extinguish the lamps, for, indeed, the devil does not loosen waterskins, nor open doors, nor uncover vessels Authentic hadith Do not keep the fire burning in your homes when you go to bed Authentic hadith O people, he who knows about something, let him say it. And he who does not know should say: Allah knows best. It is part and parcel of knowledge that a man who does not know something should say: Allah knows best Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a man wears his shoes while standing Authentic We were with ‘Umar, and he said: "We were forbidden from the affectation Authentic hadith The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan Authentic hadith O Allah, I ask You for its good and the good of what is in it and the good of the purpose for which it was sent; and I seek Your refuge from its evil and the evil of what is in it and the evil of the purpose for which it was sent Authentic hadith The wind is from the blessings of Allah. It brings mercy, and it brings punishment. When you see it, do not swear at it, but ask Allah for its goodness and seek Allah's refuge from its evil Authentic hadith Do not curse the rooster, for indeed it awakens (people) for prayer Authentic hadith Do not curse the fever, for it removes the sins of the children of Adam the same way the bellows remove the impurities of iron Authentic hadith Do not call a hypocrite a master, for if he is a master, you will have angered your Almighty Lord Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) commanded licking the fingers and the dish (after eating), and he said: You do not know in which portion the blessing lies