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1752. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: We are prohibited from placing the hand on the side during As-Salat (the prayer).
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, they bear (on themselves) the crime of slander and plain sin.” (33:58)
1771. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Avoid two habits which provoke cursing.” The Companions said: “What are those things which provoke cursing?” He said, “Relieving on the thoroughfares or under the shades where people take shelter and rest.”
[Muslim].
1734. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A true believer does not taunt or curse or abuse or talk indecently.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
1735. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Indecency does not leave anything untainted and decency does not leave anything ungraced and embellished.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
1753. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “No Salat (prayer) should be performed when the food has been served, nor should it be performed when a person is in need of relieving himself.”
[Muslim].
1772. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade urinating into stagnant water.
[Muslim].
1736. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Ruined are Al-Mutanatti`un.” He repeated this thrice.
[Muslim].
1737. `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-As (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah dislikes an eloquent person who rolls his tongue as a cow rolls its tongue (while eating).”
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
1738. Jabir bin `Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The dearest and the closest of you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who are the best in behaviour; and the most hateful and the farthest from me on the Day of Resurrection will be the talkative and the most pretentious and the most rhetorical.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
1754. Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?” He stressed (this point) and added, “People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer), or else their sights will certainly be snatched away.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1773. An-Nu`man bin Bashir (May Allah be pleased with them) said: My father took me to the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to him: “I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Have you given such gift to every son of yours?” He replied, “No.” Thereupon he said, “Take this gift back.”
Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Be mindful of your obligation to Allah and do justice in respect of your children.” My father came back and revoked his gift.
Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Have you other children besides this one?” He said, “Yes.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Have you awarded a gift like this to all of them.” He said, “No.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I am not going to bear witness to this act of injustice.”
Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Do you not except goodness from all of them as you except from him?” He said, “Yes, of course.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Then don’t do this (i.e., do not give a gift to one son only).”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1739. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “None of you should say: `My soul has become evil.’ He should say: `My soul is in bad shape.”’
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1757. Abu Marthad Kannaz bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: “Do not offer Salat (prayer) facing the graves and do not sit on them.”
[Muslim].
1774. Zainab bint Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: I went to Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) the wife of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), when her father Abu Sufyan bin Harb (May Allah be pleased with him) died. Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) sent for a yellow coloured perfume or something else like it, and she applied it to a slave-girl and then rubbed it on her own cheeks and said: “By Allah, I have no need for perfume, I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, `It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for the dead beyond three days, except for the death of her husband; in which case the period of mourning is of four months and ten days.”’ Zainab said: I then visited Zainab, daughter of Jahsh (May Allah be pleased with her) when her brother died; she sent for perfume and applied it and then said: “Beware! By Allah, I don’t feel any need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, `It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband (for whom the period is) four months and ten days.”’
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
1740. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “None of you should use the word Al-Karm for grapes, for Al-Karm is a Muslim (worthy of respect).”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Another narration is: “Verily, Al-Karm is the heart of a true believer.”
Another narration is: “People have named grapes as Al-Karm; verily, only the heart of a believer is Al-Karm.”
1741. Wa’il bin Hujr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not say Al-Karm when talking about grapes but say Al-`Inab or Al-Habalah.”
[Muslim].
1758. Abul-Juhaim `Abdullah bin Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to pass in front of him.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
[The narrator was not sure whether the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said forty days, months or years.]
1724. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The most disgraceful man near Allah is a man who calls himself (or likes others to call him) Malikul-Amlak (i.e., king of kings).”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1743. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You must not supplicate: `O Allah! forgive me if You wish; O Allah bestow mercy on me if You wish.’ But beg from Allah with certitude for no one has the power to compel Allah.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Another narration of Muslim is: “A supplication should be made in full confidence and one should persistently express his desire (before Allah) in his supplication, for no bounty is too great for Allah to bestow (upon his slaves).”
1744. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When one of you supplicates, let him be decisive and he should not say: `O Allah, bestow upon me such and such if You wish’, because no one has the power to compel Him.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1742. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No woman should touch another woman’s body and then describe the details of her figure to her husband in such a manner as if he was looking at her.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1759. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer.”
[Muslim].
1725. Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not address a hypocrite with the title of chief, (or similar titles of respect) for even if he deserves this title you will invite Allah’s Wrath by using it for him.”
[Abu Dawud].
1755. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, “It is something which Satan snatches from the slave’s Salat.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1756. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me, “Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and not in obligatory Salat.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
1745. Hudhaifah bin Yaman (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Say not: `What Allah wills and so-and-so wills’, but say: `What Allah wills, and then what so-and-so wills.”’
[Abu Dawud with authentic Isnad].
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