Abu Dawud Book 36. General Behavior

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Sa’id ibn Zayd : The Prophet (PBUH) said: The most prevalent kind of usury is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim’s honour.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: The gravest sin is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim’s honour, and it is a major sin to abuse twice for abusing once.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The Prophet (PBUH) said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said:…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuBarzah al-Aslami : The Prophet (PBUH) said: O community of people, who believed by their tongue, and belief did not enter their hearts, do not back-bite Muslims, and do not search for their faults,…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Al-Mustawrid : The Prophet (PBUH) said: If anyone eats once at the cost of a Muslim’s honour, Allah will give him a like amount of Jahannam to eat; if anyone clothes himself with a…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Mu’adh ibn Anas : The Prophet (PBUH) said: If anyone guards a believer from a hypocrite, Allah will send an angel who will guard his flesh on the Day of Resurrection from the fire…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah AbuTalhah ibn Sahl al-Ansari : The Prophet (PBUH) said: No (Muslim) man will desert a man who is a Muslim in a place where his respect may be violated and his…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jundub : A desert Arab came and making his camel kneel and tethering it, entered the mosque and prayed behind the Apostle of Allah (PBUH). When The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) had given the…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Qatadah : Is one of you helpless to be like AbuDaygham or Damdam (Ibn Ubayd is doubtful) who would say when morning came: O Allah, I gave my honour as alms to Thy servants?

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Mu’awiyah : I heard the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda’ said: These are the words…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Miqdam ibn Ma’dikarib AbuUmamah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: When a ruler seeks to make imputations against the people, he corrupts them.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Mas’ud : Zayd ibn Wahb said: A man was brought to Ibn Mas’ud. He was told: This is so and so, and wine was dropping from his beard. Abdullah thereupon said: We…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Uqbah ibn Amir : The Prophet (PBUH) said: He who sees something which should be kept hidden and conceals it will be like one who has brought to life a girl buried alive.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Uqbah ibn Amir : AbulHaytham quoted Dukhayn, the scribe of Uqbah ibn Amir, saying: We had some neighbours who used to drink wine. I for them, but they did not stop. I then said…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Iyad ibn Himar al-Mujashi’i : The Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one oppresses another and boasts over another.