Sahih Bukhari Book 73. Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Narated By ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr : Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the Prophet and when he came, my mother said (to him), “Have you been detained from your…

Narated By Rafi bin Khadij and Sahl bin Abu Hathma : ‘Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas’ud went to Khaibar and they dispersed in the gardens of the date-palm trees. ‘Abdullah bin Sahl was murdered. Then ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl,…

Narated By Ibn ‘Umar : Allah’s Apostle said, “Inform me of a tree which resembles a Muslim, giving its fruits at every season by the permission of its Lord, and the leaves of which do not fall.” I thought of…

Narated By Ubai bin Ka’b : Allah’s Apostle said, “Some poetry contains wisdom.”

Narated By Jundub : While the Prophet was walking, a stone hit his foot and stumbled and his toe was injured. He then (quoting a poetic verse) said, “You are not more than a toe which has been bathed in…

Narated By Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, “The most true words said by a poet were the words of Labid. He said, i.e. ‘Verily, everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin Abi As-Salt was about to embrace Islam.’”

Narated By Salama bin Al-Aqwa : We went out with Allah’s Apostle to Khaibar and we travelled during the night. A man amongst the people said to ‘Amir bin Al-Aqwa’, “Won’t you let us hear your poetry?” ‘Amir was a…

Narated By Anas bin Malik : The Prophet came to some of his wives among whom there was Um Sulaim, and said, “May Allah be merciful to you, O Anjasha! Drive the camels slowly, as they are carrying glass vessels!”…

Narated By ‘Aisha : Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah’s Apostle to lampoon the pagans (in verse). Allah’s Apostle said, “What about my fore-fathers (ancestry)?’ Hassan said (to the Prophet) “I will take you out of them as…

Narated By Al-Haitham bin Abu Sinan : that he heard Abu Huraira in his narration, mentioning that the Prophet said, “A Muslim brother of yours who does not say dirty words.” and by that he meant Ibn Rawaha, “said (in…

Narated By Abu Salama bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf : That he heard Hassan bin Thabit Al-Ansari asking the witness of Abu Huraira, saying, “O Abu- Huraira! I beseech you by Allah (to tell me). Did you hear Allah’s Apostle saying’…

Narated By Al-Bara : The Prophet said to Hassan, “Lampoon them (the pagans) in verse, and Gabriel is with you.”

Narated By Ibn ‘Umar : The Prophet said, “It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry.”

Narated By Abu Huraira : Allah’s Apostle; said, “It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry.”

Narated By ‘Aisha : Allah, the brother of Abu Al-Qu’ais asked my permission to enter after the verses of Al-Hijab (veiling the ladies) was revealed, and I said, “By Allah, I will not admit him unless I take permission of…