Al-Adab al-Mufrad

What a man does in his house

Al-Aswad said, "I asked 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, 'What did the Prophet, (ﷺ), do when he was with his family?' She replied, 'He would do chores for his family, and when it was time for the prayer, he would go out.'"

What a man does in his house

Hisham ibn 'Urwa said that his father said, "I asked 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, 'What did the Prophet, (ﷺ), do in his house?' She replied, 'He mended his sandals and worked as any man works in his house.'"

What a man does in his house

Hisham said, "I asked 'A'isha, 'What did the Prophet, (ﷺ), do in his house?' She replied, 'He did what one of you would do in his house. He mended sandals and patched garments and sewed."

What a man does in his house

'Amra reported that 'A'isha was asked, "What did the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), do in his house?" She replied, "He was a man like other men. He removed the fleas from his garment and milked his sheep."

When a man has love for his brother he should tell him

Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "When one of you has love for his brother, he should inform him that he loves him."

When a man has love for his brother he should tell him

Mujahid said, "One of the Companions of the Prophet, (ﷺ), met me and took hold of my shoulder from behind. He said, 'I love you,' and he went on to say, 'The One for whose sake I love you loves you.' He continued, 'If it had not been that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "When a man has love for another man, he should tell him that he loves him," I would not have told you.'"

When a man has love for his brother he should tell him

Anas reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "When two men have love for one another, the better of them is the one who has the strongest love for his companion."

When someone has love for a person, he should not quarrel with him nor ask about him

Mu'adh ibn Jabal said, "When you have love for your brother, do not quarrel with him or treat him badly nor ask questions about him, It may be that an enemy of his will appear and say something about him which is not true and will thereby cause a split between you."

When someone has love for a person, he should not quarrel with him nor ask about him

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "Anyone who has love for his brother in Allah and for Allah should say, 'I love you for Allah,' and they will both enter the Garden. The one who has love for someone in Allah has a degree over the one he loves because of his love."

The intellect is located in the heart

'Iyad ibn Khalifa heard 'Ali say at Siffin, "The intellect is located in the heart. Mercy is located in the liver, Compassion is located in the spleen. The self (nafs) is located in the lungs."

Pride

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), when a bedouin man wearing a robe with a border approached him until he stood before the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ). He said, 'Your companion has debased every horseman and elevates every shepherd.' The Prophet, (ﷺ), took hold of the folds of his robe and said, 'I see that you are wearing the clothes of someone who is without intelligence.' Then he went on, 'When the Prophet (ﷺ) Nuh, (ﷺ), he told his son, "I will give you some instructions. I command you to things and I forbid you two things. I command you to say, 'There is no god but Allah.' If the seven heavens and the seven earths were a dark ring, they would be cut by 'There is no god but Allah' and 'Glory be to Allah and by His praise.' It is the prayer of every thing and by it everything has its provision. And I forbid you to associate others with and Allah and to be proud.'

Pride

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "If anyone behaves insolently or walks with an arrogant, he will meet Allah Almighty covered with His anger."

Pride

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "Someone who eats with his servant, rides a donkey in the markets, and ties up his sheep and milks it is not proud."

Pride

Salih, the garment-seller, reported that his grandmother said, "I saw 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, buy fates for a dirham and put them in his blanket. I said to him (or a man said to him), 'I will carry it for you, Amir al-Mu'minin.' He said, 'No, the father of the family is the one who is the most entitled to carry it.'"

Pride

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said that Allah Almighty said, "Might is My wrapper and pride is My cloak. I will punish anyone who contends with Me over either of them."

Pride

An-Nu'man ibn Bashir was heard to say on the minbar, "Shaytan has snares and traps. The snares and traps of Shaytan are to exult ungratefully in the blessings of Allah, to boast about the gifts of Allah, to have pride at the expense of the slaves of Allah, and to follow passion for other than the sake of Allah."

Pride

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "The Garden and the Fire quarrelled and the Fire said, 'The tyrants will enter me and the proud will enter me.' The Garden retorted, 'The weak will enter me and the poor will enter me.' Allah Almighty said to the Garden, 'You are My mercy and I show you to whomever I will.' Then He said to the Fire, 'You are My punishment with which I will punish whomever I will. Each of you will have your fill.'"

Pride

Abu Salama ibn 'Abdu'r-Rahman said, "The Companions of the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), were neither niggardly nor weak (in worship). They used to recite poems to one another in their gatherings and they mentioned matters of the Jahiliyya. But when one of them was asked about something concerning Allah, his eyes went around as if he were mad."

Pride

Abu Hurayra reported that a man who was handsome came to the Prophet, (ﷺ), and said, "I love beauty and I have been given what you see so I do not want anyone to be superior to me (and he either said 'by the strap of a sandal' or 'by a red sandal-thong'). Is that pride?" "No," he replied. "Pride is when someone disdains the truth and is contemptuous of people."

Pride

'Amr ibn Shu'ayb reported via his father that his grandfather related that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "On the Day of Rising, the proud will be gathered like specks in the form of men. Abasement will envelop them on every side. They will be driven to a prison in Jahannam called Bulas. The hottest of fires will rise over them. They will have to drink the pus of the people of the Fire, the foul fluid that their skins excrete."

Someone who takes revenge for injustice

'A'isha reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "Go ahead, take revenge."

Someone who takes revenge for injustice

'A'isha reported that the wives of the Prophet, (ﷺ), sent Fatima to the Prophet (ﷺ) and she asked for permission to enter while the Prophet, (ﷺ), was with 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, who was wearing a wool dress. He gave her permission to enter and she came in. She said, "Your wives have sent me to ask you for justice regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafa (i.e. 'A'isha)." He said, "Daughter, do you love what I love?" "Yes," she replied. He said, "Then love this woman."

Mutual help in scarcity and famine

Abu Hurayra said, "There will be a famine at the end of time and whoever encounters it will not be just to those with hungry stomachs."

Mutual help in scarcity and famine

Abu Hurayra reported that the Ansar said to the Prophet, (ﷺ), "Divide the palm trees between us and our brothers." "No," he replied. He said, "Spare us the trouble of their upkeep and we will let you share in the fruit." They replied, "We hear and obey."

Mutual help in scarcity and famine

'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab spoke in the Year of the Drought*, which was a severe, disastrous year, after 'Umar had done his best to help the Bedouins with camels, wheat and oil from the fields to the point where all the fields were dried up as a result of those efforts. he stood up to make supplication, saying, "O Allah! Provide them at the tops of the mountains!" Allah answered that supplication for him and the Muslims. When abundant rain fell, he said, "Praise belongs to Allah! By Allah, if Allah had not given us relief, I would not have left the people of any Muslim's house with wealth without putting a like number of poor people with him. Two will not die with food which will support one person."