Al-Adab al-Mufrad

When a person seeks something, he should ask forsomething small and not praise the person

'Abdullah said, "When one of you seeks something he needs, he should ask for something small. He will have what is decreed for him. None of you should go to his companion and then praise him and thus break his back."

When a person seeks something, he should ask forsomething small and not praise the person

Abu 'Izza Yassar ibn 'Abdullah al-Hudhali reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "When Allah wants a slave to die in a particular country, he makes him have some reason for being there."

Someone's words, "May the one who hates you not have good!"

Abu 'Abdu'l-'Aziz said, "Abu Hurayra spent the night with us and looked at a star before him. Then he said, 'By the One who holds Abu Hurayra in his hand, some people wish that they would be appointed commanders in the earth while their actions are as if they were handing from that star. They are not appointed to those positions of command not to those positions.' Then he turned to me and said, 'May the one who hates you not have good! Is all of this allowed by the people of the east in the east?' 'Yes, by Allah,' I replied. He said, 'May Allah make them ugly and drive them like angry camels as if their faces were beaten shields until they give the owner of a field his field and the owner of sheep his sheep!'"

Someone should not say, "Allah and so-and-so"

Mughith claimed that Ibn 'Umar once asked him about his mawla and Mughith replied, "By Allah and so-and-so." Ibn 'Umar responded, "Do not speak like that. Do not put anyone with Allah. Say "so-and-so: after you have said, "Allah."

Someone saying, "What Allah wills and you will"

Ibn 'Abbas said, "A man said, to the Prophet, 'Whatever Allah wills and you will.' He said, 'You have put an equal with Allah. It is what Allah alone wills.'"

Singing and Play

'Abdullah ibn Dinar said, "I went out with 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar to the market. He passed by a small slave-girl who singing and remarked, 'Shaytan. If he had left anyone, he would have left this girl.'"

Singing and Play

Anas ibn Malik heard the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), say, "I have nothing to do with diversions and diversions have nothing to do with me." He meant that he does not do anything worthless."

Singing and Play

Ibn 'Abbas said about "There are some people who trade in distracting tales" (31:5) that it means singing and things like it.

Singing and Play

Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib reported that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "Spread the greeting to people and you will be safe. The saw is evil."

Singing and Play

Fadala ibn 'Ubayd was at a meeting when he heard that some people were playing backgammon. He got up in anger to forbid it in the strongest possible terms. Then he said, "The one who plays in order to live on his winnings is like a person who eats pig meat and does wudu' in blood."

Guidance and good behaviour

Ibn Mas'ud was heard to say, "You are living at a time when there are many men of understanding and few orators. There are few who ask and many who give. In it there is more action than diversion. After you there will come a time when there are few men of understanding and many orators. There will be many who ask and few who give. Guidance in it directs action. Know that right guidance at the end of time is better than some actions."

Guidance and good behaviour

Abu't-Tufayl said, "I was asked, 'Did you see the Prophet, (ﷺ)?' 'Yes,' I replied, 'and I do not know of any man left alive on the face of the earth except myself who saw the Prophet, (ﷺ).' He went on, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) had white skin and a handsome face.'"

Guidance and good behaviour

Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "Right guidance, correct behaviour and being moderate form a twenty-fifth portion of prophethood."

When news comes to you from someone you do notfurnish with travel provisions

It is related that 'Ikrima said, "I asked 'A'isha, 'Did you ever hear the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), quoting poetry?' She replied, 'Sometimes when he entered a house, he would say, "News will come to you from someone you do not furnish with travel provisions."*'"

When news comes to you from someone you do notfurnish with travel provisions

Ibn 'Abbas said, "This is something that a Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'News will come to you from someone you do not furnish with travel provisions' (meaning that he had quoted it."

Wishing which is disliked

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "When one of you wishes for something, he should look to what he desires. He does not know what he will be given."

Do not call the grape "kurm"

'Alqama ibn Wa'il reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "None of you should say 'kurm.' Rather use 'habala' for grape-vines."

Someone saying, "Bother you"

See 772.

Someone saying, "O person!"

Hamna bint Jahsh said, "The Prophet, (ﷺ), said, 'What is it, O person?'"

Someone saying, "O person!"

Habib ibn Sabhan al-Asadi said, "I saw 'Ammar praying the obligatory prayer. Then he said to a man at his side, 'O person!' Then he got up."

Someone saying, "O person!"

Ash-Sharid said, "The Prophet, (ﷺ), rode with me behind him and said, "Do you know any of the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi's-Salt?' 'Yes,' I replied and recited a line. 'Go on,' he said, until I had recited a hundred lines."

Someone saying, "I am lazy"

'A'isha said, "Do not forget to stand up at night to pray. The Prophet, (ﷺ), did not neglect to do it. If he was either ill or lazy, he prayed sitting down."

Someone who seeks refuge from laziness

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, (ﷺ), used to often say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry, sorrow, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, avarice, being overburdened by debt and being overcome by other men.'"

Someone's words, "May my self be your ransom!"

Anas ibn Malik said, "Abu Talha used to kneel before the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), and sprinkle water on his quiver and say:

Someone's words, "May my self be your ransom!"

Abu Dharr said, "The Prophet, (ﷺ), went towards al-Baqi' and I began to follow him. He turned and saw me and said, 'Abu Dharr!' I said, 'At your service, Messenger of Allah. May I be your ransom.' He said, 'Those who are rich will be poor on the Day of Rising except those who say, "Such-and-such and such-and-such is for a right (which was performed)."' I said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'That is how it is' three times. Then we came to Uhud. He said, 'Abu Dharr!' I replied, 'At your service, Messenger of Allah. May I be your ransom.' He said, 'It would not delight me if Uhud were to become gold for the family of Muhammad and then have them spend a night with a dinar - or he said a mithqal.' Then we were at a wadi and he went ahead, so I thought that he felt a call of nature, and so I sat down at the edge of the wadi. He was gone a long time and I feared for him. Then I heard him and it seemed as if he were talking to a man. Then he came out to me my himself. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, who was the man you were talking to?' 'Did you hear him?' he asked. I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'That was Jibril. He came to me and gave me the good news that whoever of my community dies without associating anything with Allah will enter the Garden.' I said, 'Even if he commits adultery or steals?' He said, 'Yes.'"