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Riyad as-Salihin 173
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action". [Muslim].
"من دل على خير فله مثل أجر فاعله"
Hadith about morals (akhlaq)Page 2
Jurisprudence of Ethics
1,145 hadith on this topic, one card per hadith and its versions; authentic ones first. 784 are translated into English.
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Riyad as-Salihin 227
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who is not merciful to people Allah will not be merciful to him." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
" من لا يرحم الناس لا يرحمه الله "
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 45
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
"ليس الشديد بالصرعة، إنما الشديد الذى يملك نفسه عند الغضب"
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 680
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man of the Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding shyness. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of Iman." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
"دعه فإن الحياء من الإيمان"
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 644
I was walking with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was wearing a Najrani cloak with a very thick border when a bedouin happened to meet him. He took hold of the side of his cloak and drew it violently. I noticed that the violence of jerk had bruised the neck of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The bedouin said…
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: كنت أمشى مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وعليه برد نجرانى غليظ الحاشية، فأدركه أعرابى، فجبذه بردائه جبذة شديدة، فنظرت إلى صفحة عاتق النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقد أثرت بها حاشية البرد من شدة…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 268
A woman came to me with her two daughters. She asked me (for charity) but she found nothing with me except one date-fruit, so I gave it to her. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out. When Messenger of Allah…
وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: "دخلت علي امرأة ومعها ابنتان لها تسأل ، فلم تجد عندي شيئا غير تمرة واحدة، فأعطيتها إياها فقسمتها بين ابنتيها ولم تأكل منها، ثم قامت فخرجت، فدخل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم علينا، فأخبرته…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 338
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is one of the gravest sins to abuse one's parents." It was asked (by the people): "O Messenger of Allah, can a man abuse his own parents?" Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He abuses the father of somebody who, in return, abuses the former's father; he then abuses the…
وعنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "من الكبائر شتم الرجل والديه!" قالوا: يا رسول الله وهل يشتم الرجل والديه؟ ! قال: "نعم؛ يسب أبا الرجل، فيسب أباه، ويسب أمه، فيسب أمه" ((متفق عليه))…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 1477
“All the sons of Adam are sinners, but the best of sinners are those who repent often.” Related by At·Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah with a strong chain of narrators.
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ كُلُّ بَنِي آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ, وَخَيْرُ اَلْخَطَّائِينَ اَلتَّوَّابُونَ } أَخْرَجَهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ, وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ, وَسَنَدُهُ…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 563
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said; "I am hard pressed by hunger." He (ﷺ) sent a word to one of his wives who replied: "By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I have nothing except water." Then he sent the same message to another (wife) and received the same reply. He sent this message to all…
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: إنى مجهود، فأرسل إلى بعض نسائه، فقالت: والذى بعثك بالحق ما عندى إلا ماء، ثم أرسل إلى أخرى، فقالت مثل ذلك، حتى قلن كلهن مثل ذلك: لا والذى…
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Riyad as-Salihin 1630
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The sanctity of the wives of Mujahidun (i.e., those who strive hard and fight in the way of Allah) for those who remain at home (i.e., those who do not go to the battlefield to fight Jihad) is like the sanctity of their own mothers. Anyone who remains behind to…
وعن بريدة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "حرمة نساء المجاهدين على القاعدين كحرمة أمهاتهم، ما من رجل من القاعدين يخلف رجلا من المجاهدين في أهله، فيخونه فيهم إلا وقف له يوم القيامة، فيأخذ من…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 420
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah has divided mercy into one hundred parts; and He retained with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent down to earth one part. Through this one part creatures deal with one another with compassion, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof over its young lest it should…
وعنه قال: سمعت رسول الله ، صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: “جعل الله الرحمة مائة جزء فأمسك عنده تسعة وتسعين، وأنزل في الأرض جزءا واحداً، فمن ذلك الجزء يتراحم الخلائق حتى ترفع الدابة حافرها عن ولدها خشية أن تصيبه".…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 46
I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when two men began to quarrel and curse each other and the face of one of them turned red and the veins of his neck were swollen (from rage). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "I know of a word, if he were to utter that, his rage would vanish and that is: A'udhu…
وعن سليمان بن صرد رضي الله عنه قال: كنت جالساً مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ورجلان يستبان، وأحدهما قد احمر وجهه، وانتفخت أوداجه. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " إني لأعلم كلمة لو قالها لذهب عنه ما يجد، لو…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 1505
“A backbiter will not enter Paradise.” Agreed upon.
وَعَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ لَا يَدْخُلُ اَلْجَنَّةَ قَتَّاتٌ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ. 1 . 1 - صحيح. رواه البخاري (6056)، ومسلم (105) والقتات:"…
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Riyad as-Salihin 1594
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, "The Satan has despaired of being worshipped by those who engage in prayer in the Arabian Peninsula but (has not lost hope) in creating dissension among them." [Muslim].
"إن الشيطان قد يئس أن يعبده المصلون في جزيرة العرب، ولكن في والتحريش بينهم "
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Riyad as-Salihin 634
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whenever forbearance is added to something, it adorns it; and whenever it is withdrawn from something, it leaves it defective." [Muslim].
وعنها أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “إن الرفق لا يكون في شئ إلا زانه، ولا ينزع من شئ إلا شانه” ((رواه مسلم)).
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Riyad as-Salihin 637
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who is deprived of forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good." [Muslim].
وعن جرير بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: “من يحرم الرفق يحرم الخير كله” ((رواه مسلم)).
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 1614
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Keep away from the seven fatalities." It was asked: "What are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He (ﷺ) replied, "Associating anything with Allah in worship (i.e., committing an act of Shirk), sorcery, killing of one whom Allah has declared inviolable without a just cause…
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "اجتنبوا السبع الموبقات" قالوا: يا رسول الله وما هن؟ قال: "الشرك بالله، والسحر وقتل النفس التي حرم الله إلا بالحق، وأكل الربا، وأكل مال اليتيم…
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Riyad as-Salihin 1627
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A man must not look at a man's private parts nor must a woman look at a woman's private parts; neither should two men lie naked under one cover, nor should two women lie naked under the same cover." [Muslim].
"لا ينظر الرجل إلى عورة الرجل، ولا المرأة إلى عورة المرأة، ولا يفضي الرجل إلى الرجل في ثوب واحد، ولا تفضي المرأة إلى المرأة في ثوب واحد"
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Riyad as-Salihin 203
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you. It incited them to shed blood and treat the unlawful as lawful." [Muslim]
"اتقوا الظلم، فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة، واتقوا الشح فإن الشح أهلك من كان قبلكم، حملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم"
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Bulugh al-Maram 1156
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When one's servant serves him with his food, if he does not make him sit down with him (and eat) he should give him one or two morsels (of it)." [Agreed upon, and the wording is al-Bukhari's].
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ, فَإِنْ لَمْ يُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ, فَلْيُنَاوِلْهُ لُقْمَةً أَوْ لُقْمَتَيْنِ…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 1370
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There was a person who used to loan money to the people and he used to say to his servant: 'When an insolvent person comes to you, show him leniency so that Allah may forbear our faults.' So when he met Allah (i.e., when he died), Allah forgave him." [Al-Bukhari…
"كان رجل يداين الناس، وكان يقول لفتاه: إذا أتيت معسرا فتجاوز عنه، لعل الله أن يتجاوز عنا فلقي الله فتجاوز عنه"
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 1518
“The most despicable amongst people in the sight of Allah is the ruthless argumentative (person).” Related by Muslim.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ -رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا- قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ أَبْغَضُ اَلرِّجَالِ إِلَى اَللَّهِ اَلْأَلَدُّ اَلْخَصِمُ } أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ. 1 1 - صحيح رواه مسلم (2668)…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 180
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The honest Muslim trustee who carries out duties assigned to him (in another narration he said, "Who gives"), and he gives that in full, with his heart overflowing with cheerfulness, to whom he is ordered, he is one of the two givers of charity". [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
" الخازن المسلم الأمين الذي ينفذ ما أمر به، فيعطيه كاملاً موفراً، طيبة به نفسه فيدفعه إلى الذي أمر له به أحد المتصدقين"
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Al-Adab al-Mufrad 487
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Beware of coarseness. Allah does not love those who are coarse and foul mouthed. Beware of avarice for it destroyed those before you…
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ، فَإِنَّ…
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Riyad as-Salihin 1606
"What is the matter?" He was told that they had been detained for the non-payment of Jizyah. (Another narration says that they were being tortured for not having paid Al-Kharaj). Thereupon Hisham said: "I bear testimony to the fact that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, 'Allah will torment…
وعن هشام بن حكيم بن حزام رضي الله عنه أنه مر بالشام على أناس من الأنباط، وقد أقيموا في الشمس، وصُب على رءوسهم الزيت فقال: ما هذا؟ يُعذبون في الخراج وفي رواية: حُبسوا في الجزية. فقال هشام: أشهد لسمعت رسول الله…
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 1834
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A believer should not be stung twice from the same hole." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
"لا يلدغ المؤمن من جحر مرتين"
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Riyad as-Salihin 626
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the deed which will be foremost to lead a man to Jannah. He replied, "Fear of Allah and the good conduct." Then he was asked about indulgence which will admit a man to Hell (Fire) and he answered, "The tongue and the genitals." [At- Tirmidhi, who classified it…
وعن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: سئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن أكثر ما يدخل الناس الجنة؟ قال: “تقوى الله وحسن الخلق” وسئل عن أكثر ما يدخل الناس النار، قال: “الفم والفرج”. ((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث…
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Riyad as-Salihin 278
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The believers who show the most perfect Faith are those who have the best behaviour, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives". [At-Tirmidhi, who categorized it as Hadith Hasan Sahih].
"أكمل المؤمنين إيمانا أحسنهم خُلقا، وخياركم خياركم لنسائهم"
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Riyad as-Salihin 77
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A group of people (both men and women) whose hearts will be like the hearts of birds, will enter Jannah". [Muslim]. It has been interpreted that such people are those who put their trust in Allah; another interpretation is that these people are tender- hearted.
"يدخل الجنة أقوام أفئدتهم مثل أفئدة الطير"
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 1826
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man bought a piece of land from another man, and the buyer found a jar filled with gold in the land. The buyer said to the seller: 'Take your gold, as I bought only the land from you and not the gold.' The owner of the land said: 'I sold you the land with everything in it.'…
" اشترى رجل من رجل عقاراً، فوجد الذي اشترى العقار في عقاره جرة فيها ذهب، فقال له الذي اشترى العقار خذ ذهبك: إنما اشتريت منك الأرض، ولم أشتر الذهب، وقال الذي له الأرض: إنما بعتك الأرض وما فيها، فتحاكما إلى رجل، فقال…