General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend.

ABU HURAIRAH REPORTED THE PROPHET(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS SAYING: THE SPIRITS ARE IN MARSHALLED HOSTS; THOSE WHO KNOW ONE ANOTHER WILL BE FRIENDLY, AND THOSE WHO DO NOT, WILL KEEP APART.

ABU MUSA REPORTED THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS SAYING: GLADDEN PEOPLE AND DO NOT SCARE THEM; MAKE THINGS EASY AND DO NOT MAKE THEM DIFFICULT.

Narrated As-Sa'ib: I came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The people began to praise me and make a mention of me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I know you, that is, he knew him. I said: My father and mother be sacrificed for you! you were my partner and how good a partner ; you neither disputed nor quarrelled.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Salam: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct manner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it.

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed.Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Yunus, 'Aqil, Shu'aib, Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Aziz from al-Zuhri from the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mursal form (the link of the Companion is missing).

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Maymun ibn AbuShabib said: A beggar passed by Aisha and gave him a piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had good appearance passed by her, and she made her seated and he ate (with her). When she was asked about that, she replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: treat the people according to their ranks.Abu Dawud said: The version of Yahya is short.Abu Dawud said: Maimun did not see 'A'ishah.

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Glorifying Allah involves showing honour to a grey-haired Muslim and to one who can expound the Qur'an, but not to one who acts extravagantly regarding it, or turns away from it, and showing honour to a just ruler.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a man to separate two persons except with their permission.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, he had his knees drawn up supported by his hands.Abu Dawud said: 'And Allah b. Ibrahim was an old man and his traditions were rejected.

Narrated Qaylah daughter of Makhramah: She saw the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting with his arms round his legs. She said: When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in such humble condition in the sitting position (according to Musa's version), I trembled with fear.

'Amr b. al-Sharid quoted his father al-Sharid b. Suwaid as saying: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me when I was sitting thus: having my left hand behind my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it, and said: Are you sitting in the manner of those with whom Allah is angry?

ABU BARZAH SAID: THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) FORBADE SLEEPING BEFORE THE NIGHT PRAYER AND TALKING AFTER IT.

JABIR B. SAMURAH SAID: WHEN THE PROPHET(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PRAYED THE DAWN PRAYER, HE SAT CROSS-LEGGED WHERE HE WAS TILL THE SUN HAD COME WELL UP.

‘ABD ALLAH(B. MAS’UD) REPORTED THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS SAYING: TWO PERSONS SHOULD NOT TALK PRIVATELY IGNORING THE THIRD, FOR THAT WILL GRIEVE HIM.

A SIMILAR TRADITION HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED BY IBN ‘UMAR THROUGH A DIFFERENT CHAIN OF NARRATORS. THIS VERSION HAS: ABU SALIH SAID: I ASKED IBN ‘UMAR: IF THEY ARE FOUR? HE REPLIED: THEN IT DOES NOT HARM YOU.

ABU SALIH SAID: I WAS SITTING WITH MY FATHER AND THERE WAS ALSO A BOY WITH HIM. HE GOT UP AND THEN RETURNED. SO MY FATHER MENTIONED A TRADITION ON THE AUTHORITY OF ABU HURAIRAH FROM THE PROPHET(PEAC BE UPON HIM) SAYING: IF ANYONE GETS UP FROM WHERE HE HAS BEEN SITTING AND COMES BACK TO IT, HE HAS MOST RIGHT TO IT.

Narrated AbudDarda': The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sit and we would also sit around him. If he got up intending to return, he would take off his sandals or something he was wearing, and his Companions recognising his purpose (that he would return) would stay where they were.

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: People who get up from an assembly in which they did not remember Allah will be just as if they had got up from an ass's corpse, and it will be a cause of grief to them.

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone sits at a place where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him from Allah; and if he lies at a place where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him from Allah.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: There are some expressions which a man utters three times when he gets up from an assembly he will be forgiven for what happened in the assembly; and no one utters them in an assembly held for a noble cause or for remembrance of Allah but that is stamped with them just as a document is stamped with a signet-ring. These expressions are: Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, there is no god but thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.

A SIMILAR TRADITION HAS ALSO BEEN TRANSMITTED BY ABU HURAIRAH FROM THE PROPHET(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) THROUGH A DIFFERENT CHAIN OF NARRATORS.

Narrated AbuBarzah al-Aslami: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to get up from the assembly he used to say in the last. Glory be to Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance. The man asked: Messenger of Allah! you utter the words now which you did not do in the past? He replied: (This is an) atonement for what takes place in the assembly.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None of my Companions must tell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you with no ill-feelings.

Narrated Amr ibn al-Faghwa' al-Khuza'i: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called me. He intended to send me with some goods to AbuSufyan to distribute among the Quraysh at Mecca after the conquest. He said: Search for a companion. Then Amr ibn Umayyah ad-Damri came to me and said: I have been told that you are intending to make a journey and are seeking a companion. I said: Yes. He said: I am your companion. I then went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I have found a companion. He asked: Who is he? I replied: Amr ibn Umayyah ad-Damri. He said: When you come down to the territory of his people, be careful of him, for a maxim says: If one is your real brother, do not feel safe with him. So we proceeded, and when I reached al-Abwa', he said to me: I have some work with my people at Waddan, so stay here till I come back. I said: Do not lose your way. When he turned his back, I recalled the words of the Prophet (ﷺ). So I rode my camel and galloped without stopping. When I reached al-Asafir, he was pursuing me with a group of men. So I galloped and forged ahead of him. When he saw me that I had outstripped him, they returned and he came to me. He said to me: I had some work with my people. I said: Yes. We then went on until we reached Mecca, and I gave the goods to AbuSufyan.

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as saying: A believer is not stung twice from the same hole.

Anas said: when the Prophet(ﷺ) walked, it looked as if he bent forwards.