كتاب حسن الخلقGood Character

Yahya related to me from Malik that Muadh ibn Jabal said, "The

last advice the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, gave me when I put my foot in the stirrup was that he said,

'Make your character good for the people, Muadh ibn Jabal!' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-

Zubayr that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, did not have to choose between two matters, but

that he chose the easier of them as long as it was not a wrong action.

If it was a wrong action, he was the furthest of people from it. The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not

take revenge for himself unless the limits of Allah were violated.

Then he took revenge for it for Allah."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn

Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, said, "Part of the excellence of a

man's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A'isha, the

wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A

man asked permission to come in to see the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace. I was with him in the house and

the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'He is an evil member of his tribe.' Then the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave him permission."

A'isha continued, "It was not long before I heard the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughing with him.

When the man left, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, you said what you said

about him, and then before long you were laughing with him.' The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, replied,

'Among the most evil of people is the one whom people are cautious

with because of his evil.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle, Abu

Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Kab al-Ahbar said, "If you want

to know what a slave has with his Lord, then look at whatever good

praise follows him."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "I have

heard that by his good character a man can reach the degree of the one

who stands in prayer at night and the one who is thirsty from fasting

in the heat of the day."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he

heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "Shall I tell you what is better than

much prayer and sadaqa?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Mending discord.

And beware of hatred - it strips you (of your deen)."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I

was sent to perfect good character."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Salama ibn Safwan ibn Salama

az-Zuraqi that Zayd ibn Talha ibn Rukana, who attributed it to the

Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Every deen

has an innate character. The character of Islam is modesty.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn

Abdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, passed by a man who was chiding his

brother about modesty. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, "Leave him. Modesty is part of iman."

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman

ibn Awf that a man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, and said, "Messenger of Allah, teach me some

words which I can live by. Do not make them too much for me, lest I

forget." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "Do not be angry."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-

Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said, "A strong person is not the person who

throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person

who contains himself when he is angry."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid

al-Laythi from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is not halal for a

muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights, that is they

meet, and this one turns away and that one turns away. The better of

the two is the one who says the greeting first."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Anas ibn

Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "Do not be angry with each other and do not envy each

other and do not turn away from each other, and be slaves of Allah,

brothers. It is not halal for a muslim to shun his brother for more

than three nights."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from

Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant

him peace, said, "Beware of suspicion. Suspicion is the most untrue

speech. Do not spy and do not eavesdrop. Do not compete with each

other and do not envy each other and do not hate each other and do not

shun each other. Be slaves of Allah, brothers."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ata ibn Abi Muslim that

Abdullah al-Khurasani said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said, 'Shake hands and rancour will

disappear. Give presents to each other and love each other and enmity

will disappear.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his

father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said, "The doors of the Garden are opened on

Monday and Thursday. Every muslim slave who does not associate

anything with Allah is forgiven except for the man who has enmity

between him and his brother. It is said, 'Leave these two until they

have made a reconciliation. Leave these two until they have made a

reconciliation.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam from

Abu Salih as-Samman that Abu Hurayra said, "The actions of people are

presented twice each week, on Monday and Thursday. Every trusting

slave is forgiven except for a slave who has enmity between him and

his brother. It is said, 'Leave these two until they turn in tawba.

Leave these two until they turn in tawba.' ''