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Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn

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

peace, said, "If a man says to his muslim brother, 'O kafir!' it is

true about one of them."

Malik related to me from Suhayl ibn Abu Salih from his father

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

grant him peace, said, "When you hear a man say, 'The people are

ruined,' he himself is the most ruined of them all."

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

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

peace, said, "Let none of you complain about time, for Allah is time.'

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Isa ibn Maryam

encountered a pig on the road. He said to it, "Go in peace." Somebody

asked, "Do you say this to a pig?" Isa said, "I fear lest I accustom

my tongue to evil speech."

Malik related to me from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Alqama from his

father from Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani that the Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A man speaks what is

pleasing to Allah and he does not suspect that it will have the result

that it does, and Allah will write for him His good pleasure for it

until the day when he meets Him. And a man speaks what excites the

wrath of Allah and he does not suspect that it will have the result

that it does, and Allah will write His wrath for him for it until the

day when he meets Him."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abu Salih as-

Samman informed him that Abu Hurayra said, "Truly a man utters words

to which he attaches no importance, and by them he falls into the fire

of Jahannam, and truly a man utters words to which he attaches no

importance, and by them Allah raises him into the Garden."

Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that Abdullah ibn Umar

said, "Two men from the east stood up and spoke, and people were

amazed at their eloquence. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, said, 'Some eloquence is sorcery,' or he said,

'Part of eloquence is sorcery.' "

Malik related to me that he heard that Isa ibn Maryam used to

say, "Do not speak much without the mention of Allah for you will

harden your hearts. A hard heart is far from Allah, but you do not

know. Do not look at the wrong actions of people as if you were lords.

Look at your wrong actions as if you were slaves. Some people are

afflicted by wrong action and some people are protected from it. Be

merciful to the people of affliction and praise Allah for His

protection."

Malik related to me that he heard that A'isha, the wife of the

Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent a message to

one of her family after the evening prayer, saying, "Will you not

allow the recording angel to rest?"

Malik related to me from al-Walid ibn Abdullah ibn Sayyad that

al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab al-Makhzumi informed him that a

man asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, "What is backbiting?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said, "It is to mention about a man what he

does not want to hear." He said, "Messenger of Allah! Even if it is

true?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "If you utter something false, then it is slander."

Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that

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

"Whomever Allah protects from the evil of two things will enter the

Garden." A man said, "Messenger of Allah, do not tell us!" The

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

silent. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, repeated what he had said the first time. The man said to him,

"Do not tell us, Messenger of Allah!" The Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, was silent. Then the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said the same thing

again. The man said, "Do not tell us, Messenger of Allah!" Then the

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

same thing again. Then the man began to say what he had said

previously and a man at his side silenced him. The Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whomever Allah

protects from the evil of two things will enter the Garden. They are

what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, what is between

his jaws and what is between his legs, what is between his jaws and

what is between his legs."

Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that Umar

ibn al-Khattab came upon Abu Bakr as-Siddiq pulling his tongue. Umar

said to him, "Stop, may Allah forgive you!" Abu Bakr replied, "This

has brought me to dangerous places."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar saying, "Abdullah ibn

Umar and I were at the house of Khalid ibn Uqba who was away at the

market. A man came who wanted to speak to Abdullah ibn Umar and I was

the only other person present Abdullah ibn Umar called another man so

that we were four and said to me and the man whom he had called, 'Go a

little way off together, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Two do not converse

secretly to the exclusion of another.' "'

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the

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

"Two must not converse secretly to the exclusion of another person."

Malik related to me from Safwan ibn Sulaym that a man asked the

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

lie to my wife, Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no good in lying." The

man said, "Messenger of Allah! Shall I make her a promise and tell

her?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

said, "It will not be held against you."

Malik related to me that he heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to

say, "You must tell the truth. Truthfulness leads to right action.

Right action leads to the Garden. Beware of lying. Lying leads to

corruption, and corruption leads to the Fire. Don't you see that it is

said, 'He speaks the truth and acts rightly,' and, 'He lies and is

corrupt.' "

Malik related to me that he heard that someone said to Luqman,

"What has brought you to what we see?" meaning his high rank. Luqman

said, "Truthful speech, fulfilling the trust, and leaving what does

not concern me."

Malik related to me that he heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to

say, "The slave continues to lie and a black spot grows in his heart

until all his heart becomes black. Then he is written, in Allah's

sight, among the liars."

Malik related to me that Safwan ibn Sulaym said, "The Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, 'Can the

mumin be a coward?' He said, 'Yes.' He was asked, 'Can the mumin be a

miser?' He said, 'Yes.' He was asked, 'Can the mumin be a liar?' He

said, 'No.' "

Malik related to me 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, "Allah is pleased with three things from you,

and He is angry with three things from you. He is pleased that you

worship Him and do not associate anything with Him, and that you take

hold of the rope of Allah altogether, and that you give good counsel

to the one to whom Allah gives command over you. He is angry with you

for gossip, squandering property, and asking too many questions."

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

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

peace, said, "One of the most evil of people is the two-faced person

who shows one face to these people and another face to those people."

Malik related to me that he had heard that Umm Salama, the wife

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

"Messenger of Allah! Shall we be destroyed while there are people who

are salih among us?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, "Yes, if there is much wickedness."

Malik related to me that Ismail ibn Abi Hakim heard Umar ibn Abd

al-Aziz say, "Some say that Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, will not

punish the many for the wrong action of the few. However, when the

objectionable action is committed openly, then they all deserve to be

punished."

Malik related to me from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha that

Anas ibn Malik said, "I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab, when I was going

out with him to visit an orchard, say to himself, and there was a wall

between him and me and he was inside the garden, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,

amir al-muminin! Well done! Well done! By Allah, fear Allah or he will

punish you.' "

Malik said, "I heard that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad used to say, 'I

have seen the people, (i.e. the companions), and they were not

impressed by speech.' " Malik said, "He meant that only action and

deeds would be looked at, not words."

Malik related to me that Amir ibn Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr would

stop speaking when he heard thunder and say, "Glory be to Allah whom

the thunder glorifies with His praise and the angels from the fear of

Him." (Subhana-aladhee yusabihu ar-radu bi hamdihi wa mala'ikatu min

khiyfatihi.) Then he would say, "This is a severe warning to the

people of the earth."

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

A'isha, umm al-muminin that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, died, the wives of the Prophet, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, wanted to send Uthman ibn Affan

to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq to ask him about their inheritance from the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace A'isha

said to them, "Didn't the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, say, 'No one inherits from us. What we leave is

sadaqa.' "

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

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

peace, said, "My inheritance is not divided up by the dinar. What I

leave apart from the maintenance of my wives and provision for my

servant is sadaqa."