12. Cheerfulness Towards People
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَرْآةُ أَخِيهِ إِذَا رَأَى فِيهَا عَيْبًا أَصْلَحَهُ
✧ From Abū Hurayra, who said: The believer is the mirror of his brother. When he sees a fault in it, he corrects it.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَرْآةُ أَخِيهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ أَخُو الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكُفُّ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَيَحُوطُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: 'The believer is a mirror of his brother. The believer is a brother of a believer; he protects his property and guards him from behind.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَكَلَ بِمُسْلِمٍ أُكْلَةً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُطْعِمُهُ مِثْلَهَا مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ كُسِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَكْسُوهُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ قَامَ بِرَجُلٍ مَقَامَ رِيَاءٍ وَسُمْعَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُومُ بِهِ مَقَامَ رِيَاءٍ وَسُمْعَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: 'Whoever eats a meal at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will feed him the like of it from Hell. Whoever is clothed at the expense of a Muslim man, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will clothe him from Hell. Whoever takes a position of showing off and seeking reputation at the expense of a man, Allah will take a position of showing off and seeking reputation against him on the Day of Resurrection.'
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي يَقُولُ لاَ يَأْخُذُ أَحَدُكُمْ مَتَاعَ صَاحِبِهِ لاَعِبًا وَلاَ جَادًّا فَإِذَا أَخَذَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَصَا صَاحِبِهِ فَلْيَرُدَّهَا إِلَيْهِ
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'None of you should take his companion's belongings in jest or in earnest. If one of you takes his companion's staff, he should return it to him.'
عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُبْدِعَ بِي فَاحْمِلْنِي قَالَ لاَ أَجِدُ وَلَكِنِ ائْتِ فُلاَنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَكَ فَأَتَاهُ فَحَمَلَهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ
✧ From Abu Masʿūd al-Anṣārī: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I am exhausted, so give me a mount.' He said, 'I do not have one, but go to so-and-so; perhaps he will give you a mount.' So he went to him and he gave him a mount. Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him. He said, 'Whoever guides to good has the like of the reward of the doer.'
أَنَّ يَهُودِيَّةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِشَاةٍ مَسْمُومَةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَجِيءَ بِهَا فَقِيلَ أَلاَ نَقْتُلُهَا؟ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ أَعْرِفُهَا فِي لَهَوَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ A Jewish woman came to the Prophet ﷺ with a poisoned sheep. He ate from it. She was brought and it was said, 'Shall we kill her?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'I kept recognizing it in the throat of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'
عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهَا أَنْ تُؤْخَذَ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَخْلاَقِ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهِ لَآخُذَنَّهَا مِنْهُمْ مَا صَحِبْتُهُمْ
✧ From al-Jāhilīn: He said, 'By Allah, He did not command that it be taken except from the character of the people. By Allah, I will take it from them as long as I accompany them.'
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِّمُوا وَيَسِّرُوا وَلاَ تُعَسِّرُوا وَإِذَا غَضِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْكُتْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Teach and make things easy, and do not make things difficult. When one of you becomes angry, let him be silent.'
أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمَوْصُوفٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ بِبَعْضِ صِفَتِهِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا} وَحِرْزًا لِلأُمِّيِّينَ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ وَلاَ صَخَّابٍ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَغْفِرُ وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَيَفْتَحُوا بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا وَآذَانًا صُمًّا وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا
✧ He said: 'Inform me about the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Torah.' He replied: 'Yes, by Allah, he is described in the Torah with some of his description in the Qur'an: {O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner} and a protection for the unlettered. You are My servant and My messenger; I have named you al-Mutawakkil. He is not harsh nor hard-hearted nor clamorous in the markets, and he does not repel evil with evil, but he pardons and forgives. Allah, the Exalted, will not take him until He establishes through him the crooked religion, so that they say: There is no god but Allah, and by it they open blind eyes, deaf ears, and covered hearts.'
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْقُرْآنِ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا} فِي التَّوْرَاةِ نَحْوَهُ
✧ From ʿAbdullah b. ʿAmr: 'Indeed this verse in the Qur'an: {O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner} is similar in the Torah.'
سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَلاَمًا نَفَعَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَوْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ إِذَا اتَّبَعْتَ الرِّيبَةَ فِي النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ فَإِنِّي لاَ أَتَّبِعُ الرِّيبَةَ فِيهِمْ فَأُفْسِدَهُمْ
✧ I heard from the Prophet ﷺ words by which Allah benefited me. I heard him say, or he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'If you follow suspicion among people, you will corrupt them. I do not follow suspicion among them, lest I corrupt them.'
سَمِعَ أُذُنَايَ هَاتَانِ وَبَصُرَ عَيْنَايَ هَاتَانِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا بِكَفَّيِّ الْحَسَنِ أَوِ الْحُسَيْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمَا وَقَدَمَيهِ عَلَى قَدَمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ارْقَهْ قَالَ فَرَقِيَ الْغُلاَمُ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ عَلَى صَدْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ افْتَحْ فَاكَ ثُمَّ قَبَّلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَحِبَّهُ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ
✧ My ears heard and my eyes saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ take al-Ḥasan or al-Ḥusayn ﷺ by both hands, with his palms on his feet, and the child's feet were on the foot of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Climb.' The child climbed until he placed his feet on the chest of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Open your mouth.' Then he kissed him and said: 'O Allah, love him, for I love him.'
سَمِعْتُ جَرِيرًا يَقُولُ مَا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلاَّ تَبَسَّمَ فِي وَجْهِي وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَيْرِ ذِي يَمَنٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ مَسْحَةُ مَلَكٍ فَدَخَلَ جَرِيرٌ
✧ I heard Jarīr say: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never saw me since I accepted Islam except that he smiled in my face.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'From this gate will enter a man from the best of Dhū Yaman, on whose face is the touch of an angel.' Then Jarīr entered.
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَاحِكًا قَطُّ حَتَّى أَرَى مِنْهُ لَهَوَاتِهِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَتَبَسَّمُ ﷺ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ إِذَا رَأَى غَيْمًا أَوْ رِيحًا عُرِفَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الْغَيْمَ فَرِحُوا رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ الْمَطَرُ وَأَرَاكَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ عُرِفَتْ فِي وَجْهِكَ الْكَرَاهَةُ؟ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ مَا يُؤْمِنِّي أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ؟ عُذِّبَ قَوْمٌ بِالرِّيحِ وَقَدْ رَأَى قَوْمٌ الْعَذَابَ مِنْهُ فَقَالُوا {هَذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا}
✧ From ʿĀʾishah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, she said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughing so hard that I could see his uvula. He would only smile ﷺ. She said: When he saw clouds or wind, it was noticed on his face. So she said: O Messenger of Allah, when people see clouds they rejoice, hoping that there may be rain in them, yet I see that when you see them, dislike is noticeable on your face? He said: O ʿĀʾishah, what assures me that there is no punishment in them? A people were punished by the wind, and a people saw the punishment from it and said, {This is a cloud bringing us rain}.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَقِلَّ الضَّحِكَ فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ تُمِيتُ الْقَلْبَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: Laugh little, for much laughter kills the heart.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُكْثِرُوا الضَّحِكَ فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ تُمِيتُ الْقَلْبَ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: Do not laugh much, for much laughter kills the heart.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَضْحَكُونَ وَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلاً وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَأَبْكَى الْقَوْمَ وَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِمَ تُقَنِّطُ عِبَادِي؟ فَرَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا وَسَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا
✧ From Abū Hurayrah, he said: The Prophet ﷺ came out to a group of his companions who were laughing and talking. He said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much. Then he left, and the people wept. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed to him: O Muhammad, why do you make My servants despair? So the Prophet ﷺ returned and said: Rejoice, and aim for what is right, and draw near.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَهْدَبُ الشُّفْرَيْنِ أَبْيَضُ الْكَشْحَيْنِ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ أَقْبَلَ جَمِيعًا وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَ أَدْبَرَ جَمِيعًا لَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ مِثْلَهُ وَلَنْ تَرَاهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he says: The one with long eyelashes told me about him, white of the flanks. When he faced someone, he faced him completely, and when he turned away, he turned away completely. No eye has seen the like of him and never will.