47. Behaviour with people
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقِيمَ الرَّجُلَ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ
✧ From Ibn ʿUmar: The Prophet ﷺ forbade that a man be made to get up from a seat and then another sit in it.
عَنْ أَنَسٍ خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ فَرَغْتُ مِنْ خِدْمَتِهِ قُلْتُ يَقِيلُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَإِذَا غِلْمَةٌ يَلْعَبُونَ فَقُمْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى لَعِبِهِمْ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ دَعَانِي فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى حَاجَةٍ فَكَانَ فِي فَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُ وَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَى أُمِّي فَقَالَتْ مَا حَبَسَكَ؟ قُلْتُ بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى حَاجَةٍ قَالَتْ مَا هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ سِرٌّ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتِ احْفَظْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ فَمَا حَدَّثْتُ بِتِلْكَ الْحَاجَةِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْخَلْقِ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُحَدِّثًا حَدَّثْتُكَ بِهَا
✧ From Anas: I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day until I saw that I had finished my service to him. I said, 'The Prophet ﷺ is taking a midday nap,' and I left his presence. There were some boys playing, and I stood watching them and their play. The Prophet ﷺ came and reached them, greeted them, then called me and sent me on an errand. He remained in the shade until I came to him. I was late in returning to my mother, and she said, 'What kept you?' I said, 'The Prophet ﷺ sent me on an errand.' She said, 'What was it?' I said, 'It is a secret of the Prophet ﷺ.' She said, 'Keep the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' I never told anyone about that errand. If I were to tell someone, I would tell you.
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَصِفُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ رَبْعَةً وَهُوَ إِلَى الطُّوَلِ أَقْرَبُ شَدِيدُ الْبَيَاضِ أَسْوَدُ شَعْرِ اللِّحْيَةِ حَسَنُ الثَّغْرِ أَهْدَبُ أَشْفَارِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ مُفَاضُ الْجَبِينِ يَطَأُ بِقَدَمِهِ جَمِيعًا لَيْسَ لَهَا أَخْمُصُ يُقْبِلُ جَمِيعًا وَيُدْبِرُ جَمِيعًا لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلُ وَلا بَعْدُ
✧ He heard Abū Hurayrah describing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: He was of medium height, closer to being tall, very fair-skinned, with a black beard, fine teeth, long eyelashes, broad-shouldered, with a smooth forehead. He walked with his entire foot, leaving no hollow. He turned completely, both when facing and when turning away. I have never seen the like of him, before or after.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1156No grade recorded
قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ فَلاَ تُخْبِرْهُ بِمَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يُعِدُّ لَهُ كِذْبَةً عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ
✧ ʿUmar said to me, 'If I send you to a man, do not tell him what I have sent you to him for, for Satan prepares a lie for him at that moment.'
أَنْ يُحِدَّ الرَّجُلُ النَّظَرَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ أَوْ يُتْبِعَهُ بَصَرَهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ أَوْ يَسْأَلَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ وَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟
✧ That a man should stare at his brother or follow him with his gaze when he gets up from his presence, or ask him, 'Where have you come from, and where are you going?'
عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ زُبَيْدٍ قَالَ مَرَرْنَا عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتُمْ؟ قُلْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ أَوْ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ قَالَ هَذَا عَمَلُكُمْ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمَا مَعَهُ تِجَارَةٌ وَلاَ بَيْعٌ؟ قُلْنَا لاَ قَالَ اسْتَأْنِفُوا الْعَمَلَ
✧ From Mālik b. Zubayd: We passed by Abū Dharr at al-Rabadhah, and he said, 'From where have you come?' We said, 'From Makkah, or from the Ancient House.' He said, 'Is this your work?' We said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Was there no trade or buying with it?' We said, 'No.' He said, 'Start the work anew.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهِ وَعُذِّبَ وَلَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهِ وَمَنْ تَحَلَّمَ كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَ شَعِيرَتَيْنِ وَعُذِّبَ وَلَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَوْمٍ يَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ صُبَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ الآنُكُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: Whoever makes an image will be tasked with blowing life into it and will be punished, but he will never blow life into it. Whoever falsely claims to have seen a dream will be tasked with tying two grains of barley together and will be punished, but he will never tie them together. And whoever listens to the conversation of people who are avoiding him, molten lead will be poured into his ears.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1160No grade recorded
عَنْ بَعِيدٍ وَلاَ أَتْرَكَ لِلْقَرِيبِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَلَدٍ أَنْتَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْعِرَاقِ ذَاتِ شَجَرٍ وَنَخْلٍ
✧ From a far one, and I will not leave the near one from the people of a town you are from. Then he said, 'It will emerge from the land of Iraq, with trees and palms.'
فَقَالَ لِي أَقِمْ عِنْدِي حَتَّى أَجْعَلَ لَكَ سَهْمًا مِنْ مَالِي فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ شَهْرَيْنِ
✧ He said to me, 'Stay with me until I give you a share of my wealth.' So I stayed with him for two months.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1162No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ مَعَ الْحَكَمِ أَمِيرٌ بِالْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ الْحَرُّ أَبْرَدَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَإِذَا كَانَ الْبَرْدُ بَكَّرَ بِالصَّلاةِ
✧ I heard Anas b. Mālik, while he was with al-Ḥakam, the governor of al-Baṣrah, on the bed, saying: 'When it was hot, the Prophet ﷺ delayed the prayer until it was cooler, and when it was cold, he prayed early.'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1163Hasan or sahih
حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مَرْمُولٍ بِشَرِيطٍ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ وِسَادَةٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ مَا بَيْنَ جِلْدِهِ وَبَيْنَ السَّرِيرِ ثَوْبٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ فَبَكَى فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟ قَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَبْكِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلاَّ أَكُونَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرَ فَهُمَا يَعِيثَانِ فِيمَا يَعِيثَانِ فِيهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَرَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا تَرْضَى يَا عُمَرُ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَنَا الْآخِرَةُ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ
✧ Anas b. Mālik narrated to us: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was on a bed woven with rope, with a leather pillow stuffed with palm fiber under his head. Between his skin and the bed there was only a cloth. ʿUmar entered upon him and wept. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'What makes you weep, O ʿUmar?' He said, 'By Allah, I do not weep, O Messenger of Allah, except that I know you are more honored by Allah than Kisrā and Caesar. They live in luxury in this world, while you, O Messenger of Allah, are in the state I see.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Are you not pleased, O ʿUmar, that for them is this world and for us the Hereafter?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Indeed, it is so.'
عَنْ أَبِي رِفَاعَةَ الْعَدَوِيِّ قَالَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَجُلٌ غَرِيبٌ جَاءَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينِهِ لاَ يَدْرِي مَا دِينُهُ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ وَتَرَكَ خُطْبَتَهُ فَأَتَى بِكُرْسِيٍّ خِلْتُ قَوَائِمَهُ حَدِيدًا قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ أُرَاهُ خَشَبًا أَسْوَدَ حَسَبُهُ حَدِيدًا فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِي مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أَتَمَّ خُطْبَتَهُ آخِرَهَا
✧ From Abū Rifāʿah al-ʿAdawī, who said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon, and I said, 'O Messenger of God, a stranger has come asking about his religion, and he does not know what his religion is.' He turned to me, left his sermon, and a chair was brought whose legs I thought to be iron. Ḥumayd said: I think it was black wood, counted as iron. He sat on it and began teaching me from what God had taught him. Then he completed his sermon to its end.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1165No grade recorded
عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَنَسًا جَالِسًا عَلَى سَرِيرٍ وَاضِعًا إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الأخْرَى
✧ From ʿImrān b. Muslim, who said: I saw Anas sitting on a bed, placing one of his legs over the other.
أَنْ أَسْمَعَ مِنْكُمَا خَيْرًا
✧ That I might hear something good from you two.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1167No grade recorded
تَسَمَّعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَوْمٍ وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ صُبَّ فِي أُذُنِهِ الْآنُكُ وَمَنْ تَحَلَّمَ بِحُلْمٍ كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ شَعِيرَةً
✧ Whoever eavesdrops on the conversation of people who dislike that, molten lead will be poured into his ear. And whoever fabricates a dream will be tasked with tying a knot between two grains of barley.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: When there are three, two should not converse privately to the exclusion of the third.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ فَإِنَّهُ يُحْزِنُهُ ذَلِكَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: When you are three, two should not converse privately to the exclusion of the third, for that grieves him.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ قُلْنَا فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً؟ قَالَ لا يَضُرُّهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ similar to it. We said: What if they are four? He said: It does not harm him.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الْآخَرِ حَتَّى يَخْتَلِطُوا بِالنَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: Two should not converse privately to the exclusion of the other until they mix with the people, because that grieves him.
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً فَلا بَأْسَ
✧ From Ibn ʿUmar, who said: When they are four, there is no harm.
عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ جَلَسْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ جَلَسْتَ إِلَيْنَا وَقَدْ حَانَ مِنَّا قِيَامٌ فَقُلْتُ فَإِذَا شِئْتَ فَقَامَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْبَابَ
✧ From Abū Burdah b. Abī Mūsā, who said: I sat with ʿAbdullāh b. Salām, and he said: You have sat with us, and it is time for us to get up. I said: Then whenever you wish. So he stood up, and I followed him until he reached the door.
أَنَّهُ جَاءَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَامَ فِي الشَّمْسِ فَأَمَرَهُ فَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَى الظِّلِّ
✧ He came while the Messenger of God ﷺ was delivering a sermon, and he stood in the sun. He ordered him, and he moved to the shade.