56. Meddling and Harshness
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1305No grade recorded
عَادَ عَبْدُ اللهِ رَجُلاً وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الدَّارَ جَعَلَ صَاحِبُهُ يَنْظُرُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ تَفَقَّأَتْ عَيْنَاكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ
Ibn Abi'l-Hudhayl said, "Messenger of Allah visited a man with one of his companions. When he entered the house, his companion began to look around. 'Abdullah told him, 'By Allah, it would have been better for you if your eyes had been gouged out."
أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ دَخَلُوا عَلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَرَأَوْا عَلَى خَادِمٍ لَهُمْ طَوْقًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَفْطَنَكُمْ لِلشَّرِّ
✧ A group of people from Iraq entered upon Ibn 'Umar and saw a gold necklace on a servant of theirs. They looked at one another. He said: 'How quick you are to notice evil!'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1307No grade recorded
لاَ خَيْرَ فِي فُضُولِ الْكَلامِ
Abu Hurayra said, "There is no good in excess words."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ شِرَارُ أُمَّتِي الثَّرْثَارُونَ الْمُشَّدِّقُونَ الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ وَخِيَارُ أُمَّتِي أَحَاسِنُهُمْ أَخْلاقًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The worst of my ummah are the talkative, the boastful, and the pompous; and the best of my ummah are those with the best character.'
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Among the worst of people is the two-faced one, who comes to these with one face and to those with another.'
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَ ذَا وَجْهَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَانَ لَهُ لِسَانَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ نَارٍ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ كَانَ ضَخْمًا قَالَ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: 'Whoever has two faces in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.' Then a large man passed by, and he said: 'This is one of them.'
أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ائْذَنُوا لَهُ بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَلاَنَ لَهُ الْكَلاَمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قُلْتَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ ثُمَّ أَلَنْتَ الْكَلاَمَ قَالَ أَيْ عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ أَوْ وَدَعَهُ النَّاسُ اتِّقَاءَ فُحْشِهِ
✧ 'A'isha reported: A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'Give him permission. What an evil brother of his clan!' When he entered, he spoke gently to him. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you said what you said, then you spoke gently to him.' He said: 'O 'A'isha, the worst of people is the one whom people leave or avoid out of fear of his foul speech.'
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ إِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ وَقَارًا إِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ سَكِينَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ عِمْرَانُ أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ صَحِيفَتِكَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Modesty brings nothing but good.' Bushayr b. Ka'b said: 'It is written in wisdom: From modesty comes dignity; from modesty comes tranquility.' 'Imran said to him: 'I narrate to you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and you narrate to me from your scroll?'
إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ وَالإِيمَانَ قُرِنَا جَمِيعًا فَإِذَا رُفِعَ أَحَدُهُمَا رُفِعَ الآخَرُ
Ibn 'Umar said, "Modesty and belief are together. If one of them is removed, the other is removed."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ وَالإِيمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالْبَذَاءُ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ وَالْجَفَاءُ فِي النَّارِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Modesty is part of faith, and faith is in Paradise. Obscenity is part of harshness, and harshness is in the Fire.'
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ عَظِيمَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صَعَدٍ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya said, "The Prophet ﷺ had a large head and large eyes. When he walked, he bent forward as if he was walking up a hill. When he turned around, he turned completely."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسَ مِنْ كَلاَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ الأُولَى إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَاصْنَعْ مَا شِئْتَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Indeed, part of what people have understood from the speech of the earlier prophethood is: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.'