41. Use of Correct Words

1. Sahih Muslim 2246aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   يَسُبُّ ابْنُ آدَمَ الدَّهْرَ وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ بِيَدِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ

   I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam abuses Dahr (the time), whereas I am Dahr since in My hand are the day and the night.

2. Sahih Muslim 2246bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَسُبُّ الدَّهْرَ وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ أُقَلِّبُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ

   Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr--I alternate the night and the day.

3. Sahih Muslim 2246cIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَقُولُ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَإِنِّي أَنَا الدَّهْرُ أُقَلِّبُ لَيْلَهُ وَنَهَارَهُ فَإِذَا شِئْتُ قَبَضْتُهُمَا

   Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam causes Me pain as he says: Woe be upon the Time. None of you should say this: Woe be upon the Time, as I am the Time (because) I alternate the day and the night, and when I wish I can finish them up.

4. Sahih Muslim 2246dIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ

   None of you should say: Woe be upon the Time, for verily Allah is the Time.

5. Sahih Muslim 2246eIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ تَسُبُّوا الدَّهْرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ

   Do not curse Time, for it is Allah Who is Time.

6. Sahih Muslim 2247aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ يَسُبُّ أَحَدُكُمُ الدَّهْرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلْعِنَبِ الْكَرْمَ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْمَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ

   None of you should abuse Time for it is Allah Who is the Time, and none of you should call 'Inab (grape) as al-karm, for karm is a Muslim person.

7. Sahih Muslim 2247bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ تَقُولُوا كَرْمٌ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْمَ قَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ

   Do not use the word karm (for wine) for worthy of respect is the heart of a believer.

8. Sahih Muslim 2247cIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ تُسَمُّوا الْعِنَبَ الْكَرْمَ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْمَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ

   Do not name grape as karm, for worthy of respect is a Muslim.

9. Sahih Muslim 2247dIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

   لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْكَرْمُ فَإِنَّمَا الْكَرْمُ قَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ

   None of you should use the word al-harin (for grape) for the heart of a believer is karm (worthy of respect).

10. Sahih Muslim 2247eIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلْعِنَبِ الْكَرْمَ إِنَّمَا الْكَرْمُ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ

    None of you should use the word al-karm for 'Inab, for karm (worthy of respect) is a Muslim person.

11. Sahih Muslim 2248aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ تَقُولُوا الْكَرْمُ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا الْحَبَلَةُ

    Do not say al-karm (for the word vine) but say al-habala (that is grape).

12. Sahih Muslim 2248bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ تَقُولُوا الْكَرْمُ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا الْعِنَبُ وَالْحَبَلَةُ

    This hadith has been reported by Alqama b. Wa'il on the authority of his father with a different chain of transmitters and with a slight variation of wording.

13. Sahih Muslim 2249aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي كُلُّكُمْ عَبِيدُ اللَّهِ وَكُلُّ نِسَائِكُمْ إِمَاءُ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ غُلاَمِي وَجَارِيَتِي وَفَتَاىَ وَفَتَاتِي

    None of you should say: My bondman and my slave-girl, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, and all your women are the slave-girls of Allah; but say: My servant, my girl, and my young man and my young girl.

14. Sahih Muslim 2249bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي فَكُلُّكُمْ عَبِيدُ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ فَتَاىَ وَلاَ يَقُلِ الْعَبْدُ رَبِّي وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي

    None of you should say: My bondman, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, but say: My young man, and the servant should not say: My Lord, but should say: My chief.

15. Sahih Muslim 2249cIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    وَلاَ يَقُلِ الْعَبْدُ لِسَيِّدِهِ مَوْلاَىَ وَزَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَإِنَّ مَوْلاَكُمُ اللَّهُ ﷻ

    My Lord, and Abu Mu'awiya made an addition:" For it is Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Who is your Lord."

16. Sahih Muslim 2249dIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمُ اسْقِ رَبَّكَ أَطْعِمْ رَبَّكَ وَضِّئْ رَبَّكَ وَلاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ رَبِّي وَلْيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي مَوْلاَىَ وَلاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي أَمَتِي وَلْيَقُلْ فَتَاىَ فَتَاتِي غُلاَمِي

    None of you should say: Supply drink to your lord, feed your lord, help your lord in performing ablution, and none of you should say: My Lord. He should say: My chief, my patron; and none of you should say: My bondman, my slave-girl, but simply say: My boy, my girl, my servant.

17. Sahih Muslim 2250aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي

    None of you should say: "My soul has become evil," but he should say: "My soul has become remorseless." This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr with a slight variation of wording.

18. Sahih Muslim 2250bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ

    This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abia Mu'iwiya with the same chain of transmitters.

19. Sahih Muslim 2251In al-Bukhari or Muslim

    لاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي وَلْيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي

    None of you should say:" My soul has become evil," but he should say:" My soul has become remorseless."

20. Sahih Muslim 2252aIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَصِيرَةٌ تَمْشِي مَعَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ فَاتَّخَذَتْ رِجْلَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَخَاتَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُغْلَقٍ مُطْبَقٍ ثُمَّ حَشَتْهُ مِسْكًا وَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ الطِّيبِ فَمَرَّتْ بَيْنَ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا فَقَالَتْ بِيَدِهَا هَكَذَا وَنَفَضَ شُعْبَةُ يَدَهُ

    There was a woman from Bani Isra'il who was short-statured and she walked in the company of two tall women with wooden sandals in her feet and a ring of gold made of plates with musk filled in them and then looked up, and musk is the best of scents; then she walked between two women and they (the people) did not recognise her, and she made a gesture with her hand like this, and Shu'ba shook his hand in order to give an indication how she shook her hand.

21. Sahih Muslim 2252bIn al-Bukhari or Muslim

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَشَتْ خَاتَمَهَا مِسْكًا وَالْمِسْكُ أَطْيَبُ الطِّيبِ

    Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a mention of a woman of Bana Isra'il who had filled her ring with musk and musk is the most fragrant of the scents.

22. Sahih Muslim 2253In al-Bukhari or Muslim

    مَنْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ رَيْحَانٌ فَلاَ يَرُدُّهُ فَإِنَّهُ خَفِيفُ الْمَحْمِلِ طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ

    He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and pleasant in odour.

23. Sahih Muslim 2254In al-Bukhari or Muslim

    كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ اسْتَجْمَرَ بِالأَلُوَّةِ غَيْرِ مُطَرَّاةٍ وَبِكَافُورٍ يَطْرَحُهُ مَعَ الأَلُوَّةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَسْتَجْمِرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

    This is how Messenger of Allah ﷺ fumigated.