MaliksMuwattaBook47.Good Character
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 1.
Section:GoodCharacter.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Muadh ibn Jabal said, “The last advice the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave me when I put my footinthestirrupwasthathesaid,‘Makeyourcharactergoodforthepeople,Muadhibn Jabal!’”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 2.
Section:GoodCharacter.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not have to choose betweentwomatters,butthathechosetheeasierof themaslongasitwasnotawrong action. If it was a wrong action, he was the furthest of people from it. The Messenger of Allah,mayAllahblesshim and grant him peace, didnot take revengefor himself unless the limits of Allah were violated. Then he took revenge for it for Allah.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 3.
Section:GoodCharacter.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromAliibnHusaynibnAliibnAbiTalib thattheMessengerofAllah,may Allahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,“Partof the excellence of a man’s Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 4.
Section:GoodCharacter.
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A man asked permission to come in to seetheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace.Iwaswithhimin the house and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘He is an evil member of his tribe.’ Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave him permission.”
A’isha continued, “It was not long before I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughing with him. When the man left, I said, ‘MessengerofAllah,yousaidwhatyousaidabouthim,andthenbeforelongyouwere laughingwithhim.’TheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace, replied, ‘Among the most evil of people is the one whom people are cautious with because of his evil.’”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 5.
Section:GoodCharacter.
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle, Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his fatherthatKabal-Ahbarsaid,“IfyouwanttoknowwhataslavehaswithhisLord,then look at whatever good praise follows him.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 6.
Section:GoodCharacter.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatYahyaibnSaidsaid,“Ihaveheardthatbyhisgood character a man can reach the degree of the one who stands in prayer at night and the one who is thirsty from fasting in the heat of the day.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber7.
Section:GoodCharacter.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he heard Said ibn al- Musayyab say, “Shall Itell you what is better thanmuch prayer and sadaqa?”They said,“Yes.”Hesaid,“Mendingdiscord.Andbewareofhatred–itstripsyou(ofyour deen).”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 8.
Section:GoodCharacter.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthathehadheardthattheMessengerofAllah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I was sent to perfect good character.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 9.
Section:Modesty.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Salama ibn Safwan ibn Salama az-Zuraqi that Zayd ibn Talha ibn Rukana, who attributed it to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said,‘Everydeenhasaninnatecharacter.ThecharacterofIslamismodesty.’”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 10.
Section:Modesty.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromSalimibnAbdullahfromAbdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passedbyamanwhowaschidinghisbrotheraboutmodesty.TheMessengerofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Leave him. Modesty is part of iman.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47,HadithNumber 11.
Section:Anger.
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that a man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said,“MessengerofAllah,teachmesomewordswhich Icanliveby.Donotmakethem too much for me, lest I forget.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not be angry.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 12.
Section:Anger.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu HurayrathattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,“A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person who contains himself when he is angry.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 13.
Section:ShunningPeople.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari that the Messengerof Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is not halal for a muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights, that is theymeet,andthisoneturnsawayandthatoneturnsaway.Thebetterofthetwoisthe one who says the greeting first.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 14.
Section:ShunningPeople.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not be angry with each other and do not envy each other and do not turn away from each other, and beslavesofAllah,brothers.Itisnothalalforamuslimtoshunhisbrotherformorethan three nights.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 15.
Section:ShunningPeople.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbu’z-Zinadfromal-ArajfromAbuHurayrathatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Beware of suspicion. Suspicion is the most untrue speech. Do not spy and do not eavesdrop. Do not compete with each other and do not envy each other and do not hate each otherand do not shun each other. Be slaves of Allah, brothers.”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 16.
Section:ShunningPeople.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ata ibn Abi Muslim that Abdullah al-Khurasani said,“TheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,‘Shake
handsandrancourwilldisappear.Givepresentstoeachotherandloveeachotherand enmity will disappear.’”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber17.
Section:ShunningPeople.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu HurayrathattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said, “Thedoors of theGarden areopenedon MondayandThursday. Everymuslim slave who does not associate anything with Allah is forgiven except for the man who has
enmitybetweenhimandhisbrother.Itissaid,‘Leavethesetwountiltheyhavemadea reconciliation. Leave these two until they have made a reconciliation.’”
MALIKSMUWATTABOOK47.GOODCHARACTER
MaliksMuwatta Book 47, HadithNumber 18.
Section:ShunningPeople.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam from Abu Salih as- SammanthatAbuHurayrasaid,“Theactionsofpeoplearepresentedtwiceeachweek, on Monday and Thursday. Every trusting slave is forgiven except for a slave who has enmitybetweenhimandhisbrother.Itissaid,‘Leavethesetwountiltheyturnintawba. Leave these two until they turn in tawba.’”a
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