[The Book of Righteousness and Maintaining Family Ties] - Libri i Bamirësisë dhe Lidhjeve Farefisnore - [كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ]

13389 - On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The pleasure of the Lord is in the pleasure of the parent, and the wrath of the Lord is in the wrath of the parent."

13390 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever is pleased that his life be extended and his provision be increased, let him be dutiful to his parents and maintain his ties of kinship."

13391 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Obedience to Allah is obedience to the father, and disobedience to Allah is disobedience to the father."

And on the authority of Mu'adh ibn Anas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever is dutiful to his parents, glad tidings are for him; Allah shall increase his lifespan."

13393 - And on the authority of Rafi' bin Makith—who was among those who witnessed Al-Hudaybiyyah—that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Righteousness is an increase in lifespan, and charity prevents an ill death."

13394 - And from Buraydah, that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I carried my mother on my neck for two leagues in intense midday heat; if a piece of meat were thrown upon the ground, it would have been cooked. Have I fulfilled the gratitude due to her?" He replied: "Perhaps it may be for a single labor pain."

13395 - And on his authority, that a man was performing the circumambulation (Tawaf) while carrying his mother, so he asked the Prophet (pbuh): "Have I fulfilled her right?" He replied: "No, not even for a single pang [of childbirth]." Or as he said.

13396 - And on the authority of 'Aishah, she said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) accompanied by an elderly man, and he said to him: "O so-and-so, who is this with you?" He replied: "My father." He said: "Then do not walk in front of him, do not sit before he does, do not call him by his name, and do not cause him to be insulted."

13397 - And on the authority of Abu Ghassan al-Dabbi, who said: I went out walking with my father on the outskirts of al-Harrah, and Abu Hurairah met me and said to me: "Who is this?" I said: "My father." He said: "Do not walk in front of your father, but rather walk behind him or by his side, and do not let anyone come between you and him, and do not walk upon a roof while your father is beneath it, and do not eat from a piece of meat on a bone that your father has looked at, for perhaps he has desired it." I said: And it comes in its entirety in [the chapter on] Disobedience.

13398 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: A man emigrated from Yemen to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "You have emigrated from polytheism, but this is Jihad. Are your parents in Yemen?" He replied: "Yes." He (pbuh) asked: "Did they give you permission?" He said: "No." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said: "Return to your parents [and ask their permission]; if they grant it, [then proceed], otherwise, be dutiful to them."

13399 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'I long to perform Jihad but I am unable to do so.' He said: 'Is anyone from your parents still living?' He said: 'My mother.' He said: 'Then show Allah excellence in being dutiful to her. If you do that, you shall have the reward of a performer of Hajj, a performer of 'Umrah, and a Mujahid (striver in Jihad). So, when your mother is pleased with you, then fear Allah and be dutiful to her.'"

13400 - And from Mu'awiya bin Jahima, from his father, who said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to consult him regarding Jihad, so the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Do you have parents?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Stay with them, for Paradise is beneath their feet.'"

13401 - And on the authority of Talha bin Mu'awiya al-Sulami, who said: "I came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I desire to perform Jihad in the path of Allah. He asked: 'Is your mother alive?' I said: Yes. The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Stay at her feet, for there is Paradise.'"

13402 - And from Nu'aym, the freed slave of Umm Salama, who said: "Ibn Umar set out for Hajj, until he was between Mecca and Medina, he came to a tree and recognized it, so he sat under it and then said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) under this tree when a young man approached from this mountain pass until he stood before the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to strive in Jihad with you in the path of Allah, seeking thereby the Face of Allah and the Abode of the Hereafter." He said: "Are both of your parents alive?" He replied: "Yes." He said: "Then return and be dutiful to them." So he turned back, returning from where he had come.'"

13403 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Be dutiful to your fathers, and your children will be dutiful to you; and be chaste, and your women will be chaste."

13404 - And on the authority of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Remain chaste, and your women will be chaste; and be dutiful to your fathers, and your children will be dutiful to you." So he mentioned the hadith, and it is in its entirety in the Chapter of Apologizing in the Book of Etiquette.

13405 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, that he was present with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and the first thing he uttered was his saying: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, enjoins you to be dutiful to your mothers." Then he mentioned the [remainder of the] Hadith.

13406 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, to whom should I be most dutiful?' He said: 'Your mother.' She said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.' She said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.' She said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your father.'"

13407 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Sa'id, who said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have a family, a mother, and a father; so which of them is most entitled to my kind treatment?' He replied: 'Your mother and your father, and your sister and your brother, then those closest to you, then those closest to you.'"

13408 - And on the authority of Usamah bin Shariq, who said: "I witnessed the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) during the Farewell Pilgrimage while he was saying: 'Your mother, your father, your sister, and your brother, then those nearest to you, then those nearest to you.'" It was narrated by At-Tabarani, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal, and he is trustworthy and reliable.

13409 - And on the authority of Jabir—meaning Ibn Samurah—who said: "The Prophet (pbuh) ascended the pulpit and said: 'Amin, Amin, Amin.' He said: 'Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to me and said: O Muhammad, whoever reaches the lifetime of one of his parents and then dies, and enters the Fire—may Allah distance him; so say: Amin. I said: Amin. He said: O Muhammad, whoever reaches the month of Ramadan and then dies, and was not forgiven so he was entered into the Fire—may Allah distance him; say: Amin. So I said: Amin. He said: And whoever you are mentioned in his presence and he does not send blessings upon you, and then dies and enters the Fire—may Allah distance him. Say: Amin. So I said: Amin.'"

13410 - And on the authority of Malik ibn 'Amr al-Qushayri, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Whoever manumits a Muslim slave, it shall be his ransom from the Fire. And whoever reaches one of his parents and then is not forgiven, may Allah distance him." And in another narration: "and cast him far away."

13411 - From Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Three individuals from among the people of the past went out seeking provision for their families. Rain overtook them, so they entered a cave, and a rock fell over it, shifting until they could not see even a crack through it. Some of them said to others: 'The rock has fallen and the tracks are effaced, and none knows your location except Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. So supplicate to Allah, the Exalted, by your most trustworthy deeds.' He said: A man among them said: 'O Allah, if You know that I had two parents, and I used to milk for them into their vessel and bring it to them; and if I found them sleeping, I would stand at their heads, loathing to disturb their sleep, until they woke up, whenever they woke up. O Allah, if You know that I only did that seeking Your mercy and fearing Your punishment, then grant us relief.' He said: So a third of the rock moved away. The other said: 'O Allah, if You know that I hired a laborer for a task he performed, and he came to me seeking his wage while I was angry, so I rebuked him; he then departed and left his wage. I collected it and invested it until it became all of this wealth. Then he came to me seeking his wage, and I handed all of it over to him, though if I had wished, I would not have given him anything but his original wage. O Allah, if You know that I only did that seeking Your mercy and fearing Your punishment, then grant us relief.' So another third of the rock moved away. The third said: 'O Allah, if You know that a man was infatuated with a woman and offered her a sum of money, then when he gained power over her, he spared her and gave her the money. O Allah, if You know that I only did that seeking Your mercy and fearing Your punishment, then grant us relief.' So the rock moved away and they went out walking freely."

13412 - And from Al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) mentioning Al-Raqim. He said: "Indeed, three individuals were in a cave when a part of the mountain fell over the entrance of the cave, thus sealing them within. One of them said: 'Recall which of you has performed a good deed; perhaps Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, by His mercy will have mercy upon us.' One of them said: 'I once performed a good deed: I had laborers working for me, and some workers came to me. I hired every man among them for a known wage. One day, a man came to me at midday, so I hired him on the same terms as his companions. He worked for the remainder of his day just as one of them had worked for his entire day. I felt it was my obligation in honor not to diminish what I had hired his companions for, due to the effort he exerted in his work. One of the other men said: "Are you giving this one the same as you gave me?" I said: "O servant of Allah, I have not defrauded you of anything from your agreed terms; rather, this is my wealth, and I judge with it as I wish."' He said: 'So he became angry, went away, and left his wages.' He said: 'So I placed his due in a corner of the house for as long as Allah willed. Later, some cattle passed by me, so I bought a heifer with it, and it multiplied as much as Allah willed. After a while, a weak old man whom I did not recognize passed by me and said: "Indeed, I have a right with you." He reminded me of it until I recognized him, and I said: "It is you I seek! This is your right." I presented them all to him. He said: "O servant of Allah, do not mock me; if you will not give it to me as charity, then give me my right." He said: "By Allah, I am not mocking you; it is truly your right, and I have nothing of it." So I handed them all over to him. O Allah, if You know that I did that for Your sake, then grant us relief.' He said: 'So the mountain cracked until they could see out from it and perceive.' Another said: 'I once performed a good deed: I possessed extra wealth, and the people were struck by hardship. A woman came to me seeking a favor, and I said: "By Allah, nothing less than yourself." She refused me and went away, then she returned and reminded me of Allah, but I refused her and said: "No, by Allah, nothing less than yourself." She refused me and went away and mentioned that to her husband. He said to her: "Give yourself to him and provide for your children." So she returned to me and adjured me by Allah, but I refused her and said: "By Allah, nothing less than yourself." When she saw that, she surrendered herself to me. When I had uncovered her and intended to proceed with her, she trembled beneath me. I said to her: "What is the matter with you?" She said: "I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds." I said to her: "You feared Him in hardship, yet I did not fear Him in ease?" So I left her and gave her what was rightfully hers because I had uncovered her. O Allah, if You know that was for Your sake, then grant us relief.' So the mountain cracked until they recognized their situation and it became clear to them. The other said: 'I once performed a good deed: I had two very elderly parents, and I had sheep. I used to feed and give drink to my parents, then return to my sheep.' He said: 'One day I was caught in the rain, which detained me, and I did not leave until evening. I came to my family, took my milking vessel, and milked while my sheep were standing. I went to my parents and found them both asleep. It was difficult for me to wake them, and it was difficult for me to leave my sheep. I did not cease sitting with my milking vessel upon my hands until the morning light woke them, then I gave them both to drink. O Allah, if I did that for Your sake, then grant us relief."' Al-Nu'man said: 'It is as if I am hearing this from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh).' He said: 'The mountain yielded, so Allah granted them relief and they came out.'"

13413 - And on the authority of Al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There were three people walking in the rain from the sky when they passed by a cave and said: 'If only you would take shelter in this cave.' So they sought shelter in it, and while they were inside, a rock fell from the mountain—of those that descend out of fear of Allah—until it blocked the cave. Then some of them said to others: 'You will certainly not find [anything] better than for every man among you to supplicate by the best deed he has ever performed.' One of them said: 'O Allah, [indeed I] was a man who was a farmer and I had laborers. Among them was a man who did the work of two men, so I gave him his wage as I gave the other laborers. He said: "I do the work of two men and you give me the wage of one man?" Then he departed in anger and left his wage with me. I sowed it separately and it was multiplied, then I sowed it and it was multiplied, then I sowed it and it was multiplied, until the grain became abundant and formed heaps. Then the man fell into need and came to me, asking for his wage, so I said: "Go to those heaps, for they are your wage." He said: "Are you treating me unjustly and mocking me?" I said: "I am not mocking you." So he went and took it. O Allah, if You know that I did that out of fear of You and seeking Your Countenance, then relieve us.' He said: 'The rock cracked, and a great opening appeared from it.'" Then he mentioned the Hadith in a manner similar to what preceded.

13414 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three people set out returning to their families. He said: Then rain overtook them, so they sought refuge in a cave. He said: Then a rock fell upon them—I think he said: from the mouth of the cave—and it blocked the mouth of the cave against them, but it fell in a manner that it was apart from them. He said: So the group said to one another: 'The traces have been erased and the rock has fallen, and no one knows your location except Allah the Almighty. So come, let every man among you supplicate by the most reliable deed he has performed for the sake of Allah, Mighty and Majestic; perhaps He will deliver you from your place.' One of them said: 'O Allah, if You know that I was dutiful to my parents, and that I brought my sheep back to rest one night, and I used to milk for my parents and then bring it to them while they were lying on their bed, until I would give them to drink with my own hands; and indeed I came to them one of those nights and brought their drink, but I found that they had already fallen asleep, and I began to desire for them their sleep, yet I disliked to wake them, and I disliked to return with the drink lest they wake up and not find me with them. So I remained standing in my place at their heads like that until it was morning. O Allah, if You know that I did that seeking Your Face, then grant us relief.' He said: Then a third of the rock moved—or a similar word—opening up. They said to the other: 'Iha'—meaning: speak. He said: So the second said: 'O Allah, if You know that I loved a daughter of a paternal uncle of mine with an intense love—and I think he said:—I proposed to her family but they refused me, until I provided for her what I agreed upon between myself and her. Then I called for her and was alone with her, and I sat from her in the position a man sits from a woman, and she said: It is not lawful for you to break the seal except by its right. So I withdrew into myself and I left her right to her as well as herself. O Allah, if You know that I did that seeking Your Face, then grant us relief.' He said: Then it moved—or a similar word—opening up. And they said to the third: 'Iha'—meaning: speak. He said: 'O Allah, if You know that a worker worked for me for a sa' (measure) of food, then the worker departed and did not take his sa'. It was withheld from me for a long period of time, and I set about with his sa' tilling it, until from that sa' there gathered many cattle, many sheep, and much wealth. And indeed that worker came to me after a time seeking the sa' of food, and I said to him: Indeed, that sa' of yours of food has become much wealth, many sheep, and many cattle, so take all of this, for it is from that sa'. He said to me: Are you mocking me? I said to him: No, by Allah, but it is the truth. So he departed with it, driving all the wealth. O Allah, if You know that I did that seeking Your Face, then grant us relief.' Then the rock split and fell, and they went out walking."

13415 - And from Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three individuals set out for a need of theirs and took shelter in a mountain, and it fell upon them [trapping them]. They said—meaning one to another—'O people, reflect upon the best of your deeds and supplicate to Allah by them; perhaps Allah will grant you relief.' One of them said: 'O Allah, I once had a female friend whom I used to visit frequently, but I left her out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure. If You know that I did so, then grant us relief.' He said: The mountain cracked open for them until they hoped to exit, but they were unable to exit. The second said: 'O Allah, I had laborers who performed a work—I believe he said—and each one of them took his wage, but one of them left his wage, asserting that his wage was more than the wages of his companions. So I set aside his wage from my wealth until it became [invested as] wealth and livestock. He then came to me after he had become poor and aged and said: "I remind you of Allah regarding my wage, for I am in the greatest need of it." So I went above a house and showed him what Allah had caused to grow for him from his wage in terms of wealth and livestock in the open land—meaning in the wilderness—and I said: "This is yours." He said: "Why do you mock me, may Allah rectify you? I was asking you for less than this, and you refuse me [even that]." Then, O Lord, I gave it to him out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure. If You know that I did so, then grant us relief.' The mountain cracked open for them, but they were still unable to exit. The third said: 'O Lord, I had two elderly, poor parents; they had no servant, shepherd, or guardian other than me. I would graze for them by day and return to them by night. The pasture became distant, so I went far with the livestock, and I came to them—meaning one night—after a portion of the night had passed and they had fallen asleep. I milked into the vessel, then I sat at their heads—meaning with the vessel—disliking to wake them until they woke up on their own. O Allah, if You know that I did that out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure, then grant us relief.' The mountain then cracked open, and they went out."

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), a young man appeared before us from a mountain pass. When he drew near to us, we said: 'If only this young man had dedicated his strength and youth in the cause of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) overheard our remark and said: 'Is no one considered to be in the cause of Allah except he who is killed? Whoever strives for his parents is in the cause of Allah, and whoever strives to accumulate wealth ostentatiously is in the path of the Taghut.'"

13417 - On the authority of 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, that Qutaylah bint 'Abd al-'Uzza sent word to her daughter, Asma' bint Abi Bakr—and Abu Bakr had divorced her during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance—and she sent gifts including dried curd and clarified butter. She [Asma'] refused to accept her gift or to admit her into her house, so she sent word to 'A'ishah to ask the Prophet (pbuh). The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Let her admit her into her house and let her accept her gift." And Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: {Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion} [Al-Mumtahanah: 8], the verse.

13418 - And on the authority of Aisha and Asma that they both said: "Our mother came to us in Medina while she was a polytheist, during the truce that was between Quraysh and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, our mother has come to us seeking [connection], should we maintain ties with her?' He said: 'Yes, both of you maintain ties with her.'"

On the authority of 'Imran bin Husayn, who said: "We were discussing righteousness in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he began to narrate to us, saying: 'Among the nations before you, there was a man, a worshiper and the dweller of a hermitage who was called Jurayj. He had a woman—or a mother—who used to come to him and call him, and he would look down at her and speak to her. One day, she came to him while he was in his prayer, devoted to it, and she called him'—and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) imitated her by placing his hand on his forehead—'and she began calling him while raising her head toward him and placing her hand on her forehead, saying: "O Jurayj! O Jurayj!" three times. Each time, Jurayj would say: "O my Lord, my mother or my prayer?" She became angry and said: "O Allah, do not let Jurayj die until he has looked into the faces of prostitutes." He said: 'And the daughter of the king of the village reached maturity, became pregnant, and gave birth to a boy. They said to her: "Who did this to you? Who is your partner?" She said: "It is from the dweller of the hermitage, Jurayj." Before long, Jurayj heard axes at the base of his hermitage, and he began to ask them: "Woe to you, what is the matter with you?" But they did not answer him. When he saw that, he took a rope and descended. They began to pull him by his nose and strike him, saying: "O hypocrite, you deceive the people with your deeds!" He said: "Woe to you, what is the matter with you?" They said: "The daughter of the master of the village, the king's daughter, whom you have made pregnant." He said: "I did not do it." They said: "She has given birth to a boy." He asked: "Is the boy alive?" They said: "Yes." He said: "Turn away from me." So he turned away and prayed two rak'ahs, then he walked to a tree and took a branch from it. Then he went to the boy while he was in his cradle, struck him with that branch, and said: "O little one, who is your father?" The boy said: "My father is so-and-so, the shepherd." They said: "If you wish, we will rebuild your hermitage for you with gold, and if you wish, with silver." He said: "Restore it as it was."' Abu Harb maintained that only three spoke in the cradle: Jesus the son of Mary, the witness of Joseph, and the companion of Jurayj."

13420 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There was a man among the Children of Israel named Jurayj, who used to devote himself to worship in his hermitage. One day, his mother came to him and called out to him, saying: 'O Jurayj, [O my son], look down upon me so that I may speak to you; I am your mother, look down [upon me].' He said: 'O my Lord, my mother or my prayer?' and he turned toward his prayer. She then returned and called him [repeatedly], saying: 'O Jurayj, O my son, look down upon me.' He said: 'O my Lord, my mother or my prayer?' and he turned toward his prayer. She then said: 'O Allah, do not let him die until he sees the face of a prostitute.' There was a shepherdess who used to graze sheep for her family and then seek shelter in the shade of his hermitage. She committed an act of indecency and became pregnant. When she was seized—and it was their custom that whoever committed adultery was killed—they asked: 'By whom?' She said: 'By Jurayj, the man of the hermitage.' So they came with axes and shovels and said: 'O Jurayj, O hypocrite [then they said], come down!' But he refused and continued attending to his prayer. They then began to demolish his hermitage, and when he saw that, he came down. They placed a rope around his neck and her neck and began parading them both among the people. He placed his finger on her womb and said: 'O so-and-so, who is your father?' The infant said: 'My father is so-and-so, the shepherd of the sheep.' They then kissed him and said: 'If you wish, we will rebuild your hermitage from gold and silver.' He replied: 'Rebuild it from clay as it was before.'"

13421 - And from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There was a man among the Children of Israel who was a merchant, and he would lose [wealth] at one time and gain at another. He said: 'There is no good in this trade; I shall seek a trade that is better than this.' So he built a monk's cell and devoted himself to worship therein." He [the narrator] said: Then he mentioned the like of it.

13422 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah named them 'Al-Abrar' (the righteous) because they were dutiful to their fathers, mothers, and children. Just as your parents have a right over you, likewise your child has a right over you."

13423 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever performs Hajj on behalf of his parents or settles a debt for them, Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Resurrection with the righteous."

13424 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Assist your children in righteousness; whoever wishes can elicit disobedience from his child."

13425 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever fulfills their oath, pays off their debt, and does not cause them to be insulted, shall be recorded as dutiful even if he was undutiful during their lifetime; and whoever does not fulfill their oath, does not pay off their debt, and causes them to be insulted, shall be recorded as undutiful even if he was dutiful during their lifetime."

13426 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is part of righteousness to maintain ties with your father's friend."

And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Maintain the affection of your father and do not sever it, lest Allah extinguish your light."

13428 - On the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "He has not been dutiful to his father who directs a sharp gaze at him in anger."

13429 - On the authority of 'Amr ibn Murrah al-Juhani, who said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have testified that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah, I have prayed the five daily prayers, I have paid the zakat of my wealth, and I have fasted [the month of] Ramadan.' So the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Whoever dies upon this will be with the Prophets, the Truthful, and the Martyrs on the Day of Resurrection like this'—and he raised his two fingers—'as long as he is not undutiful to his parents.'"

13430 - And on the authority of Ma'qil ibn Yasar, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has disliked three things for you: disobedience to mothers, the burying of daughters alive, and withholding and demanding (refusing to give what is due and demanding what is not)."

13431 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three people Allah has forbidden from entering Paradise: the one addicted to intoxicants, the one who is undutiful to his parents, and the dayyuth (cuckold) who approves of lewdness in his family."

13432 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Three whom Allah will not look at on the Day of Resurrection: the one who is disobedient to his parents, the one addicted to intoxicants, and the one who reminds others of his giving. And three will not enter Paradise: the one who is disobedient to his parents, the dayyuth (one who lacks protective jealousy over his household), and the masculine woman." And in a narration: "The woman who assumes masculine behavior, imitating men."

13433 - And from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, he said: "We were with the Prophet (pbuh) when someone came to him and said: 'A young man is at the point of death. It was said to him: Say "There is no god but Allah," but he was unable to do so.' He [the Prophet] asked: 'Did he used to pray?' He replied: 'Yes.' So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stood up and we stood up with him. He entered upon the young man and said to him: 'Say: There is no god but Allah.' He replied: 'I cannot.' He asked: 'Why?' He [the narrator] said: 'He used to be undutiful to his parents.' The Prophet (pbuh) asked: 'Is his mother alive?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Call her.' They called her and she came. He said: 'Is this your son?' She said: 'Yes.' He said to her: 'What do you think, if a massive fire were kindled and it was said to you: "If you intercede for him, we will release him; otherwise, we will burn him with this fire," would you intercede for him?' She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then I would intercede.' He said: 'Then call Allah to witness and call me to witness that you are now pleased with him.' She said: 'O Allah, I call You to witness and I call Your Messenger to witness that I am now pleased with my son.' Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: 'O youth, say: There is no god but Allah, alone without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.' He said it, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Praise be to Allah, who saved him [through me] from the Fire.'"

13434 - And on the authority of Abu Ghassan al-Dabbi, who said: "I went out walking with my father in the area of al-Harrah, then Abu Hurayrah met me and said: 'Who is this?' I said: 'My father.' He said: 'Do not walk in front of him, rather walk behind him or at his side; do not let anyone come between you and him; do not walk upon a roof while your father is beneath it; and do not eat that which your father has cast his gaze upon, for perhaps he has desired it.' Then he said: 'Do you know Abdullah bin Khidash?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "His cheek in Hellfire shall be like Mount Uhud, and his molar shall be like al-Bayda'." Abu Hurayrah said: 'I asked: "And why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "He was undutiful to his parents."'"

13435 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The fragrance of Paradise is sensed from a distance of five hundred years, yet its scent will not be found by one who reminds others of his favors regarding his deeds, nor by one who is undutiful to his parents, nor by a habitual wine-drinker."

13436 - And on the authority of Jabir [bin 'Abdullah], who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to us while we were gathered and said: "O assembly of Muslims, fear Allah and maintain your ties of kinship, for indeed, there is no reward swifter than the reward for maintaining ties of kinship. And beware of disobedience to parents, for the fragrance of Paradise is perceived from a journey of a thousand years, and by Allah, neither the one disobedient to parents nor the one who severs ties of kinship shall find it. And [beware of] transgression, for there is no punishment swifter than the punishment for transgression [nor for the one who severs ties of kinship], nor for an elderly adulterer, nor for one who drags his garment out of pride; for indeed, majesty belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And all lying is a sin except that by which you benefit a believer or ward off a sin. And indeed, in Paradise there is a market in which nothing is bought or sold, and there is nothing in it except forms; so whoever desires a form of a man or a woman shall enter into it."

13437 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever claims lineage to other than his father, or attributes himself to other than his patrons out of aversion to them, then upon him is the curse of Allah; and whoever insults his parents or his father, the same applies; and whoever invokes a name other than Allah’s, the same applies; and whoever violates anything of the boundaries of Makkah, the same applies; and whoever attributes to me what I did not say, the same applies."

13438 - On the authority of Kulayb al-Juhani—and he was a Companion—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The eldest among the siblings is in the position of the father."

13439 - On the authority of Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three are suspended from the Throne on the Day of Resurrection: Kinship, which says, 'O Allah, I am by You, so let me not be severed.' Trust, which says, 'O Allah, I am by You, so let me not be betrayed.' And Blessing, which says, 'O Allah, I am by You, so let me not be denied.'"

13440 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Indeed, the womb (kinship) is a branch from the All-Merciful. It says: O Lord, I have been severed; O Lord, I have been mistreated; O Lord, I have been wronged; O Lord, O Lord! So He responds to it: Are you not satisfied that I maintain ties with whoever maintains ties with you, and I sever ties with whoever severs ties with you?"

13441 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, narrating from the Prophet (pbuh): "Indeed, kinship is a branch intertwined, clinging to the waist of the Most Merciful; He maintains ties with whoever maintains it and severs ties with whoever severs it."

13442 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'As, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The womb (kinship) will be placed on the Day of Resurrection, having a hook like the hook of a spindle, speaking with an eloquent and fluent tongue; it will join those who joined it and sever those who severed it."

13443 - And on his authority, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the womb (kinship) is suspended from the Throne."

13444 - And on the authority of Sa'id ibn Zayd, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "Among the most excessive forms of usury is the defamation of a Muslim's honor without right; and indeed, this kinship (the womb) is a branch from the Most Merciful, so whoever severs it, Allah has forbidden Paradise for him."

13445 - And from Amir ibn Rabi'ah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah, the Exalted, said: 'The womb (kinship) is a branch from Me; so whoever maintains its ties, I shall maintain ties with him, and whoever severs its ties, I shall sever ties with him.'"

13446 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Kinship (al-Rahim) is a branch clinging to the waist of the Most Merciful, beseeching Him for its right. So He says: 'Would it not please you that I maintain ties with the one who maintains ties with you, and I sever ties with the one who severs ties with you? Whoever maintains ties with you has maintained ties with Me, and whoever severs ties with you has severed ties with Me.'"

13447 - And from Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah wrote in the Mother of the Book before He created the heavens and the earth: 'Verily, I am the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I created the womb (al-Rahim) and derived for it a name from My names. So whoever maintains its ties, I shall maintain ties with him, and whoever severs its ties, I shall sever ties with him.'"

13448 - And on the authority of Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said: "Indeed, the womb (kinship) is a hook-like branch clinging to the Throne, speaking with an eloquent tongue: 'O Allah, maintain ties with him who maintains ties with me, and sever ties with him who severs ties with me.' Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says: 'I am Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Ar-Rahim (The Most Merciful), [and indeed I] have derived for the womb (Ar-Rahim) a name from My Name; so whoever maintains it, I shall maintain ties with him, and whoever cuts it off, I shall cut him off.'"

13449 - And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The womb will call out on the Day of Resurrection: 'Indeed, whoever maintains me, Allah will maintain him, and whoever severs me, Allah will sever him.'" I said: He has a hadith narrated by Abu Dawud and others besides this one.

13450 - And from Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, the deeds of the children of Adam are presented every Thursday, the eve of Friday; and the deed of one who severs the ties of kinship is not accepted."

13451 - And on the authority of Al-A'mash, who said: Ibn Mas'ud was sitting in a circle after the morning prayer, and he said: "I adjure by Allah any severer of kinship ties that he should stand and leave us; for we intend to supplicate our Lord, and indeed the gates of heaven are closed against a severer of kinship ties."

13452 - And it is narrated from Abd Allah bin Abi Awfa that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the angels do not descend upon a people among whom is a severer of kinship ties."

13453 - And it is narrated from Jabir that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delivered a sermon and urged for the upholding of the ties of kinship."

13454 - And from a man from Khath'am who said: "I came to the Prophet (pbuh) while he was among a group of his companions and I said: 'Are you the one who claims that you are the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are most beloved to Allah?' He said: 'Faith in Allah.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then what?' He said: 'Then maintaining the bonds of kinship.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then what?' He said: 'Then enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are most hated by Allah?' He said: 'Associating partners with Allah.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then what?' He said: 'Then severing the bonds of kinship.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then what?' He said: 'Then enjoining what is evil and forbidding what is good.'"

13455 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, from the Prophet (pbuh), whom he heard saying: "Indeed, charity and upholding the ties of kinship, Allah increases lifespan through them, and wards off through them an evil death, and Allah wards off through them that which is disliked and feared."

13456 - And on the authority of Abu Bakrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no sin more deserving that Allah hastens the punishment for its perpetrator, alongside what He stores for him in the Hereafter, than severing kinship ties, betrayal, and lying. Indeed, the quickest of righteous deeds to be rewarded is the upholding of kinship ties, to the extent that the members of a household may be poor, yet their wealth flourishes and their numbers increase if they maintain ties with one another."

13457 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah populates the dwellings through a people and causes their wealth to increase, even though He has not looked at them since He created them out of hatred for them." It was asked: "And how is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "By their maintaining the ties of kinship."

And on his authority, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no household whose members maintain ties with one another except that Allah causes provision to flow upon them, and they remain under the protection of Allah."

13459 - And on his authority, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Moisten your ties of kinship, even if only with a greeting."

And on the authority of [Abu] al-Tufayl, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Maintain your ties of kinship with the greeting [of peace]."

13461 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Learn from your lineages that which will enable you to maintain your ties of kinship."

And on the authority of Al-Ala' bin Kharija that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Learn of your lineages that which will enable you to uphold your ties of kinship, for indeed, upholding ties of kinship is a cause of love within the family, a source of increase in wealth, and an extension of the term of life."

13463 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the swiftest act of obedience to be rewarded is the upholding of ties of kinship; and indeed, the members of a household may be wicked, yet their wealth grows and their numbers increase if they uphold their ties of kinship."

13464 - And on the authority of 'Amr bin Sahl, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Upholding the ties of kinship is a cause for the enrichment of wealth, love among the family, and an extension of the lifespan."

13465 - And on the authority of Ali—meaning Ibn Abi Talib—from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Whoever would be pleased for his life to be extended, his provision to be increased, and an evil death to be averted from him, let him fear Allah and uphold his ties of kinship."

13466 - And on the authority of Aisha, that the Prophet (pbuh) said to her: "Indeed, whoever is given his share of gentleness has been given his share of the good of this world and the Hereafter; and maintaining kinship ties, good neighborliness, [and good character] prosper the lands and increase the lifespans."

And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "It is written in the Torah: Whoever would love for his lifespan to be extended and for his provision to be increased, let him maintain the ties of kinship."

13468 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda, who said: "They mentioned kinship in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and we said: 'Whoever maintains the ties of kinship, his life span is extended.' He said: 'It is not an actual increase in his lifespan; Allah said: "When their term comes, they cannot delay it for an hour, nor can they advance it" [Al-A'raf: 34]. Rather, it refers to the man who has righteous offspring who supplicate for him after his death, and that reaches him; so that is what is meant by his life span being extended.'"

13469 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: A severe crisis struck Quraysh until they ate decayed bones, and there was no one among Quraysh more affluent than the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to al-Abbas: "O uncle, your brother Abu Talib has a large family as you know, and Quraysh have been afflicted by what you see. So let us go to him so that we may relieve him of some of his dependents." They both went to him and said: "O Abu Talib, the condition of your people is as you see, and we know that you are one of them, so we have come to relieve you of some of your dependents." Abu Talib said: "Leave Aqil for me and do as you both wish." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) took Ali, and al-Abbas took Ja'far, and they remained with them until they were independent. Sulayman ibn Dawud said: "And Ja'far remained with al-Abbas until he departed for the land of Abyssinia as a migrant."

And from Jabir, that Juwayriyah said to the Prophet (pbuh): "I intend to emancipate this slave boy." He said: "Give him to your maternal uncle who is among the Bedouins to look after his livestock for him; for indeed, that will result in a greater reward for you."

13471 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have relatives with whom I maintain ties, yet they sever them; I forgive, yet they oppress me; and I do good, yet they treat me poorly. Shall I then repay them in kind?' He said: '[No], for then you would all be forsaken together. Rather, uphold excellence and maintain ties with them, for there will continue to be a supporting angel from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with you as long as you remain upon that.'"

13472 - And on the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: My close friend (pbuh) enjoined me that the blame of any blamer should not affect me for the sake of Allah, and he enjoined me to maintain the ties of kinship even if they turn away. Then he mentioned the hadith.

13473 - And on the authority of Abu Huraira, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three qualities, whoever possesses them, Allah will hold him to an easy account and admit him to Paradise by His mercy." They said: "And what are they, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you?" He said: "That you give to the one who deprived you, you maintain relations with the one who severed them with you, and you forgive the one who wronged you; if you do that, He will admit you into Paradise by His mercy."

13474 - On the authority of Jarir ibn Abdillah al-Bajali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no relative who comes to his relative and asks him for an abundance that Allah has granted him, and he is miserly toward him, except that Allah will bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection from Hell a snake called 'Shuja' that flickers its tongue, and it will be entwined around him like a collar."

13475 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whichever man is approached by his cousin asking him for some of his surplus wealth and he denies him, Allah will deny him His favor on the Day of Resurrection." I said: And he mentioned the hadith, and it is located in the chapters of sales.

13476 - From al-Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Uncle, your children are a contentious people, and the best of them is for the distant."

13477 - On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, every tree has a fruit, and the fruit of the heart is the child. Indeed, Allah does not show mercy to him who does not show mercy to his child. By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, none shall enter Paradise except the merciful." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, all of us show mercy." He said: "Mercy is not that one of you shows mercy to his companion; rather, mercy is to show mercy to all people."

13478 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The child is the fruit of the heart, and indeed, he is a cause for cowardice, stinginess, and sorrow."

On the authority of Al-Ash'ath bin Qays, who said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) as part of the delegation of Kinda, and he said to me: 'Do you have any children?' I said: 'A boy was born to me upon my departure to you from the daughter of Jamad, and I wish that in his place there was a meal to satisfy the people.' He said: 'Do not say that, for in them is a delight of the eye and a reward when they are taken (in death). Furthermore, though you said that, they are a cause for cowardice and a cause for grief; indeed, they are a cause for cowardice and a cause for grief.'"

13480 - And on the authority of al-Aswad ibn Khalaf, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he took Hasan and kissed him, then he turned towards them and said: "Indeed, a child is a cause for stinginess, ignorance, and cowardice."

13481 - And from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) on the pulpit delivering a sermon to the people, and Al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) came out with a cloth around his neck that he was dragging, and he tripped over it and fell on his face. So the Prophet (pbuh) descended from the pulpit intending to go to him, and when the people saw him, they took the boy and brought him to him. He took him and carried him and said: 'May Allah fight the Shaytan, indeed children are a trial. By Allah, by Allah, I did not realize that I had descended from the pulpit until I was brought him.'"

13482 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No boy is born into a household except that there arises among them an honor that did not exist before."

13483 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a girl is born, Allah—Mighty and Majestic—sends an angel to her who ushers in blessings abundantly, saying: 'A weak one who emerged from a weak one; the one who maintains her shall be assisted until the Day of Resurrection.' And when a boy is born, Allah sends an angel to him from heaven, who kisses between his eyes and says: 'Allah sends His greetings to you.'"

13484 - And from Nubayt—meaning Ibn Sharit—he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a daughter is born to a man, Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, sends angels who say: 'Peace be upon you, O people of the house.' They cover her with their wings and wipe their hands over her head, saying: 'A weak one emerged from a weak one; the one who maintains her shall be aided until the Day of Resurrection.'"

And from 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not dislike daughters, for they are the comforting, precious ones."

13486 - And on the authority of Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid, that the Prophet (pbuh) kissed Hasan, so Al-Aqra' bin Habis said to him: "Ten children have been born to me and I have never kissed a single one of them." So the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Allah does not show mercy to the one who does not show mercy to people."

13487 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whenever a father looks at his child and it brings him joy, the father shall have the reward of freeing a soul." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if he looks three hundred and sixty times?" He said: "Allah is greater."

13488 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The scent of a child is from the scent of Paradise."

13489 - And on the authority of Anas, "That a man was with the Prophet (pbuh), and a son of his came, so he kissed him and seated him on his thigh; and a little daughter of his came, and he seated her in front of him. So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Should you not have treated them equally?'"

13490 - On the authority of al-Muttalib ibn ‘Abdullah al-Makhzumi, who said: "I entered upon Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet (pbuh), and she said: 'O my son, shall I not narrate to you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?' I said: 'Yes, O mother.' She said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Whoever spends on two daughters, or two sisters, or two female relatives, seeking reward for the expenditure upon them until Allah enriches them from His bounty or suffices them, they shall be a shield for him from the Fire."'"

13491 - And on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever has three daughters, providing them shelter, treating them with mercy, and supporting them, Paradise is certainly guaranteed for him." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what if there are two?" He said: "Even if there are two." He [the narrator] said: "Some of the people thought that if someone had said 'one', he would have said 'one'."

13492 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever has two sisters and treats them with good companionship for as long as they remain with him, he will enter Paradise because of them."

13493 - And from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever sponsors an orphan, whether the orphan is a relative of his or not, he and I will be in Paradise like these two – and he joined his two fingers together – and whoever strives to support three daughters, he shall be in Paradise, and he shall have the reward of a mujahid in the cause of Allah who is fasting and standing in prayer."

13494 - And from Awf ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no Muslim who has three daughters and spends on them until they reach maturity or die, except that they shall be a shield for him from the Fire." A woman asked: "Or two?" He replied: "And two."

And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no one from my Ummah who has three daughters or three sisters and provides for them until they reach maturity, except that he will be with me in Paradise like this." And he joined his index and middle fingers together.

13496 - And on the authority of Abu al-Muhabbara, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever supports two daughters, or two sisters, or two maternal aunts, or two paternal aunts, or two grandmothers, he shall be with me in Paradise like these two" - and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) joined his index finger and the one next to it - "and if they are three, then he is burdened, and if they are four or five, then O servants of Allah, assist him, lend to him, and enter into business partnerships with him, enter into business partnerships with him."

13497 - And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas’ud—who said: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "Whoever has a daughter and disciplines her and excels in her discipline, and teaches her and excels in her teaching, and provides for her generously from the blessings of Allah which He has bestowed upon him, she shall be for him a protection and a shield from the Fire."

13498 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever has three daughters and maintains them, provides them shelter, and suffices them, Paradise becomes mandatory for him." We said: "And two?" He said: "And two." We said: "And one?" He said: "And one."

13499 - And from Anas that a woman entered upon Aisha while she had two daughters with her. He said: Aisha gave her three dates, so she gave each one of them a date, then she took a date to put it into her mouth. He said: Then the two children looked at her. He said: So she split it into two halves and gave each one of them a half, then she left. Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered, and Aisha informed him of what the woman had done - or was doing. He said: "She has indeed entered Paradise because of that."

13500 - And on the authority of Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali—may Allah be pleased with them both—who said: "A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) accompanied by her two sons and asked him for something. He gave her three dates, one date for each of them. She gave each of her sons a date and they ate them, then they looked at their mother. So, she split the remaining date into two halves and gave each of them half a date. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said: 'Allah has surely shown her mercy because of her mercy towards her two sons.'"

13501 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: Al-Abbas took his son Qutham and placed him on his chest while saying: "My beloved is Qutham, resembling the one with the noble, high-bridged nose; the Prophet (pbuh) of the Bestower of Blessings, in spite of whoever claims otherwise."

13502 - And on the authority of Sahl ibn Sa’d, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed by some children while they were playing with dirt, and some of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) forbade them. Thereupon he said: "Leave them, for indeed, dirt is the springtime of children."

13503 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "No father has gifted a child a gift better than good manners."

13504 - From Abu Jubayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The child is a master for seven years, a servant for seven years, and a minister for seven years. If you are pleased with his support for twenty-one years, [then well and good], otherwise strike him on his side, for you have indeed fulfilled your excuse to Allah the Mighty and Majestic."

13505 - On the authority of Sakhr bin Qudamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "After one hundred years, no newborn shall be born in whom Allah has any need."

13506 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever raises a child until he says: 'There is no god but Allah,' Allah will not call him to account."

13507 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'As, that a man complained to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about the poor state of his trade, so he said: "Raise something small." He asked him [for clarification], and he said: "A foal, or a young girl, or a young boy."

13508 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that a man complained to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about the hardness of his heart, so he said: "Stroke the head of the orphan and feed the needy."

13509 - And from Abu al-Darda, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) complaining about the hardness of his heart. He said, "Do you wish for your heart to soften and to attain your need? Be merciful to the orphan, stroke his head, and feed him from your food; your heart will soften and you will attain your need."

And from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet (pbuh) entered upon a woman from the tribe of Khath'am and said: "How do you find yourself?" She replied: "I do not see myself except as one dying from my ailment." The Prophet (pbuh) said: "I wished that you would not depart from the world until you had sponsored an orphan or equipped a warrior."

And from Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I and the one who cares for an orphan will be in Paradise like these two"—and he joined between his index finger and middle finger—"and the one who strives on behalf of the orphan, the widow, and the needy is like the mujahid in the cause of Allah, and like the one who fasts and stands [in prayer] without tiring."

13512 - And from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No orphan sits with a people at their bowl [of food] such that a devil approaches their bowl."

13513 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “Indeed, the most beloved of houses to Allah is a house in which an orphan is honored.”

13514 - And from Abu Umamah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever strokes the head of an orphan, and does not stroke it except for the sake of Allah, shall have good deeds for every hair over which his hand passed; and whoever is kind to a female or male orphan in his care, he and I shall be in Paradise like these two." And he separated his index and middle fingers.

13515 - And on the authority of ‘Amr ibn Malik al-Qushayri, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever takes an orphan from between two Muslim parents into his food and drink until Allah makes him independent, Paradise has become mandatory for him."

13516 - And on the authority of Zurarah bin Awfa, from a man of his people who is called Abu Malik, or Ibn Malik, who heard the Prophet (pbuh) say: "Whoever takes in an orphan from among the Muslims to share his food and drink until he is no longer in need of him, Paradise becomes absolutely mandatory for him. And whoever's parents, or one of them, reach old age in his presence and he does not treat them with dutiful kindness and then enters the Fire, may Allah distance him. And whichever Muslim man emancipates a Muslim slave, it shall be his ransom from the Fire."

13517 - And from Bashir bin ‘Aqrabah al-Juhani who said: "I met the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) on the day of Uhud and I said: 'What has happened to my father?' He said: 'He was martyred, may the mercy of Allah be upon him.' So I wept, and he took me and wiped my head, and carried me with him, and said: 'Are you not pleased that I should be your father and Aisha should be your mother?'"

13518 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, who said: "While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), a boy came to him and said: 'May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah! An orphan boy, an orphan sister of his, and a widowed mother of his; feed us, may Allah feed you from what you have, until we are satisfied.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said: 'How excellent is what you have said, O boy! Go to our household and bring us whatever food you find with them.' Bilal then brought twenty-one dates and placed them in the palm of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gestured with his palms toward his mouth, and we perceived that he was supplicating to Allah for blessing. Then he said: 'O boy, seven for you, seven for your mother, and seven for your sister; dine on one date and lunch on another.' When the boy departed from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), Mu'adh bin Jabal went to him, placed his hand on his head, and said: 'May Allah mend your orphanhood and make you a successor to your father.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'I have seen what you did for the boy, O Mu'adh.' He replied: 'O Messenger of Allah, it was out of mercy for the boy.' Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, no person among the Muslims takes charge of an orphan except that Allah the Exalted grants him a degree for every hair, gives him a good deed for every hair, and expiates a bad deed from him for every hair.'"

13519 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I am the first who will open the gate of Paradise, except that a woman will come rushing to precede me. I will say to her: 'What is the matter with you? And who are you?' She will say: 'I am a woman who remained devoted to orphans of mine.'"

13520 - And on his authority, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever sponsors an orphan, whether related to him or not related to him, then he and I will be in Paradise like these two," and he joined his two fingers together.

13521 - And on the authority of Adi bin Hatim, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever takes in an orphan, whether related to him or to someone else, until Allah makes him independent of him, Paradise becomes mandatory for him."

13522 - And from Ibn ‘Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever provides refuge for an orphan or two orphans, then remains patient and seeks reward from Allah, he and I shall be in Paradise like these two." And he gestured with his index and middle fingers.

13523 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I and the one who takes care of an orphan will be in Paradise like these two."

13524 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever sponsors an orphan belonging to him or to another, Paradise becomes mandatory for him, unless he has committed a deed that is not forgiven."

13525 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who mentioned that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "There is no Muslim who takes an orphan from among Muslims to share in his food and drink except that he shall certainly be admitted into Paradise, unless he commits a sin that is not forgiven. And whoever has his two noble things taken away and remains patient and seeks reward from Allah, there shall be no reward for him except Paradise." It was asked: "And what are his two noble things?" He replied: "His two eyes." He said: "And whoever supports three daughters, educates them, marries them off, and refines their manners, Allah will admit him into Paradise." A man from among the Bedouins said: "Or two?" He replied: "Or two." Ibn Abbas said: "This is among the most precious and illustrious of Hadiths." I say: Al-Tirmidhi narrated part of it.

13526 - And it is narrated from a daughter of Murrah, from her father, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The caretaker of an orphan, whether the orphan is related to him or to another, if he fears Allah, will be with me in Paradise like these two," meaning the index finger and the middle finger.

13527 - And on the authority of Umm Sa'id bint 'Amr ibn Murrah al-Jumahiyyah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Whoever sponsors an orphan belonging to him or to someone else from among the people, I and he will be in Paradise like these two."

13528 - And on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, for what may I strike my orphan? He (pbuh) said: "For the same reasons you would strike your own child, provided you are not shielding your own wealth with his wealth, nor accumulating wealth from his wealth."

13529 - And on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman bin Abza, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Be to the orphan like a merciful father."

13530 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The orphan's head is wiped like this." Salih described that he placed his palm on the front of his head near his forehead, then moved it up to the middle of his head, then brought it down to the front of his head or to his forehead. "And whoever has a father [is wiped] like this." And he described it in al-Awsat similarly, except that he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If the boy is an orphan, then wipe his head like this - toward the front - and if he has a father, then wipe his head like this - toward the back from the front of his head."

13531 - On the authority of Abd Allah bin Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "The slave has three rights over his master: he should not hurry him from his prayer, he should not make him rise from his meal, and he should feed him until he is fully satiated."

13532 - On the authority of Nafi' bin 'Abd al-Harith, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Among the happiness of a person are a righteous neighbor, a comfortable mount, and a spacious dwelling."

13533 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wards off affliction from a hundred households among his neighbors by virtue of a single righteous Muslim." Then he recited: "And if it were not for Allah's repelling some people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted" [Al-Baqarah: 251].

13534 - And on the authority of Rafi' bin Khadij, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek the neighbor before the house, and the companion before the path."

13535 - On the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) recommending the neighbor, until I thought that he would soon make him an heir."

13536 - And on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Neighbors are of three types: a neighbor who has one right, and he is the lowest of neighbors [in terms of rights]; a neighbor who has two rights; and a neighbor who has three rights. As for the one who has one right, it is a polytheist neighbor with whom there is no kinship; he has the right of neighborliness. As for the one who has two rights, it is a Muslim neighbor who has the right of Islam and the right of neighborliness. As for the one who has three rights, it is a Muslim neighbor who is a relative; he has the right of Islam, the right of neighborliness, and the right of kinship."

13537 - And on the authority of Sa'id ibn Zayd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The neighbor has a right."

13538 - And from a man from the Ansar who said: "I went out with my family intending to see the Prophet (pbuh), and behold, he was standing, and there was a man facing him. I thought that they had some business, so I sat down. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) remained standing until I began to feel compassion for him because of the length of the standing. Then the man departed, so I went to him and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this man kept you standing for so long that I began to feel compassion for you from the length of the standing?' He said: 'Do you know who this was?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'That was Gabriel (pbuh); he continued to enjoin the rights of the neighbor upon me until I thought he would make him an heir. Truly, had you greeted him, he would have returned the greeting to you.'"

13539 - And from Muhammad ibn Salamah, who said: "I passed by and behold, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was on As-Safa, placing his cheek against a man. I had not stayed long before the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) called me and said: 'O Muhammad ibn Maslamah, what prevented you from offering the greeting of peace?' Muhammad ibn Maslamah replied: 'O Messenger of Allah, I saw you doing something with this man that you have not done with any other person, so I disliked to interrupt your conversation. Who was he, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'It was Gabriel (peace be upon him).' He asked: 'What did he say?' He said: 'He continued to enjoin upon me the rights of the neighbor until I thought he would command me to include him in the inheritance.'"

13540 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: "A man came while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and Gabriel were praying where the funeral prayers are performed. The man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who is this man whom I saw with you?' He said: 'And did you see him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'You have indeed seen much goodness; this is Gabriel (pbuh). He continued to enjoin upon me the rights of the neighbor until I thought that he would soon make him an heir.'"

13541 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Jibril continued to enjoin me regarding the neighbor until I thought that he would soon make him an heir."

And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Gabriel continued to enjoin me regarding the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir."

13543 - And on the authority of Zayd ibn Thabit that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Gabriel (pbuh) enjoined me regarding the neighbor until I thought that he would surely make him an heir."

13544 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was upon his notched-ear camel during the Farewell Pilgrimage, saying: "I enjoin upon you [to be kind to] the neighbor." He repeated it so much that I said [to myself]: He will surely make him an heir.

13545 - And from Mu‘awiyah bin Haydah, who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the right of my neighbor upon me? He (pbuh) said: "If he falls ill, you visit him; if he dies, you attend his funeral; if he asks you for a loan, you grant it to him; if he is in need, you shield him; if good befalls him, you congratulate him; if a calamity strikes him, you offer him condolences; do not raise your building above his so as to block the wind from him; and do not annoy him with the aroma of your cooking pot unless you scoop a portion for him."

13546 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If one of you cooks a pot of food, let him increase its broth, and then let him give some of it to his neighbor."

13547 - And from Asma bint Abi Bakr, she said: "I was once in a land that the Prophet (pbuh) had granted to Abu Salama and al-Zubayr from the land of al-Nadir. Al-Zubayr went out with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and we had a neighbor from the Jews. He slaughtered a sheep and it was cooked. I caught its scent, and the aroma of the meat affected me in a way that nothing ever had before, while I was pregnant with a daughter of mine named Khadija. I could not endure it, so I went and entered upon his wife to fetch fire from her, hoping she would feed me, though I had no need for the fire. When I smelled its aroma and saw it, my craving increased. I extinguished it [the fire] then I came a second time to fetch the like of that, then a third time. When I saw that [nothing was offered], I sat down weeping and supplicating to Allah. Then the husband of the Jewish woman arrived and said: 'Did anyone enter upon you?' She said: 'No, except for the Arab woman who entered to fetch fire.' He said: 'I will never eat of it unless you send some of it to her.' So she sent me a qudhah, and there was nothing on earth more beloved to me than that meal." Ibn Bukayr said: "Al-qudhah means a ladleful (scoop)."

13548 - And on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, she said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have two neighbors, one of whom has a door facing my door, and the other is distant from my door but is closer in terms of the wall, so with which of them should I begin?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Begin with the one whose door is facing your door."

And on the authority of Mu‘awiyah bin Haydah, who said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have two neighbors; to which of them should I give a gift?” He (pbuh) said, “To the one of them whose door is closer to you.”

13550 - On the authority of a man from among the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him fear Allah and honor his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him fear Allah and honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak truth or remain silent."

13551 - And in a narration: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest" - three times - "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be good to his neighbor" - three times.

13552 - And from Aisha, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak what is good or remain silent; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest."

13553 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him protect his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent."

On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "He has not believed in me who spends the night satiated while his neighbor is hungry by his side and he knows about it."

13555 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that he said while he was at the palm grove of Ibn al-Zubayr: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The believer is not the one who eats his fill while his neighbor is hungry."

13556 - And on the authority of Abaya bin Rifa'ah, who said: It reached Umar that when Sa'd built the palace, he said: "The faint noise has been cut off." So he sent Muhammad bin Maslamah to him. When he arrived, he took out his fire-striker, kindled his fire, and purchased firewood for a dirham. It was said to Sa'd: "A man has done such and such." He said: "That is Muhammad bin Maslamah." So he went out to him, and he (Sa'd) swore by Allah that he did not say it. He (Muhammad) said: "We shall convey on your behalf what you say, and you shall do what we were commanded to do." He (Sa'd) turned to him, offering for him to visit him, but he refused. Then he set out to return to Umar, traveling during the midday heat; his journey going and returning lasted nineteen nights. He (Umar) said: "Were it not for the good opinion we hold of you, we would have thought that you did not carry out our mission." He said: "Rather, he sends his greetings of peace to you, offers his excuses, and swears by Allah that he did not say [it]." He (Umar) said: "Did he provide you with any provisions?" He said: "No." He (Umar) said: "And what prevented you from providing for me yourself?" He said: "I disliked to order for you, such that you would have the comfort and I would have the burden, while around me are the people of Madinah whom hunger has nearly killed; and I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'A man is not satiated while his neighbor is hungry.'"

13557 - And on the authority of Ali (as), who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I shall not give to you and leave the People of the Bench with their stomachs twisting from hunger."

13558 - From Anas bin Malik, who said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, clothe me.' He turned away from him. Then he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, clothe me.' He said: 'Do you not have a neighbor who has an excess of two garments?' He replied: 'Yes, more than one.' He said: 'Then Allah shall not bring you and him together in Paradise.'"

13559 - On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The right of the neighbor extends to forty houses, like this, and like this, and like this, and like this—to the right, to the left, in front, and behind."

13560 - On the authority of Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three are among the back-breaking calamities: a leader who, if you do good, does not show gratitude, and if you do evil, does not forgive; an evil neighbor who, if he sees good, buries it, and if he sees evil, broadcasts it; and a woman who, if you are present, she harms you, and if you are absent from her, she betrays you."

13561 - On the authority of al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to his companions: "What do you say regarding adultery?" They said: "It is forbidden; Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it, so it is forbidden until the Day of Resurrection." He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to his companions: "For a man to commit adultery with ten women is lighter for him than to commit adultery with the wife of his neighbor." He said: Then he said: "What do you say regarding theft?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it, so it is forbidden." He said: "For a man to steal from ten houses is lighter for him than to steal from his neighbor."

13562 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man said, "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), indeed such-and-such a woman—and he mentioned the abundance of her prayer, her charity, and her fasting—except that she harms her neighbors with her tongue." He (pbuh) said: "She is in the Fire." He said, "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), indeed such-and-such a woman—and he mentioned the small amount of her fasting and her prayer, and that she gives pieces of dried curd as charity—and she does not harm her neighbors with her tongue." He (pbuh) said: "She is in Paradise."

13563 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "By Allah, he does not believe; by Allah, he does not believe; by Allah, he does not believe." They asked: "And what is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "A neighbor whose neighbor is not safe from his harms (bawa'iq)." They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and what are his harms?" He said: "His evil."

And from Talq bin Ali, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "He is not a believer whose neighbor is not safe from his evils."

13565 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "He is not a believer, the one whose neighbor is not safe from his harms."

13566 - And on the authority of Ka'b ibn Malik, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have settled in the neighborhood of the tribe of so-and-so, and indeed, the most severe of them in harming me is the one closest to me in residence." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent Abu Bakr, Umar, and Ali to go to the mosque, stand at its door, and proclaim: "Verily, forty houses are considered neighbors, and he whose neighbor is not secure from his evils shall not enter Paradise."

13567 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud, who said: "A man came to Fatima and said: 'O daughter of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), did the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) leave behind anything that you might gift me?' She said: 'O servant-girl, bring that piece of silk.' She searched for it but did not find it. So she (Fatima) said: 'Woe to you! Search for it, for indeed it is equal in my sight to Hasan and Husayn.' She searched for it and found that she had swept it into her rubbish. In it was written: Muhammad (pbuh) said: 'He is not among the believers whose neighbor is not safe from his calamities. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent. Indeed, Allah loves the modest, the clement, and the chaste; and He hates the foul-mouthed, the vulgar, and the persistent, importunate beggar. Verily, modesty is from faith, and faith is in Paradise; and obscenity is from vulgarity, and vulgarity is in the Fire.'"

13568 - And on the authority of Abu Juhayfah, who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) complaining about his neighbor. He (the Prophet) said: "Cast your belongings onto the road." So he cast them out, and the people began passing by and cursing him [the neighbor]. Then [the neighbor] came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: O Messenger of Allah, what have I encountered from the people? He said: "And what have you encountered from them?" He replied: They curse me. He (the Prophet) said: "Allah has cursed you before the people [did]." He said: Indeed, I shall not repeat [the harm]. Then the one who had complained came to the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "Lift your belongings, for you have been sufficed."

13569 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no such thing as a small amount of harm to the neighbor."

13570 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever peeps into the house of his neighbor and looks at the private parts of his Muslim brother, or the hair of his wife, or any part of her body, it is a right upon Allah to enter him into the Fire."

13571 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) went out on a military expedition and said: 'No one who has harmed his neighbor shall accompany us today.' A man among the people said: 'I urinated at the base of my neighbor's wall.' He said: 'Do not accompany us today.'"

13572 - On the authority of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The first two disputants on the Day of Resurrection will be two neighbors."

13573 - On the authority of Mutarrif—meaning Ibn Abd Allah—who said: A narration from Abu Dharr used to reach me, and I used to long to meet him. When I met him, I said: "O Abu Dharr, your narration used to reach me, and I longed to meet you." He replied: "May Allah bless your father; you have met me, so proceed." I said: "A narration reached me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) narrated to you, saying: 'Indeed, Allah loves three and hates three.'" He said: "I do not think I would lie against the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." I said: "Who are these three whom Allah loves?" He said: "A man who fought in the cause of Allah, patient and seeking reward, and fought until he was killed; and you find this among you in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime." Then he recited: {Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly} [As-Saff: 4]. I asked: "And who else?" He said: "A man who had an evil neighbor who used to harm him, yet he remained patient over his harm until Allah sufficed him against him through life or death." I said: Then he mentioned the [rest of the] hadith. Al-Nasa’i and others narrated the mention of the neighbor.

13574 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (pbuh) established a bond of brotherhood between az-Zubayr and Ibn Mas'ud.

And on the authority of Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established brotherhood between his companions; he established brotherhood between Salman and Abu al-Darda, and between Awf ibn Malik and Saab ibn Jathama."

13576 - And on the authority of Zayd ibn Harithah, who said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), you established a bond of brotherhood between me and Hamzah."

13577 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established a bond of brotherhood between Zaid ibn Harithah and Hamzah."

13578 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: "Zayd ibn Harithah—the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)—was the brother of Hamzah; the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established the bond of brotherhood between them."

13579 - And in a narration, from Ibn Abbas also, he said: "Zayd ibn Harithah said regarding the daughter of Hamzah: 'She is the daughter of my brother; the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established brotherhood between me and her father.'"

And on the authority of 'Amr ibn Qays and 'Asal ibn Ka'b, one of the sons of Zimam, that his grandfather Mazin ibn Khaythama—meaning the grandfather of 'Amr ibn Qays—related that Mu'adh ibn Jabal sent them both when he alighted between al-Sakun and al-Sakasik, and he said: until the people embraced Islam, coming as delegations to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he established brotherhood between al-Sakun and al-Sakasik.

13581 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established a bond of brotherhood between Abu al-Darda' and Salman.

13582 - From Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "I witnessed the Alliance of the Perfumed (Hilf al-Mutayyabin) with my uncles when I was a boy, and I would not love to have red camels in exchange for breaking it." Al-Zuhri said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Islam did not encounter any alliance except that it increased it in strength, and there is no alliance-making in Islam." And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established a bond of brotherhood between the Quraysh and the Ansar.

And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "It would not please me to possess red camels in exchange for having broken the alliance which was made in Dar al-Nadwa."

13584 - And from Budayl bin Warqa', that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) included Khuza'ah in the alliance on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah, and he wrote to them and to Budayl bin Warqa' and the nobles of Bani 'Amr: "Peace be upon you, for I praise to you Allah, besides Whom there is no deity. As for what follows: I have not held any ill will toward you, nor have I neglected your side. Indeed, the most honored of the people of Tihamah to me are you and those who followed you from the descendants of al-Muttalib. I have taken for whoever migrated the same as I have taken for myself, even if he migrated within his own land, provided he is not a resident of Mecca. You are not in fear from my side, nor shall you be threatened." This or something similar.

13585 - And on the authority of Salama bin Budayl bin Warqa’, who said: My father, Budayl bin Warqa’, handed me this letter and said: "O my son, this is the letter of the Prophet (pbuh), so adhere to its counsel, for you will remain in goodness as long as it is among you: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), to Budayl bin Warqa’ and Bishr, the nobles of Banu ‘Amr. Indeed, I praise Allah before you, the One besides whom there is no deity. As for what follows: I have not held any ill will against you, nor have I neglected your side. Verily, the most honored of the people of Tihamah in my sight are you, and the closest of them to me in kinship, along with those of the descendants of al-Muttalib who follow you. I have secured for those of you who emigrated the same as I have secured for myself, even if he emigrated while staying in his own land, not being a resident of Mecca except as one performing the minor pilgrimage or the major pilgrimage. I have not neglected you, and I have remained at peace. You shall have no fear from my side, nor shall you be constrained. As for what follows: ‘Alqamah bin ‘Ulathah and the two sons of ‘Awn have embraced Islam and pledged allegiance on behalf of those who follow them from ‘Ikrimah, and he took for those who followed him from among you the same as he took for himself. Indeed, we are part of one another forever, both in the non-sacred and sacred lands.'" Abu Muhammad said: My father narrated to me, saying: I heard our elders saying: "It is in the handwriting of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)."

13586 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no alliance in Islam, and whatever existed during the Pre-Islamic era, Islam has only increased it in strength or intensity.'"

13587 - And from Qays bin Asim, that he asked the Prophet (pbuh) about the alliance (al-hilf), and he said: "Whatever alliance existed during the pre-Islamic period (Jahiliyyah), then hold fast to it, and there is no alliance in Islam."

13588 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no [new] alliance in Islam; whatever alliance existed in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), Islam has only increased it in strength."

13589 - And from Furat ibn Hibban al-'Ijli, that he asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about the alliance of the pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah). So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Perhaps you are asking about the alliance of Lakhm and Tamim?" He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Islam only increases it in strength."

13590 - On the authority of Abdullah ibn Qays, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to frequently visit the Ansar, both specifically and generally. When he visited specifically, he would go to the man in his home, and when he visited generally, he would go to the mosque.

13591 - And on the authority of Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There is no Muslim servant who comes to his brother, visiting him for the sake of Allah, except that a caller from heaven calls out: 'May you be good, and may Paradise be good for you.' Otherwise, Allah says in the realm of His Throne: 'My servant visited Me for My sake, and his hospitality is upon Me. I am not satisfied with any reward for him short of Paradise.'"

13592 - And on the authority of Abu Razin al-Uqayli, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O Abu Razin, indeed, when a Muslim visits his Muslim brother, seventy thousand angels escort him, invoking blessings upon him, saying: 'O Allah, just as he maintained ties with him for Your sake, so maintain ties with him.'"

13593 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Shall I not inform you of your men who are in Paradise?" We said: "Certainly, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The Prophet is in Paradise, the Siddiq (the Truthful) is in Paradise, and the man who visits his brother in the far side of the city, visiting him for no reason other than for the sake of Allah, is in Paradise."

13594 - And from Umm Salama, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "Prepare the sitting place for us; for indeed, an angel is descending to the earth who has never descended to it before."

13595 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to establish brotherhood between two of his companions, such that the night would feel long for one of them until he met his brother. When he met him, he would meet him with affection and kindness, saying: 'How have you been since I last saw you?' As for the general people, three days would not pass for any of them without him knowing the news of his brother."

13596 - And on the authority of Umm Nujayd, she said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to visit us among the Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf. I would prepare for him Sawiq (parched grain drink) in a wooden bowl, and when he arrived, I would serve it to him."

13597 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, that he entered upon the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he threw a cushion to me, the stuffing of which was palm fibers, but I did not sit on it; it remained between me and him.

13598 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: Umar entered upon Salman al-Farisi, and he [Salman] placed a cushion for him. He [Umar] said: "What is this, O Abu Abd Allah?" Salman al-Farisi replied: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: 'There is no Muslim upon whom his Muslim brother enters and he places a cushion for him out of honor and respect, but that Allah forgives him.'"

13599 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: Salman entered upon Umar while he was reclining on a cushion. He said: So he threw it to me and then said: "O Salman, there is no Muslim who enters upon his Muslim brother and he throws a cushion to him to honor him, except that Allah forgives him."

And on the authority of Jubayr ibn Mut'im, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Set out with us to the Bani Waqif so that we may visit 'the Seer'." He was a man who was blind.

13601 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Come along with us to Banu Waqif to visit the discerning one."

13602 - And from 'Awf, who said: Abdullah said to his companions when they came to him: "Do you sit together in gatherings?" They said: "We do not abandon that." He said: "And do you visit one another?" They said: "Yes, O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman; indeed, a man among us misses his brother, so he walks on his feet to the far end of Kufa until he meets him." He said: "You shall remain in goodness as long as you do that."

13603 - And on the authority of Habib bin Ibrahim bin Subait, that he entered upon Abdullah bin al-Harith bin Jaz' al-Zubaydi, who threw a cushion to him that was beneath him and said: "Whoever does not honor his sitting companion is not from Ahmad nor from Ibrahim (pbuh)."

13604 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Abu Hurayrah, visit at intervals, and you will increase in love."

13605 - On the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Visit intermittently, and you will increase in love."

13606 - And on the authority of Habib ibn Salamah al-Fihri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Visit at intervals, and you will increase in love."

13607 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Visit at intervals, you will increase in love."

13608 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Visit at intervals, and you will increase in love."

13609 - On the authority of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "There is no good in the one who does not provide hospitality."

13610 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whichever guest stays with a people and the guest finds himself deprived, he has the right to take the equivalent of his rightful hospitality, and there is no blame upon him."

13611 - And on the authority of Samurah ibn Jundub, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to command the hospitality of the guest.

13612 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "The guest has a right upon the one with whom he stays for three days; so whatever is beyond that is a charity. And it is for the guest to depart so as not to cause the people of the household to fall into sin."

13613 - And on the authority of At-Talib, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Hospitality for three days is an obligatory right; whatever is beyond that is an act of charity."

And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest." He said it three times. He asked: "And what is the honoring of the guest, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Three days; whatever he stays after that is a charity upon him."

13615 - And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Hospitality is for three days; whatever exceeds that is charity, and every good deed is charity."

13616 - And from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Hospitality is for three days, and whatever is beyond that is charity."

13617 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Hospitality is for three days; so whatever exceeds that is charity."

And on the authority of Abu Malik al-Ashja'i, from his father Tariq, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Hospitality is for three days, and whatever is beyond that is an act of charity."

And on the authority of Zaid bin Khalid that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak what is good or remain silent. Hospitality is for three days, and whatever is beyond that is an act of charity."

13620 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent."

13621 - And on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent."

13622 - And on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his neighbor."

13623 - And on the authority of Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas, who said: A group of people entered upon him to visit him during an illness of his, and he said: "O maidservant, bring something for our companions, even if it be only pieces of bread, for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Noble character traits are among the deeds of Paradise.'"

13624 - And from Shihab bin 'Abbad, that he heard some of the delegation of 'Abd al-Qays saying: "We came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and they were greatly delighted by us. When we reached the people, they made space for us and we sat down. The Prophet (pbuh) welcomed us and prayed for us. Then he looked at us and said: 'Who is your master and leader?' We all pointed to Al-Mundhir bin 'A'idh. The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Is it this Al-Ashaj?' That was the first day he was given this name, because of a strike to his face from a donkey's hoof. We said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He had stayed behind the people, tied their mounts, and gathered their luggage. Then he took out his travel bag, cast off his travel clothes, and put on his good clothes. Then he approached the Prophet (pbuh), while the Prophet (pbuh) had extended his leg and was reclining. When Al-Ashaj drew near him, the people made space for him and said: 'Right here, O Ashaj.' The Prophet (pbuh) then sat up straight, pulled back his leg, and said: 'Right here, O Ashaj.' So he sat to the right of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who welcomed him, treated him kindly, and asked them about their lands. He named villages for them, the village of Al-Safa, Al-Mushaqqar, and others from the villages of Hajar. He (Al-Ashaj) said: 'By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, you are more knowledgeable about the names of our villages than we are.' He said: 'Indeed, I have trodden your land and it was expanded for me.' He said: Then he turned to the Ansar and said: 'O assembly of Ansar, honor your brothers, for they are like you in Islam, the most similar thing to you in hair and appearance. They embraced Islam willingly, without being compelled or having suffered loss of kin, whereas other people refused to embrace Islam until they were killed.' He said: When morning came, he said: 'How did you find your brothers' honor for you and their hospitality towards you?' They said: 'The best of brothers; they made our beds soft, they made our food pleasant, and they spent the night and morning teaching us the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet (pbuh).' This pleased the Prophet (pbuh) and he was happy with it. Then he approached us, man by man, presenting us to those who would teach us, and they taught us. Among us were those who were taught the Tashahhud, the Mother of the Book (Al-Fatiha), a Surah or two, and the Sunan. Then he turned his face toward us and said: 'Do you have any of your provisions with you?' The people were happy at that and hurried to their mounts. Each man among them came with a pile of dates and placed it on a leather mat before him. He gestured with a palm branch in his hand that he was holding, which was between one and two cubits in length, and said: 'Do you call this Al-Ta'dud?' We said: 'Yes.' Then he gestured to another pile and said: 'Do you call this Al-Sarafān?' We said: 'Yes.' Then he gestured to another pile and said: 'Do you call this Al-Barni?' We said: 'Yes.' The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Indeed, it is among the best of your dates and the most beneficial for you.' He said: We returned from that delegation of ours and increased the planting of it, and our desire for it grew, until the majority of our palm trees and dates became Al-Barni. He said: Al-Ashaj said: 'O Messenger of Allah, our land is a heavy, unhealthy land, and if we do not drink these drinks, our complexions become agitated and our bellies become large.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Do not drink from Al-Dubba (gourds), Al-Hantam (green jars), or Al-Naqir (hollowed stumps), and let one of you drink from a water skin whose mouth is tied.' Al-Ashaj said to him: 'By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, grant us a concession in something like this,' and he gestured with his palms. He said: 'O Ashaj, if I grant you a concession in something like this—and he motioned with his palms like this—you will drink it in something like this,' and he spread his hands apart and extended them—meaning larger than the first—'until when one of you becomes intoxicated from his drink, he goes to his cousin and strikes (hazara) his leg with a sword.' Among the people was a man from Banu 'Adal called Al-Harith, whose leg had been struck during a drinking session of theirs, in a house of hair (tent), while he was reciting poetry about a woman of theirs, so one of the people of that house stood up and struck his leg with a sword. Al-Harith said: 'When I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), I began to pull down my garment to cover the wound on my leg, for Allah had already revealed it to His Prophet (pbuh).'"

And it is narrated on the authority of Numayr bin Kharashah al-Thaqafi, who said: "We came as a delegation to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and met him at al-Juhfah. The people were delighted by our arrival, and we embraced Islam. He then commanded them to proceed with him to Medina. Every evening, he would urge their fellow brothers among the people to host them, saying: 'Your brothers are your guests; every man [should give] according to the means Allah has bestowed upon him.' So, a man would stand up and take one or two men, while Abdurrahman bin Awf would take three."

13626 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whomever Allah clothes with a blessing, let him increase in praising Allah; and whomever’s worries increase, let him seek forgiveness; and whomever’s provision is delayed for him, let him increase in saying: 'There is no might nor power except with Allah.' Whoever stays with a people should not fast except with their permission, and whoever enters the house of a people should sit where they direct him; for the people are more knowledgeable of the private areas of their house." It was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Saghir and al-Awsat, and he added to it: "And indeed, among the sins for which the perpetrator is subject to wrath are malice in envy, laziness in worship, and hardship in living."

13627 - On the authority of Shaqiq, or someone similar—Qays was in doubt—that a man entered upon Salman, so he offered him whatever he had available and said: "Were it not that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade—or were it not that we were forbidden—from any of us overtaxing himself for his companion, we would have overtaxed ourselves for you."

13628 - And on the authority of Shaqiq bin Salamah, who said: I and a companion of mine entered upon Salman al-Farisi, and Salman said: "Had it not been that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade affectation, I would have gone to great lengths for you." Then he brought bread and salt, and my companion said: "If only there were some thyme with our salt." So Salman sent his water vessel and pawned it, and then he brought some thyme. When we had eaten, my companion said: "Praise be to Allah, who has made us content with what He has provided us." Salman replied: "Had you been content with what He provided you, my water vessel would not be in pawn."

13629 - And in a narration by him: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade us from burdening ourselves for the guest with that which we do not possess."

13630 - From Abdullah ibn Ubayd ibn Umayr, who said: Jabir entered upon me with a group of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh). He presented bread and vinegar to them and said: "Eat, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'What an excellent condiment vinegar is. Indeed, it is a ruin for a man that a group of his brothers visit him and he despises what is in his house such that he refrains from offering it to them, and it is a ruin for a group of people to despise what is offered to them.'"

13631 - And on the authority of Abu ‘Awanah, who said: I prepared food and invited Sulayman al-A‘mash. It then reached me that he said: "Waddah invited us to a bone with little meat and sour pomegranates." He said: So I met Raqabah bin Masqalah and complained to him about him, and he said: "I shall suffice you." He then met him and said: "O Abu Muhammad, a brother from among our brothers invited you and honored you, and then you say: 'to a bone with little meat and sour pomegranates'?! By Allah, I have only known you to be of an ill-tempered nature, constantly scowling, quickly bored, dismissive of the rights of the guest, as if you are being made to snuff mustard when you are asked for wisdom."

13632 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When one of you enters upon his Muslim brother and he feeds him food, let him eat from his food and not ask about it, and if he gives him a drink, let him drink from his drink and not ask about it."

13633 - On the authority of al-Ash'ath bin Qays, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the most thankful of people to Allah (Exalted is He) are those who are most thankful to people."

13634 - And in a narration: "He does not thank Allah who does not thank people."

13635 - And from Aisha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to frequently say to me: 'O Aisha, what has become of your verses?' I would say: 'And which of my verses do you mean, O Messenger of Allah, for they are many?' He would say to me: 'Regarding gratitude.' I would say: 'Yes, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you; the poet said:
Elevate your good deed, so that its weakness does not drag you down one day, for you will find its consequences have grown.
He either rewards you or praises you; and indeed, whoever praises you for what you have done is as one who has rewarded you.
Indeed, the noble one, if you desire his connection, you will not find his rope tattered or his strength weak.'
She said: Then he would say: 'O Aisha, when Allah gathers the creation on the Day of Resurrection, He will say to a servant from among His servants to whom another servant from among His servants performed a favor: Did you thank him? He will say: O my Lord, I knew that it was from You, so I thanked You for it. He will then say: You have not thanked Me if you have not thanked the one through whose hands I caused that to flow.'"

13636 - And on the authority of Abu al-Malih, from Usama, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "He who does not thank people does not thank Allah."

13637 - And on the authority of Usama bin Zaid, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most grateful of people to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, are those who are most grateful to people."

13638 - And from Jarir, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not thank people does not thank Allah."

13639 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Allah (Mighty and Majestic)."

13640 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate it; but if you are unable to reciprocate it, then supplicate for him until he knows that you have thanked him, for indeed Allah is Grateful and He loves those who are grateful."

13641 - And on the authority of 'A'ishah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever has a favor done for him should reciprocate it, and whoever is unable to do so should mention it, for whoever mentions it has indeed given thanks for it. And whoever pretends to be satisfied with what he has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood."

13642 - And on the authority of Talhah - meaning Ibn 'Ubayd Allah - who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever has a favor done for him, let him mention it, for whoever mentions it has shown gratitude for it, and whoever conceals it has shown ingratitude for it."

13643 - And on the authority of al-Hakam ibn ‘Umayr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does a favor for you, then reciprocate it; and if you cannot find the means to do so, then pray for him."

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a man says [to someone]: 'May Allah reward you with goodness,' he has indeed reached the utmost limit in praise."

13645 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, that while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was walking in intense heat, the strap of his sandal broke. A man came with a strap and placed it in his sandal, so the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you knew what you have carried the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) upon, what you have carried the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) upon would not be surpassed."

13646 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "If Pharaoh were to say to me, 'May Allah bless you,' I would say, 'And you as well.' And Pharaoh has indeed died."

13647 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The completion of a favor is better than its initiation."

13648 - On the authority of Al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not show gratitude for the small does not show gratitude for the great, and whoever does not thank people does not thank Allah. Proclaiming the blessing of Allah is gratitude, and abandoning it is ingratitude. The community is a mercy, and division is a torment."

13649 - And from Anas, who said: "A beggar came to the Prophet (pbuh), so he ordered a date for him, but he did not take it, or he threw it away. He said: Then another man came, and he ordered a date for him. He said: 'Subhan Allah, a date from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)!' He said: So he (the Prophet) said to a slave-girl: 'Go to Umm Salama and give him the forty dirhams that are with her.'"

On the authority of Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to meet a man and say: "O so-and-so, how are you?" The man would reply: "In good health, I praise Allah." Then the Prophet (pbuh) would say to him: "May Allah keep you in goodness." One day, he met the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "How are you, O so-and-so?" He replied: "In good health, if I am grateful." So the Prophet (pbuh) remained silent towards him. The man said: "O Prophet of Allah, you used to ask me and then say: 'May Allah keep you in goodness,' but today you remained silent towards me?" He (pbuh) said to him: "Indeed, I used to ask you and you would say: 'In good health, I praise Allah,' so I would say: 'May Allah keep you in goodness.' But today you said: 'In good health, if I am grateful,' thus you expressed doubt, so I remained silent towards you."

13651 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (pbuh) stood before a group of people who were sitting and said: "Shall I inform you of the best among you from the worst among you?" The people remained silent, so he repeated it three times. A man from the group then said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The best of you is the one from whom goodness is expected and from whose evil people are secure, and the worst of you is the one from whom goodness is not expected and from whose evil people are not secure."

13652 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of the worst among you?" They said: "Yes, if you wish, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Indeed, the worst among you is the one who dwells alone, whips his slave, and denies his assistance." He said: "Shall I not inform you of those worse than that?" They said: "Yes, if you wish, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The one who hates people and they hate him." He said: "Shall I not inform you of those worse than that?" They said: "Yes, if you wish, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Those who do not overlook a slip, do not accept an excuse, and do not forgive a sin." He said: "Shall I not inform you of those worse than that?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The one whose goodness is not hoped for and from whose evil one is not secure."

13653 - And on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of the worst among you?" They said: "Yes." He said: "The worst among you is the one whose evil is feared and whose good is not hoped for, and the best among you is the one whose good is hoped for and whose evil is not feared."

13654 - On the authority of Abu Umamah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, kindness is not appropriate except for a person of noble lineage, or religion, or forbearance."

And on the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not admit into your house except one who is God-fearing, and do not bestow your kindness except upon a believer."

13656 - And on the authority of 'Aisha, in a report attributed to the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "An act of kindness is not appropriate except for one who possesses noble lineage or religion, just as training is not appropriate except for a noble steed."

13657 - And from Abdullah bin Mas'ud, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the beginning of this nation are its best, and its end are its worst, differing and divided; so whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let his death come to him while he treats people in the same manner he would love to be treated."

13658 - On the authority of Ibn Umar that the Prophet (pbuh) used to say: "The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim; he does not wrong him nor does he forsake him." And he would say: "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, no two people love each other and are then separated except due to a sin committed by one of them." And he used to say: "A Muslim owes his brother six acts of kindness: he should perform Tashmit (saying: May Allah have mercy on you) for him if he sneezes, visit him if he falls ill, give him sincere counsel in his absence, bear witness for him, greet him with peace when he meets him, respond to him if he invites him, and follow his funeral procession if he dies."

And on the authority of a man from Banu Salit, who said: "I came to the Prophet (pbuh) while he was among a crowd of people, and I heard him saying: 'The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim; he does not wrong him, nor does he forsake him. Piety is here.' Hammad said: 'And he motioned with his hand toward his chest.'"

And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin bin Ziyad bin An'um, who said: I heard my father saying: A port of theirs at sea brought them together, as well as the vessel of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He said: When our lunch was ready, we sent for Abu Ayyub and the people of his vessel. He [Abu Ayyub] said: You invited me while I am fasting, yet it was a duty upon me to respond to you; for I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A Muslim has six obligatory duties toward his fellow Muslim; whoever neglects one of them has neglected an obligatory right: when he invites him, he should respond; when he meets him, he should greet him with peace; when he sneezes, he should supplicate for him [saying: May Allah have mercy on you]; when he is ill, he should visit him; when he dies, he should follow his funeral procession; and when he seeks his advice, he should advise him." He [the father] said: There was a joking man among us, and there was a man in charge of our expenditures. The joker said to the one in charge of the food: "May Allah reward you with goodness and righteousness." When he repeated this many times, the man became angry and began to insult him. The joker said: "O Abu Ayyub, what do you think of a man to whom I say: 'May Allah reward you with goodness and righteousness,' and he gets angry and insults me?" Abu Ayyub replied: "We used to say: He who is not corrected by good is corrected by evil," I said to him. When that man came, the joker said to him: "May Allah reward you with evil and vanity." The man laughed and was pleased, saying: "Indeed, you will not leave your playfulness!" The joker then said: "May Allah reward Abu Ayyub with goodness and righteousness, for he has [truly] spoken to me."

13661 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The believer has six rights over another believer: he greets him when he meets him, he invokes Allah's mercy upon him when he sneezes, he answers him when he invites him, he visits him when he is sick, he attends his funeral when he dies, and he acts sincerely toward him when he is absent."

13662 - And in a narration: "And if he were invited, even for a sheep's trotter, he (pbuh) would accept it."

13663 - And on the authority of Wathila bin al-Asqa', who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his blood, his honor, and his wealth. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he does not wrong him nor does he forsake him. Piety is here" — and he pointed with his hand toward the heart — "It is sufficient evil for a person to despise his Muslim brother."

13664 - And on the authority of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad al-Hadrami, who said: Malik ibn Dinar met Salim ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab while he was riding a donkey with drooping ears, with a worn-out saddle and worn-out clothes. Salim said to him: "From whom is the man?" He replied to him: "From you, to you, and from some of your freedmen." Salim then said: My father narrated to me, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he does not forsake him, he does not betray him, and he does not forget him in a calamity that has befallen him. And though the best of the Arabs and the freedmen perish, they love one another, finding no alternative to that; and though the worst of the two groups perish, they hate one another, finding no alternative to that."

13665 - And on the authority of Abdullah, who said: A Muslim has six rights over another Muslim according to what is right: he greets him with peace when he meets him, he responds to him when he invites him, he prays for mercy upon him when he sneezes, he attends his funeral when he dies, he gives him sincere advice in his absence, and he loves for him what he loves for himself.

13666 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who said: “The Prophet (pbuh) asked about a man and said: ‘Who knows him?’ A man among them said: ‘I do.’ He (pbuh) said: ‘What is his name?’ He replied: ‘I do not know.’ He (pbuh) said: ‘His father's name?’ He replied: ‘I do not know.’ He (pbuh) said: ‘This is not knowing him with proper knowledge until you know his name, his father's name, and his tribe; so that if he falls ill, you visit him, and if he dies, you follow his funeral procession.’”

13667 - On the authority of Khalid bin Abdullah al-Qasri, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (pbuh) said to his grandfather Yazid bin Asad: "Love for people what you love for yourself."

13668 - And in a narration from Khalid also, he said: My father narrated to me, from my grandfather, that he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "Do you love Paradise?" He said: I said: "Yes." He said: "Love for your brother what you love for yourself."

13669 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever would be pleased to be delivered from the Fire and entered into Paradise, let his death come to him while he testifies that there is no deity but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, and let him treat people in the way he would love to be treated by them."

13670 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id - meaning al-Khudri - from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Indeed, whoever does not show mercy to people will not be shown mercy."

And on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari that he heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "You will not believe until you show mercy to one another." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, every one of us is merciful." He said: "It is not the mercy one of you shows to his companion, but rather it is mercy for the people, general mercy."

13672 - And on the authority of Jarir, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Have mercy on those upon the earth, and the One in the heaven will have mercy on you."

13673 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, Allah does not bestow His mercy except upon one who is merciful." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, all of us are merciful." He said: "It is not the mercy one of you shows to his companion, but rather that he shows mercy to all people."

13674 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Have mercy on those on earth, and the One in the heaven will have mercy on you."

13675 - And from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "He who does not show mercy will not be shown mercy."

And on the authority of Imran bin Husayn, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy."

13677 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him."

13678 - And on the authority of Mu’awiya bin Haida, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him."

13679 - And on the authority of al-Ash'ath bin Qais, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not show mercy to Muslims, Allah will not show mercy to him."

On the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, the believer among the people of faith is in the position of the head to the body; the believer feels the pain of the people of faith just as the body feels the pain of what is in the head."

13681 - And on the authority of Bashir bin Sa'd - the companion of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) - who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The position of the believer in relation to the believer is like the position of the head in relation to the body; whenever the body suffers, the head suffers for it, and whenever the head suffers, the rest of the body suffers."

13682 - And from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The believer to the believer is like a building, parts of which strengthen other parts."

13683 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I was only sent to perfect righteous character."

13684 - On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has sent me for the completion of noble character and the perfection of virtuous deeds."

13685 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Noble character is among the deeds of Paradise."

13686 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, and He loves noble character and dislikes its base qualities."

13687 - And from Sahl bin Sa'd, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is Generous and loves the generous, and He loves noble matters, and He hates trivial ones."

13688 - And from Husayn bin Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah loves high and noble matters, and He dislikes the trivial and base ones."

13689 - And on the authority of 'Uqba ibn 'Amir, who said: "Then I met the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), so I took his hand and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me of the most virtuous of deeds.' He said: 'O 'Uqba, maintain ties with the one who severs them with you, give to the one who deprives you, and turn away from the one who wrongs you.'"

13690 - And in a narration: "And pardon the one who has wronged you."

13691 - And on the authority of Ali, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) said to me: "Shall I not direct you to the most noble character of this world and the Hereafter? That you maintain relations with the one who severed them with you, give to the one who deprived you, and forgive the one who wronged you."

13692 - And on the authority of Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not guide you to the best of character in this world and the Hereafter? To maintain ties with the one who severed them from you, to pardon the one who wronged you, and to give to the one who deprived you."

13693 - And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Anas, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that he said: "The most excellent of virtues is that you maintain ties with those who sever them with you, give to those who deprive you, and pardon those who insult you."

13694 - And on the authority of Ubadah bin as-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not direct you to that by which Allah raises ranks?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "That you show forbearance toward the one who acts ignorantly toward you, forgive the one who wrongs you, give to the one who deprives you, and maintain ties with the one who cuts you off."

13695 - And from 'Ubadah also, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of that by which Allah the Exalted ennobles the edifice and raises degrees?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "That you show forbearance toward the one who acts ignorantly toward you, that you maintain ties with the one who severs them with you, that you give to the one who deprives you, and that you forgive the one who wrongs you."

13696 - And from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever would be pleased for buildings to be raised for him and for his ranks to be elevated, let him forgive the one who wronged him, give to the one who deprived him, and join ties with the one who severed them."

13697 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There are three traits which, if they are found in someone, Allah will grant him an easy reckoning and admit him into Paradise by His mercy." He asked: "What are they, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you?" He replied: "That you give to the one who deprived you, you maintain ties with the one who severed relations with you, and you forgive the one who wronged you." He said: "If I do that, what is for me, O Prophet of Allah?" He replied: "Allah will admit you into Paradise."

And from Abu Hurayrah, that a man insulted Abu Bakr while the Prophet (pbuh) was sitting, and the Prophet (pbuh) began to wonder and smile. When the man persisted, Abu Bakr responded to some of his speech. Then the Prophet (pbuh) became angry and stood up. Abu Bakr followed him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, he was insulting me while you were sitting, but when I responded to some of his speech, you became angry and stood up?" He said: "Indeed, there was an angel with you defending you, but when you responded to some of his speech, Satan intervened, and I was not to sit with Satan." Then he said: "O Abu Bakr, three things are all true: no servant is wronged with an injustice and overlooks it for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, except that Allah increases his honor through His support; and no man opens a door of giving, seeking thereby to maintain ties, except that Allah increases him in abundance; and no man opens a door of begging, seeking thereby to increase his wealth, except that Allah increases him in poverty."

13699 - And on the authority of Al-Sa'ib bin Abdullah, who said: "I was brought to the Prophet (pbuh); Uthman bin Affan and Zuhayr brought me, and they began to praise me in his presence. So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to them: 'Do not inform me about him; he was my companion during the Pre-Islamic period (Jahiliyyah).' He said: He [Al-Sa'ib] said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, and what an excellent companion you were.' He said: So he [the Prophet] said: 'O Sa'ib, look to your character traits that you used to practice during the Pre-Islamic period and practice them in Islam: provide hospitality to the guest, honor the orphan, and be kind to your neighbor.'"

13700 - And on the authority of Umm Salama that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not possess one of three qualities shall not reap benefit from his deeds: piety that restrains him from disobedience to Allah, or forbearance by which he curbs an ignorant person, or a good character by which he lives among the people." And that the Prophet (pbuh) also said: "Whoever possesses one of three qualities, Allah shall marry him to the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise: a person who was entrusted with a hidden and desirable trust and fulfilled it out of fear of Allah, or a man who pardoned his killer, or a man who recited: {Say, 'He is Allah, [who is] One'} [Al-Ikhlas: 1] at the conclusion of every prayer."

13701 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever pardons while in a position of power, Allah will pardon him on the Day of Hardship."

13702 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever walks to fulfill a need for his Muslim brother, Allah records for him a good deed for every step he takes until he returns to from whence he departed. If the need is fulfilled, he emerges from his sins as on the day his mother gave birth to him. And if he should perish, then what a deceased person he is, entering Paradise without any reckoning."

13703 - And on the authority of Anas also, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever walks to fulfill the need of his Muslim brother, Allah records for him seventy good deeds for every step he takes."

13704 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever treats a believer with kindness or assists him in any of his needs, whether it be small or great, it is a right upon Allah to have him served by the servants of Paradise."

13705 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever aids a person in distress, Allah records for him seventy-three good deeds; one of them is such that Allah rectifies through it the affairs of his worldly life and his Hereafter, and seventy-two are for his ranks."

13706 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Creation are the dependents of Allah, and the most beloved of them to Allah is the one most beneficial to His dependents."

13707 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "All of creation is the dependents of Allah, so the most beloved of creation to Allah is the one who is most beneficial to His dependents."

13708 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of the people are most beloved to Allah, and which of the deeds are most beloved to Allah?” The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “The most beloved of people to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, are those who are most beneficial to people. The most beloved of deeds to Allah is joy that you bring to a Muslim, or relieving him of a distress, or settling a debt for him, or repelling hunger from him. For me to walk with a brother of mine to fulfill a need is more beloved to me than to perform i‘tikaf in this mosque—meaning the Mosque of Medina—for a month. Whoever restrains his anger, Allah will cover his faults. Whoever suppresses his rage, even if he were able to act upon it if he wished, Allah will fill his heart with ease on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever walks with his brother for a need until it is settled for him, Allah will make his feet firm on the day when feet slip.”
Narrated by al-Tabarani in his three [Mu‘jams], and in it is Miskin bin Siraj, and he is weak.

13709 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever acts as a link for his Muslim brother to a person of authority to convey an act of goodness or to facilitate a hardship, Allah will assist him in crossing the Path (al-Sirat) when feet slip."

13710 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, for Allah there are creations He created for the needs of the people; the people turn to them in their needs. Those are the ones who are secure from the punishment of Allah."

13711 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda', who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever serves as a link for his Muslim brother to a person of authority for the purpose of conveying a good deed or bringing him joy, Allah will elevate him to the high ranks of Paradise."

13712 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'I created good and evil; so glad tidings are for the one through whose hands I have decreed good to occur, and woe is for the one through whose hands I have decreed evil to occur.'"

13713 - And from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah possesses blessings with certain peoples, which He maintains with them as long as they are occupied with the needs of people, as long as they do not grow weary. If they grow weary, He transfers them to others."

And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has people whom He has singled out for blessings for the benefit of His servants; He establishes them in these blessings as long as they bestow them, but if they withhold them, He strips them away and transfers them to others."

And from Ibn Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no servant upon whom Allah has bestowed a blessing and made it complete for him, then He placed some of the needs of the people toward him, yet he became annoyed, except that he has exposed that blessing to cessation."

13716 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever strives to fulfill the need of his brother, it is better for him than performing I'tikaf for ten years. And whoever performs I'tikaf for one day seeking the countenance of Allah, Allah places between him and the Fire three trenches, each trench being further than the distance between the two horizons."

13717 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever relieves a Muslim of a distress, Allah the Exalted will grant him on the Day of Resurrection two branches of light upon the Path (al-Sirat), by whose light a multitude of people that none can enumerate except the Lord of Might shall seek illumination."

13718 - And from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the most beloved of deeds to Allah Almighty after the obligatory duties is bringing joy to a Muslim."

And on the authority of Al-Hasan bin Ali, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, among the things that necessitate forgiveness is bringing joy to your fellow Muslim."

13720 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever brings joy to a household among the Muslims, Allah will not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise."

13721 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever meets his Muslim brother with what Allah loves, in order to please him thereby, Allah (the Mighty and Sublime) will please him on the Day of Resurrection."

13722 - And on the authority of Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever relieves a believer of a distress among his distresses, Allah will relieve his distresses on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever conceals the private fault of a believer, Allah will conceal his private fault; and whoever removes a distress from a believer, Allah will remove his distress from him."

13723 - And on the authority of Zayd bin Thabit, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Allah continues to attend to the need of the servant as long as he is attending to the need of his brother."

13724 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever relieves a Muslim of a distress in this world, Allah will relieve him of a distress from the distresses of the Day of Resurrection; and whoever conceals the fault of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his fault on the Day of Resurrection; and Allah remains in the aid of the servant as long as the servant remains in the aid of his brother."

13725 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr and Abu Hurayrah, who both said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever walks to fulfill the need of his Muslim brother, Allah the Exalted shades him with seventy-five thousand angels supplicating for him, and he continues to wade through mercy until he finishes; and when he finishes, Allah records for him a Hajj and an 'Umrah." Thus he mentioned the Hadith.

And from Mu'awiyah bin Haydah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, secret charity extinguishes the wrath of the Lord, and good deeds protect against evil ends, and maintaining ties of kinship increases one's lifespan and repels poverty. And increase in saying 'There is no power nor might except with Allah', for it is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise, and in it is a cure for ninety-nine ailments, the least of which is worry."

13727 - And on the authority of Samurah bin Jundub, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The best charity is the tongue." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is the charity of the tongue?" He replied: "Intercession by which the captive is released, blood is spared, goodness and kindness are brought to your brother, and harm is repelled from him."

On the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd that a woman came to the Prophet (pbuh) while his companions were with him. She moved around them but did not find a place to sit. A man noticed her and stood up, so she sat and fulfilled her need, then she stood up. The Prophet (pbuh) said to the man: "Do you know her?" He replied: "No." He said: "You have shown mercy to her, may Allah have mercy on you," saying it three times.

13729 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: Do not seek a need from a blind person, nor seek it at night. And if you seek a need, then face the man with your face, for indeed modesty is in the eyes. And pursue your need early in the morning, for the Prophet (pbuh) said: "O Allah, bless my nation in its early morning hours."

13730 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek goodness from those with handsome faces."

13731 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whomever Allah has granted a handsome face and a good name, and placed him in a position that is not disgraceful, then he is the chosen of Allah from among His creation." And Ibn Abbas said: The poet said:
"You fulfill the condition of the Prophet when he said one day... so seek goodness in those with radiant faces."

13732 - And on the authority of Mujahid, from Ibn ‘Abbas—I believe he attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh)—who said: "Seek goodness from those with handsome countenances."

13733 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek your needs from those with handsome faces."

13734 - And on the authority of Yazid bin Khusayfah, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek goodness from those with handsome faces."

13735 - And on the authority of 'Aishah, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Seek good among those with handsome faces."

13736 - And on the authority of Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek goodness from the merciful ones among my nation, that you may live under their protection; and do not seek it from those whose hearts are hardened, for they await my wrath."

13737 - Narrated from Mu'adh bin Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek help in the fulfillment of your needs by being discreet, for indeed, every possessor of a blessing is envied."

13738 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, those who possess blessings have enviers, so beware of them."

13739 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Treat the blessings of Allah with good neighborliness and do not repel them; for rarely do they depart from a people and then return to them."

On the authority of Dhirar ibn al-Azwar, who said: "We gifted a milch camel to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I milked her. When I began to exhaust her (by milking her dry), he said: 'Do not do that; leave the caller of the milk.'"

13741 - And on the authority of Nuqadah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Nuqadah, seek for me a she-camel that is a prolific milker and fit for riding, provided that you do not separate a mother from her offspring." He said: So I went and searched for such a camel among the livestock, but I did not find a she-camel that was both productive of milk and docile until I found one among the livestock of a cousin of mine. Then I brought her to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: "O Nuqadah, leave behind the stimulants of the milk flow," or he said: "the stimulants of the milk." Narrated by al-Tabarani.

13742 - And in a narration: "My uncle sent a milch camel to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said to me: 'Milk it.' So I milked it, and he said: 'O Naqadah, leave that which summons the milk.' He said: 'So I left its udders full, not draining all of the milk.'"

And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed by a man milking a sheep and said: "O so-and-so, when you milk, leave [some] for its offspring, for indeed, it is among the most dutiful of beasts."

And from Sawada bin al-Rabi' who said: "I came to the Prophet (pbuh) and asked him, so he ordered a small herd of camels for me, then he said to me: 'When you return to your house, command them to improve the nourishment of their young camels, and command them to clip their fingernails, so that they do not hurt the udders of their livestock with them when they milk.'"

13745 - And on the authority of al-Zubayr, who said: "I asked Jabir: 'Did you see the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) praying while mounted?' He said: 'Yes.' Then a man who had purchased a she-camel came to him so that he might supplicate to Allah over it, and he spoke to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was praying, but the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) remained silent, then he supplicated for him once he had performed the Taslim."

13746 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prayed the Dhuhr prayer and found a she-camel hobbled. He said: "Where is the owner of this riding beast?" but no one responded to him. He then entered the mosque and prayed until he had finished, and found the riding beast just as it was. He asked: "Where is the owner of this riding beast?" Its owner then responded to him, saying: "It is I, O Prophet of Allah." He said: "Will you not fear Allah Almighty regarding it? Either you hobble it [and provide for it], or you release it so that it may seek [sustenance] for itself."