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From: farha Naaz
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
TRANSLATION FROM SAHIH BUKHARI
BOOK 73
Volume 8,
Book 73, Number 1:
Narrated Al-Walid bin 'Aizar:
I heard Abi Amr 'Ash-Shaibani
saying, "The owner of this house." he pointed to 'Abdullah's house, "said, 'I
asked the Prophet 'Which deed is loved most by Allah?" He replied, 'To offer
prayers at their early (very first) stated times.' " 'Abdullah asked, "What is
the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet said, "To be good and dutiful to one's
parents," 'Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet said,
To participate in Jihad for Allah's Cause." 'Abdullah added, "The Prophet
narrated to me these three things, and if I had asked more, he would have told
me more."
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best
companionship by me?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is
next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?"
The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is
next?" The Prophet said, "Your father. "
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
A man said to the Prophet,
"Shall I participate in Jihad?" The Prophet said, "Are your parents living?"
The man said, "Yes." the Prophet said, "Do Jihad for their benefit."
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
Allah's Apostle said. "It is
one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It was asked
(by the people), "O Allah's Apostle! How does a man curse his parents?" The
Prophet said, "'The man abuses the father of another man and the latter abuses
the father of the former and abuses his mother."
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "While
three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took
shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the
mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to each other. 'Think of such good
(righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by
giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from your
difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and
I had small children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I
returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the
milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went far
away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn't return home till
late at night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as
usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to
wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to give the milk to my
children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at my
feet.
So this state of mine and
theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I had
done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening
through which we can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through
which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O Allah! I had a
she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man love a woman. I tried to
seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard
till I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat
in between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she said, 'O
Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower me except legally (by
marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done
that only for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to
have a (wider) opening.'
So Allah shifted that rock to
make the opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O Allah ! I
employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure: of rice, and
when he had finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his
due to him, he gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that
rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the price of the yield,
some cows and their shepherd Later on the laborer came to me an said. '(O
Allah's slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my
due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he took
them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that I had done that for
seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.' And
so Allah released them (from their difficulty)."
Narrated Al-Mughira:
The Prophet said, "Allah has
forbidden you ( 1 ) to be undutiful to your mothers (2) to withhold (what you
should give) or (3) demand (what you do not deserve), and (4) to bury your
daughters alive. And Allah has disliked that (A) you talk too much about
others ( B), ask too many questions (in religion), or (C) waste your
property."
Narrated Abu Bakra:
Allah's Apostle said thrice,
"Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the great sins?" We said, "Yes, O
Allah's Apostle" He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah: to be
undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet sat up after he had been reclining
and added, "And I warn you against giving forged statement and a false
witness; I warn you against giving a forged statement and a false witness."
The Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought that he would not
stop.
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle mentioned the
greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He said, "To join
partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul which Allah has forbidden to
kill; and to be undutiful or unkind to one's parents." The Prophet added,
"Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great sins? That is the forged
statement or the false witness." Shu'ba (the sub-narrator) states that most
probably the Prophet said, "the false witness."
Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
My mother came to me, hoping
(for my favor) during the lifetime of the Prophet asked the Prophet, "May I
treat her kindly?" He replied, "Yes." Ibn 'Uyaina said, "Then Allah revealed:
'Allah forbids you not with regards to those who fought not against you
because of religion, and drove you not out from your homes, that you should
show them kindness and deal justly with them.'.......(60.8)
Narrated Abu Sufyan:
That Heraclius sent for him and
said, "What did he, i.e. the Prophet order you?" I replied, "He orders us to
offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to keep good relations with our
relatives.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
My father, seeing a silken
cloak being sold, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Buy this and wear it on Fridays
and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to you." He said, "This is worn
only by that person who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later a few
silken cloaks were given to the Prophet as a gift, and he sent one of those
cloaks to 'Umar. 'Umar said (to the Prophet), "How can I wear it while you
have said about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I did not give it to you
to wear but to sell or to give to someone else to wear." So 'Umar sent it to
his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of Mecca before he ('Umar's
brother) embraced Islam.
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What
is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" Allah's Apostle said,
"He has something to ask (what he needs greatly)." The Prophet said (to him),
(In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and join none in worship
with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly, give obligatory charity (Zakat),
and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!"
(The sub-narrator said, "It seems that the Prophet was riding his she camel."
Narrated Jubair bin Mut'im:
That he heard the Prophet
saying, "The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Paradise."
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Who ever is pleased that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life
be pro longed, then he should keep good relations with his Kith and kin."
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah 's Apostle said, "Whoever
loves that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life be prolonged
then he should keep good relations with his Kith and kin."
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah
created the creations, and when He finished from His creations, Ar-Rahm i.e.,
womb said, "(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge with You from all those who
sever me (i.e. sever the ties of Kith and kin). Allah said, 'Yes, won't you be
pleased that I will keep good relations with the one who will keep good
relations with you, and I will sever the relation with the one who will sever
the relations with you.' It said, 'Yes, O my Lord.' Allah said, 'Then that is
for you ' " Allah's Apostle added. "Read (in the Qur'an) if you wish, the
Statement of Allah: 'Would you then, if you were given the authority, do
mischief in the land and sever your ties of kinship?' (47.22)
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The word
'Ar-Rahm (womb) derives its name from Ar-Rahman (i.e., one of the names of
Allah) and Allah said: 'I will keep good relation with the one who will keep
good relation with you, (womb i.e. Kith and Kin) and sever the relation with
him who will sever the relation with you, (womb, i.e. Kith and Kin).
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(Holy Quran-16:125)
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