Chapter 05- Exhortation to have Good Morals

1562. Ibn Mas’ud narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "Adhere {you people) to truth, for truth leads to good deeds and good deeds lead to Paradise, and if a man continues to speak the truth and makes truth his object he will be recorded as truthful before Allah. Avoid (you people)falsehood, for falsehood leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hell, and if a man continues to speak falsehood and makes falsehood his object he will be recorded as a liar before Allah!' Agreed upon,








1563, Abu Hurairah rd2 narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion amounts to the worst form of lying." Agreed upon









1564. Abu Sa’id al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "Avoid sitting by the road side." The people then said, “O Allah Messenger, we cannot do without those meeting places in which we converse." So he said, "Well, if you insist (on that) give the road its due rights." They asked, 'What are the road's due rights?' He replied, "Lowering your gaze, abstaining from anything offensive, returning salutations, enjoining the right (Ma’ruf) and forbidding from evil deeds (Munkar). Agreed upon.







1565. Mu'awiyah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "When Allah wishes good for anyone, He bestows upon him the Fiqh (comprehension) of the religion." Agreed upon.








1566. Abu ad-Darda' narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "The heaviest thing which will be put on the believer's scale (on the Day of Resurrection) will be good morals." Related by Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi who graded it as Sahih.








1567. Ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said,"Haya' (modesty, bashfulness etc.) is a part of Faith." Agreed upon.








1568. Ibn Mas'ud narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "One of the things people have learned from the words of the earliest prophecies is, "If you don't feel any shame, do whatever you like." Related by Al-Bukhari.







1569. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "A believer who is strong (and healthy) is better and dearer to Allah than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them. Be keen on what benefits you and seek help from Allah, and do not give up. If anything afflicts you do not say, 'If I had done such and such things, such and such would have happened.' But say, 'Allah decreed and what He wills He does,' for (the utterance) 'If I had" provides an opening for the deeds of the devil." Related by Muslim.







1570. Iyad bin Himar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "Allah, the Most High has revealed to me that you (people) should be humble, so that no one transgresses another, or boasts to the other." Related by Muslim.






1571. Abu ad-Darda' narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, "If a Muslim defends his brother's honor in his absence, Allah will protect his face from the fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection!' Related by At-Tirmidhi who graded it to be Hasan.







1572. Ahmad related a similar Hadith on the authority of Asma' the daughter of Yazid.








1573. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, Sadaqah does not decrease property and Allah increases the honor of him who forgives and no one will humble himself for Allah's sake except that Allah raises his status." Related by Muslim.