Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah will cover up the faults on the Day of Judgment of him who covers up the faults of another in this world (Muslim). (An-Nur 3)

Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Everyone of my people will be forgiven except those who expose faults. Exposure includes a person proclaiming his own fault which he commits during the night and which Allah had covered up. He says in the morning: So and So, listen I did this and this last night. During the night Allah had covered it up and in the morning he tears away Allah’s cover (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nur 3)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a slave-girl commits adultery and her offence is established she should suffer the penalty but should not be rebuked; the same if she offends a second time; but if she offends a third time she should be sold even if she fetches no more than a rope woven from hair (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Hajj 79)

Abu Hurairah relates: A drunkard was brought to the Holy Prophet and he said: Give him a beating. Then some of us beat him with our hands, some with our shoes, and some with pieces of cloth. When he retired, someone said: May Allah disgrace you. The Holy Prophet said: Do not help Satan against him by uttering such words (Bokhari). (Al-Hajj 79)

This hadith is the same as No, 235. (An-Nisa' 87)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who removes trom a believer his distress in this world will have his distress of the Day of Judgment removed by Allah. He who eases the hardship of another, will have ease bestowed upon him by Allah in this world and the next. He who covers up the faults of a Muslim will have his faults covered up in this world and the" next. Allah goes on helping a servant so long as he goes on helping his brother. He who treads a path in search of knowledge, has his path to Paradise made easy by Allah thereby. Whenever people gather in a house of Allah for the purpose of reading the Book of Allah and share its reading between them, serenity descends upon them, and mercy covers them and angels spread their wings over them and Allah discourses about them to those around Him. He who is slow in his conduct will not make it proceed faster by the nobility of his birth (Muslim). (An-Nisa' 87)

Abu Musa Ash‘ari relates that whenever a needy person came to the Holy Prophet he would turn to those present and say: Intercede for him, you will have your reward and Allah causes that which He likes to issue from the tongue of His Prophet (Bokhari and Muslim). One version has: that which He wills. (An-Nisa' 116, An-Nisa' 130, Al-Anfal 3, Al-Hujurat 12)

Ibn Abbas relates, in the course of the case of Burairah and her husband, that the Holy Prophet said to her: Would that you went back to him. She said: Messenger of Allah, do you command me? He replied: I only recommend. She said: I have no use for him (Bokhari). (An-Nisa' 116, An-Nisa' 130, Al-Anfal 3, Al-Hujurat 12)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Charity is incumbent upon every human limb every day on which the sun rises. To bring about just reconciliation between two contestants is charity. Helping a person to mount his animal, or to load his baggage on to it is charity. A good word is charity. Every step taken towards the mosque for salat is charity. To remove" anything from the street that causes inconvenience is charity (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 116, An-Nisa' 130, Al-Anfal 3, Al-Hujurat 12)

Umm Kulthum relates that she heard the Holy Prophet say: He who brings about peace between people and attains good or says that which is good is not a liar (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim’s version adds: I did not hear him let people have a latitude in what they said except in three situations: war, making peace, and talk between husband and wife. (An-Nisa' 116, An-Nisa' 130, Al-Anfal 3, Al-Hujurat 12)