Ahadith

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a man gets up in the morning all his limbs entreat his tongue saying: Be regardful of Allah on our behalf for we but follow you; if you go straight we shall go straight and if you are awry we shall be awry (Tirmidhi).

Mu'‘az relates: | asked the Holy Prophet: Messenger of Allah, tell me of something which should cause me to be admitted to Paradise and shall keep me away from the Fire. He answered: You have asked about a matter of great import but it is easy for one for whom Allah makes it easy. Worship Allah and associate not anything with Him, observe Prayer, pay the Zakat. observe the Fast of Ramadhan and perform the Pilgrimage if you can afford the journey. Then he added: Shall I inform you of the gates of goodness? The fast is a shield, charity puts out sins as water puts out fire and also the Prayer in the middle of the night. Then he recited: They withdraw themselves from their beds in the latter part of the night for Prayers and they call on their Lord in fear and hope and spend out of that which We have bestowed on them. No one knows what bliss is kept hidden from them, as a reward for what they used to do (32. 17-18). Then he added: Shall ] tell you of the root of the matter and of its contours and of its top? I said: Certainly, Messenger of Allah. He said: The root of the matter is Islam, its contours are Prayers and its top is striving in the cause of Allah. Then he asked: Shall I tell you of that which is at the bottom of all this? I said: Certainly, Messenger of Allah. Upon this he took hold of his tongue and said: Keep this under control. I inquired: Messenger of Allah, shall we be called to account in respect of that which we say? He answered: May your mother lose you, will people not be thrown face down into hell only on account of the harvest of the tongue (Tirmidhi)?

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do you know what backbiting is? He was answered: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: Your saying of your brother that which he would dislike. Someone said: But if my brother should be as I say? The Holy Prophet said: If he should be as you say then you have been guilty of backbiting and if he should not be as you say you are guilty of a calumny (Muslim).

This hadith is comprehended in No. 215.

Ayesha relates: 1 said to the Holy Prophet: It is enough for you concerning Safayyah that she is thus and thus (some narrators have said that" she made a reference to her short size). The Holy Prophet said: You have uttered a phrase which would suffice to pollute an ocean. Ayesha also relates: I mentioned something unpleasant about someone to the Holy Prophet. He said: I do not like to be told anything unpleasant about anyone even in return for so much and so much (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi).

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: On the night of my Ascent I passed by some people whose nails were of copper and they were combing their faces and their chests with them. I inquired from Gabriel: Who are these? He said: These are people who eat the flesh of men and attack their reputations and honour (Abu Daud).

This hadith is comprehended in No. 1575.

Abu Darda‘ relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who defends the honour of a brother, Allah will shield his face against the Fire on the Day of Judgment (Tirmidhi).

This hadith is part of No. 420.

This hadith is part of No. 21.