Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Three things are pleasing to Allah and three are displeasing to Him. It pleases Him that you should worship Him and should not associate anything with Him and that you should hold fast to the rope of Allah all together without being divided and it is displeasing to Him that you should indulge in much talk and much asking and in wasting money (Muslim).

Warrad, the clerk of Mughirah, relates: Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah dictated a letter to me addressed to Mu‘awiah that the Holy Prophet used to supplicate at the end of each prescribed Prayer: There is none worthy of worship save Allah, the One who has no associate, His is the Kingdom and His is the praise and He has power to do all that He wills. Allah, no one can stop that which Thou dost bestow and no one can bestow that which Thou dost hold back, nor does the high status of any avail against Thee; and wrote further that the Holy Prophet forbade idle talk, waste of wealth and too much asking. He also forbade disobedience of parents, infanticide of female children and wrongful acquisition (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: No one of you should point at his brother with a weapon for he does not know lest Satan should make him let it loose from his hand and he may in consequence fall into a pit of fire (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim’s version is: The Holy Prophet said: He who points at a brother with a sharp edged weapon is cursed by the angels till he throws away the weapon even if the other person should be his real brother.

Jabir relates: The Holy Prophet forbade that anyone should present a drawn sword to another (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi).

Abu Sha‘tha relates: We were sitting with Abu Hurairah in the mosque when the muezzin called the Azan. A man stood up in the mosque and started walking out. Abu Hurairah continued to stare at him till he went out of the mosque. Abu Hurairah then said: This one has disobeyed the Holy Prophet (Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A person should not refuse a gift of perfume for it is light in weight and has a good smell (Muslim).

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet never refused perfume (Bokhari).

Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet heard a man praising another one extravagantly, whereupon he said: You have ruined (or you have broken the back of) this man (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Bakr relates that mention of a man was made to the Holy Prophet and someone praised him. The Holy Prophet said to the latter: Fie on you, you have cut the throat of your companion. He repeated this several times and then added: If you must praise somebody, you should say: I reckon So and So is such and such if you consider him such; and you will be accountable to Allah and no one can be declared pure before Allah (Bokhari and Muslim).

Hamam ibn Harith relates on the authority of Miqdad that a man started praising Uthman and Miqdad sat down on his haunches and began to thrust pebbles into the mouth of the speaker. Uthman asked him: What is the matter? He answered: The Holy Prophet has said: When you see such as praise others fill their mouths with dust (Muslim).