Hadith for Everyday Good Character

إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ

the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6114 · Source checked

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مَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُ لاَ يُرْحَمُ

He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6013 · Source checked

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إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا

The best among you are the best in character (having good manners).

Sahih al-Bukhari 6035 · Source checked

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إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ

verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness

Sahih Muslim 2593 · Source checked

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لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ

Don't consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.

Sahih Muslim 2626 · Source checked

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مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ

Charity does not decrease wealth

Sahih Muslim 2588 · Source checked

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تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ

To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and those whom you do not Know

Sahih al-Bukhari 12 · Source checked

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لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Wealth is not in having many possessions, but rather (true) wealth is feeling sufficiency in the soul.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6446 · Source checked

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أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ أَدْوَمُهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَإِنْ قَلَّ

the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6464 · Source checked

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كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ

Every act of goodness is sadaqa.

Sahih Muslim 1005 · Source checked

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إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1 · Source checked

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إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6094 · Source checked

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إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ

Verily Allah does not look to your faces and your wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds.

Sahih Muslim 2564c · Source checked

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يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِذَا طَبَخْتَ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا وَتَعَاهَدْ جِيرَانَكَ

Abu Dharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.

Sahih Muslim 2625b · Source checked

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يَسِّرُوا وَلاَ تُعَسِّرُوا

Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them

Sahih al-Bukhari 69 · Source checked

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فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ

he should keep good relations with his Kith and kin.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5986 · Source checked

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ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ

Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like.

Sahih Muslim 2589 · Source checked

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وَإِنْ كَتَمَا وَكَذَبَا مُحِقَتْ بَرَكَةُ بَيْعِهِمَا

if they told lies or hid something, then the blessings of their transaction would be lost.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2079 · Source checked

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الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ، لاَ يَظْلِمُهُ وَلاَ يُسْلِمُهُ

A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2442 · Source checked

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الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ

A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands.

Sahih al-Bukhari 10 · Source checked

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مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ

One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer.

Sahih Muslim 1893a · Source checked

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أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ، فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا

I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this,

Sahih al-Bukhari 6005 · Source checked

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أَلاَ فَكُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ

Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges.

Sahih al-Bukhari 7138 · Source checked

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فَيَعْمَلُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَيَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ

He should work with his hands so that he may benefit himself and give in charity.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6022 · Source checked

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الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ

Modesty brings forth nothing but goodness.

Sahih Muslim 37a · Source checked

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وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ

and (saying) a good word is also Sadaqa

Sahih al-Bukhari 2989 · Source checked

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ثُمَّ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ

To be good and dutiful to one's parents

Sahih al-Bukhari 5970 · Source checked

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مَا زَالَ يُوصِينِي جِبْرِيلُ بِالْجَارِ

Gabriel continued to recommend me about treating the neighbors Kindly and politely

Sahih al-Bukhari 6014 · Source checked

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السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6007 · Source checked

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فِي كُلِّ كَبِدٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَجْرٌ

Yes, there is a reward for service to every living animal.

Sahih Muslim 2244 · Source checked

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الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ

Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.

Sahih Muslim 91a · Source checked

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وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ

and the better of the two will be the one who greets the other first.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6077 · Source checked

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مَنْ غَشَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي

He who deceives is not of me (is not my follower).

Sahih Muslim 102 · Source checked

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رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً سَمْحًا إِذَا بَاعَ، وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى، وَإِذَا اقْتَضَى

May Allah's mercy be on him who is lenient in his buying, selling, and in demanding back his money.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2076 · Source checked

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إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ

Avoid suspicion, for suspicion is the gravest lie in talk

Sahih Muslim 2563a · Source checked

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لَتُؤَدُّنَّ الْحُقُوقَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Rights will certainly be restored to those entitled to them on the Day of Resurrection

Sahih Muslim 2582 · Source checked

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إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ لَعَّانًا وَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَةً

I have not been sent as the invoker of curse, but I have been sent as mercy.

Sahih Muslim 2599 · Source checked

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اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1417 · Source checked

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أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ، تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى

The charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become wealthy.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1419 · Source checked

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مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ

He who called (people) to righteousness, there would be reward (assured) for him like the rewards of those who adhered to it

Sahih Muslim 2674 · Source checked

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هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ

Ruined, were those who indulged in hair-splitting.

Sahih Muslim 2670 · Source checked

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أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ

give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one another by saying) as-salamu alaikum.

Sahih Muslim 54a · Source checked

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أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا

Look towards both of them until there is reconciliation

Sahih Muslim 2565a, b · Source checked

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تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ، لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا

Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2078 · Source checked

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يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلاَ تَظَالَمُوا

O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.

Sahih Muslim 2577a · Source checked

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تَأْخُذُ فَوْقَ يَدَيْهِ

By preventing him from oppressing others.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2444 · Source checked

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إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لاَ يَكُونُ فِي شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ

Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to its beauty

Sahih Muslim 2594a · Source checked

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لاَ تَغْضَبْ

Do not become angry.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6116 · Source checked

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أَيْنَ الْمُتَحَابُّونَ بِجَلاَلِي

Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake?

Sahih Muslim 2566 · Source checked

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إِنَّ فِيكَ خَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللَّهُ الْحِلْمُ وَالأَنَاةُ

You possess two qualities which are liked by Allah: insight and deliberateness.

Sahih Muslim 17c · Source checked

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وَلاَ تَحَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا

and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy

Sahih al-Bukhari 6064 · Source checked

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أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ، وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ، وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ

Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5649 · Source checked

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مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي خُرْفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ

He who visits the sick continues to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.

Sahih Muslim 2568b · Source checked

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وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قَطَعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا

but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5991 · Source checked

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مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ جَارَهُ

Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously

Sahih al-Bukhari 6019 · Source checked

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لاَ يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ

A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6133 · Source checked

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الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا الْمُنْفِقَةُ وَالسُّفْلَى السَّائِلَةُ

The upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower one which begs.

Sahih Muslim 1033 · Source checked

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وَجَدَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَّرَهُ، فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، فَغَفَرَ لَهُ

he saw a thorny branch and removed it from the way and Allah became pleased by his action and forgave him for that.

Sahih al-Bukhari 652, 653, 654 · Source checked

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يَا غُلاَمُ سَمِّ اللَّهَ، وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ

O boy! Mention the Name of Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the dish what is nearer to you.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5376 · Source checked

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مَنْ أَخَذَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ يُرِيدُ أَدَاءَهَا أَدَّى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ

Whoever takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay it on his behalf

Sahih al-Bukhari 2387 · Source checked

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مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ

Procrastination (delay) in paying debts by a wealthy man is injustice.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2287 · Source checked

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وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ

If you trust him, he proves to be dishonest.

Sahih al-Bukhari 33 · Source checked

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كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was the most generous of all the people

Sahih al-Bukhari 6 · Source checked

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مَنْ سَنَّ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا

He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is a reward for him for this (act of goodness)

Sahih Muslim 1017a · Source checked

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يُعِينُ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ الْمَلْهُوفَ

He should help the needy who appeal for help.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1445 · Source checked

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اتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ حِجَابٌ

Be afraid, from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2448 · Source checked

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أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى صِبْيَانٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُهُ

that he passed by a group of boys and greeted them and said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to do so."

Sahih al-Bukhari 6247 · Source checked

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يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ، وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ

The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one

Sahih al-Bukhari 6231 · Source checked

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لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ لاَ يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ

He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct.

Sahih Muslim 46 · Source checked

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مَا عَابَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَعَامًا قَطُّ

The Prophet (ﷺ) never criticized any food (he was invited to)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5409 · Source checked

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اشْفَعُوا فَلْتُؤْجَرُوا

Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it

Sahih al-Bukhari 6026, 6027 · Source checked

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لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ قَاطِعٌ

The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Paradise.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5984 · Source checked

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فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَهُمْ

The Prophet (ﷺ) went to them along with some of his companions in order to make peace between them.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2690 · Source checked

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وَمَنْ قَذَفَ مُؤْمِنًا بِكُفْرٍ فَهْوَ كَقَتْلِهِ

And whoever accuses a believer of Kufr (disbelief), then it is as if he killed him.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6047 · Source checked

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الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ

Virtue is a kind disposition

Sahih Muslim 2553a · Source checked

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اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا

O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause

Sahih al-Bukhari 1442 · Source checked

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طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ

Food for one person suffices two persons and food for two persons suffices four persons, and food for four persons suffices eight persons

Sahih Muslim 2059a · Source checked

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لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِصِدِّيقٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا

It does not seem proper for a Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse.

Sahih Muslim 2597a · Source checked

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كَانَ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ

He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was time for the prayer, he would get up for prayer.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6039 · Source checked

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تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ الْجَسَدِ

You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body

Sahih al-Bukhari 6011 · Source checked

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لاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا

Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other

Sahih al-Bukhari 6065 · Source checked

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مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَيْئًا قَطُّ بِيَدِهِ وَلاَ امْرَأَةً وَلاَ خَادِمًا

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never beat anyone with his hand, neither a woman nor a servant

Sahih Muslim 2328a · Source checked

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بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي وَلَوْ آيَةً

Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence,

Sahih al-Bukhari 3461 · Source checked

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وَرَجُلٌ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَأَخْفَاهَا حَتَّى لاَ تَعْلَمَ شِمَالُهُ مَا تُنْفِقُ يَمِينُهُ

a person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given

Sahih al-Bukhari 1423 · Source checked

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وَلاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ الطَّيِّبَ

and Allah accepts only the honestly earned money

Sahih al-Bukhari 1410 · Source checked

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إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الآخَرِ

If you are three, two amongst you should not converse secretly between yourselves to the exclusion of the other (third one),

Sahih Muslim 2184a · Source checked

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اعْزِلِ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.

Sahih Muslim 2618a · Source checked

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إِلاَّ أَخَذَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا، مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ إِثْمًا

he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so,

Sahih al-Bukhari 3560 · Source checked

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كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا

The Prophet (ﷺ) was the best of all the people in character.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6203 · Source checked

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إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ لاَ يُلْقِي لَهَا بَالاً

A slave (of Allah) may utter a word which pleases Allah without giving it much importance,

Sahih al-Bukhari 6478 · Source checked

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عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ سَجَنَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ

A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died,

Sahih Muslim 2242a · Source checked

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إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

If anyone of you sneezes, he should say 'Al-Hamduli l-lah' (Praise be to Allah),

Sahih al-Bukhari 6224 · Source checked

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إِلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا مِنْكِ بَابًا

(Give) to the one whose door is nearer to you.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2595 · Source checked

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إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَلاَثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ، فَلْيَرْجِعْ

If anyone of you asks the permission to enter thrice, and the permission is not given, then he should return.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6245 · Source checked

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لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا، أَوْ يَقُولُ خَيْرًا

He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2692 · Source checked

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إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ، يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا

A faithful believer to a faithful believer is like the bricks of a wall, enforcing each other.

Sahih al-Bukhari 481 · Source checked

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وَإِذَا اسْتَنْصَحَكَ فَانْصَحْ لَهُ

when he seeks your council give him,

Sahih Muslim 2162b · Source checked

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وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.

Qur’an 2:42 · Al-Baqara

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وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.

Qur’an 31:19 · Luqman

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فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ

And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,

Qur’an 99:7 · Az-Zalzala

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وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ شَرًّۭا يَرَهُۥ

And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.

Qur’an 99:8 · Az-Zalzala

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فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

Therefor the orphan oppress not,

Qur’an 93:9 · Ad-Dhuhaa

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وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

Therefor the beggar drive not away,

Qur’an 93:10 · Ad-Dhuhaa

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وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًۭا وَيَتِيمًۭا وَأَسِيرًا

And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,

Qur’an 76:8 · Al-Insaan

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إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَلَا شُكُورًا

(Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;

Qur’an 76:9 · Al-Insaan

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إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًۭا قَمْطَرِيرًۭا

Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.

Qur’an 76:10 · Al-Insaan

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

Qur’an 90:12 · Al-Balad

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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(It is) to free a slave,

Qur’an 90:13 · Al-Balad

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أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

And to feed in the day of hunger.

Qur’an 90:14 · Al-Balad

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يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan near of kin,

Qur’an 90:15 · Al-Balad

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أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

Or some poor wretch in misery,

Qur’an 90:16 · Al-Balad

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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

Qur’an 90:17 · Al-Balad

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Their place will be on the right hand.

Qur’an 90:18 · Al-Balad

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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.

Qur’an 21:107 · Al-Anbiyaa

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وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍۢ فَخُورٍۢ

Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.

Qur’an 31:18 · Luqman

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وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا

The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;

Qur’an 25:63 · Al-Furqaan

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وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًۭا

And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.

Qur’an 25:72 · Al-Furqaan

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مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ

He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.

Qur’an 50:18 · Qaaf

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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

Qur’an 91:9 · Ash-Shams

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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

Qur’an 91:10 · Ash-Shams

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,

Qur’an 79:40 · An-Naazi'aat

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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

Lo! the Garden will be his home.

Qur’an 79:41 · An-Naazi'aat

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

And who shun vain conversation,

Qur’an 23:3 · Al-Muminoon

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

And who are shepherds of their pledge and their covenant,

Qur’an 23:8 · Al-Muminoon

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

And those who stand by their testimony

Qur’an 70:33 · Al-Ma'aarij

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