N.B. With no intention to promote religious segregation*
Just read and adopt the habits that will help you better life,
or feel free to ignore.
“Whoever opens a way to a charitable deed is like the one that has done this good deed (himself).”
[Tirmidhee, ilm (Knowledge), 14]
“A believer is not bitten twice from the same hole.” (A believer is not mistaken twice with the same fault).
[Bukharee, adab (Manners), 83; Muslim, Dhuhd (Adherence to Devotions), 63]
“Faith is composed of 70 odd branches; of which the highest is belief in ‘La Ilaha Illallah’ [There is no God but Allaah] & the lowest is the removal of a hindrance from the road, & the sense of modesty is an important branch of Faith.”
[Bukharee, Iman (Faith), 3; Muslim, Iman (Faith), 57-58]
"Whoever sees something evil should change it with his hands (unless by doing this it creates a bigger evil). If he cannot, then with his tongue; & if he cannot do even that, then in his heart, which is the weakest degree of faith."
[Muslim, Iman (Faith), 78; Aboo Dawood, Salah (Prayers), 248]
“There is no giving of harm to others nor retaliating harm with harm.”
[Ibn Ma’jah, Ahqam (Decrees), 17; Muwattah, Aqdiyyah, 31]
"None of you will have true faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."
[Bukharee, Iman (Faith), 7; Muslim, Iman (Faith), 71]
“Do not shun each other; do not ignore one another; do not hate one another; & do not envy one another; & be brothers with one another, O slaves of Allaah. No Muslim is allowed to shun his (Muslim) brother for more than 3 days.”[Bukharee, Adab (Manners), 57-58]
20. “Do not quarrel with your (Muslim) brothers. Do not make them such jokes as they will not like. Do not make promises to them that you will not keep.”
[Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 58]
“Your smiling in the face of your (Muslim) brother is charity; enjoining the good & forbidding the evil is charity; your guiding a man that has lost his way is charity; & your removing of stones, thorns, & bones from people’s paths is charity for you.”
[Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 36]
"Allaah does not look at your appearance or your possessions; but He looks at your heart & your deeds."
[Muslim, Birr (Piety), 33; Ibn Majah, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions) 9; Ahmad bin Hanbal, 2/285, 539]
"Allaah’s Pleasure lies in the pleasure of one’s parents; while His Wrath too lies in the wrath of theirs.”
[Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 3]
“Three prayers are answered without doubt: A prayer by a person suffering injustice, & a prayer by a traveller, & a prayer by a father for his children.”
[Ibn Majah, Dua (Prayer), 11]
“No father can give his children a better gift than good manners."
[Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 33]
“The best among you are those who give the best treatment to their wives.”
[Tirmidhee, Radah, 11; Ibn Majah, Niqah (Wedding), 50]
"Whoever does not show affection to the young & respect to the old is not one of us."
[Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 15; Aboo Dawood, Adab (Manners) 66]
“Making a motion of his index & middle fingers our Prophet said, ‘Whoever supports an orphan from among his own or any other family will be as close to me in Heaven as these fingers are close to each other."
[Bukharee, Talaq (Divorce), 25; Adab (Good Manners), 24; Muslim, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 42]
"Avoid the 7 great destructive sins." The Muslims enquired, "O Allaah's Apostle! What are they? "He said, "To join others in worship along with Allaah (shirk), to practice sorcery (magic), to kill the life which Allaah has forbidden except for a just cause(according to Islaamic law) (murder), to eat up Ribah (usury) (interest), to eat up an orphan's wealth (usurp), to give back to the enemy & fleeing from the battlefield at the time of fighting (cowardice), & to accuse chaste women, who has never thought of anything touching her chastity & are good believers (false accusation).”
[Bukharee, Wasayah, 23; T?bb (Medicine), 48; Muslim, Iman (Faith), 144]
“Jibra'eel kept on recommending me about treating the neighbours in a kind & polite manner, so much so that I thought that he would order (me) to make them (my) heirs."
[Bukharee, Adab (Manners), 28; Muslim, Birr (Piety), 140, 141]
"The one who helps widows & poor people is like a warrior fighting for Allaah's Cause or like a person who fasts during the day & prays all the night."
[Bukharee, Nafaqah (Alimony), 1; Muslim, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 41; Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 4; Nasa’ee, Zaqah (Poor-due), 78]33. “Everybody errs. The best of those who have erred are those that repent.”
[Tirmidhee, Qiyamah (Doomsday), 49; Ibn Al-Majah, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 30]
“The condition of the believer is worthy of envy & admiration, because every state they are in is a cause of benefit. Such a quality is unique to the believer: When they are delighted, they praise (Allaah) & this is a benefit; when they suffer harm, they show patience & this is also a benefit.”
[Muslim, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 64; Darim, Riqaq, 61]
“Those who cheat are not of us.”
[Muslim, Iman (Faith), 164]
“Give workers their wages before their tears (on their foreheads) have dried.”
[Ibn Majah, Ruhun, 4]
“What people, animals or birds eat of the fruit of those trees or crops planted or raised by a Muslim is a charity for him.”
[Bukharee, Adab (Manners), 27; Muslim, Musaqah, 7, 10]
“In everybody there is a piece of flesh, if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it is sick, the whole body is sick. Beware! It is the heart!”
[Bukharee, Iman (Faith), 39; Muslim, Musaqah, 107]
