27. Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who most deserves(my) reverence?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.'" He said: "I said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then your father, then the nearest relatives, then the near…

Ibn Mas'ud said:

"I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'O Messenger of Allah! Which is the most virtuous of deeds?' He said: 'Salat during its appropriate time.' I said: 'Then what, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Being dutiful to one's parents.' I said: 'Then what, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Jihad in the cause o…

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that:

the Prophet said: "The Lord's pleasure is in the parent's pleasure, and the Lord's anger is in the parent's anger."(Hasan).

Abu 'Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami narrated from Abu Ad Darda'.:

He said that a man came and said : "I have a wife whom my mother has ordered me to divorce." So Abu Ad-Darda said: " I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'The father is the middle gate to Paradise. So if you wish, then neglect that door, or protect it.'"

'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrated from his father who said:

" The messenger of Allah said: 'Shall I not tell you of the biggest of the major sins?' they said : 'Of course! O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'To join partners with Allah, and disobeying one's parents.'"He said : " He sat up, and he had been reclining. He said: 'And false testimony, or false speec…

'Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah said: "It is among the greatest of sins that a man should curse his parents." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! Does a man curse his parents?" He said: "Yes. He verbally abuses the father of a man, who in turn, verbally abuses his father, and he (retaliates and) curses his mot…

Ibn 'Umar narrated that :

the Prophet said: "Among the most dutiful of deeds is that a man nurture relations with the people his father was friends with."

Al-Bara' bin Azib narrated that :

the Prophet said: "The maternal aunt holds the same status as the mother."

(Another chain) From Ibn 'Umar:

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been afflicted by a tremendous sin. Is there any repentance for me?" He said: "Do you have your mother?" The man said: "No." He said: "Do you have any maternal aunts?" The man said: "Yes." He said: "Then be dutiful to them."

(Another chain) From Abu Bakr bin Hafs, from the Prophet (ﷺ), and it is similar, but he did not mention "from Ibn `Umar" in it. This is more correct than the Hadith of Abu Mu'awiyah, and Abu Bakr bin Hafs is Ibn 'Umar bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (narrators in the chain of this Hadith.)

Abu Harairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Three supplications are accepted , there is no doubt in them (about them being accepted): The supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveler, and the supplication of his father against his son."

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

the Messenger of Allah said: "A son could not do enough for his father, unless he found him as a slave and purchased him to set him free."

Abu Salamah said:

" Abu Al-Laithi complained(of an illness). So 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf visited him. He said: 'The best of you, and the most apt to maintain good relations, as far as I know, is Abu Muhammad('Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf). So 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf' said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying : "Allah, Most…

'Abdullah bin Amr narrated that:

the Prophet said: "Merely maintaining the ties of kinship is not adequate. But connecting the ties of kinship is when his ties to the womb are severed and he connects it."

Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im narrated from his father, that:

the Messenger of Allah said: "The one who severs ties will not enter Paradise." Ibn Abi 'Umar said: "Sufyan said: 'Meaning: Ties of the womb."

'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz said:

'a righteous woman, Khawlah bint Hakim said: "The Messenger of Allah came out during the middle of the day, while holding one of the sons of his daughter in his arms. He was saying: 'You are what makes them stingy, cowardly and ignorant. And you are but Raihanillah

Abu Hurairah narrated:

"Al-Aqra' bin Habis saw the prophet kissing Al-Hasan"- Ibn Abi 'Umar (one of the narrators) said:"Al-Hasan and Al-Husain." So he said: 'I have ten children and I do not kiss any one of them.' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever shows no mercy, he will be shown no mercy."

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah said: "There is no one who has three daughters, or three sisters, and he treats them well, except that he enters paradise."

Aishah narrated that the:

Messenger of Allah said:"Whoever is tried with something from daughters, and he is patient with them, they will be a barrier from the Fire for him."

Abu Bakr bin 'Ubaidullah bin Anas bin Malik narrated that:

the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever raises two girls then I and he will enter Paradise like these two." And he indicated with his two fingers.

Aishah said:

"A woman came to me with two daughters. She was asking (for food) but I did not have anything with me except a date. So I gave it to her and she divided it between her two daughters without eating any of it herself. Then she got up to leave, and the Prophet entered, and I informed him about her. So…

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has three daughters, or three sisters, or two daughters, or two sisters and he keeps good company with them and fears Allah regarding them, then Paradise is for him.

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that:

the Prophet said: Whoever takes in an orphan among the Muslims to raise, to feed him and give him drink, Allah admits him into Paradise without a doubt, unless he has done a sin for which he is not forgiven."

Sahl bin Sa'd narrated that:

the Messenger of Allah said: " I and the sponsor of an orphan shall be in Paradise like these two."And he indicaed with his fingers, meaning his index and his middle finger

Anas bin Malik narrated that:

"An older man came to talk to the Prophet, and the people were hesitant to make room for him. The Prophet said: ;He is not one of us who does not have mercy on our young and does not respect our elders."

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated that his father, from his grandfather, who said that the Messenger of Allah said:

'He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, nor knows the honor of our elders."

Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

" He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, respect our elders, and command good and forbid evil."

Jarir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Whoever does not show mercy to the people, Allah will not show mercy to him."

Abu Hurairah narrated that Abul- Qasim said:

"Mercy is not removed (from anyone) except from a wicked one."

Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"The merciful are shown mercy by Ar-Rahman. Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens. The womb is named after Ar-Rahman, so whoever connects it, Allah connects him, and whoever severs it, Allah severs him."

Jarir bin 'Abdullah narrated :

" I pledged to the Prophet to establish the Salat, give the Zakat, and to give sincere advice to every Muslim."

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

the Messenger of Allah said: "The religion is An-Nasihah" three times. They said: "O Messenger of Allah! For Whom?" He said : "To Allah , His books, the A'immah of the Muslims, and their average people."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

: "The Muslim is the brother to the Muslim, he does not cheat him, lie to him, nor deceive him. All of the Muslim is unlawful to another Muslim: His Honor, his wealth, and his blood. At-taqwa is here. It is enough evil for a man that he belittle his brother Muslim."

Abu Musa Al-Ash'arf narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

: The believer is to the believer like parts of a building, each one of them supporting the other."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

: "Indeed (each) one of you is the reflection of his brother. So if he sees something harmful in him, then let him remove it from him."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

: "Whoever relieves a Muslim of a burden from the burdens of the world, Allah will relieve him of a burden from the burdens on the Day of Judgement. And whoever helps ease a difficulty in the world, Allah will grant him ease from a difficulty in the world and in the Hereafter. And whoever covers (th…

Abu Ad-Darda narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Whoever protects his brother's honor, Allah protects his face from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection."

Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

: It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his brother for more than three (days); they come fare to fare and this one turns away, and that one turns away. The best of them is the one who initiates the Salam."

Anas said:

: "When 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf arrived in Al-Madinah, the Messenger of Allah established a bond of brotherhood between him and sa'd bin Ar-Rabi. So he said to him: "Come here, I will divide my wealth and give you half, and I have two wives, I will divorce one of them, and when she completes her wait…

Abu Hurairah narrated that it was said:

" O Messenger of Allah! What is backbiting?" He said : " Mentioning your brother with that which he does not like." He said " What if what I said about him is so?" He said: "If what you said about him is so, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not as you said, then you have slandered him."

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Do not cut off one another, nor desert one another, nor hate one another, nor envy one another. Be you , O worshippers o Allah, brothers. It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his brother for more than three(days)."

Salim narrated from his father who said that the Messenger of Allah said:

"There is to be no envy except for two: A man to whom Allah grants wealth and he spends from it during the hours of the night and the hours of the day. And a man to whom Allah grants (memorization of) the Quran so he stands with it (in prayer) during the hours of the night and the hours of the day."

Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Indeed Ash-Shaitan has despaired of getting those who perform Salat to worship him.But he is engaged in sowing hatred among them."

Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"One who brings peace between people is not a liar, he says something good, or reports something good."

Asma bint Yazid narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"it is not lawful to lie except in three cases: Something the man tells his wife to please her, to lie during war, and to lie in order to bring peace between the people."

Abu Sirmah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Whoever causes harm, Allah harms him, and whoever is harsh, Allah will be harsh with him."

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Cursed are those who harm a believer, or plot to do so."

Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Jibril – may the Salawat of Allah be upon him – continued to recommend me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely), that I thought he would order me to make them heirs.”

Mujahid narrated:

"Abdullah bin Amr had a sheep slaughtered for his family, so when he came he said: 'Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? Have you given some to our neighbor, the Jew? I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'Jibril continued to advise me about (treating) the neighbors so (kindly and politely…

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said :

"The companion who is the best to Allah is the one who is best to his companion. And the neighbor that is the best to Allah is the one that is best to his neighbor."