Collection: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpits, clipping the moustache and clipping the nails.”

circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, clipping the nails, plucking the armpits, and clipping the moustache.”

Anas said, “While the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was with one of his wives, a man passed by and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called him and said, ‘So-and-so, this is my wife so-and-so.’ The man said, ‘Whoever I might suspect, I would not suspect […]

‘Abdullah said, “The person who has had something stolen from him continues to be suspicious until he is worse than the thief.”

Bilal ibn Sa’d al-Ash’ari related that Mu’awiya wrote to Abu Dharr, “Write down for me the deviants of Damascus.” Abu Dharr said, “What do I have to do with the deviants of Damascus and how would I know them?” His son Bilal said, “I will write them,” so he wrote them. Abu Dharr said, “How […]

‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn Qays said, “I visited ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar while a slavegirl was shaving his hair.” He said, “The limestone depilatory makes the skin supple.”

Abu’l-Malih reported from one of his people (who was a Companion) that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When Allah wants one of His slaves to die in some land, he makes him have a reason for going there.”

Muhammad ibn Sirin related that Abu Hurayra blew his nose in his garment and then said, “Squirt! Squirt! Abu Hurayra blows his nose in linen. You saw me lying between ‘A’isha’s room and the minbar when people said I was crazy, but I was only hungry.”

Abu Hurayra related, “Some people said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we feel in ourselves something which we do not want to speak about and we have been in that state since sunrise.’ He said, ‘Have you really felt like that?’ ‘Yes,’ they said. He said, ‘That is clear belief.’”

Shahr ibn Hawshab said, “Me and my maternal aunt visited ‘A’isha and said, ‘Sometimes something occurs to one of us such that, if he had spoken about it, that would have been the end of his hopes for the Next World. If it were to be revealed, he would be killed for it.’ She said […]