Sunan Abi Dawud 25313
Allah is gentle, likes gentleness, and gives for gentleness what he does not give for harshness.
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Sunan Abi Dawud 25306
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right, a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even if he were joking, and a house in the upper part of Paradise for a […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 25307
neither the Jawwaz nor the Jazari will enter paradise. He said that the Jawwaz is the one who is coarse and uncivil.
Sunan Abi Dawud 25308
The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called al-Adba’ had not been outstripped by another, but an A`rabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but he said: It is Allah’s right that nothing should become […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 25309
It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.
Sunan Abi Dawud 25303
One of the things people have learnt from the words of the earliest prophecy is : If you have no shame, do what you like.
Sunan Abi Dawud 25304
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.
Sunan Abi Dawud 25305
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection. Abu al-Walid said: I heard ‘Ata al-Kaikharani say: Abu Dawud said: His name is ‘Ata b. Ya’qub. He is the maternal uncle of Ibrahim b. Nafi’. He is called Kaikharani or Kukharani.
Sunan Abi Dawud 25302
We were sitting with `Imran b. Hussain and Bushair b. Ka`b was also there. `Imran b. Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Modesty is good altogether, or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair b. Ka`b said : We find in some books that there is a modesty which produces peace and […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 25298
A man asked permission to see the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: He is a bad member of the tribe. When he entered, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) treated in a frank and friendly way and spoke to him. When he departed , I said: Messenger of Allah! When he asked permission, you […]