Virtue, Piety & Righteousness

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is enough evil for a Muslim to look down upon his (Muslim) brother.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The haughty, even with pride equal to a mustard seed in his heart, will not enter Jannah." A man enquired: "What about that a person likes fine dress and fine shoes?" He said: "Allah is Beautiful...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Once someone said: 'By Allah! Allah will not forgive such and such (a person).' Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious, said: 'Who is he who takes an oath in My Name that I...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not express pleasure at the misfortune of a (Muslim) brother lest Allah should bestow mercy upon him and make you suffer from a misfortune.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Two matters are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Defaming and speaking evil of a person's lineage, and wailing over the dead.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who takes up arms against us is none of us; and he who cheats us is none of us.".Another narration of Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) happened to pass by a...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not practise Najsh (to cheat).".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited the practice of Najsh..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

A man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he was often deceived in dealings. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, "When you enter into a transaction you should say: "There should be no deception."'.

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who deceives another's wife or his slave is none of us.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whosoever possesses these four characteristics is a sheer hypocrite; and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he gives it up. These are: when he is entrusted with something,...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "For every one who breaks his covenant, there will be a (huge) flag on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said: 'This flag proclaims a breach of covenant by so-and-so."'.

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Every one who breaks a covenant will have a flag by his buttocks on the Day of Resurrection. It will be raised higher according to the nature of his breach. Behold, there will be no greater...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah, the Exalted, says: 'I will contend on the Day of Resurrection against three (types of) people: One who makes a covenant in My Name and then breaks it; one who sells a free man as...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) observed: "There are three (types of) people to whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurrection nor look at them nor purify them, and they will have a painful chastisement." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Verily, Allah has revealed to me that you should adopt humility. So that no one may wrong another and no one may be disdainful and haughty towards another.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a person says: 'People have been ruined, he is the one to be ruined the most."'In another version: "He himself is the most ruined among them."

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not desert (stop talking to) one another, do not nurse hatred towards one another, do not be jealous of one another, and become as fellow brothers and slaves of Allah. It is not...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim to desert (stop talking to) his brother beyond three nights, the one turning one way and the other turning to the other way when they meet, the...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "People's deeds are presented before Allah on Mondays and Thursdays, and then every slave (of Allah) is granted forgiveness (of minor sins) if he does not associate anything with Allah in worship. But the...