Manners, Etiquette & Character

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man goes out of his house and says: "In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might and no power but in Allah," the following will be said to him...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man goes into his house, he should say: "O Allah! I ask Thee for good both when entering and when going out; in the name of Allah we have entered, and in the name...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The wind comes from Allah's mercy. Salamah's version has: It is Allah's mercy; it (sometimes) brings blessing and (sometimes) brings punishment. So when you see it, do not revile it, but ask...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

I never saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) laugh fully to such an extent that I could see his uvula. He would only smile, and when he saw clouds or wind, his face showed signs (of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw a cloud formation in the sky, he left work, even if he were at prayer, and then would say: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from its evil. " If it rained, he would...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Because it has recently been with its Lord.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not curse the cock, for it awakens for prayer.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

when you hear the cocks crowing, ask Allah for some of His grace, for they have seen as angel; but when you hear an ass braying, seek refuge in Allah from the devil, for it has seen the devil.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of asses at night, seek refuge in Allah, for they see which you do not see.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not go out much when there are few people about , for Allah the Exalted scatters abroad of His beasts in that hour (according to Ibn Marwan's version). Ibn Marwan's version has:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) uttering the call to prayer (Adhan) in the ear of al-Hasan ibn Ali when Fatimah gave birth to him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Boys used to be brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he would invoke blessings on them. Yusuf added: "and soften some dates and rub their palates with them". He did not mention "blessings".

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Have the mugharribun been seen (or some other word) among you? I asked: What do the mugharribun mean? He replied: They are those in whom is a strain of the jinn.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone asks (you) for refuge for the sake of Allah, give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for the pleasure of Allah, give him. Ubaydullah said: If anyone asks you for the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

If anyone asks you refuge for Allah’s sake give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for Allah’s sake, give him. Sahl and Sulaiman said: if anyone calls you, respond to him. The Agreed version goes; if you...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

AbuZumayl said: I asked Ibn Abbas, saying: What is that I find in my breast? He asked: What is it? I replied: I swear by Allah, I cannot speak about it. He asked me: Is it something doubtful? and he...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Have you experienced that? They replied: yes. He said : that is clear faith.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! one of us has thoughts of such nature that he would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them. He said: Allah is Most Great, Allah is...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

My ears heard it end my heart remembered it from Muhammad (May peace be upon him) who said: if a man claims to be the son of a man who is not his father, paradise will be forbidden for him....

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

if a man becomes the client of any people without the permission of his patrons (i.e. those who have freed him), on him will be the curse of Allah, of angels and of all people; no obligatory or supererogatory worship...