Manners, Etiquette & Character

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) wrote a letter to Heraclius: "From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Hiraql (Heraclius), Chief of the Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow the guidance." Ibn Yahya reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas that AbuSufyan...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

A son does not repay what he owes to his father unless he buys him and emancipates him if he finds him in slavery.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

A woman was my wife and I loved her, but Umar hated her. He said to me: Divorce her, but I refused. Umar then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned that to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Divorce her.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

I said: Messenger of Allah! to whom should I show kindness? He replied: Your mother, next your mother, next your mother, and then comes your father, and then your relatives in order of relationship. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Messenger of Allah! to whom should I show kindness? He said: Your mother, your sister, your brother and the slave whom you set free and who is your relative, a due binding (on you), and a tie of relationship which...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

A man’s reviling of his parents is one of the grave sins. He was asked : Messenger of Allah! How does a man revile his parents? He replied: He reviles the father of a man who then reviles his father,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

While we were with the Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said: Messenger of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death? He replied: Yes,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

One of the finest acts of kindness is for a man to treat his father’s friends in a kindly way after he has departed.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) distributing flesh at Ji'irranah, and I was a boy in those days bearing the bone of the camel, and when a woman who came forward approach the Prophet (ﷺ), he spread out his cloak for...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

One day when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting, his foster-father came forward. He spread out of a part of his garment and he sit on it. Then his mother came forward to him and he spread out the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone has a female child, and does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer his children (i.e. the male ones) to her, Allah will bring him into Paradise. Uthman did not mention "male...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone cares for three daughters, disciplines them, marries them, and does good to them, he will go to Paradise.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

“three sisters, or three daughter, or two daughter, or two sisters”.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I and a woman whose cheeks have become black shall on the Day of Resurrection be like these two (pointing to the middle and forefinger), i.e. a woman of rank and beauty who has been bereft...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Sahl (b. Sa’d) reported the prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying; I and the one who takes the responsibility of an orphan will be in Paradise thus, and he joined his middle finger and forefinger.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Gabriel kept on commending the neighbor to me so that I thought he would make him an heir.

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Mujahid said that Abdullah ibn Amr slaughtered a sheep and said: Have you presented a gift from it to my neighbour, the Jew, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Gabriel kept on commending the neighbour to me...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

A man came to the prophet (May peace be upon him) complaining against his neighbor. He said: go and have patience. He again came to him twice or thrice. He then said : Go and throw your property in the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

He who believes in Allah and in the last day should honour his guest; he who believes in Allah and in the last day should not harm his neighbor; he who believes in Allah and in the last day should...