Virtue, Piety & Righteousness

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not keep the fire burning in your homes when you go to bed.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

A house in Al-Madinah was burnt with its occupants inside it one night. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said, "Fire is your enemy. So, put it out before going to bed.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Cover up the (kitchen) containers (i.e., pots, pans, etc.), tie up the mouth of the water-skin, lock up the doors and extinguish the lamps, because Satan can neither untie the water-skin nor open the...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

We have been forbidden to go into excess..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

We visited 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) and he said to us: O people! He who has the knowledge of any matter may convey it to the others. And he who has no knowledge, thereof, should...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The deceased is tortured in his grave for bewailing over him.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who (on befalling a calamity) slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of the Days of Ignorance is none of us.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

(My father) Abu Musa got seriously ill and lost his consciousness. His head was in the lap of a woman of the family and she began to wail. When Abu Musa recovered his consciousness, he said: "I am innocent of...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "He who allows (others) to wail over his death, will be punished for it on the Day of Resurrection.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

At the time of giving the pledge of allegiance, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took from us an oath that we would not wail..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

When 'Abdullah bin Rawahah (May Allah be pleased with him) became unconscious, his sister began to weep and shout: "Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! for such and such (mentioning his virtuous qualities)." When he recovered his consciousness, he...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Sa'd bin 'Ubadah during his illness. He was accompanied by 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf, Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas and 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with them). When they entered his house, they found...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a garment of scabies (Allah knows the...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

A woman who had taken a pledge of allegiance at the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Among the matters in respect of which we gave the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the pledge not to disobey him in...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If anyone dies and the mourner gets up and says: 'Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! For the chief ...' and such like, Allah will put two angels in charge of him who...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Two things are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Slandering one's lineage and wailing over the dead.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

Some people asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about soothsayers. He (ﷺ) said, "They are of no account." Upon this they said to him, "O Messenger of Allah! But they sometimes make true predictions." Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

Narrated Safiyyah, daughter of Abu 'Ubaid, on the authority of some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, "He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, his Salat...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "The practice of 'Iyafah, the interpretation of omens from the flight of birds, the practice of divination by drawing lines on the ground and taking evil omens are all practices of Al-Jibt...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who acquires a branch of the knowledge of astrology, learns a branch of magic (of which he acquires more as long as) he continues to do so.".