Manners, Etiquette & Character

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I know a word (sentence) the...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) , "Advise me! "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said in each case, "Do not become angry...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

`Imran bin Husain said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Haya' (pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) does not bring anything except good." Thereupon Bashir bin Ka`b said, 'It is written in the wisdom paper: Haya' leads to solemnity; Haya' leads to...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a man who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya' (pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) and was saying, "You are very shy, and I am afraid that might harm you." On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) was more shy (from Haya': pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) than a veiled virgin girl. (See Hadith No. 762, Vol. 4)

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'One of the sayings of the early Prophets which the people have got is: If you don't feel ashamed (from Haya': pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) do whatever you like." (See Hadith No 690, 691,...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Um Sulaim came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Verily, Allah does not feel shy to tell the truth. If a woman gets a nocturnal sexual discharge (has a wet dream), is it essential for her...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of a believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not fall." The people said. "It is such-and-such tree: It is such-and-such tree." I intended to say that it was the...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

that he heard Anas saying, "A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) offering herself to him in marriage, saying, "Have you got any interest in me (i.e. would you like to marry me?)" Anas's daughter said, "How shameless that woman...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent him and Mu`adh bin Jabal to Yemen, he said to them, "Facilitate things for the people (treat the people in the most agreeable way), and do not make things difficult for them, and give...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and make them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them ).

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was given the choice of one of two matters he would choose the easier of the two as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful, he would not approach...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza Al- Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over the place where he has passed urine. The...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to mix with us to the extent that he would say to a younger brother of mine, 'O Aba `Umair! What did the Nughair (a kind of bird) do?"

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

A man asked permission to see the Prophet. He said, "Let Him come in; What an evil man of the tribe he is! (Or, What an evil brother of the tribe he is). But when he entered, the Prophet (ﷺ)...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) was given a gift of a few silken cloaks with gold buttons. He distributed them amongst some of his companions and put aside one of them for Makhrama. When Makhrama came, the Prophet said, "I kept this...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole."