Sunan Abi Dawud
Allah is gentle, likes gentleness, and gives for gentleness what he does not give for harshness.
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Part of: Manners, Etiquette & Character
502 hadith in this topic
Sunan Abi Dawud
It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right, a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even...
Sunan Abi Dawud
neither the Jawwaz nor the Jazari will enter paradise. He said that the Jawwaz is the one who is coarse and uncivil.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called al-Adba’ had not been outstripped by another, but an A`rabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the companions of the...
Sunan Abi Dawud
We were sitting with `Imran b. Hussain and Bushair b. Ka`b was also there. `Imran b. Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Modesty is good altogether, or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair b. Ka`b said...
Sunan Abi Dawud
One of the things people have learnt from the words of the earliest prophecy is : If you have no shame, do what you like.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection. Abu al-Walid said: I heard 'Ata al-Kaikharani say: Abu Dawud said: His name is 'Ata b. Ya'qub....
Sunan Abi Dawud
A man asked permission to see the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: He is a bad member of the tribe. When he entered, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) treated in a frank and friendly way and spoke to...