Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 43

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

266 hadith · 103 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب فِي الْحِلْمِ وَأَخْلاَقِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلمChapter: Regarding forbearance and the character of the Prophet(pbuh).2باب فِي الْوَقَارِChapter: Regarding dignity.3باب مَنْ كَظَمَ غَيْظًاChapter: Regarding suppressing anger.4باب مَا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِChapter: What should be said at the time of anger.5باب فِي الْعَفْوِ وَالتَّجَاوُزِ فِي الأَمْرِChapter: Being tolerant.6باب فِي حُسْنِ الْعِشْرَةِChapter: Regarding good interactions with people.7باب فِي الْحَيَاءِChapter: Modesty (Al-haya).8باب فِي حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِChapter: Regarding good character.9باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الرِّفْعَةِ فِي الأُمُورِChapter: Regarding exaltation being disliked in (worldly) matters.10باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ التَّمَادُحِChapter: Regarding it being disliked to praise (people).11باب فِي الرِّفْقِChapter: Regarding gentleness.12باب فِي شُكْرِ الْمَعْرُوفِChapter: Regarding gratitude for acts of kindness.13باب فِي الْجُلُوسِ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِChapter: Regarding sitting in the streets.14باب فِي سَعَةِ الْمَجْلِسِChapter: Regarding spaciousness in gatherings.15باب فِي الْجُلُوسِ بَيْنَ الظِّلِّ وَالشَّمْسِChapter: Regarding sitting party in the sun and party in the shade.16باب فِي التَّحَلُّقِChapter: Regarding sitting in circles.17باب الْجُلُوسِ وَسْطَ الْحَلْقَةِChapter: Regarding sitting in the middle of the circle.18باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقُومُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِChapter: A man who gets up to give his seat to another man.19باب مَنْ يُؤْمَرُ أَنْ يُجَالَسَChapter: With whom we are ordered to accompany.20باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمِرَاءِChapter: Opinion based arguing is disliked.21باب الْهَدْىِ فِي الْكَلاَمِChapter: Manner of speech.22باب فِي الْخُطْبَةِChapter: Regarding the khutbah.23باب فِي تَنْزِيلِ النَّاسِ مَنَازِلَهُمْChapter: Treating people according to their status.24باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمَاChapter: Chapter.25باب فِي جُلُوسِ الرَّجُلِChapter: Regarding how a man should sit.26باب فِي الْجِلْسَةِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِChapter: Regarding disapproved manners of sitting.27باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ السَّمَرِ، بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِChapter: Regarding conversing late after Isha’.28باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَجْلِسُ مُتَرَبِّعًاChapter: Regarding a man sitting cross-legged.29باب فِي التَّنَاجِيChapter: Conversing privately (around others).30باب إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَChapter: If a person gets up from his seat then returns.31باب كَرَاهِيَةِ أَنْ يَقُومَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ وَلاَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَChapter: Is it disliked for a person to get from his seat without remembering Allah.32باب فِي كَفَّارَةِ الْمَجْلِسِChapter: Regarding expiation of a gathering.33باب فِي رَفْعِ الْحَدِيثِ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِChapter: Conveying negative information from a gathering.34باب فِي الْحَذَرِ مِنَ النَّاسِChapter: To beware of people.35باب فِي هَدْىِ الرَّجْلِChapter: The bearing of the Prophet(pbuh).36باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَضَعُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَىChapter: Regarding a man placing one leg on top of the other.37باب فِي نَقْلِ الْحَدِيثِChapter: Transmitting what others have said.38باب فِي الْقَتَّاتِChapter: Regarding the one who spreads gossip.39باب فِي ذِي الْوَجْهَيْنِChapter: Regarding the one who is two-faced.40باب فِي الْغِيبَةِChapter: Regarding backbiting (al-ghibah).41باب مَنْ رَدَّ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، غِيبَةًChapter: Guarding the honor of one’s brother.42باب مَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ غِيبَةٌChapter: Cases where it is not backbiting.43باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُحِلُّ الرَّجُلَ قَدِ اغْتَابَهُChapter: Forgiving others for backbiting.44باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ التَّجَسُّسِChapter: Regarding spying.45باب فِي السَّتْرِ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِChapter: Concealing (the fault of) a Muslim.46باب الْمُؤَاخَاةِChapter: Brotherhood.47باب الْمُسْتَبَّانِChapter: Two who revile one another.48باب فِي التَّوَاضُعِChapter: Regarding humility.49باب فِي الاِنْتِصَارِChapter: Regarding taking revenge.50باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنْ سَبِّ الْمَوْتَىChapter: Regarding the prohibition of speaking ill about the dead.51باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْبَغْىِChapter: Regarding the prohibition of wronging others.52باب فِي الْحَسَدِChapter: Envy (hasad).53باب فِي اللَّعْنِChapter: Cursing.54باب فِيمَنْ دَعَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَChapter: One who prays against the one who wrongs him.55باب فِيمَنْ يَهْجُرُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَChapter: Regarding a man abandoning his brother.56باب فِي الظَّنِّChapter: Regarding suspicion.57باب فِي النَّصِيحَةِ وَالْحِيَاطَةِChapter: Regarding sincere counsel and protection.58باب فِي إِصْلاَحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِChapter: Reconciliation.59باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْغِنَاءِChapter: Regarding singing.60باب كَرَاهِيَةِ الْغِنَاءِ وَالزَّمْرِChapter: Singing and playing wind instruments is disliked.61باب فِي الْحُكْمِ فِي الْمُخَنَّثِينَChapter: The ruling regarding hermaphrodites.62باب فِي اللَّعِبِ بِالْبَنَاتِChapter: Playing with dolls.63باب فِي الأُرْجُوحَةِChapter: About swings.64باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ اللَّعِبِ، بِالنَّرْدِChapter: The prohibition of playing dice.65باب فِي اللَّعِبِ بِالْحَمَامِChapter: Playing with pigeons.66باب فِي الرَّحْمَةِChapter: About mercy.67باب فِي النَّصِيحَةِChapter: Regarding sincere counsel.68باب فِي الْمَعُونَةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِChapter: Regarding helping a muslim.69باب فِي تَغْيِيرِ الأَسْمَاءِChapter: Changing names.70باب فِي تَغْيِيرِ الاِسْمِ الْقَبِيحِChapter: Changing bad names.71باب فِي الأَلْقَابِChapter: Nicknames.72باب فِيمَنْ يَتَكَنَّى بِأَبِي عِيسَىChapter: One who has the kunyah of Abu Eisa.73باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ لاِبْنِ غَيْرِهِ يَا بُنَىَّChapter: Saying to someone else’s son, "O my son".74باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَتَكَنَّى بِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِChapter: Aman having the kunyah Abul-Qasim.75باب مَنْ رَأَى أَنْ لاَ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَاChapter: The view that Prophet’s name and kunyah should not be combined in one person’s name.76باب فِي الرُّخْصَةِ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَهُمَاChapter: Concession allowing them to be combined.77باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَتَكَنَّى وَلَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌChapter: Giving a man a kunyah when he does not have a son.78باب فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُكْنَىChapter: Giving a kunyah to a woman.79باب فِي الْمَعَارِيضِChapter: Speech that conveys other than the intended meaning.80باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ زَعَمُواChapter: Regarding (saying) "they claim".81باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ ‏"‏ أَمَّا بَعْدُ ‏"‏Chapter: Saying in one’s khutbah: "amma ba’d (to proceed)".82باب فِي الْكَرْمِ وَحِفْظِ الْمَنْطِقِChapter: Saying karam (regarding grapes) and regarding the tongue.83باب لاَ يَقُولُ الْمَمْلُوكُ ‏"‏ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي ‏"‏Chapter: The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady).84باب لاَ يُقَالُ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِيChapter: No one should say "Khabuthat nafsi" (I feel nauseous).85بابChapter: Same caption as above.86بابChapter:.87باب فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَتَمَةِChapter: Salat al atamah ("darkness prayer").88باب مَا رُوِيَ فِي التَّرْخِيصِ، فِي ذَلِكَChapter: What was narrated regarding concession regarding that.89باب فِي التَّشْدِيدِ فِي الْكَذِبِChapter: Stern warning regarding lying.90باب فِي حُسْنِ الظَّنِّChapter: Thinking well of people.91باب فِي الْعِدَةِChapter: Regarding promises.92باب فِي الْمُتَشَبِّعِ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَChapter: One who boasts of having something that he has not been given.93باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمِزَاحِChapter: What was narrated about joking.94باب مَنْ يَأْخُذُ الشَّىْءَ عَلَى الْمِزَاحِChapter: One who takes something in jest.95باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُتَشَدِّقِ فِي الْكَلاَمِChapter: What has been narrated about eloquent speech.96باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الشِّعْرِChapter: What has been narrated about poetry.97باب فِي الرُّؤْيَاChapter: Regarding dreams.98باب مَا جَاءَ فِي التَّثَاؤُبِChapter: Regarding yawning.99باب فِي الْعُطَاسِChapter: Regarding sneezing.100باب كَيْفَ تَشْمِيتُ الْعَاطِسِChapter: How to respond to one who sneezes.101باب كَمْ مَرَّةٍ يُشَمَّتُ الْعَاطِسُChapter: How many times should one say "May Allah have mercy on you" to one who sneezes?102باب كَيْفَ يُشَمَّتُ الذِّمِّيُّChapter: How to respond when a dhimmi sneezes.103باب فِيمَنْ يَعْطُسُ وَلاَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَChapter: Regarding one who sneezes and does not praise Allah.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 4773كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا ، فَأَرْسَلَنِي يَوْمًا لِحَاجَةٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ لَا أَذهَبُ وَفِي نَفْسِي أَنْ أَذهَبَ لِمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ Anas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was one of the best of men in character. One day he sent me to do something, and I said: I swear by Allah that i will not go. But in my heart I felt that I should go to do what the pro5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4774خَدَمْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ، وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ كُلُّ أَمْرِي كَمَا يَشْتَهِي صَاحِبِي أَنْ أَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ ، مَا قَالَ لِي فِيهَا : أُفٍّ قَطُّ ، وَمَا قَالَNarrated Anas ibn Malik: I served the Prophet ﷺ at Madina for ten years. I was a boy. Every work that I did was not according to the desire of my master, but he never said to me: Fie, nor did he say to me: Why did you do4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4775فَإِذَا قَامَ قُمْنَا قِيَامًا حَتَّى نَرَاهُ قَدْ دَخَلَ بَعْضَ بُيُوتِ أَزْوَاجِهِ ، فَحَدَّثَنَا يَوْمًا ، فَقُمْنَا حِينَ قَامَ ، فَنَظَرْنَا إِلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ قَدْ أَدْرَكَهُ ، فَجَبَذَهُ بِرِدَائِهِ ، فَحَمَّرَ رَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit with us in meetings and talk to us. When he stood up we also used to stand up and see him entering the house of one of his wives. One day he talked to us and we5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4776حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَابُوسُ بْنُ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: Good way, dignified good bearing and moderation are the twenty-fifth part of Prophecy.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4777حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَرْحُومٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ : أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: if anyone suppresses anger when he is in a position to give vent to it, Allah, the Exalted, will call him on the Day of Resurrection over the heads of all creature6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4778حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ بِشْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أSuwaid bin Wahb quoted a son of a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ who said his father reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He then mentioned a similar tradition described above. This version has: Allah will fill his heart 7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4779لَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِAbdullah (bin Masud) reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Whom do you consider a wrestler among you? The people replied: (the man) whom the men cannot defeat in wrestling. He said: No, it is he who controls himse6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4780اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى خُيِّلَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ أَنْفَهُ يَتَمَزَّعُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ غَضَبِهِ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: Two men reviled each other in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and one of them became excessively angry so much so that I thought that his nose will break up on account of excess of anger. The Prop5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4781اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا تَحْمَرُّ عَيْنَاهُ وَتَنْتَفِخُ أَوْدَاجُهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ كSulaiman bin Surad said: Two men reviled each other in the presence of Prophet ﷺ. Then the eyes of one of them became red and his jugular veins swelled. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I know a phrase by repeating which t5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4782حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّNarrated Abu Dharr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4783حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ بَكْرٍ : أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ الْحَدBakr said: The Prophet ﷺ sent Muadh for some of his work. He then transmitted the rest of the tradition mentioned above. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is sounder of the two traditions.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4784حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو وَائِلٍ الْقَاصُّ ، قَالَ : دَخَلْنَا عَلَى عُرْوَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّعNarrated Atiyyah as-Saadi: Abu Wail al-Qass said: We entered upon Urwah ibn Muhammad ibn as-Saadi. A man spoke to him and made him angry. So he stood and performed ablution; he then returned and performed ablution, and s7 narrators