43. Good Conduct and Manners
٤٣۔ كتاب الأدب
Avoid sitting in the roads. The people said: Apostle of Allah! We must have meeting places in which to converse. The apostle of Allah ﷺ said: If you insist on meeting, give the road its due. They asked: What is the due of roads, Apostle of Allah? He replied: Lowering the eyes, removing anything offensive, returning salutation, commanding what is reputable and forbidding what is disreputable.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ بِالطُّرُقَاتِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا بُدٌّ لَنَا مِنْ مَجَالِسِنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ قَالُوا وَمَا حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ غَضُّ الْبَصَرِ وَكَفُّ الأَذَى وَرَدُّ السَّلاَمِ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ وَإِرْشَادُ السَّبِيلِ
The Prophet ﷺ said: the same occasion: Help the oppressed (sorrowful) and guide those who have lost their way.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ وَتُغِيثُوا الْمَلْهُوفَ وَتَهْدُوا الضَّالَّ
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah: I have some need with you. He said to her: Mother of so and so, sit in the corner of any street you wish and I shall sit with you. So she sat and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also sat with her till she fulfilled her need. The narrator Ibn 'Isa did not mention "till she fulfilled her need." And Kathir said: from Humaid on the authority of Anas.
جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً فَقَالَ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ فُلاَنٍ اجْلِسِي فِي أَىِّ نَوَاحِي السِّكَكِ شِئْتِ حَتَّى أَجْلِسَ إِلَيْكِ قَالَ فَجَلَسَتْ فَجَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَضَتْ حَاجَتَهَا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ عِيسَى حَتَّى قَضَتْ حَاجَتَهَا وَقَالَ كَثِيرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ
أَنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَ فِي عَقْلِهَا شَىْءٌ بِمَعْنَاهُ