[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, Allah is generous and loves noble character, and He hates immorality." This is a statement of the Messenger of Allah.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى كَرِيمٌ يُحِبُّ مَعَالِيَ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَيَكْرَهُ سَفْسَافَهَا هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ وَكَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is generous and loves generosity and noble manners. He despises vulgar language." It is also narrated from Abu Ghassan, from Abu Hazim.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ كَرِيمٌ يُحِبُّ الْكَرَمَ وَمَعَالِيَ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَيُبْغِضُ سَفْسَافَهَا وَكَذَلِكَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي غَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ  

The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ said: "I have only been sent to perfect noble character."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ مَكَارِمَ الْأَخْلَاقِ كَذَا رُوِيَ عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The believers with the most complete faith are those with the best character.' Ibn Ajlan said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said, 'I was sent to perfect good character.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ صَالِحَ الْأَخْلَاقِ  

[Machine] I heard Abdullah bin Amr saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not obscene or vulgar, and he used to say that the best among you are those with the best manners.  

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ؓ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَخْيَارَكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا  

"Righteouness is good behaviour, and sin is what fluctuates in your chest, and you would hate that the people discovered it about you." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2389)   

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ  

[Machine] I heard Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more modest than a virgin in her chamber, and when he disliked something, it could be recognized on his face."  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ حَيَاءً مِنَ الْعَذْرَاءِ فِي خِدْرِهَا وَكَانَ إِذَا كَرِهَ شَيْئًا عَرَفْنَاهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "One of the sayings of the prophets which the people have got is, 'If you do not feel ashamed, then do whatever you like." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3484)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحِ فَاصْنَعْ مَا شِئْتَ  

[Machine] I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ striking a servant nor hitting anything with his hand except when he was striving in the cause of Allah. He never sought revenge for himself, unless there was a violation against the sanctity of Allah. When it was for the sake of Allah, He would take revenge on his behalf. He did not react to any matter except by choosing the easiest option, as long as it did not involve any sin. And when it became sinful, he stayed away from it more than anyone else.  

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ خَادِمًا قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا نِيلَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ قَطُّ فَيَنْتَقِمَهُ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلَّهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ انْتَقَمَ مِنْهُ وَلَا عَرَضَ لَهُ أَمْرَانِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَيْسَرَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِثْمًا فَإِذَا كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ  

[Machine] I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughing to the extent that I could see his molars. He would only smile.  

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مُسْتَجْمِعًا ضَاحِكًا حَتَّى أَرَى مِنْهُ لَهَوَاتِهِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَتَبَسَّمُ  

"When the Prophet ﷺ would receive a man to shake hands with him,he would not remove his hand until he [the man]removed his, and he would not turn his face away from his face until the man turned and he would not be seen advancing his knees before one sitting with him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2490)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَافَحَ أَوْ صَافَحَهُ الرَّجُلُ لَا يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْزِعُ فَإِنِ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ بِوَجْهِهِ لَا يَصْرِفُهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْصَرِفُ وَلَمْ يَرُدَّ مُقَدِّمًا رُكْبَتَيْهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ جَلِيسٍ لَهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not obscene, vulgar, or someone who would use curse words. He would say to one of us, when at the washroom, "What is wrong with his forehead?"  

لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحِشًا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَلَا لَعَّانًا وَلَا سَبَّابًا كَانَ يَقُولُ لِأَحَدِنَا عِنْدَ الْمَعْتَبَةِ مَا لَهُ تَرِبَتْ جَبِينُهُ  

[Machine] He told me that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Indeed, those who curse will not be intercessors or witnesses on the Day of Resurrection."  

حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّعَّانِينَ لَا يَكُونُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُفَعَاءَ وَلَا شُهَدَاءَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not appropriate for a truthful person to be foul-mouthed."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِصِدِّيقٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A believer is not one who utters obscenities or curses or is vulgar or obscene." It is narrated from Alqamah from Abdullah from the Prophet ﷺ that he said something similar to this.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ وَلَا الْبَذِيءِ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلُهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of goodness."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُحْرَمِ الرِّفْقَ يَحْرُمِ الْخَيْرَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Aisha, be gentle, for he who is gentle has never done anything wrong, and he who is not gentle has never done anything right."  

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَائِشَةُ عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَمْ يُنْزَعْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ  

'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not confer upon anything else besides it (kindness). (Using translation from Muslim 2593)   

ؓ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيُعْطِي عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ وَمَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى مَا سِوَاهُ  

"Whoever was given his share of gentleness, then he has been given a share of good. And whoever has been prevented from his share of gentleness, then he has been prevented from his share of good." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2013)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الرِّفْقِ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَنْ حُرِمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الرِّفْقِ فَقَدْ حُرِمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَقَالَ أَثْقَلُ شَيْءٍ فِي مِيزَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِ خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ إِنَّ اللهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيءَ  

from the Prophet ﷺ [who] said, "Verily, the most beloved of you and closest to me in the Hereafter are those with the best character. The most hateful of you to me and furthest from me in the Hereafter are those with the worst character: the braggarts, the verbose, the loquacious." (Using translation from Ibn Ḥibbān 5557)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلِيَّ وَأَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا وَإِنَّ أَبْغَضَكُمْ إِلِيَّ وَأَبْعَدَكُمْ مِنِّي مَسَاوِئُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا الثَّرْثَارُونَ الْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ  

[Machine] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not inform you about the worst among this Ummah (nation)? They are the talkative, pretentious and arrogant. Shall I not tell you about their best? They are the best in character."  

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشِرِارِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ؟ الثَّرْثَارُونَ الْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ أَوَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخِيَارِهِمْ؟ أَحَاسِنُهُمْ أَخْلَاقًا  

The Prophet ﷺ said: Good way, dignified good bearing and moderation are the twenty-fifth part of Prophecy. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4776)   

الْهَدْيُ الصَّالِحُ وَالسَّمْتُ الصَّالِحُ وَالِاقْتِصَادُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ  

[Machine] Indeed, in you are two qualities that Allah and His Messenger love: patience and gentleness.  

إِنَّ فِيكَ خَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ الْحِلْمُ وَالْأَنَاةُ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is hesitation in everything except in the actions of the next world. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4810)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ التُّؤَدَةُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَيْرٌ إِلَّا فِي عَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, Allah dislikes every insolent, quarrelsome person in the markets, one who brays at night like a donkey during the day, one who is knowledgeable about the worldly matters but ignorant about the Afterlife."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يُبْغِضُ كُلَّ جَعْظَرِيٍّ جَوَّاظٍ صَخَّابٍ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ جِيفَةٍ بِاللَّيْلِ حِمَارٍ بِالنَّهَارِ عَالِمٍ بِالدُّنْيَا جَاهِلٍ بِالْآخِرَةِ  

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6657)   

سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ وَقَالَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ عُتُلٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "Whoever is gentle, lenient, and easygoing, Allah will forbid him from entering Hellfire."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَيِّنًا هَيِّنًا سَهْلًا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ عَلَى النَّارِ  

[Machine] About Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , she said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The first thing my Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, forbade me from was worshipping idols and drinking alcohol, and instead commanded me to have good manners towards men."  

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوَّلُ مَا نَهَانِي عَنْهُ رَبِّي ﷻ وَعَهِدَ إِلِيَّ بَعْدَ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ لَمُلَاحَاةُ الرِّجَالِ  

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when modesty was mentioned in his presence. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, is modesty part of religion?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, it is the entirety of religion." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, modesty is virtuousness and shyness in speech, not in one's heart. It is a part of faith, and indeed, it increases in the hereafter and decreases in this world. And what increases in the hereafter is more than what increases in this world." Iyyas ibn Mu'awiya said, "Then Umar ibn Abdul Aziz ordered me to write it down, so I dictated it to him and he wrote it in his own handwriting. Then he prayed Dhuhr and Asr with us, and he was impressed by it and kept it with him."  

كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ الْحَيَاءُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الدِّينِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَلْ هُوَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ الْعَفَافُ وَالْعِيَّ عِيُّ اللِّسَانِ لَا عِيُّ الْقَلْبِ وَالْعَمَلُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَإِنَّهُنَّ يَزِدْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَيَنْقُصْنَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا يَزِدْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا يَزِدْنَ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَالَ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَأَمَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فَأَمْلَيْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ كَتَبَهَا بِخَطِّهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِنَا الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي كُمِّهِ مَا وَضَعَهَا إِعْجَابًا بِهَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is noble and generous, and the sinner is mean and ignoble." It was narrated similarly from 'Isa bin Yunus, from Sufyan, and it was said from Sufyan from Al-Hajjaj from a man from Abu Salamah from Abu Hurairah, and it was narrated by Bishr bin Rafi' from Yahya bin Abi Kathir from Abu Salamah bin 'Abdul-Rahman from Abu Hurairah, similarly attributed.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنُ غِرٌّ كَرِيمٌ وَالْفَاجِرُ خَبٌّ لَئِيمٌ وَكَذَلِكَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَقِيلَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَرَوَاهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ كَذَلِكَ مَرْفُوعًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The nobility of a person is in his religion, his dignity is in his intellect, and his worth is in his character." This is narrated by Muslim ibn Khalid al-Zanji, and it has also been reported from two other weak narrators from Abu Huraira.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَرَمُ الْمَرْءِ دِينُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَحَسَبُهُ خُلُقُهُ هَذَا يُعْرَفُ بِمُسْلِمِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الزَّنْجِيِّ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهَيْنِ آخَرَيْنِ ضَعِيفَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

[Machine] I heard Shafi'i saying that chivalry consists of four pillars: good character, generosity, humility, and devotion.  

سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ يَقُولُ الْمُرُوءَةُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَرْكَانٍ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالسَّخَاءُ وَالتَّوَاضُعُ وَالنُّسُكُ  

[Machine] That Muawiyah asked a man from the tribe of Qais, "What do you consider manhood in you?" He said, "Craftsmanship and chastity." It was narrated from Abu Sowar that he said, "It was said to Muawiyah, 'What is manhood?' He said, 'Chastity in religion and rectitude in livelihood.'"  

أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَأَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَا تَعُدُّونَ الْمُرُوءَةَ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالَ الْحِرْفَةُ وَالْعِفَّةُ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي سَوَّارٍ قَالَ قِيلَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ مَا الْمُرُوءَةُ؟ قَالَ الْعَفَافُ فِي الدِّينِ وَإِصْلَاحٌ فِي الْمَعِيشَةِ  

[Machine] And he said, "When beauty of face does not come with beauty of character, then what is its beauty? The best of a young man's qualities are his understanding and patience." So Yazeed said, "You have done well, O Abu Bahr, and the sea agreed as a witness." Al-Ahnaf said, "Why don't you say 'agreed in meaning' as an explanation?"  

وَقَالَ وَإِذَا جَمِيلُ الْوَجْهِ لَمْ يَأْتِ الْجَمِيلَ فَمَا جَمَالُهْ مَا خَيْرُ أَخْلَاقِ الْفَتَى إِلَّا تُقَاهُ وَاحْتِمَالُهْ فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ أَحْسَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَحْرٍ وَافَقَ الْيَمُّ زِيرًا قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ هَلَّا قُلْتَ وَافَقَ الْمَعْنَى تَفْسِيرًا؟  

[Machine] So I asked, what is patience towards men? So he described diplomacy.  

فَسَأَلْتُ مَا الصَّبْرُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ؟ فَوَصَفَ الْمُدَارَاةَ  

[Machine] As for your country and where righteousness is known, but as for where it is not known, then clothing is...  

أَمَّا فِي بَلَدِكَ وَحَيْثُ تُعْرَفُ التَّقْوَى وَأَمَّا حَيْثُ لَا تُعْرَفُ فَاللِّبَاسُ