Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn min Kalām Sayyid al-Mursalīn
رياض الصالحين من كلام سيد المرسلين
Collection of the most widely known and read books of ḥadīth authored by by Imām al-Nawawī with approximately 1,900 chosen hadith on ethics, manners, worship, knowledge, and other topics sourced Six Books. Full name: Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn min Kalām Sayyid al-Mursalīn (رياض الصالحين من كلام سيد المرسلين) (Garden of the Righteous from the Speech of the Leaders of the Sent Messengers ﷺ). Sources: Sunnah.com for ḥadīth reference numbers only.
Random ḥadīth in Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn
Hold on to what brings certainty and leave that which makes you doubt
I said to al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī: What did you memorize from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: I memorized from him: "Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt. The truth brings tranquility while falsehood sows doubt."
قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ: مَا حَفِظْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ: حَفِظْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَرِيبُكَ، فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ رِيبَةٌ۔»