Moral Teachings of Islam: Prophetic Traditions from Al-Adab Al-mufradIn Islamic life and tradition, Hadith sayings enshrine the most important teachings after the Qur'an itself. Derived from the Sunnah or teachings of the Prophet and his Companions and their followers, these precepts were collected under the title Al-Adab al-mufrad-meaning _Good behaviour singled out_-by Imam al-Bukhari in the ninth century CE. The Hadith sayings in al-Bukhari's writings formed a large corpus that covered the way Muslims should conduct their lives, from duties to parents, family, relatives, neighbors and friends, to instruction about honesty, generosity, truthfulness and kindness. While al-Bukhari's original text runs to many hundreds of pages forming several volumes, Abdul Hamid has made a selection of the teachings that has relevance and appeal to today's readership, with appeal not only to Muslims but to all who seek to know more of the essence of Islamic life and teachings. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Imam alBukhari | 6 |
AlAdab almufrad | 7 |
Glossary | 9 |
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Kindness to parents | 13 |
The sin of disobeying parents | 14 |
Obeying parents is obligatory unless it leads to sin | 15 |
Spending on ones family | 89 |
Saying What Allah wills and you will | 90 |
Wishes that may not be granted as expected | 91 |
Poetry | 92 |
Human souls are like detachments of soldiers | 93 |
On seeing rain clouds | 94 |
Etiquette concerning sneezing | 95 |
Yawning | 96 |
The gravity of abusing parents | 16 |
Kindness to parents after their death | 17 |
Being good to ones fathers friends | 18 |
The virtue of upholding the ties of kinship | 19 |
A mans responsibility to his family | 20 |
The rights of neighbours | 26 |
Striking a slave or other person | 32 |
Spending on a slave or servant is charity | 34 |
Laughing and smiling | 40 |
Wellearned money for a good person | 46 |
Elders should be allowed to speak before the young | 52 |
Kindness to all people | 53 |
Kindness to animals | 54 |
It is never good to lie | 55 |
Restoring relations | 56 |
Hatred and rancour | 57 |
Deception and trickery | 58 |
Abusing a Muslim is iniquitous | 59 |
Criticizing people to their faces | 60 |
Malicious delight in the misfortune of others | 61 |
Building a house | 62 |
Making money | 63 |
Illness is an atonement for sin | 64 |
The good done by someone before falling ill is recorded as though continuing 9669 | 66 |
Visiting a nonMuslim sick person | 68 |
A visitors prayer for the sick | 69 |
Women visiting a sick man | 70 |
Accepting gifts | 76 |
Supplication in time of difficulty | 83 |
Searching anothers head for lice | 97 |
Shaking hands | 98 |
Promoting the Islamic form of greeting | 99 |
The virtue of greeting | 100 |
Waving a hand in greeting | 101 |
Greeting a person asleep | 102 |
Greeting children | 103 |
Revelation of the verse about the veil | 104 |
Asking permission to enter a house | 105 |
Not giving ones name when asked who is there | 106 |
The righteousness of the man who says the greeting before entering his house | 107 |
How to reply when asked how you are | 108 |
Sitting by the wayside | 109 |
Sitting on a raised object | 110 |
Listening to private conversations | 111 |
Offering a visitor a cushion | 112 |
Squatting on ones heels | 113 |
Kneeling down | 114 |
Using the right hand for giving and taking | 115 |
What to say in the evening | 116 |
Placing a hand under the cheek | 117 |
Closing the doors at night | 118 |
Tahnik of the newborn baby | 119 |
A believer is not stung twice by the same swarm | 120 |
Loyalty | 121 |
The most wretched person is one who is avoided for bad language or deeds | 122 |
Keeping quiet despite being angry | 123 |
The Supplications in Arabic and in Transliteration | 125 |
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