Someone's words, "So-and-so with the curly black hair" or someone "tall" or "short" when he intends to describe him and does not mean to slander him
Abu Ruhm, one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, who had offered his allegiance to
the Prophet (ﷺ) under the Tree [i.e. at Hudaybiyya] was heard to say, "I went
on the expedition to Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace. While we were travelling at night at al-Akhdar,
I was near to the Prophet. A deep sleepiness overcame us, but I began to
wake up when my camel wandered near to the Prophet's camel. I was worried
that when it came close, it would his foot in the stirrup. I began to pull
my camel back, but at a certain point in the night I feel asleep. Then
my camel jostled against the camel of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, while his foot was in stirrup, hitting his
foot. I did not wake up until he exclaimed, 'Ow!' I said, 'Messenger of
Allah, ask for forgiveness for me!' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'Never mind.'
Someone's words, "So-and-so with the curly black hair" or someone "tall" or "short" when he intends to describe him and does not mean to slander him
'A'isha said, "A man asked for permission to come in to see the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Prophet (ﷺ) remarked,
'He is a bad brother of his tribe.' When the man came in, the Prophet (ﷺ) was
cheerful towards him. I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about that and he said, 'Allah
does not love anyone who is obscene and coarse.'"
Someone's words, "So-and-so with the curly black hair" or someone "tall" or "short" when he intends to describe him and does not mean to slander him
'A'isha said, "Sawda, who was a heavy, sluggish woman, asked for
permission to come in (to see the Prophet) on the night of Jam' (Muzdalifa)
and he gave her permission."
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَوْدَةُ لَيْلَةَ جَمْعٍ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً ثَقِيلَةً ثَبِطَةً فَأَذِنَ لَهَا
Hadith 757
Hasan — Al-Albani
Someone who does not see any harm in a historical story
Ibn Mas'ud said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, divided the booty of Hunayn at Ji'rana, the people
crowded up against him. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, 'Allah sent on of His slaves to a people and
they rejected him and wounded him in the head. He wiped the blood from
his brow, saying, "O Allah, forgive my people for they do not know."'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لَمَّا قَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَنَائِمَ حُنَيْنٍ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ ازْدَحَمُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللهِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى قَوْمٍ فَكَذَّبُوهُ وَشَجُّوهُ فَكَانَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْكِي الرَّجُلَ يَمْسَحُ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ
Hadith 758
Da'if — Al-Albani
Someone who shields a Muslim
Abu'l-Haytham said, "Some people came to 'Uqba ibn 'Amir and said,
'We have some neighbours who drink (wine) and behave incorrectly. Shall
we bring them before the ruler?' 'No,' he replied, 'I heard the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Whoever sees the
fault of a Muslim and then veils it, it is as if he brought girl buried
alive back to life from her grave.''"
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "When you hear a man saying, 'People are
destroyed,' then he has destroyed them."
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ
Hadith 760
Sahih — Al-Albani
Do not call a hypocrite "master (sayyid)"
'Abdullah ibn Burayda reported from his father that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not call a
hypocrite 'master'. He is not your master and you will have angered your
Lord, the Mighty and Exalted."
'Adi ibn Arta' said, "When one of the Companions of the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was praised, he said in supplication
to Allah), 'Do not take me to task for what they say and forgive me for
what they do not know.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَأَةَ قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا زُكِّيَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لا يَعْلَمُونَ
Hadith 762
Sahih — Al-Albani
What someone says when he is praised
Abu Qilaba reported that 'Abdullah said to Abu Mas'ud - or
Abu Mas'ud said to 'Abdullah, "What did you hear the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say about '(false) assertion?" He said,
"It is a bad mount for a man."
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "Abu Mas'ud, what did you hear the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about 'People who
make false claims?" He replied, "I heard him say, 'A bad mount for a man'
and I heard him say, 'Cursing a believer is like killing him.'"
One should not say about something he does not know, "Allah knows it"
Ibn 'Abbas said, "None of you should say about a thing which he
does not know, 'Allah knows it' when Allah may know that it is other than
what he said and thus he (tries to) teach Allah what he does not know.
That is something terrible in Allah's sight."
Ibn Abbas said, "The Milky Way is one of the gates of the heavens.
The rainbow is security from being destroyed by flood after the people
of Nuh, peace be upon him."
Ibn 'Abbas said, "The rainbow is security for the people of the
earth that they will not be drowned. The Milky Way is the door of the heavens
and forms a furrow through it."
Someone who dislikes for it to be said, "O Allah, place me in the Abiding Abode of Your mercy"
Abu'l-Harith al-Kirmani heard a man say to Abu Raja', "I greet
you and I ask Allah to join both of us together in the Abiding Abode of
His mercy." Abu Raja' said, "Is anyone capable of that?" He continued,
"What is the Abiding Abode of His mercy?" "The Garden," the man replied.
"That is not correct," he said. The man asked, "Then what is the Abiding
Abode of His mercy?" "The Lord of the Worlds," he replied.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'May time (ad-Dahr)
be disappointed. Allah is time (ad-Dahr)."
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ
Hadith 770
Sahih — Al-Albani
Do not curse time
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'May time be disappointed!'
Allah Almighty said, 'I am time (ad-Dahr). I send the night and
the day. If I so wished, I could take them away.' None of you should the
grape-vine 'karm" (instead of 'inab). Karm* is the
Muslim man."
A man should not look sharply at his brother when he turns away
Mujahid said, "It is disliked for a man to stare at his brother
or let his eye follow him when he turns his back or to ask, 'Where have
you come from? Where are you going?'"
Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, saw a man driving a sacrificial camel. "Ride it," he told him. The
man replied, "It is a sacrificial camel." "Ride it," he repeated. The man
said again, "It is a sacrificial camel." "Ride it," he repeated. The man
said, "It is a sacrificial camel." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Ride it, and bother
you!"
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى رَجُلاً يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً فَقَالَ ارْكَبْهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا وَيْلَكَ
Hadith 773
Sahih — Al-Albani
Someone saying to someone else, "Bother you"
Al-Miswar ibn Rifa'a al-Quruzi said, "I heard a man ask Ibn 'Abbas,
'Should I do wudu' after I have eaten bread and meat?' He replied, 'Woe
to you! Would you do wudu' on account of good things?'"