Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 113 Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Avoid sitting on roadsides.” His Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), there is no other alternative but to sit there to talk.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If you have to sit […]
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Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 114 Abu Talhah Zaid bin Sahl (May Allah be pleased with him) said: We were sitting and talking on a platform in front of our house when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped by us and said, “Why do you sit on roads? Avoid sitting in them.” We replied: “We […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 115 Jarir bin ‘Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman one is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away.. وعن جرير رضي الله […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 116 Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with Maimunah (May Allah be pleased with her) when Ibn Umm Maktum (May Allah be pleased with him) (who was blind) came to visit him. (This incident took place after the […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 117 Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A man must not look at a man’s private parts nor must a woman look at a woman’s private parts; neither should two men lie naked under one cover, nor should two women […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 118 ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Avoid (entering a place) in which are women (uncovered or simply to mix with them in seclusion).” A man from the Ansar said, “Tell me about the brother of a woman’s husband.” He […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 119 Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one of you should meet a woman in privacy unless she is accompanied by a Mahram (i.e., a relative within the prohibited degrees).”. وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 120 Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The sanctity of the wives of Mujahidun (i.e., those who strive hard and fight in the way of Allah) for those who remain at home (i.e., those who do not go to the battlefield to […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 121 Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed those men who are effeminate, and women who imitate men.Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed men who copy women and cursed women who copy men.. وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 122 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed a man who puts on the dress of women, and a woman who puts on the dress of men.. وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الرجل […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 123 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are two types of people who will be punished in Hell and whom I have not seen: men having whips like the tails of cows and they will be beating people with them, […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 124 Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “Do not eat with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with his left hand.”. عن جابر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : “لا […]