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did you do that?’ nor, about something I had failed to do, ‘Why did you not do such-and-such?’ ” Agreed upon.

628 – Al-Saʿb ibn Jaththāmah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I presented the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a wild donkey, but he returned it to me. When he noticed the look on my face he said, ‘We sent it back to you only because we are in a state of ihram.’ ” (1) Agreed upon.

629 – Al-Nawwās ibn Samʿān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about righteousness and sin. He replied, “Righteousness is good character, while sin is that which troubles your heart and which you would hate for people to discover.” Narrated by Muslim.

630 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither obscene nor deliberately vulgar. He used to say, “The best of you are those who are best in character.” Agreed upon.

631 – Abū al-Dardāʾ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Nothing is weightier on the believer’s scale on the Day of Resurrection than good character; indeed Allah detests the foul-mouthed and shameless.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī (2), who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (sound and authentic).

Al-badhī refers to one who speaks obscenely and uses vile language.

632 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, “What most often admits people to Paradise?” He answered, “Fear of Allah and good character.” He was then asked, “What most often causes people to enter the Fire?” He replied, “The mouth and the private parts.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (sound and authentic).

633 – He also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The most perfect of the believers in faith are those who excel in character.”

(1) That is, they are prohibited. (2) Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani graded the hadith as sahih; see Nasir al-Din al-Albani, Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi (with abridged isnads), 2:193, no. 1628. He also records an alternative wording: “Nothing is heavier ….”

فَعَلْتَهُ ؟ وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ : أَلَا فَعَلْتَ كَذَا ؟ . متفق عليه . ٦٢٨ - وعن الصعب بن جَثَّامَةَ رضي الله عنه قال : أهديتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ حِمَاراً وَحْشِيّاً ، فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ : «إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا لِأَنَّا حُرُمٌ» (١) متفق عليه . ٦٢٩ - وعن النُّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ رضي الله عنه قال : سَأَلْتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ : « الْبِرُّ : حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ ، وَالْإِثْمُ : مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ » رواه مسلم . ٦٣٠ - عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما قال : لَمْ يَكُنْ رسولُ الله ﷺ فَاحِشاً وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشاً . وَكَانَ يَقُولُ : « إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحْسَنَكُمْ أَخْلَاقاً » متفق عليه . ٦٣١ - وعن أبي الدرداء رضي الله عنه : أن النبي ﷺ قال : « مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي مِيزَانِ الْعَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيَّ » رواه الترمذي (٢) وقال : حديث حسن صحيح . « الْبَذِيُّ » : هو الذي يتكلم بالفحش ، ورديء الكلام . ٦٣٢ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : سُئِلَ رسولُ الله ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ قَالَ : « تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ » وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ ، فَقَالَ : « الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ » . رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح . ٦٣٣ - وعنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَاناً أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقاً » .

(١) أي : محرمون . (٢) قال عنه الشيخ ناصر الدين الألباني « صحيح » انظر « صحيح سنن الترمذي - باختصار السند - » ١٩٣/٢ برقم ١٦٢٨ وله لفظ آخر : « ليس شيء أثقل . . . » .