697 – ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “O ʿAbd Allah, do not be like so-and-so; he used to stand for the night prayer(1) and then he abandoned the night prayer.” Agreed upon.

88 – Chapter: The Recommendation to Speak Pleasantly and to Meet Others with a Cheerful Face

Allah the Exalted says: “And lower your wing to the believers.” ⦗Al-Ḥijr 15:88⦘; and He says: “Had you been harsh and hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from around you.” ⦗Āl ʿImrān 3:159⦘.

698 – ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Guard yourselves from the Fire, even with half a date-fruit,(3) and if one cannot find that, then with a kind word.” Agreed upon.

699 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “A good word is an act of charity.” Agreed upon. It forms part of a longer narration mentioned earlier.(4)

700 – Abū Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, “Do not disdain any act of goodness, even if it is only to meet your brother with a smiling face.”(5) Narrated by Muslim.

89 – Chapter: The Recommendation to Speak Clearly, Explain Fully to One’s Listener, and Repeat if Necessary so that He Understands

701 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that whenever the Prophet ﷺ uttered a statement, he would repeat it three times