No one who practices soothsaying, seeks a decision by divining arrows, or turns back from a journey because of an ill omen will ever attain the highest ranks. 286 174 231

If dogs were not a community among communities, I would have ordered them killed. 148 114 117

Were it not for retribution on the Day of Resurrection, I would have hurt you with this tooth-stick. 249 155 198

A group from my nation will surely deem wine lawful, calling it by another name. 12 24 32

Whoever regards something as an ill omen, or has an omen taken on his behalf, is not one of us . . . 289 176 231
300 183 235

Whoever calls to fanatical partisanship is not one of us, nor is whoever fights for fanatical partisanship . . . 304 186 237

Whoever slaps the cheeks and tears the collars is not one of us . . . 314 191 241

The one who truly maintains ties of kinship is not the one who merely reciprocates. Rather, it is the one who maintains them when his relatives sever them. 408 232 306

Some people from my nation will surely drink wine, calling it by another name, while music is played . . . 402 228 295

Certain people must stop boasting about their deceased forefathers. 312 190 240

The Letter M

Allah has made nothing lawful that is more hateful to Him than divorce. 253 158 200

Whatever Allah has declared lawful in His Book is lawful . . . 2 14 20

Whatever intoxicates in large quantities is forbidden in small quantities. 58 53 71

If a faraq measure of it intoxicates, then even a palmful of it is forbidden. 59 53 71

No one has ever eaten better food than that earned by the work of his own hands . . . 163 121 129

How magnificent you are and how great your sanctity is (the Kaaba); yet the believer’s sanctity is greater than yours. 435 249 313