Kindness, good character, and maintaining ties of kinship.
210 · Hadith
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)
Nu'man b. Bashir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The believers are like one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness
Nu'man b. Bashir reported that Muslims are like one body of a person; if the eye is sore, the whole body aches, and if the head aches, the whole body aches
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Nu'man b. Bashir through another chain of transmitters
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When two persons indulge in hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be the first one who would be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Charity does not decrease wealth, no one forgives another except that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do you know what is backbiting? They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinion about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that is not in him it is a slander
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:The servant (whose fault) Allah conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of Resurrection
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:The servant (who conceals) the faults of others in this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection
A'isha reported that a person sought permission from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) to see him. He said:Grant him permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his tribe or he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind words for him. 'A'isha reported that she said: Allah's Messenger, you said about him what you had to say and then you treated him with kindness. He said: A'isha, verily in the eye of Allah, worst amongst the person in rank on the Day of Resurrection is one whom the people abandon or desert out of the fear of indecency
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Munkadir with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording
Jarir reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ):He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good
Jarir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good
Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good and he who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not confer upon anything else besides it (kindness)
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes it defective
This hadith has been reported by Miqdam b. Shuraih b. Hani with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition:" 'A'isha mounted upon a wild camel and she began to make that go round and round. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: You should show kindness, and then he made a mention of this hadith
Imran b. Husain reported:We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in some of his journeys and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel that it shied and she invoked curse upon that. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard it and said: Unload that and set it free for it is accursed. 'Imran said: I still perceive that (dromedary) walking amongst people and none taking any notice of that
Imran reported:I perceive as if I am looking towards that dromedary, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Thaqafi (the words are):" Unload it and make its back bare for it is accursed
Abu Burza al-Aslami reported that a slave-girl was riding a dromedary and there was also the luggage of people upon it. that she suddenly saw Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). The way of the mountain was narrow and she said (to that dromedary):Go ahead (but that dromedary did not move). She (that slave-girl), out of anger, said: O Allah, let that (dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Let the dromedary on which the curse has been invoked not proceed with us