General Behavior

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:The spirits are in marshaled hosts; those who know one another will be friendly, and those who do not, will keep apart

Abu Musa reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Gladden people and do not scare them; make things easy and do not make them difficult

Narrated As-Sa'ib: I came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The people began to praise me and make a mention of me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I know you, that is, he knew him. I said: My father and mother be sacrificed for you!...

Narrated Abdullah ibn Salam: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct manner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed. Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Yunus, 'Aqil, Shu'aib, Sa'id b. 'Abd al...

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off

Narrated Maimun ibn Abu Shabib: A beggar passed by Aisha and she gave him a piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had a good appearance passed by her, and she made him sit down and he ate (with her). When she...

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Glorifying Allah involves showing honour to a grey-haired Muslim and to one who can expound the Qur'an, but not to one who acts extravagantly regarding it, or turns away...

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: One should not sit between two men except with their permission

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a man to separate two persons except with their permission

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, he had his knees drawn up supported by his hands. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Ibrahim was an old man and his traditions were rejected

Narrated Qaylah daughter of Makhramah: She saw the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting with his arms round his legs. She said: When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in such humble condition in the sitting position (according to Musa's v...

Amr b. al-Sharid quoted his father al-Sharid b. Suwaid as saying:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me when I was sitting thus: having my left hand behind my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it, and said: Are you...

Abu Barzah said:the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade sleeping before the night prayer and talking after it

Jabir b. Samurah said:When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the dawn prayer, he sat cross-legged where he was till the sun had come well up

Abd Allah (b. Mas`ud) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him

A similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn `Umar through a different chain of narrators. This version has:Abu Salih said: I asked Ibn `Umar: If they are four? He replied: Then it does not harm you