Hadiths on Shariah-approved Manners

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192 explained prophetic hadiths on "Shariah-approved Manners": Arabic text, translation, explanation and lessons, with authenticity grade and references.

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154 hadiths deal with the Shariah-approved manners in 15 subcategories that run through the Muslim's day: greeting and seeking permission to enter, speaking and keeping silent, diverging, debating, eating and drinking, traveling, sleeping and waking up, interpreting visions, visiting, visiting the sick, dressing, sneezing and yawning, not to forget the manners of the scholar and the learner, and those of reciting the Noble Qur'an. A hadith honors the one who, struck by the plague, stays in his land hoping for the divine reward.

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

The list of hadiths on Shariah-approved Manners

Authentic Allah is pleased with one who eats some food and praises Him for it, or drinks some drink and praises Him for it Authentic A man asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed in Islam is the best? He said: "Feeding people and extending the gre Authentic hadith If one of you is invited to a wedding banquet, he should attend Authentic hadith The worst food is the food of a wedding banquet to which the rich are invited while the poor are left out. Anyone who does not answer the invitation h Authentic hadith If anyone of you is invited, let him answer the invitation. If he is fasting, let him supplicate (for the inviter); if he is not fasting, let him eat Authentic hadith I do not eat while reclining on my side Authentic O boy, mention Allah's name, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is nearer to you Authentic hadith Blessing descends in the middle of the food. So eat from the sides, and do not eat from the middle Authentic If anyone of you eats, let him eat with his right hand, and if he drinks, let him drink with his right hand, for indeed the devil eats with his left h Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade breathing into the pot or blowing into it Authentic hadith When anyone of you beats his brother, he should avoid the face Authentic hadith Raisins used to be soaked for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in a water skin, and he would drink it that day, th Authentic hadith While a man was walking, dressed in fine clothes and admiring himself, with his hair well-combed Authentic hadith While we were on a journey with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) a man came while riding a mount of his Authentic hadith O Abu al-Hasan, how is the Messenger of Allah this morning? He said: He is feeling better this morning, by the grace of Allah Authentic hadith The most despicable name in the sight of Allah is that of a man named the King of kings. There is no king but Allah Authentic An oath is a means for selling a commodity and a means for destroying the profit Authentic hadith When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) traveled, he would seek refuge from the hardships of the journey, from havin Good hadith The lonely rider is a devil, two riders are two devils and three are a traveling team Authentic hadith Your scattering about in the mountain passes and valleys is indeed from the devil Authentic hadith When you travel through green lush land, give the camels their share from the ground, and when you travel through dry barren land, make them walk quic Authentic hadith Travel during the night, for indeed, the land is folded up at night Authentic hadith When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encamped to sleep at night during a journey, he would lie down on his right Good hadith When three people set out on a journey, they should appoint one of them as their leader Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to stick to the rear while traveling, urging the weak to walk quickly, letti Authentic hadith Whenever the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mounted his camel while setting out on a journey, he would say Takbīr th Authentic hadith O group of Muhājirūn and Ansār! There are among you such people who have no property and no kinsfolk. So let each one of you take along with him two o Authentic hadith Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, he would say: No harm, (it will be) purification (from sins) Authentic hadith Food for two persons suffices for three, and food for three persons suffices for four Good hadith Fear Allah and say "Allah is the Greatest" upon every elevated place Good hadith A man said: O Messenger of Allah, when a man amongst us meets a brother or a friend, should he bow to him? He said: No. He said: Should he embrace and Authentic Allāhumma qini ‘adhābaka yawma tajma‘u or tab‘athu ‘ibādak (O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You gather or resurrect Your servants) Sahih/Authentic with its two versions When we ascended (a high land), we used to say Takbīr, and when we descended, we used to say Tasbīh Authentic hadith O people, do not trouble yourselves too much. He Whom you are calling is not deaf or absent. Verily, He is with you, He is All-Hearing and Ever Near Authentic hadith No Muslim visits a (sick) Muslim early in the morning but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him Sahīh (authentic) based on its overall chains of transmission No two Muslims meet and shake hands except that their sins are forgiven before they part Authentic Whoever acquires knowledge that should be pursued for the sake of Allah Almighty for the sole purpose of securing worldly gains shall not smell the ‘A Authentic hadith He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection Good chain of narrators I was with Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) in the company of some Magians when a sweet was brought in a silver vessel, and Anas did not Authentic Whoever swears by Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza should say: 'There is no god but Allah'. And whoever says to his companion 'Come and gamble with me' should give Sahih/Authentic with its two versions We went out along with the children to meet the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) at Thaniyyat al-Wadā‘ Authentic He who recites the Qur’an openly is like he who gives charity openly, and he who recites the Qur’an secretly is like he who gives charity secretly Authentic When the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) went to bed every night, he would join his palms together and blow into them and recite Authentic “There are four (traits); whoever has them is a sheer hypocrite, and whoever has one trait of them has one of the traits of hypocrisy until he gives i Authentic Indeed, each of you is conversing privately with his Lord, so let not one of you harm another Authentic Wear white clothes, for they are among the best of your clothes; and shroud your deceased in them Authentic A believer is not a slanderer, nor a curser, nor a person who speaks obscenely, nor a person who uses foul language Authentic hadith Did anyone of you have a dream? So dreams would be narrated to him by those whom Allah willed to relate. One day he said: Last night, I had a vision i Authentic Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know that he loves Allah and His Messenger Authentic Any person who says to his brother: O disbeliever, it will, indeed, fall upon one of them; if he is as he said, or else it will return to him Authentic Allah Almighty said: The son of Adam hurts Me by cursing time, while I am time. The matter is in My Hands, I alternate the night and the day Authentic Do not enter the dwellings of those who have wronged themselves, unless you are weeping Authentic May Allah brighten the person who hears something from us and conveys it as he heard it, for perhaps the one to whom it is conveyed is more mindful th Authentic hadith The worst lie is when a man claims to have seen something which he has not seen Authentic hadith It does not befit the truthful one to frequently curse others Good hadith Do not curse one another, invoking the curse of Allah or His wrath or the fire of Hell Authentic hadith When a person curses something, the curse ascends to heaven and the gates of heaven are closed against it. Then it descends to earth and its gates are Authentic hadith Unload it and set it free, for it is cursed Authentic hadith Let the she-camel upon which curse has been invoked not accompany us Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of what was and of what is to come. The most knowledgeable among us i
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أستغفر الله I seek forgiveness from Allah

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.

Al-Ahzab 33:56

Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ