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Hadith 359
359/462 عن عائشة زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت: دخل رهط من اليهود على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا: السام عليكم، قالت عائشة: ففهمتها فقلت: عليكم السام واللعنة. قالت: فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " مهلاً يا عائشة! إن الله يحب الرفق في الأمر كله". فقلت: يا رسول الله! أو لم تسمع ما قالوا؟ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " قد قلت وعليكم".
Narrated from Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she says: Once a group of Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: «السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ» "Destruction be upon you." Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I understood, so I said: «عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ وَاللَّعْنَةُ» She says: Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wait, O Aisha! Indeed, Allah loves gentleness in all matters." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Did you not hear what they said?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have already said: '«وَعَلَيْكُمْ» and the same be upon you.'"
Hadith 360
360/463 عن جرير بن عبد الله قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " من يُحرِم الرفق يُحرم الخير".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of all kinds of goodness."
Hadith 361
361/464 عن أبي الدرداء، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " من أُعطي حظه من الرفق؛ فقط أُعطي حظه من الخير؛ ومن حرم حظه من الرفق؛ فقد حرم حظه من الخير. أثقل شيء في ميزان المؤمن يوم القيامة حسن الخلق، وإن الله ليبغض الفاحش البذيء"(1).
Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: “Whoever has been given his share of gentleness has been given his share of goodness, and whoever is deprived of his share of gentleness has been deprived of his share of goodness. On the Day of Resurrection, the heaviest thing in the believer’s scale will be good character, and indeed Allah dislikes the foul-mouthed, ill-mannered person.”
Hadith 362
362/465 عن عائشة : قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : "أقيلوا ذوي الهيئات(2) عثراتهم".
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Forgive the mistakes of those who have good character (righteous people)."
Hadith 363
363/466 عن أنس، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " لا يكون الخُرقُ(3) في شيء إلا شانه، وإن الله رفيق يحب الرفق"..
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: "Harshness makes anything in which it is found ugly. Indeed, Allah is gentle and loves gentleness."
Hadith 364
364/467 عن أبي سعيد الخدري قال: " كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أشد حياءً من العذارء في خدرها، وكان إذا كره شيئاً عرفناه في وجهه".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was more modest than a veiled virgin girl. When something displeased him, we would recognize it from his face.
Hadith 365
365/469 عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: كنت على بعير فيه صعوبة، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : " عليك بالرفق؛ فإنه لا يكون في شيء إلا زانه، ولا ينزع من شيء إلا شانه".
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I was riding a camel that was unruly (stubborn), the camel was a bit harsh. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Always adopt gentleness. This quality adorns whatever it is found in, and whatever it is removed from, it makes it defective."
Hadith 366
366/470 عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " إياكم والشح؛ فإنه أهلكَ من كان قبلكم؛ سفكوا دماءهم، وقطعوا أرحامهم، والظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة. (وإياكم والفحش، فإن الله لا يحب الفاحش المتفحش /487).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of miserliness, for indeed it destroyed those before you. They shed each other's blood and severed their ties of kinship, and oppression will be many darknesses on the Day of Resurrection. And beware of foul speech. Indeed, Allah does not like the one who is obscene in speech and deliberately abusive."
