Prohibition of evil, stinginess, causing hardship, and rejoicing at the misfortune of a Muslim

① It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha رضي الله عنها that a man asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for permission to enter. When he saw him, he said: This is a bad man from his tribe. But when he sat down, the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم treated him with full attention and a smiling face. When the man left, I asked: O Messenger of Allah! When you saw this man, you said such things about him, then you treated him with full attention and a smiling face (what is the reason?). The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

يا عائشة، متى عهدتني فاحشا؟ إن من شر الناس عند الله منزلة يوم القيامة من تركه الناس اتقاء شره

“O Aisha رضي الله عنها! When have you ever found me speaking ill of anyone? On the Day of Resurrection, the worst person in the sight of Allah will be the one from whose evil people keep away and cut off relations to protect themselves from him.”

And in the narration of Abu Dawood:

من شر الناس الذين يكرمون اتقاء ألسنتهم

“The worst people among the people are those whose evil tongues cause others to honor them out of fear of their harm.”

① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

اتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة، واتقوا الشح فإن الشح أهلك من كان قبلكم، حملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم

“Avoid oppression because oppression on the Day of Resurrection will be the cause of darkness, and avoid stinginess because stinginess destroyed the people before you; it made them ready to shed their own blood and to consider their lawful things as forbidden.”

② It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

شر ما فى الرجل شح هالع وجبن خالع

“The evil traits in a person are greed accompanied by covetousness and cowardice that causes the heart to be taken out.”

③ It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

لا يجتمع غبار فى سبيل الله ودخان جهنم فى جوف عبد أبدا، ولا يجتمع الشح والإيمان فى قلب عبد أبدا

“The dust of striving in the way of Allah (Jihad) and the smoke of Hellfire will never gather in the stomach of a servant. Likewise, stinginess and faith cannot coexist in the heart of a servant.”
And in another narration:

في قلب مسلم

“In the heart of a Muslim.”

④ Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id Khudri رضي الله عنه reports that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:

خصلتان لا يجتمعان فى مؤمن: البخل وسوء الخلق

“There are two traits that cannot coexist in a believer: stinginess and bad character.”

① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sarmah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

من ضار ضار الله به، ومن شاق شاق الله عليه

“Whoever harms people, Allah will harm him because of that, and whoever causes hardship to people, Allah will impose hardship and severity upon him.”

① Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa (RA) reports that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

لا تظهر الشماتة بأخيك فيرحمه الله ويبتليك

“Do not express happiness at your brother’s calamity, perhaps Allah will save him and subject you to a trial.”