This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mawsili's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnoaat.
① Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Badri رضي الله عنه narrates, I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم when a man came to him and said:
O Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم! My mount has died and I cannot travel, so please arrange a mount for me. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
ما عندي ما أحملك عليه
"I do not have anything with me to give you as a mount."
Then a man said: I will tell him about someone who will arrange a mount for him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
من دل على خير فله مثل أجر فاعله
"Whoever guides someone to a good deed will have a reward like that of the one who does it."
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Imarah 1893, Abu Dawood, Kitab al-Adab 5129.
② Sayyiduna Anas رضي الله عنه narrates, a man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asking for a mount, but he found nothing with the Prophet to give him as a mount. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told him about another person, so he gave him a mount. Then he (after taking the mount) came back to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and informed him, so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
الدال على الخير كفاعله
"The one who guides to goodness is like the one who does it."
Reference: Tirmidhi 2808, the narration is authentic.
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
من ذب عن عرض أخيه رد الله النار عن وجهه يوم القيامة
"Whoever protects the honor of his brother, Allah will keep his face away from the fire (Hell) on the Day of Judgment."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Virtue and Maintaining Ties from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 1931, the narration is Hasan.
① Sayyiduna Jarir رضي الله عنه narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
لا يرحم الله من لا يرحم الناس
"He who does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him."
And in another narration:
من لا يرحم الناس لا يرحمه الله
"He who does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Manners 6013, 7376; Muslim, Book of Virtues 3319.
② Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin As رضي الله عنهما narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
الراحمون يرحمهم الرحمن، إرحموا من فى الأرض يرحمكم من فى السماء
"The Most Merciful shows mercy to those who are merciful; show mercy to the inhabitants of the earth, and the One in the heavens will show mercy to you."
Reference: Abu Dawood, Book of Manners 4941; Tirmidhi 1924, the narration is Hasan.
③ Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates, I heard Abu al-Qasim صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say:
لا تنزع الرحمة إلا من شقي
"Mercy is only taken away from an unfortunate person. Only an unfortunate person is deprived of mercy."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Virtue and Maintaining Ties 1923; Abu Dawood 3942.
① Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir رضي الله عنهما reports, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
مثل المؤمنين فى توادهم وتراحمهم وتعاطفهم مثل الجسد إذا اشتكى منه عضو تداعى له سائر الجسد بالسهر والحمى
"A believer is like a single body in terms of love, mercy, and sympathy for one another. When one part of the body is in pain, the entire body suffers from sleeplessness and fever."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Manners 6011, Muslim, Book of Biography, Relations, and Manners 2586, Musnad Ahmad, First Musnad of the Kufans 270/4.
