Gardens of the Righteous — Page 291
| 291. RIYADH AS-SALIHIN. He was answered: Allah and His Messenger know best. He told us: He has said: This morning My servants have got up some believing in Me and others denying Me. He who said: We have been granted rain by the grace and mercy of Allah; believes in Me, and he who said: We have been granted rain by such and such a planet; he denied Me and believed in the planets (Bokhari and. Muslim). 324. . On Prohibition of Calling a Muslim a Disbeliever 1738. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a man addresses his brother with: O disbeliever; one of them will certainly deserve the title; the one addressed if he is such, else it will revert to him who uttered it (Bokhari and Muslim). 1739. Abu Dharr relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: If one of you should call another a disbeliever or an enemy of Allah and he should in fact not be such, the title will revert to the one who uttered it (Bokhari and. Muslim). 325. . On Prohibition of Loose Talk 1740. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: A believer does not taunt or curse or abuse or talk indecently (Tirmidhi). 1741. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Indecency disfigures everything and modesty enhances the charm of everything (Tirmidhi). 326. . On the Undesirability of Employing Exaggerated Terms 1742. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: Ruined are those who exaggerate. He repeated it three times (Muslim). 1743. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who rolls his tongue as does a bullock in eating grass offends Allah (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1744. Jabir ibn Abdullah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The dearest of you to me and the closest of you to me on the Day of Judgment will be those who are the best behaved, and the most offensive to me and the farthest from me on the Day of Judgment will be the most voluble, the most boring and the most rhetorical (Tirmidhi).