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The Prohibition against Pointing at a Muslim with a Weapon, Seriously or in Jest 843. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “None of you should point at his brother with a weapon. He does not know; perh

840. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a townsman selling on behalf of a man of the desert, even if it was his full brother.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Buyu, 58; Sahih Muslim, Buyu, 21). Annotation: The Messenger of A

839. An-Nu’man ibn Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that his father brought him to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, ‘I gave this son of mine a slave I had.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, asked, ‘Did you give e

838. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Beware of the two cursed things.” They said, “What are the cursed things?” He said, “Someone relieving himself on a path people use or in a place they go for shad

836. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It would be better for one of you to sit on a hot coal which burned his clothes and reached his skin than to sit on a grave.” (Sahih Muslim, Janaiz, 96). 837.

Forbidding Continuous Fasting, Which Is to Fast Two or More Days without Eating or Drinking between Them 835. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade continuous fasting. They said, ‘But you fast continuously.’ He

834. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not single out the night of Jumu’ah rather than other nights for praying at night and do not single out the day of Jumu’ah for fasting rather than other days unless i

833. Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn as-Simma al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had said, “If the person passing in front of the man praying knew what he was incurring, he would find it preferable to wait forty rath

832. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about looking around in the Prayer and he said, ‘It is one of Satan’s ways of making off with people’s Prayers.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Adhan, 93).   Nawawi, Imam. Riya

It Is Disliked to Pray When Food Has Been Served or When One Needs to Go to the Lavatory 831. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, ‘There is no Prayer when food is present nor when one needs to relieve onese