The Prohibition against Going against One’s Own Nature

In His stead, they invoke female deities—(in so doing) they, in fact, invoke none but a haughty, rebellious Satan, who is accursed by Allah (excluded from His mercy). Once he said: “Of Your servants I will surely take a share to be assigned to me (by their following me). I will surely lead them astray and surely engross them in vain desires (superstitious fancies and false conceptions); and I will surely command them, and they will surely slit the ears of cattle (to mark them out as meant for their idols and as forbidden to themselves to eat, thus making a lawful thing unlawful); and also, I will surely command them, and they will surely alter Allah’s creation.” Whoever takes Satan for a confidant and guardian instead of Allah has indeed suf-fered a manifest loss. (an-Nisa 4:117–119)

790. Amr ibn Shu’ayb, may Allah be pleased with him, reported from his grandfather that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not pluck out white hair. It will be the light of a Muslim on the Day of Rising.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, Tarajjul, 17; Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Adab, 56; Sunan an-Nasa’i, Zinah, 13).

792. 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 walk wearing only one sandal. You should wear both of them or leave both of them off.” (Sahih Muslim, Libas, 69).
Annotation: The actual point being made here is that, if one shoe becomes unusable for a reason, one needs to have it restored to a usable form as soon as possible and continue the way. Unless it happens as an obligation, walking around with a single shoe is not approved of in Islamic manners.

794. Masruq, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “We visited Abdullah ibn Mas’ud and he said, ‘O people! Whoever knows something should say it. Whoever does not know, should say, “Allah knows best.” Part of knowledge is that you say about what you do not know, “Allah knows best.” Allah the Almighty said to His Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “Say (O Messenger): “I ask of you no wage for this (conveying the Qur’an to you), and I am not of those who claim to be what they are really not and make fabrications of their own” (Sa’d 38:86)’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Tafsir as-Surah, 30, 38/3).
Annotation: People complained to the knowledgeable Companion Abdullah ibn Mas’ud about a person who made too subjective interpretations about the tenth verse of the chapter Dukhan. This wise Companion replied that a person had better keep silent at matters they do not know well and explained with proof from the Qur’an (Sa’d 38:86) that even the Prophet only conveyed what Allah taught him and there is no point in making exaggerated commentaries.

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014