The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Good companions and bad companions are like sellers of musk and the furnace of the smithy. You lose nothing from the musk seller, whether you buy some or smell or are imbued with its fragrance. The furnace of the smithy, on the other hand, burns your house and your clothes, or you get a noxious odor."

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Whoever would be glad to have his livelihood expanded and his life prolonged should maintain family ties"

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Two qualities are never coupled in a believer: miserliness and immorality"

The above Hadith was narrated Al-Bukhari . Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character"

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

God (mighty and sublime be He) said:

"O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it."

The above Hadith was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal).

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Gentleness never accompanies anything without enhancing it, nor is it ever removed from anything without demeaning it"

The above Hadith was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character"

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Practice humility until no one oppresses or belittles another"

 "Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

''Cleanliness is half of Iman* and (the words) al-Hamdulillah (Praise to God) fills the scale and (the words) Subhanallah wa'l-hamdullilah (Glory be to God, Praise be to God) fill up what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is light. Charity is a proof. Endurance is brightness. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves."

The above Hadith was reported on the authority of Abu Malik al-'Ash'ari

* Iman is usually translated as faith. In another hadith, related by Muslim (No.57) Iman is described as 'having more than seventy branches, the highest of which is saying 'La ilah ill Allah' (there is no god but the One God) and the lowest of which is removing a harmful obstacle from the path. And modesty is part of Iman.

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Whoever has the following four characteristics is a pure munafiq (hypocrite). And whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one of the characteristics of hypocrisy:

- Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.

- Whenever he speaks, he lies.

- Whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it.

- And whenever he argues he behaves very badly."

The above Hadith was narrated by 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim

The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:

"Keep God in mind wherever you are; follow a wrong with a right that offsets it; and treat people courteously"

The above Hadith was narrated by At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character"

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