Section Four of our book, 130 Hadeeth on Manners, contains a total of less than 30 hadeeth narrations.

When the author says, "Agreed upon," about a hadeeth, this means: The hadeeth was collected by all six imaams of the major books of Sunnah.

An-Nawwaas ibn Sim'aan asked the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) about birr (piety) and ithm (sin). Part of the answer was: "Piety is good character..."

When two Muslims are turning away from each other for personal reasons, the better one is the one who gives greetings of salaam to the other one first.

Licking your fingers after eating is a forbidden act of imitating non-Muslims.

The book, Buloogh al-Maraam, was authored by Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan.

Haste is from the Shaytaan, and pessimism is bad character, according to two narrations we studied.

All previous prophets taught their followers not to be shy. Islam cancelled this earlier ruling and required Muslims to behave with shyness.

According to the wording of a hadeeth we studied, the reason we are not allowed to insult the deceased is: because they can still hear us.

No people sit in any gathering, mentioning Allah therein, except that the angels surround them, Mercy enshrouds them, and Allah mentions them to those near Him.

If we uphold the limits of Allah in our lives and honor His commands and prohibitions, He will preserve us with special kinds of preservation.

According to the wording of a hadeeth we studied, anger is a sin eats away one's good deeds like how fire devours wood.

Suspicion is described as "the most untruthful kind of speech" in one of the hadeeths we studied.

Strong believers are actually more beloved to Allah than weak believers, yet even weak believers still have some goodness in them.

Slander is more severely sinful than backbiting.

A person who has $100, and then gives $25 in charity, now has only $75. So charity does, in fact, decrease one's wealth. Therefore it is absolute falsehood to claim that "No charity ever decreased any wealth."

Sitting in gatherings devoid of Allah's mention, where no salaat is sent upon the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace), will be a source of regret on the Day of Judgment.

People by nature admire others and try to resemble them. We must avoid admiration of evil people, so we do not end up resembling them.

The Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) explained the "baaqiyaat saalihaat" (never-ending righteous things) as: five phrases of Allah's remembrance in a hadeeth narration we studied.

The Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) said (what means), "Piety is right here!" and he pointed to the Ka'bah three times.

When two people insult one another, the sin is on the one who started it, so long as the other one does not transgress.

According to Hadeeth #1 of our study, one of the six basic rights Muslims have upon each other is to say, "al-Hamdu lillaah" when your brother/sister asks you, "Kayfa Haaluk?" (How are you?)

Pleasing Allah is attained by pleasing one's parents.

In the hadeeth we studied (which means), "A qattaat does not enter Paradise," a "qattaat" is: someone who chews a lot of tobacco.

Since shyness is part of our faith, it is better not to correct people who err, even if they are committing shirk (polytheism).

Mahmood ibn Labeed was one of the longest living companions.

Qutbah ibn Maalik was a companion from those who narrated the most hadeeth (from the "mukthiroon").

The hadeeth about not striking in the face does not apply to Muslims, because it is never legislated to strike a Muslim in the first place.

Allah has forbidden us from insolence (bad treatment) of our mothers.

Paradise is forbidden for the one who dies while deceiving those under his authority.

Ordering what is good and forbidding what is evil is from the rights of the street upon those who sit there, according to a hadeeth we studied.

Ibn Mas'ood asked the Prophet, "Which sin is greatest?" He replied, "To ascribe a partner to Allah when He [alone] has created you."

According to a hadeeth we studied, a person who mistreats those under his authority does not enter Paradise.

If you insult another person's parents, and this leads them to insult your parents, you bear the burden of the sin of insulting your own parents.

The most important organ in the human body, religiously speaking, is the brain. If it is sound, the whole body will be sound. If it is corrupt, the whole body will be corrupt.

Non-Muslim neighbors have no rights in Islam.

Some people can become so obsessed with materialism that they could legitimately be called 'Abd ad-Dirham ("worshipper/slave of the silver coin").

Being in this world like a stranger or wayfarer means to take what you need from it to reach your real destination (the Hereafter), without getting too attached to this world.

When Sahl ibn Sa'd asked about something that would earn him Allah's Love, the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) told him to focus greatly on worldly matters. (Assuming the hadeeth to be authentic as Ibn Hajar graded it.)

One of the bad results of cursing people too much is that you would not be allowed to be a witness on the day of Judgment, according to a narration we studied.

Some of the scholars said that Allah may extend the lifespan of a person based on his kind treatment of family members, by extending the actual length of the person's pre-determined lifespan.

Being honest in speech leads to all types of piety, and that leads one to Paradise by the Permission of Allah.

A Muslim is required to give naseehah to everyone, even to Allah and His Messenger (may Allah raise his rank).

According to the Sunnah, the youth should initiate greetings of salaam to the elders.

According to the hadeeth of Jaabir, oppression is a sin that destroyed those who came before us.

According to Hadeeth #2, we should look to those who have less than us, in order to be more grateful for what we have.

Allah loves pious servants, those who are content and modestly reserved.

In Islamic rulings, everything is either clearly halaal (permissible) or clearly haraam (forbidden).

One of the six basic rights mentioned in the first hadeeth of our study is that when a Muslim gets sick, you visit him or her.

Revelation in Islam is so complete that it even provides guidance on how to prepare soup (specifically).