The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words (Kitab Al-Alfaz min Al-Adab wa
Index

1. The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman)

2. The Book of Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

3. The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)

4. The Book of Prayers (Kitab Al-Salat)

5. The Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

6. The Book of Fasting (Kitab Al-Sawm)

7. The Book of Pilgrimage (Kitab Al-Hajj)

8. The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

9. The Book of Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

10. The Book of Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu`)

11. The Book Pertaining to the Rules of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Farai`d)

12. The Book of Gifts (Kitab Al-Hibat)

13. The Book of Bequests (Kitab Al-Wasiyya)

14. The Book of Vows (Kitab Al-Nadhr)

15. The Book of Oaths (Kitab Al-Aiman)

16. The Book Pertaining to the Oath, for Establishing the Responsibility of Murders,

17. The Book Pertaining to Punishments Prescribed by Islam (Kitab Al-Hudud)

18. The Book Pertaining to Judicial Decisions (Kitab Al-Aqdiyya)

19. The Book of Jihad and Expedition (Kitab Al-Jihad wa'l-Siyar)

20. The Book on Government (Kitab Al-Imara)

21. The Book of Games and the Animals which May be Slaughtered and the Aninals that

22. The Book of Sacrifices (Kitab Al-Adahi)

23. The Book of Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashriba)

24. The Book Pertaining to Clothes and Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas wa'l-Zinah)

25. The Book on General Behaviour (Kitab Al-Adab)

26. The Book on Salutations and Greetings (Kitab As-Salam)

27. The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words (Kitab Al-Alfaz min Al-Adab wa

28. The Book of Poetry (Kitab Al-Sh`ir)

29. The Book of Vision (Kitab Al-Ruya)

30. The Book Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities of the Holy Prophet (may Peace be

31. The Book Pertaining to the Merits of the Companions (Allah Be Pleased With Them)

32. The Book of Virtue, Good Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab

33. The Book of Destiny (Kitab-ul-Qadr)

34. The Book of Knowledge (Kitab Al-`Ilm)

35. The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and

36. The Book of Heart-Melting Traditions (Kitab Al-Riqaq)

37. The Book Pertaining to Repentance and Exhortation to Repentance (Kitab Al-Tauba)

38. Pertaining To The Charateristics Of The Hypocrites And Command Concerning Them

39. The Book Giving Description of the Day of Judgement, Paradise and Hell (Kitab

40. The Book Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description, Its Bounties and Its Intimates

41. The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan

42. The Book Pertaining to Piety and Softening of Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd wa

43. The Book of Commentary (Kitab Al-Tafsir)

The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words (Kitab Al-Alfaz min Al-Adab wa

Ghairiha) Chapter 1: PROHIBITION OF ABUSING TIME (DAHR) Book 027, Number 5580: Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam abuses Dahr (the time), whereas I am Dahr since in My hand are the day and the night.

Book 027, Number 5581: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr--I alternate the night and the day.

Book 027, Number 5582: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam causes Me pain as he says: Woe be upon the Time. None of you should say this: Woe be upon the Time, as I am the Time (because) I alternate the day and the night, and when I wish I can finish them up.

Book 027, Number 5583: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should say: Woe be upon the Time, for verily Allah is the Time.

Book 027, Number 5584: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not abuse Time, for it is Allah Who is the Time.

Chapter 2: DISAPPROVAL OF NAMING THE VINE AS A KARM Book 027, Number 5585: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should abuse Time for it is Allah Who is the Time, and none of you should call 'Inab (grape) as al-karm, for karm is a Muslim person.

Book 027, Number 5586: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not use the word karm (for wine) for worthy of respect is the heart of a believer.

Book 027, Number 5587: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not name grape as karm, for worthy of respect is a Muslim.

Book 027, Number 5588: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should use the word al-harin (for grape) for the heart of a believer is karm (worthy of respect).

Book 027, Number 5589: Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) various ahadith, one of which is this that he said: None of you should use the word al-karm for 'Inab, for karm (worthy of respect) is a Muslim person.

Book 027, Number 5590: 'Alqama b. Wa'il reported, from his father, Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) having said: Do not say al-karm (for the word vine) but say al-habala (that is grape). This hadith has been reported by Alqama b. Wa'il on the authority of his father with a different chain of transmitters and with a slight variation of wording.

Chapter 3: THE PROPER USE OF THE WORDS: BONDMAN, SLAVE-GIRL, AL-MAULA AND AS-SAYYID Book 027, Number 5591: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should say: My bondman and my slave-girl, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, and all your women are the slave-girls of Allah; but say: My servant, my girl, and my young man and my young girl.

Book 027, Number 5592: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should say: My bondman, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, but say: My young man, and the servant should not say: My Lord, but should say: My chief.

Book 027, Number 5593: This hadith has been reported on the authority of al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters, and the words are that the servant should not say to his chief: My Lord, and Abu Mu'awiya made an addition:" For it is Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Who is your Lord." Book 027, Number 5594: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) so many ahadith and one of them is this that Allah's Messenaer (may peace be upon him) said: None of you should say: Supply drink to your lord, feed your lord, hell) your lord in performing ablution, and none of you should say: My Lord. He should say: My chief, my patron; and none of you should say: My bondman, my slave-girl, but simply say: My boy, my girl, my servant.

Chapter 4: DISAPPROVAL OF USING THE PHRASE:" MY SOUL HAS BECOME EVIL" Book 027, Number 5595: 'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: None of you should say:" My soul has become evil," but he should say:" My soul has become remorseless." This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abfl Bakr with a slight variation of wording.

Book 027, Number 5596: This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abia Mu'iwiya with the same chain of transmitters.

Book 027, Number 5597: Abu Umama b. Sahl b. Hunaif, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should say:" My soul has become evil," but he should say:" My soul has become remorseless." Chapter 5: THE USE OF MUSK AND THAT IS THE BEST SCENT, AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF REJECTING THE GIFT OF SCENT AND FLOWER Book 027, Number 5598: Abd Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: There was a woman from Bani Isra'il who was short-statured and she walked in the company of two tall women with wooden sandals in her feet and a ring of gold made of plates with musk filled in them and then looked up, and musk is the best of scents; then she walked between two women and they (the people) did not recognise her, and she made a gesture with her hand like this, and Shu'ba shook his hand in order to give an indication how she shook her hand.

Book 027, Number 5599: Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made a mention of a woman of Bana Isra'il who had filled her ring with musk and musk is the most fragrant of the scents.

Book 027, Number 5600: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and pleasant in odour.

Book 027, Number 5601: Nafi' reported that when Ibn Umar wanted fumigation he got it from aloeswood without mixing anything with it, or he put camphor along with aloeswood and then said: This is how Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) fumigated.

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