«اَلْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ،
وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلٰى دِمَائِهِمْ وَأَمْوَالِهِمْ»

“Muslim is the one with whom (other) Muslims are safe in word and deed,
and believer is the one with whom people trust their lives and
wealth in word and deed.”

(Tirmidhi, Iman, 12)

«لَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْإ۪يمَانُ وَالْكُفْرُ ف۪ي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ، وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ الصِّدْقُ وَالْكَذِبُ جَم۪يعًا،
وَلَا تَجْتَمِعُ الْخِيَانَةُ وَالْأَمَانَةُ جَم۪يعًا»

“One cannot have faith and unbelief, truth and lie, betrayal and
trustworthiness in his heart at the same time.”

(Ibn Hanbal, II, 349)

«لَا إ۪يمَانَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ، وَلَا د۪ينَ لِمَنْ لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ»

“Those who do not guard what is entrusted to them are unfaithful;
and those who do not keep their words are irreligious.”

(Ibn Hanbal, III, 134)

«اٰيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلَاثٌ، إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ»

“The signs of a hypocrite are three: whenever he speaks, he tells a lie; whenever he is entrusted with something, he proves dishonest; whenever he promises something,
he breaks his promise.”

(Bukhari, Wasayah, 8; Muslim, Iman, 107)

«أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ ف۪يهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ ف۪يهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ ف۪يهِ خَصْلَةٌ
مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتّٰى يَدَعَهَا: إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ،
وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ»

“Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he gives it up: Whenever he is entrusted (with something), he betrays (it). Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie. Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous. Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent, evil, and insulting manner.”

(Bukhari, Iman, 24)

«لَا يَسْتَق۪يمُ إ۪يمَانُ عَبْدٍ حَتّٰى يَسْتَق۪يمَ قَلْبُهُ، وَلَا يَسْتَق۪يمُ قَلْبُهُ حَتّٰى يَسْتَق۪يمَ لِسَانُهُ،
وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ»

“The faith of the worshipper does not become upright until his heart becomes upright and his heart does not become upright until his tongue becomes upright. And no man would enter Paradise as long as his neighbor does not feel safe that no harm would come from him.”

(Ibn Hanbal, III, 199)

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اَلدّ۪ينُ النَّص۪يحَةُ» قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟
قَالَ: «لِلّٰهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ»

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “Religion is sincerity.” Thereupon he was asked, “For whom?” and replied as, “For Allah, His Book, His Messenger and for the leaders of the Muslims and for the Muslims in general.”

(Muslim, Iman, 95)

«فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا،
ف۪ي شَهْرِكُمْ هٰذَا، ف۪ي بَلَدِكُمْ هٰذَا ...»

“Verily! Your blood, property and honor are sacred to one another (i.e. Muslims)
like the sanctity of this day of yours (arafa), in this month of yours
(Dhu al-Hijjah) and in this city of yours (Mecca)…”

(Bukhari, ‘Ilm, 9; Muslim, Qasamah, 30)

«اَلْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَخُونُهُ وَلَا يَكْذِبُهُ وَلَا يَخْذُلُهُ ...»

“The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim, he does not act treacherously toward him, lie to him, or forsake him.”

(Tirmidhi, Birr, 18)

«أَدِّ الْأَمَانَةَ إِلٰى مَنِ ائْتَمَنَكَ وَلَا تَخُنْ مَنْ خَانَكَ»

“Fulfill the trust for the one who entrusted you,
and do not cheat the one who cheated you.”

(Tirmidhi, Buyu’, 38; Abu Dawud, Buyu’, Ijara, 79)

«كَبُرَتْ خِيَانَةً أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ أَخَاكَ حَد۪يثًا هُوَ لَكَ بِهِ مُصَدِّقٌ وَأَنْتَ لَهُ بِهِ كَاذِبٌ»

“It is a great treachery that you should tell your brother something and have him believe you when you are lying.”

(Abu Dawud, Adab, 71)

«لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ هٰذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانٍ»

“On the Day of Judgment, a flag will be raised (to mark off) every person guilty of breach, and it will be announced that this is the perfidy of so and so.”

(Muslim, Jihad, 12)

«اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنّ۪ي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّج۪يعُ
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ»

“O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow;
and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evil hidden trait.”

(Abu Dawud, Witr, 32)

«لَا غِشَّ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ، مَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»

“There can be no cheating among Muslims.
Whoever deceives us is not one of us.”

(Darimi, Buyu’, 10)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصِّيَامِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ: قَالُوا: بَلٰى يَا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ! قَالَ: إِصْلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ، وَفَسَادُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ الْحَالِقَةُ»

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Shall I not inform you of something more excellent in degree than fasting, prayer, and almsgiving (sadaqa)?” People replied, “Yes, o Messenger of Allah!” He said, “It is putting things right between people, spoiling them is the razor (destructive of iman).”

(Abu Dawud, Adab, 50; Tirmidhi, Sifat al-Qiyamah, 56)

«لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ خِبٌّ وَلَا مَنَّانٌ وَلَا بَخ۪يلٌ»

“The swindler, the mannan (one who boasts of the good he does),
and the miser will not enter Paradise.”

(Tirmidhi, Birr, 41)

«اِضْمَنُوا ل۪ي سِتًّا مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، أَضْمَنْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ، اصْدُقُوا إِذَا حَدَّثْتُمْ، وَأَوْفُوا إِذَا وَعَدْتُمْ، وَأَدُّوا إِذَا اؤْتُمِنْتُمْ، وَاحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَكُمْ، وَغُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ، وَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ»

“Guarantee for me six actions and I will guarantee for you Paradise: speak the truth, keep your promise, fulfill the trust when you are entrusted, guard your chastity, keep your eyes off forbidden things, and keep your hands from what is forbidden.”

(Ibn Hanbal, V, 323)

«إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَفَات۪يحَ لِلْخَيْرِ، مَغَال۪يقَ لِلشَّرِّ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَفَات۪يحَ لِلشَّرِّ
مَغَال۪يقَ لِلْخَيْرِ، فَطُوبٰى لِمَنْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مَفَات۪يحَ الْخَيْرِ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ،
وَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مَفَات۪يحَ الشَّرِّ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ»

“Some people open the door to good and close the door to evil, and some people open the door to evil and close the door to good. Glad tidings to those in whose hands Allah places the keys to good, and woe to those in whose hands
Allah places the keys to evil.”

(Ibn Majah, Sunnah, 19)

«إِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنِ اتَّقَاهُ النَّاسُ لِشَرِّهِ»

“The worst among people is the one from whose harm other people are afraid of.”

(Malik, Muwatta’, Husn al-Khalq, 1)

«أَرْبَعٌ إِذَا كُنَّ ف۪يكَ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ مَا فَاتَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا:
حِفْظُ أَمَانَةٍ، وَصِدْقُ حَد۪يثٍ، وَحُسْنُ خَل۪يقَةٍ، وَعِفَّةٌ ف۪ي طُعْمَةٍ»

“There are four characteristics which, if you possess, will prevent you from being affected even if you are deprived of certain worldly benefits: to protect what is entrusted to you, to be honest, good character, and halal (lawful) sustenance.”

(Ibn Hanbal, II, 177)

«مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ،
وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ فَلَا يُؤْذِ جَارَهُ،
وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ»

“He who believes in Allah and in the last day should speak good or keep silent.
He who believes in Allah and in the last day should not harm his neighbor.
He who believes in Allah and in the last day should honor his guest.”

(Bukhari, Riqaq, 23)

«إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْأَمَانَةِ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ،
اَلرَّجُلَ يُفْض۪ي إِلٰى امْرَأَتِهِ وَتُفْض۪ي إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يَنْشُرُ سِرَّهَا»

“The most wicked among the people in the eye of Allah on the Day of Judgment is the man who goes to his wife and she comes to him and then he divulges her secret.”

(Muslim, Nikah, 124)

«...أَلَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ، فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ لَا يَصْلُحُ بِالْجِدِّ وَلَا بِالْهَزْلِ
وَلَا يَعِدِ الرَّجُلُ صَبِيَّهُ ثُمَّ لَا يَفِيَ لَهُ...»

“...Beware of lying, for lying is never good, whether it is done seriously or in jest.
A man should not make a promise that he will not keep to even a child
(it is also counted as a lie)...”

(Ibn Majah, Sunnah, 7)

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: دَعَتْن۪ي أُمّ۪ي يَوْمًا وَرَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدٌ ف۪ي بَيْتِنَا فَقَالَتْ «هَا تَعَالَ أُعْط۪يكَ» فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «وَمَا أَرَدْتِ أَنْ تُعْط۪يهِ» قَالَتْ: «أُعْط۪يهِ تَمْرًا» فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ لَمْ تُعْط۪يهِ شَيْئًا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْكِ كِذْبَةٌ»

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amir reported: “One day the Messenger of Allah (saw) visited our home. My mother said, ‘Abd Allah! Come here. Look what I will give you.’ The Messenger of Allah (saw) then asked, ‘What are you going to give him?’ When my mother said, ‘I will give him a date’,
the Prophet (saw) said, ‘If you did not give him anything, your words would be recorded
(in your book of deeds) as a lie.’”

(Abu Dawud, Adab, 80)

«لَا تَكُونُوا إِمَّعَةً تَقُولُونَ: إِنْ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ أَحْسَنَّا، وَإِنْ ظَلَمُوا ظَلَمْنَا، وَلٰكِنْ وَطِّنُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، إِنْ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تُحْسِنُوا، وَإِنْ أَسَاءُوا فَلَا تَظْلِمُوا»

“Do not let yourselves be opportunists, saying, ‘If people do good then we will do good, and if they do wrong then we will do wrong.’ Rather, if people do good then do good, and if they do evil, then do not behave unjustly.”

(Tirmidhi, Birr, 63)

«لَا تَبَاغَضُوا، وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ إِخْوَانًا،
وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ»

“Do not hate one another, do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other. O servants of Allah! Be brothers. It is not lawful for the Muslim to shun his (Muslim) brother for more than three days.”

(Bukhari, Adab, 57)

«لَا تُمَارِ أَخَاكَ وَلَا تُمَازِحْهُ وَلَا تَعِدْهُ مَوْعِدَةً فَتُخْلِفَهُ»

“Do not argue with your brother, do not joke with him (in an offending manner),
and do not make a promise, only to not fulfill it.”

(Tirmidhi, Birr, 58)

«يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإ۪يمَانُ قَلْبَهُ لَا تَغْتَابُوا الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ عَوْرَاتِهِمْ يَتَّبِعِ اللّٰهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِعِ اللّٰهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحْهُ ف۪ي بَيْتِهِ»

“O community of people, who believe by their tongue, but belief did not enter their hearts, do not backbite Muslims, and do not search for their faults, for if anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for his fault, and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone, He disgraces him in his house (by revealing what he did secretly).”

(Abu Dawud, Adab, 35)

«تَصَافَحُوا يَذْهَبِ الْغِلُّ، وَتَهَادَوْا تَحَابُّوا وَتَذْهَبِ الشَّحْنَاءُ»

“Shake hands with each other, and let the grudges between you go away; give presents to each other, and let your love for each other be strengthened and animosity disappear.”

(Malik, Muwatta’, Husn al-Khalq, 4)

«إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ، وَإِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ، وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَلْحَنَ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ،
وَأَقْضِيَ لَهُ عَلٰى نَحْوِ مِمَّا أَسْمَعُ، فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ مِنْ حَقِّ أَخ۪يهِ شَيْئًا، فَلَا يَأْخُذْ،
فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ»

“I am only a human being, and you people have disputes. It may be that someone among you can present his case in a more eloquent and convincing manner than the other, and I give my judgment in his favor according to what I hear. Beware! If ever I give (by error) somebody something of his brother’s right then he should not take it as I have only given him a piece of Fire.”

(Bukhari, Hiyal, 10)

«تُبَايِعُون۪ي عَلٰى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللّٰهِ شَيْئًا، وَلَا تَزْنُوا، وَلَا تَسْرِقُوا،
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ى حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ...»

“Pledge to me that you will associate nothing with Allah, that you will not commit zina (adultery), that you will not commit theft, and that you will not kill anyone unjustly, which Allah has forbidden…”

(Muslim, Hudud, 41)

«إِنَّ اللّٰهَ تَعَالٰى يَقُولُ: أَنَا ثَالِثُ الشَّر۪يكَيْنِ مَا لَمْ يَخُنْ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ،
فَإِذَا خَانَهُ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ»

Allah the Exalted (swt) said: “I make a third with two partners (I help and protect them) as long as they do not cheat each other. But if one of them cheats the other,
I depart from them.”

(Abu Dawud, Buyu’, 26)

«اَلتَّاجِرُ الصَّدُوقُ الْأَم۪ينُ مَعَ النَّبِيّ۪ينَ وَالصِّدّ۪يق۪ينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ»

“The honest and trustworthy merchant is with the prophets, the eminently truthful, and the martyrs (on the Day of Resurrection).”

(Tirmidhi, Buyu’, 4)

«اَلْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَفْتَرِقَا، فَإِنْ صَدَقَا وَبَيَّنَا بُورِكَ لَهُمَا ف۪ي بَيْعِهِمَا،
وَإِنْ كَتَمَا وَكَذَبَا مُحِقَتِ الْبَرَكَةُ مِنْ بَيْعِهِمَا»

“Both parties in a business transaction have a right of option (to annul it) so long as they are not separated [from each other]; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear, they will be blessed in their transaction, but if they conceal anything and lie, the blessing on their transaction will be erased.”

(Abu Dawud, Buyu’, 51)

عَنْ أَب۪ي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
«إِذَا ضُيِّعَتِ الْأَمَانَةُ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ». قَالَ: «كَيْفَ إِضَاعَتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ!»
قَالَ: «إِذَا أُسْنِدَ الْأَمْرُ إِلٰى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ، فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ»

According to Abu Hurairah (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said (when a Bedouin asked him about the time of the Last Day), “When trust is lost, then wait for the Hour.” The bedouin asked, “How will trust be lost, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.”

(Bukhari, Riqaq, 35)

«أَلَا لَا تَحِلُّ أَمْوَالُ الْمُعَاهِد۪ينَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا...»

“Beware! The property of a non-Muslim man who lives in the
Muslim lands with treaty is not lawful...”

(Abu Dawud, At’imah, 32)

«أَلَا مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهِدًا لَهُ ذِمَّةُ اللّٰهِ وَذِمَّةُ رَسُولِهِ فَقَدْ أَخْفَرَ بِذِمَّةِ اللّٰهِ
فَلَا يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ ...»

“Indeed, whoever kills a mu’ahid that has a covenant from Allah and a covenant from His Messenger (saw), then he has violated the covenant with Allah and the covenant of His Messenger, so he shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise...”

(Tirmidhi, Diyat, 11)

«مَنْ أَمِنَ رَجُلاً عَلٰى دَمِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ لِوَاءَ غَدْرٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

“If a man trusts someone with his life and then kills him, he will carry a
banner of treachery on the Day of Resurrection.”

(Ibn Majah, Diyat, 33)

«مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ بَر۪ىءٌ مِنْ [ثَلَاثٍ]: اَلْكِبْرِ وَالْغُلُولِ وَالدَّيْنِ، دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»

“Whoever dies free of the following three things will enter Paradise:
arrogance, treacherously stealing from the booty of war, and debt.”

(Tirmidhi, Siyar, 21)

«لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ خَائِنٍ وَلَا خَائِنَةٍ وَلَا مَحْدُودٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَا ذ۪ي غِمْرٍ عَلٰى أَخ۪يهِ»

“The testimony of a man or woman who is treacherous, or of one who has been subjected to one of the hadd punishments, or of one who bears a grudge
against his brother is not permissible.”

(Ibn Majah, Ahkam, 30)