''Al-Adab al-Mufrad'' () is a topical book of
hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...
s collected by
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Persian Muslim '' muhaddith'' who is widely regarded as the most important ''hadith'' scholar in the histor ...
addressing the question of perfecting Muslim manners.
Description
The book has hadith about the manners of Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
. It has 1,322 hadiths. This book is overshadowed by Imam al-Bukhari's other book, the classic collection of hadiths, ''al-Jami' al-Sahih.''
Although ''al-Adab al-Mufrad'' was also a significant work of his, Imam al-Bukhari did not make it a requirement that the hadiths within ''al-Adab al-Mufrad'' meet the very strict and stringent conditions of authenticity which he laid down for his ''al-Jami' al-Sahih''. However, based on the writings of later scholars who explained, commented and/or traced and classified the chains of narration within al-Adab al-Mufrad, most of the narrations within it were ruled to be authentic or at the least sound.
Contents
#Parents
#Ties of Kinship
#Mawlas
#Looking After Girls
#Looking After Children
#Neighbours
#Generosity and Orphans
#Children Dying
#Being a Master
#Responsibility
#Correctness
#Dealing with people cheerfully
#Consultation
#Dealings with people and good character
#Cursing and Defamation
#Praising People
#Visiting and Guests
#The Elderly
#Children
#Mercy
#Social Behaviour
#Separation
#Advice
#Defamation
#Extravagance in Building
#Compassion
#Attending to this world
#Injustice
#Illness and Visiting those who are ill
#General Behaviour
#Supplication
#Guests and Spending
#Speech
#Names
#Kunyas
#Poetry
#Words
#General Behaviour
#Omens
#Sneezing and Yawning
#Gestures
#Greeting
#Asking Permission to Enter
#People of the Book
#Letters and greetings
#Gatherings
#Humor
#Sitting and lying down
#Mornings and evenings
#Sleeping and going to bed
#Animals
#Midday Naps
#Circumcision
#Betting and similar pastimes
#Various
#Aspects of Behavior
#Anger
References
External links
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad English translation online at Sunnah.com
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Islamic texts
Sunni hadith collections