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Book 32: KITAB AL-BIRR WA'S-SALAT-I-WA'L-ADAB - The book of virtue, good manners and joining of the ties of relationship Chapter Politeness towards parents and their right to it The preference of benevolent treatment to parents over voluntary prayers, etc. Kindness towards the friends of one's father and mother Joining the tie of, relationship and prohibition to break it Forbiddance of nursing mutual jealousy mutual hatred and mutual hostility It is forbidden for a Muslim to have estranged relations with the other Muslim beyond three days without any reason of Shari'ah Forbiddance of suspicion, fault-finding, and bidding against the other, - for raising the price - It is forbidden to pwpbuate atrocity upon a Muslim, to humiliate him, to insult him, and inviolable is his blood, honour and wealth It is forbidden to nurse rancour Merit of love for the sake of Allah Merit of visiting the sick Whenever a believer falls sick or is stricken with grief or something tike it, there is a reward for him even if it is pricking of a thorn It is forbidden to commit oppression Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed one There should be mutual fellow-feeling and love and the will to help each other amongst the believers It is forbidden to indulge in abusing The meritq of forgiveness and humility The prohibition of backbiting Tidings for one whose faults Allah concealed in this world: He will also conceal his faults in the hereafter According of benevolent treatment to one from whom one expects transgression Merit of benevolent treatment It is forbidden to curse the beasts He upon whom Allah's Apostle - may peace be upon him - invoked curse whereas he in fact did not deserve it, it would be a source of reward and mercy for him The condemnation of one who plays a double game and the prohibition of this behaviour Forbiddance of telling a lie and the cases in which telling of lie is permissible Serious prohibition of tale-carrying The evil of a lie and the goodiess of truth and its merit The merit of self control at the time of anger It is the very nature of man that he loses control It is forbidden to strike at the face Grim warning to one who torments people without any valid justification He who goes in the mosque or in the bazar or a place of gathering like it with a weapon should see that the spearhead does not harm anyone The prohibition of pointing a weapon towards a Muslim The merit of removing of anything troublesome from the path Forbiddance of tormenting the cat or the animals like that which do not harm The prohibition of pride and vanity It is forbidden to become frustrated in regard to the mercy of Allah The merits of the weak and downtrodden people It is forbidden to use the expression: "The people are undone". Benevolent treatment towards the neighbour Excellence of meeting one with a cheerful countenance The merit of recommendation which involves nothing unlawful The merit of good company and avoidance from evil company The merit of according benevolent treatment to daughters The merit of one who resigns himself to the will of God calmly at the time of the death of one's son When Allah loves a servant, his fellow-servants also begin to love him Souls are troops collected together A person would be along with him whom he loves When a pious person is praised that is glad tidings for him