Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):“Indeed, Allah the Exalted has made disobedience to mothers, burying daughters alive, not fulfilling the rights of others and usurping their rights unlawful for you. And He has disliked three things for you: (useless) arguing, asking too many (unnecessary) questions (or asking without need), and wasting wealth.”

Imam Sha’bi narrates: Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) asking him to write and send any hadith that he had heard directly from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). So Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) called his young (secretary) Warad and said: Write that I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding the burying of daughters alive, disobedience to mothers, not fulfilling the rights of others and usurping their rights, useless arguments and excessive questioning (i.e., unnecessary questions or asking without need), and wasting wealth.

Imam Sha’bi narrated this report from Warad on the authority of Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him). This was stated by the Shaykh.

Sayyiduna Abu Tha’labah Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):“In the Hereafter, the most beloved to me among you and the closest to me will be those who have the best character, and in the Hereafter, the most disliked by me and the farthest from me will be those who have the worst character—those who, with affectation, present themselves as eloquent, speak in an exaggerated manner, and utter nonsensical things.”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "There are four people whom Allah Almighty dislikes: the one who sells (goods) by swearing oaths, the poor arrogant person, the old adulterer, and the unjust ruler."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever deceives us (or commits fraud) is not from among us. Deceit and fraud will be in the Hellfire."

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever deceives a servant regarding his wife is not from among us, and whoever incites a woman against her husband is not from among us."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Avoid the seven destructive things." The people asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Associating partners with Allah, practicing magic, killing a soul whom Allah has declared inviolable—except with due right, consuming usury, consuming the property of an orphan, turning your back on the battlefield, and accusing chaste women of adultery."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: A Bedouin came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He asked: O Messenger of Allah, what is the major sin? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Associating partners with Allah. He asked: Then which one? He said: Then disobedience to parents. He asked: Then which one? He said: Then taking a false oath.

The narrator states: I asked my teacher Amir, what is meant by "Yameen Ghamus"? He replied: It is when a person takes a false oath and thereby usurps the wealth of a Muslim.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Anis (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the major sins are associating partners with Allah, disobeying parents, and taking a false oath. By the One in Whose hand is my soul! If a person swears an oath about anything, even as small as a mosquito's wing, then on the Day of Resurrection that oath will be a burden (or a stain) upon his heart."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Dharr! I consider you weak. I like for you what I like for myself. Never become the guardian of an orphan’s wealth, and do not become the leader of even two people.