It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It cannot be combined that you are (at one and the same time) people who curse a great deal and also siddiqun (truthful believers)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your being people who curse a great deal and your being siddiqun cannot be combined together."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with her) that she heard Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Those who curse a great deal will be neither witnesses nor intercessors (on the Day of Resurrection)." Imam Muslim has narrated it with this same wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not curse one another with the curse of Allah, nor with His wrath, nor with the Fire (of Hell)." All the hadiths I have recorded in this chapter, with their different wordings, have authentic chains of narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed Allah Almighty is Generous and loves generosity; He loves lofty character and dislikes base and petty character."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah Almighty is Generous; He loves generosity and noble character, and He detests base character." This hadith is sahih through both these chains, but they (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Hajjaj bin Qumri is an Egyptian narrator who is trustworthy (thiqah) and reliable (ma'mun), and perhaps the two of them left it out because al-Thawri narrated it as mu'dal (with a gap in the chain).

It is narrated from Talhah bin Ubaydullah bin Kariz that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah is Generous; He loves generosity and lofty matters, and He detests petty things - or he said: He dislikes them." This narration does not weaken the hadith of Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd, as I have already mentioned that an addition from trustworthy narrators is accepted. And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), wearing a cloak of tayalisah (a kind of shawl) whose collar or buttons were trimmed with dibaj (silk brocade). He said: This companion of yours (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) wants to raise up every shepherd and son of a shepherd and bring down every horseman and son of a horseman. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up in anger, took hold of his garment, gave it a tug and said: "Do I not see on you the clothing of those who have no sense?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came back, sat down and said: "When the time of death approached Nuh (peace be upon him), he called his two sons and said: I am giving you my final counsel. I command you to do two things and forbid you from two things. I forbid you from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and arrogance, and I command you to say 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah), for if all the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them were placed in one pan of the scale, and 'La ilaha illallah' were placed in the other pan, this pan would outweigh them all; and if all the heavens and the earth became a closed ring and 'La ilaha illallah' were placed upon them, this word would break them apart. And I command you to say 'Subhan Allahi wa bihamdihi' (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him), for it is the glorification of everything, and through it everything is given its provision." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record from al-Sa'qab bin Zuhayr, because although he is trustworthy, his narrations are few.

Imam Abu Zur'ah declared al-Sa'qab bin Zuhayr trustworthy (thiqah), and he is the brother of al-Ala' bin Zuhayr. This is an example of the scholarly principle that when a trustworthy narrator narrates a hadith as muttasil (with a connected chain), others narrating it as mursal (omitting part of the chain) does not harm its authenticity.

It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): I have not seen anyone who gives more (honour) to shepherds than Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)). Then he mentioned a hadith similar to it.