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Biography: Imam Bukhari (rh)
مختصر صحيح بخاري
Mukhtasar Sahih Bukhari
Permissible and disliked poetry and chants.
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Some poetry is full of wisdom."


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Being overly occupied with poetry to the neglect of Allah's remembrance is forbidden.
Narrated Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If the belly of any one of you were to be filled with pus, it would be better for him than to be filled with poetry." (That is, if he remembers only poetry and nothing else, and especially those verses which are against the Shariah.)


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Saying "Woe to you" to someone.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that a desert dweller came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour (Day of Judgment) be?" (This hadith has previously appeared in the Book: The Virtues and Merits of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)... Chapter: The Virtue of Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)...), and here there is an addition that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You will be with the one whom you love." We asked, "Will we also be (with you) in this way?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Yes."


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On the Day of Judgment, people will be called by their father's names.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, a flag will be set up for every treacherous person, and it will be announced: 'This is the treachery of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so.'"


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The Prophet said: "Nobility is in the heart of the believer."
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "People say that 'Karam' is (the grapevine), whereas 'Karam' is the heart of a believer."


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It is permissible to change a name to a better one.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him): The name of Sayyidah Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) was previously "Barrah" (meaning pious and righteous). People said that she expresses her own purity, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) named her Zainab.


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Shortening a friend's name is permissible.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Umm Sulaym was on a journey and the servant of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), whose name was Anjasha, was driving the camel. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "O Anjasha! Drive the glass vessels gently." (By glass vessels, women are meant, i.e., "O Anjasha! Drive the camels of these women gently.")


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Which names are most disliked by Allah?
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the worst name in the sight of Allah will be that of a person who is called Malik al-Amlak (i.e., King of Kings)."


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The one who sneezes should say Alhamdulillah.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that two persons sneezed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied to one of them with "Yarhamuk Allah" (may Allah have mercy on you), but did not say anything to the other. It was asked of the Prophet (peace be upon him) why he said "Yarhamuk Allah" to one and not to the other. The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: "He said 'Alhamdulillah' and the other did not say it."


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Sneezing is good, yawning is bad.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning. When someone sneezes and says 'Alhamdulillah', it becomes obligatory upon every Muslim who hears him to say 'Yarhamukallah'. But yawning is from Satan, so one should try to stop it as much as possible, because when a person yawns and says 'Ha', Satan laughs at him."


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