مختصر صحيح مسلم
Mukhtasar Sahih Muslim
Man is created unable to control himself.
Sayyiduna Nawas bin Sam'an (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah for a year (in the manner of someone who comes from another country to meet you and intends to return to his own country), and I did not migrate for this reason (i.e., I did not abandon the intention of returning to my country), because when any of us migrated, he would not ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) anything (unlike travelers, who were allowed to ask). I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good and evil, so he said: Goodness and virtue are good character, and sin is that which pricks your heart and you dislike that people should come to know of it.
About virtue and sin.
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: A man saw a thorny branch on the road and said, "By Allah! I will remove this from the path of the Muslims so that it does not harm them." So Allah, the Exalted, admitted him into Paradise.
`Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I said, "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Tell me something from which I may benefit." So he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Remove harmful things from the path of the Muslims."
About one who removes harm from the road.
Aswad says that some young men of the Quraysh went to Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was in Mina, and they were laughing. Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) asked, "Why are you laughing?" They said that such-and-such a person fell on the tent rope and his neck or eye was barely saved. Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "Do not laugh, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that if a Muslim is pricked by a thorn or suffers anything more than that, then for him a rank is raised and a sin of his is erased."
Reward for any harm or calamity that befalls a believer.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that they heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whenever a believer is afflicted with any hardship, pain, illness, or sorrow—even the worry that befalls him—his sins are erased because of it.
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: When this verse was revealed, "Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it," it was very hard on the Muslims (that there would certainly be punishment for every sin). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be moderate and seek the right path, and every affliction that befalls a Muslim is an expiation for his sins, even a stumble or a prick of a thorn (so that many sins are recompensed in this world, and it is hoped that there will be no reckoning in the Hereafter).
Reward for the pain and grief that befalls a believer.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Do not harbor hatred against one another, do not envy one another, and do not show hostility to one another. Be, O servants of Allah, as brothers. And it is not permissible for any Muslim to abandon speaking to his brother for more than three days due to hatred.
Prohibition of envy, hatred, and enmity among each other.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: It is not permissible for a Muslim to abandon speaking to his Muslim brother for more than three nights, such that when they meet, one turns his face this way and the other turns his face that way. And the better of the two is the one who initiates the greeting of peace (salam).
The better of the two is the one who initiates the greeting.
Narrated from Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The gates of Paradise are opened on Mondays and Thursdays. Then every servant who does not associate anything with Allah is forgiven, except for the person who harbors enmity against his brother; his forgiveness is withheld, and it is said: "Wait for these two until they reconcile. Wait for these two until they reconcile (when they reconcile, then they will be forgiven)."
On harboring grudges and cutting off relations.
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: Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the greatest falsehood. Do not listen to others’ conversations, do not spy, do not envy one another (except in matters of religion, which is permissible), do not be jealous, do not harbor malice, do not cut off relations, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers to one another.