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Abu Darda on Curses: Do not curse anyone, not befitting believers

Hakim ibn Jabir reported: Abu Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, was lying down between his companions and he had a cloth over his…

Hadith on Jihad: No harm to people in religious buildings

Thabit ibn al-Hajjaj reported: Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up among the people and praised and thanked Allah, then he said,…

Hasan on Funerals: How to console non-Muslims at their funerals

Ibn al-Qayyim reported: Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If you console a non-Muslim citizen, say: May nothing beset you but goodness.”…

Hadith on Utensils: Wash vessels of unbelievers if they eat pork, drink wine

Abu Tha’labah reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, we live in a land of the people of the Book. Can we eat from their…

Hadith on Dress: The Prophet’s way of wearing his hair

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would let his hair hang down, while the idolaters would part their…

Hadith on Sadaqah: Giving charity to people of all religions

Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to order charity only for the people of Islam, until this verse was…

Hadith on Sects: Muslims split into sects because of whims, caprice

Mu’awiyah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No doubt, the people of the Book before you split into seventy-two…

Hadith on Sects: Muslims will split into seventy-three sects

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Jews were divide into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the…