Malik Muwatta

Yahya related to me from Malik that Muadh ibn Jabal said, "The last advice the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me when I put my foot in the stirrup was that he said, 'Make your character good for the people, Muadh ibn Jabal!' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not have to choose between two matters, but that he chose the easier of them as long as it was not a wrong action. If it was a wrong action, he was the furthest of people from it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not take revenge for himself unless the limits of Allah were violated. Then he took revenge for it for Allah."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Part of the excellence of a man's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man asked permission to come in to see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I was with him in the house and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'He is an evil member of his tribe.' Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him permission."

A'isha continued, "It was not long before I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughing with him. When the man left, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, you said what you said about him, and then before long you were laughing with him.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, 'Among the most evil of people is the one whom people are cautious with because of his evil.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle, Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Kab al-Ahbar said, "If you want to know what a slave has with his Lord, then look at whatever good praise follows him."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "I have heard that by his good character a man can reach the degree of the one who stands in prayer at night and the one who is thirsty from fasting in the heat of the day."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "Shall I tell you what is better than much prayer and sadaqa?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Mending discord. And beware of hatred - it strips you (of your deen)."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "I was sent to perfect good character."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Salama ibn Safwan ibn Salama az-Zuraqi that Zayd ibn Talha ibn Rukana, who attributed it to the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'Every deen has an innate character. The character of Islam is modesty.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man who was chiding his brother about modesty. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Leave him. Modesty is part of iman."