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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 1758

47. Good Character

موطأ مالك

1758
Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ آخِرُ مَا أَوْصَانِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ وَضَعْتُ رِجْلِي فِي الْغَرْزِ أَنْ قَالَ ‏‏ أَحْسِنْ خُلُقَكَ لِلنَّاسِ يَا مُعَاذُ بْنَ جَبَلٍ ‏"‏ ‏‏
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!' "
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 47, Hadith 1
Arabic : Book 47, Hadith 1636