''Al-adab al-mufrad'' ( ar, الأدب المفرد) is a topical book of
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
s collected by
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
addressing the question of perfecting Muslim manners.
Description
The book has hadith about the manners of Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
. It has 1,322 hadiths. This book is overshadowed by Imam al-Bukhari's other book, the classic collection of hadiths, ''al-Jami' al-Sahih.''
Although ''al-Adab al-Mufrad'' was also a significant work of his, Imam al-Bukhari did not make it a requirement that the hadiths within ''al-Adab al-Mufrad'' meet the very strict and stringent conditions of authenticity which he laid down for his ''al-Jami' al-Sahih''. However, based on the writings of later scholars who explained, commented and/or traced and classified the chains of narration within al-Adab al-Mufrad, most of the narrations within it were ruled to be authentic or at the least sound.
Contents
#Parents
#Ties of Kinship
#Mawlas
#Looking After Girls
#Looking After Children
#Neighbours
#Generosity and Orphans
#Children Dying
#Being a Master
#Responsibility
#Correctness
#Dealing with people cheerfully
#Consultation
#Dealings with people and good character
#Cursing and Defamation
#Praising People
#Visiting and Guests
#The Elderly
#Children
#Mercy
#Social Behaviour
#Separation
#Advice
#Defamation
#Extravagance in Building
#Compassion
#Attending to this world
#Injustice
#Illness and Visiting those who are ill
#General Behaviour
#Supplication
#Guests and Spending
#Speech
#Names
#Kunyas
#Poetry
#Words
#General Behaviour
#Omens
#Sneezing and Yawning
#Gestures
#Greeting
#Asking Permission to Enter
#People of the Book
#Letters and greetings
#Gatherings
#Humor
#Sitting and lying down
#Mornings and evenings
#Sleeping and going to bed
#Animals
#Midday Naps
#Circumcision
#Betting and similar pastimes
#Various
#Aspects of Behavior
#Anger
References
External links
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad (partial) online at Sunnah.com
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Hadith collections