General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend.

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:

The spirits are in marshaled hosts; those who know one another will be friendly, and those who do not, will keep apart.

Abu Musa reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:

Gladden people and do not scare them; make things easy and do not make them difficult.

Narrated As-Sa'ib:

I came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The people began to praise me and make a mention of me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I know you, that is, he knew him. I said: My father and mother be sacrificed for you! you were my partner and how good a partner ; you neither disputed nor quarrelled.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Salam:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct manner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it.

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed. Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Yunus, 'Aqil, Shu'aib, Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Aziz from al-Zuhri from the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mursal form (the link of the Companion is missing).

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.

Narrated Maimun ibn Abu Shabib:

A beggar passed by Aisha and she gave him a piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had a good appearance passed by her, and she made him sit down and he ate (with her). When she was asked about that, she replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Treat the people according to their ranks. Abu Dawud said: The version of Yahya is short. Abu Dawud said: Maimun did not meet 'A'ishah.

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Glorifying Allah involves showing honour to a grey-haired Muslim and to one who can expound the Qur'an, but not to one who acts extravagantly regarding it, or turns away from it, and showing honour to a just ruler.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: One should not sit between two men except with their permission.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a man to separate two persons except with their permission.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, he had his knees drawn up supported by his hands. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Ibrahim was an old man and his traditions were rejected.

Narrated Qaylah daughter of Makhramah:

She saw the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting with his arms round his legs. She said: When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in such humble condition in the sitting position (according to Musa's version), I trembled with fear.

'Amr b. al-Sharid quoted his father al-Sharid b. Suwaid as saying:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me when I was sitting thus: having my left hand behind my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it, and said: Are you sitting in the manner of those with whom Allah is angry?

Abu Barzah said:

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade sleeping before the night prayer and talking after it.

Jabir b. Samurah said:

When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the dawn prayer, he sat cross-legged where he was till the sun had come well up.

`Abd Allah (b. Mas`ud) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:

Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him.

A similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn `Umar through a different chain of narrators. This version has:

Abu Salih said: I asked Ibn `Umar: If they are four? He replied: Then it does not harm you.