Riyad as-Salihin

Riyad as-Salihin (The Meadows of the Righteous)

by Al-Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi

Topics

• 1.Sincerity
• 2. Repentance
• 3. Steadfastness
• 4. Truthfulness
• 5. Watchfulness
• 6. Fearful Awareness of Allah
• 7. Certainty and Trust in Allah
• 8. On Going Straight
• 9. Reflection
• 10. Hastening to perform good actions
• 11. Striving
• 12. On the encouragement to increase good actions
• 13. The many paths of good
• 14. Moderation in Worship
• 15.Perserverance in actions
• 16. The command to follow the Sunna
• 17. The Obligation to obey the judgement of Allah
• 18.  The prohibition against innovations
• 19. The one who makes a good or bad sunna
• 20. On showing the way to good
• 21.Helping one another to goodness and fear of Allah
• 22. Good Counsel
• 23. Commanding the right and forbidding the wrong
• 24. The harsh punishment of someone who commands right or forbids wrong while his own actions contradict what he says
• 25. The command to deliver trusts
• 26. Injustice
• 27. Respecting the sacred things of the Muslims
• 28. Veiling the faults of Muslims
• 29. Taking care of the needs of the Muslims
• 30. Intercession
• 31. Putting things right between people
• 32. The excellence of the weak
• 33. Kindness to orphans and girls
• 34. Treating women well
• 35. The rights of a husband from his wife
• 36. Spending on one's family
• 37. Spending out of what one loves
• 38. On the obligation to command one's family and children to obey Allah
• 39. The right of the neighbour
• 40. Dutifulness to parents
• 41. The prohibition of disobeying parents
• 42. The excellence of dutifulness shown to the friends of one's father and mother, relatives, wife, and others
• 43. Honouring the people of the family of the Messenger of Allah
• 44. Respect for people of knowledge, the great and people of importance
• 45.Visiting the people of virtue, sitting with them and keeping their company
• 46. The excellence of love for the sake of Allah
• 47. On the signs of Allah's love for His slave
• 48. Cautioning against causing injury to the righteous, the weak and the poor
• 49. Judging people according to the outward while leaving their secrets to Allah
• 50. On Fear
• 51. On Hope
• 52. On the Excellence of Hope
• 53. On combining Fear and Hope
• 54. The Excellence of Weeping
• 55. On the Excellence of making do with little of this world
• 56. On the excellence of hunger
• 57. On Contentment, self-restraint, and moderation in life style and spending
• 58. On the permission to take that which is not asked for
• 59. The encouragement to eat from the work of one's own hand
• 60. On generosity
• 61. Forbidding miserliness and avarice
• 62. On preferring others
• 63. On the desire for in matters which pertain to the Next World
• 64. On the excellence of the grateful wealthy person
• 65. On remembering death
• 66. On the recommendation for men to visit the graves
• 67. On it being disliked to wish for death
• 68. On scrupulousness
• 69. On the recommendation to withdraw when things are corrupt
• 70. On the excellence of having dealings with people
• 71. On Humility
• 72. On the Prohibition of pride and arrogance
• 73. On Good Character
• 74. On forbearance, patience and kindness
• 75. On pardon
• 76. On enduring injury
• 77. On anger when the sacred things of the Shari'a are violated
• 78. On commanding those in authority to be kind to their subjects
• 79. On the just ruler
• 80. On the obligation to obey those in authority
• 81. On the prohibition against seeking authority
• 82. On encouraging the Sultan, qadi and others in authority to adopt a righteous counsellor
• 83. Not appointing those who desire authority
• Book of Adab (Etiquette)
  • 84. On modesty and its excellence, and encouraging people to affect it
  • 85. On keeping secrets
  • 86. On Fulfilling contracts and keeping promises
  • 87. On the command to continue to perform good actions which are one's habit
  • 88. On the recommendation to speak good words and display a cheerful face when you meet someone
  • 89. On the recommendation to speak plainly and clearly and on repeating things so that the one who did not understood them will understand
  • 90. On listening to one's companion as long as it is not unlawful, and listening carefully to scholars and admonishers
  • 91. On Admonition and moderation in it
  • 92. On Dignity and calmness
  • 93. On the Recommendation of going to the prayer and to knowledge and other forms of worship with calmness and dignity
  • 94. On Honouring the guest
  • 95. On the recommendation to convey good news and congratulate people
  • 96. On someone saying farewell and his advice when he departs on a journey and supplication for him and by him
  • 97. On the Istikhara and consultation
  • 98. On the Recommendation on going to the 'Id, visiting the sick, going on hajj, expeditions, funerals, etc
  • 99. The recommendation to use the right first in things that entail honour, like wudu', ghusl, and tayammum
• Book on the Adab related to Food
  • 100. On saying the basmala when starting to eat and praising Allah afterwards
  • 101. On not criticising food and the recommendation to praise it
  • 102. On what someone says when food is brought when he is fasting and he does not break his fast
  • 103. On what someone says when invited to eat and is followed by someone
  • 104. On eating from in front of one and instructing someone who eats badly
  • 105. On the prohibition against joining two dates or the like together when a group eat without his companions' permission
  • 106. What one says and does when he eats without becoming full
  • 107. On the command to eat from the side of the dish and the prohibition against eating from the middle
  • 108. On it being disliked to eat reclining
  • 109: On the Recommendation to eat with three fingers and the recommendation to lick the fingers
  • 110. On a lot of hands for the food
  • 111. On the proper manner of drinking and the recommendation to take three breaths outside the vessel
  • 112. On it being disliked to drink from the mouth of the vessel, and the clarification that the dislike is not a prohibition
  • 113. On it being disliked to blow on drinks
  • 114. On the permission to drink while standing and clarification that it is better and more perfect to drink sitting
  • 115. On The recommendation for the one providing the drink to be the last to drink
  • 116. On the permission to drink from all pure vessels except those made of gold and silver
• Book of Clothing
  • 117. On the recommendation to wear white clothes, and the permission to wear red, green, yellow and black, and the permission to wear cotton, hair, wool and other things except silk
  • 118. On recommending shirts
  • 119. On the length of the shirt, sleeve, and wrapper, and the end of the turban
  • 120. On the recommendation to avoid fine clothing out of humility
  • 121. On the Recommendation to take a middle course in clothes
  • 122. On the Prohibition against silk garments for men and them sitting and leaning on silk, while it is permitted for women to wear it
  • 123. On the permission to wear silk if one has the itch
  • 124. On the prohibition against sitting and riding on tiger skins
  • 125. On what one says when one puts on a new garment or shoes
  • 126. The recommendation to begin with the right when dressing
• Book of the Adab of Sleep
  • 127. On the adab of sleep and lying down
  • 128. On the permission to lie on one's back and put one leg across the other when one's private parts are not exposed
• 129. On the Adab of the Assembly
• 130. Book on Dreams
• Book of the Greeting
  • 131. On the Excellence of the Greeting and the command to make it common practice
  • 132. On the form of the greeting
  • 133. On the adab of the greeting
  • 134. On the recommendation to repeat the greeting to the one he meets after a short time since he has come in or gone out and then returned immediately, or a tree or the like has come between them
  • 135. The recommendation to greet when entering one's home
  • 136. On greeting children
  • 137. On a man greeting his wife, female relatives and women who are not relatives if no temptation is feared
  • 138. On the prohibition against being the first to greet an unbeliever and how to return their greeting
  • 139. On the recommendation to give the greeting when leaving an assembly and parting from one's companions
  • 140. On asking permission to enter and its adab
  • 141. On the making it clear that the Sunna is that when the one from whom one asks permission to enter says, "Who is it?"
  • 142. On the recommendation to bless someone who sneezes when he praises Allah and dislike of doing it if he has not praised Allah
  • 143. On the recommendation to shake hands when meeting and having a cheerful face, and kissing the hand of a righteous man and kissing one's child
• Book on Visiting the Sick
  • 144. On visiting the sick, escorting the dead and praying over him
  • 145. On supplication for the person who is ill
  • 146. On the recommendation to ask the family of a sick person about how he is
  • 147. On what is said by one who despairs of life
  • 148. On the recommendation to advise the family of the sick person and those looking after him to treat him well
  • 149. On the permission for the sick person to say, "I have a pain" or "a terrible pain", "I have a fever" or "O my head!"
• Chapters on Dying and the Funeral
  • 150. On instructing the dying to say "There is no god but Allah"
  • 151. On what is said when the dying person's eyes become fixed
  • 152. On what is said in the presence of a dead person
  • 153. On the permission to weep for someone who has died without wailing
  • 154. On refraining from mentioning anything disliked in the corpse
  • 155. The prayer over the dead, escorting him and being present at his burial, and the dislike for women to follow funeral processions
  • 156. On the recommendation for many people to pray the funeral prayer and to make their rows three or more
  • 157. What is recited in the funeral prayer
  • 158. On carrying the bier quickly
  • 159. On First settling the debts of the deceased and making haste to prepare him for burial
  • 160. On admonition at the grave
  • 161. On supplication for the deceased after his burial and staying at the grave for a time for supplication
  • 162. On sadaqa and supplication for the deceased
  • 163. On people praising the dead person
  • 164. The excellence of the one who dies leaving young children
  • 165. On weeping and fear when passing the graves and ruins of the wrongdoers
• Book of the Adab of Travelling
  • 166. On the Recommendation to set out on a journey on a Thursday at the beginning of the day
  • 167. On the Recommendation to have company on a journey and the travellers should appoint someone as their amir whom they will obey
  • 168. On the adab of Travelling, Stopping, Spending the Night and Sleeping on the Journey
  • 169. On helping one's companion
  • 170. On what one says when one mounting for a journey
  • 171. The takbir of the traveller when he ascends, his tasbih when he descends
  • 172. The recommendation to make supplication during the journey
  • 173. On what supplication is made when one is afraid of people or something else
  • 174. On what one says when one alights at a place
  • 175. On the recommendation for the traveller to make haste to return to his family when he has achieved his purpose
  • 176. On the recommendation to come to one's family during the day and the dislike of arriving at night when that is not necessary
  • 177. On what one says when he returns and sees his town
  • 178. On the recommendation for the one who arrives to go first to the mosque in his area and pray two rak'ats in it
  • 179. On forbidding a woman to travel on her own
• Book of Virtues (180-231)
  • Recitation of the Qur'an (180-184)
    • 180. On the Excellence of reciting the Qur'an
    • 181. On the command to continue reciting the Qur'an
    • 182. On the recommendation to have good voice in reciting the Qur'an
    • 183. On encouraging the recitation of certain suras and ayats
    • 184. On the Recommendation to meet together for recitation
  • 185. On the Excellence of Wudu'
  • 186. On the excellence of the adhan
  • 187. On the excellence of the prayers (187-213)
  • 188. On the Subh and 'Asr prayers
  • 189. On the excellence of walking to the mosque
  • 190. On the excellence of waiting for the prayer
  • 191. On the excellence of the Group prayer
  • 192. Encouragement to attend the Group Prayers at Subh and 'Isha'
  • 193. On the command to persevere in the prescribed prayers
  • 194. On the Excellence of the first row and the command to complete the first rows and make them straight and close together
  • 195. The Excellence of doing the sunnas with the obligatory prayers
  • 196. The importance of the two rak'ats which are the sunna of Subh
  • 197. On two quick rak'ats for Fajr and clarification of what is recited in them and their time
  • 198. On the recommendation to lie down on the right side after the two rak'ats of Fajr
  • 199. On the sunna of Dhuhr
  • 200. On the sunna of 'Asr
  • 201. On the sunna before and after Maghrib
  • 202. On the sunna before and after 'Isha'
  • 203. The sunna of Jumu'a
  • 204. The recommendation to pray voluntary prayers at home but not obligatory prayers
  • 205. On encouraging performance of the Witr prayer and clarification that it is confirmed
  • 206. The Excellence of the Duha prayer, clarification of its minimum, maximum and middle size
  • 207. Permission to pray Duha from the time the sun is high until noon
  • 208. The encouragement to pray the two rak'at prayer of greeting when entering the mosque
  • 209. The recommendation to pray two rak'ats after doing wudu'
  • 210. The excellence of the day of Jumu'a
  • 211. On the recommendation to perform the prostration of gratitude when one obtains a blessing or an affliction is averted
  • 212. On the excellence of rising in the night to pray
  • 213. The recommendation to pray at night in Ramadan - that is the tarawih prayers
  • 214. On the excellence of praying in the Night of Power
  • 215. The excellence of the siwak and the qualities of the natural form (fitra)
  • 216. Stressing the obligation of zakat and clarification of its excellence
  • 217. On the obligation to fast Ramadan and clarification of the excellence of fasting
    • 218. On generosity, charity and doing much good in the month of Ramadan, and increasing that in the last ten days of the month
    • 219. On the prohibition against fasting before Ramadan after the middle of Sha'ban
    • 220. On what one says when seeing the new moon
    • 221. The excellence of suhur and delaying it as long as one does not fear the approach of dawn
    • 222. On the excellence of hastening to break the fast and that with which one breaks the fast
    • 223. On commanding the faster to guard his tongue and limbs from incorrect actions, verbal abuse and the like
    • 224. On questions regarding fasting
    • 225. Clarification of the excellence of fasting Muharram, Sha'ban and the sacred months
    • 226. The excellence of fasting and other things in the first 10 days of Dhu'l-Hijja
    • 227. On the excellence of fasting the Day of 'Arafa, 'Ashura' and the ninth of Muharram
    • 228. On the recommendation to fast six days of Shawwal
    • 229. On the recommendation to fast Mondays and Thursdays
    • 230. On the recommendation to fast three days of every month
    • 231. On the excellence giving the faster something with which to break the fast
• 232. Book of I'tikaf
• 233. Book of Hajj
• Book of Jihad (234-240)
  • 234. The excellence of Jihad
  • 235. On the clarification of those who are martyrs in respect of the reward of the Next World
  • 236. On the excellence of freeing slaves
  • 237. On the excellence of being good to slaves
  • 238. On the excellence of a slave who fulfils the right he owes Allah and the right of his masters
  • 239. The excellence of worship in times of violent turbulence, which is confusion, civil strife
  • 240. On the excellence of being generous in buying and selling, taking and giving
• 241. Book of Knowledge
• 242. Book of Praise of Allah and Thankfulness to Him
• 243. Book on the Prayer on the Messenger of Allah
• Book of Dhikr
  • 244. On the excellence of dhikr and encouraging it
  • 245. On remembering Allah Almighty standing, sitting and lying down
  • 246. What one says when going to sleep and waking up
  • 247. on the excellence of circles of dhikr, and the recommendation to join them
  • 248. On dhikr morning and evening
  • 249. On what to say when going to sleep
• Book of Supplications
  • 250. On the excellence of supplication
  • 251. On the excellence of supplication for those who are absent
  • 252. Various matters concerning supplication
  • 253. The miracles of the friends of Allah and their excellence
• Book on Things which are Forbidden
• 254. The prohibition against backbiting and the command to guard the tongue
• 255. On the prohibition against listening to backbiting
• 256. On what is permitted in talking about people
• 257. On the prohibition against slander, which is carrying tales between people
• 258. On the prohibition against carrying tales and things that people have said to those in authority if there is no need for that
• 259. On the censure of being two-faced
• 260. On the prohibition against lying
• 261. On the clarification of what lying is permitted
• 262. On the encouragement to verify what one says and relates
• 263. On the clarification of the severe prohibition against giving false witness
• 264. On the prohibition against cursing a man or an animal
• 265. On the permission to curse some of those who rebel against Allah without specifying them
• 266. On the prohibition against abusing a Muslim without cause
• 267. On the prohibition against abusing the dead without cause and benefit in the Shari'a
• 268. On forbidding injury
• 269. On forbidding mutual rancour, cutting one other off and mutual hostility
• 270. On the prohibition against envy
• 271. On the prohibition against spying
• 272. On the prohibition against having a bad opinion of the Muslims unnecessarily
• 273. On forbidding against despising the Muslims
• 274. On the prohibition against gloating over a Muslim's misfortune
• 275. On forbidding attacking someone's lineage
• 276. On the prohibition against cheating and deceit
• 277. On forbidding treachery
• 278. On the prohibition against using a gift to cause a sense of indebtedness
• 279. On the prohibition against boastfulness and arrogance
• 280. On forbidding Muslims disassociating themselves from one another for more than three days
• 281. On the prohibition against two people conversing to the exclusion of a third without his permission
• 282. On the prohibition against cruelty to a slave, animal, woman, or child without legitimate reason
• 283. On forbidding punishing with fire any live creature, even an ant
• 284. On forbidding the rich person to procrastinate paying what he owes
• 285. On it being disliked for a man to take back his gift whether he has handed it over to the other person or not, and on the gift given to his son, whether it has been handed over or not. On it being disliked to purchase something which he had given as sadaqa, paid as zakat or in expiation from the one to whom he gave it, but there is no objection to him buying it from a third party
• 286. On stressing the inviolability of an orphan's property
• 287. On the stern prohibition of usury
• 288. On forbidding showing-off
• 289. What might be considered showing-off, but which is not actually showing-off
• 290. On forbidding looking at unrelated women and handsome youths without a legitimate reason
• 291. On the prohibition against being alone with an unrelated woman
• 292. On forbidding men trying to look like women and women trying to look like men in clothing, movements, etc.
• 293. On the prohibition against being like Shaytan and the unbelievers
• 294. On the prohibition against a man or woman dyeing their hair black
• 295. On the prohibition against shaving only part of the head and the permission for a man, but not a woman to shave it all
• 296. On forbidding joining on false hair, tattooing, and filing the teeth
• 297. On the prohibition against plucking out white hair from the beard and head, and against a young man plucking out the hair of his beard when it first appears
• 298. On it being disliked to clean oneself in the lavatory with the right hand and to touch the genitals with the right hand for no reason
• 299. On it being disliked to walk in only one shoe or sock for no reason, and on it being disliked to put on shoes and socks while standing for no reason
• 300. On the prohibition against leaving a fire and the like burning, whether in a lamp or anything else, when going to sleep
• 301. On the prohibition of affectation, which are words and actions which are without benefit
• 302. On forbidding wailing over the dead, slapping the cheeks, tearing the shirt, pulling out the hair and shaving it, and against praying for destruction
• 303. The prohibition against going to soothsayers, astrologers, diviners and looking for omens
• 304. On the prohibition against believing in bad omens
• 305. On the prohibition against depicting living creatures on rugs, stones, clothes, dirhams, cushions, dinars, pillows, etc. The prohibition against putting images on walls, curtains, turbans, clothes, etc. The command to efface images
• 306. The prohibition against keeping a dog except for hunting, herding or farming
• 307. On it being disliked to hang bells from camels and other animals, and it being disliked to be accompanied by a dog or bell in a journey
• 308. On it being disliked to ride a camel that eats dung. If it then eats pure fodder and its flesh is wholesome, then the dislike is removed
• 309. The prohibition against spitting in the mosque and the command to remove spit from it when it is found there. The command to keep the mosque free of impurities
• 310. On it being disliked to argue in the mosque or to raise voices there, announce a lost animal, buy and sell, rent and other transactions
• 311. On the prohibition against entering the mosque for the one who eats eating garlic, onions, leeks, and other things which have an objectionable smell until its smell departs, except in case of necessity
• 312. On it being disliked to sit with the legs up on the day of Jumu'a while the Imam was giving the khutba because that makes one sleepy and he will not miss properly to the khutba and he might break wudu'
• 313. When someone wants to sacrifice on the tenth of Dhu'l-Hijja, he is prohibited from cutting any of his hair or nails until he has sacrificed
• 314. The prohibition against swearing by a creature like the Prophet, the Ka'ba, the angels, heaven, fathers, life, the spirit, the head, the life of the Sultan, the blessing of the Sultan, one's land, and trustworthiness. It is the strongest possible prohibition
• 315. On the strong prohibition against deliberate false oaths
• 316. On the recommendation for someone who has sworn an oath and then sees something better than it to do what he swore he swore he would not do and expiate the oath
• 317. On minor oaths being of no consequence and not entailing expiation. That is what one says unintentionally like, "No, by Allah" and "Yes, by Allah."
• 318. On it being disliked to use oaths when selling, even if it true
• 319. On it being disliked for a man to ask by the Face of Allah for anything by the Garden and it being disliked to refuse the one who asks by Allah
• 320. On forbidding that a Sultan be called Shahneshah because it means "the King of Kings" and only Allah is described as that
• 321. On the prohibition against addressing an iniquitous person or innovator, as "master", etc.
• 322. On it being disliked to curse fever
• 323. The prohibition against cursing the wind, and what one says when it blows
• 324: On it being disliked to curse the cockerel
• 325. On the prohibition against a man attributing rain to a star
• 326. On forbidding calling a Muslim an unbeliever
• 327. On forbidding obscene and coarse language
• 328. On it being disliked to exaggerate in speech and to be affected in eloquence, and to use unusual languages and fine points in Arabic when speaking to the common people
• 329. On it being disliked to say, "My self is disgusted (khabuthat)"
• 330. On it being disliked to call the grape the vine (karm)
• 331. On the prohibition against describing a woman's beauty to a man when there is no legitimate need for that, for instance, like seeking marriage with her, etc.
• 332. On it being dislike for a man to say in supplication, "O Allah, forgive me if You will." He should be firm in asking
• 333. On it being disliked to say, "What Allah wills and so-and-so wills"
• 334. On it being disliked to talk after 'Isha'
• 335. On it being forbidden for a woman to refuse to come to her husband's bed when he calls her if she does not have a legitimate reason
• 336. On it being forbidden for a woman to fast voluntarily when her husband is present without his permission
• 337. On it being forbidden to get ahead of the Imam in coming up from bowing or prostration
• 338. On it being disliked to put the hands on the hips during the prayer
• 339. On it being disliked to pray when food has been served or when one needs to go to the lavatory
• 340. On the prohibition against looking to the sky during the prayer
• 341. On it being disliked to look about in the prayer without reason
• 342. On the prohibition against praying towards graves
• 343. On it being forbidden to pass in front of someone praying
• 344. On it being disliked to start doing voluntary prayers after the iqama has begun, even if it is the sunna for that prayer
• 345. It is disliked to single out Friday to fast or Friday night for praying at night
• 346. On forbidding continuous fasting, which is to fast two or more days without eating or drinking between them
• 347. On it being forbidden to sit on graves
• 348. On the prohibition against plastering over or building over graves
• 349. On the strong prohibition against a slave running away from his master
• 350. On the prohibition against interceding in hudud-punishments
• 351. On the prohibition against relieving oneself in the road, shady places, water sources, etc.
• 352. On the prohibition against urinating in standing water
• 353. It is disliked to show preference to one child over the others in gifts
• 354. It is forbidden for a woman to mourn more than three days for anyone except her husband. The mourning period for a husband is four months and ten days
• 355. On it being forbidden for a townsman to sell on behalf of a desert man, to meet caravans, to bid against another man to raise the price or to make a marriage proposal in the face of another's proposal without his permission
• 356. On the prohibition against squandering money in improper ways
• 357. On the prohibition against pointing at a Muslim with a weapon, seriously or in jest, and the prohibition against handing someone an unsheathed sword
• 358. On it being disliked to leave the mosque after the adhan without reason before the obligatory prayer has been prayed
• 359. On it being disliked to refuse basil for no reason
• 360. It is disliked to praise someone to his face as it is feared that it will cause him to be arrogant, and the permission to do that if the person is safe from that happening
• 361. On it being disliked to leave a place where there is plague to flee from it, and it being disliked to go where there is plague
• 362. On the strong prohibition of sorcery
• 363. On the prohibition against travelling with a copy of the Qur'an to enemy territory when it is feared that it might fall into the hands of the enemy
• 364. On it being forbidden to use gold and silver dishes for eating, drinking, purification, etc.
• 365. On it being forbidden for a man to wear clothes dyed with saffron
• 366. On the prohibition against vowing a day of silence
• 367. On it being forbidden for a man to ascribe his lineage to other than his father or his wala' to other than his patrons
• 368. The warning not to commit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited
• 369. On what one says and does if one commits something forbidden
• 370. On various stories
• 371. On asking forgiveness
• 372. On what Allah has promised the believers in the Garden