Setting
1- A man was brought to him, and it was said: This is so-and-so, and his beard is dripping with wine. Thereupon he said: We have been prohibited from spying. However, if we see something evident, we will act upon it
2- It is unlawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three (days); so whoever abandons more than three then dies will enter the Hellfire
3- Verily, Allah tortures those who torture people in this world
4- Whoever beats his slave boy or slaps him for something that he has not done, then the expiation for that is to set him free
5- The sanctity of the wives of the Mujāhids for those who stay behind is like the sanctity of their own mothers
6- When your servant brings you your food, if you do not ask him to join you, then (at least) give him a bite or two, or a mouthful or two, for he was in charge of preparing it
7- He who has no integrity has no faith, and he who does not keep his covenant has no religion
8- A man bought a piece of land from another man, and the one who bought the land found in his land a jar containing gold
9- By Allah! I do give a man and I leave another, and the one that I leave is more beloved to me than the one that I give
10- When you see those who praise others, throw dust upon their faces
11- A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I am weary
12- Procrastination in payment of a debt by a rich man is injustice, but when one of you is referred for payment to a wealthy man, let him be referred
13- You are a person who has remnants of the ignorant pre-Islamic manners. Your slaves are your brothers and servants whom Allah has placed under your authority. He who has his brother under his authority should feed him from whatever he eats, dress him with whatever he wears, and not assign burdensome and difficult tasks to them that are beyond their capacity. If you do this then help them
14- A man from the Children of Israel asked another to lend him one thousand dinars
15- Bear in mind, O Abu Mas‘ūd, that Allah has more power over you than you have over this boy. I said: I will never beat a slave ever again
16- The majority of the hypocrites of this Ummah are its reciters
17- You have said a word that, if it were mixed with the water of the sea, it would taint it
18- Do not envy one another, do not raise prices by overbidding against one another, do not hate one another, do not turn your backs on one another, and do not undercut one another in trade; and be, O slaves of Allah, our brothers
19- Indeed, the cursers will not be witnesses or intercessors on the Day of Judgment
20- Indeed, among the most beloved to me and the closest of you to me in position on the Day of Judgment are those of you who have the best morals
21- He was neither obscene nor indecent, nor was he loud-voiced in the markets. He did not repay evil with evil; rather, he would pardon and forgive
22- I was only sent to perfect noble morals