the prophet muhammad (saas) - Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for All

Say: "My Lord has forbidden indecency, both open and hidden, and wrong action, and unrightful
tyranny, and associating anything with Allah for which He has sent down no authority, and saying things
about Allah you do not know." (Surat al-A'raf : 33)
The following are some of the hadiths in which the Prophet (saas) recommends such a morality:
"My Cherisher has ordered me nine things: To reverence Him, externally and internally; to speak true,
and with propriety, in prosperity and adversity; moderation in affluence and poverty; to benefit my
relations and kindred who do not benefit me; to give alms to him who refuses me; to forgive him who
injures me; that my silence should be in attaining knowledge of Allah; that when I speak, I should mention
Him; that when I look on Allah's creatures, it should be as an example for them."48
"Do not envy one another; do not hate one another; do not turn away from another; and do not
undercut one another, but be you. O servants of Allah, brothers."49
"Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out, and
behave well towards people."50
"There is nothing heavier in the scales than good character."51
The Prophet (saas) made the following recommendations to his companions:
"Bad conduct destroys divine service as condiment destroys honey."52
"Honour a believer for his religion. Think him superior for good conduct and wisdom."53
The Prophet (saas) warned against arrogance
The Prophet (saas) stated that pride and arrogance were examples of poor morality, and that arrogant
people would be repaid in Hell. He warned them against that danger. With his humility, modesty, affection
and caring disposition in all situations, the Prophet (saas) was the best possible role-model. These are some
of the Prophet (saas)'s warnings with regards to arrogance:
"Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and
contempt for the people."54
"Arrogance means ridiculing and rejecting the Truth and despising people."55
The Prophet (saas) warned those who boasted of their families and ancestry, thus becoming arrogant,
saying:
"Allah, Most High, has removed from you the pride of the pre-Islamic period and its boasting in
ancestors. One is only a pious believer or a miserable sinner. You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from
dust. Let the people cease to boast about their ancestors. They are merely fuel in Hell; or they will
certainly be of less account with Allah than the beetle which rolls dung with its nose."56
The Prophet (saas) recommended to his followers to always dress well and to be pleasant in
appearance and to look well cared for. At the same time, however, he also reminded them that those who
grew proud because of the clothes they wore or the way they looked would be humiliated in this world and in
the next. He told them to always be humble. Here is what he said on the subject:
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