If you insult another person's parents, and this leads them to insult your parents, you bear the burden of the sin of insulting your own parents.

According to a hadeeth we studied, a person who mistreats those under his authority does not enter Paradise.

According to the wording of a hadeeth we studied, a "shadeed" (strong man) is one who does not become angry.

Insulting a Muslim is kufr (disbelief or a serious level of ingratitude), and fighting him is fusooq (disobedience).

Haste is from the Shaytaan, and pessimism is bad character, according to two narrations we studied.

A person who has $100, and then gives $25 in charity, now has only $75. So charity does, in fact, decrease one's wealth. Therefore it is absolute falsehood to claim that "No charity ever decreased any wealth."

Non-Muslim neighbors have no rights in Islam.

Keeping family ties can lead to an increase in one's lifespan and provisions.

According to Hadeeth #2, we should look to those who have less than us, in order to be more grateful for what we have.

Qutbah ibn Maalik was a companion from those who narrated the most hadeeth (from the "mukthiroon").

The third section of the 130 Hadeeth on Manners is called: Baab az-Zuhd wal-Wara' (the Section on Asceticism and Vigilance); it has 11 hadeeth narrations.

Ibn Mas'ood asked the Prophet, "Which sin is greatest?" He replied, "To ascribe a partner to Allah when He [alone] has created you."

According to the Sunnah, the youth should initiate greetings of salaam to the elders.

When the author says, "Agreed upon," about a hadeeth, this means: The hadeeth was collected by all six imaams of the major books of Sunnah.

According to the hadeeth of Mahmood ibn Labeed, the thing which the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) feared most for his followers was: showing off.

No people sit in any gathering, mentioning Allah therein, except that the angels surround them, Mercy enshrouds them, and Allah mentions them to those near Him.

Strong believers are actually more beloved to Allah than weak believers, yet even weak believers still have some goodness in them.

Slander is more severely sinful than backbiting.

The book, Buloogh al-Maraam, was authored by Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan.

People who misuse the wealth which Allah gave them face a severe threat of Fire on the Day of Judgment.

Sitting in gatherings devoid of Allah's mention, where no salaat is sent upon the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace), will be a source of regret on the Day of Judgment.

Seeking refuge with Allah from "displays of bad character" includes seeking refuge from lying and oppression, as well as many other bad manners.

From a man's good practice of Islam is to focus on matters that do not concern him.

In Islamic rulings, everything is either clearly halaal (permissible) or clearly haraam (forbidden).

The Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) explained the "baaqiyaat saalihaat" (never-ending righteous things) as: five phrases of Allah's remembrance in a hadeeth narration we studied.

Our Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) taught us to make room for more people to sit in our gatherings.

In the hadeeth we studied (which means), "A qattaat does not enter Paradise," a "qattaat" is: someone who chews a lot of tobacco.

The believer who mixes with the people and bears their harms is better than someone who does not mix with the people and bear their harms.

The most important organ in the human body, religiously speaking, is the brain. If it is sound, the whole body will be sound. If it is corrupt, the whole body will be corrupt.

According to Hadeeth #1 of our study, one of the six basic rights Muslims have upon each other is to say, "al-Hamdu lillaah" when your brother/sister asks you, "Kayfa Haaluk?" (How are you?)

Pleasing Allah is attained by pleasing one's parents.

When Sahl ibn Sa'd asked about something that would earn him Allah's Love, the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) told him to focus greatly on worldly matters. (Assuming the hadeeth to be authentic as Ibn Hajar graded it.)

According to a hadeeth we studied from Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, whoever commits the sin of eavesdropping shall have hot lead poured into his ears on the Day of Judgment.

When two people insult one another, the sin is on the one who started it, so long as the other one does not transgress.

An-Nawwaas ibn Sim'aan asked the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) about birr (piety) and ithm (sin). Part of the answer was: "Piety is good character..."

Paradise is forbidden for the one who dies while deceiving those under his authority.

Some people can become so obsessed with materialism that they could legitimately be called 'Abd ad-Dirham ("worshipper/slave of the silver coin").

Even though the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) forbade us from getting angry, he got angry for the sake of Allah, and it is still virtuous for Muslims to get angry for the sake of Allah (not for personal reasons).

It is permissible to tell jokes which are not actually true, so long as it makes people laugh and does not hurt anyone's feelings.

When two Muslims are turning away from each other for personal reasons, the better one is the one who gives greetings of salaam to the other one first.

Revelation in Islam is so complete that it even provides guidance on how to prepare soup (specifically).

The only people who claim that smiling is from Islamic manners are the Ikhwanis who wish to lead the Muslims into accepting all types of falsehood.

Hadeeth #85 (which means), "Whomever Allah wants good for, He grants him understanding in the religion," was mistakenly included twice in the text of the chapters on manners in Buloogh al-Maraam by the author.

Being in this world like a stranger or wayfarer means to take what you need from it to reach your real destination (the Hereafter), without getting too attached to this world.

The second baab (sub-chapter, or section) of our 130 Hadeeth on Manners is about birr (kindness) and silah (keeping ties).

The Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) supplicated against some people for Allah to put hardship on them. They are: those who put hardships upon those under their authority in this life.  

Licking your fingers after eating is a forbidden act of imitating non-Muslims.

People by nature admire others and try to resemble them. We must avoid admiration of evil people, so we do not end up resembling them.

A Muslim is required to give naseehah to everyone, even to Allah and His Messenger (may Allah raise his rank).

Since shyness is part of our faith, it is better not to correct people who err, even if they are committing shirk (polytheism).