One of the bad results of cursing people too much is that you would not be allowed to be a witness on the day of Judgment, according to a narration we studied.

It is authentically reported from the hadeeth of Anas that "Supplication is the core of worship."

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.

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

The Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) said (what means), "Piety is right here!" and he pointed to the Ka'bah three times.

Pleasing Allah is attained by pleasing one's parents.

The definition of backbiting is: Mentioning something false about your brother which he would hate to hear.

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

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.

Suspicion is described as "the most untruthful kind of speech" in one of the hadeeths we studied.

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

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

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..."

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

The first sin ever committed was hasad (spiteful envy).

If we uphold the limits of Allah in our lives and honor His commands and prohibitions, He will preserve us with special kinds of preservation.

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).

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.

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

Section Four of our book, 130 Hadeeth on Manners, contains a total of less than 30 hadeeth narrations.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Being honest in speech leads to all types of piety, and that leads one to Paradise by the Permission of Allah.

One of the six basic rights mentioned in the first hadeeth of our study is that when a Muslim gets sick, you visit him or her.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

All previous prophets taught their followers not to be shy. Islam cancelled this earlier ruling and required Muslims to behave with shyness.

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.

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.

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

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

Some of the scholars said that Allah may extend the lifespan of a person based on his kind treatment of family members, by extending the actual length of the person's pre-determined lifespan.

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

Ordering what is good and forbidding what is evil is from the rights of the street upon those who sit there, according to a hadeeth we studied.

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.

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.)

Allah loves pious servants, those who are content and modestly reserved.

Allah has forbidden us from insolence (bad treatment) of our mothers.

Two people should not leave a third person by himself, so as to talk among themselves, because this makes that third person sad.

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

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

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.