Islam & People?

Islam & People? 

Smiling in your brother’s face is an act of charity.
So is enjoining good and forbidding evil,
giving directions to the lost traveller,
aiding the blind and
removing obstacles from the path.
(Graded authentic by Ibn Hajar and al-Albani: Hidaayat-ur-Ruwaah, 2/293)”

Muhammad, peace be upon him, told us:

1. "The best of the Muslims is he from whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe." [Muslim]
2. "The best of people are those with the most excellent character." [Tabarani, Sahih]
3. "The best of people are those that bring most benefit to the rest of mankind." [Daraqutni, Hasan]
4. "The best of people are those who are best in fulfilling [rights]." [Ibn Majah, Sahih]
5. "The best of mankind is my generation, then those that follow them and then those that follow them. Then there shall come a people after them who will become avaricious, who will love gluttony, and who will give witness before they are asked for it." [Tirmidhi, Sahih]
6. "The best of people are those who live longest and excel in their deeds, whereas the worst of people are those who live longest and corrupt their deeds." [Tirmidhi, Sahih]
7. "The best of women are those that please him [her husband] when he sees her, obeys him when she is commanded, and who does not secretly betray him with regards to herself and her money in that which he dislikes." [Ahmad, Sahih]
8. "The best of women are those that please you when you see them, obey you when commanded, and who safeguard themselves and your money in your absence." [Tabarani, Sahih]
9. "The best of marriages are the easiest ones." [Abu Dawud, Sahih]
10. "The best of you in Islam are those who are most excellent in character as long as you deeply understand the religion." [Ahmad,Sahih]
11. "The best of you are the best of you in fulfilling [rights]." [Ahmad,Sahih]
12. "The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family." [Tirmidhi, Sahih]
13. "The best of you are those who feed others and return greetings." [Abu Ya'la, Hasan]
14. "The best of you is he from whom good is anticipated and safety from his evil is assured; the worst of you is he from whom nothing good is expected and one is not safe from his evil." [Tirmidhi, Sahih]
15. "The best thing mankind has been given is excellent character." [Hakim, Sahih]
16. "The best of which man can leave behind for himself are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, an ongoing charity whose reward continues to reach him and knowledge which others benefit from after him." [Ibn Hibban, Hasan]
17. "The most beloved of deeds according to Allah are the continuous ones, even if they are little." [Agreed upon]
18. "The most beloved of deeds according to Allah are the prayer in its right time, then to treat the parents in an excellent manner, and then Jihad in the path of Allah." [Agreed upon]
19. "The best of your leaders are those that you love and they love you, you supplicate for them and they supplicate for you. The worst of your leaders are those that you hate and they hate you, you curse them and they curse you." [Muslim]
20. "The best of you are those who are best in paying off their debts." [Tahawi, Sahih]
21. "The best of you are those with the longest lives and most excellent character." [Bazzar, Sahih]
22. "The best of you are those with the longest lives and best in action." [Hakim, Sahih]
23. "The best of you are those who are best to their wives." [Tirmidhi,Sahih]
24. "The best of you are those who are best to their families." [Tabarani,Sahih]
25. "The best of companions according to Allah are those who are best to their companion and the best of neighbours according to Allah are those that are best to their neighbour." [Tirmidhi, Sahih]
26. "The best testimony is when one gives it before he is asked to do so." [Tabarani, Sahih]
27. "The best of dowries are the easiest." [Hakim, Sahih]
28. "The best of charity is that which still leaves you self-sufficient for the upper hand is better than the lower hand; start with those you are responsible for." [Tabarani, Sahih]
29. "The most beloved Jihad according to Allah is that a word of truth be spoken to a tyrant ruler." [Tabarani, Hasan]
30. "The most beloved word according to me is that which is most truthful." [Bukhari]
31. "The most beloved dish according to Allah is that which most hands feed from." [Ibn Hibban, Hasan]
32. "The most beloved servant of Allah is he who is most beneficial to his dependents." [Zawa'id az-Zuhd, Hasan]
33. "The best of earnings is that of the labourer as long as he tries his best." [Ahmad, Hasan]
34. "The best of all deeds is the Prayer in its right time, to treat the Parents honourably and Jihad in the path of Allah." [Al-Khatib, Sahih]
35. "The best of all deeds is that you bring happiness to your Muslim brother, pay off his debt or feed him bread." [Ibn Adiyy, Hasan]
36. "The best of dinars are: the dinar spent by a man upon his dependents, the dinar spent by a man upon his horse in the path of Allah and the dinar spent by a man upon his companions in the path of Allah, the Mighty, the Magnificent." [Muslim]
37. "The best of all charity is that which is given to the relative that harbours enmity against you." [Ahmad, Sahih]
38. "The best of all charity is that you give it while you are healthy and desirous [of that money], hoping to become wealthy but fearing poverty. Don't delay until you are about to breathe your last and then you say, 'This is for 'so and so' and this is for 'so and so'', for indeed, it has already been written that 'so and so' would receive that." [Abu Dawud, Sahih]
39. "The best of all charity is when the one with little strives to give; start with those you are responsible for." [Hakim, Sahih]
40. "The best charity is to provide water." [Ibn Majah, Hasan]
41. "The best of the Believers is the most excellent of them in character." [Ibn Majah, Sahih]
42. Whoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the need of a needy person, Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever shields [or hides the misdeeds of] a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah will aid His slave so long as he aids his brother. And whoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that sakeenah (tranquility) descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him. And whoever is slowed down by his actions, will not be hastened forward by his lineage. Related by [Muslim] in these words.