Sahih Muslim: The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words

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Chapter: The Prohibition Of Cursing Time

Abu Huraira reported:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam abuses Dahr (the time), whereas I am Dahr since in My hand are the day and the night.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2246a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 1
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5580
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr--I alternate the night and the day.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2246b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 2
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5581
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam causes Me pain as he says: Woe be upon the Time. None of you should say this: Woe be upon the Time, as I am the Time (because) I alternate the day and the night, and when I wish I can finish them up.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2246c
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 3
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5582
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should say: Woe be upon the Time, for verily Allah is the Time.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2246d
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 4
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5583
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:

Do not curse Time, for it is Allah Who is Time.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2246e
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 5
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5584
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Chapter: It Is Disliked To Call Grapes Karm

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should abuse Time for it is Allah Who is the Time, and none of you should call 'Inab (grape) as al-karm, for karm is a Muslim person.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2247a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 6
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5585
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Do not use the word karm (for wine) for worthy of respect is the heart of a believer.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2247b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 7
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5586
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Do not name grape as karm, for worthy of respect is a Muslim.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2247c
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 8
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5587
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should use the word al-harin (for grape) for the heart of a believer is karm (worthy of respect).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2247d
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 9
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5588
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Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) various ahadith, one of which is this that he said:

None of you should use the word al-karm for 'Inab, for karm (worthy of respect) is a Muslim person.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2247e
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 10
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5589
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'Alqama b. Wa'il reported, from his father, Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) having said:

Do not say al-karm (for the word vine) but say al-habala (that is grape).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2248a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 11
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5590
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This hadith has been reported by Alqama b. Wa'il on the authority of his father with a different chain of transmitters and with a slight variation of wording.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 2248b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 12
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5590
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Chapter: Ruling On Using The Words 'Abd And Amah (For Slaves) And Mawla And Sayyid (For Masters)

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should say: My bondman and my slave-girl, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, and all your women are the slave-girls of Allah; but say: My servant, my girl, and my young man and my young girl.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2249a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 13
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5591
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should say: My bondman, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, but say: My young man, and the servant should not say: My Lord, but should say: My chief.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2249b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 14
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5592
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This hadith has been reported on the authority of al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters, and the words are that the servant should not say to his chief:

My Lord, and Abu Mu'awiya made an addition:" For it is Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Who is your Lord."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2249c
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 15
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5593
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so many ahadith and one of them is this that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

None of you should say: Supply drink to your lord, feed your lord, help your lord in performing ablution, and none of you should say: My Lord. He should say: My chief, my patron; and none of you should say: My bondman, my slave-girl, but simply say: My boy, my girl, my servant.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2249d
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 16
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5594
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Chapter: It Is Disliked For A Man To Say: "Khabuthat Nafsi" (I Feel Bad)

'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said:

None of you should say: "My soul has become evil," but he should say: "My soul has become remorseless." This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr with a slight variation of wording.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2250a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 17
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5595
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abia Mu'iwiya with the same chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 2250b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 18
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5596
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Abu Umama b. Sahl b. Hunaif, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

None of you should say:" My soul has become evil," but he should say:" My soul has become remorseless."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2251
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 19
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5597
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Chapter: Using Musk, Which Is The Best Of Perfume. It Is Disliked To Refuse A Gift Of Scent Or Perfume

Abd Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:

There was a woman from Bani Isra'il who was short-statured and she walked in the company of two tall women with wooden sandals in her feet and a ring of gold made of plates with musk filled in them and then looked up, and musk is the best of scents; then she walked between two women and they (the people) did not recognise her, and she made a gesture with her hand like this, and Shu'ba shook his hand in order to give an indication how she shook her hand.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2252a
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 20
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5598
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Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a mention of a woman of Bana Isra'il who had filled her ring with musk and musk is the most fragrant of the scents.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 2252b
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 21
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5599
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and pleasant in odour.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2253
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 22
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5600
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Nafi' reported that when Ibn Umar wanted fumigation he got it from aloeswood without mixing anything with it, or he put camphor along with aloeswood and then said:

This is how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fumigated.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2254
In-book reference : Book 40, Hadith 23
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 27, Hadith 5601
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