Ibn Abi'l-Hudhayl said, "Messenger of Allah visited a man withone of his companions. When he entered the house, his companion began tolook around. 'Abdullah told him, 'By Allah, it would have been better foryou if your eyes had been gouged out."
Nafi' reported that a group of the people of Iraq visited Ibn'Umar. They saw a gold crown on one of their servants and looked at oneanother. He remarked, "How quick you are to see evil!"
Abu Hurayra said, "There is no good in excess words."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "The worst of my community are those who speak alot, those who are diffuse in speech and those who fill their mouth withwords. The best of my community are the best of them in character."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "The worst person is someone who is two-faced.He is the person who comes to one group of people with one face and anothergroup of people with another face."
'Ammar ibn Yasir said, "I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, say, "The person who has two faces in this world willhave two tongues of the Fire on the Day of Rising.' He passed by a stoutman and said, 'This is one of them.'"
'Urwa ibn az-Zubayr heard 'A'isha say, "A man asked permissionto visit the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and theProphet said, 'Give him permission. He is an evil brother of his tribe.'When he entered he spoke kindly to him. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, yousaid what you said and then you spoke kindly to him.' He replied, 'Yes,'A'isha. The worst of people is the one people leave alone fearing hiscoarseness.'"
'Imran ibn Husayn said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "Modesty brings nothing but good." Bashir ibn Ka'bsaid, "It is written in books of wisdom, 'From modesty comes gravity. Frommodesty comes tranquillity.''" 'Imran said, "I relate to you from the Messengerof Allah and you then relate to me from some page!"
Ibn 'Umar said, "Modesty and belief are together. If one of themis removed, the other is removed."
Abu Bakra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "Modesty is part of belief. Belief is in the Garden. Foullanguage is part of coarseness and coarseness is in the Fire."
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya said, "The Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, had a large head and large eyes. When he walked,he bent forward as if he was walking up a hill. When he turned around,he turned completely."
Abu Mas'ud said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "Part of what people know of the words of first prophethoodis that if someone is not shy, he can do whatever he likes."