Al-Adab Al-Mufrad — Hadith #46782

Musa bin Ismail told us, he said: Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Anbari told us, he said: Hibban bin Asim told us, and he was the bearer of Abu His mother, Safiya, the daughter of Ulaibah, and Duhaiba, the daughter of Ulaibah, told me, and their grandfather was their father’s harmala, that he told them, On the authority of Harmala bin Abdullah, he left until he came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he was with him until the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, recognized him. When he departed, I said to myself: By God, I will come to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, until I increase in knowledge, so I came walking until I stood before him. So I said: What do you command me to do? He said: O Harmala, do what is right and avoid what is wrong. Then I returned, until I came to the departing one, then I came. Until I stood up close to him and said: O Messenger of God, what do you command me to do? He said: O Harmala, do what is right and avoid doing evil. The evil, and see what pleases your ear that the people say to you, when you get up from them, go for it, and look at what you hate for the people to say to you. When you get up from them, avoid it. When I came back, I thought, and behold, they had not left anything behind.