Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen
Book Seventeen: The Book of the Prohibited Actions
Chapter 254 :
The Prohibition of Backbiting and the Commandment of Guarding one's Tongue
Chapter 255 :
Prohibition of Listening to Backbiting
Chapter 256 :
Some cases where it is permissible to Backbite
Chapter 257 :
Prohibition of Calumny
Chapter 258 :
Prohibition of Carrying tales of the Officers
Chapter 259 :
Condemnation of Double-faced People
Chapter 260 :
Condemnation and Prohibition of Falsehood
Chapter 261 :
Falsehood that is Permissible
Chapter 262 :
Ascertainment of what one Hears and Narrates
Chapter 263 :
Prohibition of Giving False Testimony
Chapter 264 :
Prohibition of Cursing one Particular Man or Animal
Chapter 265 :
Justification of Cursing the Wrongdoers without Specifying one of them
Chapter 266 :
Prohibition of Reviling a Muslim without any cause
Chapter 267 :
Prohibition of Abusing the Deceased without a valid Legal reason approved by Shari'ah
Chapter 268 :
Prohibition of Maligning
Chapter 269 :
Prohibition of Nursing Rancor and Enmity
Chapter 270 :
Prohibition of Envy
Chapter 271 :
Prohibition of Spying on Muslims and to be Inquisitive about Others
Chapter 272 :
Prohibition of Suspicion
Chapter 273 :
Prohibition of Despising Muslims
Chapter 274 :
Prohibition of Rejoicing over another's Trouble
Chapter 275 :
Prohibition of Deriding one's Lineage
Chapter 276 :
Prohibition of Deceiving others
Chapter 277 :
Prohibition of the Treachery and Breaking one's Covenant
Chapter 278 :
Prohibition of Recounting of Favors
Chapter 279 :
Prohibition of Arrogance and Oppression
Chapter 280 :
Prohibition of Breaking ties and Relationships
Chapter 281 :
Prohibition of two Holding Secret Counsel to the Exclusion of Conversing together a Third
Chapter 282 :
Prohibition of Cruelty
Chapter 283 :
Prohibition of Chastisement with Fire
Chapter 284 :
Prohibition of Procrastinating by a Rich Person to Fulfill his Obligation
Chapter 285 :
Undesirability of giving a Gift and then ask back for it
Chapter 286 :
Prohibition of devouring the Property of an Orphan
Chapter 287 :
Prohibition of taking Ar-Riba (The Usury)
Chapter 288 :
Prohibition of Show-off
Chapter 289 :
Things not to be Considered as Showing off
Chapter 290 :
Prohibition of gazing at women and Beardless Handsome Boys except in Exigency
Chapter 291 :
Prohibition of Meeting a non-Mahram Woman in Seclusion
Chapter 292 :
Prohibition for Men and Women apeing one another
Chapter 293 :
Prohibition of following the Manners of Satan and Disbelievers
Chapter 294 :
Forbidding to Dye Hair Black
Chapter 295 :
On Prohibition of Shaving a part of Head
Chapter 296 :
Prohibition of Wearing False Hair, Tattooing and Filling of Teeth
Chapter 297 :
Prohibition of Plucking Grey Hairs
Chapter 298 :
Prohibition of using the right hand for cleaning after toilet without a valid reason
Chapter 299 :
Undesirability of Wearing one Shoe or Sock
Chapter 300 :
Prohibition of Leaving the Fire Burning
Chapter 301 :
Prohibition of putting oneself to Undue Hardship
Chapter 302 :
Prohibition of Bewailing the Deceased
Chapter 303 :
Prohibition of Consultation with Soothsayers
Chapter 304 :
Forbiddance of Believing in Ill Omens
Chapter 305 :
Prohibition of Drawing Portraits
Chapter 306 :
Prohibition of Keeping a Dog except as a Watchdog or Hunting Dog
Chapter 307 :
Undesirability of Hanging Bells round the Necks of Animals
Chapter 308 :
Undesirability of Riding a Camel which eats Animals' waste
Chapter 309 :
Prohibition of Spitting in the Mosque
Chapter 310 :
Undesirability of Quarrelling or Raising voices in the Mosque
Chapter 311 :
Undesirability of Entering the Mosque after Eating raw Onion or Garlic
Chapter 312 :
Undesirability of Sitting with Erected Legs during Friday Sermon
Chapter 313 :
Prohibition of having a Hair cut or paring one's nail during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah for one who intends to Sacrifice an Animal
Chapter 314 :
Prohibition of Swearing in the name of anything besides Allah
Chapter 315 :
Illegality of Swearing Falsely
Chapter 316 :
Desirability of Expiating the Oath taken by a Person who afterwards Breaks it for a better Alternative
Chapter 317 :
Expiation of Oaths
Chapter 318 :
Abomination of Swearing in Transaction
Chapter 319 :
About Begging in the Name of Allah
Chapter 320 :
Prohibition of Addressing somebody as 'The King of Kings'
Chapter 321 :
Prohibition of Conferring a Title of Honor upon a Sinner, a Hypocrite, and the Like
Chapter 322 :
Undesirability of Reviling Fever
Chapter 323 :
Prohibition of Reviling the Wind
Chapter 324 :
Undesirability of Reviling the Rooster
Chapter 325 :
Prohibition of Attributing Rain to the Stars
Chapter 326 :
Prohibition of Calling a Muslim an Infidel
Chapter 327 :
Prohibition of Obscenity
Chapter 328 :
Undesirability of Pretentiousness and Exaggeration during Conversation
Chapter 329 :
Abomination of Self-Condemnation
Chapter 330 :
Undesirability of Calling Grapes 'Al-Karm'
Chapter 331 :
Prohibition of Describing the Charms of a Woman to a man without a valid reason approved by the Shari'ah
Chapter 332 :
Abomination of saying- "Forgive me if you wish, O Allah!"
Chapter 333 :
Abomination of saying- "What Allah Wills and so-and-so Wills"
Chapter 334 :
Abomination of Holding Conversation after 'Isha' (Night) Prayer
Chapter 335 :
Prohibition of Refusal by a Woman when her Husband calls her to his Bed
Chapter 336 :
Prohibition of Observing an Optional Saum (Fast) by a Woman without the Permission of her Husband
Chapter 337 :
Prohibition of raising one's Head before the Imam
Chapter 338 :
Prohibition of Placing the hands on the sides during As-Salat (The Prayer)
Chapter 339 :
Abomination of Joining As-Salat (The Prayer) when the Food is ready or when one is in desperate need to answer the call of Nature
Chapter 340 :
Prohibition of raising one's Eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (The Prayer)
Chapter 341 :
Undesirability of Glancing in one Direction of the other during Prayer
Chapter 342 :
Prohibition of facing the Graves during Salat (Prayer)
Chapter 343 :
Prohibition of passing in front of a Worshipper while he is offering Salat (Prayer)
Chapter 344 :
Undesirability of offering optional Prayer after the announcement of Iqamah
Chapter 345 :
Abomination of Selecting Friday for Fasting
Chapter 346 :
Prohibition of Extending Fast beyond one Day
Chapter 347 :
Prohibition of Sitting on the Graves
Chapter 348 :
Prohibition of Plastering and Building over the Graves
Chapter 349 :
Prohibition for a Slave to run away from his Master
Chapter 350 :
Undesirability of Intercession in Hudud
Chapter 351 :
Prohibition of Relieving Nature on the Paths
Chapter 352 :
Prohibition of Urinating into Stagnant Water
Chapter 353 :
Prohibition of giving preference to Children over one another in giving Gifts, etc.
Chapter 354 :
Prohibition of Mourning beyond Three Days (For Women)
Chapter 355 :
Prohibition of Malpractices in Commerce
Chapter 356 :
Prohibition of Squandering Wealth
Chapter 357 :
Prohibition of Pointing with a Weapon at another Brother in Faith
Chapter 358 :
Undesirability of Leaving the Mosque without offering Salat (Prayer) after the Adhan has been Proclaimed
Chapter 359 :
Undesirability of Rejecting the Gift of Perfume
Chapter 360 :
Undesirability of Praising a Person in his Presence
Chapter 361 :
Undesirability of departing from or coming to a Place stricken by a Epidemic
Chapter 362 :
Prohibition of Magic
Chapter 363 :
Prohibition of Carrying the Qur'an into the Land of Enemy
Chapter 364 :
Prohibition of using Utensils made of Gold and Silver
Chapter 365 :
Prohibition of Wearing Saffron-Colored Dress
Chapter 366 :
Prohibition of observing silence from Dawn till Night
Chapter 367 :
Prohibition of attributing wrong Fatherhood
Chapter 368 :
Prohibition of doing that which Allah and His Messenger have Prohibited
Chapter 369 :
Expiation for the violation of Commandments of Allah