HADEETH 31: The Muslim is c o ntented and Satisfied
From Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: Richness is not having many belongings, but richness is the richness of the soul (c on tentment).
Reported by Muslim (Eng. Trans. 2/501/no.2287)
HADEETH 32: Devotion to the Religion of Islaam
From Ka'b ibn Maalik al-Ansaaree (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: Two hungry wolves let loose amongst sheep will not cause more harm to them than a persons craving after wealth and status will do to his Religion.
Reported by Ahmad and others
HADEETH 33: How the Muslim Deals With People
From As'ishah (radiyallaahu 'anhaa) who said that a man sought permission to enter upon the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam), so he said: Give permission to him and what a bad son of his people (or: what a bad man of his people). Then when he entered he spoke politely to him. Aa'ishah said: So I said: O Messenger of Allaah, you said about him what you said and then you spoke politely to him? He said: O Aa'ishah the worst people in station before Allaah on the Day of Resurrection are those whom the people desert, or abandon, in order to save themselves from their evil speech.
Reported by al-Bukharee (8/50/80)
HADEETH 34: Visiting Brothers
From Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: A man went out to visit a brother of his in a different village, so Allaah, the Most High, put an angel in wait for him in the road. So when the angel came to him he said: Where are you going? He said: I am going to visit a brother in this village. He said: Is it that you have done something for him for which you seek repayment? He said: No, it is just that I love him for Allaah's sake. He said: Then I am one sent by Allaah to you (to inform you) that Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, loves you, just as you have loved for His sake.
Reported by Muslim (4/1362/no.6226)
HADEETH 35: The Muslim's Character
From Abu Darda (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: There is nothing which is heavier upon the balance than the good character.
Reported by Ahmad (6/446 and 448)
HADEETH 36: The Muslim Knows His Own Worth
From Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: There will come upon the people years of deceit in which the liar will be believed, the truthful disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted and the trustworthy held to be treacherous, and the despicable (ar-Ruwaybidah) will speak out. It was said: Who are the despicable ones (ar-Ruwaybidah)? He said: The lowly, ignoble man who speaks out about the public affairs.
Reported by Ahmad, Ibn Majah and others, with weak chain of narration. However it has another chain reported by Ahmad, and a witnessing narration that makes it Hasan.
HADEETH 37: He Hopes for good for Himself and His Brothers
From Jundub (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) narrated: That a man said: By Allaah, Allaah will not forgive so and so. Whereas Allaah, the Most High said: Who is it who swears by Me that I will not forgive so and so, for I have forgiven so and so, and have rendered your actions futile.
Reported by Muslim (4/1381/no.6350)
HADEETH 38: Ordering Good and Forbidding Evil
From Aboo Sa'eed al-Khudree (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said: Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) stood amongst us to deliver an address, and from his address was that he said: Indeed it is about to occur that I will be called and will respond. Then after me will follow rulers over you who say what they have knowledge of, and act upon what they know. Obedience to them is obedience to me, and you remain like that for a time. Then there will follow rulers over you after them who say what they do not have knowledge of and act according to what they do not have knowledge of. So whoever is sincere to them and assists them, or strengthens them then they are destroyed and have caused destruction. Accompany them with your bodies and differ with them by your actions, and bear witness for the doer of good from them that he is a doer of good, and for the doer of evil that he is a doer of evil.
Reported by al-Baihaqee in az-Zuhdul Kabeer (no.191)
HADEETH 39: Being Cautious to Avoid Animosity and Dissention
From Jaabir ibn 'Abdullah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger said: Indeed Satan has despaired that those who pray should worship (him) in the Arabian peninsular, however (he seeks) to provoke animosity between them.
Muslim (Eng. Trans. 4/1471/no.6752)
HADEETH 40: The Means To Escape the Trial which Befalls the People
From Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (radiyallaahu 'anhumaa) who said: How will you be when you are covered by a trial in which the young grow up and the old become infirm. If anything of it is abandoned it is said: The Sunnah has been abandoned. It was said: When will that occur, O Aboo Abdur Rahman? He said: When your scholars pass away, and those ignorant amongst you become many; when those who recite amongst you are many, but those who have understanding of the religion are few; when your leaders are many, but those who are trustworthy are few; when this world is sought with actions of the Hereafter; and when knowledge is sought for other than the Religion.
Reported by ad-Daarimee (1/64), al-Laalikaa'ee (no.123), al-Haakim(4/514) and others, with saheeh chain of narration