English translation
2005. Abū Wahb narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak explained good character, and then he said: "It is a smiling face, doing one's best in good, and refraining from harm." (Saḥīḥ)
Hadith 2005
What Has Been Related About Good Character
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Darussalam · Volume 4
25. Chapters On Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 537
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Arabic text
٢٠٠٥ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنَّهُ «وَصَفَ حُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ»، فَقَالَ: هُوَ بَسْطُ الْوَجْهِ، وَبَذْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ، وَكَفُّ الْأَذَى.
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The noted scholar Ibn Rajab in his commentary on Imām Nawawī's 'Forty Ḥadīth' (Jāmi' Al-'Ulūm Wal-Hikam) has cited various definitions of 'Khuluq Hasan' but the sum total of all is that it means demonstrating the kind of nice behaviour towards the people that would give them happiness, and joy and would cause no hurt or pain to them