110curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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Nothing heavier than good character

Thursday, March 4, 2010

مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ

Transliteration

Ma min shay'in athqalu fi-l-mizani min husni-l-khuluq.

Translation

Nothing is heavier in the scales [on the Day of Judgement] than good character.

Narrated by Abu Darda'·Sunan Abi Dawud 4799, Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2002 (sahih)

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