Piety

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most honourable amongst mankind?" He ﷺ said, "The most honourable of them is one who is the most pious of them." They said, "We are not asking about this". He said, "Then, the most honourable of men was Yusuf (Joseph), the Prophet of Allah, the son of Allah's Prophet, who was the son of the Prophet of Allah, who was the son of the Khalil of Allah (i.e., Ibrahim ﷺ)' They said, "We are not asking you about this." He enquired, "Are you then asking me about the classes of the Arabs? The best of them in the Pre- Islamic Period of Ignorance are the best of them in Islam, provided they comprehend the religious knowledge".

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وأما الأحاديث فالأول: عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قيل : يا رسول الله من أكرم الناس؟ قال: "أتقاهم". فقالوا: ليس عن هذا نسألك، قال: " فيوسف نبي الله بن نبي الله بن نبي الله بن خليل الله" قالوا: ليس عن هذا نسألك، قال: "فعن معادن العرب تسألوني؟ خيارهم في الجاهلية خيارهم في الإسلام إذا فقهواً : ((متفق عليه)) .

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The life of the world is sweet and green. Allah makes you generations succeeding one another so that He may try you in respect of your actions. So beware of the beguilements of the world and those of women. The first trial of Banu Israel was through women".

[Muslim].

الثاني: عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه عن النبي ﷺ قال: " إن الدنيا حلوة خضرة، وإن الله مستخلفكم فيها فينظر كيف تعملون، فاتقوا الدنيا واتقوا النساء؛ فإن أول فتنة بني إسرائيل كانت في النساء" ((رواه مسلم)).

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to say:
"Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda wat- tuqa wal-'afafa wal-ghina (O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and self- sufficiency)".

[Muslim].

الثالث: عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه أن النبي ﷺ كان يقول: "اللهم إني أسألك الهدى والتقى والعفاف والغنى" ((رواه مسلم)).

'Adi bin Hatim At-Ta'i (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "He who has taken an oath (to do something) but found something else better than that (which brings him closer to Allah), then he should do that which is better in piety (and he should expiate for the breaking of oath)".

[Muslim].

الرابع: عن أبي ظريف عدي بن حاتم الطائي رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: "من حلف على يمين ثم رأى أتقى لله منها فليأت التقوى" ((رواه مسلم)).