Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib by Al-Mundhiri

Al-Targhīb wal-Tarhīb is a book of collected prophetic hadith by Imam al-Mundhirī.

The following are some select chapters with English translation and Arabic text.

Book of the Sunnah كتاب السنة

• Sincerity, truthfulness, and good intentions
• Following the Quran and Sunnah
• Heretical innovations, lowly desires

Book of Knowledge كتاب العلم

• Seeking knowledge, teaching, and learning
• Acting upon one’s knowledge
• Arguing, bickering, and quarreling

Book of Ritual Purification كتاب الطهارة

• Excellent ablution
• Maintaining, renewing ablution
• Siwak, maintaining oral hygiene

Book of Prayer كتاب الصلاة

• The call to prayer
• The five prescribed prayers
• Voluntary Sunan prayers
• Forenoon prayer
• Witr prayer

Book of Charity كتاب الصدقات

• Paying obligatory charity (zakat)
• Giving voluntary charity

Book of Fasting كتاب الصيام

• Virtues of fasting
• Fasting in Ramadan
• Fasting from evil words and deeds

Book of Hajj Pilgrimage كتاب الحج

• First ten days of Dhul-Hijjah

Book of the Recitation of Quran كتاب قراءة القرآن

• Reciting the Quran
• Committing to the Quran, reciting pleasantly
• Virtues of Surat al-Fatihah
• Surat al-Baqarah and Ali ‘Imran

Book of Remembrance and Supplication كتاب الذكر والدعاء

• Remembrance of Allah
• Supplication to Allah
• Seeking forgiveness from Allah

Book of Judges كتاب القضاء

• Seeking positions of power
• Supplications when fearing an oppressor
• Evils of bribery in judgment
• Supporting the oppressed
• Warning against support for evil rulers

Book of Legal Punishments كتاب الحدود 

• Forgiveness for criminals and wrongdoers

Book of Righteousness and Good Relations كتاب البر والصلة

• Good relations with family
• Rights of neighbors
• Greed and miserliness
• Fulfilling needs, bringing happiness
• Visiting Muslims, honoring them

Book of Manners كتاب الأدب

• Modesty, obscenity, and shamelessness
• Good character, morals, and manners
• Kindness, gentleness, and forbearance
• Smiling, cheerfulness, and kind words
• Spreading peace, greeting with peace
• Shaking hands while greeting
• Withdrawing from trials
• Controlling anger, suppressing rage
• Mutual-hatred, grudges, and boycotts
• Accusing believers of unbelief (takfir)
• Cursing human beings and animals
• Gossip, rumors, and talebearing
• Backbiting, mockery, and slander
• Reconciliation between people
• Guarding the tongue from sins
• Purifying the heart from envy
• Humility, vanity, and arrogance
• Truthfulness and honesty
• Carrying two-faces and hypocrisy
• None favored but by righteousness
• Removing harmful things from road
• Love for the sake of Allah
• Good company, bad company
• Praying for someone behind their back

Book of Temperance and Repentance كتاب التوبة والزهد

• Repentance, following evil with good
• Weeping for fear of Allah
• Remembering death, living for Allah
• Free time for worship, concern for Hereafter
• Consistent good habits, even if small
• Hope, good thoughts about Allah