The General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) in Sunan Abu Dawood 5005 shows the teachings and good conduct of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It was compiled by Imam Abu Dawood and has five hundred and two hadiths that explain the guidance and messages given to the Prophet SAW. The original hadiths are in Arabic, and English translations are available to make them easier to understand.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، وَكَانَ يَنْزِلُ الْعَوَقَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قال أبو داود: هُوَ ابْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُبْغِضُ الْبَلِيغَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِي يَتَخَلَّلُ بِلِسَانِهِ تَخَلُّلَ الْبَاقِرَةِ بِلِسَانِهَا .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Allah, the Exalted, hates the eloquent one among men who moves his tongue round (among his teeth), as cattle do.
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: On the Day of resurrection Allah will not accept repentance or ransom from him who learns excellence of speech to captivate thereby the hearts of men, or of people. ..
Abdullah bin Umar said: When two men who came from the east made a speech and the people were charmed with their eloquence, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: In some eloquent speech there is magic. ..
One day when a man got up and spoke at length Amr ibn al-As said If he had been moderate in what he said: It would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: I think (or, I have been commanded) that I should..
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: it is better for a man’s belly to be full of pus than to be full of poetry. Abu Ali said: I have been told that Abu Ubaid said: It means that his heart is full of poetry..
Ubayy bin Kaab reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: In poetry there is wisdom. ..
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A desert Arab came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom. ..