Al-Bayhaqi: Being Merciful to the Creation

Al-Bayhaqi رحمه الله records in his book Al-Adab, the Chapter on Mercy for the Creation:

باب‏:‏ في تراحم الخلق

Chapter on Being Merciful to the creation

Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: I heard the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم say:

جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِائَةَ جُزْءٍ، فَأَمْسَكَ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ، وَأَنْزَلَ فِي الأَرْضِ جُزْءًا وَاحِدًا، فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْجُزْءِ يَتَرَاحَمُ الْخَلْقُ حَتَّى تَرْفَعَ الْفَرَسُ رِجْلَهَا عَنْ وَلَدِهَا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُ‏

Allah made mercy into one hundred parts, and He has kept ninety-nine parts with himself, and He sent to the creation one part. Because of that one part, the creation has mercy as even the animal lifts its hoof from its young for fear of harming it.
[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 29]

Jubair ibn Abdullah رضي الله عنه reported: I heard the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم say:

لا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُ النَّاسَ

Allah does not have mercy upon whoever is not merciful with people.
[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 473]

Jubair ibn Abdullah رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُ النَّاسَ لا يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ‏

Whoever is not merciful with people, then Allah is not merciful with him.
[Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book 25, Number 1922]

Abullah ibn Amr ibn Al-‘As رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ، ارْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ

The people of mercy will receive mercy from the Most Merciful. Be merciful with those on the earth, and the One above heaven will have mercy upon you.
[Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book 25, Number 1924]

Nu’man ibn Bashir (رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَوَاصُلِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ الْجَسَدِ، إِذَا اشْتَكَى عُضْوٌ مِنْهُ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالْحُمَّى وَالسَّهَرِ

The believers in their mercy, love, and closeness to each other are like a body. If one part of the body is harmed, the whole body responds with fever and sleeplessness.
[Sahih Muslim, Book 032, Number 6258]

Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: I heard the Truthful, the Believed, the Companion of this grave (in Medina), Abu Al-Qasim [The Prophet] صلى الله عليه وسلم say:

لا تُنْزَعُ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلاَّ مِنْ شَقِيٍّ‏

Mercy is not removed except from one who is damned.
[Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book 25, Number 1924]