Muwatta Malik #1763
Good Character
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْمَرْءَ، لَيُدْرِكُ بِحُسْنِ خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَةَ الْقَائِمِ بِاللَّيْلِ الظَّامِي بِالْهَوَاجِرِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "I have
heard that by his good character a man can reach the degree of the one
who stands in prayer at night and the one who is thirsty from fasting
in the heat of the day."
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This hadith is #1763 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Good Character.