The Book of Miscellany

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The deeds are considered by the intentions, and a person will get the reward according to his intention. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Messenger, his emigration will be for Allah and His Messenger; and whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration would be for what he emigrated for”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “An army will raid the Kabah and when it reaches a desert land, all of them will be swallowed up by the earth.” She asked; “O Messenger of Allah! Why all of them?” He answered, “All of them will be swallowed by the earth but they will be raised for Judgement according to their intentions.”.

Aishah (radiyallahu anha) narrated that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There is no emigration after the conquest (of Makkah) but only Jihad.”

We accompanied the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in an expedition when he said, “There are some men in Al-Madinah who are with you wherever you march and whichever valley you cross. They have not joined you in person because of their illness.”

In another version he said: “They share the reward with you.”. It is narrated by Bukhari from Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu anhu): We were coming back from the battle of Tabuk with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when he remarked, “There are people whom we left behind in Al- Madinah who accompanied us in spirit in every pass and valley we crossed. They remained behind for a valid excuse.”

My father set aside some dinars for charity and gave them to a man in the mosque. I went to that man and took back those dinars. He said: “I had not intended you to be given.” So we went to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and put forth the matter before him. He said to my father, “Yazid, you have been rewarded for what you intended.” And he said to me, “Man, you are entitled to what you have taken.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah does not look at your figures, nor at your attire but He looks at your hearts and accomplishments”.

“He who fights in order that the Word of Allah remains the supreme, is considered as fighting in the cause of Allah”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “When two Muslims are engaged in a combat against each other with their sword’s and one is killed, both are doomed to Hell”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! As to the one who kills, it is understandable, but why the slain one?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied: “He was eager to kill his opponent”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The reward for Salat performed by a person in congregation is more than 20 times greater than that of the Salat performed in one’s house or shop. When one performs Wudu perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of performing Salat, then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in reward and one of his sins is eliminated until he enters the mosque, and when he enters the mosque, he is considered as performing Salat as long as it is the Salat which prevents him (from leaving the mosque); and the angels keep on supplicating Allah for him as long as he remains in his place of prayer.

They say: ‘O Allah! have mercy on him; O Allah! forgive his sins; O Allah! accept his repentance’. This will carry on as long as he does not pass wind”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said that Allah, the Glorious, said: “Verily, Allah (SWT) has ordered that the good and the bad deeds be written down. Then He explained it clearly how (to write): He who intends to do a good deed but he does not do it, then Allah records it for him as a full good deed, but if he carries out his intention, then Allah the Exalted, writes it down for him as from ten to seven hundred folds, and even more.

But if he intends to do an evil act and has not done it, then Allah writes it down with Him as a full good deed, but if he intends it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: “By Allah, I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day.”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Turn you people in repentance to Allah and beg pardon of Him. I turn to Him in repentance a hundred times a day”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)”.

In another version of Muslim, he said: “Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him.

He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: ‘O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb’. He commits this mistake out of extreme joy”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah, the Exalted, will continue to stretch out His Hand in the night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and continue to stretch His Hand in the daytime so that the sinners of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will forgive him”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah accepts a slave’s repentance as long as the latter is not on his death bed (that is, before the soul of the dying person reaches the throat)”.

A woman from the tribe Juhainah came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) while she was pregnant from (Zina) adultery and said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! I have committed an offense liable to Hadd (prescribed punishment), so exact the execution of the sentence.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) called her guardian and said to him, “Treat her kindly.

Bring her to me after the delivery of the child.” That man complied with the orders. At last the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded to carry out the sentence. Her clothes were secured around her and she was stoned to death. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) led her funeral prayers. Umar submitted: “O Messenger of Allah!

She committed Zina and you have performed funeral prayer for her?” He replied, “Verily, she made repentance which would suffice for seventy of the people of Al-Madinah if it is divided among them. Can there be any higher degree of repentance than that she sacrificed her life voluntarily to win the Pleasure of Allah, the Exalted?”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If a son of Adam were to own a valley full of gold, he would desire to have two. Nothing can fill his mouth except the earth (of the grave). Allah turns with mercy to him who turns to Him in repentance”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah, the Exalted, smiles at two men, one of them killed the other and both will enter Jannah. The first is killed by the other while he is fighting in the Cause of Allah, and thereafter Allah will turn in mercy to the second and guide him to accept Islam and then he dies as a Shaheed (martyr) fighting in the Cause of Allah.”

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Purity is half of faith, and the praise of Allah fills the scale. Glorification and praise fill up what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is a light, charity is proof, and patience is illumination. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All people go out early in the morning and sell themselves, either setting themselves free or ruining themselves.”.

Certain people of the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and he gave them; then they again asked him and he gave them until all what he possessed was exhausted.

Then the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whatever wealth I have, I will not withhold from you. Whosoever would be chaste and modest; Allah will keep him chaste and modest and whosoever would seek self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whosoever would be patient, Allah will give him patience, and no one is granted a gift better and more comprehensive than patience”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “How wonderful is the case of a believer; there is good for him in everything and this applies only to a believer. If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him; and if adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him”.

When the last illness of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made him unconscious, Fatimah (radiyallahu anha) exclaimed: “Ah, the distress of my dear father.”

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There will be no distress for your father after today”. When he died she said: “My father, Allah has called you back and you have responded to His Call. O father! Garden of Firdaus is your abode. O father! We announce to Jibril your death.”

When he was buried, she said: “Are you satisfied now that you put earth over (the grave of) Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)?”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) passed by a woman who was crying over a grave and said, “Fear Allah and be patient.” She said, “Away from me! My calamity has not befallen you and you are not aware of it.”

The woman was later told that it was the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (who had advised her). She came to his door where she found no doorkeeper. She said, “(I am sorry) I did not know you.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Patience is (becoming) only at the first (stroke) of grief”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘I have no reward other than Jannah for a believing slave of Mine who remains patient for My sake when I take away his beloved one from among the inhabitants of the world’.”

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about pestilence and he said, “It is a punishment which Allah sends upon whomsoever He wills, but Allah has made it as a mercy to the believers. Anyone who remains in a town which is plagued with pestilence maintaining patience expecting the reward from Allah, and knowing that nothing will befall him other than what Allah has foreordained for him, he would receive a reward of Shaheed”.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Allah, the Glorious and Exalted said: ‘When I afflict my slave in his two dear things (i.e., his eyes), and he endures patiently, I shall compensate him for them with Jannah.’.”

Ibn Abbas (radiyallahu anhum) asked him whether he would like that he should show him a woman who is from the people Jannah. When he replied that he certainly would, he said, “This black woman, who came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, ‘I suffer from epilepsy and during fits my body is exposed, so make supplication to Allah for me.’

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied: ‘If you wish you endure it patiently and you be rewarded with Jannah, or if you wish, I shall make supplication to Allah to cure you?’

She said, ‘I shall endure it.’ Then she added: ‘But my body is exposed, so pray to Allah that it may not happen.’ He (Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) then supplicated for her”.

I can still recall as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) resembling one of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) s whose people scourged him and shed his blood, while he wiped blood from his face, he said: “O Allah! Forgive my people, because they certainly do not know”.

“Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience”.

I visited the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when he was suffering fever. I said, “You seem to be suffering greatly, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Yes, I suffer as much as two persons.”

I said, “Is that because you have a double reward?” He replied that that was so and then said, “No Muslim is afflicted by a harm, be it the pricking of a thorn or something more (painful than that), but Allah thereby causes his sins to fall away just as a tree sheds its leaves”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “He whom Allah intends good, He makes him to suffer from some affliction”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Let not one of you wish for death because of a misfortune which befalls him. If he cannot help doing so, he should say: ‘O Allah, keep me alive as long as You know that life is better for me, and make me die when death is better for me’.”

We complained to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) regarding the persecution inflicted upon us by the disbelievers while he was lying in the shade of the Kabah, having made a pillow of his cloak. We submitted: “Why do you not supplicate for our prevalence (over the opponents)?”.

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Among those people before you, a man would be seized and held in a pit dug for him in the ground and he would be sawed into two halves from his head, and his flesh torn away from his bones with an iron comb; but, in spite of this, he would not wean away from his Faith. By Allah, Allah will bring this matter to its consummation until a rider will travel from Sana to Hadramout fearing none except Allah, and except the wolf for his sheep, but you are in too much of a hurry”.

After the battle of Hunain, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) favoured some people in the distribution of spoils (for consolation). He gave Al-Aqra ibn Habis and Uyainah ibn Hisn a hundred camels each and showed favour also to some more honourable persons among the Arabs.

Someone said: “This division is not based on justice and it was not intended to win the Pleasure of Allah.” I said to myself: “By Allah! I will inform Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) of this.” I went to him and informed him.

His face became red and he said, “Who will do justice if Allah and His Messenger do not?” Then he said, “May Allah have mercy on (Prophet) Musa (Moses); he was caused more distress than this but he remained patient.” Having heard this I said to myself: “I shall never convey anything of this kind to him in future”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When Allah intends good for His slave, He punishes him in this world, but when He intends an evil for His slave, He does not hasten to take him to task but calls him to account on the Day of Resurrection.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.”.

I was sitting with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when two men began to quarrel and curse each other and the face of one of them turned red and the veins of his neck were swollen (from rage).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I know of a word, if he were to utter that, his rage would vanish and that is: Audhu billahi minash-Shaitan nir-rajim (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed).”

So they (Companions) said to him: “The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) tells you to utter: ‘I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The one who suppresses anger and has the power to give effect to it, will be called out by Allah, the Exalted, to the forefront of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection and he will be asked to choose any of the virgins (Hur) of his liking”.

A man asked the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) for an advice and he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not get angry”. The man repeated that several times and he replied, “Do not get angry”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Muslim, male or female, continues to remain under trial in respect of his life, property and offspring until he faces Allah, the Exalted, with no sin record”.

Uyainah ibn Hisn came to Al-Madinah and stayed with his nephew Hurr ibn Qais who was among those whom Umar (radiyallahu anhu) showed favour to. The knowledgeable people (Qurra), whether they were old or young, had the privilege of joining Umar’s council and he used to consult them.

Uyainah said to Hurr: “My nephew, the Leader of the Believers shows favour to you. Will you obtain permission for me to sit with him?” Hurr asked Umar and he accorded permission. When Uyainah came into the presence of Umar, he addressed him thus: “O son of Khattab, you neither bestow much on us nor deal with us justly.” Umar (radiyallahu anhu) got angry and was about to beat him up when Hurr said: “O Leader of the Believers, Allah said to His Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): ‘ Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e., don’t punish them).’

(Al-A’raf 7:199) This one is from the ignorants. When Hurr recited this, Umar became quite motionless in his seat. He always adhered strictly to the Book of Allah.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You will see after me favouritism and things which you will disapprove of.” They submitted: “What do you order us to do (under such circumstances)?” He replied, “Discharge your obligations and ask your rights from Allah”.

A person from among the Ansar said, “O Messenger of Allah! You appointed such and such person and why do you not appoint me?” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “After me you will see others given preference to you, but you should remain patient till you meet me at the Haud (Al- Kauthar in Jannah)”.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) at one time when he confronted the enemy, and was waiting for the sun to set, stood up and said, “O people! Do not long for encountering the enemy and supplicate to Allah to grant you security. But when you face the enemy, show patience and steadfastness; and keep it in mind that Jannah lies under the shade of the swords.”

Then he invoked Allah, saying, “O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the Confederates, put our enemy to rout and help us in over-powering them”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to vice and vice leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar”..

I remember (these words) from Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): “Give up what is doubtful to you for that which is not doubtful; for truth is peace of mind and falsehood is doubt”.

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) told (us): “Worship Allah Alone and do not associate a thing with Him; and give up all that your ancestors said. ‘He also commands us to perform Salat (prayers), to speak the truth, to observe modesty and to strengthen the ties of kinship.’”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “He who asks Allah for martyrdom, Allah will raise him to the high status of the martyrs, even if he dies on his bed”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear to each other (i.e., the seller and the buyer speak the truth, the seller with regard to what is purchased, and the buyer with regard to the money) they will be blessed in their transaction, but if they conceal anything and lie, the blessing on their transaction will be eliminated.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people”.

One day, I was riding behind the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when he said, “O boy! I will instruct you in some matters. Be watchful of Allah (Commandments of Allah), He will preserve you. Safeguard His Rights, He will be ever with you. If you beg, beg of Him Alone; and if you need assistance, supplicate to Allah Alone for help.

And remember that if all the people gather to benefit you, they will not be able to benefit you except that which Allah had foreordained (for you); and if all of them gather to do harm to you, they will not be able to afflict you with anything other than that which Allah had pre-destined against you. The pens had been lifted and the ink had dried up”.

You indulge in (bad) actions which are more insignificant to you than a hair while we considered them at the time of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to be great destroying sins.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Verily, ‘Allah, the Exalted, becomes angry, and His Anger is provoked when a person does what Allah has declared unlawful’.’

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A wise man is the one who calls himself to account (and refrains from doing evil deeds) and does noble deeds to benefit him after death; and the foolish person is the one who subdues himself to his temptations and desires and seeks from Allah the fulfillment of his vain desires”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is from the excellence of (a believer’s) Islam that he should shun that which is of no concern to him”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No man shall be asked for the reason of beating his wife”.

It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most honourable amongst mankind?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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 (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the son of Allah’s Prophet, who was the son of the Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), who was the son of the Khalil of Allah (i.e., Ibrahim (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam))” 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”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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”.

“Allahumma inni asalukal-huda wat- tuqa wal-‘afafa wal-ghina (O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and self- sufficiency)’.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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)”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) during the sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage saying, “Be mindful of your duty to Allah; perform your five daily Salat, observe Saum during the month (of Ramadan), pay the Zakat on your properties and obey your leaders; (if you do so) you will enter the Jannah of your Rubb”.

“O Allah! To You I have submitted, and in You do I believe, and in You I put my trust, to You do I turn, and for You I argued. O Allah, I seek refuge with You through Your Power; there is none worthy of worship except You Alone; that You safeguard me against going astray. You are the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists; the One Who never dies, whereas human beings and jinn will all die”.

When (Prophet) Ibrahim (Abraham) was thrown into the fire, he said: “Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and, He is the Best Disposer of affairs.” So did Messenger of Allah Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when he was told: “A great army of the pagans had gathered against him, so fear them”. But this (warning) only increased him and the Muslims in Faith and they said: “Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for us)”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A group of people (both men and women) whose hearts will be like the hearts of birds, will enter Jannah”. It has been interpreted that such people are those who put their trust in Allah; another interpretation is that these people are tender- hearted.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: “If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked me to recite whenever I go to bed: “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wal-jatu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta (O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned my face to You, entrusted my affairs to You; and committed my back to You out of desire for You and fear of You; expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment).

There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet You have sent.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said that if anyone recited these words and died that night, he would die in the true religion. In case he remains alive till morning, he will obtain good. and let these words be your last.

When Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and I were in the cave of Thaur and I saw the feet of the polytheists who were above us at the mouth of the cave (on the eve of the Emigration), I submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! If one of them were to look down below his feet, he would see us”. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two whose third is Allah”.

Whenever the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stepped out of his house, he would say, “Bismillah, tawakkaltu ‘alallah. Allahumma inni audhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw uzlama, aw ajhala aw yujhala ‘alayya’. ‘.’’”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever says (upon leaving his house): ‘Bismillah, tawakkaltu ‘alallah, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. Abu Dawud reported it with this addition: ‘One devil will say to another: ‘How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended and protected?’.’’’”

There were two brothers in the days of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). One of them used to attend the Prophet’s circle (to acquire knowledge) and the other used to earn their living). Once the latter complained to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) against the former (for not earning his living). He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Perhaps you are being provided because of him”.

I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me something of Islam which I will not ask anyone else about it.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Say, ‘I believe in Allah’ and then be steadfast”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Follow the Right Path of Faith strictly, and be steadfast; and keep in mind that none of you can achieve salvation through his (good) actions.” Someone asked, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Not even me, unless Allah grants me His Mercy and Grace”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Be prompt in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence which would be like a part of the dark night. A man would be a believer in the morning and turn to disbelief in the evening, or he would be a believer in the evening and turn disbeliever in the morning, and would sell his Faith for worldly goods.”.

Once I performed the Asr prayer in Al-Madinah behind the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) got up quickly after finishing the prayer with Taslim, and stepping over the people, went to one of the rooms of his wives. The people were startled at his haste, and when he came out and saw their astonishment at his urgency he said, “I recalled that there was left with me some gold which was meant for charity; I did not like to keep it any longer, so I gave orders that it should be distributed”.

In another narration, Messenger of Allah said, “I had left some gold for Sadaqah in the house, and did not wish to keep it overnight”.

A man, said to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) during the battle of Uhud: “Tell me where I shall be if I am killed”. When he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied that he would be in Jannah, the man threw away some dates which he had in his hand and fought until he was killed.

There came a man to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, which charity is the most rewardable?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “That you should give charity (in a state when you are) healthy and stingy and fear poverty, hoping to become rich (charity in such a state of health and mind is the best).

And you must not defer (charity to such a length) that you are about to die and would be saying: ‘This is for so-and-so, and this for so-and-so.’ Lo! It has already come into (the possession of) so-and- so”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) took up a sword on the day of the battle of Uhud and said, “Who will take this sword from me?” Everyone stretched forth his hand saying: “I will take it; I will take it”.

He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “Who will take it with its full responsibility (i.e., to use it to fight Allah’s enemies with it)?” The Companions hesitated.

Abu Dujanah (radiyallahu anhu) said: “I shall take it;” and with it he cracked the skulls of the pagans.

We went to Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu anhu) and complained to him of suffering at the hands of Al-Hajjaj. He replied: “Show endurance, for no time will come but will be followed by one worse (than the present one) till you meet your Rubb. I heard this from your Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Hasten to do good deeds before you are overtaken by one of the seven afflictions.” Then (giving a warning) he said, “Are you waiting for such poverty which will make you unmindful of devotion; or prosperity which will make you corrupt, or disease as will disable you, or such senility as will make you mentally unstable, or sudden death, or Ad-Dajjal who is the worst expected absent, or the Hour, and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter”.

On the day of the battle of Khaibar, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I shall hand over this banner to one who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah will give us victory through him.”

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said: “I had never longed for leadership but that day I expected that I might be called for. However, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) called Ali ibn Abu Talib (radiyallahu anhu) and handed the banner to him and said, ‘Go forth and do not turn around till Allah bestows victory upon you’. (On hearing this) Ali proceeded a little and then halted and without turning around inquired in a loud voice: ‘O Messenger of Allah, for what shall I fight them?’

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, ‘Go on fighting till they affirm that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). If they admit that, their lives and their properties will be secured, subject to their obligations according to Islam, and they will be answerable to Allah’.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah the Exalted has said: ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (prayer or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him.

When I love him I become his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks (something) from Me, I give him, and if he asks My Protection (refuge), I protect him’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah says: ‘ When a slave of Mine draws near to Me a span, I draw near to him a cubit; and if he draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.’”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There are two blessings in which many people incur loss. (They are) health and free time (for doing good)”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would stand (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, “Why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”.

With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would pray all the night, and would keep his family awake for the prayers. He tied his lower garment (i.e., avoided sleeping with his wives) and devoted himself entirely to prayer and supplication.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A strong believer is better and dearer to Allah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: ‘If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such,’ but say only: ‘Allah so determined and did as He willed.’ The word ‘if’ opens the gates of satanic thoughts”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said. “The (Hell) Fire is surrounded with all kinds of desires and passions, while Jannah is surrounded with adversities.”.

One night I joined the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in his (optional) Salat. He prolonged the standing so much that I thought of doing something evil. He was asked: “What did you intend to do?” He replied: “To sit down and leave him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Three follow a dead body: members of his family, his possessions and his deeds. Two of them return and one remains with him. His family and his possessions return; his deeds remain with him”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Jannah is nearer to anyone of you than your shoe-lace, and so is the (Hell) Fire”.

I used to spend my night in the company of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and used to put up water for his ablutions. One day he said to me, “Ask something of me.” I said: “I request for your companionship in Jannah”. He inquired, “Is there anything else?” I said, “That is all.” He said, “Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Perform Salah more often. For every prostration that you perform before Allah will raise your position one degree and will remit one of your sins”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The best of people is one whose life is long and his conduct is good”.

When the Ayah enjoining Sadaqah (charity) was revealed,* we used to carry loads on our backs to earn something that we could give away in charity. One person presented a considerable amount for charity and the hypocrites said: “He has done it to show off.”

Another one gave away a few Sa of dates and they said: “Allah does not stand in need of this person’s dates”. Thereupon, it was revealed: “Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allah’s Cause) voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity (in Allah’s Cause) except what is available to them…” (At-Tawbah 9:79).* This is the version of Al-Bukhari.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah excuses and grants forgiveness to a person until he attains the age of sixty years”.

Allah the Rubb of honour and glory sent Revelation to His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) more frequently before his death than at any other time.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Every one will be raised in the condition in which he dies”.

I asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Which action is the best?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Faith in Allah and Jihad in the way of Allah.” I asked: “Which neck (slave) is best (for emancipation)?”

He said, “That which is dearest of them in price and most valuable of them to its masters”. I asked: “If I cannot afford (it)?” He said, “Then help a labourer or work for one who is disabled”.

I asked: “If I cannot do (it)?” He said, “You should restrain yourself from doing wrong to people, because it (serves as) charity which you bestow upon yourself”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When you get up in the morning, charity is due from every one of your joints. There is charity in every ascription of glory to Allah; there is charity in every declaration of His Greatness; there is charity in every utterance of praise of Him; there is charity in every declaration that He is the only true God (worthy of worship); there is charity in enjoining good; there is charity in forbidding evil. Two Rakah of Duha (Forenoon prayer) is equal to all this (in reward)”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The deeds of my people, good and bad, were presented before me, and I found the removal of harmful objects from the road among their good deeds, and phlegm which might be in a mosque left unburied among their evil deeds”.

Some people said to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): “O Messenger of Allah, the rich have taken away (all the) reward. They observe Salat (prayers) as we do; and give Sadaqah (charity) out of their surplus wealth.” Upon this he (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “Has Allah not prescribed for you (a course) following which you can (also) give Sadaqah?

In every declaration of the glorification of Allah (i.e., saying Subhan Allah) there is a Sadaqah, and in every Takbir (i.e., saying Allahu Akbar) is a Sadaqah, and in every celebration of praise (saying Al-hamdu lillah) is a Sadaqah, and in every declaration that He is One (La ilaha illallah) is a Sadaqah, and in enjoining of good is a Sadaqah, and in forbidding evil is a Sadaqah, and in man’s sexual intercourse (with his wife) there is a Sadaqah.”

They (the Companions) said: “O Messenger of Allah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual need among us?” He said, “You see, if he were to satisfy it with something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to satisfy it legally, he should be rewarded”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother (Muslim) with a cheerful face”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Every day the sun rises charity (Sadaqah) is due on every joint of a person: you administer justice between two men is a charity; and assisting a man to mount his beast, or helping him load his luggage on it is a charity; and a good word is a charity; and every step that you take (towards the mosque) for Salat (prayer) is a charity and removing harmful things from the road is a charity”.

In Muslim, it is reported on the authority of Aishah (radiyallahu anha) that Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Everyone of the children of Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allah (i.e., saying Allahu Akbar), praises Allah (i.e., Al-hamdu lillah), declares Allah to be One (i.e., La ilaha illallah), glorifies Allah, and seeks forgiveness from Allah (i.e., Astaghfirullah), and removes stone, or thorn, or bone from people’s path, and enjoins good and forbids evil, to the number of those three hundred and sixty, will walk that day having rescued himself from Hell”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who goes to the mosque at dawn or dusk (for Salat), Allah prepares a hospitable abode for him in Jannah, every time when he walks to it or comes back from it”.

O Muslim women, never belittle any gift you give your neighbour even if it is a hoof of a sheep.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Iman has over seventy branches – or over sixty branches – the uppermost of which is the declaration: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’; and the least of which is the removal of harmful object from the road, and modesty is a branch of Iman.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I saw a man going about in Jannah (and enjoying himself) as a reward for cutting from the middle of the road, a tree which was causing inconvenience to the Muslims”.

Another narration says: “A man who passed by a branch of a tree leaning over a road and decided to remove it, saying to himself, ‘By Allah! I will remove from the way of Muslims so that it would not harm them.’ On account of this he was admitted to Jannah”. According to the narration in Al-Bukhari and Muslim: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “While a man was walking, he saw a thorny branch on the road, so he removed it and Allah appreciated his action and forgave him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who performs his Wudu perfectly and comes to Jumuah prayer and listens (to the Khutbah) silently, the sins which he has committed since the previous Friday plus three more days (i.e., 10 days) will be forgiven for him. One who distracts himself with pebbles during the Khutbah will not get the (Jumuah) reward”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a Muslim or a believer washes his face (in the course of Wudu), every sin he has committed with his eyes is washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought is erased from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet walked is washed away with water, or with the last drop of water, with the result that he comes out cleansed of all sins”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The five (daily) Salat (prayers), and from one Jumuah prayer to the (next) Jumuah prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals); provided the major sins are not committed”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Should I not direct you to something by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates (your) ranks.” They said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah”. He said, “Performing Wudu properly, even in difficulty, frequently going to the mosque, and waiting eagerly for the next Salat (prayer) after a Salat is over; indeed, that is Ar- Ribat”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who observes the Fajr and Asr (prayers) will enter Jannah.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a slave of Allah suffers from illness or sets on a journey, he is credited with the equal of whatever good works he used to do when he was healthy or at home”.

Jabir (radiyallahu anhu) reported that he heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Every good deed is charity”. Muslim has reported the same on the authority of Hudhayfah (radiyallahu anhu).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a Muslim plants a tree, whatever is eaten from it is charity from him and whatever is stolen is charity and whatever is subtracted from it is charity”. Another narration says: “If a Muslim plants a tree, or sows a field and men and beasts and birds eat from it, all of it is charity from him”.

The tribe Banu Salimah wanted to move nearer to the mosque. On learning this Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to them, “I heard that you intend to move nearer to the mosque”. They said, “That is so, O Messenger of Allah, we do want to do that”. He said, “O Banu Salimah, keep to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded”.

There was a man, and I do not know of any other man whose house was farther than his from the mosque, and he never missed Salat (in congregation). It was said to him (or I said to him): “If you buy a donkey you could ride it in the dark nights and in the burning sand.”

He said: “I do not like my house to be by the side of the mosque, for I (eagerly) desire that my steps towards the mosque and back from it should be recorded when I return to my family.” Upon this Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah has granted you all the rewards for you”. Another narration says: “You will get the reward for what you have anticipated”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There are forty kinds of virtue; the uppermost of them is to lend a (milch) she-goat (to someone in order to benefit from it and then return it). He who practices any of these virtues expecting its reward and relying on the truthfulness of the promise made for it, shall enter Jannah.”.

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Protect yourself from (Hell) Fire, by giving of half of a date (in charity)”. In another narration Adi ibn Hatim (radiyallahu anhu) reported Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: “Allah will surely speak with everyone of you without an interpreter. He (the man) will look at his right side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before, and he will look to his left side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before.

Then he will look in front of him and will find nothing but Hell-fire facing him. So protect (yourselves) from (Hell) Fire, by giving in charity even half a date; and if he does not finds it, then with a kind word”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah will be pleased with His slave who praises Him (i.e., says Al-hamdu lillah) when he eats and praises Him when he drinks”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came in when a woman was sitting beside me. He asked me, “Who is she?” I said: “She is the one whose performance of Salat (prayer) has become the talk of the town.”

Addressing her, he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “(What is this!) You are required to take upon yourselves only what you can carry out easily. By Allah, Allah does not withhold His Mercy and forgiveness of you until you neglect and give up (good works). Allah likes the deeds best which a worshipper can carry out constantly”.

Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to inquire about the worship of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). When they were informed, they considered their worship insignificant and said: “Where are we in comparison with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) while Allah has forgiven his past sins and future sins”.

One of them said: “As for me, I shall offer Salat all night long.” Another said: “I shall observe Saum (fasting) continuously and shall not break it”. Another said: “I shall abstain from women and shall never marry”. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came to them and said, “Are you the people who said such and such things?

By Allah, I fear Allah more than you do, and I am most obedient and dutiful among you to Him, but still I observe fast and break it; perform Salat and sleep at night and take wives. So whoever turns away from my Sunnah does not belong to me”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Ruined are those who insist on hardship in matters of the Faith.” He repeated this three times.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The religion (of Islam) is easy, and whoever makes the religion a rigour, it will overpower him. So, follow a middle course (in worship); if you can’t do this, do something near to it and give glad tidings and seek help (of Allah) at morn and at dusk and some part of night”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came into the mosque and noticed a rope stretched between two poles. He enquired, “What is this rope for?” He was told: “This is Zainab’s rope. When during her voluntary prayer, she begins to feel tired, she grasps it for support”. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Untie it. You should perform prayers so long as you feel active. When you feel tired, you should go to sleep”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When one of you feels drowsy during prayer, let him lie down till drowsiness goes away from him, because when one of you performs prayers while feeling sleepy, he does not know whether he seeks forgiveness or abuses himself”.

I used to perform prayer with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his Salat was of a moderate length and his Khutbah too was moderate in length.

While the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was delivering Khutbah (religious talk), he noticed a man who was standing, so he asked about him and was told that he was Abu Israel who had taken a vow to remain standing and not sit, or go into the shade, or speak while observing fasting. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Tell him to speak, to go into the shade, to sit and to complete his fast”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Should anyone fall asleep at night and fail to recite his portion of the Qur’an, or a part of it, if he recites it between the Fajr prayer and the Zuhr prayer, it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me, “O Abdullah! Do not be like so-and-so. He used to get up at night for optional prayer but abandoned it later.”.

When Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) missed the optional night Salat (Tahajjud) due to pain or any other reason, he would perform twelve Rakah during the day time.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not ask me unnecessarily about the details of the things which I do not mention to you. Verily, the people before you were doomed because they were used to putting many questions to their Prophets and had differences about their Prophets. Refrain from what I forbid you and do what I command you to the best of your ability and capacity”.

One day Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) delivered us a very eloquent Khutbah on account of which eyes shed tears and hearts were full of tears. A man said: “O Prophet of Allah, this is as if it were a parting advice. So advise us”.

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I admonish you to fear Allah, to listen and obey even if an Abyssinian slave is appointed as your leader. Because whosoever among you shall live after me, will see much discord. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the examples of the Rightly- Guided Caliphs who will come after me. Adhere to them and hold to it fast. Beware of new things (in Deen) because every Bidah is a misguidance”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Everyone of my Ummah will enter Jannah except those who refuse”. He was asked: “Who will refuse?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever obeys me, shall enter Jannah, and whosoever disobeys me, refuses to (enter Jannah)”.

My father said that a person ate in the presence of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) with his left hand. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Eat with your right hand”. He said, “I cannot do that.” Thereupon he (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “May you never do that.” It was pride that prevented him from doing it. And he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Straighten your rows (during Salat) or Allah would create dissension amongst you”. In another narration reported by Muslim, An-Numan ibn Bashir (radiyallahu anhum) narrated: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to straighten our rows (in Salat), as if he was straightening an arrow with their help until he saw that we had learnt it from him.

One day he came out, stood up (for Salat) and was about to say: Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest), (marking the beginning of the prayer) when he saw a man, whose chest was bulging out from the row.

He said, “Slaves of Allah, you must straighten your rows or Allah would create dissension amongst you.”

A house in Al- Madinah caught fire at night and the roof and walls fell down upon the occupants. When this was reported to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) he said, “Fire is your enemy; so put it out before you go to bed”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The similitude of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like a rain which has fallen on some ground. A fertile part of earth has absorbed water and brought forth much grass and herbs. Another part, which is solid, held the water and Allah benefits men thereby, who drank and gave others to drink, and used it for irrigation.

But some of it has fallen on a portion of sandy land which neither retains the water nor produces herbage. Such is the likeness of the man who understands the religion of Allah and who gets benefit of what Allah has sent me with; he learns and teaches others. It is also the likeness of the man who neither raises his head on that account (meaning he does not benefit from what the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was sent with) nor accepts Allah’s Guidance with which I am sent”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “My parable and that of yours is like a man who kindled a fire. When it has illuminated all around him, the moths and grasshoppers began to fall therein. He tried to push them away, but they overcame him and jumped into it. I am catching hold of your waists ties (to save you) from fire, but you slip away from my hands”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded the licking of fingers (after eating) and the cleaning of the dish, saying: “You do not know in what portion the Blessing (of Allah) lies”.

In another narration, Jabir said: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a morsel of any of you falls down, you should pick it up and remove any dirt or dust on it and then eat it; and don’t leave it for Satan; and do not wipe your hand with the towel until you have licked your fingers, for you do not know in what portion of the food the Barakah* (of Allah) lies”.* Barakah is the abundance of goodness and its continuity.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection you will be assembled barefooted, naked and uncircumcised”. He then recited: “As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it,” and continued: “The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be (Prophet) Ibrahim.

Then some of my Companions will be taken to the left, (i.e., towards Hell-fire) and when I will say, ‘They belong to my Ummah, O my Rubb!’ It would be said: ‘You do not know what they invented after you had left them.’ I shall then say as the righteous slave.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited flicking pebbles by the index finger and the thumb; and he said, “It does not kill a game animal nor does it inflict wound on the enemy, but breaks the tooth and gorges the eye”.

I saw Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiyallahu anhu) kissing the Black Stone (Al-Hajar Al-Aswad) and saying: “I know that you are just a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor give benefit. Had I not seen Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you, I would not have kissed you”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If anyone introduces in our matter something which does not belong to it, will be rejected”. The narration in Muslim says: “If anybody introduces a practice which is not authenticated by me, it is to be rejected”.

Whenever the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) delivered a Khutbah, his eyes would become red, his tone loud and he showed anger as if he were warning us against an army. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would say, “The enemy is about to attack you in the morning and the enemy is advancing against you in the evening”.

He would further say, “I am sent with the final Hour like these two fingers of mine.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) held up his index finger and the middle finger together to illustrate. He used to add: “To proceed, the best speech is the Book of Allah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the worst practice is the introduction of new practices in Islam and every Bidah is a misguidance”.

He would also say, “I am, in respect of rights, nearer to every believer than his own self. He who leaves an estate, it belongs to his heirs, and he who leaves a debt, it is my responsibility to pay it off.”. Same Hadith as reported by Irbad ibn Sariyah (radiyallahu anhu) has already been recorded in the previous chapter regarding safeguarding the Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).(See Hadith number 158)

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The first son of Adam* takes a share of the guilt of every one who murders another wrongfully because he was the initiator of committing murder”.* The son of Adam in the Hadith is said to be Qabil. Allah tells us about his story in Surat Al-Maidah (The Table spread with Food). Verses 27-31.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If anyone calls others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those who follow him (in righteousness) without their reward being diminished in any respect, and if anyone invites others to follow error, the sin, will be equivalent to that of the people who follow him (in sinfulness) without their sins being diminished in any respect”.

A young man from the tribe of Aslam said, “O Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), I wish to fight (in the Cause of Allah) but I do not have anything to equip myself with (for fighting)”.

He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “Go to so- and-so, for he had equipped himself (for fighting) but he fell ill.” So he (the young man) went to him and said, “Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sends you his greetings and says that you should give me the equipment that you have provided yourself with.”

The man said (to his wife or servant): “O so-and-so, give him the equipment I have collected for myself and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah, if you withhold anything from him, we will not be blessed therein”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who equips a warrior in the way of Allah (will get the reward of the one who has actually gone for Jihad); and he who looks after the family of a warrior in the way of Allah will get the reward of the one who has gone for Jihad”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sent a detachment to Banu Lahyan tribe and remarked, “Let one of every two men get ready to advance, and both will earn the same reward”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came across a party of mounted men at Ar-Rauha and asked them, “Who are you?” They answered: “We are Muslims, and who are you?” He said, “I am the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).” A woman from among them lifted a boy up to him and asked: “Can this one go on Hajj?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Yes, and you will have the reward.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The honest Muslim trustee who carries out duties assigned to him (in another narration he said, ‘Who gives’), and he gives that in full, with his heart overflowing with cheerfulness, to whom he is ordered, he is one of the two givers of charity”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Ad-Deen is sincerity”. We said: “For whom?” He replied, “For Allah, His Book, His Messenger and for the leaders of the Muslims and their masses”.

I made my covenant with Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) on the observance of Salat, payment of Zakat, and giving counsel to Muslim..

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one of you becomes a true believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Never a Prophet had been sent before me by Allah to his people but he had, among his people, (his) disciples and companions, who followed his ways and obeyed his command. Then there came after them their successors who proclaimed what they did not practise, and practised what they were not commanded to do.

And (he) who strove against them with his hand is a believer; he who strove against them with his heart is a believer; and he who strove against them with his tongue is a believer; and beyond that there is no grain of Faith”.

We swore allegiance to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to hear and obey; in time of difficulty and in prosperity, in hardship and in ease, to endure being discriminated against and not to dispute about rule with those in power, except in case of evident infidelity regarding which there is a proof from Allah. We swore allegiance to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to say what was right wherever we were, and not to fear from anyone’s reproach.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The likeness of the man who observes the limits prescribed by Allah and that of the man who transgresses them is like the people who get on board a ship after casting lots. Some of them are in its lower deck and some of them in its upper (deck). Those who are in its lower (deck), when they require water, go to the occupants of the upper deck, and say to them: ‘If we make a hole in the bottom of the ship, we shall not harm you.’

If they (the occupants of the upper deck) leave them to carry out their design they all will be drowned. But if they do not let them go ahead (with their plan), all of them will remain safe”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You will have rulers some of whom you approve and some of whom you will disapprove. He who dislikes them will be safe, and he who expresses disapproval will be safe, but he who is pleased and follows them (will be indeed sinful)”. His audience asked: “Shall we not fight them?” He replied, “No, as long as they establish Salat amongst you”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came to visit me one day frightened and he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “La ilaha illallah (There is no true God but Allah). Woe to the Arabs because of an evil which has drawn near! Today an opening of this size has been made in the barrier restraining Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog people).”

And he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made a circle with his thumb and index finger. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Shall we perish while still there will be righteous people among us?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Yes, when wickedness prevails”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Beware of sitting on roads (ways).” The people said: “We have but them as sitting places.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If you have to sit there, then observe the rights of the way”.

They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “To lower your gaze (on seeing what is illegal to look at), and (removal of harmful objects), returning greetings, enjoining good and forbidding wrong”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saw a man wearing a gold ring. So he (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) pulled it off and threw it away, saying, “One of you takes a live coal, and puts it on his hand.” It was said to the man after Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had left: “Take your ring (of gold) and utilize it,” whereupon he said: “No, by Allah, I would never take it when Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has thrown it away”.

‘Aidh ibn Amr (the Companion) (radiyallahu anhu) visited Ubaidullah ibn Ziyad (the ruler) and said to him: ‘Son, I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, ‘The worst shepherds (rulers) are those who deal harshly in respect of supervision. Beware, Don’t be one of them!’’

Ibn Ziyad said to him, ‘Sit down, you are but husk from among the Companions of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).’ ‘Aidh ibn Amr (radiyallahu anhu) retorted: ‘Was there any husk among them? Surely, husk came after them and among others than them’.’’

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, you either enjoin good and forbid evil, or Allah will certainly soon send His punishment to you. Then you will make supplication and it will not be accepted”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler.”.

A person asked the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (when he had just put his foot in the stirrup): “What is the highest form of Jihad?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Speaking the truth in the presence of a tyrant ruler”.

“O you people! You recite this Verse: ‘O you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance.’”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be cast into Hell, and his intestines will pour forth and he will go round them as a donkey goes round a millstone. The inmates of Hell will gather round him and say: ‘What has happened to you, O so-and-so? Were you not enjoining us to do good and forbidding us to do evil?’

He will reply: ‘I was enjoining you to do good, but was not doing it myself; and I was forbidding you to do evil, but was doing it myself’.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There are three signs of a hypocrite: When he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he betrays his trust.”. Another narration adds the words: ‘Even if he observes fasts, performs Salat and asserts that he is a Muslim’.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you. It incited them to shed blood and treat the unlawful as lawful.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “On the Resurrection Day, the rights will be paid to those to whom they are due so much so that a hornless sheep will be retaliated for by punishing the horned sheep which broke its horns”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever usurps unlawfully even a hand span of land a collar measuring seven times (this) land will be placed around his neck on the Day of Resurrection”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah gives respite to the oppressor. But when He seizes him, He does not let him escape.” Then he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) recited, “Such is the Seizure of your Rubb when He seizes the (population of) towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His Seizure is painful (and) severe”. (Hud 11:102).

“You will go to the people of the Book. First call them to testify that ‘there is no true god except Allah, that I am (Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).’ If they obey you, tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five Salat (prayers) during the day and night; and if they obey you, inform them that Allah has made Zakat obligatory upon them; that it should be collected from their rich and distributed among their poor; and if they obey you refrain from picking up (as a share of Zakat) the best of their wealth. Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) employed a man from the tribe of Al-Azd named Ibn Lutbiyyah as collector of Zakat. When the employee returned (with the collections) he said: “(O Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)!) This is for you and this is mine because it was presented to me as gift.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) rose to the pulpit and praised Allah and extolled Him.

Then he said, “I employ a man to do a job and he comes and says: ‘This is for you and this has been presented to me as gift’? Why did he not remain in the house of his father or the house of his mother and see whether gifts will be given to him or not? By Allah in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, if any one of you took anything wrongfully, he will bring it on the Day of Resurrection, carrying it on (his back), I will not recognize anyone of you, on the Day of Resurrection with a grunting camel, or a bellowing cow, or a bleating ewe.”

Then he raised his hands till we could see the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said thrice, “O Allah! have I conveyed (Your Commandments)”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who has done a wrong affecting his brother’s honour or anything else, let him ask his forgiveness today before the time (i.e., the Day of Resurrection) when he will have neither a dinar nor a dirham. If he has done some good deeds, a portion equal to his wrong doings will be subtracted from them; but if he has no good deeds, he will be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he had wronged in the same proportion”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden”.

A man named Kirkirah, who was in charge of the personal effects of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) passed away and the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He is in the (Hell) Fire.” Some people went to his house looking for its cause and found there a cloak that he had stolen.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah decrees the (Hell) Fire and debars Jannah for the one who usurps the rights of a believer by taking a false oath.” One man asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Even if it should be for an insignificant thing?” He said, “Even if it be a stick of the Arak tree (i.e., the tree from which Miswak sticks are taken)”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whosoever among you is appointed by us to a position and he conceals from us even a needle or less, it will amount to misappropriation and he will be called upon to restore it on the Day of Resurrection”.

(Adi ibn Umairah added:) A black man from the Ansar stood up – I can see him still – and said: “O Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment.” He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “What has happened to you?”

The man replied: “I have heard you saying such and such.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I say that even now: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position, he should render an account of everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom, he should take and he should desist from taking what is unlawful”.

On the day (of the battle) of Khaibar, some Companions of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came and remarked: “So-and-so is a martyr and so-and-so is a martyr”. When they came to a man about whom they said: “So-and-so is a martyr,” the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) declared, “No. I have seen him in Hell for a mantle (or cloak) which he has stolen”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do you know who is the bankrupt?” They said: “The bankrupt among us is one who has neither money with him nor any property”.

He said, “The real bankrupt of my Ummah would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrection with Salat, Saum and Sadaqah (charity), (but he will find himself bankrupt on that day as he will have exhausted the good deeds) because he reviled others, brought calumny against others, unlawfully devoured the wealth of others, shed the blood of others and beat others; so his good deeds would be credited to the account of those (who suffered at his hand).

If his good deeds fall short to clear the account, their sins would be entered in his account and he would be thrown in the (Hell) Fire”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, I am only a human and the claimants bring to me (their disputes); perhaps some of them are more eloquent than others. I judge according to what I hear from them). So, he whom I, by my judgment, (give the undue share) out of the right of a Muslim, I in fact give him a portion of (Hell) Fire”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A believer continues to guard his Faith (and thus hopes for Allah’s Mercy) so long as he does not shed blood unjustly”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Many people misappropriate (acquire wrongfully) Allah’s Property (meaning Muslims property). These people will be cast in Hell on the Day of Resurrection”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The relationship of the believer with another believer is like (the bricks of) a building, each strengthens the other.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) illustrated this by interlacing the fingers of both his hands.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever enters our mosque or passes through our market with arrows with him, he should hold them by their heads lest it should injure any of the Muslims”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) kissed his grandson Al-Hasan ibn Ali (May Allah bepleased with them) in the presence of Al-Aqra ibn Habis. Thereupon he remarked: “I have ten children and I have never kissed any one of them.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) looked at him and said, “He who does not show mercy to others will not be shown mercy”.

Some bedouins came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and asked: “Do you kiss your children?” He said, “Yes”. They then said: “By Allah, we do not kiss them.” The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “I cannot help you if Allah has snatched kindness from your hearts”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who is not merciful to people Allah will not be merciful to him.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When one of you leads the Salat, he should not prolong it because the congregation includes those who are feeble, ill or old”. One version adds: “those who have to attend to work”) While offering prayers alone, you may pray as long as you like.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would sometimes abstain from doing something he wished to do, lest others should follow him and it might become obligatory upon them.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited his Companions out of mercy for them, from observing continuous fasting without a break. They said: “But you observe fast continuously”. He replied, “I am not like you. I spend the night while my Rubb provides me with food and drink”.(This means that Allah has bestowed upon him the power of endurance like that of a person who eats and drinks).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I stand up to lead Salat with the intention of prolonging it. Then I hear the crying of an infant and I shorten the Salat lest I should make it burdensome for his mother”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When anyone offers the Fajr (dawn) prayer, in congregation, he is in the Protection of Allah. So let not Allah call him to account, withdrawing, in any respect, His Protection. Because, He will get hold of him and throw him down on his face in the Hell-fire.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim. So he should not oppress him nor should he hand him over to (his satan or to his self which is inclined to evil). Whoever fulfills the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever removes the troubles of his brother, Allah will remove one of his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever covers up the fault of a Muslim, Allah will cover up his fault on the Day of Resurrection”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Muslim is a brother to a Muslim. He should neither deceive him nor lie to him, nor leave him without assistance. Everything belonging to a Muslim is inviolable for a Muslim; his honour, his blood and property. Piety is here (and he pointed out to his chest thrice). It is enough for a Muslim to commit evil by despising his Muslim brother.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices by overbidding against one another; do not hate one another; do not harbour malice against one another; and do not enter into commercial transaction when others have entered into that (transaction); but be you, O slaves of Allah, as brothers.

A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim; he neither oppresses him nor does he look down upon him, nor does he humiliate him. Piety is here, (and he pointed to his chest three times). It is enough evil for a Muslim to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother-in-faith: his blood, his property and his honour”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one of you shall become a true believer until he desires for his brother what he desires for himself”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed”. A man enquired: “O Messenger of Allah! I help him when he is oppressed, but how can I help him when he is an oppressor?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You can keep him from committing oppression. That will be your help to him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A believer owes another believer five rights: responding to greetings, visiting him in illness, following his funeral, accepting his invitation, and saying ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (May Allah have mercy on you),’ when he says ‘Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah)’ after sneezing”. Muslim’s narration is, “There are six rights of a Muslim upon a Muslim: When you meet him, greet him; when he invites you, respond to him; when he seeks counsel, give him advice; when he sneezes and praises Allah, say to him: ‘May Allah have mercy on you (Yarhamuk-Allah)’; when he is sick, visit him; and when he dies, follow his funeral”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded us to observe seven things and forbade us seven. He ordered us to visit the sick; to follow funeral processions; to respond to a sneezer with ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (May Allah have mercy on you)’ when he says ‘Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah),’ to help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill their oaths, to accept invitation and to promote greeting.

He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in silver utensils, to use Mayathir (silk carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qassiy (a kind of silk cloth), and to wear fine silk brocade.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah will cover up on the Day of Resurrection the defects (faults) of the one who covers up the faults of the others in this world”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Every one of my followers will be forgiven except those who expose (openly) their wrongdoings. An example of this is that of a man who commits a sin at night which Allah has covered for him, and in the morning, he would say (to people): ‘I committed such and such sin last night,’ while Allah had kept it a secret. During the night Allah has covered it up but in the morning he tears up the cover provided by Allah Himself.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a slave-girl commits fornication and this fact of fornication has become evident, she must be given the penalty of (fifty) lashes without hurling reproaches at her; if she does it again, she must be given the penalty but she should not be rebuked. If she does it for the third time, he should sell her, even for a rope woven from hair (i.e., something worthless)”.

A man who had drunk wine was brought to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and he asked us to beat him; some struck him with their hands, some with their garments (making a whip) and some with their sandals. When he (the drunkard) had gone, some of the people said: “May Allah disgrace you!” He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “Do not say so. Do not help the devil against him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Muslim is a brother of (another) Muslim, he neither wrongs him nor does hand him over to one who does him wrong. If anyone fulfills his brother’s needs, Allah will fulfill his needs; if one relieves a Muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone covers up a Muslim (his sins), Allah will cover him up (his sins) on the Resurrection Day”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who removes from a believer one of his difficulties of this world, Allah will remove one of his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and he who finds relief for a hard-pressed person, Allah will make things easy for him on the Day of Resurrection; he who covers up (the faults and sins) of a Muslim, Allah will cover up (his faults and sins) in this world and in the Hereafter.

Allah supports His slave as long as the slave is supportive of his brother; and he who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allah makes that path easy, leading to Jannah for him; the people who assemble in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah, learning it and teaching, there descends upon them the tranquillity, and mercy covers them, the angels flock around them, and Allah mentions them in the presence of those near Him; and he who lags behind in doing good deeds, his noble lineage will not make him go ahead.”

Whenever a needy person would come to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he would turn to those who were present and say, “If you make intercession for him, you will be rewarded, because Allah decreed what He likes by the tongue of His Messenger”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to her, “It is better for you to go back to your husband.” She asked: “O Messenger of Allah, do you order me to do so.” He replied, “I only intercede” She then said: “I have no need for him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “On every joint of man, there is charity, on everyday when the sun rises: doing justice between two men is charity, and assisting a man to ride an animal or to load his luggage on it is charity; and a good word is charity, every step which one takes towards (the mosque for) Salat is charity, and removing harmful things from the way is charity”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘The person who (lies) in order to conciliate between people is not a liar, when he conveys good or says (something) good’. The narration in Muslim added: She said, “I never heard him (she meant the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) giving permission of lying in anything except in three (things): war, conciliating between people and the conversation of man with his wife and the conversation of a woman with her husband”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) heard the voices of altercation of two disputants at the door; both the voices were quite loud. One was asking the other to make his debts little (so that he could pay them) and was pleading with him to show leniency to him, whereupon the (other one) said: “By Allah, I will not do that”.

Then there came Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to them and said, “Where is he who swore by Allah that he would not do good?” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is me. Now he may do as he desires”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Shall I not inform you about the people of Jannah? It is every person who is, modest and humble (before Allah), a person who is accounted weak and is looked down upon but if he adjures Allah, Allah will certainly give him what he desires. Now shall I not inform you about the inmates of Hell? It is every violent, impertinent and proud man”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: There was a dispute between the Hell and Jannah. The Hell said: “The haughty and proud are my inmates.” Jannah said: “The modest and the humble are my residents”. Thereupon, Allah the Exalted and Glorious (addressing Jannah) said: “You are My Mercy, through you I shall show mercy to those whom I wish”.

(And addressing the Hell), He said: “You are (the means) of My punishment by which I shall punish such of My slaves as I wish and each one of you would have its fill”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, there will be brought forth a bulky person (person of noteworthy status) whose value to Allah will be less than that of the wing of a mosquito”.

A black woman (or probably a young man) used to clean the mosque. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) missed her (or him) and asked about her (or him). He was told that she (or he) had died.

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Why did you not inform me?” (It seemed as if) they (Companions) considered the matter insignificant. Then he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Show me her (or his) grave.” When it was shown to him, he offered (Janazah-funeral) prayer over it and said, “These graves cover those in them with darkness, and Allah illumines them for the inmates as a result of my supplication for them”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Many a person with shaggy and dusty hair, dusty and driven away from doors (because of their poverty and shabby clothes) were to swear by Allah (that something would happen), Allah will certainly make it happen”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I stood at the gate of Jannah, and (I saw) that the majority of those who entered it are the poor, and the wealthy were kept confined. The inmates of the Fire had been ordered to (enter) the Fire (Hell), and I stood at the gate of Hell and saw that the majority of its inmates are women”.

Six of us were with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when the infidels said to him: “Drive these ones away, lest they should begin to venture against us”. The six were, myself, Ibn Masud, a man of the Hudhail tribe, Bilal and two other men whose names I don’t know. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) thought what Allah wished him to think, and Allah revealed: “And turn not away those who invoke their Rubb, morning and afternoon seeking His Face.” (Al-An’am 6:52).

Abu Sufyan passed by Salman, Suhayb and Bilal and some other Companions (radiyallahu anhum). They said to him: “Did not the swords of Allah exact their due from the goes of Allah?”

Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) said to them: “Do you speak like this to the chief of the Quraish and their master?” Then he went to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and related this to him.

He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Abu Bakr, perhaps you have angered them. If so, you have angered your Rubb”. Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) went back to them and said: “Brothers, did I offend you?” They replied: “No. May Allah forgive you, brother”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I will be like this in Jannah with the person who takes care of an orphan”. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) raised his forefinger and middle finger by way of illustration.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who takes care of an orphan, whether he is his relative or a stranger, will be in Jannah with me like these two”. The narrator, Malik ibn Anas raised his forefinger and middle finger for illustration.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A Miskin (needy) is not the one who can be turned away with a date-fruit or two, or a morsel or two. The true Miskin is one who, despite his poverty, abstains from begging”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah.” The narrator said: I think that he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) added also: “I shall regard him as the one who stands up (for prayer) without rest and as the one who observes fasts continuously”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The worst food is the food of the marriage banquet from which those are left out who would like to come; and to which those are invited who refuse to come. He who rejects an invitation disobeys Allah and His Messenger”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever supports two girls till they attain maturity, he and I will come on the Day of Resurrection like this”. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) joined his fingers illustrating this.

A woman came to me with her two daughters. She asked me (for charity) but she found nothing with me except one date-fruit, so I gave it to her. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out. When Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came in, and I narrated to him the story, he said, “He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he is benevolent towards them, they would become protection for him against Hell-fire”.

A poor woman came to me carrying her two daughters. I gave her three date-fruits. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date-fruit and brought that to her mouth to eat, but her daughters asked her that also. She then divided between them the date-fruit that she intended to eat. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) who said, ‘Verily, Allah has assured Jannah for her, because of (this act) of her,’ or said, “He (SWT) has rescued her from Hell- Fire”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “O Allah, I declare inviolable the rights of two weak ones: the orphans and women”.

Sad considered himself better than his inferiors, so the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him, “You are given help and provision because of your weak ones”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Seek among your weak ones, for you are given provision and help only because of the weak amongst you.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Take my advice with regard to women: Act kindly towards women, for they were created from a rib, and the most crooked part of a rib is its uppermost. If you attempt to straighten it; you will break it, and if you leave it alone it will remain crooked; so act kindly toward women”.

In another narration of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “A woman is like a rib, if you attempt to straighten it, you will break it; and if you benefit from her, you will do so while crookedness remains in her”. In another narration of Muslim, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you want to benefit from her, you will benefit from her while crookedness remains in her. If you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her’.

“When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).” (Ash-Shams 91:12) signifies that a distinguished, wicked and most powerful chief of the people jumped up to kill the she- camel. Then he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made mention of women and said, “Some of you beat your wives as if they were slaves, and then lie with them at the end of the day”.

Then he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) admonished them against laughing at another’s passing of wind, saying, “Why does any of you laugh at another doing what he does himself”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A believer must not hate (his wife) believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another”.

Amr ibn al-Ahwas Al-Jushami (radiyallahu anhu) reported that he had heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying on his Farewell Pilgrimage, after praising and glorifying Allah and admonishing people, “Treat women kindly, they are like captives in your hands; you do not owe anything else from them. In case they are guilty of open indecency, then do not share their beds and beat them lightly but if they return to obedience, do not have recourse to anything else against them.

You have rights over your wives and they have their rights over you. Your right is that they shall not permit anyone you dislike to enter your home, and their right is that you should treat them well in the matter of food and clothing”.

I asked Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): “What right can any wife demand of her husband?” He replied, “You should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or separate from her except in the house”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The believers who show the most perfect Faith are those who have the best behaviour, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not beat Allah’s bondwomen.” When Umar (radiyallahu anhu) came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and complained saying: “The women have become very daring towards their husbands,” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) gave permission to beat them. Then many women went to the family of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (wives) complaining of their husbands, and he (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “Many women have gone round Muhammad’s family complaining of their husbands. Those who do so, that is, those who take to beating their wives, are not the best among you”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The world is but a (quick passing) enjoyment; and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious and virtuous woman”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond and he (the husband) spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is not lawful for a woman to observe (voluntary) fasting without the permission of her husband when he is at home; and she should not allow anyone to enter his house without his permission.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects, the man is a guardian of his family, the woman is a guardian and is responsible for her husband’s house and his offspring; and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a man calls his wife to satisfy his desire, she must go to him even if she is occupied with the oven”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I would have ordered a woman to prostrate herself before her husband”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Any woman dies while her husband is pleased with her, she will enter Jannah”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whenever a woman harms her husband in this world (that is without any due right), his wife among the (Houris in Jannah) says: ‘You must not harm him. May Allah destroy you! He is only a passing guest with you and is about to leave you to come to us’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I am not leaving behind me a more harmful trial for men than women”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A dinar you spend in Allah’s way, or to free a slave, or as a charity you give to a needy person, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spend on your family”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The most excellent dinar is one that a person spends on his family, and the dinar which he spends on his riding-animal in the way of Allah (in Jihad), and the dinar he spends on his companions in the way of Allah”.

I asked Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), “Would I be rewarded for what I spend on Abu Salamah’s sons? For I can’t let them go here and there (to beg people).” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Spend on them and you will be rewarded for what you spend on them”.

Sad ibn Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhu) reported in a Hadith included in the chapter of Intention, that Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whatever you spend seeking thereby the Pleasure of Allah, will have its reward, even the morsel which you put in the mouth of your wife”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When someone spends on his family seeking his reward for it from Allah, it is counted as a charity from him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Neglecting one’s own dependents is a reason enough for a man to commit a sin”. The narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is enough sin for a person to hold back the due of one whose provision is in his hand”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Two angels descend every morning, and one says: ‘O Allah, give him who spends something, in place of what he spends.’ The other one says: ‘O Allah, give destruction to him who withholds’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The upper hand is better than the lower one (i.e., the spending hand is better than the receiving hand); and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is that which given out of surplus; and he who asks (Allah) to help him abstain from the unlawful and the forbidden, Allah will fulfill his wish; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah”.

Abu Talhah (radiyallahu anhu) was the richest among the Ansar of Al-Madinah and possessed the largest property from palm-trees, and among his possessions what he loved most, was his garden known as Bairuha which was opposite the mosque, and Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) often visited it and drank from its fresh water.

When this Ayah was revealed: “By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allah’s reward, i.e., Jannah), unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,” (Ali ‘Imran 3:92), Abu Talhah came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, ‘Allah says in His Book: ‘By no means shall you attain Al-Birr, unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,’ and the dearest of my property is Bairuha so I have given it as Sadaqah (charity) for Allah’s sake, and I anticipate its reward with Him; so spend it, O Messenger of Allah, as Allah guides you.’

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Well-done! That is profit earning property. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives.’ So Abu Talhah (radiyallahu anhu) distributed it among nearest relatives and cousins.’

Al-Hasan ibn Ali (radiyallahu anhum) took one of the dates of the Sadaqah (charity) and put it in his mouth, whereupon Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Leave it, leave it, throw it away. Do you not know that we do not eat the Sadaqah (charity)?”.

I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and my hand would wander about in the dish. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah before you start eating), eat with your right hand and eat from what is near to you”. I always followed this way of eating after this incident.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian and responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian of his family; the woman is guardian in her husband’s house and responsible for her wards; a servant is guardian of his master’s property and responsible for his ward. So all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do not let (boys and girls) sleep together”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Teach a boy Salat (the prayer) when he attains the age of seven years, and punish him (if he does not offer it) at ten”. The narration in Abu Dawud is: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Order a boy to perform Salat (the prayer) when he is seven years old”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Jibril kept recommending treating neighbours with kindness until I thought he would assign a share of inheritance”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded me thus, “O Abu Dharr! Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and and give some of it to your neighbours”. In another narration of Muslim, narrated Abu Dharr (radiyallahu anhu): My friend, (Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) advised me saying, “Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and give some to your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer.” It was asked, “Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “One whose neighbour does not feel safe from his evil”. Another narration of Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He will not enter Jannah whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “O Muslim women! No one of you should consider insignificant (a gift) to give to her neighbour even if it is (a gift of) the trotters of a sheep”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one should prohibit his neighbour from placing a peg in his wall”. Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu anhu) added: Now I see you turning away from this (Sunnah), but by Allah, I shall go on proclaiming it.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him not harm his neighbour; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him speak good or remain silent”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be kind to his neighbour; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him either speak good or remain silent”.

I said, “O Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), I have two neighbours, to which of them should I send a present?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “To the one whose door is nearer to you”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The best of companions with Allah is the one who is best to his companions, and the best of neighbours to Allah is the one who is the best of them to his neighbour”.

I asked the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), “Which of the deeds is loved most by Allah?” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Salat at its proper time.” I asked, “What next?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Kindness to parents.” I asked, “What next?” He replied, “Jihad in the way of Allah.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No son can repay (the kindness shown by his father) unless he finds him a slave and buys him and emancipates him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be hospitable to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain good the ties of blood relationship; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, must speak good or remain silent”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah created all the creatures and when He finished the task of His creation, Ar-Rahm (ties of relationship) said: ‘(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge with You against severing my ties.’

Allah said: ‘That I treat with kindness those who treat you with kindness and sever ties with those who sever ties with you.’ It said: ‘I am satisfied.’ Allah said: ‘Then this is yours’.

Then Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Recite this Ayah if you like: ‘Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? Such are they whom Allah has cursed, so that He has made them deaf and blinded their sight’. (Muhammad 47:22,23). The words in Al-Bukhari are: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Allah (SWT) says: ‘He who maintains good ties with you, I maintain good ties with him; and he who severs your ties, I sever ties with him’.’’”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced, whose parents, one or both, attain old age during his life time, and he does not enter Jannah (by rendering being dutiful to them)”.

A man said to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): “I have relatives with whom I try to keep the ties of relationship but they sever relations with me; and whom I treat kindly but they treat me badly, I am gentle with them but they are rough to me.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “If you are as you say, it is as if you are feeding them hot ashes, and you will be with a supporter against them from Allah as long as you continue to do so”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who desires ample provisions and his life be prolonged, should maintain good ties with his blood relations”.

Abu Talhah (radiyallahu anhu) was the richest among the Ansar of Al-Madinah and possessed the largest property; and among his possessions what he loved most was his garden known as Bairuha which was opposite the mosque, and Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) often visited it and drank from its fresh water. When this ayah was revealed: “By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allah’s reward, i.e., Jannah), unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,” (Ali ‘Imran 3:92).

Abu Talhah came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and said: ‘Allah says in His Book: ‘By no means shall you attain Al-Birr, unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,’ and the dearest of my property is Bairuha so I have given it as Sadaqah (charity) for Allah’s sake, and I anticipate its reward with Him; so spend it, O Messenger of Allah, as Allah guides you’.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Well-done! That is profitable property. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives.’ So Abu Talhah distributed it among his nearest relatives and cousins.’

A man came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) of Allah and said, “I swear allegiance to you for emigration and Jihad, seeking reward from Allah.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Is any of your parents alive?”

He said, “Yes, both of them are alive.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then asked, “Do you want to seek reward from Allah?” He replied in the affirmative. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Go back to your parents and keep good company with them”. In another narration it is reported that a person came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and sought his permission to participate in Jihad.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Are your parents alive?” He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) a (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “(You should) consider their service as Jihad.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The person who perfectly maintains the ties of kinship is not the one who does it because he gets recompensed by his relatives (for being kind and good to them), but the one who truly maintains the bonds of kinship is the one who persists in doing so even though the latter has severed the ties of kinship with him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The bond of relationship is suspending from the Throne, and says: ‘He who keeps good relations with me, Allah will keep connection with him, but whosoever severs relations with me, Allah will sever connection with him’.”

Allah be pleased with her) had set free a slave-girl without the Prophet’s permission. When her turn came (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to visit his wives in turns), she made mention of that to him saying, “Did you know I have set slave-girl free?” He said, “Have you, indeed?” She replied, “Yes”. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then remarked, “Had you given her to your maternal uncles, you would have your reward increased”.

My mother came to me while she was still a polytheist, so I asked Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), “My mother, who is ill-disposed to Islam, has come to visit me. Shall I maintain relations with her?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Yes, maintain relations with your mother”.

Heraclius asked me, “What does this Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) teach you?” I said, “He orders us to worship Allah Alone and not to associate a thing with Him in worship, to discard what our ancestors said, to perform the Salat (prayer), speak the truth, and maintain the ties of kinship”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You will soon conquer a land where people deal with Qirat.”And according to another version: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You will soon conquer Egypt where Al-Qirat is frequently mentioned. So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies upon you the responsibility because of blood ties or relationship (with them)”.

When this Verse was revealed: “And warn your tribe (O Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) of near kindred”. (Ash-Shu’ara 26:214) Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) called the Quraish; when they gathered, he said to them: “O sons of Abd Shams; O sons of Kab ibn Luai, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O sons of Murrah ibn Kab, rescue yourselves from the Fire!

O sons of Abd Manaf, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O sons of Abdul-Muttalib, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O Fatimah, rescue yourself from the Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything except that I would sustain relationship with you”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying openly not secretly, “The family of so-and-so (i.e., Abu Talib) are not my supporters. My supporter is Allah and the righteous believing people. But they (that family) have kinship (Rahm) with whom I will maintain good the ties of kinship”.

A man came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, “Direct me to a deed which will admit me to Jannah and take me away from the Fire”. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Worship Allah and associate no partner with Him, perform As-Salat, pay Zakat, and maintain the ties of kinship”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When you break fast, you should do it with a date-fruit for there is blessing in it, and if you do not find a date- fruit, break it with water for it is pure.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) added: “Charity towards a poor person is charity, and towards a relation is both charity and maintaining the ties (of kinship)”.

I had a wife whom I loved but Umar (radiyallahu anhu) disliked her. He asked me to divorce her and when I refused, Umar (radiyallahu anhu) went to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and mentioned the matter to him. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked me to divorce her.

A man came to me and said, “I have a wife whom my mother commands me to divorce”. I replied him that I had heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “A parent is the best of the gates of Jannah; so if you wish, keep to the gate, or lose it.”.

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: “A mother’s sister is equivalent to (real) mother (in status)”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the major sins?” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked this question thrice.

We said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah. (Please inform us.)”. He said, “Ascribing partners to Allah, and to be undutiful to your parents”. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sat up from his reclining position and said, “And I warn you against giving forged statement and a false testimony; I warn you against giving forged statement and a false testimony”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “(Of the) major sins are: to ascribe partners to Allah, disobey parents, murder someone, and to take a false oath (intentionally)”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is one of the gravest sins to abuse one’s parents.” It was asked (by the people): “O Messenger of Allah, can a man abuse his own parents?”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He abuses the father of somebody who, in return, abuses the former’s father; he then abuses the mother of somebody who, in return, abuses his mother”. Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “One of the major sins is to curse one’s parents”.

It was submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! How can a man curse his own parents?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When someone curses the parents of another man who in return abuses the former’s father; and when someone abuses the mother of another man who in return abuses his mother.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Jannah”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah has forbidden you: disobedience to your mothers, to withhold (what you should give), or demand (what you do not deserve), and to bury your daughters alive. And Allah dislikes idle talk, to ask too many questions (for things which will be of no benefit to one), and to waste your wealth”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The finest act of goodness is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father”.

We were sitting with Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when a man of Banu Salamah came to him and asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Is there any obedience to parents left that I can show to them after their death?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Yes, to pray for them, to supplicate for their forgiveness, to fulfill their promises after their death, to maintain the ties of kinship which cannot be maintained except through them, and honour their friends.”.

I never felt jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as much as I did of Khadijah (radiyallahu anha), although I have never seen her, but the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to mention her very often. Whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would cut it into pieces and send them to the women friends of Khadijah (radiyallahu anha).

When I sometimes said to him: “You treat Khadijah in such a way as if there is no woman on earth except her”. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would say, “Khadijah was such and such (commending her and speaking well of her), and I had children from her”.

I set out along with Jarir ibn Abdullah Al-Bajali (radiyallahu anhu) on a journey and he served me. I said to him: “Don’t do that.” Thereupon, he said, “I have seen the Ansar doing this with Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and I swore by Allah, whenever I accompany anyone of the Ansar, I would serve him”.

Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) said: “Show reverence to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) by honouring the members of his family.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The person who is best versed in the recitation of the Book of Allah, should lead the prayer; but if all those present are equally versed in it, then the one who has most knowledge of the Sunnah; if they are equal in that respect too, then the one who has emigrated (to Al-Madinah) first, if they are equal in this respect also, then the oldest of them.

No man should lead another in prayer where the latter has authority, or sit in his house, without his permission”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would place his hands upon our shoulders when we would form rows for As-Salat (the prayer) and say, “Stand in straight rows and do not differ among yourselves, or else your hearts will differ due to disaccord. Let those be nearest to me who are mature and endowed with understanding (of the religion), then those who are nearest to them in these respects and then those who are nearest to them”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Let those be nearest to me in Salat (prayer) who are mature and possess (religious) knowledge, then those who are nearest to them in these respects”. He repeated this three times and then added, “Beware of indulging in the loose talks of the markets (when you are in the mosque)”.

Abdullah ibn Sahl and Muhaiyisah ibn Masud (radiyallahu anhum) went to Khaibar during the period of the truce (after its conquest) and they separated to perform their duties. When Muhaiyisah returned to Abdullah ibn Sahl, he found him murdered, drenched in his blood. So he buried him and returned to Al-Madinah. Then Abdur-Rahman ibn Sahl, Huwaiyisah and Muhaiyisah, the two sons of Masud went to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend.

Abdur-Rahman, who was the youngest of them all, started talking. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Let those older than you speak first.” So he stopped talking and the (other two) spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Will you take an oath whereby you will have the right to receive the blood money of your murdered man?” And mentioned the rest of the Hadith.

After the battle of Uhud, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) arranged the burial of two of the martyrs in one grave. In each case he would ask, “Which one of them had learnt more Qur’an by heart?” Whichever was thus pointed out to him, was placed by him first in the Lahd.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It was shown to me in my dream that I was cleaning my teeth with a Miswak and two men came to me, one being older than the other. I gave the Miswak to the younger one, but I was asked to give it to the older, which I did”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is out of reverence to Allah in respecting an aged Muslim, and the one who commits the Qur’an to memory and does not exaggerate pronouncing its letters nor forgets it after memorizing, and to respect the just ruler”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “He is not one of us who shows no mercy to younger ones and does not acknowledge the honour due to our elders”.

A begger asked Aishah (radiyallahu anha) for charity and she gave him a piece of bread. Thereafter, one well-dressed person asked her for charity and she invited him to sit down and served him food. When she was asked about the reason for the difference in treatment, she said: “Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) instructed us: ‘Treat people according to their status’.”

Uyainah ibn Hisn came to Al-Madinah and stayed with his nephew Al-Hurr ibn Qais who was among those who were close to Umar (radiyallahu anhu) and had access to his council. The scholarly persons, whether they were old or young, had the privilege of joining his council and he used to consult them.

Uyainah said to Al-Hurr: “My dear nephew, you have an access to the Leader of the Believers. Will you obtain permission for me to sit with him?” Al-Hurr asked Umar and he accorded permission. When Uyainah came into the presence of Umar, he addressed him thus: “O son of Al-Khattab, you neither bestow much on us nor deal with us justly.”

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) got angry and was about to beat him when Al-Hurr said: “O Leader of the Believers, Allah has said to his Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): ‘Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e., don’t punish them).’”

I was a boy during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and used to commit to my memory what he said, but I do not narrate what I preserved because there were among us people who were older than me.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If a young man honours an older person on account of his age, Allah appoints someone to show reverence to him in his old age”.

After the death of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), Abu Bakr (radiyallahu anhu) said to Umar (radiyallahu anhu): “Let us visit Umm Aiman (radiyallahu anha) as Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to visit her”. As we came to her, she wept.

They (Abu Bakr and Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said to her, “What makes you weep? Do you not know that what Allah has in store for His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is better than (this worldly life)?”

She said, “I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (in the Hereafter) is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come”. This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A man set out to visit a brother (in Faith) in another town and Allah sent an angel on his way. When the man met the angel, the latter asked him, ‘Where do you intend to go?’

He said, ‘I intend to visit my brother in this town.’ The angel said, ‘Have you done any favour to him?’ He said, ‘No, I have no desire except to visit him because I love him for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious.’

Thereupon the angel said, ‘I am a messenger to you from Allah (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake)’.”

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Whosoever visits an ailing person or a brother of his to seek the Pleasure of Allah, an announcer (angel) calls out: ‘May you be happy, may your walking be blessed, and may you be awarded a dignified position in Jannah’.”

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one blowing the bellows. The owner of musk would either offer you some free of charge, or you would buy it from him, or you smell its pleasant fragrance; and as for the one who blows the bellows (i.e., the blacksmith), he either burns your clothes or you smell a repugnant smell”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A woman is married for four things: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty or for her piety. Select the pious, may you be blessed!”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to Jibril (Gabriel), “What prevents you from visiting us more frequently?” Thereupon was revealed the Ayah: “(The angels say:) ‘And we (angels) descend not except by the Command of your Rubb. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two’. (Maryam 19:64).”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Keep only a believer for a companion and let only a pious eat your food”.

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Man follows his friend’s religion, you should be careful who you take for friends”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A person will be summoned with the one whom he loves”. Another narration is: The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked; “What about a person who loves a people but cannot be with them?” (i.e., either he cannot attain their lofty position of righteousness or that he has not met with them in this life). He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “A person will be in the company of those whom he loves”.

A bedouin came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to him, “When will be the Hour (i.e., the Day of Resurrection)?” He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “What preparation have you made for it?”

He said, “Only the love of Allah and His Messenger.” Then Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You will be with those whom you love.”. The narration in Muslim is: The man replied: “I have made no significant preparation with regard to Salat (prayer), Saum (fasting) and Sadaqah (charity) but I love Allah and His Messenger”.

A man came to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, “O Messenger of Allah! What do you think of a man who loves some people but does not go any nearer to their position?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “A man will be with those whom he loves”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “People are like gold and silver; those who were best in Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance) are best in Islam, if they have religious understanding; and the souls are like recruited soldiers, they get mixed up with those similar with them in qualities and oppose and drift away from those who do not share their qualities”.

I sought permission of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to perform Umrah. He granted me leave and said, “Dear brother! Do not forget us in your supplications”. (Umar added): This is something I would not exchange for the whole world. Another narration is: He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Include us, my dear brother, in your supplications.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to visit Quba, either mounted or on foot and would offer two Rakah prayer in the mosque there. Another narration is: The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to visit the mosque at Quba every Saturday (i.e., every week) either mounted or on foot, and Ibn Umar (radiyallahu anhum) used to do the same thing.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “There are three qualities whoever has them, will taste the sweetness of Iman: To love Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) more than anyone else; to love a slave (of Allah) only for (the sake of) Allah; and to abhor returning to infidelity after Allah has saved him from it as he would abhor to be thrown into the fire (of Hell)”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Seven are (the persons) whom Allah will give Shade of His Thrown on the Day when there would be no shade other than His Throne’s Shade: A just ruler; a youth who grew up worshipping Allah; a man whose heart is attached to mosques; two persons who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom an extremely beautiful woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer by saying): ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand does not know what the right has given; and a person who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes well up”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah, the Exalted, will say: ‘Where are those who have mutual love for the sake of My Glory? Today I shall shelter them in My Shade when there will be no shade except Mine’.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! You will not enter Jannah until you believe, and you shall not believe until you love one another. May I inform you of something, if you do, you love each other. Promote greeting amongst you (by saying As-salamu ‘alaikum to one another)’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A man set out to visit a brother (in Faith) in another town and Allah sent an angel on his way. When the man met the angel, the latter asked him, ‘Where do you intend to go?’

He said, ‘I intend to visit my brother in this town’. The angel said, ‘Have you done any favour to him?’ He said, ‘No, I have no desire except to visit him because I love him for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious.’

Thereupon the angel said, ‘I am a messenger to you from Allah (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake)’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said about the Ansar: “Only a believer loves them, and only a hypocrite hates them. Allah loves him who loves them and Allah hates him who hates them”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘For those who love one another for the sake of My Glory, there will be seats of light (on the Day of Resurrection), and they will be envied by the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) s and martyrs’.”

I once entered the mosque in Damascus. I happened to catch sight of a young man who had bright teeth (i.e., he was always seen smiling). A number of people had gathered around him. When they differed over anything they would refer it to him and act upon his advice.

I asked who he was and I was told that he was Muadh ibn Jabal (radiyallahu anhu) The next day I hastened to the mosque, but found that he had arrived before me and was busy in performing Salat. I waited until he finished, and then went to him from the front, greeted him with Salam and said to him, “By Allah I love you.”

He asked, “For the sake of Allah?” I replied, “Yes, for the sake of Allah”. He again asked me, “Is it for Allah’s sake?” I replied, “Yes, it is for Allah’s sake.” Then he took hold of my cloak, drew me to himself and said, “Rejoice,! I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, ‘Allah, the Exalted, says: My love is due to those who love one another for My sake, meet one another for My sake, visit one another for My sake and spend in charity for My sake’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a man loves his brother (for Allah’s sake) let him tell him that he loves him”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) held my hand and said, “O Muadh, By Allah, I love you and advise you not to miss supplicating after every Salat (prayer) saying: ‘Allahumma ainni ‘ala dhikrika wa shukrika, wa husni ‘ibadatika,’ (O Allah, help me remember You, expressing gratitude to You and worship You in the best manner)’.’”

A man was with the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) when another man passed by and the former said: “O Messenger of Allah! I love this man (for Allah’s sake)”. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Have you informed him?”

He said, “No”. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then said, “Tell him (that you love him)”. So he went up to the man and said to him, “I love you for the sake of Allah;” and the other replied, “May Allah, for Whose sake you love me, love you.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘I will declare war against him who treats with hostility a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (voluntary prayers or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) until I love him, (so much so that) I become his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me something, I will surely give him, and if he seeks My Protection (refuge), I will surely protect him’.”

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When Allah loves a slave, calls out Jibril and says: ‘I love so-and-so; so love him’. Then Jibril loves him. After that he (Jibril) announces to the inhabitants of heavens that Allah loves so- and-so; so love him; and the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also love him and then make people on earth love him”.

Messenger of Allah, (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) appointed a man in charge of an army unit who led them in Salat (prayer); he always concluded his recitation with Surat Al-Ikhlas: “Say (O Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)): ‘He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad (Allah – the Self-Sufficient). He begets not, nor was He begotten.

And there is none equal or comparable to Him.’” (Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4) Upon their return to Al-Madinah, they mentioned this to Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), who said, “Ask him why he does so?”

He was asked and he said, “This Surah contains the Attributes of Allah, the Gracious, and I love to recite it. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then told them, ‘Tell him that Allah loves him’.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who performs the Fajr (dawn) prayer comes under the Protection of Allah, so beware lest Allah questions you about what you owe Him. For if He questions anyone of you and he falls short of fulfilling the duty which he owes Him, He will requite and then throw upon his face into the Hellfire”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I have been commanded (by Allah) to fight people until they testify that there is no true god except Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and perform Salat and pay Zakat. If they do so, they will have protection of their blood and property from me except when justified by Islam, and then account is left to Allah”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who professes La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah), and denies of everything which the people worship besides Allah, his property and blood become inviolable, and it is for Allah to call him to account”.

I said, “Tell me, O Messenger of Allah, if I meet an infidel, and we fight together, and he cuts off my hands with his sword, then hides from me behind a tree and (then) says he has submitted himself to Allah.

Shall I kill him after he has said it?” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Do not kill him.” I submitted, “But O Messenger of Allah, he cut off one of my hands and only then he said it.” Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then replied, “Do not kill him, for if you do so, he will be in the position in which you were before you killed him (i.e., he will be considered a Muslim and thus his life will be inviolable), and you will be in the position in which he was before he made his testimony (i.e., your life will not be inviolable, for his heirs can ask for Qisas)”.

I heard Umar ibn Al- Khattab (radiyallahu anhu) reported saying: “In the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) some people were called to account through Revelation. Now Revelation has discontinued and we shall judge you by your apparent acts. Whoever displays to us good, we shall grant him peace and security, and treat him as a near one.

We have nothing to do with his insight. Allah will call him to account for that. But whosoever shows evil to us, we shall not grant him security nor shall we believe him, even if he professed that his intention is good.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the truthful and the receiver of the truth informed us, saying, “The creation of you (humans) is gathered in the form of semen in the womb of your mother for forty days, then it becomes a clinging thing in similar (period), then it becomes a lump of flesh like that, then Allah sends an angel who breathes the life into it; and (the angel) is commanded to record four things about it: Its provision, its term of life (in this world), its conduct; and whether it will be happy or miserable.

By the One besides Whom there is no true god! Verily, one of you would perform the actions of the dwellers of Jannah until there is only one cubit between him and it (Jannah), when what is foreordained would come to pass and he would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell until he enter it. And one of you would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell, until there is only one cubit between him and Hell. Then he would perform the acts of the dwellers of Jannah until he would enter it.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Hell will be brought on that Day (the Day of Resurrection) with seventy thousand bridles; and with every bridle will be seventy thousand angels, pulling it”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The least tortured man on the Day of Resurrection is one underneath whose feet will be placed two live coal, and his brain will be boiling, and he would think that he is the most tortured, while he is the least tortured”.

Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Among the people of Hell are there those who will be emersed in fire to their ankels, some to their knees, some to their waists, and some to their throats”.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying, “Mankind will stand before Allah, the Rubb of the worlds (on the Day of Resurrection), some of them will stand submerged in perspiration up to half of their ears”.