Narrated: Abu Huraira From Sahih Muslim
One day the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) appeared before the public that a man came
to him and said: Prophet of Allah, (tell me) what is Iman.
Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your
faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His
Messengers and that you affirm your faith in the Resurrection
hereafter. He (again) said: Messenger of Allah, (tell me) what
does al-Islam signify. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Al-Islam
signifies that you worship Allah and do not associate anything
with Him and you establish obligatory prayer and you pay the
obligatory poor-rate (Zakat) and you observe the fast of
Ramadan. He (the inquirer) again said: Messenger of Allah,
what does al-Ihsan imply? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That
you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, and in case you
fail to see Him, then observe prayer (with this idea in your
mind) that (at least) He is seeing you. He (the inquirer)
again said: Messenger of Allah, when would there be the hour
(of Doom)? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: The one who is asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer. I, however,
narrate some of its signs (and these are): when the slave girl
will give birth to he master, when the naked, barefooted would
become the chiefs of the people, these are some of the signs
of (Doom). (Moreover) when the shepherds of the black (camels)
would exult themselves in buildings, this is one of the signs
of (Doom). (Doom) is one of the five (happenings wrapped in
the unseen) which no one knows but Allah. Then he (the
Messenger of Allah) recited (the verse):"Verily Allah! with
Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it is Who sends
(down the rain) and knows that which is in the wombs and no
person knows whatsoever he shall earn tomorrow, and a person
knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily Allah is
Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said: Then the
person turned back and went away. The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: Bring that man back to me. They (the
Companions of the Holy Prophet present there) went to bring
him back, but they saw nothing there. Upon this the Messenger
of Allah remarked: he was Gabriel, who came to teach the
people their religion.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Ask me (about
matters pertaining to religion), but they (the Companions of
the Holy Prophet) were too much overawed out of profound
respect for him to ask him (anything). In the meanwhile a man
came there, and sat near his knees and said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-lslam? to which he (the Holy Prophet)
replied: You must not associate anything with Allah, and
establish prayer, pay the poor-rate (Zakat) and observe (the
fasts) of Ramadan. He said: You (have) told the truth. He
(again) said: Messenger of Allah, what is al-Iman (the faith)?
He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you affirm your faith in
Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Apostles, and
that you believe in Resurrection and that you believe in Qadr
(Divine Decree) in all its entirety, He (the inquirer) said:
You (have) told the truth. He (again) said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-Ihsan? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:
(Al-Ihsan implies) that you fear Allah as if you are seeing
Him, and though you see Him not, verily He is seeing you. He
(the inquirer) said: You (have) told the truth. He (the
inquirer) said: When there would be the hour (of Doom)? (Upon
this) he (the Holy Prophet said: The one who is being asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer himself. I,
however, narrate some of its signs (and these are): when you
see a slave (woman) giving birth to her master, that is one
of the signs of (Doom); when you see barefooted, naked, deaf
and dumb (ignorant and foolish persons) as the rulers of the
earth, that is one of the signs of the Doom. And when you see
the shepherds of black camels exult in buildings, that is one
of the signs of Doom. The (Doom) is one of the five things
(wrapped) in the unseen. No one knows them except Allah. Then
(the Holy Prophet) recited (the folowing verse): "Verily
Allah! with Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it
is Who sends down the rain and knows that which is in the
wombs and no person knows whatsoever he shall earn on morrow
and a person knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily
Allah is Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said:
Then the person stood up an (made his way). The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Bring him back to me. He
was searched for, but they (the Companions of the Holy
Prophet) could not find him. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) thereupon said: He was Gabriel and he wanted to
teach you (things pertaining to religion) when you did not ask
(them yourselves).
that a bedouin
came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and
said: Messenger of Allah, direct me to a deed by which I may
be entitled to enter Paradise. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet)
remarked: You worship Allah and never associate anything with
Him, establish the obligatory prayer, and pay the Zakat which
is incumbent upon you, and observe the fast of Ramadan. He
(the bedouin) said: By Him in Whose hand is my life, I will
never add anything to it, nor will I diminish anything from
it. When he (the bedouin) turned his back, the Prophet (may
peace be upon him) said: He who is pleased to see a man from
the dwellers of Paradise should catch a glimpse of him.
that when the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) breathed his last
and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor (Caliph), those
amongst the Arabs who wanted to become apostates became
apostates. 'Umar b. Khattab said to Abu Bakr: Why would you
fight against the people, when the Messenger of Allah
declared: I have been directed to fight against people so long
as they do not say: There is no god but Allah, and he who
professed it was granted full protection of his property and
life on my behalf except for a right? His (other) affairs rest
with Allah. Upon this Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I would
definitely fight against him who severed prayer from Zakat,
for it is the obligation upon the rich. By Allah, I would
fight against them even to secure the cord (used for hobbling
the feet of a camel) which they used to give to the Messenger
of Allah (as zakat) but now they have withheld it. Umar b.
Khattab remarked: By Allah, I found nothing but the fact that
Allah had opened the heart of Abu Bakr for (perceiving the
justification of) fighting (against those who refused to pay
Zakat) and I fully recognized that the (stand of Abu Bakr) was
right.
that the
Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight
against people so long as they do not declare that there is no
god but Allah, and he who professed it was guaranteed the
protection of his property and life on my behalf except for
the right affairs rest with Allah.
that he heard
the Messenger of Allah say: I have been commanded to fight
against people, till they testify to the fact that there is no
god but Allah, and believe in me (that) I am the messenger
(from the Lord) and in all that I have brought. And when they
do it, their blood and riches are guaranteed protection on my
behalf except where it is justified by law, and their affairs
rest with Allah.
that the
Messenger of Allah said to his uncle at the time of his death:
Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allah and I
will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day of
judgment. But he (Abu Talib) refused to do so. Then Allah
revealed this verse: " Verily thou canst not guide to the
right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom
He will and He knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii. 56).
that the
Messenger of Allah said to his uncle (at the time of his
death): Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allah
and I will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day
of judgment. He (Abu Talib) said: Were it not the fear of the
Quraysh blaming me (and) saying that it was the fear of
(approaching death) that induced me to do so, I would have
certainly delighted your eyes. It was then that Allah
revealed: " Verily thou canst not guide to the right path whom
thou lovest. And it is Allah Who guideth whom He will and He
knoweth best who are the guided" (xxviii?56).
We were
accompanying the Apostle (may peace be upon him) in a march
(towards Tabuk). He (the narrator) said: The provisions with
the people were almost depleted. He (the narrator) said: (And
the situation became so critical) that they (the men of the
army) decided to slaughter some of their camels. He (the
narrator) said: Upon this Umar said: Messenger of Allah, I
wish that you should pool together what has been left out of
the provisions with the people and then invoke (the blessings
of) Allah upon it. He (the narrator) said: He (the Holy
Prophet) did it accordingly. He (the narrator) said: The one
who had wheat in his possession came there with wheat. He who
had dates with him came there with dates. And Mujahid said: He
who possessed stones of dates came there with stones. I (the
narrator) said: What did they do with the date?stones. They
said: They (the people) sucked them and then drank water over
them. He (the narrator said): He (the Holy Prophet) invoked
the blessings (of Allah) upon them (provisions). He (the
narrator) said: (And there was such a miraculous increase in
the stocks) that the people replenished their provisions
fully. He (the narrator) said: At that time he (the Holy
Prophet) said: I bear testimony to the fact that there is no
god but Allah, and I am His messenger. The bondsman who would
meet Allah without entertaining any doubt about these (two
fundamentals) would enter heaven.
It is narrated either on the authority of Abu Huraira or that
of Abu Sa'id Khudri. The narrator A'mash has narrated this
hadith with a little bit of doubt (about the name of the very
first narrator who was in direct contact with the Holy
Prophet. He was either Abu Huraira or Abu Sa'id Khudri. Both
are equally reliable transmitters of the traditions). He (the
narrator) said: During the time of Tabuk expedition, the
(provisions) ran short and the men (of the army) suffered
starvation; they said: Messenger of Allah, would you permit us
to slay our camels? We would eat them and use their fat. The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do as you
please. He (the narrator) said: Then 'Umar came there and
said: Messenger of Allah, if you do that (if you give your
consent and the men begin to slay their camels), the riding
animals would become short. But (I would suggest you to)
summon them along with the provisions left with them Then
invoke Allah's blessings on them (different items of the
provisions) It is hoped Allah shall bless them. The Messenger
of Allah replied in the affirmative. (the narrator) said: He
called for a leather mat to be used as a table cloth and
spread it out. Then he called people along with the remaining
portions of their provisions. He (the narrator) said: Someone
was coming with handful of mote, another was coming with a
handful of dates, still another was coming with a portion of
bread, till small quantities of these things were collected on
the table cloth. He (the narrator said): Then the messenger of
Allah invoked blessing (on them) and said: Fill your utensils
with these provisions. He (the narrator) said: They filled
their vessel to the brim with them, and no one amongst the
army (which comprised of 30,000 persons) was left even with a
single empty vessel. He (the narrator) aid: They ate to their
fill, and there was still a surplus. Upon this the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked: I bear testimony
that there is no god but Allah and I am the messenger of
Allah. The man who meets his Lord without harboring any doubt
about these two (truths) would never be kept away from
Paradise.
We were
sitting around the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings
be upon him). Abu Bakr and Umar were also there among the
audience. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah got up and
left us, He delayed in coming back to us, which caused anxiety
that he might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with
him; so being alarmed we got up. I was the first to be
alarmed. I, therefore, went out to look for the Messenger of
Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) and came to a
garden belonging to the Banu an?Najjar, a section of the Ansar
went round it looking for a gate but failed to find one.
Seeing a rabi' (i. e. streamlet) flowing into the garden from
a well outside, drew myself together, like a fox, and slinked
into (the place) where God's Messenger was. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Is it Abu Huraira? I (Abu Huraira) replied:
Yes, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is
the matter with you? replied: You were amongst us but got up
and went away and delayed for a time, so fearing that you
might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with you, we
became alarmed. I was the first to be alarmed. So when I came
to this garden, I drew myself together as a fox does, and
these people are following me. He addressed me as Abu Huraira
and gave me his sandals and said: Take away these sandals of
mine, and when you meet anyone outside this garden who
testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it
in his heart, gladden him by announcing that he shall go to
Paradise. Now the first one I met was Umar. He asked: What are
these sandals, Abu Huraira? I replied: These are the sandals
of the Messenger of Allah with which he has sent me to gladden
anyone I meet who testifies that there is no god but Allah,
being assured of it in his heart, with the announcement that
he would go to Paradise. Thereupon 'Umar struck me on the
breast and I fell on my back. He then said: Go back, Abu
Huraira, So I returned to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him), and was about to break into tears. 'Umar followed
me closely and there he was behind me. The Messenger of Allah
(may peace and blessings be on him) said: What is the matter
with you, Abu Huraira? I said: I happened to meet 'Umar and
conveyed to him the message with which you sent me. He struck
me on my breast which made me fall down upon my back and
ordered me to go back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: What prompted you to do this, 'Umar?
He said: Messenger of Allah, my mother and father be
sacrificed to thee, did you send Abu Huraira with your sandals
to gladden anyone he met and who testified that there is no
god but Allah, and being assured of it in his heart, with the
tidings that he would go to Paradise? He said: Yes. Umar said:
Please do it not, for I am afraid that people will trust in it
alone; let them go on doing (good) deeds. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Well, let them.
that the
Prophet (may peace be upon him) said: Iman has over seventy
branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the
most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no
god but Allah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of
what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of
faith.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him)
observed: He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is not
secure from his wrongful conduct.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
believes in Allah and the Last Day should either utter good
words or better keep silence; and he who believes in Allah and
the Last Day should treat his neighbour with kindness and he
who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality
to his guest.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: He who believes in Allah and the Last Day does not
harm is neighbour, and he who believes in Allah and the Last
Day shows hospitality to his guest and he who believes in
Allah and the Last Day speaks good or remains silent.
that the
Messenger of Allah observed: There have come the people of
Yemen; they are tender of hearts, the belief is that of the
Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the
Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites.
the same hadith which is transmitted to
us by another chain of transmitters, e. g. Muhammad b.
al?Muthanna, Ishaq b. Yusuf Azraq, Ibn 'Aun, etc.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace and
blessings be upon him) observed: There came to you the people
from Yemen; they are tender of hearts and mild of feelings,
the understanding is Yemenite, the sagacity is Yemenite.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
remarked: The summit of unbelief is towards the East and the
pride and conceitedness is found among the owners of horses
and camels who are rude and uncivil, people of the tents, and
tranquillity is found among those who rear goats and sheep.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: The belief is among the Yemenites, and the unbelief
is towards the East, and tranquillity is among those who rear
goats and sheep, and pride and simulation is among the uncivil
and rude owners of horses and camels.
I heard the
Messenger of Allah saying this: Pride and conceitedness is
found among the uncivil owners of the camels and tranquillity
is found among the owners of sheep and goats.
I heard the Prophet (may peace and blessings
be upon him) saying: There came the people of Yemen, they are
tender of feelings and meek of hearts. The belief is that of
the Yemenites, the sagacity is that of the Yemenites, the
tranquillity is among the owners of goats and sheep, and pride
and conceitedness is among the uncivil owners of the camels,
the people of the tents in the direction of sunrise.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: There came the people of Yemen who are soft of
hearts, tender in feelings: the belief is that of the
Yemenites, the sagacity is that of the Yemenites and the
summit of unbelief is towards the East.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace and
blessing be upon him) observed: You shall not enter Paradise
so long as you do not affirm belief (in all those things which
are the articles of faith) and you will not believe as long as
you do not love one another. Should I not direct you to a
thing which, if you do, will foster love amongst you: (i. e.)
give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one
another by saying) as?salamu alaikum.
that the Messenger of Allah observed: The
fornicator who fornicates is not a believer so long as he
commits it and no thief who steals is a believer as long as he
commits theft, and no drunkard who drinks wine is a believer
as long as he drinks it. 'Abdul-Malik b. Abi Bakr' narrated
this on the authority of Abu Bakr b. Abdur-Rahman b. Harith
and then said: Abu Huraira made this addition: No plunderer
who plunders a valuable thing that attracts the attention of
people is a believer so long as he commits this act.
A fornicator
who fornicates is not a believer as long as he commits
fornication, and no one who steals is a believer as long as he
commits theft, and no one who drinks wine is a believer as
long as he drinks it, and repentance may be accepted after
that.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Three are the signs of a hypocrite: when he spoke he told a
lie, when he made a promise he acted treacherously against it,
when he was trusted he betrayed.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace
and blessings be upon him) observed: There are three
characteristics of a hypocrite: when he spoke he told a lie,
when he made promise he acted treacherously, and when he was
trusted he betrayed.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) made observations like them embodied in the hadith
narrated by Yahya b. Muhammad on the authority of 'Ala', and
added to it: even if he observed fast and prayed and asserted
that he was a Muslim.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: Do not detest your fathers; he who detested his
father committed infidelity.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: Two (things) are found among men which are tantamount to unbelief: slandering one's lineage and lamentation on the dead.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: Two (things) are found among men which are
tantamount to unbelief: slandering one's lineage and
lamentation on the dead.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Don't you know what your Lord said? He observed: I have never
endowed My bondsmen with a favor, but a section amongst them
disbelieved it and said: Stars, it was due to the stars.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him)
observed: Allah does not shower His blessings from the heaven
that in the morning a group of men disbelieve it (to be a
blessing from Allah). Allah sends down rain, but they (the
disbelievers) say: Such and such star (is responsible for
that).
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A person who believes in Allah and the Last Day never nurses a
grudge against the Ansar.
that when, the
son of Adam recites the Ayat of Sajdah (prostration) and then
falls down in prostration, the Satan goes into seclusion and
weeps and says: Alas, and in the narration of Abu Kuraib the
words are: Woe unto me, the son of Adam was commanded to
prostrate, and he prostrated and Paradise was entitled to him
and I was commanded to prostrate, but I refused and am doomed
to Hell.
The Messenger of Allah was asked about
the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah. He (the
inquirer) said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
Jihad (struggle to the utmost) in the cause of Allah. He (the
inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet)
replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord. In
the tradition narrated on the authority of Muhammad bin Jafar
(the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Belief in
Allah and His Messenger. Muhammad bin Rafi and Abd bin Humaid,
Abdur-Razzaq and Mamar and Zuhri have narrated a hadith like
this on the authority of the same chain of transmitters.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Avoid the
seven noxious things. It was said (by the hearers): What are
they, Messenger of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
Associating anything with Allah, magic, killing of one whom
God has declared inviolate without a just cause, consuming the
property of an orphan, and consuming of usury, turning back
when the army advances, and slandering chaste women who are
believers, but unwary.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
took up arms against us is not of us and he who acted
dishonestly towards us is not of us.
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by
a heap of eatables (corn). He thrust his hand in that (heap)
and his fingers were moistened. He said to the owner of that
heap of eatables (corn): What is this? He replied: Messenger
of Allah, these have been drenched by rainfall. He (the Holy
Prophet) remarked: Why did you not place this (the drenched
part of the heap) over other eatables so that the people could
see it? He who deceives is not of me (is not my follower).
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Three
(are the persons) with whom Allah would neither speak, nor
would He absolve them on the Day of Resurrection. Abu Mu'awiya
added: He would not look at them and there is grievous torment
for them: the aged adulterer, the liar king and the proud
destitute.
that he (the Apostle of Allah) observed: Three are the persons
with whom Allah would neither speak (on the Day of
Resurrection) nor would He look at them, and there would be a
painful chastisement for them, a person who took an oath on
the goods of a Muslim in the afternoon and then broke it. The
rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by A'mash.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
killed himself with steel (weapon) would be the eternal
denizen of the Fire of Hell and he would have that weapon in
his hand and would be thrusting that in his stomach for ever
and ever, he who drank poison and killed himself would sip
that in the Fire of Hell where he is doomed for ever and ever;
and he who killed himself by falling from (the top of) a
mountain would constantly fall in the Fire of Hell and would
live there for ever and ever.
We participated in the Battle of Hunain along with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) said about a man who claimed to be a Muslim that he was one of the denizens of the Fire (of Hell). When we were in the thick of the battle that man fought desperately and was wounded. It was said: Messenger of Allah, the person whom you at first called as the denizen of Fire fought desperately and died. Upon this the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked: He was doomed to the Fire (of Hell). Some men were on the verge of doubt (about his fate) when it was said that he was not dead but fatally wounded. When it was night he could not stand the (pain of his) wound and killed himself. The Apostle (may peace be upon him) was informed of that. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Allah is Great, I bear testimony to the fact that I am the servant of Allah and His messenger. He then commanded Bilal to announce to the people that none but a Muslim would enter Paradise. Verily Allah helps this faith even by a sinful person.
We went to Khaibar along with the Apostle (may peace be upon him) and Allah granted us victory. We plundered neither gold nor silver but laid our hands on goods, corn and clothes, and then bent our stops to a valley; along with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) there was a slave who was presented to him by one Rifa'a b. Zaid of the family of Judham, a tribe of Dubayb. When we got down into the valley the slave of the Messenger of Allah stood up and began to unpack the saddle-bag and was suddenly struck by a (stray) arrow which proved fatal. We said: There is a greeting for him, Messenger of Allah, as he is a martyr. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked: Nay, not so. By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, the small garment which he stole from the booty on the day of Khaibar but which did not (legitimately) fall to his lot is burning like the Fire (of Hell) on him. The people were greatly perturbed (on hearing this). A person came there with a lace or two laces and said: Messenger of Allah, I found (them) on the day of Khaibar. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: This is a lace of fire or two laces of fire.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah would make a wind to blow from the side of the Yemen more delicate than silk and would spare none but cause him to die who, in the words of Abu 'Alqama, has faith equal to the weight of a grain; while Abdul-'Aziz said: having faith equal to the weight of a dust particle.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Be prompt in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence which would be like a part of the dark night. During (that stormy period) a man would be a Muslim in the morning and an unbeliever in the evening or he would be a believer in the evening and an unbeliever in the morning, and would sell his faith for worldly goods.
that when it was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him): To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and whether you disclose that which is in your mind or conceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it. Then He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He Pleases; and Allah is over everything Potent" (ii. 284). the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) felt it hard and severe and they came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and sat down on their knees and said: Messenger of Allah, we were assigned some duties which were within our power to perform, such as prayer, fasting, struggling (in the cause of Allah), charity. Then this (the above-mentioned) verse was revealed unto you and it is beyond our power to live up to it. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do you intend to say what the people of two books (Jews and Christians) said before you:" We hear and disobey"? You should rather say:" We hear and we obey, (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord! and unto Thee is the return." And they said:" We hear and we obey, (we seek) Thy forgiveness, Our Lord! and unto Thee is the return." When the people recited it and it smoothly flowed on their tongues, then Allah revealed immediately afterwards:" The Apostle believes in that which is sent down unto him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each one believes in Allah and His Angels and His Books and His Apostles, saying: We differentiate not between any of His Apostles and they say: We hearken and we obey: (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord! and unto Thee is the return" (ii. 285). When they did that, Allah abrogated this (verse) and the Great, Majestic Allah revealed:" Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It gets every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it earns. Our Lord, punish us not if we forget or make a mistake." (The Prophet said: ) Yes, our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us. (The Prophet said: ) Yes, our Lord, impose not on us (burdens) which we have not the strength to bear (The Prophet said: ) Yes, and pardon us and grant us protection! and have mercy on us. Thou art our Patron, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people" (ii. 286). He (the Lord) said: Yes.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Verily Allah forgave my people the evil promptings which arise within their hearts as long as they did not speak about them or did not act upon them.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Verily the Great and Mighty Allah forgave my people the evil promptings arising in their minds, but they neither talked about them nor acted upon them.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The Great and the Glorious Lord said (to angels): Whenever My bondsman intends to corn it an evil, do not record it against him, but if he actually commits it, then write it as one evil. And when he intends to do good but does not do it, then take it down is one act of goodness, but if he does it, then write down ten good deeds (in his record).
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Allah, the Great and Glorious, said: Whenever my bondsman intends to do good, but does not do it, I write one good act for him, but if he puts it into practice I wrote from ten to seven hundred good deeds in favour of him. When he intends to commit an evil, but does not actually do it, do not record it. But if he does it, I write only one evil.
reported that Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), said: When it occurs to my bondsman that he should do a good deed but he actually does not do it, record one good to him, but if he puts it into practice, I make an entry of ten good acts in his favour. When it occurs to him to do evil, but he does not commit it, I forgive that. But if he commits it, I record one evil against his name. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed. The angels said: That bondsman of Yours intends to commit evil, though His Lord is more Vigilant than he. Upon this He (the Lord) said: Watch him; if he commits (evil), write it against his name but if he refrains from doing it, write one good deed for him, for he desisted from doing it for My sake. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: He who amongst you is good of faith, all his good acts are multiplied from ten to seven hundred times (and are recorded in his name) and all the evils that he commits are recorded as such (i, e. without increase) till he meets Allah.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who intended to do good, but did not do it, one good was recorded for him, and he who intended to do good and also did it, ten to seven hundred good deeds were recorded for him. And he who intended evil, but did not commit it, no entry was made against his name, but if he committed that, it was recorded.
that some people from amongst the Companions of the Apostle (may peace be upon him) came to him and said: Verily we perceive in our minds that which every one of us considers it too grave to express. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you really perceive it? They said: Yes. Upon this he remarked: That is the faith manifest.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Men will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allah created all things but who created Allah? He who found himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allah.
that the Messenger of Allah may peace be upon him) observed: The Satan comes to everyone. of you and says: Who created this and that? till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge in Allah and keep away (from such idle thoughts).
that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: People will constantly ask you questions pertaining to knowledge till they would say: Allah created us, but who created Allah? he (the narrator) says: he (Abu Huraira) was (at the time of narrating this hadith) catching hold of the hand of a man and he said: Allah and the Messenger told the truth. Two persons have already put me this question, and this is the third one, or he said: One man has put me this question and he is the second one.
that he said: The people will constantly, and the rest of the hadith is the same as that transmitted by 'Abdul-Warith with the exception that there is no mention of the Apostle of Allah in that, but he observed at the end of the hadith: Allah and His Messenger told the truth.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to me: they (the people) will constantly ask you, Abu Huraira, (about different things pertaining to religion) then they would say: Well, there is Allah, but after all who created Allah? He (Abu Huraira) narrated: Once we were in the mosque that some of the Bedouins came there and said: Well, there is Allah, but who created Allah? He (the narrator) said: I took hold of the pebbles in my fist and flung at them and remarked: Stand up, stand up (go away) my friend (the Holy Prophet) told the truth.
reported A person came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, what do you think if a man comes to me in order to appropriate my possession? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't surrender your possession to him. He (the inquirer) said: If he fights me? He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Then fight (with him). He (the inquirer) again said: What do you think if I am killed? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr. He (the inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger of Allah) If I kill him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: he would be in the Fire.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Islam initiated as something strange, and it would revert to its (old position) of being strange. so good tidings for the stranger.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Verily the faith would recede to Medina just as the serpent crawls back into its hole.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: We have more claim to doubt than Ibrahim (may peace be upon him) when he said: My Lord! Show me how Thou wilt quicken the dead. He said: Believeth thou not? He said: Yes! But that my heart may rest at ease. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: May Lord take mercy on Lot, that he wanted a strong support, and had I stayed (in the prison) as long as Yusuf stayed, I would have responded to him who invited me.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: There has never been a Prophet amongst the prophets who was not bestowed with a sign amongst the signs which were bestowed (on the earlier prophets). Human beings believed in it and verily I have been conferred upon revelation (the Holy Qur'an) which Allah revealed to me. I hope that I will have the greatest following on the Day of Resurrection.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is my life, the son of Mary (may peace be upon him) will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break crosses, kill swine and abolish Jizya and the wealth will pour forth to such an extent that no one will accept it.
that the Messenger or Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: I swear by Allah that the son of Mary will certainly descend as a just judge and he would definitely break the cross, and kill swine and abolish Jizya and would leave the young she-camel and no one would endeavour to (collect Zakat on it). Spite, mutual hatred and jealousy against one another will certainly disappear and when he summons people to accept wealth, not even one would do so.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: What will be your state when the son of Mary descends amongst you and there will be an Imam amongst you?
that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: What would you do when the son of Mary would descend and lead you?
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: What would you do when the son of Mary would descend amongst you and would lead you as one amongst you? Ibn Abi Dhi'b on the authority of Abu Huraira narrated: Your leader amongst you. Ibn Abi Dhi'b said: Do you know what the words:" He would lead as one amongst you" mean? I said: Explain these to me. He said: He would lead you according to the Book of your: Lord (hallowed be He and most exalted) and the Sunnah of your Apostle (may peace be upon him).
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The (Last) Hour shall not came till the sun rises from the place of its setting And on the day when it rises from the place of its setting even if all the people together affirmed their faith, it would not be of any avail to one who did not believe previously and derived no good out of his belief.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: When three things appear faith will not benefit one who has not previously believed or has derived no good from his faith: the rising of the sun in its place of setting, the Dajjal, and the beast of the earth.
that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When I was taken for the night journey I met Moses peace be upon him). The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) gave his description thus: He was a man, I suppose-and he (the narrator) was somewhat doubtful (that the Holy Prophet observed): (Moses) was a man erect in stature with straight hair on his head as it he was one of the men of the Shanu'a; and I met Jesus and the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) described him as one having a medium stature and a red complexion as if he had (just) come out of the bath He observed: I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and amongst his children I have the greatest resemblance with him. He said: There were brought to me two vessels. In one of them was milk and in the other one there was wine. And it was said to me: Select any one you like. So I selected the vessel containing milk and drank it. He (the angel) said: You have been guided on al-fitra or you have attained al-fitra. Had you selected wine, your Ummah would have been misled.
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: I found myself in Hijr and the Quraish were asking me about my night journey. I was asked about things pertaining to Bait-ul-Maqdis which I could not preserve (in my mind). I was very much vexed, so vexed as I had never been before. Then Allah raised it (Bait-ul-Maqdis) before my eyes. I looked towards it, and I gave them the information about whatever they questioned me I also saw myself among the group of apostles. I saw Moses saying prayer and found him to be a well-built man as if he was a man of the tribe of Shanu'a. I saw Jesus son of Mary (peace be upon him) offering prayer, of all of men he had the closest resemblance with Urwa b. Masud al-Thaqafi. I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him) offering prayer; he had the closest resemblance with your companion (the Prophet himself) amongst people. When the time of prayer came I led them. When I completed the prayer, someone said: Here is Malik, the keeper of the Hell; pay him salutations. I turned to him, but he preceded me in salutation.
that the (words of Allah):" And certainly he saw him in another descent" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 13) imply that he saw Gabriel.
The people said to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah, shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do you feel any trouble in seeing the moon on the night when it is full? They said: Messenger of Allah, no. He (the Messenger) further said: Do you feel any trouble in seeing the sun, when there is no cloud over it? They said: Messenger of Allah. no. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily you would see Him like this (as you see the sun and the moon). God will gather people on the Day of Resurrection and say: Let every people follow what they worshipped. Those who worshipped the sun would follow the sun, and those who worshipped the moon would follow the moon, and those who worshipped the devils would follow the devils. This Ummah (of Islam) alone would be left behind and there would be hypocrites too amongst it. Allah would then come to them in a form other than His own Form, recognisable to them, and would say: I am your Lord. They would say: We take refuge with Allah from thee. We will stay here till our Lord comes to us. and when our Lord would come we would recognise Him. Subsequently Allah would come to them in His own Form, recognisable to them, and say: I am your Lord. They would say: Thou art our Lord. And they would follow Him, and a bridge would be set over the Hell; and I (the Holy Prophet) and my Ummah would be the first to pass over it; and none but the messengers would speak on that day, and the prayer of the messengers on that day would be: O Allah! grant safety, grant safety. In Hell, there would be long spits like the thorns of Sa'dan He (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you seen Sa'dan? They replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: Verily those (hooks) would be like the thorns of Sa'dan, but no one knows their size except Allah. These would seize people for their misdeeds. Some of them would escape for their (good) deeds, and some would be rewarded for their deeds till they get salvation. When Allah would finish judging His bondsmen and because of His mercy decide to take out of Hell such people as He pleases. He would command the angels to bring out those who had not associated anything with Allah; to whom Allah decided to show mercy. those who would say: There is no god but Allah. They (the angels) would recognise them in the Fire by the marks of prostration, for Hell-fire will devour everything (limb) of the sons of Adam except the marks of prostration. Allah has forbidden the fire to consume the marks of prostration. They will be taken out of the Fire having been burnt, and the water of life would be poured over them, and they will sprout as seed does In the silt carried by flood.
Then Allah would finish judging amongst His bondsmen; but a man who will be the last to enter Paradise will remain facing Hell and will say: O my Lord I turn my face away from Hell, for its air has poisoned me ard its blaze has burnt me. He will then call to Allah as long as Allah would wish that he should call to Him. Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, would say: If I did that, perhaps you would ask for more than that. He would say: I would not ask You more than this, and he would give his Lord covenants and agreements as Allah wished, and so He would turn his face away from the Fire When he turns towards the Paradise and sees it, he will remain silent as long as Allah wishes him to remain so. He will then say: O my Lord I bring me forward to the gate of the Paradise. Allah would say to him: Did you not give covenants and agreements that you would not ask for anything besides what I had given you. Woe to thee! O son of Adam, how treacherous you are! He would say: O my Lord! and would continue calling to Allah till He would say to him: If I grant you that, perhaps you will ask for more. He will reply: No, by Thy greatness, and he will give His Lord promises and covenants as Allah had wished. He would then bring him to the gate of the Paradise, and when he would stand at the gate of the Paradise, it would lay open before him. and he would see the bounty and the joy that there is in it. He would remain quiet as long as Allah would desire him to remain silent. He would then say: O my Lord, admit me to Paradise. Allah. Blessed and Exalted, would say: Did you not give covenants and agreements that you would not ask for anything more than what I had granted you? Woe to you! son of Adam, how treacherous you are! And he would say: O my Lord, I do not wish to be the most miserable of Thy creatures. He would continue calling upon Allah till Allah, Blessed and Exalted, would laugh. When Allah would laugh at him, He would say: Enter the Paradise. When he would enter, Allah would say: State your wish. He would express his wishes till Allah would remind him (the desire of) such and such (things). When his desires would be exhausted Allah would say: That is for thee and, besides it, the like of it also. 'Ata' b. Yazid said: Abu Sa'id al-Khudri was with Abu Huraira and be did not reject anything from the hadith narrated by him, but when Abu Huraira narrated:" Allah said to that man; ind its like along with it," Abu Sa'id said:" Ten like it along with it," O Abu Huraira. Abu Huraira said: I do not remember except the words:" That is for you and a similar one along with it." Abu Sa'id said: I bear witness to the fact that I remembered from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) his words:" That is for thee and ten like it." Abu Huraira said: That man was the last of those deserving of Paradise to enter Paradise.
The people said to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah I shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection? The rest of the hadith was narrated according to the narration of Ibrahim b. Sa'd.
Meat was one day brought to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and a foreleg was offered to him, a part which he liked. He sliced with his teeth a piece out of it and said: I shall be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know why? Allah would gather in one plain the earlier and the later (of the human race) on the Day of Resurrection. Then the voice of the proclaimer would be heard by all of them and the eyesight would penetrate through all of them and the sun would come near. People would then experience a degree of anguish, anxiety and agony which they shall not be able to bear and they shall not be able to stand. Some people would say to the others: Don you see in which trouble you are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken you? Why don't you find one who should intercede for you with your Lord? Some would say to the others: Go to Adam. And they would go to Adam and say: O Adam, thou art the father of mankind. Allah created thee by His own Hand and breathed in thee of His spirit and ordered the angels to prostrate before thee. Intercede for us with thy Lord Don't you see in what (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Adam would say: Verily, my Lord is angry, to an extent to which He had never been angry before nor would He be angry afterward. Verily, He forbade me (to go near) that tree and I disobeyed Him. I am concerned with my own self. Go to someone else; go to Noah. They would come to Noah and would say: O Noah, thou art the first of the Messengers (sent) on the earth (after Adam), and Allah named thee as a" Grateful Servant," intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in what (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? He would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before, and would never be angry afterwards. There had emanated a curse from me with which I cursed my people. I am concerned with only myself, I am concerned only with myself; you better go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They would go to Ibrahim and say: Thou art the apostle of Allah and His Friend amongst the inhabitants of the earth; intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in which (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Ibrahim would say to them: Verily, my Lord is today angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. and (Ibrahim) would mention his lies (and then say): I am concerned only with myself, I am concerned only with myself. You better go to someone else: go to Moses. They would come to Moses (peace be upon him) and say: O Moses, thou art Allah's messenger, Allah blessed thee with His messengership and His conversation amongst people. Intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in what (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Moses (peace be upon him) would say to them: Verily. my Lord is angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. I, in fact, killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself. You better go to Jesus (peace be upon him). They would come to Jesus and would say: O Jesus, thou art the messenger of Allah and thou conversed with people in the cradle, (thou art) His Word which I-Ie sent down upon Mary. and (thou art) the Spirit from Him; so intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see (the trouble) in which we are? Don't you see (the misfortune) that has overtaken us? Jesus (peace be upon him) would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before or would ever be angry afterwards. He mentioned no sin of his. (He simply said:) I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself; you go to someone else: better go to Muhammad (may peace be upon him).
They would come to me and say: O Muhammad (saw), thou art the messenger of Allah and the last of the apostles. Allah has pardoned thee all thy previous and later sins. Intercede for us with thy Lord; don't you see in which (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? I shall then set off and come below the Throne and fall down prostrate before my Lord; then Allah would reveal to me and inspire me with some of His Praises and Glorifications which He had not revealed to anyone before me. He would then say: Muhammad (saw), raise thy head; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted I would then raise my head and say: O my Lord, my people, my people. It would be said: O Muhammad (saw), bring in by the right gate of Paradise those of your people who would have no account to render. They would share with the people some other door besides this door. The Holy Prophet then said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad (saw), verify the distance between two door leaves of the Paradise is as great as between Mecca and Hajar, or as between Mecca and Busra.
that there was placed before the Messenger of Allah a cup of soft bread, soup and meat. He took part of the foreleg which he liked most. He sliced (with his teeth) a slice (out of that) and said: I would be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. He then sliced (that meat) for the second time and said: I am the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. When he saw that his companions did not ask him (about this assertion) he said: Why don't you say: How would that be? They said: How would be it, Messenger of Allah? He said: People would stand before the Lord of the worlds. And the rest of the hadith was narrated like the one transmitted by Abu Hayyan, on the authority of Abu Zur'a, and in the story of Ibrahim, this addition was made. He said and made mention of his words with regard to the star: This is my Lord. And his words with regard to their gods: But the big among them has done that. And his words: I am ailing. He (the Holy Prophet) said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the distance between two leaves of the door from their supporting frames is as the distance between Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and Mecca. I do not remember how he said it (whether Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and Mecca).
Verity the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: There is for every apostle a (special) prayer with which he would pray. I wish I could reserve, my prayer for intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: There is for every apostle a prayer, and I intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.
The Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: There is for every apostle a prayer which is granted, but every prophet showed haste in his prayer. I have, however, reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection, and it would be granted, if Allah so willed, in case of everyone amongst my Ummah provided he dies without associating anything with Allah.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Every Messenger is endowed with a prayer which is granted and by which he would (pray to his Lord) and it would he granted for him. I have, however, reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummab on the Day of Resurrection.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: There was for every apostle a prayer with which he prayed for his Ummah and it was granted to him; but I wish, if Allah so wills, to defer my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.
When this verse was revealed:" And warn thy nearest kindred (al-Qur'an, xxvi. 214), the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) called the Quraish; so they gathered and he gave them a general warning. Then he made a particular (reference to certain tribes) and said: O sons of Ka'b b. Luwayy, rescue yourselves from the Fire; O sons of Murra b. Ka'b, rescue yourselves from the Fire: O sons of Abd Shams, rescue yourselves from the Fire; 0 sons of Abd Manaf rescue yourselves from the Fire; O sons of Hashim, rescue yourselves from the Fire; 0 sons of Abd al-Muttalib, rescue yourselves from the Fire; O Fatimah, rescue thyself from the Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything except this that I would sustain relationship with you.
When (this verse) was revealed to him:"
Warn your nearest kinsmen." the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: O people of Quraish, buy yourselves from
Allah, I cannot avail you at all against Allah; O sons of Abd
al-’Muttalib. I cannot avail you at all against Allah; 0 Abbas
b. 'Abd al-’ Muttalib, I cannot avail you at all against Allah;
O Safiya (aunt of the Messenger of Allah), I cannot avail you
at all against Allah; 0 Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, ask me
whatever you like, but I cannot avail you at all against
Allah.
that the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Seventy
thousand (persons) of my Ummah would enter Paradise without
rendering an account. Upon this a person said: Messenger of
Allah. pray to Allah that He make me one of them. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: O Allah! make him one of them. Then another
stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah that He
make me one of them. He (the Holy Prophet) said: 'Ukkasha has
preceded you in this matter.
I heard it from the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) saying: A group of my Ummah consisting
of seventy thousand persons would enter Paradise; their faces
would be as bright as the brightness of the full moon. Abd
Huraira said: 'Ukkasha b. Mihsan al-’Asadi then stood up
wrapping the blanket around him and said: Messenger of Allah,
supplicate (before) Allah that He should make me one among
them. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
said: O Allah, make him among them. Then stood up a man from
the Ansa and said: Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah that He
should make me one among them. The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: 'Ukkasha has preceded you in this
matter.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: Seventy thousand (persons) would enter
Paradise as one group and among them (there would be people)
whom faces would be bright like the moon.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: Five prayers and from one Friday prayer to
(the next) Friday prayer is an expiation (of the sins
committed in between their intervals) if major sins are not
committed.
that the Messenger of Allah (way peace be
upon him) said: Five prayers and one Friday prayer to (the
next) Friday prayer are expiatious (for the sins committed in
the intervals) between them.
Verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: Five (daily) prayers and from one Friday
prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadhan to
Ramadhan are expiatious for the (sins) committed in between
(their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after
answering the call of nature) he must make use of an odd
number and when any one of you performs ablution he must snuff
in his nose water and then clean it.
The Messenger of Allah (way peace he upon him) said: When anyone performs ablution he must clean his nose and when anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he must do that odd number of times.
The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said. When any one of you awakes up from sleep and performs ablution, he must clean his nose three times, for the devil spends the night in the interior of his nose.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) saw a man who did not wash his heel and he remarked: Woe to the heels because of hell-fire.
He saw people perform ablution with the help of a water jar and he said: Complete the Wudu for i heard Abu al-Qasim (may peace be upon him) say: Woe to the hamstrings because of hell-fire.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Woe to the heels because of hell-fire.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When a bondsman-a Muslim or a believer-washes his face (in course of ablution), every sin he contemplated with his eyes, will be washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought will be effaced 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 have walked will be washed away with the water or with the last drop of water with the result that he comes out pure from all sins.
Verily Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: My Cistern has its dimensions wider than the distance between Aila and Aden, and its water is whiter than ice and sweeter than the honey diluted with milk, and its cups are more numerous than the numbers of the stars. Verily I shall prevent the (faithless) people therefrom just as a man prevents the camels of the people from his fountain. They said: Messenger of Allah, will you recognise us on that day? He said: Yes, you will have distinctive marks which nobody among the peoples (except you) will have; you would come to me with blazing forehead and bright hands and feet on account of the traces of ablution.
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: My people would come to me on the Cistern and I would drive away persons (from it) just as a person drives away other people's camels from his camels. They (the hearers) said: Apostle of Allah, would you recognize us? He replied: Yea, you would have a mark which other people will not have. You would come to me with a white blaze on your foreheads and white marks on your feet because of the traces of ablution. A group among you would be prevented from coming to me, and they would not meet me, and I would say: O my Lord, they are my companions. Upon this an angel would reply to me saying: Do you know what these people did after you.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came to the graveyard and said: Peace be upon you! the abode of the believing people and we, if God so wills, are about to join you. I love to see my brothers. They (the hearers) said: Arn't we your brothers-Messenger of Allah? He said: You are my companions, and our brothers are those who have, so far, not come into the world. They said: Messenger of Allah, how would you recognise those persons of your Ummah who have not yet been born? He said: Supposing a man had horses with white blazes on fore- heads and legs among horses which were all black, tell me, would he not recognise his own horses? They said: Certainly. Messenger of Allah. He said: They would come with white faces and arms and legs owing to ablution, and I would arrive at the Cistern before them. Some people would be driven away from my Cistern as the stray camel is driven away. I would call out. Come. come. Then it would be said (to me): These people changed themselves after you, and I would say: Be off, be off.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) went out to the graveyard and said: Peace be upon you, the abode of the believing people. and If Allah so wills we shall join you.... (and so on and so forth) like the hadith narrated by Isma'il b. Ja'far except the words of Malik: Then some persons would be driven away from my Cistern.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Should I not suggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man). They (the hearers) said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: Performing the ablution thoroughly despite odds, tranverside of more paces towards the mosque, and waiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer, and that is mindfulness.
The Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Were it not that I might over-burden the believers-and in the hadith transmitted by Zuhair" people" -I would have ordered them to use toothstick at every time of prayer.
Five are the acts quite akin to the Fitra, or five are the acts of Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubes, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits and clipping the moustache.
Five are the acts of fitra: circumcision, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Trim closely the moustache, and grow beard, and thus act against the fire-worshippers.
When any one amongst you squats for answering the call of nature, he should neither turn his face towards the Qibla nor turn his back towards it.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Be on your guard against two things which provoke cursing. They (the companions present there) said: Messenger of Allah, what are those things which provoke cursing? He said: Easing on the thoroughfares or under the shades (where they take shelter and rest).
When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand in the utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night.
The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he should wash his hands three times before putting it in the utensil, for he does not know wher.. his hand was during the night.
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) to have said: When a dog licks a utensil belonging to any one of you, (the thing contained in it) should be thrown away and then (the utensil) should be washed seven times.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When a dog drinks out of a vessel belonging to any one of you, he must wash it seven times.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The purification of the utensil belonging to any one of you, after it is licked by a dog, lies in washing it seven times, using sand for the first time.
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, and then wash in it.
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) saying: None of you must wash in standing water when he is in a state of Junub. And Abu Huraira was asked how it was to be done; he said: It was to be taken out in handfuls.
Hadith No: 589
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
While the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) was in the mosque, he said: O 'A'isha, get me
that garment. She said: I am menstruating. Upon this he
remarked: Your menstruation is not in your hand, and she,
therefore, got him that.
Hadith No: 669
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Amongst the traditions narrated from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) on the authority of Abu Huraira, the one is that Banu Israil used to take a bath naked, and they looked at the private parts of one another. Moses (peace be upon him), however, took a bath alone (in privacy); and they said (tauntingly): By Allah, nothing prohibits Moses to take a bath along with us, but sacrotal hernia. He (Moses) once went for a bath and placed his clothes on a stone and the stone moved on with his clothes. Moses ran after it saying: 0 stone, my clothes, 0 stone, my clothes, and Banu Israil had the chance to see the private parts of Moses, and said: By Allah, Moses does not suffer from any ailment. The stone then stopped, till Moses had been seen by them, and he then took hold of his clothes and struck the stone. Abu Huraira said: By Allah, there are the marks of six or seven strokes made by Moses on the stone.
Hadith No: 682
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When a man has sexual intercourse, bathing becomes obligatory (both for the male and the female). In the hadith of Matar the words are: Even if there is no orgasm. Zuhair has narrated it with a minor alteration of words.
Hadith No: 703
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: If any one of you has pain in his abdomen, but is doubtful whether or not anything has issued from him, be should not leave the mosque unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.
Hadith No: 722
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Listed in: The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid)
that he met the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) on one of the paths leading to Medina in a state of (sexual) defilement and he slipped away and took a bath. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) searched for him and when he came, he said to him: 0 Abu Huraira, where were you? He said: Messenger of Allah, you met when I was (sexually) defiled and I did not like to sit in your company before taking a bath. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Hallowed be Allah, verily a believer is never defiled.
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: When Satan hears the call to prayer, he turns
back and breaks the wind so as not to hear the call being made, but when the call is finished he turns round and distracts (the minds of those who pray), and when he hears the Iqama he again runs away so as not to hear its voice and when
it subsides, he comes back and distracts (the minds of those
who stand for prayer).
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: When the Mu'adhdhin calls to prayer, Satan
runs back vehemently.
The Apostle (may peace be upon him) said
When the call to prayer is made, Satan runs back and breaks
wind so as not to hear the call being made, and when the call
is finished. he turns round. When Iqama is proclaimed he turns
his back, and when it is finished he turns round to distract a
man, saying: Re-’ member such and such; remember such and such,
referring to something the man did not have in his mind, with
the result that he does not know how much he has prayed.
When the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) got up for prayer, he would say the takbir
(Allah-’o-’Akbar) when standing, then say the takbir when
bowing. then say:" Allah listened to him who praised him,"
when coming to the erect position after bowing, then say while
standing:" To Thee, our Lord, be the praise", then recite the
takbir when getting down for prostration, then say the takbir
on raising his head, then say the takbir on prostrating
himself, then say the takbir on raising his head. He would do
that throughout the whole prayer till he would complete it,
and he would say the takbir when he would get up at the end of
two rak'as after adopting the sitting posture. Abu Huraira
said: My prayer has the best resemblance amongst you with the
prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said: If anyone observes prayer in which he does not
recite Umm al-Qur'an, It is deficient [he said this three
times] and not complete. It was said to Abu Huraira: At times we are behind the Imam. He said: Recite it inwardly, for he had heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) declare that Allah the Exalted had said: I have divided the prayer into two halves between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. When the servant says: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the universe, Allah the Most
High says: My servant has praised Me. And when he (the
servant) says: The Most Compassionate, the Merciful, Allah the Most High says: My servant has lauded Me. And when he (the servant) says: Master of the Day of judgment, He remarks: My
servant has glorified Me. and sometimes He would say: My
servant entrusted (his affairs) to Me. And when he (the worshipper) says: Thee do we worship and of Thee do we ask help, He (Allah) says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks for. Then, when he (the worshipper) says: Guide us to the straight path, the path of those to whom Thou hast been Gracious not of those who have incurred Thy displeasure, nor of those who have gone astray, He (Allah) says: This is for My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks for. Sufyan said: 'Ala b. 'Abd al-Rahman
b. Ya'qub narrated it to me when I went to him and he was
confined to his home on account of illness, and I asked him about it.
that he had
heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: He
who observed prayer but he did not recite the Umm al-’Qur'an in
it, and the rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by
Sufyan, and in this hadith the words are:" Allah the Most High
said: the prayer is divided into two halves between Me and My
servant. The half of it is for Me and the half of it is for My
servant."
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: He who said his prayer, but did not recite the
opening chapter of al-’Kitab, his prayer is incomplete. He
repeated it thrice.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: One is not credited with having observed the
prayer without the recitation (of al-’Fatiha). So said Abu
Huraira: (The prayer in which) the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) recited in a loud voice, we also recited
that loudly for you (and the prayer in which) he recited
inwardly we also recited inwardly for you (to give you a
practical example of the prayer of the Holy Prophet).
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) entered the mosque and a person also entered therein and offered prayer, and then came and paid salutation to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) returned his salutation and said: Go back and pray, for you have not offered the prayer. He again prayed as he had prayed before, and came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) returned the salutation and said: Go back and say prayer, for you have not offered the prayer. This (act of repeating the prayer) was done three times. Upon this the person said: By Him Who has sent you with Truth, whatever better I can do than this, please teach me. He (the Holy Prophet) said: When you get up to pray, recite takbir, and then recite whatever you conveniently can from the Quran, then bow down and remain quietly in that position, then raise yourself and stand erect; then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that attitude; then raise yourself and sit quietly; and do that throughout all your prayers.
A person entered the mosque and said
prayer while the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
was sitting in a nook (of the mosque), and the rest of the
hadith is the same as mentioned above, but with this
addition:" When you get up to pray, perform the ablution
completely, and then turn towards the Qibla and recite takbir
(Allah o Akbar =Allah is the Most Great)."
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