Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are) Health and
free time for doing good."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"O Allah! There is no life worth living except the life of the Hereafter,
so (please) make righteous the Ansar and the Emigrants."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd As-Sa'idi:
We were in the
company of Allah's Apostle in (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, and he was digging
the trench while we were carrying the earth away. He looked at us and said,
"O Allah! There is no life worth living except the life of the Hereafter,
so (please) forgive the Ansar and the Emigrants."
Narrated Sahl:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "A (small) place equal to an area occupied by a whip in
Paradise is better than the (whole) world and whatever is in it; and an
undertaking (journey) in the forenoon or in the afternoon for Allah's Cause, is
better than the whole world and whatever is in it."
Narrated Mujahid:
'Abdullah bin
'Umar said, "Allah's Apostle took hold of my shoulder and said, 'Be in
this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler." The sub-narrator
added: Ibn 'Umar used to say, "If you survive till the evening, do not
expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not
expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness,
and (take) from your life for your death."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet drew
a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the
square and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and
said, "This is the human being, and this, (the square) in his lease of
life, encircles him from all sides (or has encircled him), and this (line),
which is outside (the square), is his hope, and these small lines are the
calamities and troubles (which may befall him), and if one misses him, an-other
will snap (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses him, a third will snap
(i.e. overtake) him."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet drew
a few lines and said, "This is (man's) hope, and this is the instant of
his death, and while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death)
comes to Him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will not accept the excuse of any person whose instant of death is
delayed till he is sixty years of age."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "The heart of an old man remains young in two respects,
i.e., his love for the world (its wealth, amusements and luxuries) and his
incessant hope."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The son of Adam (i.e. man) grows old and so also two (desires) grow
old with him, i.e., love for wealth and (a wish for) a long life."
Narrated 'Utban
bin Malik Al-Ansari:
who was one of
the men of the tribe of Bani Salim: Allah's Apostle came to me and said,
"If anybody comes on the Day of Resurrection who has said: La ilaha
illal-lah, sincerely, with the intention to win Allah's Pleasure, Allah will
make the Hell-Fire forbidden for him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah says, 'I have nothing to give but
Paradise as a reward to my believer slave, who, if I cause his dear friend (or
relative) to die, remains patient (and hopes for Allah's Reward)."
Narrated 'Amr bin
'Auf:
(an ally of the
tribe of Bani 'Amir bin Lu'ai and one of those who had witnessed the battle of
Badr with Allah's Apostle) Allah's Apostle sent Abu 'Ubaida bin AlJarrah to
Bahrain to collect the Jizya tax. Allah's Apostle had concluded a peace treaty
with the people of Bahrain and appointed Al 'Ala bin Al-Hadrami as their chief;
Abu Ubaida arrived from Bahrain with the money. The Ansar heard of Abu
'Ubaida's arrival which coincided with the Fajr (morning) prayer led by Allah's
Apostle. When the Prophet finished the prayer, they came to him. Allah's
Apostle smiled when he saw them and said, "I think you have heard of the
arrival of Abu 'Ubaida and that he has brought something." They replied,
"Yes, O Allah's Apostle! " He said, "Have the good news, and
hope for what will please you. By Allah, I am not afraid that you will become
poor, but I am afraid that worldly wealth will be given to you in abundance as
it was given to those (nations) before you, and you will start competing each
other for it as the previous nations competed for it, and then it will divert
you (from good) as it diverted them." '
Narrated 'Uqba
bin 'Amir:
The Prophet went
out and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of the (battle of) Uhud and
then ascended the pulpit and said, "I am your predecessor and I am a
witness against you. By Allah, I am now looking at my Tank-lake (Al-Kauthar)
and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of
the earth). By Allah! I am not afraid that after me you will worship others
besides Allah, but I am afraid that you will start competing for (the pleasures
of) this world."
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The thing I am afraid of most for your sake, is the worldly
blessings which Allah will bring forth to you." It was said, "What
are the blessings of this world?" The Prophet said, "The pleasures of
the world." A man said, "Can the good bring forth evil?" The
Prophet kept quiet for a while till we thought that he was being inspired
divinely. Then he started removing the sweat from his forehead and said,"
Where is the questioner?" That man said, "I (am present)." Abu
Sa'id added: We thanked the man when the result (of his question) was such. The
Prophet said, "Good never brings forth but good. This wealth (of the
world) is (like) green and sweet (fruit), and all the vegetation which grows on
the bank of a stream either kills or nearly kills the animal that eats too much
of it, except the animal that eats the Khadira (a kind of vegetation). Such an
animal eats till its stomach is full and then it faces the sun and starts
ruminating and then it passes out dung and urine and goes to eat again. This
worldly wealth is (like) sweet (fruit), and if a person earns it (the wealth)
in a legal way and spends it properly, then it is an excellent helper, and
whoever earns it in an illegal way, he will be like the one who eats but is
never satisfied."
Narrated Zahdam
bin Mudarrib:
'Imran bin Husain
said: The Prophet said, "The best people are my contemporaries (i.e., the
present (my) generation) and then those who come after them (i.e., the next
generation)." Imran added: I am not sure whether the Prophet repeated the
statement twice after his first saying. The Prophet added, "And after them
there will come people who will bear witness, though they will not be asked to
give their witness; and they will be treacherous and nobody will trust them,
and they will make vows, but will not fulfill them, and fatness will appear
among them."
Narrated
'Abdullah :
The Prophet said,
"The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come
after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e.
the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness
will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness."
Narrated Qais:
I heard Khabbab,
who had branded his abdomen with seven brands, saying, "Had Allah's
Apostle not forbidden us to invoke Allah for death, I would have invoked Allah
for death. The companions of Muhammad have left this world without taking
anything of their reward in it (i.e., they will have perfect reward in the
Hereafter), but we have collected of the worldly wealth what we cannot spend
but on earth (i.e. on building houses)."
Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab
while he was building a wall, and he (Khabbab) said, "Our companions who
have left this world, did not enjoy anything of their reward therein, while we
have collected after them, much wealth that we cannot spend but on earth (i.e.,
on building)."
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with
the Prophet..(This narration is related in the chapter of migration).
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
I brought water
to Uthman bin 'Affan to perform the ablution while he was sitting on his seat.
He performed the ablution in a perfect way and said, "I saw the Prophet
performing the ablution in this place and he performed it in a perfect way and
said, "Whoever performs the ablution as I have done this time and then proceeds
to the mosque and offers a two-Rak'at prayer and then sits there (waiting for
the compulsory congregational prayers), then all his past sins will be
forgiven." The Prophet further added, "Do not be conceited (thinking
that your sins will be forgiven because of your prayer)."
Narrated Mirdas
Al-Aslami:
The Prophet said,
"The righteous (pious people will depart (die) in succession one after the
other, and there will remain (on the earth) useless people like the useless
husk of barley seeds or bad dates, and Allah will not
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Perish the slave of Dinar, Dirham, Qatifa (thick soft cloth), and Khamisa
(a garment), for if he is given, he is pleased; otherwise he is
dissatisfied."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "If the son of Adam (the human being) had two valley of
money, he would wish for a third, for nothing can fill the belly of Adam's son
except dust, and Allah forgives him who repents to Him."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "If the son of Adam had money equal to a valley, then he
will wish for another similar to it, for nothing can satisfy the eye of Adam's
son except dust. And Allah forgives him who repents to Him." Ibn 'Abbas
said: I do not know whether this saying was quoted from the Qur'an or not.
'Ata' said, "I heard Ibn AzZubair saying this narration while he was on the
pulpit."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
I heard Ibn
Az-Zubair who was on the pulpit at Mecca, delivering a sermon, saying, "O
men! The Prophet used to say, "If the son of Adam were given a valley full
of gold, he would love to have a second one; and if he were given the second
one, he would love to have a third, for nothing fills the belly of Adam's son
except dust. And Allah forgives he who repents to Him." Ubai said,
"We considered this as a saying from the Qur'an till the Sura (beginning
with) 'The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you..'
(102.1) was revealed."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If Adam's son had a valley full of gold, he would like to have two
valleys, for nothing fills his mouth except dust. And Allah forgives him who
repents to Him."
Narrated Hakim
bin Hizam:
I asked the
Prophet (for some money) and he gave me, and then again I asked him and he gave
me, and then again I asked him and he gave me and he then said, "This wealth
is (like) green and sweet (fruit), and whoever takes it without greed, Allah
will bless it for him, but whoever takes it with greed, Allah will not bless it
for him, and he will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied. And the
upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (taking) hand."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Who among you considers the wealth of his heirs dearer to him than his
own wealth?" They replied, "O Allah's Apostle! There is none among us
but loves his own wealth more." The Prophet said, "So his wealth is
whatever he spends (in Allah's Cause) during his life (on good deeds) while the
wealth of his heirs is whatever he leaves after his death."
Narrated Abu
Dhar:
Once I went out
at night and found Allah's Apostle walking all alone accompanied by nobody, and
I thought that perhaps he disliked that someone should accompany him. So I
walked in the shade, away from the moonlight, but the Prophet looked behind and
saw me and said, "Who is that?" I replied, "Abu Dhar, let Allah
get me sacrificed for you!" He said, "O Abu Dhar, come here!" So
I accompanied him for a while and then he said, "The rich are in fact the
poor (little rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection except him whom Allah gives
wealth which he gives (in charity) to his right, left, front and back, and does
good deeds with it. I walked with him a little longer. Then he said to me,
"Sit down here." So he made me sit in an open space surrounded by
rocks, and said to me, "Sit here till I come back to you." He went
towards Al-Harra till I could not see him, and he stayed away for a long
period, and then I heard him saying, while he was coming, "Even if he had
committed theft, and even if he had committed illegal sexual intercourse?"
When he came, I could not remain patient and asked him, "O Allah's
Prophet! Let Allah get me sacrificed for you! Whom were you speaking to by the
side of Al-Harra? I did not hear anybody responding to your talk." He
said, "It was Gabriel who appeared to me beside Al-Harra and said, 'Give
the good news to your followers that whoever dies without having worshipped
anything besides Allah, will enter Paradise.' I said, 'O Gabriel! Even if he
had committed theft or committed illegal sexual intercourse?' He said, 'Yes.' I
said, 'Even if he has committed theft or committed illegal sexual intercourse?'
He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Even if he has committed theft or committed illegal
sexual intercourse?' He said, 'Yes.' "
Narrated Abu
Dhar:
While I was
walking with the Prophet in the Harra of Medina, Uhud came in sight. The
Prophet said, "O Abu Dhar!" I said, "Labbaik, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "I would not like to have gold equal to this
mountain of Uhud, unless nothing of it, not even a single Dinar of it remains
with me for more than three days, except something which I will keep for
repaying debts. I would have spent all of it (distributed it) amongst Allah's
Slaves like this, and like this, and like this." The Prophet pointed out
with his hand towards his right, his left and his back (while illustrating it).
He proceeded with his walk and said, "The rich are in fact the poor
(little rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection except those who spend their wealth
like this, and like this, and like this, to their right, left and back, but
such people are few in number." Then he said to me, "Stay at your
place and do not leave it till I come back." Then he proceeded in the
darkness of the night till he went out of sight, and then I heard a loud voice,
and was afraid that something might have happened to the Prophet .1 intended to
go to him, but I remembered what he had said to me, i.e. 'Don't leave your
place till I come back to you,' so I remained at my place till he came back to
me. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I heard a voice and I was afraid." So
I mentioned the whole story to him. He said, "Did you hear it?" I
replied, "Yes." He said, "It was Gabriel who came to me and
said, 'Whoever died without joining others in worship with Allah, will enter
Paradise.' I asked (Gabriel), 'Even if he had committed theft or committed
illegal sexual intercourse? Gabriel said, 'Yes, even if he had committed theft
or committed illegal sexual intercourse."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah Apostle
said, "If I had gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would not please me
that anything of it should remain with me after three nights (i.e., I would
spend all of it in Allah's Cause) except what I would keep for repaying
debts."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Riches does not mean, having a great amount of property, but riches is
self-contentment."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd As-Sa'id:
A man passed by
Allah's Apostle and the Prophet asked a man sitting beside him, "What is
your opinion about this (passer-by)?" He replied, "This (passer-by)
is from the noble class of people. By Allah, if he should ask for a lady's hand
in marriage, he ought to be given her in marriage, and if he intercedes for
somebody, his intercession will be accepted. Allah's Apostle kept quiet, and
then another man passed by and Allah's Apostle asked the same man (his
companion) again, "What is your opinion about this (second) one?" He
said, "O Allah's Apostle! This person is one of the poor Muslims. If he
should ask a lady's hand in marriage, no-one will accept him, and if he
intercedes for somebody, no one will accept his intercession, and if he talks,
no-one will listen to his talk." Then Allah's Apostle said, "This
(poor man) is better than such a large number of the first type (i.e. rich men)
as to fill the earth."
Narrated Abu
Wail:
We paid a visit
to Khabbab who was sick, and he said, "We migrated with the Prophet for
Allah's Sake and our wages became due on Allah. Some of us died without having
received anything of the wages, and one of them was Mus'ab bin 'Umar, who was
martyred on the day of the battle of Uhud, leaving only one sheet (to shroud
him in). If we covered his head with it, his feet became uncovered, and if we
covered his feet with it, his head became uncovered. So the Prophet ordered us
to cover his head with it and put some Idhkhir (a kind of grass) over his feet.
On the other hand, some of us have had the fruits (of our good deed) and are
plucking them (in this world)."
Narrated 'Imran
bin Husain:
The Prophet said,
"I looked into Paradise and found that the majority of its dwellers were
the poor people, and I looked into the (Hell) Fire and found that the majority
of its dwellers were women."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet did
not eat at a table till he died, and he did not eat a thin nicely baked wheat
bread till he died.
Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet
died, nothing which can be eaten by a living creature was left on my shelf except
some barley grain. I ate of it for a period and when I measured it, it
finished.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
By Allah except
Whom none has the right to- be worshipped, (sometimes) I used to lay (sleep) on
the ground on my liver (abdomen) because of hunger, and (sometimes) I used to
bind a stone over my belly because of hunger. One day I sat by the way from
where they (the Prophet and h is companions) used to come out. When Abu Bakr
passed by, I asked him about a Verse from Allah's Book and I asked him only
that he might satisfy my hunger, but he passed by and did not do so. Then Umar
passed by me and I asked him about a Verse from Allah's Book, and I asked him
only that he might satisfy my hunger, but he passed by without doing so.
Finally Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet ) passed by me and he smiled when he saw me,
for he knew what was in my heart and on my face. He said, "O Aba Hirr (Abu
Huraira)!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle!" He said to
me, "Follow me." He left and I followed him.
Then he entered
the house and I asked permission to enter and was admitted. He found milk in a
bowl and said, "From where is this milk?" They said, "It has
been presented to you by such-and-such man (or by such and such woman)."
He said, "O Aba Hirr!" I said, "Labbaik, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "Go and call the people of Suffa to me."
These people of Suffa were the guests of Islam who had no families, nor money,
nor anybody to depend upon, and whenever an object of charity was brought to
the Prophet , he would send it to them and would not take anything from it, and
whenever any present was given to him, he used to send some for them and take
some of it for himself. The order off the Prophet upset me, and I said to
myself, "How will this little milk be enough for the people of
As-Suffa?" thought I was more entitled to drink from that milk in order to
strengthen myself, but behold! The Prophet came to order me to give that milk
to them. I wondered what will remain of that milk for me, but anyway, I could
not but obey Allah and His Apostle so I went to the people of As-Suffa and
called them, and they came and asked the Prophet's permission to enter. They
were admitted and took their seats in the house.
The Prophet said,
"O Aba-Hirr!" I said, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle!" He
said, "Take it and give it to them." So I took the bowl (of Milk) and
started giving it to one man who would drink his fill and return it to me,
whereupon I would give it to another man who, in his turn, would drink his fill
and return it to me, and I would then offer it to another man who would drink
his fill and return it to me. Finally, after the whole group had drunk their
fill, I reached the Prophet who took the bowl and put it on his hand, looked at
me and smiled and said. "O Aba Hirr!" I replied, "Labbaik, O
Allah's Apostle!" He said, "There remain you and I." I said,
"You have said the truth, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "Sit down
and drink." I sat down and drank. He said, "Drink," and I drank.
He kept on telling me repeatedly to drink, till I said, "No. by Allah Who
sent you with the Truth, I have no space for it (in my stomach)." He said,
"Hand it over to me." When I gave him the bowl, he praised Allah and
pronounced Allah's Name on it and drank the remaining milk.
Narrated Sa'd:
I was the first
man among the Arabs to throw an arrow for Allah's Cause. We used to fight in Allah's
Cause while we had nothing to eat except the leaves of the Hubla and the Sumur
trees (desert trees) so that we discharged excrement like that of sheep (i.e.
unmixed droppings). Today the (people of the) tribe of Bani Asad teach me the
laws of Islam. If so, then I am lost, and all my efforts of that hard time had
gone in vain.
Narrated 'Aisha:
The family of
Muhammad had never eaten their fill of wheat bread for three successive days
since they had migrated to Medina till the death of the Prophet.
Narrated 'Aisha:
The family of
Muhammad did not eat two meals on one day, but one of the two was of dates.
Narrated 'Aisha:
The bed mattress
of the Prophet was made of a leather case stuffed with palm fibres.
Narrated Qatada:
We used to go to
Anas bin Malik and see his baker standing (preparing the bread). Anas said,
"Eat. I have not known that the Prophet ever saw a thin well-baked loaf of
bread till he died, and he never saw a roasted sheep with his eyes."
Narrated 'Aisha:
A complete month
would pass by during which we would not make a fire (for cooking), and our food
used to be only dates and water unless we were given a present of some meat.
Narrated 'Aisha:
that she said to
Urwa, "O, the son of my sister! We used to see three crescents in two
months, and no fire used to be made in the houses of Allah's Apostle (i.e.
nothing used to be cooked)." 'Urwa said, "What used to sustain
you?" 'Aisha said, "The two black things i.e. dates and water, except
that Allah's Apostle had neighbors from the Ansar who had some milch
she-camels, and they used to give the Prophet some milk from their house, and
he used to make us drink it."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "O Allah! Give food to the family of Muhammad."
Narrated Masruq:
I asked 'Aisha
"What deed was the most beloved to the Prophet?" She said, "The
regular constant one." I said, "At what time did he use to get up at
night (for the Tahajjud night prayer)?' She said, "He used to get up on
hearing (the crowing of) the cock (the last third of the night)."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The most beloved
action to Allah's Apostle was that whose doer did it continuously and
regularly.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The deeds of anyone of you will not save you (from the (Hell)
Fire)." They said, "Even you (will not be saved by your deeds), O
Allah's Apostle?" He said, "No, even I (will not be saved) unless and
until Allah bestows His Mercy on me. Therefore, do good deeds properly,
sincerely and moderately, and worship Allah in the forenoon and in the
afternoon and during a part of the night, and always adopt a middle, moderate,
regular course whereby you will reach your target (Paradise)."
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your
deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to
Allah's is the most regular and constant even though it were little."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet was
asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?" He said, "The most
regular constant deeds even though they may be few." He added, 'Don't take
upon yourselves, except the deeds which are within your ability."
Narrated 'Alqama:
I asked 'Aisha,
mother of the believers, "O mother of the believers! How were the deeds of
the Prophet? Did he use to do extra deeds of worship on special days?" She
said, "No, but his deeds were regular and constant, and who among you is
able to do what the Prophet was able to do (i.e. in worshipping Allah)?"
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and receive good news
because one's good deeds will not make him enter Paradise." They asked,
"Even you, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Even I, unless and
until Allah bestows His pardon and Mercy on me."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once Allah's
Apostle led us in prayer and then (after finishing it) ascended the pulpit and
pointed with his hand towards the Qibla of the mosque and said, "While I
was leading you in prayer, both Paradise and Hell were displayed in front of me
in the direction of this wall. I had never seen a better thing (than Paradise)
and a worse thing (than Hell) as I have seen today, I had never seen a better
thing and a worse thing as I have seen today."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, Verily Allah created Mercy. The day He created it, He made it
into one hundred parts. He withheld with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent its
one part to all His creatures. Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy
which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise,
and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah,
he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire."
Narrated Abu
Said:
Some people from
the Ansar asked Allah's Apostle (to give them something) and he gave to
everyone of them, who asked him, until all that he had was finished. When
everything was finished and he had spent all that was in his hand, he said to
them, '"(Know) that if I have any wealth, I will not withhold it from you
(to keep for somebody else); And (know) that he who refrains from begging
others (or doing prohibited deeds), Allah will make him contented and not in
need of others; and he who remains patient, Allah will bestow patience upon
him, and he who is satisfied with what he has, Allah will make him
self-sufficient. And there is no gift better and vast (you may be given) than
patience."
Narrated
Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:
The Prophet used
to pray so much that his feet used to become edematous or swollen, and when he
was asked as to why he prays so much, he would say, "Shall I not be a
thankful slave (to Allah)?"
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Seventy thousand people of my followers will enter Paradise without
accounts, and they are those who do not practice Ar-Ruqya and do not see an
evil omen in things, and put their trust in their Lord.
Narrated Warrad:
(the clerk of
Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba) Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira: "Write to me a
narration you have heard from Allah's Apostle." So Al-Mughira wrote to
him, "I heard him saying the following after each prayer: 'La ilaha
illal-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahuI-hamd, wa huwa 'ala
kulli Shai-in qadir.' He also used to forbid idle talk, asking too many
questions (in religion), wasting money, preventing what should be given, and
asking others for something (except in great need), being undutiful to mothers,
and burying one's little daughters (alive)."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two
jaw-bones and what is between his two legs (i.e. his tongue and his private
parts), I guarantee Paradise for him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good
or keep quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt
(or insult) his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day,
should entertain his guest generously."
Narrated Abu
Shuraih Al-Khuza'i:
My ears heard and
my heart grasped (the statement which) the Prophet said, "The period for
keeping one's guest is three days (and don't forget) his reward." It was
asked, "What is his reward?" He said, "In the first night and
the day he should be given a high class quality of meals; and whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously; and whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good (sense) or keep
quiet."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
That he heard
Allah's Apostle saying, "A slave of Allah may utter a word without
thinking whether it is right or wrong, he may slip down in the Fire as far away
a distance equal to that between the east."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet;
said, "A slave (of Allah) may utter a word which pleases Allah without
giving it much importance, and because of that Allah will raise him to degrees
(of reward): a slave (of Allah) may utter a word (carelessly) which displeases
Allah without thinking of its gravity and because of that he will be thrown
into the Hell-Fire."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said
Allah will give shade to seven (types of people) under His Shade (on the Day of
Resurrection). (one of them will be) a person who remembers Allah and his eyes
are then flooded with tears.
Narrated
Hudhaifa:
The Prophet said,
"There was a man amongst the people who had suspicion as to the
righteousness of his deeds. Therefore he said to his family, 'If I die, take me
and burn my corpse and throw my ashes into the sea on a hot (or windy) day.'
They did so, but Allah, collected his particles and asked (him), What made you
do what you did?' He replied, 'The only thing that made me do it, was that I
was afraid of You.' So Allah forgave him."
Narrated Abu Said
:
The Prophet
mentioned a man from the previous generation or from the people preceding your
age whom Allah had given both wealth and children. The Prophet said, "When
the time of his death approached, he asked his children, 'What type of father
have I been to you?' They replied: You have been a good father. He said, 'But
he (i.e. your father) has not stored any good deeds with Allah (for the
Hereafter): if he should face Allah, Allah will punish him. So listen, (O my
children), when I die, burn my body till I become mere coal and then grind it
into powder, and when there is a stormy wind, throw me (my ashes) in it.' So he
took a firm promise from his children (to follow his instructions). And by
Allah they (his sons) did accordingly(fulfilled their promise.) Then Allah
said, "Be"' and behold! That man was standing there! Allah then said.
"O my slave! What made you do what you did?" That man said,
"Fear of You." So Allah forgave him.
Narrated Abu
Musa:
Allah's Apostle
said. "My example and the example of the message with which Allah has sent
me is like that of a man who came to some people and said, "I have seen
with my own eyes the enemy forces, and I am a naked warner (to you) so save
yourself, save yourself! A group of them obeyed him and went out at night,
slowly and stealthily and were safe, while another group did not believe him
and thus the army took them in the morning and destroyed them."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "My example and the example of the people is that of a man
who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, Moths and other
insects started falling into the fire. The man tried (his best) to prevent
them, (from falling in the fire) but they overpowered him and rushed into the
fire. The Prophet added: Now, similarly, I take hold of the knots at your waist
(belts) to prevent you from falling into the Fire, but you insist on falling
into it."
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
The Prophet said,
"A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue or his
hands. And a Muhajir (an emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what
Allah has forbidden."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and weep
much."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"If you knew that which I know, you would laugh little and weep
much."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The (Hell) Fire is surrounded by all kinds of desires and passions,
while Paradise is surrounded by all kinds of disliked undesirable things."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his
shoe, and so is the (Hell) Fire.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The truest poetic verse ever said by a poet, is: Indeed! Everything
except Allah, is perishable."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If anyone of you looked at a person who was made superior to him in
property and (in good) appearance, then he should also look at the one who is
inferior to him, and to whom he has been made superior."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet
narrating about his Lord I'm and said, "Allah ordered (the appointed
angels over you) that the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed
(the way) how (to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not
do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his account with
Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will
write for him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven
hundred times to many more times: and if somebody intended to do a bad deed and
he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good deed (in his account) with
Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah
will write one bad deed (in his account) ."
Narrated Ghailan:
Anas said
"You people do (bad) deeds (commit sins) which seem in your eyes as tiny
(minute) than hair while we used to consider those (very deeds) during the
life-time of the Prophet as destructive sins."
Narrated Sa'd bin
Sahl As-Sa'idi:
The Prophet
looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most
competent persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet said,
"Let him who wants to look at a man from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire,
look at this (man)." Another man followed him and kept on following him
till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the
blade tip of his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed
through his shoulders (i.e., committed suicide)." The Prophet added,
"A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people
of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and
similarly a person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the
people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from the dwellers of Paradise.
Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions."
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri:
A bedouin came to
the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the best of
mankind!" The Prophet said, "A man who strives for Allah's Cause with
his life and property, and also a man who lives (all alone) in a mountain path
among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people from his
evil."
Narrated Abu
Said:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." It was asked,
"How will honesty be lost, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "When
authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the
Hour."
Narrated
Hudhaifa:
Allah's Apostle
narrated to us two narrations, one of which I have seen (happening) and I am
waiting for the other. He narrated that honesty was preserved in the roots of
the hearts of men (in the beginning) and then they learnt it (honesty) from the
Qur'an, and then they learnt it from the (Prophet's) Sunna (tradition). He also
told us about its disappearance, saying, "A man will go to sleep whereupon
honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain,
resembling the traces of fire. He then will sleep whereupon the remainder of
the honesty will also be taken away (from his heart) and its trace will
resemble a blister which is raised over the surface of skin, when an ember
touches one's foot; and in fact, this blister does not contain anything. So
there will come a day when people will deal in business with each other but
there will hardly be any trustworthy persons among them. Then it will be said
that in such-and-such a tribe there is such-and-such person who is honest, and
a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, though
indeed he will not have belief equal to a mustard seed in his heart." The
narrator added: There came upon me a time when I did not mind dealing with
anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would prevent him from
cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him from
cheating; but today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so. (See
Hadith No. 208, Vol. 9)
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "People are just like camels, out of one hundred, one can
hardly find a single camel suitable to ride."
Narrated Jundub:
The Prophet said,
"He who lets the people hear of his good deeds intentionally, to win their
praise, Allah will let the people know his real intention (on the Day of
Resurrection), and he who does good things in public to show off and win the
praise of the people, Allah will disclose his real intention (and humiliate
him).
Narrated Mu'adh
bin Jabal:
While I was
riding behind the Prophet as a companion rider and there was nothing between me
and him except the back of the saddle, he said, "O Mu'adh!" I
replied, "Labbaik O Allah's Apostle! And Sa'diak!" He proceeded for a
while and then said, "O Mu'adh!" I said, "Labbaik and Sa'daik, O
Allah's Apostle!" He then proceeded for another while and said, "O
Mu'adh bin Jabal!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik!"
He said, "Do you know what is Allah's right on His slaves?" I
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "Allah's
right on his slaves is that they should worship Him and not worship anything
besides Him." He then proceeded for a while, and again said, "O
Mu'adh bin Jabal!" I replied. "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and
Sa'daik." He said, "Do you know what is (Allah's) slaves' (people's)
right on Allah if they did that?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle
know better." He said, "The right of (Allah's) slaves on Allah is
that He should not punish them (if they did that)."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet had a
she-camel called Al'Adba' and it was too fast to surpass in speed. There came a
bedouin riding a camel of his, and that camel outstripped it (i.e. Al-Aqba').
That result was hard on the Muslims who said sorrowfully, "Al- Adba has
been outstripped." Allah's Apostle said, "It is due from Allah that
nothing would be raised high in this world except that He lowers or puts it
down."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah said, 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to
a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things 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 (praying or doing extra deeds
besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing
with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand
with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will
give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give
him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the
soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him."
Narrated Sahl:
Allah's Apostle
said, "I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two,"
showing his two fingers and sticking (separating) them out.
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two
(fingers)."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two (fingers)."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The Hour will not be established till the sun rises from the west,
and when it rises (from the west) and the people see it, then all of them will
believe (in Allah). But that will be the time when 'No good it will do to a
soul to believe then. If it believed not before.."' (6.158)
The Hour will be
established (so suddenly) that two persons spreading a garment between them
will not be able to finish their bargain, nor will they be able to fold it up.
The Hour will be established while a man is carrying the milk of his she-camel,
but cannot drink it; and the Hour will be established when someone is not able
to prepare the tank to water his livestock from it; and the Hour will be
established when some of you has raised his food to his mouth but cannot eat
it."
Narrated 'Ubada
bin As-Samit:
The Prophet said,
"Who-ever loves to meet Allah, Allah (too) loves to meet him and who-ever
hates to meet Allah, Allah (too) hates to meet him". 'Aisha, or some of
the wives of the Prophet said, "But we dislike death." He said: It is
not like this, but it is meant that when the time of the death of a believer
approaches, he receives the good news of Allah's pleasure with him and His
blessings upon him, and so at that time nothing is dearer to him than what is
in front of him. He therefore loves the meeting with Allah, and Allah (too)
loves the meeting with him. But when the time of the death of a disbeliever
approaches, he receives the evil news of Allah's torment and His Requital,
whereupon nothing is more hateful to him than what is before him. Therefore, he
hates the meeting with Allah, and Allah too, hates the meeting with him."
Narrated Abu
Musa:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever loves the meeting with Allah, Allah too, loves the meeting with
him; and whoever hates the meeting with Allah, Allah too, hates the meeting
with him."
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) When Allah's Apostle was in good health, he used to say, "No
prophet's soul is ever captured unless he is shown his place in Paradise and
given the option (to die or survive)." So when the death of the Prophet
approached and his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious for a while and
then he came to his senses and fixed his eyes on the ceiling and said, "O
Allah (with) the highest companions." (See Qur'an 4:69). I said'
"Hence he is not going to choose us." And I came to know that it was
the application of the narration which he (the Prophet) used to narrate to us.
And that was the last statement of the Prophet (before his death) i.e., "O
Allah! With the highest companions." (See Qur'an 4:69)
Narrated 'Aisha:
There was a
leather or wood container full of water in front of Allah's Apostle (at the
time of his death). He would put his hand into the water and rub his face with
it, saying, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! No doubt,
death has its stupors." Then he raised his hand and started saying,
"(O Allah!) with the highest companions." (See Qur'an 4:69) (and kept
on saying it) till he expired and his hand dropped."
Narrated 'Aisha:
Some rough
bedouins used to visit the Prophet and ask him, "When will the Hour
be?" He would look at the youngest of all of them and say, "If this
should live till he is very old, your Hour (the death of the people addressed)
will take place." Hisham said that he meant (by the Hour), their death.
Narrated Abu
Qatada bin Rib'i Al-Ansari:
A funeral
procession passed by Allah's Apostle who said, "Relieved or
relieving?" The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is relieved
and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the
troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while
(the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and)
the animals from him."
Narrated Abu
Qatada:
The Prophet said,
"Relieved or relieving. And a believer is relieved (by death)."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two
of which return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his
property, and his deeds follow him; relatives and his property go back while
his deeds remain with him."
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When anyone of you dies, his destination is displayed before him in
the forenoon and in the afternoon, either in the (Hell) Fire or in Paradise,
and it is said to him, "That is your place till you are resurrected and
sent to it."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"Do not abuse the dead, for they have reached the result of what they have
done."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Two men, a Muslim
and a Jew, abused each other. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave
superiority to Muhammad over all the people." On that, the Jew said,
"By Him Who gave superiority to Moses over all the people." The
Muslim became furious at that and slapped the Jew in the face. The Jew went to
Allah's Apostle and informed him of what had happened between him and the
Muslim. Allah's Apostle said, "Don't give me superiority over Moses, for
the people will fall unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the
first to gain consciousness, and behold ! Moses will be there holding the side
of Allah's Throne. I will not know whether Moses has been among those people
who have become unconscious and then has regained consciousness before me, or
has been among those exempted by Allah from falling unconscious."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The people will fall down unconscious at the time when they should fall
down (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection), and then I will be the first man to
get up, and behold, Moses will be there holding (Allah's) Throne. I will not
know whether he has been amongst those who have fallen unconscious."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will take the whole earth (in His Hand) and will roll up the Heaven
in His right Hand, and then He will say, "I am King! Where are the kings
of the earth ? "
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"The (planet of) earth will be a bread on the Day of Resurrection, and The
resistible (Allah) will topple turn it with His Hand like anyone of you topple
turns a bread with his hands while (preparing the bread) for a journey, and
that bread will be the entertainment for the people of Paradise." A man
from the Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, "May The Beneficent (Allah)
bless you, O Abul Qasim! Shall I tell you of the entertainment of the people of
Paradise on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet said, "Yes."
The Jew said, "The earth will be a bread," as the Prophet had said.
Thereupon the Prophet looked at us and smiled till his premolar tooth became
visible. Then the Jew further said, "Shall I tell you of the udm
(additional food taken with bread) they will have with the bread?" He
added, "That will be Balam and Nun." The people asked, "What is
that?" He said, "It is an ox and a fish, and seventy thousand people
will eat of the caudate lobe (i.e. extra lobe) of their livers."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "The people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection on
reddish white land like a pure loaf of bread (made of pure fine flour)."
Sahl added: That land will have no landmarks for anybody (to make use of).
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The people will be gathered in three ways: (The first way will be of)
those who will wish or have a hope (for Paradise) and will have a fear (of
punishment), (The second batch will be those who will gather) riding two on a
camel or three on a camel or ten on a camel. (The third batch) the rest of the
people will be urged to gather by the Fire which will accompany them at the
time of their afternoon nap and stay with them where they will spend the night,
and will be with them in the morning wherever they may be then, and will be
with them in the afternoon wherever they may be then."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
A man said,
"O Allah's Prophet! Will a Kafir (disbeliever) be gathered (driven prone)
on his face?" The Prophet said, "Is not He Who made him walk with his
legs in this world, able to make him walk on his face on the Day of
Resurrection?" (Qatada, a sub-narrator said: Yes, (He can), by the Power
of Our Lord!")
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"You will meet Allah barefooted, naked, walking on feet, and
uncircumcised."
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
I heard Allah's
Apostle while he was delivering a sermon on a pulpit, saying, "You will
meet Allah barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet stood
up among us and addressed (saying) "You will be gathered, barefooted,
naked, and uncircumcised (as Allah says): 'As We began the first creation, We
shall repeat it..' (21.104) And the first human being to be dressed on the Day
of Resurrection will be (the Prophet) Abraham Al-Khalil. Then will be brought
some men of my followers who will be taken towards the left (i.e., to the
Fire), and I will say: 'O Lord! My companions whereupon Allah will say: You do
not know what they did after you left them. I will then say as the pious slave,
Jesus said, And I was witness over them while I dwelt amongst them..........(up
to) ...the All-Wise.' (5.117-118). The narrator added: Then it will be said
that those people (relegated from Islam, that is) kept on turning on their
heels (deserted Islam).
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The people will be gathered barefooted, naked, and
uncircumcised." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will the men and the
women look at each other?" He said, "The situation will be too hard
for them to pay attention to that."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
While we were in
the company of the Prophet in a tent he said, ''Would it please you to be one
fourth of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said,
"Would It please you to be one-third of the people of Paradise?" We
said, "Yes." He said, "Would it please you to be half of the
people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." Thereupon he said, "I
hope that you will be one half of the people of Paradise, for none will enter
Paradise but a Muslim soul, and you people, in comparison to the people who
associate others in worship with Allah, are like a white hair on the skin of a
black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a red ox."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The first man to be called on the Day of Resurrection will be Adam who
will be shown his offspring, and it will be said to them, 'This is your father,
Adam.' Adam will say (responding to the call), 'Labbaik and Sa'daik' Then Allah
will say (to Adam), 'Take out of your offspring, the people of Hell.' Adam will
say, 'O Lord, how many should I take out?' Allah will say, 'Take out
ninety-nine out of every hundred." They (the Prophet's companions) said,
"O Allah's Apostle! If ninety-nine out of every one hundred of us are
taken away, what will remain out of us?" He said, "My followers in
comparison to the other nations are like a white hair on a black ox."
Narrated Abu
Said:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say, 'O Adam!. Adam will reply, 'Labbaik and Sa'daik (I
respond to Your Calls, I am obedient to Your orders), wal Khair fi Yadaik (and
all the good is in Your Hands)!' Then Allah will say (to Adam), Bring out the
people of the Fire.' Adam will say, 'What (how many) are the people of the
Fire?' Allah will say, 'Out of every thousand (take out) nine-hundred and
ninety-nine (persons).' At that time children will become hoary-headed and
every pregnant female will drop her load (have an abortion) and you will see
the people as if they were drunk, yet not drunk; But Allah's punishment will be
very severe."
That news
distressed the companions of the Prophet too much, and they said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Who amongst us will be that man (the lucky one out of
one-thousand who will be saved from the Fire)?" He said, "Have the
good news that one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog, and the one (to be
saved will be) from you." The Prophet added, "By Him in Whose Hand my
soul is, I Hope that you (Muslims) will be one third of the people of
Paradise." On that, we glorified and praised Allah and said, "Allahu
Akbar." The Prophet then said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I
hope that you will be one half of the people of Paradise, as your (Muslims)
example in comparison to the other people (non-Muslims), is like that of a
white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a round hairless spot on the foreleg
of a donkey."
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
The Prophet said
(regarding the Verse), "A Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord
of the Worlds,' (that day) they will stand, drowned in their sweat up to the
middle of their ears."
Narrated Abu
Huraira :
Allah's Apostle
said, "The people will sweat so profusely on the Day of Resurrection that
their sweat will sink seventy cubits deep into the earth, and it will rise up
till it reaches the people's mouths and ears."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"The cases which will be decided first (on the Day of Resurrection) will
be the cases of blood-shedding. "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever has wronged his brother, should ask for his pardon (before
his death), as (in the Hereafter) there will be neither a Dinar nor a Dirham.
(He should secure pardon in this life) before some of his good deeds are taken
and paid to his brother, or, if he has done no good deeds, some of the bad
deeds of his brother are taken to be loaded on him (in the Hereafter)."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The believers, after being saved from the (Hell) Fire, will be
stopped at a bridge between Paradise and Hell and mutual retaliation will be
established among them regarding wrongs they have committed in the world
against one another. After they are cleansed and purified (through the
retaliation), they will be admitted into Paradise; and by Him in Whose Hand
Muhammad's soul is, everyone of them will know his dwelling in Paradise better
than he knew his dwelling in this world."
Narrated Ibn Abi
Mulaika:
'Aisha said,
"The Prophet said, 'Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will
surely be punished.' I said, 'Doesn't Allah say: 'He surely will receive an
easy reckoning?' (84.8) The Prophet replied. 'This means only the presentation
of the account."'
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said
(as above, 543).
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle,
said, "None will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection, but will
be ruined." I said "O Allah's Apostle! Hasn't Allah said: 'Then as
for him who will be given his record in his right hand, he surely will receive
an easy reckoning? (84.7-8) -- Allah's Apostle said, "That (Verse) means
only the presentation of the accounts, but anybody whose account (record) is
questioned on the Day of Resurrection, will surely be punished."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Prophet
used to say, "A disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and
will be asked. "Suppose you had as much gold as to fill the earth, would
you offer it to ransom yourself?" He will reply, "Yes." Then it
will be said to him, "You were asked for something easier than that (to
join none in worship with Allah (i.e. to accept Islam, but you refused)."
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
The Prophet said,
"There will be none among you but will be talked to by Allah on the Day of
Resurrection, without there being an interpreter between him and Him (Allah) .
He will look and see nothing ahead of him, and then he will look (again for the
second time) in front of him, and the (Hell) Fire will confront him. So,
whoever among you can save himself from the Fire, should do so even with one
half of a date (to give in charity)."
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
The Prophet said,
"Protect yourself from the Fire." He then turned his face aside (as
if he were looking at it) and said again, "Protect yourself from the
Fire," and then turned his face aside (as if he were looking at it), and
he said so for the third time till we thought he was looking at it. He then
said, "Protect yourselves from the Fire, even if with one half of a date
and he who hasn't got even this, (should do so) by (saying) a good, pleasant
word.'
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"The people were displayed in front of me and I saw one prophet passing by
with a large group of his followers, and another prophet passing by with only a
small group of people, and another prophet passing by with only ten (persons),
and another prophet passing by with only five (persons), and another prophet
passed by alone. And then I looked and saw a large multitude of people, so I
asked Gabriel, "Are these people my followers?' He said, 'No, but look
towards the horizon.' I looked and saw a very large multitude of people.
Gabriel said. 'Those are your followers, and those are seventy thousand
(persons) in front of them who will neither have any reckoning of their
accounts nor will receive any punishment.' I asked, 'Why?' He said, 'For they
used not to treat themselves with branding (cauterization) nor with Ruqya (get
oneself treated by the recitation of some Verses of the Qur'an) and not to see
evil omen in things, and they used to put their trust (only) in their
Lord." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan got up and said (to the
Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make me one of them." The Prophet said,
"O Allah, make him one of them." Then another man got up and said (to
the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make me one of them." The Prophet
said, 'Ukasha has preceded you."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "From my followers there will enter Paradise a crowd,
seventy thousand in number whose faces will glitter as the moon does when it is
full." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan Al-Asdi got up, lifting his
covering sheet, and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah that He may
make me one of them." The Prophet said, "O Allah, make him one of
them." Another man from the Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Invoke Allah to make me one of them. "The Prophet said (to him),
"'Ukasha has preceded you."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
The Prophet said,
"Seventy-thousand or seven-hundred thousand of my followers (the narrator
is in doubt as to the correct number) will enter Paradise holding each other
till the first and the last of them enter Paradise at the same time, and their
faces will have a glitter like that of the moon at night when it is full."
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
The Prophet;
said, "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise, and the people of the
(Hell) Fire will enter the (Hell) Fire: then a call-maker will get up (and make
an announcement) among them, 'O the people of the (Hell) Fire! No death anymore
! And O people of Paradise! No death (anymore) but Eternity."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
" It will be said to the people of Paradise, 'O people of Paradise!
Eternity (for you) and no death,' and to the people of the Fire, 'O people of
the Fire, eternity (for you) and no death!"
Narrated 'Imran:
The Prophet said,
"I looked into paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the
poor, and I looked into the Fire and found that the majority of its people were
women."
Narrated Usama:
The Prophet said,
"I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that the majority of the people
who had entered it were poor people, while the rich were forbidden (to enter
along with the poor, because they were waiting the reckoning of their
accounts), but the people of the Fire had been ordered to be driven to the
Fire. And I stood at the gate of the Fire and found that the majority of the
people entering it were women."
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of
the Fire have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed
between the Fire and Paradise, and then it will be slaughtered, and a call will
be made (that), 'O people of Paradise, no more death ! O people of the Fire, no
more death ! ' So the people of Paradise will have happiness added to their
previous happiness, and the people of the Fire will have sorrow added to their
previous sorrow."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, 'O the people of
Paradise!' They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa'daik!' Allah will say,
'Are you pleased?" They will say, 'Why should we not be pleased since You
have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation?' Allah will
say, 'I will give you something better than that.' They will reply, 'O our
Lord! And what is better than that?' Allah will say, 'I will bestow My pleasure
and contentment upon you so that I will never be angry with you after
for-ever.' "
Narrated Anas:
Haritha was
martyred on the day (of the battle) of Badr while he was young. His mother came
to the Prophet saying, "O Allah's Apostle! You know the relation of
Haritha to me (how fond of him I was); so, if he is in Paradise, I will remain
patient and wish for Allah's reward, but if he is not there, then you will see
what I will do." The Prophet replied, "May Allah be merciful upon
you! Have you gone mad? (Do you think) it is one Paradise? There are many
Paradises and he is in the (most superior) Paradise of Al-Firdaus."
8.559.:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be
equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in three days."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
Allah's Apostle
said, "In Paradise there is a tree so big that in its shade a rider may
travel for one hundred years without being able to cross it."
Narrated Abu
Sa'id:
The Prophet said:
There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast (or a trained) rider may
travel: for one hundred years without being able to cross it.
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Seventy thousand or seven hundred thousand of my followers will
enter Paradise. (Abu Hazim, the sub-narrator, is not sure as to which of the
two numbers is correct.) And they will be holding on to one another, and the
first of them will not enter till the last of them has entered, and their faces
will be like the moon on a full moon night."
Narrated Sahl:
The Prophet said,
"The people of Paradise will see the Ghuraf (special abodes) in Paradise
as you see a star in the sky." Abu Said added: "As you see a
glittering star remaining in the eastern horizon and the western horizon."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say to the person who will have the minimum punishment in the
Fire on the Day of Resurrection, 'If you had things equal to whatever is on the
earth, would you ransom yourself (from the punishment) with it?' He will reply,
Yes. Allah will say, 'I asked you a much easier thing than this while you were
in the backbone of Adam, that is, not to worship others besides Me, but you
refused and insisted to worship others besides Me."'
Narrated Hammad
from 'Amr from Jabir:
The Prophet said,
"Some people will come out of the Fire through intercession looking like
The Thaarir." I asked 'Amr, "What is the Thaarir?" He said, Ad
Daghabis, and at that time he was toothless. Hammad added: I said to 'Amr bin
Dinar, "O Abu Muhammad! Did you hear Jabir bin 'Abdullah saying, 'I heard
the Prophet saying: 'Some people will come out of the Fire through
intercession?" He said, "Yes. "
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Some people will come out of the Fire after they have received a touch of
the Fire, changing their color, and they will enter Paradise, and the people of
Paradise will name them 'Al-Jahannamiyin' the (Hell) Fire people."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, and the people
of the Fire have entered the Fire, Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire)
whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart.' They will come
out, and by that time they would have burnt and became like coal, and then they
will be thrown into the river of Al-Hayyat (life) and they will spring up just
as a seed grows on the bank of a rainwater stream." The Prophet said,
"Don't you see that the germinating seed comes out yellow and
twisted?"
Narrated
An-Nu'man:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "The person who will have the least punishment from
amongst the Hell Fire people on the Day of Resurrection, will be a man under
whose arch of the feet a smoldering ember will be placed so that his brain will
boil because of it."
Narrated
An-Nu'man bin Bashir:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "The least punished person of the (Hell) Fire people on
the Day of Resurrection will be a man under whose arch of the feet two
smoldering embers will be placed, because of which his brain will boil just
like Al-Mirjal (copper vessel) or a Qum-qum (narrow-necked vessel) is boiling
with water."
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
The Prophet
mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and asked for Allah's protection
from it, and then again he mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and
asked for Allah's protection from it and said, "Protect yourselves from
the Hell-Fire, even if with one half of a date, and he who cannot afford that,
then (let him do so) by (saying) a good, pleasant word."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
I heard Allah's
Apostles when his uncle, Abu Talib had been mentioned in his presence, saying,
"May be my intercession will help him (Abu Talib) on the Day of
Resurrection so that he may be put in a shallow place in the Fire, with fire
reaching his ankles and causing his brain to boil."
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection and
they will say, 'Let us request someone to intercede for us with our Lord so
that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Then they will go to Adam and
say, 'You are the one whom Allah created with His Own Hands, and breathed in
you of His soul, and ordered the angels to prostrate to you; so please
intercede for us with our Lord.' Adam will reply, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking, and will remember his sin, and will say, 'Go to Noah, the first
Apostle sent by Allah' They will go to him and he will say, 'I am not fit for
this undertaking', and will remember his sin and say, 'Go to Abraham whom Allah
took as a Khalil. They will go to him (and request similarly). He will reply,
'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and will remember his sin and say, 'Go to
Moses to whom Allah spoke directly.' They will go to Moses and he will say, 'I
am not fit for this undertaking,' and will remember his sin and say, 'Go to
Jesus.' They will go to him, and he will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking, go to Muhammad as Allah has forgiven his past and future sins.'
They will come to me and I will ask my Lord's permission, and when I see Him, I
will fall down in prostration to Him, and He will leave me in that state as
long as (He) Allah will, and then I will be addressed. 'Raise up your head (O
Muhammad)! Ask, and your request will be granted, and say, and your saying will
be listened to; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.' Then I will
raise my head, and I will glorify and praise my Lord with a saying(i.e.
invocation) He will teach me, and then I will intercede, Allah will fix a limit
for me (i.e., certain type of people for whom I may intercede), and I will take
them out of the (Hell) Fire and let them enter Paradise. Then I will come back
(to Allah) and fall in prostration, and will do the same for the third and
fourth times till no-one remains in the (Hell) Fire except those whom the
Qur'an has imprisoned therein." (The sub-narrator, Qatada used to say at
that point, "...those upon whom eternity (in Hell) has been imposed.")
(See Hadith No. 3, Vol 6).
Narrated 'Imran
bin Husain:
The Prophet said,
"Some people will be taken out of the Fire through the intercession of
Muhammad they will enter Paradise and will be called Al-Jahannamiyin (the Hell
Fire people)."
Narrated Anas:
Um (the mother
of) Haritha came to Allah's Apostle after Haritha had been martyred on the Day
(of the battle) of Badr by an arrow thrown by an unknown person. She said,
"O Allah's Apostle! You know the position of Haritha in my heart (i.e. how
dear to me he was), so if he is in Paradise, I will not weep for him, or
otherwise, you will see what I will do." The Prophet said, "Are you
mad? Is there only one Paradise? There are many Paradises, and he is in the
highest Paradise of Firdaus." The Prophet added, "A forenoon journey
or an after noon journey in Allah's Cause is better than the whole world and
whatever is in it; and a place equal to an arrow bow of anyone of you, or a
place equal to a foot in Paradise is better than the whole world and whatever
is in it; and if one of the women of Paradise looked at the earth, she would
fill the whole space between them (the earth and the heaven) with light, and
would fill whatever is in between them, with perfume, and the veil of her face
is better than the whole world and whatever is in it."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"None will enter Paradise but will be shown the place he would have
occupied in the (Hell) Fire if he had rejected faith, so that he may be more
thankful; and none will enter the (Hell) Fire but will be shown the place he
would have occupied in Paradise if he had faith, so that may be a cause of
sorrow for him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Who will be the luckiest person who will gain your
intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet said, "O Abu
Huraira! I have thought that none will ask me about this Hadith before you, as
I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will
have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said, 'None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' sincerely from the bottom of his
heart."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"I know the person who will be the last to come out of the (Hell) Fire,
and the last to enter Paradise. He will be a man who will come out of the
(Hell) Fire crawling, and Allah will say to him, 'Go and enter Paradise.' He
will go to it, but he will imagine that it had been filled, and then he will
return and say, 'O Lord, I have found it full.' Allah will say, 'Go and enter
Paradise, and you will have what equals the world and ten times as much (or, you
will have as much as ten times the like of the world).' On that, the man will
say, 'Do you mock at me (or laugh at me) though You are the King?" I saw
Allah's Apostle (while saying that) smiling that his premolar teeth became
visible. It is said that will be the lowest in degree amongst the people of
Paradise.
Narrated 'Abbas:
that he said to
the Prophet "Did you benefit Abu Talib with anything?"
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Some people said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of
Resurrection?" He said, "Do you crowd and squeeze each other on
looking at the sun when it is not hidden by clouds?" They replied,
"No, Allah's Apostle." He said, "Do you crowd and squeeze each
other on looking at the moon when it is full and not hidden by clouds?"
They replied, No, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "So you will see Him
(your Lord) on the Day of Resurrection similarly Allah will gather all the
people and say, 'Whoever used to worship anything should follow that thing.
'So, he who used to worship the sun, will follow it, and he who used to worship
the moon will follow it, and he who used to worship false deities will follow
them; and then only this nation (i.e., Muslims) will remain, including their
hypocrites. Allah will come to them in a shape other than they know and will
say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'We seek refuge with Allah from you. This
is our place; (we will not follow you) till our Lord comes to us, and when our
Lord comes to us, we will recognize Him.
Then Allah will
come to then in a shape they know and will say, "I am your Lord.' They
will say, '(No doubt) You are our Lord,' and they will follow Him. Then a
bridge will be laid over the (Hell) Fire." Allah's Apostle added, "I
will be the first to cross it. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day,
will be 'Allahukka Sallim, Sallim (O Allah, save us, save us!),' and over that
bridge there will be hooks Similar to the thorns of As Sa'dan (a thorny tree).
Didn't you see the thorns of As-Sa'dan?" The companions said, "Yes, O
Allah's Apostle." He added, "So the hooks over that bridge will be
like the thorns of As-Sa-dan except that their greatness in size is only known
to Allah. These hooks will snatch the people according to their deeds. Some
people will be ruined because of their evil deeds, and some will be cut into
pieces and fall down in Hell, but will be saved afterwards, when Allah has
finished the judgments among His slaves, and intends to take out of the Fire
whoever He wishes to take out from among those who used to testify that none
had the right to be worshipped but Allah.
We will order the
angels to take them out and the angels will know them by the mark of the traces
of prostration (on their foreheads) for Allah banned the f ire to consume the
traces of prostration on the body of Adam's son. So they will take them out,
and by then they would have burnt (as coal), and then water, called Maul Hayat
(water of life) will be poured on them, and they will spring out like a seed
springs out on the bank of a rainwater stream, and there will remain one man
who will be facing the (Hell) Fire and will say, 'O Lord! It's (Hell's) vapor
has Poisoned and smoked me and its flame has burnt me; please turn my face away
from the Fire.' He will keep on invoking Allah till Allah says, 'Perhaps, if I
give you what you want), you will ask for another thing?' The man will say,
'No, by Your Power, I will not ask You for anything else.'
Then Allah will
turn his face away from the Fire. The man will say after that, 'O Lord, bring
me near the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say (to him), 'Didn't you promise not
to ask for anything else? Woe to you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!'
The man will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will say, 'But if I give you
that, you may ask me for something else.' The man will say, 'No, by Your Power.
I will not ask for anything else.' He will give Allah his covenant and promise
not to ask for anything else after that. So Allah will bring him near to the
gate of Paradise, and when he sees what is in it, he will remain silent as long
as Allah will, and then he will say, 'O Lord! Let me enter Paradise.' Allah
will say, 'Didn't you promise that you would not ask Me for anything other than
that? Woe to you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!' On that, the man
will say, 'O Lord! Do not make me the most wretched of Your creation,' and will
keep on invoking Allah till Allah will smile and when Allah will smile because
of him, then He will allow him to enter Paradise, and when he will enter
Paradise, he will be addressed, 'Wish from so-and-so.' He will wish till all
his wishes will be fulfilled, then Allah will say, All this (i.e. what you have
wished for) and as much again therewith are for you.' "
Abu Huraira
added: That man will be the last of the people of Paradise to enter (Paradise).
Narrated 'Ata
(while Abu Huraira was narrating): Abu Said was sitting in the company of Abu
Huraira and he did not deny anything of his narration till he reached his saying:
"All this and as much again therewith are for you." Then Abu Sa'id
said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'This is for you and ten times as
much.' " Abu Huraira said, "In my memory it is 'as much again
therewith.' "
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount." 'Abdullah added: The
Prophet said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount, and some of you
will be brought in front of me till I will see them and then they will be taken
away from me and I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' It will be said, 'You do
not know what they did after you had left.'
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"There will be a tank (Lake-Fount) in front of you as large as the
distance between Jarba and Adhruh (two towns in Sham)."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The word
'Al-Kauthar' means the abundant good which Allah gave to him (the Prophet
Muhammad). Abu Bishr said: I said to Said, "Some people claim that it
(Al-Kauthar) is a river in Paradise." Said replied, "The river which
is in Paradise is one item of that good which Allah has bestowed upon him (Muhammad)."
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
The Prophet said,
"My Lake-Fount is (so large that it takes) a month's journey to cross it.
Its water is whiter than milk, and its smell is nicer than musk (a kind of
Perfume), and its drinking cups are (as numerous) as the (number of) stars of
the sky; and whoever drinks from it, will never be thirsty."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The width of my Lake-Fount is equal to the distance between Aila (a
town in Sham) and Sana' (the capital of Yemen) and it has as many (numerous)
jugs as the number of stars of the sky."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said:
"While I was walking in Paradise (on the night of Mi'raj), I saw a river,
on the two banks of which there were tents made of hollow pearls. I asked,
"What is this, O Gabriel?' He said, 'That is the Kauthar which Your Lord
has given to you.' Behold! Its scent or its mud was sharp smelling musk!"
(The sub-narrator, Hudba is in doubt as to the correct expression. )
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Some of my companions will come to me at my Lake Fount, and after I
recognize them, they will then be taken away from me, whereupon I will say, 'My
companions!' Then it will be said, 'You do not know what they innovated (new
things) in the religion after you."
Narrated Abu
Hazim from Sahl bin Sa'd:
The Prophet said,
"I am your predecessor (forerunner) at the Lake-Fount, and whoever will
pass by there, he will drink from it and whoever will drink from it, he will
never be thirsty. There will come to me some people whom I will recognize, and
they will recognize me, but a barrier will be placed between me and them."
Abu Hazim added: An-Nu'man bin Abi 'Aiyash, on hearing me, said. "Did you
hear this from Sahl?" I said, "Yes." He said, " I bear
witness that I heard Abu Said Al-Khudri saying the same, adding that the
Prophet said: 'I will say: They are of me (i.e. my followers). It will be said,
'You do not know what they innovated (new things) in the religion after you
left'. I will say, 'Far removed, far removed (from mercy), those who changed
(their religion) after me." Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet said,
"On the Day of Resurrection a group of companions will come to me, but
will be driven away from the Lake-Fount, and I will say, 'O Lord (those are) my
companions!' It will be said, 'You have no knowledge as to what they innovated
after you left; they turned apostate as renegades (reverted from Islam)."
Narrated Ibn
Al-Musaiyab:
The companions of
the Prophet said, "Some men from my companions will come to my Lake-Fount
and they will be driven away from it, and I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!'
It will be said, 'You have no knowledge of what they innovated after you left:
they turned apostate as renegades (reverted from Islam).
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"While I was sleeping, a group (of my followers were brought close to me),
and when I recognized them, a man (an angel) came out from amongst (us) me and
them, he said (to them), 'Come along.' I asked, 'Where?' He said, 'To the
(Hell) Fire, by Allah' I asked, 'what is wrong with them' He said, 'They turned
apostate as renegades after you left.' Then behold! (Another) group (of my
followers) were brought close to me, and when I recognized them, a man (an
angel) came out from (me and them) he said (to them); Come along.' I asked,
"Where?' He said, 'To the (Hell) Fire, by Allah.' I asked, What is wrong
with them?' He said, 'They turned apostate as renegades after you left. So I
did not see anyone of them escaping except a few who were like camels without a
shepherd."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden from amongst the
gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is over my Lake-Fount."
Narrated Jundab:
I heard the
Prophet, saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount. (Al-Kauthar) .
Narrated 'Uqba
bin 'Amir:
Once the Prophet
went out and offered the funeral prayers for the martyrs of Uhud, and then went
to the pulpit and said, "I am a predecessor for you and I am a witness for
you: and by Allah, I am looking at my Fount just now, and the keys of the
treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth) have been given to me: and by
Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after me, but
I am afraid that you will strive and struggle against each other over these
treasures of the world."
Narrated Haritha
bin Wahb:
I heard the
Prophet mentioning the Lake-Fount (Al-Kauthar), saying, "(The width of the
Lake-Fount) is equal to the distance between Medina and Sana' (capital of
Yemen)." Haritha said that he heard the Prophet saying that his Lake-Fount
would be as large as the distance between Sana' and Medina. Al-Mustaurid said
to Haritha, "Didn't you hear him talking about the vessels?" He said,
"No." Al-Mustaurid said, "The vessels are seen in it as
(numberless as) the stars."
Narrated Asma
'bint Abu Bakr:
The Prophet said,
"I will be standing at the Lake-Fount so that I will see whom among you
will come to me; and some people will be taken away from me, and I will say, 'O
Lord, (they are) from me and from my followers.' Then it will be said, 'Did you
notice what they did after you? By Allah, they kept on turning on their heels
(turned as renegades).' " The sub-narrator, Ibn Abi Mulaika said, "O
Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels, or being put to trial
in our religion."
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