Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
When the Prophet
sent Muadh to Yemen, he said to him, "You are going to a nation from the
people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them,
be the Tauhid of Allah. If they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined
on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one night. And if they pray,
tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is
to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree
to that, then take from them Zakat but avoid the best property of the
people."
Narrated Mu'adh
bin Jabal:
The Prophet said,
"O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's Right upon His slaves is?" I
said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." The Prophet said, "To
worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah). Do you
know what their right upon Him is?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle
know best." The Prophet said, "Not to punish them (if they do
so)."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
A man heard
another man reciting (in the prayers): 'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah,
the One." (112.1) And he recited it repeatedly. When it was morning, he
went to the Prophet and informed him about that as if he considered that the
recitation of that Sura by itself was not enough. Allah's Apostle said,
"By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is equal to one-third of the
Quran."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet sent
(an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his companions in
the prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Sura 112): 'Say (O
Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One." ' (112.1) When they returned (from
the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet. He said (to them), "Ask
him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so because it
mentions the qualities of the Beneficent and I love to recite it (in my
prayer)." The Prophet; said (to them), "Tell him that Allah loves
him"
Narrated Jarir
bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to
mankind."
Narrated Usama
bin Zaid:
We were with the
Prophet when suddenly there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters
who was asking him to come and see her son who was dying. The Prophet said (to
the messenger), "Go back and tell her that whatever Allah takes is His,
and whatever He gives is His, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term
(in this world). So order her to be patient and hope for Allah's reward."
But she sent the messenger to the Prophet again, swearing that he should come
to her. So the Prophets got up, and so did Sa'd bin 'Ubada and Mu'adh bin Jabal
(and went to her). When the child was brought to the Prophet his breath was
disturbed in his chest as if it were in a water skin. On that the eyes of the
Prophet . became flooded with tears, whereupon Sa'd said to him, "O
Allah's Apostle! What is this?" The Prophet said, "This is mercy
which Allah has put in the heart of His slaves, and Allah bestows His mercy
only on those of His slaves who are merciful (to others)." (See Hadith No.
373, Vol. 2)
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
The Prophet said,
"None is more patient than Allah against the harmful and annoying words He
hears (from the people): They ascribe children to Him, yet He bestows upon them
health and provision .
Narrated Ibn
Umar:
The Prophet said,
"The keys of the unseen are five and none knows them but Allah: (1) None
knows what is in the womb, but Allah: (2) None knows what will happen tomorrow,
but Allah; (3) None knows when it will rain, but Allah; (4) None knows where he
will die, but Allah (knows that); (5) and none knows when the Hour will be
established, but Allah."
Narrated Masruq:
'Aisha said,
"If anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen his Lord, he is a liar, for
Allah says: 'No vision can grasp Him.' (6.103) And if anyone tells you that
Muhammad has seen the Unseen, he is a liar, for Allah says: "None has the
knowledge of the Unseen but Allah."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
We used to pray
behind the Prophet and used to say: "As-Salamu 'Al-Allah. The Prophet
said, "Allah himself is As-Salam (Name of Allah), so you should say:
'At-Tahiyatu lil-laihi was- sala-watu wat-taiyibatu, as-sallamu 'Alayka
aiyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahrmatu-l-lahi wa barak-atuhu, As-salamu 'alaina wa 'ala
'ibaldi-l-lahi as-salihin. Ashhadu an la ilaha il-lallah, wa ash-hadu anna
Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu."'
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"On the Day of Resurrection Allah will hold the whole earth and fold the
heaven with His right hand and say, 'I am the King: where are the kings of the
earth?" '
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet used
to say, "I seek refuge (with YOU) by Your 'Izzat, None has the right to be
worshipped but You Who does not die while the Jinns and the human beings
die."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"(The people will be thrown into Hell ( Fire) and it will keep on saying,
'Is there any more?' till the Lord of the worlds puts His Foot over it,
whereupon its different sides will come close to each other, and it will say,
'Qad! Qad! (enough! enough!) By Your 'Izzat (Honor and Power) and YOUR KARAM
(Generosity)!' Paradise will remain spacious enough to accommodate more people
until Allah will create some more people and let them dwell in the superfluous
space of Paradise. "
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet used
to invoke Allah at night, saying, "O Allah: All the Praises are for You:
You are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You
are the Maintainer of the Heaven and the Earth and whatever is in them. All the
Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. Your Word
is the Truth, and Your Promise is the Truth, and the Meeting with You is the
Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth, and the
Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and I believe in You and
I depend upon You, and I repent to You and with You (Your evidences) I stand
against my opponents, and to you I leave the judgment (for those who refuse my
message). O Allah! Forgive me my sins that I did in the past or will do in the
future, and also the sins I did in secret or in public. You are my only God
(Whom I worship) and there is no other God for me (i.e. I worship none but
You)."
Narrated Sufyan:
(regarding the
above narration) that the Prophet added, "You are the Truth, and Your Word
is the Truth."
Narrated Abu
Musa:
We were with the
Prophet on a journey, and whenever we ascended a high place, we used to say,
"Allahu Akbar." The Prophet said, "Don't trouble yourselves too
much! You are not calling a deaf or an absent person, but you are calling One
Who Hears, Sees, and is very near." Then he came to me while I was saying
in my heart, "La hawla wala quwwatta illa billah (There is neither might
nor power but with Allah)." He said, to me, "O 'Abdullah bin Qais!
Say, 'La hawla wala quwwata illa billah (There is neither might nor power but
with Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise." Or said,
"Shall I tell you of it?"
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
Abu Bakr
As-Siddiq said to the Prophet "O Allah's Apostle! Teach me an invocation with
which I may invoke Allah in my prayers." The Prophet said, "Say: O
Allah! I have wronged my soul very much (oppressed myself), and none forgives
the sins but You; so please bestow Your Forgiveness upon me. No doubt, You are
the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"Gabriel called me and said, 'Allah has heard the statement of your people
and what they replied to you.'"
Narrated Jabir
bin Abdullah:
As-Salami:
Allah's Apostle used to teach his companions to perform the prayer of Istikhara
for each and every matter just as he used to teach them the Suras from the
Quran He used to say, "If anyone of you intends to do some thing, he
should offer a two rakat prayer other than the compulsory prayers, and after
finishing it, he should say: O Allah! I consult You, for You have all
knowledge, and appeal to You to support me with Your Power and ask for Your
Bounty, for You are able to do things while I am not, and You know while I do
not; and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah If You know It this matter
(name your matter) is good for me both at present and in the future, (or in my
religion), in my this life and in the Hereafter, then fulfill it for me and
make it easy for me, and then bestow Your Blessings on me in that matter. O
Allah! If You know that this matter is not good for me in my religion, in my
this life and in my coming Hereafter (or at present or in the future), then
divert me from it and choose for me what is good wherever it may be, and make
me be pleased with it." (See Hadith No. 391, Vol. 8)
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet
frequently used to swear, "No, by the One Who turns the hearts."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah has ninety-nine Names, one-hundred less one; and he who
memorized them all by heart will enter Paradise." To count something means
to know it by heart.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When anyone of you goes to bed, he should dust it off thrice with the
edge of his garment, and say: Bismika Rabbi wada'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'hu. In
amsakta nafsi faghfir laha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfaz bihi
'ibadaka-s-salihin."
Narrated Juhaifa:
When the Prophet
went to bed, he used to say, "Allhumma bismika ahya wa amut." And
when he got Up in the mornings he used to say, "Alhamdu lillahi al-ladhi
ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilaihi-n-nushur."
Narrated Abu
Dharr:
When the Prophet
went to bed at night, he used to say: "Bismika namutu wa nahya." And
when he got up in the morning, he used to say, "Alhamdu lillahi al-ladhi
ahyana ba'da ma amatana, wa ilaihi-n-nushur."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual relation (sleep)
with his wife, says: Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna ashShaitan, wa Jannib
ash-Shaitana ma razaqtana, Satan would never harm that child, should it be
ordained that they will have one. (Because of that sleep)."
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
I asked the
Prophet, "I send off (for a game) my trained hunting dogs; (what is your
verdict concerning the game they hunt?" He said, "If you send off your
trained hunting dogs and mention the Name of Allah, then, if they catch some
game, eat (thereof). And if you hit the game with a mi'rad (a hunting tool) and
it wounds it, you can eat (it)."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The people said
to the Prophet , "O Allah's Apostle! Here are people who have recently
embraced Islam and they bring meat, and we do not know whether they had
mentioned Allah's Name while slaughtering the animals or not." The Prophet
said, "You should mention Allah's Name and eat."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet
slaughtered two rams as sacrifice and mentioned Allah's Name and said,
"Allahu-Akbar" while slaughtering).
Narrated Jundab:
That he witnessed
the Prophet on the Day of Nahr. The Prophet offered prayer and then delivered a
sermon saying, "Whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before offering prayer,
should slaughter another animal in place of the first; and whoever has not yet
slaughtered any, should slaughter a sacrifice and mention Allah's Name while
doing so."
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by
Allah."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
sent ten persons to bring the enemy's secrets and Khubaib Al-Ansari was one of
them. 'Ubaidullah bin 'Iyad told me that the daughter of Al-Harith told him
that when they gathered (to kill Khubaib Al Ansari) he asked for a razor to
clean his pubic region, and when they had taken him outside the sanctuary of
Mecca in order to kill him, he said in verse, "I don't care if I am killed
as a Muslim, on any side (of my body) I may be killed in Allah's Cause; for
that is for the sake of Allah's very Self; and if He will, He will bestow His
Blessings upon the torn pieces of my body." Then Ibn Al-Harith killed him,
and the Prophet informed his companions of the death of those (ten men) on the
very day they were killed.
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah, and for that
reason He has forbidden shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse
etc.) And there is none who likes to be praised more than Allah does."
(See Hadith No. 147, Vol. 7)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book--and He wrote
(that) about Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne--'Verily My Mercy
overcomes My Anger.'"
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah says: 'I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am able to do for
him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if He remembers Me. If
he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers
Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than they;
and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he
comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer
to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah:
when this
Verse:--'Say (O Muhammad!): He has Power to send torments on you from above,'
(6.65) was revealed; The Prophet said, "I take refuge with Your Face."
Allah revealed:-- '..or from underneath your feet.' (6.65) The Prophet then
said, "I seek refuge with Your Face!" Then Allah revealed:--'...or
confuse you in party-strife.' (6.65) Oh that, the Prophet said, "This is
easier."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
Ad-Dajjal was
mentioned in the presence of the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Allah is not
hidden from you; He is not one-eyed," and pointed with his hand towards
his eye, adding, "While Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and
his eye looks like a protruding grape."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Allah did not send any prophet but that he warned his nation of the
one-eyed liar (Ad-Dajjal). He is one-eyed while your Lord is not one-eyed, The
word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is written between his two eyes."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
That during the
battle with Bani Al-Mustaliq they (Muslims) captured some females and intended
to have sexual relation with them without impregnating them. So they asked the
Prophet about coitus interrupt us. The Prophet said, "It is better that
you should not do it, for Allah has written whom He is going to create till the
Day of Resurrection." Qaza'a said, "I heard Abu Sa'id saying that the
Prophet said, 'No soul is ordained to be created but Allah will create
it."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same
way (as they are gathered in this life), and they will say, 'Let us ask someone
to intercede for us with our Lord that He may relieve us from this place of
ours.' Then they will go to Adam and say, 'O Adam! Don't you see the people
(people's condition)? Allah created you with His Own Hands and ordered His
angels to prostrate before you, and taught you the names of all the things.
Please intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place
of ours.' Adam will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking' and mention to
them the mistakes he had committed, and add, "But you d better go to Noah
as he was the first Apostle sent by Allah to the people of the Earth.' They
will go to Noah who will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and
mention the mistake which he made, and add, 'But you'd better go to Abraham,
Khalil Ar-Rahman.'
They will go to
Abraham who will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and mention to
them the mistakes he made, and add, 'But you'd better go to Moses, a slave whom
Allah gave the Torah and to whom He spoke directly' They will go to Moses who
will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and mention to them the
mistakes he made, and add, 'You'd better go to Jesus, Allah's slave and His
Apostle and His Word (Be: And it was) and a soul created by Him.' They will go
to Jesus who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, but you'd better go
to Muhammad whose sins of the past and the future had been forgiven (by
Allah).' So they will come to me and I will ask the permission of my Lord, and
I will be permitted (to present myself) before Him. When I see my Lord, I will
fall down in (prostration) before Him and He will leave me (in prostration) as
long as He wishes, and then it will be said to me, 'O Muhammad! Raise your head
and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your
request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will then
raise my head and praise my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me,
and then I will intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind
of people) and will fix a limit whom I will admit into Paradise.
I will come back again,
and when I see my Lord (again), I will fall down in prostration before Him, and
He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then He will say,
'O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask,
for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession
will be accepted.' I will then praise my Lord with certain praises which He has
taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for a
certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into
Paradise, I will return again, and when I see my Lord, I will fall down (in
prostration) and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and
then He will say, 'O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be
listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede,
for your intercession will be accepted.' I will then praise my Lord with
certain praises which He has taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will
allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to
whom I will admit into Paradise. I will come back and say, 'O my Lord! None
remains in Hell (Fire) but those whom Qur'an has imprisoned therein and for
whom eternity in Hell (Fire) has become inevitable.' "
The Prophet
added, "There will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha
illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a barley grain.
Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: ' La ilaha
illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a wheat grain.
Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha
illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of an atom (or a
smallest ant)."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah's Hand is full, and (its fullness) is not affected by the
continuous spending, day and night." He also said, "Do you see what
He has spent since He created the Heavens and the Earth? Yet all that has not decreased
what is in His Hand." He also said, "His Throne is over the water and
in His other Hand is the balance (of Justice) and He raises and lowers
(whomever He will)." (See Hadith No. 206, Vol. 6)
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the whole Earth by His
Hand, and all the Heavens in His right, and then He will say, 'I am the
King." Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Apostle said," Allah will
grasp the Earth...' "
Narrated
'Abdullah:
A Jew came to the
Prophet and said, "O Muhammad! Allah will hold the heavens on a Finger,
and the mountains on a Finger, and the trees on a Finger, and all the creation
on a Finger, and then He will say, 'I am the King.' " On that Allah's
Apostle smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and then recited:--
'No just estimate
have they made of Allah such as due to him....(39.67) 'Abdullah added: Allah's
Apostle smiled (at the Jew's statement) expressing his wonder and believe in
what was said.
Narrated
'Abdullah:
A man from the
people of the scripture came to the Prophet and said, "O Abal-Qasim! Allah
will hold the Heavens upon a Finger, and the Earth on a Finger and the land on
a Finger, and all the creation on a Finger, and will say, 'I am the King! I am
the King!' " I saw the Prophet (after hearing that), smiling till his
premolar teeth became visible, and he then recited: -- 'No just estimate have
they made of Allah such as due to him... (39.67)
Narrated
Al-Mughira:
Sa'd bin 'Ubada
said, "If I saw a man with my wife, I would strike him (behead him) with
the blade of my sword." This news reached Allah's Apostle who then said,
"You people are astonished at Sa'd's Ghira. By Allah, I have more Ghira
than he, and Allah has more Ghira than I, and because of Allah's Ghira, He has
made unlawful Shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) done in
open and in secret. And there is none who likes that the people should repent
to Him and beg His pardon than Allah, and for this reason He sent the warners
and the givers of good news. And there is none who likes to be praised more
than Allah does, and for this reason, Allah promised to grant Paradise (to the
doers of good)." 'Abdul Malik said, "No person has more Ghira than
Allah."
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
The Prophet said
to a man, "Have you got anything of the Qur'an?" The man said,
"Yes, such-and-such Sura, and such-and-such Sura," naming the Suras.
Narrated 'Imran
bin Hussain:
While I was with
the Prophet , some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet said,
"O Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given
us the good news; now give us (something)." (After a while) some Yemenites
entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen! Accept the good
news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for
we have come to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of
this universe was." The Prophet said "There was Allah and nothing
else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then created the
Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came
to me and said, 'O Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I
set out seeking it, and behold, it was beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished
that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the gathering). "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The Right (Hand) of Allah Is full, and (Its fullness) is not affected by
the continuous spending night and day. Do you see what He has spent since He
created the Heavens and the Earth? Yet all that has not decreased what is in
His Right Hand. His Throne is over the water and in His other Hand is the
Bounty or the Power to bring about death, and He raises some people and brings
others down." (See Hadith No. 508)
Narrated Anas:
Zaid bin Haritha
came to the Prophet complaining about his wife. The Prophet kept on saying (to
him), "Be afraid of Allah and keep your wife." Aisha said, "If
Allah's Apostle were to conceal anything (of the Quran he would have concealed
this Verse." Zainab used to boast before the wives of the Prophet and used
to say, "You were given in marriage by your families, while I was married
(to the Prophet) by Allah from over seven Heavens." And Thabit recited,
"The Verse:-- 'But (O Muhammad) you did hide in your heart that which
Allah was about to make manifest, you did fear the people,' (33.37) was
revealed in connection with Zainab and Zaid bin Haritha."
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Verse of
Al-Hijab (veiling of women) was revealed in connection with Zainab bint Jahsh.
(On the day of her marriage with him) the Prophet gave a wedding banquet with
bread and meat; and she used to boast before other wives of the Prophet and
used to say, "Allah married me (to the Prophet in the Heavens."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When Allah had finished His creation, He wrote over his Throne: 'My Mercy
preceded My Anger.'
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle offers prayers perfectly and
fasts (the month of) Ramadan then it is incumbent upon Allah to admit him into
Paradise, whether he emigrates for Allah's cause or stays in the land where he
was born." They (the companions of the Prophet) said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Should we not inform the people of that?" He said, "There
are one-hundred degrees in Paradise which Allah has prepared for those who
carry on Jihad in His Cause. The distance between every two degrees is like the
distance between the sky and the Earth, so if you ask Allah for anything, ask
Him for the Firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part
of Paradise, and at its top there is the Throne of Beneficent, and from it gush
forth the rivers of Paradise."
Narrated Abu Dharr:
I entered the
mosque while Allah's Apostle was sitting there. When the sun had set, the
Prophet said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where this (sun) goes?" I
said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It goes and
asks permission to prostrate, and it is allowed, and (one day) it, as if being
ordered to return whence it came, then it will rise from the west." Then
the Prophet recited, "That: "And the sun runs on its fixed course
(for a term decreed)," (36.38) as it is recited by 'Abdullah.
Narrated Zaid bin
Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for
me, so I collected the Qur'an till I found the last part of Surat-at-Tauba with
Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari and did not find it with anybody else. (The Verses are):
-- 'Verily, there has come to you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves..(till the end of Surat Bara'a) (i.e., At-Tauba).' (9.128-129)
Narrated Yunus:
(As 521).
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet used
to say at the time of difficulty, 'La ilaha il-lallah Al-'Alimul-Halim.
La-ilaha il-lallah Rabul- Arsh-al-Azim, La ilaha-il-lallah Rabus-Samawati
Rab-ul-Ard; wa Rab-ul-Arsh Al-Karim.' (See Hadith No. 356 and 357, Vol. 8)
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"The people will fall unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, then
suddenly I will see Moses holding one of the pillars of the Throne." Abu
Huraira said: The Prophet said, "I will be the first person to be
resurrected and will see Moses holding the Throne."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "(A group of) angels stay with you at night and (another group of)
angels by daytime, and both groups gather at the time of the 'Asr and Fajr
prayers. Then those angels who have stayed with you overnight, ascend (to
Heaven) and Allah asks them (about you) ---- and He knows everything about you.
"In what state did you leave My slaves?' The angels reply, 'When we left
them, they were praying, and when we reached them they were praying.' "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If somebody gives in charity something equal to a date from his
honestly earned money ----for nothing ascends to Allah except good---- then
Allah will take it in His Right (Hand) and bring it up for its owner as anyone
of you brings up a baby horse, till it becomes like a mountain." Abu
Huraira said: The Prophet. said, "Nothing ascends to Allah except
good."
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
used to say at the time of difficulty, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, the Majestic, the Most Forbearing. None has the right to
be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne. None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the Heavens and the Lord of the
Honourable Throne. (See Hadith No. 357, Vol. 8)
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
When 'Ali was in
Yemen, he sent some gold in its ore to the Prophet. The Prophet distributed it
among Al-Aqra' bin Habis Al-Hanzali who belonged to Bani Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin
Badr Al-Fazari, 'Alqama bin 'Ulatha Al-'Amiri, who belonged to the Bani Kilab
tribe and Zaid AI-Khail At-Ta'i who belonged to Bani Nabhan. So the Quraish and
the Ansar became angry and said, "He gives to the chiefs of Najd and
leaves us!" The Prophet said, "I just wanted to attract and unite
their hearts (make them firm in Islam)." Then there came a man with sunken
eyes, bulging forehead, thick beard, fat raised cheeks, and clean-shaven head,
and said, "O Muhammad! Be afraid of Allah! " The Prophet said,
"Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Allah). He trusts me over the
people of the earth, but you do not trust me?" A man from the people
(present then), who, I think, was Khalid bin Al-Walid, asked for permission to
kill him, but the Prophet prevented him. When the man went away, the Prophet
said, "Out of the offspring of this man, there will be people who will
recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out
of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game, and they will kill the Muslims
and leave the idolators. Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as
the Killing of the nation of 'Ad."
Narrated Abu
Dharr:
I asked the
Prophet regarding the Verse:--'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term
decreed for it.' (36.28) He said, "Its fixed course is underneath Allah's
Throne."
Narrated Jarir:
We were sitting
with the Prophet and he looked at the moon on the night of the full-moon and
said, "You people will see your Lord as you see this full moon, and you
will have no trouble in seeing Him, so if you can avoid missing (through sleep
or business, etc.) a prayer before sunrise (Fajr) and a prayer before sunset
(Asr) you must do so." (See Hadith No. 529, Vol. 1)
Narrated Jarir
bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"You will definitely see your Lord with your own eyes."
Narrated Jarir:
Allah's Apostle
came out to us on the night of the full moon and said, "You will see your
Lord on the Day of Resurrection as you see this (full moon) and you will have
no difficulty in seeing Him."
Narrated 'Ata'
bin Yazid Al-Laithi:
On the authority
of Abu Huraira: The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord
on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet said, "Do you have any
difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?" They said, "No,
O Allah's Apostle." He said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing
the sun when there are no clouds?" They said, "No, O Allah's
Apostle." He said, "So you will see Him, like that. Allah will gather
all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say, 'Whoever worshipped
something (in the world) should follow (that thing),' so, whoever worshipped
the sun will follow the sun, and whoever worshiped the moon will follow the
moon, and whoever used to worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow
those deities. And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or
its hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim is in doubt.) Allah will come to
them and say, 'I am your Lord.' They will (deny Him and) say, 'We will stay
here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.' So
Allah will come to them in His appearance which they know, and will say, 'I am
your Lord.' They will say, 'You are our Lord,' so they will follow Him.
Then a bridge
will be laid across Hell (Fire)' I and my followers will be the first ones to
go across it and none will speak on that Day except the Apostles. And the
invocation of the Apostles on that Day will be, 'O Allah, save! Save!' In Hell
(or over The Bridge) there will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa'dan (thorny
plant). Have you seen As-Sa'dan? " They replied, "Yes, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "So those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa'dan,
but none knows how big they are except Allah. Those hooks will snap the people
away according to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be
destroyed) because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the
hooks (and fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then relieved. When
Allah has finished His Judgments among the people, He will take whomever He
will out of Hell through His Mercy. He will then order the angels to take out
of the Fire all those who used to worship none but Allah from among those whom
Allah wanted to be merciful to and those who testified (in the world) that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah. The angels will recognize them in the
Fire by the marks of prostration (on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat up
all the human body except the mark caused by prostration as Allah has forbidden
the Fire to eat the mark of prostration. They will come out of the (Hell) Fire,
completely burnt and then the water of life will be poured over them and they
will grow under it as does a seed that comes in the mud of the torrent.
Then Allah will
finish the judgments among the people, and there will remain one man facing the
(Hell) Fire and he will be the last person among the people of Hell to enter
Paradise. He will say, 'O my Lord! Please turn my face away from the fire
because its air has hurt me and its severe heat has burnt me.' So he will
invoke Allah in the way Allah will wish him to invoke, and then Allah will say
to him, 'If I grant you that, will you then ask for anything else?' He will
reply, 'No, by Your Power, (Honor) I will not ask You for anything else.' He
will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allah will demand.
So Allah will
turn his face away from Hell (Fire). When he will face Paradise and will see
it, he will remain quiet for as long as Allah will wish him to remain quiet,
then he will say, 'O my Lord! Bring me near to the gate of Paradise.' Allah
will say to him, 'Didn't you give your promises and covenants that you would
never ask for anything more than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam's
son! How treacherous you are!' He will say, 'O my lord,' and will keep on
invoking Allah till He says to him, 'If I give what you are asking, will you
then ask for anything else?' He will reply, 'No, by Your (Honor) Power, I will
not ask for anything else.'
Then he will give
covenants and promises to Allah and then Allah will bring him near to the gate
of Paradise. When he stands at the gate of Paradise, Paradise will be opened
and spread before him, and he will see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he
will remain quiet as long as Allah will wish him to remain quiet, and then he
will say, O my Lord! Admit me into Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Didn't you give
your covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than what
you had been given?' Allah will say, 'Woe on you, O Adam's son! How treacherous
you are! '
The man will say,
'O my Lord! Do not make me the most miserable of Your creation,' and he will
keep on invoking Allah till Allah will laugh because of his sayings, and when
Allah will laugh because of him, He will say to him, 'Enter Paradise,' and when
he will enter it, Allah will say to him, 'Wish for anything.' So he will ask
his Lord, and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allah Himself will
remind him to wish for certain things by saying, '(Wish for) so-and-so.' When
there is nothing more to wish for, Allah will say, 'This is for you, and its
equal (is for you) as well."
'Ata' bin Yazid
added: Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri who was present with Abu Huraira, did not deny
whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira said that Allah had said,
"That is for you and its equal as well," Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said,
"And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira!" Abu Huraira said, "I do
not remember, except his saying, 'That is for you and its equal as well.'"
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri then said, "I testify that I remember the Prophet
saying, 'That is for you, and ten times as much.' ' Abu Huraira then added,
"That man will be the last person of the people of Paradise to enter
Paradise."
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri:
We said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" He
said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon when the
sky is clear?" We said, "No." He said, "So you will have no
difficulty in seeing your Lord on that Day as you have no difficulty in seeing
the sun and the moon (in a clear sky)." The Prophet then said,
"Somebody will then announce, 'Let every nation follow what they used to
worship.' So the companions of the cross will go with their cross, and the
idolators (will go) with their idols, and the companions of every god (false
deities) (will go) with their god, till there remain those who used to worship
Allah, both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, and some of the people
of the Scripture. Then Hell will be presented to them as if it were a mirage.
Then it will be said to the Jews, "What did you use to worship?' They will
reply, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be said to them,
'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want
(now)?' They will reply, 'We want You to provide us with water.' Then it will
be said to them 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). Then it
will be said to the Christians, 'What did you use to worship?'
They will reply,
'We used to worship Messiah, the son of Allah.' It will be said, 'You are
liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What: do you want (now)?' They
will say, 'We want You to provide us with water.' It will be said to them,
'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell (instead). When there remain only
those who used to worship Allah (Alone), both the obedient ones and the
mischievous ones, it will be said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the
people have gone?' They will say, 'We parted with them (in the world) when we
were in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one
proclaiming, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship,' and now we
are waiting for our Lord.' Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other
than the one which they saw the first time, and He will say, 'I am your Lord,'
and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak: to Him then but
the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which
you can recognize Him?' They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then
uncover His Shin whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there
will remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and for
gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs
will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not be able to
prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." We, the companions
of the Prophet said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the bridge?'
He said, "It
is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and (Hooks like) a thorny seed
that is wide at one side and narrow at the other and has thorns with bent ends.
Such a thorny seed is found in Najd and is called As-Sa'dan. Some of the
believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others
as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will
be safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some scratches, and
some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last person will cross by being
dragged (over the bridge)." The Prophet said, "You (Muslims) cannot
be more pressing in claiming from me a right that has been clearly proved to be
yours than the believers in interceding with Almighty for their (Muslim)
brothers on that Day, when they see themselves safe.
They will say, 'O
Allah! (Save) our brothers (for they) used to pray with us, fast with us and
also do good deeds with us.' Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone
in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.' Allah
will forbid the Fire to burn the faces of those sinners. They will go to them
and find some of them in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the
middle of their legs. So they will take out those whom they will recognize and
then they will return, and Allah will say (to them), 'Go and take out (of Hell)
anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one half Dinar.'
They will take out whomever they will recognize and return, and then Allah will
say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to
the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant), and so they will take out all those
whom they will recognize." Abu Sa'id said: If you do not believe me then
read the Holy Verse:--
'Surely! Allah
wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant) but if there is
any good (done) He doubles it.' (4.40) The Prophet added, "Then the
prophets and Angels and the believers will intercede, and (last of all) the
Almighty (Allah) will say, 'Now remains My Intercession. He will then hold a
handful of the Fire from which He will take out some people whose bodies have
been burnt, and they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise,
called the water of life.
They will grow on
its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows. You have noticed how it
grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how the side facing the sun is
usually green while the side facing the shade is white. Those people will come
out (of the River of Life) like pearls, and they will have (golden) necklaces,
and then they will enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say,
'These are the people emancipated by the Beneficent. He has admitted them into
Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without sending forth any
good (for themselves).' Then it will be said to them, 'For you is what you have
seen and its equivalent as well.'"
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"The believers will be kept (waiting) on the Day of Resurrection so long
that they will become worried and say, "Let us ask somebody to intercede
far us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from our place.
Then they will go
to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of the people. Allah created you
with His Own Hand and made you reside in His Paradise and ordered His angels to
prostrate before you, and taught you the names of all things will you intercede
for us with your Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours? Adam
will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking.' He will mention his mistakes he
had committed, i.e., his eating off the tree though he had been forbidden to do
so. He will add, 'Go to Noah, the first prophet sent by Allah to the people of
the Earth.' The people will go to Noah who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking' He will mention his mistake which he had done, i.e., his asking
his Lord without knowledge.' He will say (to them), 'Go to Abraham, Khalil
Ar-Rahman.' They will go to Abraham who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking. He would mention three words by which he told a lie, and say (to
them). 'Go to Moses, a slave whom Allah gave the Torah and spoke to, directly
and brought near Him, for conversation.'
They will go to
Moses who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking. He will mention his
mistake he made, i.e., killing a person, and will say (to them), 'Go to Jesus,
Allah's slave and His Apostle, and a soul created by Him and His Word.' (Be:
And it was.) They will go to Jesus who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking but you'd better go to Muhammad the slave whose past and future
sins have been forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me, and I will ask my
Lord's permission to enter His House and then I will be permitted. When I see
Him I will fall down in prostration before Him, and He will leave me (in
prostration) as long as He will, and then He will say, 'O Muhammad, lift up
your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your
intercession will be accepted, and ask (for anything) for it will be granted:'
Then I will raise my head and glorify my Lord with certain praises which He has
taught me. Allah will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of
people) I will take them out and make them enter Paradise." (Qatada said:
I heard Anas saying that), the Prophet said, "I will go out and take them
out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and then I will return and ask
my Lord for permission to enter His House and I will be permitted.
When I will see
Him I will fall down in prostration before Him and He will leave me in
prostration as long as He will let me (in that state), and then He will say, 'O
Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask, your request will
be granted.' " The Prophet added, "So I will raise my head and
glorify and praise Him as He has taught me. Then I will intercede and He will
put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take
them out and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada added: I heard Anas saying
that) the Prophet said, 'I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let
them enter Paradise, and I will return for the third time and will ask my Lord
for permission to enter His house, and I will be allowed to enter.
When I see Him, I
will fall down in prostration before Him, and will remain in prostration as
long as He will, and then He will say, 'Raise your head, O Muhammad, and speak,
for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will be
accepted, and ask, for your request will be granted.' So I will raise my head
and praise Allah as He has taught me and then I will intercede and He will put
a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them
out and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada said: I heard Anas saying that)
the Prophet said, "So I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and
let them enter Paradise, till none will remain in the Fire except those whom
Quran will imprison (i.e., those who are destined for eternal life in the
fire)." The narrator then recited the Verse:-- "It may be that your
Lord will raise you to a Station of Praise and Glory.' (17.79) The narrator
added: This is the Station of Praise and Glory which Allah has promised to your
Prophet.
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a tent and said to them, "Be
patient till you meet Allah and His Apostle, and I will be on the lake-Tank
(Al-Kauthar)."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
Whenever the
Prophet offered his Tahajjud prayer, he would say, "O Allah, our Lord! All
the praises are for You; You are the Keeper (Establisher or the One Who looks
after) of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the
Light of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is therein. You are the Truth,
and Your saying is the Truth, and Your promise is the Truth, and the meeting
with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the
Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and believe in You, and I put my
trust in You (solely depend upon). And to You I complain of my opponents and
with Your Evidence I argue. So please forgive the sins which I have done in the
past or I will do in the future, and also those (sins) which I did in secret or
in public, and that which You know better than I. None has the right to be
worshipped but You."
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There will be none among you but his Lord will speak to him, and
there will be no interpreter between them nor a screen to screen Him."
Narrated
'Abdullah bin Qais:
The Prophet said,
"(There will be) two Paradises of silver and all the utensils and whatever
is therein (will be of silver); and two Paradises of gold, and its utensils and
whatever therein (will be of gold), and there will be nothing to prevent the
people from seeing their Lord except the Cover of Majesty over His Face in the
Paradise of Eden (eternal bliss)."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever takes the property of a Muslim by taking a false oath, will meet
Allah Who will be angry with him." Then the Prophet recited the Verse:--
'Verily those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's Covenant and their
oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter, neither will Allah speak to
them, nor look at them.' (3.77)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"(There are) three (types of persons to whom) Allah will neither speak to
them on the Day of Resurrections, nor look at them (They are):--(1) a man who
takes a false oath that he has been offered for a commodity a price greater
than what he has actually been offered; (2) and a man who takes a false oath
after the 'Asr (prayer) in order to grab the property of a Muslim through it;
(3) and a man who forbids others to use the remaining superfluous water. To
such a man Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection, 'Today I withhold My
Blessings from you as you withheld the superfluous part of that (water) which
your hands did not create.' "
Narrated Abu
Bakra:
The Prophet said,
"Time has come back to its original state which it had when Allah created
the Heavens and the Earth, the year is twelve months, of which four are sacred;
(and out of these four) three are in succession, namely, Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijja
and Muharram, and (the fourth one) Rajab Mudar which is between Jumad
(Ath-Tham) and Sha'ban." The Prophet then asked us, "Which month is this?"
We said, "Allah and His Apostle know (it) better." He kept quiet so
long that we thought he might call it by another name. Then he said,
"Isn't it Dhul-Hijja?" We said, "Yes." He asked "What
town is this?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle know (it) better.'
Then he kept quiet so long that we thought he might call it by another name. He
then said, "Isn't it the (forbidden) town (Mecca)?" We said,
"Yes." He asked, "What is the day today?" We said,
"Allah and His Apostle know (it) better. Then he kept quiet so long that
we thought that he might call it by another name. Then he said, "Isn't it
the Day of An-Nahr (slaughtering of sacrifices)?" We said,
"Yes." Then he said, "Your blood (lives), your properties,"
(the sub narrator Muhammad, said: I think he also said): "..and your
honor) are as sacred to one another like the sanctity of this Day of yours, in
this town of yours, in this month of yours.
You shall meet
your Lord and He will ask you about your deeds. Beware! Don't go astray after
me by striking the necks of one another. Lo! It is incumbent upon those who are
present to inform it to those who are absent for perhaps the informed one might
comprehend it (understand it) better than some of the present audience."
Whenever the sub-narrator Muhammad mentioned that statement, he would say,
"The Prophet said the truth.") And then the Prophet added, "No
doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message to you! No doubt! Haven't I conveyed
Allah's Message to you?"
Narrated Usama:
A son of one of
the daughters of the Prophet was dying, so she sent a person to call the
Prophet. He sent (her a message), "What ever Allah takes is for Him, and
whatever He gives is for Him, and everything has a limited fixed term (in this
world) so she should be patient and hope for Allah's reward." She then
sent for him again, swearing that he should come. Allah's Apostle got up, and
so did Mu'adh bin Jabal, Ubai bin Ka'b and 'Ubada bin As-Samit. When he entered
(the house), they gave the child to Allah's Apostle while its breath was
disturbed in his chest. (The sub-narrator said: I think he said, "...as if
it was a water skin.") Allah's Apostle started weeping whereupon Sa'd bin
'Ubada said, "Do you weep?" The Prophet said, "Allah is merciful
only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others)."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Paradise and Hell (Fire) quarrelled in the presence of their Lord.
Paradise said, 'O Lord! What is wrong with me that only the poor and humble people
enter me ?' Hell (Fire) said, I have been favored with the arrogant people.' So
Allah said to Paradise, 'You are My Mercy,' and said to Hell, 'You are My
Punishment which I inflict upon whom I wish, and I shall fill both of
you.'" The Prophet added, "As for Paradise, (it will be filled with
good people) because Allah does not wrong any of His created things, and He
creates for Hell (Fire) whomever He will, and they will be thrown into it, and
it will say thrice, 'Is there any more, till Allah (will put) His Foot over it
and it will become full and its sides will come close to each other and it will
say, 'Qat! Qat! Qat! (Enough! Enough! Enough!) .
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Some people who will be scorched by Hell (Fire) as a punishment for sins
they have committed, and then Allah will admit them into Paradise by the grant
of His Mercy. These people will be called, 'Al-JahannamiyyLin' (the people of
Hell)."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
A Jewish Rabbi
came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Muhammad! Allah will put the Heavens
on one finger and the earth on one finger, and the trees and the rivers on one
finger, and the rest of the creation on one finger, and then will say, pointing
out with His Hand, 'I am the King.' "On that Allah's Apostle smiled and
said, "No just estimate have they made of Allah such as due to Him.
(39.67)
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
Once I stayed
overnight at the house of (my aunt ) Maimuna while the Prophet was with her, to
see how was the night prayer of Allah s Apostle Allah's Apostle talked to his
wife for a while and then slept. When it was the last third of the night (or
part of it), the Prophet got up and looked towards the sky and recited the
Verse:-- 'Verily! In the creation of the Heavens and the Earth....there are
indeed signs for the men of understanding.' (3.190)
Then He got up
and performed the ablution, brushed his teeth and offered eleven Rakat. Then
Bilal pronounced the Adhan whereupon the Prophet offered a two-Rak'at (Sunna)
prayer and went out to lead the people in Fajr (morning compulsory
congregational prayer.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When Allah created the creations, He wrote with Him on His Throne:
'My Mercy has preceded My Anger."
Narrated
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
Allah's Apostle
the true and truly inspired, narrated to us, "The creation of everyone of
you starts with the process of collecting the material for his body within
forty days and forty nights in the womb of his mother. Then he becomes a clot
of thick blood for a similar period (40 days) and then he becomes like a piece
of flesh for a similar period. Then an angel is sent to him (by Allah) and the
angel is allowed (ordered) to write four things; his livelihood, his (date of)
death, his deeds, and whether he will be a wretched one or a blessed one (in
the Hereafter) and then the soul is breathed into him. So one of you may do (good)
deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise so much that there is nothing
except a cubit between him and Paradise but then what has been written for him
decides his behavior and he starts doing (evil) deeds characteristic of the
people of Hell (Fire) and (ultimately) enters Hell (Fire); and one of you may
do (evil) deeds characteristic of the people of Hell (Fire) so much so that
there is nothing except a cubit between him and Hell (Fire), then what has been
written for him decides his behavior and he starts doing (good) deeds
characteristic of the people of Paradise and ultimately) enters Paradise."
(See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 4)
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"O Gabriel, what prevents you. from visiting us more often than you
do?" Then this Verse was revealed:--'And we angels descend not but by
Command of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us..'
(19.64) So this was the answer to Muhammad.
Narrated
'Abdullah:
While I was
walking with Allah's Apostle in one of the fields of Medina and he was walking
leaning on a stick, he passed a group of Jews. Some of them said to the others,
"Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit." Others said, "Do not
ask him." But they asked him and he stood leaning on the stick and I was
standing behind him and I thought that he was being divinely inspired. Then he
said, "They ask you concerning the spirit say: The spirit, its knowledge
is with My Lord. And of knowledge you (O men!) have been given only a
little." ...(17.85) On that some of the Jews said to the others,
"Didn't we tell you not to ask?"
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah guarantees to the person who carries out Jihad for His Cause
and nothing compelled him to go out but the Jihad in His Cause, and belief in
His Words, that He will either admit him into Paradise or return him with his
reward or the booty he has earned to his residence from where he went
out." (See Hadith No. 555).
Narrated Abu
Musa:
A man came to the
Prophet and said, "A man fights for pride and haughtiness another fights
for bravery, and another fights for showing off; which of these (cases) is in
Allah's Cause?" The Prophet said, "The one who fights that Allah's
Word (Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause." (See Hadith No.
65, Vol. 4)
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu'ba:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "Some people from my followers will continue to be
victorious over others till Allah's Order (The Hour) is established." (See
Hadith No. 414)
Narrated Muawiya:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "A group of my followers will keep on following Allah's
Laws strictly and they will not be harmed by those who will disbelieve them or
stand against them till Allah's Order (The Hour) will come while they will be
in that state."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet stood
before Musailama (the liar) who was sitting with his companions then, and said
to him, "If you ask me for this piece (of palm-leaf stalk), even then I
would not give it to you. You cannot avoid what Allah has ordained for you, and
if you turn away from Islam, Allah will surely ruin you! "
Narrated Ibn
Mas'ud:
While I was
walking in company with the Prophet in one of the fields of Medina, the Prophet
was reclining on a palm leave stalk which he carried with him. We passed by a
group of Jews. Some of them said to the others, "Ask him about the
spirit." The others said, "Do not ask him, lest he would say
something that you hate." Some of them said, "We will ask him."
So a man from among them stood up and said, 'O Abal-Qasim! What is the
spirit?" The Prophet kept quiet and I knew that he was being divinely
inspired. Then he said: "They ask you concerning the Spirit, Say: The
Spirit; its knowledge is with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been
given only a little." (17.85)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah guarantees (the person who carries out Jihad in His Cause and
nothing compelled him to go out but Jihad in His Cause and the belief in His
Word) that He will either admit him into Paradise (Martyrdom) or return him
with reward or booty he has earned to his residence from where he went
out."
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whenever anyone of you invoke Allah for something, he should be
firm in his asking, and he should not say: 'If You wish, give me...' for none
can compel Allah to do something against His Will."
Narrated 'Ali bin
Abi Talib:
That one night
Allah's Apostle visited him and Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and
said to them, "Won 't you offer (night) prayer?.. 'Ali added: I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Our souls are in the Hand of Allah and when He Wishes
to bring us to life, He does." Then Allah's Apostle went away when I said
so and he did not give any reply. Then I heard him on leaving while he was
striking his thighs, saying, 'But man is, more quarrelsome than anything.'
(18.54)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The example of a believer is that of a fresh green plant the leaves
of which move in whatever direction the wind forces them to move and when the
wind becomes still, it stand straight. Such is the similitude of the believer:
He is disturbed by calamities (but is like the fresh plant he regains his
normal state soon). And the example of a disbeliever is that of a pine tree
(which remains) hard and straight till Allah cuts it down when He will."
(See Hadith No. 546 and 547, Vol. 7).
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
I heard Allah's
Apostle while he was standing on the pulpit, saying, "The remaining period
of your stay (on the earth) in comparison to the nations before you, is like
the period between the 'Asr prayer and sunset. The people of the Torah were
given the Torah and they acted upon it till midday, and then they were worn out
and were given for their labor, one Qirat each. Then the people of the Gospel
were given the Gospel and they acted upon it till the time of the 'Asr prayer,
and then they were worn out and were given (for their labor), one Qirat each.
Then you people were given the Quran and you acted upon it till sunset and so
you were given two Qirats each (double the reward of the previous
nations)." Then the people of the Torah said, 'O our Lord! These people
have done a little labor (much less than we) but have taken a greater reward.'
Allah said, 'Have I withheld anything from your reward?' They said, 'No.' Then
Allah said, 'That is My Favor which I bestow on whom I wish.' "
Narrated 'Ubada
bin As-Samit:
I, along with a
group of people, gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle. He said,
"I take your Pledge on the condition that you (1) will not join partners
in worship with Allah, (2) will not steal, (3) will not commit illegal sexual
intercourse, (4) will not kill your offspring, (5) will not slander, (6) and
will not disobey me when I order you to do good. Whoever among you will abide
by his pledge, his reward will be with Allah, and whoever commits any of those
sins and receives the punishment in this world, that punishment will be an
expiation for his sins and purification; but if Allah screens him, then it will
be up to Allah to punish him if He will or excuse Him, if He will."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Prophet
Solomon who had sixty wives, once said, "Tonight I will have sexual
relation (sleep) with all my wives so that each of them will become pregnant
and bring forth (a boy who will grow into) a cavalier and will fight in Allah's
Cause." So he slept with his wives and none of them (conceived and)
delivered (a child) except one who brought a half (body) boy (deformed).
Allah's Prophet said, "If Solomon had said; 'If Allah Will,' then each of
those women would have delivered a (would-be) cavalier to fight in Allah's
Cause." (See Hadith No. 74 A, Vol. 4).
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
entered upon a sick bedouin in whom he went to visit and said to him,
"Don't worry, Tahur (i.e., your illness will be a means of cleansing of
your sins), if Allah Will." The bedouin said, "Tahur! No, but it is a
fever that is burning in the body of an old man and it will make him visit his
grave." The Prophet said, "Then it is so."
Narrated Abu
Qatada:
When the people
slept till so late that they did not offer the (morning) prayer, the Prophet
said, "Allah captured your souls (made you sleep) when He willed, and
returned them (to your bodies) when He willed." So the people got up and
went to answer the call of nature, performed ablution, till the sun had risen
and it had become white, then the Prophet got up and offered the prayer.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
"A man from
the Muslims and a man from the Jews quarrelled, and the Muslim said, "By
Him Who gave superiority to Muhammad over all the people!" The Jew said,
"By Him Who gave superiority to Moses over all the people!' On that the
Muslim lifted his hand and slapped the Jew. The Jew went to Allah's Apostle and
informed him of all that had happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet
said, "Do not give me superiority over Moses, for the people will fall
unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, I will be the first to regain
consciousness and behold, Moses will be standing there, holding the side of the
Throne. I will not know whether he has been one of those who have fallen unconscious
and then regained consciousness before me, or if he has been one of those
exempted by Allah (from falling unconscious)." (See Hadith No. 524, Vol.
8)
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Ad-Dajjal will come to Medina and find the angels guarding it. If
Allah will, neither Ad-Dajjal nor plague will be able to come near it."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "For every Prophet there is one invocation which is definitely
fulfilled by Allah, and I wish, if Allah will, to keep my that (special)
invocation as to be the intercession for my followers on the Day of
Resurrection."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself (in a dream) standing by a well.
I drew from it as much water as Allah wished me to draw, and then Ibn Quhafa
(Abu Bakr) took the bucket from me and drew one or two buckets, and there was
weakness in his drawing----may Allah forgive him! Then 'Umar took the bucket
which turned into something like a big drum. I had never seen a powerful man
among the people working as perfectly and vigorously as he did. (He drew so
much water that) the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their
camels that knelt down there. (See Hadith No. 16, Vol. 5)
Narrated Abu
Musa:
Whenever a beggar
or a person in need of something came to the Prophet , he used to say (to his
companions), "Intercede (for him) and you will be rewarded for that, and
Allah will fulfill what He will through His Apostle's tongue."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"None of you should say: 'O Allah! Forgive me if You wish,' or 'Bestow
Your Mercy on me if You wish,' or 'Provide me with means of subsistence if You
wish,' but he should be firm in his request, for Allah does what He will and
nobody can force Him (to do anything)."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
That he differed
with Al-Hurr bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari about the companion of Moses, (i.e.,
whether he was Kha,dir or not). Ubai bin Ka'b Al-Ansari passed by them and Ibn
'Abbas called him saying, 'My friend (Hur) and I have differed about Moses'
Companion whom Moses asked the way to meet. Did you hear Allah's Apostle
mentioning anything about him?" Ubai said, "Yes, I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "While Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites
a man came to him and asked, 'Do you know Someone who is more learned than you
(Moses)?' Moses said, 'No.' So Allah sent the Divine inspiration to Moses:--
'Yes, Our Slave
Khadir is more learned than you' Moses asked Allah how to meet him ( Khadir) So
Allah made the fish as a sign for him and it was said to him, 'When you lose
the fish, go back (to the place where you lose it) and you will meet him.' So
Moses went on looking for the sign of the fish in the sea. The boy servant of
Moses (who was accompanying him) said to him, 'Do you remember (what happened)
when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget to tell you (about)
the fish. None but Satan made me forget to tell you about it' (18.63) Moses
said:
'That is what we
have been seeking." Sa they went back retracing their footsteps. (18.64).
So they both found Kadir (there) and then happened what Allah mentioned about
them (in the Quran)!' (See 18.60-82)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If Allah will, tomorrow we will encamp in Khaif Bani Kinana, the
place where the pagans took the oath of Kufr (disbelief) against the Prophet.
He meant Al-Muhassab. (See Hadith No. 659, Vol. 2)
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
The Prophet
besieged the people of Ta'if, but he did not conquer it. He said,
"Tomorrow, if Allah will, we will return home. On this the Muslims said,
"Then we return without conquering it?" He said, 'Then carry on
fighting tomorrow." The next day many of them were injured. The Prophet
said, "If Allah will, we will return home tomorrow." It seemed that
statement pleased them whereupon Allah's Apostle smiled.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When Allah ordains something on the Heaven the angels beat with their
wings in obedience to His Statement which sounds like that of a chain dragged
over a rock. His Statement: "Until when the fear is banished from their
hearts, the Angels say, 'What was it that your Lord said?' 'They reply, '(He
has said) the Truth. And He is the Most High, The Great. " (34.23)
Narrated Abu
Huraira :
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah never listens to anything as He listens to the Prophet
reciting Quran in a pleasant sweet sounding voice." A companion of Abu
Huraira said, "He means, reciting the Quran aloud."
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam!' Adam will reply,
'Labbaik wa Sa'daik! ' Then a loud Voice will be heard (Saying) 'Allah Commands
you to take out the mission of the Hell Fire from your offspring.' "
Narrated 'Aisha:
I never felt so
jealous of any woman as I felt of Khadija, for Allah ordered him (the Prophet )
to give Khadija the glad tidings of a palace in Paradise (for her).
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel, saying, 'Allah loves so
and so, O Gabriel love him' So Gabriel would love him and then would make an
announcement in the Heavens: 'Allah has loved so and-so therefore you should
love him also.' So all the dwellers of the Heavens would love him, and then he
is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth." (See Hadith No. 66,
Vol. 8)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There are angels coming to you in succession at night, and others
during the day, and they all gather at the time of 'Asr and Fajr prayers. Then
the angels who have stayed with you overnight ascend (to the heaven) and He
(Allah) asks them though He perfectly knows their affairs. 'In what state have
you left my slaves?' They say, 'When we left them, they were praying and when
we came to them they were praying.' "
Narrated Abu
Dharr:
The Prophet said,
Gabriel came to me and gave me the glad tidings that anyone who died without
worshipping anything besides Allah, would enter Paradise. I asked (Gabriel),
'Even if he committed theft, and even if he committed illegal sexual
intercourse?' He said, '(Yes), even if he committed theft, and even if he Committed
illegal sexual intercourse."
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
Allah's Apostle
said, "O so-and-so, whenever you go to your bed (for sleeping) say, 'O
Allah! I have surrendered myself over to you and have turned my face towards
You, and leave all my affairs to You and depend on You and put my trust in You
expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is neither fleeing
from You nor refuge but with You. I believe in the Book (Qur'an) which You have
revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent.' If you then die on
that night, then you will die as a Muslim, and if you wake alive in the morning
then you will receive the reward." (See Hadith No. 323, Vol. 8)
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Aufa:
Allah's Apostle
said on the Day of (the battle of) the Clans, "O Allah! The Revealer of
the Holy Book, The Quick Taker of Accounts! Defeat the clans and shake
them."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
(regarding the
Verse):-- 'Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110)
This Verse was revealed while Allah's Apostle was hiding himself in Mecca, and
when he raised his voice while reciting the Qur'an, the pagans would hear him
and abuse the Qur'an and its Revealer and to the one who brought it. So Allah
said:--
'Neither say your
prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110) That is, 'Do not say your
prayer so loudly that the pagans can hear you, nor say it in such a low tone
that your companions do not hear you.' But seek a middle course between those
(extremes), i.e., let your companions hear, but do not relate the Qur'an
loudly, so that they may learn it from you.
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah said: "The son of Adam hurts Me by abusing Time, for I am
Time; in My Hands are all things and I cause the revolution of night and day.'
" (See Hadith No. 351, Vol. 6)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah said: The Fast is for Me and I will give the reward for it, as he
(the one who observes the fast) leaves his sexual desire, food and drink for My
Sake. Fasting is a screen (from Hell) and there are two pleasures for a fasting
person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he
will meet his Lord. And the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better in
Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 128, Vol. 3).
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Once while Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath in a naked state. Suddenly a
great number of gold locusts started falling upon him and he started collecting
them in his clothes. His Lord called him, 'O Job! Didn't I make you rich enough
to dispense with what you see now?' Job said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot
dispense with Your Blessings
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Every night when it is the last third of the night, our Lord, the Superior,
the Blessed, descends to the nearest heaven and says: Is there anyone to invoke
Me that I may respond to his invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me so that I
may grant him his request? Is there anyone asking My forgiveness so that I may
forgive him?. " (See Hadith No. 246,Vol. 2)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but will be the foremost on the
Day of Resurrection." The narrators of this Hadith said: Allah said (to man),
'Spend (in charity), for then I will compensate you (generously).' "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said
that Gabriel said, "Here is Khadija coming to you with a dish of food or a
tumbler containing something to drink. Convey to her a greeting from her Lord
(Allah) and give her the glad tidings that she will have a palace in Paradise built
of Qasab wherein there will be neither any noise nor any fatigue
(trouble)." (See Hadith No. 168, Vol. 5)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
the Prophet said,
"Allah said, "I have prepared for My righteous slaves (such excellent
things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart
can ever think of.' "
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
Whenever the
Prophet offered the night (Tahajjud) prayer, he used to say, "O Allah! All
the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. And
all the Praises are for You; You are the Keeper of the Heavens and the Earth.
All the Praises are for You; You are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and
whatever is therein. You are the Truth, and Your Promise is the Truth, and Your
Speech is the Truth, and meeting You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth
and Hell (Fire) is the Truth and all the prophets are the Truth and the Hour is
the Truth. O Allah! I surrender to You, and believe in You, and depend upon
You, and repent to You, and in Your cause I fight and with Your orders I rule.
So please forgive my past and future sins and those sins which I did in secret
or in public. It is You Whom I worship, None has the right to be worshipped
except You ." (See Hadith No. 329,Vol. 8)
Narrated 'Urwa
bin Az-Zubair:
Sa'id bin
Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah regarding the
narrating of the forged statement against 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, when
the slanderers said what they said and Allah revealed her innocence. 'Aisha
said, "But by Allah, I did not think that Allah, (to confirm my
innocence), would reveal Divine Inspiration which would be recited, for I
consider myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allah through Divine
Inspiration revealed for recitation, but I hoped that Allah's Apostle might
have a dream in which Allah would reveal my innocence. So Allah revealed:--
'Verily! Those who spread the slander are a gang among you...' (The ten Verses
in Surat-an-Nur) (24.11-20)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah says, "If My slave intends to do a bad deed then (O
Angels) do not write it unless he does it; if he does it, then write it as it
is, but if he refrains from doing it for My Sake, then write it as a good deed
(in his account). (On the other hand) if he intends to go a good deed, but does
not do it, then write a good deed (in his account), and if he does it, then
write it for him (in his account) as ten good deeds up to seven-hundred times.'
"
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah created the creation, and when He finished from His creation
the Rahm (womb) got up, and Allah said (to it). "Stop! What do you want?
It said; "At this place I seek refuge with You from all those who sever me
(i.e. sever the ties of Kinship.)" Allah said: "Would you be pleased
that I will keep good relation with the one who will keep good relation with
you, and I will sever the relation with the one who will sever the relation
with you. It said: 'Yes, 'O my Lord.' Allah said (to it), 'That is for you.''
And then Abu Huraira recited the Verse:-- "Would you then if you were
given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of
kinship." (47.22)
Narrated Zaid bin
Khalid:
It rained
(because of the Prophet's invocation for rain) and the Prophet said,
"Allah said, 'Some of My slaves have become disbelievers in Me, and some
others, believers in Me.'"
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah said, 'If My slaves loves the meeting with Me, I too love the
meeting with him; and if he dislikes the meeting with Me, I too dislike the
meeting with him.' " (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 8)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah said, 'I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able
to do for him what he thinks I can do for him). (See Hadith No. 502)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "A man who never did any good deed, said that if he died, his family
should burn him and throw half the ashes of his burnt body in the earth and the
other half in the sea, for by Allah, if Allah should get hold of him, He would
inflict such punishment on him as He would not inflict on anybody among the
people. But Allah ordered the sea to collect what was in it (of his ashes) and
similarly ordered the earth to collect what was in it (of his ashes). Then
Allah said (to the recreated man ), 'Why did you do so?' The man replied, 'For
being afraid of You, and You know it (very well).' So Allah forgave him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "If somebody commits a sin and then says, 'O my Lord! I
have sinned, please forgive me!' and his Lord says, 'My slave has known that he
has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my
slave (his sins).' Then he remains without committing any sin for a while and
then again commits another sin and says, 'O my Lord, I have committed another
sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord
who forgives sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his
sin). Then he remains without Committing any another sin for a while and then
commits another sin (for the third time) and says, 'O my Lord, I have committed
another sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that he
has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for it I therefore have forgiven My
slave (his sin), he can do whatever he likes."
Narrated Abu
Said:
The Prophet
mentioned a man from the people of the past or those who preceded you. The
Prophet said a sentence meaning: Allah had given him wealth and children. When
his death approached, he said to his sons, "What kind of father have I
been to you?" They replied, "You have been a good father." He
told them that he had not presented any good deed before Allah, and if Allah
should get hold of him He would punish him.' "So look!" he added,
"When I die, burn me, and when I turn into coal, crush me, and when there
comes a windy day, scatter my ashes in the wind." The Prophet added,
"Then by Allah, he took a firm promise from his children to do so, and
they did so. (They burnt him after his death) and threw his ashes on a windy
day. Then Allah commanded to his ashes. "Be," and behold! He became a
man standing! Allah said, "O My slave! What made you do what you
did?" He replied, "For fear of You." Nothing saved him then but
Allah's Mercy (So Allah forgave him).
Narrated Anas:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "On the Day of Resurrection I will intercede and say,
"O my Lord! Admit into Paradise (even) those who have faith equal to a
mustard seed in their hearts." Such people will enter Paradise, and then I
will say, 'O (Allah) admit into Paradise (even) those who have the least amount
of faith in their hearts." Anas then said: As if I were just now looking
at the fingers of Allah's Apostle.
Narrated Ma'bad
bin Hilal Al'Anzi:
We, i.e., some
people from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik, and we went in company
with Thabit Al-Bunnani so that he might ask him about the Hadith of
Intercession on our behalf. Behold, Anas was in his palace, and our arrival
coincided with his Duha prayer. We asked permission to enter and he admitted us
while he was sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, "Do not ask him about
anything else first but the Hadith of Intercession." He said, "O Abu
Hamza! There are your brethren from Basra coming to ask you about the Hadith of
Intercession." Anas then said, "Muhammad talked to us saying, 'On the
Day of Resurrection the people will surge with each other like waves, and then
they will come to Adam and say, 'Please intercede for us with your Lord.' He will
say, 'I am not fit for that but you'd better go to Abraham as he is the Khalil
of the Beneficent.' They will go to Abraham and he will say, 'I am not fit for
that, but you'd better go to Moses as he is the one to whom Allah spoke
directly.' So they will go to Moses and he will say, 'I am not fit for that,
but you'd better go to Jesus as he is a soul created by Allah and His Word.'
(Be: And it was) they will go to Jesus and he will say, 'I am not fit for that,
but you'd better go to Muhammad.'
They would come
to me and I would say, 'I am for that.' Then I will ask for my Lord's
permission, and it will be given, and then He will inspire me to praise Him
with such praises as I do not know now. So I will praise Him with those praises
and will fall down, prostrate before Him. Then it will be said, 'O Muhammad,
raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for your will
be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be
accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my followers! My followers!' And then it will
be said, 'Go and take out of Hell (Fire) all those who have faith in their
hearts, equal to the weight of a barley grain.' I will go and do so and return
to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down (prostrate) before Him. Then
it will be said, 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be
listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede,
for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my followers! My
followers!' It will be said, 'Go and take out of it all those who have faith in
their hearts equal to the weight of a small ant or a mustard seed.' I will go
and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down in
prostration before Him. It will be said, 'O, Muhammad, raise your head and
speak, for you will be listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your
request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say,
'O Lord, my followers!' Then He will say, 'Go and take out (all those) in whose
hearts there is faith even to the lightest, lightest mustard seed. (Take them)
out of the Fire.' I will go and do so."'
When we left
Anas, I said to some of my companions, "Let's pass by Al-Hasan who is
hiding himself in the house of Abi Khalifa and request him to tell us what Anas
bin Malik has told us." So we went to him and we greeted him and he
admitted us. We said to him, "O Abu Said! We came to you from your brother
Anas Bin Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercession the like of
which I have never heard." He said, "What is that?" Then we told
him of the Hadith and said, "He stopped at this point (of the
Hadith)." He said, "What then?" We said, "He did not add
anything to that." He said, Anas related the Hadith to me twenty years ago
when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he forgot or if he did not
like to let you depend on what he might have said." We said, "O Abu
Said ! Let us know that." He smiled and said, "Man was created hasty.
I did not mention that, but that I wanted to inform you of it.
Anas told me the
same as he told you and said that the Prophet added, 'I then return for a
fourth time and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him me the same as he
'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask,
for you will be granted (your request): and intercede, for your intercession
will be accepted .' I will say, 'O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoever
said, 'None has the right to be worshiped except Allah.' Then Allah will say,
'By my Power, and my Majesty, and by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I will
take out of Hell (Fire) whoever said: 'None has the right to be worshipped
except Allah.' ''
Narrated
'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The person who will be the last one to enter Paradise and the last
to come out of Hell (Fire) will be a man who will come out crawling, and his
Lord will say to him, 'Enter Paradise.' He will reply, 'O Lord, Paradise is
full.' Allah will give him the same order thrice, and each time the man will
give Him the same reply, i.e., 'Paradise is full.' Thereupon Allah will say (to
him), 'Ten times of the world is for you.' "
Narrated 'Adi bin
Hatim:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There will be none among you but his Lord will talk to him, and
there will be no interpreter between him and Allah. He will look to his right
and see nothing but his deeds which he has sent forward, and will look to his
left and see nothing but his deeds which he has sent forward, and will look in
front of him and see nothing but the (Hell) Fire facing him. So save yourself
from the (Hell) Fire even with half a date (given in charity)." Al-A'mash
said: 'Amr bin Murra said, Khaithama narrated the same and added, '..even with a
good word.' "
Narrated
'Abdullah:
A priest from the
Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah
will place all the heavens on one finger, and the Earth on one finger, and the
waters and the land on one finger, and all the creation on one finger, and then
He will shake them and say. 'I am the King! I am the King!'" I saw the
Prophet smiling till his premolar teeth became visible expressing his amazement
and his belief in what he had said. Then the Prophet recited: 'No just estimate
have they made of Allah such as due to Him (up to)...; High is He above the
partners they attribute to Him.' (39.67)
Narrated Safwan
bin Muhriz:
A man asked Ibn
'Umar, "What have you heard from Allah's Apostle regarding An-Najwa?"
He said, "Everyone of you will come close to His Lord Who will screen him
from the people and say to him, 'Did you do so-and-so?' He will reply, 'Yes.'
Then Allah will say, 'Did you do so-and-so?' He will reply, 'Yes.' So Allah
will question him and make him confess, and then Allah will say, 'I screened
your sins in the world and forgive them for you today.' "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Adam and Moses debated with each other and Moses said, 'You are Adam who
turned out your offspring from Paradise.' Adam said, "You are Moses whom
Allah chose for His Message and for His direct talk, yet you blame me for a matter
which had been ordained for me even before my creation?' Thus Adam overcame
Moses."
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The believers will be assembled on the Day of Resurrection and they
will say, 'Let us look for someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He
may relieve us from this place of ours.' So they will go to Adam and say, 'You
are Adam, the father of mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands and
ordered the Angels to prostrate before you, and He taught you the names of all
things; so please intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us.'
Adam will say, to them, 'I am not fit for that,' and then he will mention to
them his mistake which he has committed.' "
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The night Allah's
Apostle was taken for a journey from the sacred mosque (of Mecca) Al-Ka'ba:
Three persons came to him (in a dreamy while he was sleeping in the Sacred
Mosque before the Divine Inspiration was revealed to Him. One of them said,
"Which of them is he?" The middle (second) angel said, "He is
the best of them." The last (third) angle said, "Take the best of
them." Only that much happened on that night and he did not see them till
they came on another night, i.e. after The Divine Inspiration was revealed to
him. (Fateh-Al-Bari Page 258, Vol. 17) and he saw them, his eyes were asleep
but his heart was not----and so is the case with the prophets: their eyes sleep
while their hearts do not sleep. So those angels did not talk to him till they
carried him and placed him beside the well of Zam-Zam. From among them Gabriel
took charge of him. Gabriel cut open (the part of his body) between his throat
and the middle of his chest (heart) and took all the material out of his chest
and abdomen and then washed it with Zam-Zam water with his own hands till he
cleansed the inside of his body, and then a gold tray containing a gold bowl
full of belief and wisdom was brought and then Gabriel stuffed his chest and
throat blood vessels with it and then closed it (the chest). He then ascended
with him to the heaven of the world and knocked on one of its doors.
The dwellers of
the Heaven asked, 'Who is it?' He said, "Gabriel." They said,
"Who is accompanying you?" He said, "Muhammad." They said,
"Has he been called?" He said, "Yes" They said, "He is
welcomed." So the dwellers of the Heaven became pleased with his arrival,
and they did not know what Allah would do to the Prophet on earth unless Allah
informed them. The Prophet met Adam over the nearest Heaven. Gabriel said to
the Prophet, "He is your father; greet him." The Prophet greeted him
and Adam returned his greeting and said, "Welcome, O my Son! O what a good
son you are!" Behold, he saw two flowing rivers, while he was in the
nearest sky. He asked, "What are these two rivers, O Gabriel?"
Gabriel said, "These are the sources of the Nile and the Euphrates."
Then Gabriel took
him around that Heaven and behold, he saw another river at the bank of which
there was a palace built of pearls and emerald. He put his hand into the river
and found its mud like musk Adhfar. He asked, "What is this, O
Gabriel?" Gabriel said, "This is the Kauthar which your Lord has kept
for you." Then Gabriel ascended (with him) to the second Heaven and the
angels asked the same questions as those on the first Heaven, i.e., "Who
is it?" Gabriel replied, "Gabriel". They asked, "Who is
accompanying you?" He said, "Muhammad." They asked, "Has he
been sent for?" He said, "Yes." Then they said, "He is
welcomed.'' Then he (Gabriel) ascended with the Prophet to the third Heaven,
and the angels said the same as the angels of the first and the second Heavens
had said.
Then he ascended
with him to the fourth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended with
him to the fifth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended with him
to the sixth Heaven and they said the same; then he ascended with him to the
seventh Heaven and they said the same. On each Heaven there were prophets whose
names he had mentioned and of whom I remember Idris on the second Heaven, Aaron
on the fourth Heavens another prophet whose name I don't remember, on the fifth
Heaven, Abraham on the sixth Heaven, and Moses on the seventh Heaven because of
his privilege of talking to Allah directly. Moses said (to Allah), "O
Lord! I thought that none would be raised up above me."
But Gabriel
ascended with him (the Prophet) for a distance above that, the distance of
which only Allah knows, till he reached the Lote Tree (beyond which none may
pass) and then the Irresistible, the Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and
came closer till he (Gabriel) was about two bow lengths or (even) nearer. (It
is said that it was Gabriel who approached and came closer to the Prophet.
(Fate Al-Bari Page 263, 264, Vol. 17). Among the things which Allah revealed to
him then, was: "Fifty prayers were enjoined on his followers in a day and
a night."
Then the Prophet
descended till he met Moses, and then Moses stopped him and asked, "O
Muhammad ! What did your Lord en join upon you?" The Prophet
replied," He enjoined upon me to perform fifty prayers in a day and a
night." Moses said, "Your followers cannot do that; Go back so that
your Lord may reduce it for you and for them." So the Prophet turned to
Gabriel as if he wanted to consult him about that issue. Gabriel told him of
his opinion, saying, "Yes, if you wish." So Gabriel ascended with him
to the Irresistible and said while he was in his place, "O Lord, please
lighten our burden as my followers cannot do that." So Allah deducted for
him ten prayers where upon he returned to Moses who stopped him again and kept
on sending him back to his Lord till the enjoined prayers were reduced to only
five prayers.
Then Moses
stopped him when the prayers had been reduced to five and said, "O
Muhammad! By Allah, I tried to persuade my nation, Bani Israel to do less than
this, but they could not do it and gave it up. However, your followers are
weaker in body, heart, sight and hearing, so return to your Lord so that He may
lighten your burden."
The Prophet
turned towards Gabriel for advice and Gabriel did not disapprove of that. So he
ascended with him for the fifth time. The Prophet said, "O Lord, my
followers are weak in their bodies, hearts, hearing and constitution, so
lighten our burden." On that the Irresistible said, "O
Muhammad!" the Prophet replied, "Labbaik and Sa'daik." Allah
said, "The Word that comes from Me does not change, so it will be as I
enjoined on you in the Mother of the Book." Allah added, "Every good
deed will be rewarded as ten times so it is fifty (prayers) in the Mother of
the Book (in reward) but you are to perform only five (in practice)."
The Prophet
returned to Moses who asked, "What have you done?" He said, "He
has lightened our burden: He has given us for every good deed a tenfold
reward." Moses said, "By Allah! I tried to make Bani Israel observe
less than that, but they gave it up. So go back to your Lord that He may
lighten your burden further." Allah's Apostle said, "O Moses! By
Allah, I feel shy of returning too many times to my Lord." On that Gabriel
said, "Descend in Allah's Name." The Prophet then woke while he was
in the Sacred Mosque (at Mecca).
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say to the people of Paradise, "O the people of
Paradise!" They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa'daik, and all the
good is in Your Hands!' Allah will say, "Are you satisfied?' They will
say, 'Why shouldn't we be satisfied, O our Lord as You have given us what You have
not given to any of Your created beings?' He will say, 'Shall I not give you
something better than that?' They will say, 'O our Lord! What else could be
better than that?' He will say, 'I bestow My Pleasure on you and will never be
angry with you after that.' "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Once the Prophet
was preaching while a bedouin was sitting there. The Prophet said, "A man
from among the people of Paradise will request Allah to allow him to cultivate
the land Allah will say to him, 'Haven't you got whatever you desire?' He will reply,
'yes, but I like to cultivate the land (Allah will permit him and) he will sow
the seeds, and within seconds the plants will grow and ripen and (the yield)
will be harvested and piled in heaps like mountains. On that Allah will say (to
him), "Take, here you are, O son of Adam, for nothing satisfies you.'
"On that the bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! Such man must be
either from Quraish or from Ansar, for they are farmers while we are not."
On that Allah's Apostle smiled .
Narrated
'Abdullah:
I asked Allah's
Apostle "What is the biggest sin in the sight of Allah?" He said,
"To set up rivals unto Allah though He alone created you." I said,
"In fact, that is a tremendous sin," and added, "What
next?" He said, "To kill your son being afraid that he may share your
food with you." I further asked, "What next?" He said, "To
commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."
Narrated
'Abdullah:
Two person of
Bani Thaqif and one from Quarish (or two persons from Quraish and one from Bani
Thaqif) who had fat bellies but little wisdom, met near the Ka'ba. One of them
said, "Did you see that Allah hears what we say? " The other said,
"He hears us if we speak aloud, but He does not hear if we speak in
stealthy quietness (softly)." The third fellow said, "If He hears
when we speak aloud, then He surely hears us if we speak in stealthy quietness
(softly)." So Allah revealed the Verse:--
'And you have not
been screening against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins
should testify against you..." (41.22)
Narrated 'Ikrima:
Ibn 'Abbas said,
"How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you
have Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed
by Allah, and you read it in its pure undistorted form?"
Narrated
'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah:
'Abdullah bin
'Abbas said, "O the group of Muslims! How can you ask the people of the
Scriptures about anything while your Book which Allah has revealed to your
Prophet contains the most recent news from Allah and is pure and not distorted?
Allah has told you that the people of the Scriptures have changed some of
Allah's Books and distorted it and wrote something with their own hands and
said, 'This is from Allah, so as to have a minor gain for it. Won't the
knowledge that has come to you stop you from asking them? No, by Allah, we have
never seen a man from them asking you about that (the Book Al-Qur'an ) which
has been revealed to you.
Narrated Musa bin
Abi 'Aisha:
Sa'id bin Jubair
reported from Ibn 'Abbas (regarding the explanation of the Verse: 'Do not move
your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith) . He said,
"The Prophet used to undergo great difficulty in receiving the Divine
Inspiration and used to move his lips.' Ibn 'Abbas said (to Sa'id), "I
move them (my lips) as Allah's Apostle used to move his lips." And Said
said (to me), "I move my lips as I saw Ibn 'Abbas moving his lips,"
and then he moved his lips. So Allah revealed:--
'(O Muhammad!) Do
not move your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. It is for
Us to collect it and give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it. (i.e., to
collect it in your chest and then you recite it).' (75.16-17) But when We have
recited it, to you (O Muhammad through Gabriel) then follow you its recital.'
(75.18) This means, "You should listen to it and keep quiet and then it is
upon Us to make you recite it."
The narrator
added, "So Allah's Apostle used to listen whenever Gabriel came to him,
and when Gabriel left, the Prophet would recite the Qur'an as Gabriel had
recited it to him."
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
regarding the
explanation of the Verse:-- '(O Muhammad!) Neither say your prayer aloud, nor
say it in a low tone.' (17.110) This Verse was revealed while Allah's Apostle
was hiding himself at Mecca. At that time, when he led his companions in
prayer, he used to raise his voice while reciting the Qur'an; and if the pagans
heard him, they would abuse the Qur'an, its Revealer, and the one who brought
it. So Allah said to His Prophet: "Neither say your prayer aloud. i.e.,
your recitation (of Qur'an) lest the pagans should hear (it) and abuse the
Quran" nor say it in a low tone, "lest your voice should fail to
reach your companions, "but follow a way between." (17.110)
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Verse:-- '(O
Muhammad!) Neither say your prayer aloud nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110)
was revealed in connection with the invocations.
Narrated Abu
Salama:
Abu Huraira said,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'Whoever does not recite Qur'an in a nice voice is
not from us,' and others said extra," (that means) to recite it
aloud."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Not to wish to be the like of except the like of two men: a man whom
Allah has given the Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of the night and
the hours of the day, in which case one may say, "If I were given the same
as this man has been given, I would do the same as he is doing.' The other is a
man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, in which
case one may say, 'If I were given the same as he has been given, I would do
the same as he is doing."
Narrated Salim's
father:
The Prophet said,
"Not to wish to be the like of except the like of two (persons): a man
whom Allah has given the knowledge of the Quran and he recites it during the
hours of the night and the hours of the day; and a man whom Allah has given
wealth and he spends it (in Allah's Cause) during the hours of the night and
during the hours of the day."
Narrated
Al-Mughira:
Our Prophet has
informed us our Lord's Message that whoever of us is martyred, will go to
Paradise.
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whoever tells you
that the Prophet concealed something of the Divine Inspiration, do not believe
him, for Allah said: 'O Apostle Muhammad! Proclaim (the Message) which has been
sent down to you from your Lord, and if you do it not, then you have not
conveyed His Message.' (5.67)
Narrated
'Abdullah:
A man said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Which sin is the biggest in Allah's Sight?" The
Prophet said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He Alone created
you." That man said, "What is next?" The Prophet said, "To
kill your son lest he should share your food with you.'' The man said,
"What is next?" The Prophet said, "To commit illegal sexual
intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." Then Allah revealed in
confirmation of that: "And those who invoke not with Allah any other god,
nor kill such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit
illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the
punishment..... (25.68)
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Your stay (in this world) in comparison to the stay of the nations
preceding you, is like the period between 'Asr prayer and the sun set (in
comparison to a whole day). The people of the Torah were given the Torah and
they acted on it till midday and then they were unable to carry on. And they were
given (a reward equal to) one Qirat each. Then the people of the Gospel were
given the Gospel and they acted on it till 'Asr Prayer and then they were
unable to carry on, so they were given la reward equal to) one Qirat each. Then
you were given the Qur'an and you acted on it till sunset, therefore you were
given (a reward equal to) two Qirats each. On that, the people of the
Scriptures said, 'These people (Muslims) did less work than we but they took a
bigger reward.' Allah said (to them). 'Have I done any oppression to you as
regards your rights?' They said, "No." Then Allah said, 'That is My
Blessing which I grant to whomsoever I will.' "
Narrated Ibn
Mas'ud:
A man asked the
Prophet "What deeds are the best?" The Prophet said: (1) To perform
the (daily compulsory) prayers at their (early) stated fixed times, (2) To be
good and dutiful to one's own parents. (3) and to participate in Jihad in
Allah's Cause."
Narrated
Al-Hasan:
'Amr bin Taghlib
said, "Some property was given to the Prophet and he gave it to some
people and withheld it from some others. Then he came to know that they (the
latter) were dissatisfied. So the Prophet said, 'I give to one man and leave
(do not give) another, and the one to whom I do not give is dearer to me than
the one to whom I give. I give to some people because of the impatience and
discontent present in their hearts, and leave other people because of the
content and goodness Allah has bestowed on them, and one of them is 'Amr bin
Taghlib." 'Amr bin Taghlib said, "The sentence which Allah's Apostle
said in my favor is dearer to me than the possession of nice red camels."
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"My Lord says, 'If My slave comes nearer to me for a span, I go nearer to
him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit, I go nearer to him
for the span of outstretched arms; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him
running.' "
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Perhaps the
Prophet mentioned the following (as Allah's Saying): "If My slave comes
nearer to Me for a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer
to Me for a cubit; I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms. (See
Hadith No. 502)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said
that your Lord said, "Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is
for Me, so I will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the
mouth of a fasting person, is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk."
(See Hadith No. 584)
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet said
that his Lord said: "It does not befit a slave that he should say that he
is better than Jonah (Yunus) bin Matta.
Narrated Shu'ba:
Mu'awiya bin
Qurra reported that 'Abdullah bin Al-Maghaffal Al-Muzani said, "I saw
Allah's Apostle on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, riding his she-camel and
reciting Surat-al-Fath (48) or part of Surat-al-Fath. He recited it in a
vibrating and pleasant voice. Then Mu'awiya recited as 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal
had done and said, "Were I not afraid that the people would crowd around
me, I would surely recite in a vibrating pleasant voice as Ibn Mughaffal did,
imitating the Prophet." I asked Muawiya, "How did he recite in that
tone?" He said thrice, "A, A , A."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The people of the
Scripture used to read the Torah in Hebrew and explain it to the Muslims in
Arabic. Then Allah's Apostle said, "Do not believe the people of the
Scripture, and do not disbelieve them, but say, 'We believe in Allah and
whatever has been revealed...' (3.84)
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
A Jew and Jewess
were brought to the Prophet on a charge of committing an illegal sexual
intercourse. The Prophet asked the Jews, "What do you (usually) do with
them?" They said, "We blacken their faces and disgrace them." He
said, "Bring here the Torah and recite it, if you are truthful." They
(fetched it and) came and asked a one-eyed man to recite. He went on reciting
till he reached a portion on which he put his hand. The Prophet said,
"Lift up your hand!" He lifted his hand up and behold, there appeared
the verse of Ar-Rajm (stoning of the adulterers to death). Then he said,
"O Muhammad! They should be stoned to death but we conceal this Divine Law
among ourselves." Then the Prophet ordered that the two sinners be stoned
to death and, and they were stoned to death, and I saw the man protecting the
woman from the stones. (See Hadith No. 809, Vol. 8)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that he heard the
Prophet saying, "Allah does not listen to anything as He listens to the
recitation of the Quran by a Prophet who recites it in attractive audible sweet
sounding voice."
Narrated 'Aisha:
(when the
slanderers said what they said about her): I went to my bed knowing at that
time that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by
Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal in my favor a revelation which
would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be talked about by
Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited. So Allah revealed the
ten Verses (of Surat-an-Nur). 'Those who brought a false charge........'
(24.11-20)
Narrated
Al-Bara':
I heard the
Prophet reciting Surat at-Tin waz Zaitun (By the Fig and the Olive) in the
'Isha' prayer and I have never heard anybody with a better voice or recitation
than his.
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet was
hiding himself in Mecca and used to recite the (Qur'an) in a loud voice. When
the pagans heard him they would abuse the Qur'an and the one who brought it, so
Allah said to His Prophet: 'Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low
tone.' (17.110)
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Abdur-Rahman:
that Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri said to him, "I see that you like sheep and the desert, so when
you are looking after your sheep or when you are in the desert and want to
pronounce the Adhan, raise your voice, for no Jinn, human being or any other
things hear the Mu'adh-dhin's voice but will be a witness for him on the Day of
Resurrection." Abu Sa'id added, "I heard this from Allah's
Apostle."
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used
to recite the Quran with his head in my lap while I used to be in my periods
(having menses).
Narrated 'Umar
bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham
bin Hakim reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, I
listened to his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in a way that
Allah's Apostle had not taught me. I was about to jump over him while He was
still in prayer, but I waited patiently and when he finished his prayer, I put
my sheet round his neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who has taught you
this Sura which I have heard you reciting?" Hisham said, "Allah's
Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You are telling a lie, for he
taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!" Then
I started leading (dragged) him to Allah's Apostle and said (to the Prophet),
" I have heard this man reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you have
not taught me." The Prophet said: "(O 'Umar) release him! Recite, O
Hisham." Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allah's Apostle
said, "It was revealed like this." Then Allah's Apostle said,
"Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon
he said, "It was revealed like this," and added, "The Quran has
been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever
is easy for you ." (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6)
Narrated 'Imran:
I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Why should a doer (people) try to do good deeds?' The Prophet
said, "Everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his
destined place for which he has been created.'
Narrated 'Ali:
While the Prophet
was in a funeral procession, he took a stick and started scraping the earth with
it and said, "There is none of you but has his place assigned either in
Hell or in Paradise." They (the people) said, "Shall we not depend
upon that (and give up doing any deeds)?' He said, " Carry on doing (good
deeds) for everybody will find it easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his
destined place for which he has been created ." (And then the Prophet
recited the Verse):-- 'As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to
Allah...' (92.5)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book
(wherein He has written): My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book)
is written with Him over the Throne."
Narrated Zahdam:
There were good
relations and brotherhood between this tribe of Jurm and the Ash'ariyyin. Once,
while we were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari, there was brought to him a meal
which contained chicken meat, and there was sitting beside him, a man from the
tribe of Bani Taimul-lah who looked like one of the Mawali. Abu Musa invited
the man to eat but the man said, "I have seen chicken eating some dirty
things, and I have taken an oath not to eat chicken." Abu Musa said to
him, "Come along, let me tell you something in this regard. Once I went to
the Prophet with a few men from Ash'ariyyin and we asked him for mounts. The
Prophet said, By Allah, I will not mount you on anything; besides I do not have
anything to mount you on.' Then a few camels from the war booty were brought to
the Prophet, and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the group of
Ash'ariyyin?' So he ordered for five fat camels to be given to us and then we
set out. We said, 'What have we done? Allah's Apostle took an oath that he
would not give us anything to ride and that he had nothing for us to ride, yet
he provided us with mounts. We made Allah's Apostle forget his oath! By Allah,
we will never be successful.' So we returned to him and reminded him of his
oath. He said, 'I have not provided you with the mount, but Allah has done so.
By Allah, I may take an oath to do something, but on finding something else
which is better, I do that which is better and make the expiation for my oath.'
"
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The delegates of
'Abdul Qais came to Allah's Apostle and said, "The pagans of the tribe of
Mudar intervene between you and us therefore we cannot come to you except in
the Holy months. So please order us to do something good (Religious deeds) by
which we may enter Paradise (by acting on them) and we may inform our people
whom we have left behind to observe it." The Prophet said, "I order
you to do four things and forbid you from four things: I order you to believe
in Allah. Do you know what is meant by belief in Allah? It is to testify that
none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, to offer prayers perfectly,
to give Zakat, and to give Al-Khumus (one-fifth of the war booty) (in Allah's
Cause). And I forbid you four things, (i.e., Do not drink alcoholic drinks)
Ad-Dubba, An-Naqir, (pitched water skins), Az-Zuruf, Al-Muzaffat and Al--Hantam
(names of utensils used for the preparation of alcoholic drinks)." (See
Hadith No. 50, Vol. 1)
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The painter of these pictures will be punished on the Day of
Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what you have created.'
"
Narrated Ibn
'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"The painters of these pictures will be punished on the Day of
Resurrection, and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have
created."
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard the
Prophet saying, "Allah said, 'Who are most unjust than those who try to
create something like My creation? I challenge them to create even a smallest
ant, a wheat grain or a barley grain.' "
Narrated Abu
Musa:
The Prophet said,
'The example of a believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron (a citrus
fruit) which is good in taste and good in smell. And the believer who does not
recite the Quran is like a date which has a good taste but no smell. And the example
of an impious person who recites the Qur'an is that of Ar-Rihana (an aromatic
plant) which smells good but is bitter in taste. And the example of an impious
person who does not recite the Quran is that of a colocynth which is bitter in
taste and has no smell."
Narrated 'Aisha:
Some people asked
the Prophet regarding the soothsayers. He said, "They are nothing."
They said, "O Allah's Apostle! Some of their talks come true." The
Prophet said, "That word which happens to be true is what a Jinn snatches
away by stealth (from the Heaven) and pours it in the ears of his friend (the
foreteller) with a sound like the cackling of a hen. The soothsayers then mix
with that word, one hundred lies."
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Qur'an
but it will not exceed their throats and who will go out of (renounce) the
religion (Islam) as an arrow passes through the game, and they will never come
back to it unless the arrow, comes back to the middle of the bow (by itself)
(i.e., impossible). The people asked, "What will their signs be?" He
said, "Their sign will be the habit of shaving (of their beards). (Fateh
Al-Bari, Page 322, Vol. 17th)
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"(There are) two words which are dear to the Beneficent (Allah) and very
light (easy) for the tongue (to say), but very heavy in weight in the balance.
They are: 'Subhan Allah wa-bi hamdihi' and 'Subhan Allah Al-'Azim." (See
Hadith No. 673, Vol. 8).
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