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 In the Name of Allah,
Most Gracious
Most Merciful
- Allah's
Messenger said: Do not attribute lies to me, for anyone who attributes lies to me will be doomed to Hell-Fire.
- One
day Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) appeared before the public. Then a man came to him and asked: Prophet of Allah,
what is Iman? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting,
His Messengers and that you affirm your faith in the Resurrection hereafter. He (again) asked: Messenger of Allah, what does
Islam signify? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Islam signifies that you worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him
and you perform the prescribed Prayer and you pay the obligatory poor-due (Zakah) and you observe the Fast of Ramadan. He
(the inquirer) again asked: Messenger of Allah, what does Al-Ihsan (Faithfulness) imply? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That
you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, and in case you fail to see Him, then observe that He is seeing you. He (the inquirer)
again asked: Messenger of Allah, when would there be the Hour of (Doom)? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: The one who is asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer. I, however, will narrate some of its signs (and these are): When the female-slave
will give birth to her master, when the naked, barefooted would become the chiefs of the people; these are some of the signs
of (Doom). (Moreover) when the shepherds of the black (camels) would exalt themselves in buildings, this is one of the signs
of (Doom). (Doom) is one of the five (happenings wrapped in the unseen) which no one knows but Allah. Then he (the Messenger
of Allah) (may peace be upon him) recited (the verse):
 Verily, Allâh! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs
No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die Verily, Allâh is AllKnower,
AllAware (of things)  He (the narrator, Abu Hurairah) said: Then the person turned back and went away. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Bring that man back to me. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet present there) went to bring him back, but they
did not find him. Upon this Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked: He was Gabriel. He came to teach people their religion.
- A person with disheveled hair, one of the people of
Najd, came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
We heard the humming of his voice, but could not fully discern what he had been saying, till he came nigh to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). It was then (disclosed to us) that he was asking questions pertaining to Islam. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Five Prayers during the day and night. (Upon this) he asked: Am I obliged to perform any other
(Prayer) besides these? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, except that which you observe voluntarily, out of your own free will;
and fasting the month of Ramadan. The inquirer asked: Am I obliged to fast anything else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: No, except that which you observe out of your own free will. And the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) told
him about the Zakah (poor-due). The inquirer asked: Am I obliged to pay anything else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: No, except that which you pay voluntarily out of your own free will. The man turned back and said: I would neither make
any addition to this, nor will I decrease anything out of it. The Prophet remarked: He is successful, if he is truthful in
what he affirms.
- We were forbidden to ask Allah's Messenger about anything (without the genuine need). It, therefore, pleased
us that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert should come and ask him (the Holy Prophet) and we should listen
to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to the Holy Prophet) and said: Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told
us that you claim that Allah had sent you (as a prophet). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He told the truth. He (the Bedouin)
asked: Who created the Heaven? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. He (the Bedouin again) asked: Who created the earth?
He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. He (the Bedouin again) asked: Who raised these mountains and who created in them whatever
is created there? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. Upon this he (the Bedouin) remarked: By Him Who created the Heaven
and created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has Allah (in fact) sent you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the
Bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that five Prayers (had been made) obligatory for us during the day and night. He
(the Holy Prophet) remarked: He told you the truth. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you, is it Allah Who ordered you
about this (i.e. Prayers)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that Zakah had been
made obligatory in our riches. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He has told the truth. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you
(as a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered you about it (Zakah)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your
messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every year during the month of Ramadan. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: He has told the truth. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered you about
it (the Fasting of Ramadan)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that Pilgrimage
(Hajj) to the House (of Ka'bah) had been made obligatory for whoever is able to
undertake the journey to it. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He has told the truth. The narrator said that he (the Bedouin) set
off (at the conclusion of this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked: By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would
neither make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything out of them. Upon this the Holy Prophet remarked: If he were
truthful (to what he said) he must enter Paradise.
- Once during a journey of the Holy Prophet (may peace of Allah be upon him), a Bedouin appeared before him and
caught hold of the nose string of his she-camel and then said: Messenger of Allah (or Muhammad), inform me about that which takes me near to Paradise
and draws me away from the Fire (of Hell). He (the narrator) said: The Prophet (may peace be upon him) stopped for a while
and cast a glance upon his Companions and then said: He was afforded a good opportunity (or he had been guided well). He (the
Holy Prophet), addressing the Bedouin, said: (Repeat) whatever you have uttered. He (the Bedouin) repeated that. Upon this
the Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked: You worship Allah and associate none with Him, and you perform the Prayer
and pay Zakah, and do good to your kin. After having uttered these words, the Holy Prophet asked the Bedouin to release the
nose string of his she-camel.
- A Bedouin came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, direct me to a deed by which I may be entitled to enter Paradise. Upon
this he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: You worship Allah and never associate anything with Him, perform the obligatory Prayer,
and pay the prescribed Zakah, and observe the Fast of Ramadan. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, I will
never add anything to it, nor will I decrease anything from it. When he (the Bedouin) turned his back, the Prophet (may peace
be upon him) said: He who is pleased to see a man from the dwellers of Paradise should catch a glance at this man.
- The Holy Prophet (may peace of Allah be upon him) said: (The superstructure of) Islam is raised on
five (pillars): The Oneness of Allah, performance of the Prayer, payment of Zakah, Fast of Ramadan, and Pilgrimage (to Makkah).
- A
delegation of the 'Abdul-Qais came to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, verily ours is a tribe of Rabi'ah and there stand between you and us
the unbelievers of the Mudar and we find no freedom to come to you
except in the sacred month. Direct us to an act which we should ourselves perform and invite those who live beside us. Upon
this the Prophet remarked: I command you to do four things and prohibit you against four acts. (The four deeds which you are
commanded to do are): Faith in Allah, and then he explained it for them and said: Testifying that there is no god but Allah,
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performance of the Prayer, payment of Zakah, that
you pay khums (one-fifth) of the booty fallen to your lot, and prohibit you to use round gourd, wine jars, wooden pots or
skins for wine.
- The Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) sent me (as a governor of Yemen) and (at the time of departure) instructed me thus: You will soon
find yourself in a community of the People of the Book, so first call them to testify that there is no
god but Allah, and that I (Muhammad) am the Messenger of Allah; and if they accept this, tell them that Allah has enjoined
upon them five Prayers during the day and night; and if they accept it, tell them that Allah has made Zakah obligatory for
them that it should be collected from the rich and distributed among the poor; and if they agree to it, do not pick up (as
a share of Zakah) the best of their wealth. Beware of the supplication of the oppressed for there is no barrier between it
and Allah.
- When the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) died and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor (Caliph),
some tribes among the Arabs became apostates. 'Umar asked Abu Bakr: Why would you fight against the people,
when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) declared: I have been directed to fight against people till they say: There
is no god but Allah? And he who professes it is granted full protection of his property and life on my behalf except for a
right cause. His (other) affairs rest with Allah. Upon this Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I would definitely fight against
those who severed the Prayer from Zakah, for it is the obligation upon the rich. By Allah, I would fight against them even
if they withheld a cord (used for hobbling the feet of a camel) which they used to give to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) (as Zakah).
- The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: I have been commanded
to fight against people until they testify that there is no god but Allah, and he who professes it is guaranteed the protection
of his property and life on my behalf except for a right warrant, and his affairs rest with Allah.
- Allah's Messenger said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god
but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, perform the Prayer, and pay Zakah. If they do that,
their blood and property are guaranteed protection on my behalf except when justified by law, and their affairs rest with
Allah.
- When Abu Talib was about to die, Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) came to him and found with him Abu Jahl ('Amr bin Hisham) and 'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiyah bin Al-Mughirah. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: My uncle, you just make a profession that there is no god but Allah, and I will bear testimony before Allah (of
your being a believer). Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiyah addressing him asked: Abu Talib, would you abandon the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) constantly requested him (to accept his offer), and (on the other hand) was repeating the same statement till Abu Talib gave his final decision and he stuck
to the religion of 'Abdul-Muttalib and refused to profess that there is
no god but Allah. Upon this Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked: By Allah, I will persistently beg pardon for
you till I am forbidden to do so (by Allah). It was then that Allah, the Magnificent and the Glorious, revealed this verse:
It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe
to ask Allâh's Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) even though
they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of
disbelief) And it was revealed to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) regarding Abu Talib: Verily! You (O Muhammad SAW) guide not whom you like, but
Allâh guides whom He wills And He knows best those who are the guided
- Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) observed: He who says: There is no god
but Allah, He is One and there is no associate with Him, that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger, that
Christ is His servant and the son of His female-slave
and he (Christ) is His word which He communicated to Mary and is a spirit from Him, that Paradise is a fact
and Hell is a fact, Allah would make him enter Paradise through anyone of its eight doors which he would like.
- I was riding behind the
prophet (may peace be upon him) and there was nothing between him and me but the part of the saddle, when he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and
call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He moved along for a while, when again he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and
call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He then again moved along for a while and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and
call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) asked: Do you know what right has Allah upon His servants?
I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily the right of Allah over His servants is that
they should worship Him, not associating anything with Him. He (the Holy Prophet), with Mu'adh behind him, moved along for
a while and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and call, and
at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) asked: Do you know the servants' rights upon Allah in case they
do it (i.e. they worship Allah without associating anything with Him)? I (Mu'adh bin Jabal) replied: Allah and His Messenger
know best. (Upon this) he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: That He would not torment them (with the fire of Hell).
- Allah's Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Mu'adh bin Jabal as he was riding behind him: O Mu'adh. He replied: At your beck and call,
and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He again called out: Mu'adh, to which he (again) replied: At your
beck and call, and at your pleasure. He (the Holy Prophet) addressed him (again): Mu'adh, to which he replied: At your beck and
call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: If anyone testifies (sincerely from
his heart) that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His bondsman and His messenger, Allah immunizes
him from Hell. He then added: I asked the Messenger of Allah: should I then give the tiding to the people? He the Holy Prophet
said: Do not tell them this good news, for they would depend on this alone.
- Mahmud bin Al-Rabi' reported: I came to Medina, met with 'Itban, and said to him: I learned that you
have a Hadith. He said: Something had gone wrong with my eyesight. I, therefore, sent (a message to the Holy Prophet): Verily
it is my ardent desire that you should kindly grace my house with your Prayer there so that I should make that corner a place
of worship. He said: The Prophet (may peace be upon him) came there, and those among the Companions whom Allah willed also
accompanied him. He entered (my place) and offered the Prayer at my residence and his Companions began to talk among themselves
(and this conversation centered round hypocrites), and then the conspicuous one, Malik bin Dukhshum was made the target and they wished that he (the
Holy Prophet) should invoke Allah against him to make him die or meet some calamity. Meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (may peace
and blessings be upon him) completed his Prayer and asked: Does he (Malik bin Dukhshum) not testify the fact that there is
no god but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger. They replied: He makes a profession of it (no doubt) but does not do it
out of (sincere) heart. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah and I am Allah's Messenger
would not enter Hell and it (its flames) would not consume him.
- The Prophet (may peace be upon him) said: Iman (Faith)
has over seventy branches, and pudency is a branch of Iman.
- The Prophet
(may peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man instructing his brother about pudency. Upon this the Prophet remarked: Pudency
is an ingredient of Iman (faith).
- The Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: Pudency brings forth nothing but goodness.
- A man asked Allah's Messenger
(may peace and blessings be upon him) which (of the merits) is superior in Islam? He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: That you
provide food and extend greetings to one whom you know and whom you do not know.
- A person asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace and blessings be upon him) who among Muslims was better. Upon this (the Holy Prophet) remarked: One from whose hand
and tongue Muslims are safe.
- I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) which (believer) in Islam is more excellent. Upon this he remarked: One from whose tongue and hand Muslims are safe.
- Allah's Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are three qualities, whoever is characterized
by them will relish the sweetness of faith: One to whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than all else; one who loves a
man only for Allah's sake; and one who abhors returning to infidelity after Allah has rescued him from it as he abhors being
cast into Hell.
- The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: No servant
(and in the Hadith narrated by 'Abdul-Warith, no person) is a truthful believer, till I become
dearer to him than the members of his household, his wealth and the whole of mankind.
- The
Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: None among you will be a truthful believer till he likes for his brother
or for his neighbor that which he loves for himself.
- Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) observed:
He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should either utter good words or better keep silent; and he who believes in Allah
and the Last Day should treat his neighbor with kindness; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality
to his guest.
- The Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) observed: He who believes in Allah and the Last Day
should do good to his neighbor; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality to the guest; and he
who believes in Allah and the Last Day should either speak good or better remain silent.
- Tariq bin Shihab reported: It was Marwan who initiated (the practice) of delivering
sermon before the Prayer on the 'Id Day. A man stood up and said: the Prayer should precede the sermon. He remarked: This
(practice) has been done away with. Upon this Abu Sa'id remarked: This man has performed the duty prescribed
on him. I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: Whoever, among you, sees something abominable should rectify
it with his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue; and if he has not strength
enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of Faith.
- The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be
upon him) pointed towards Yemen with his hand and said: Verily Iman
(Faith) is towards this side, and harshness and callousness of the hearts is found among the rude owners of the camels who
drive them behind their tails (to the direction) where emerge the two horns of Satan, they are the tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar.
- The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: There have come the people of Yemen; they are tender-hearted, the belief is that of
the Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites.
- It is narrated on the authority of
Jarir, may Allah be pleased with him, that he observed:
I gave pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him) on the observance
of the Prayer, payment of Zakah, and sincerity and well-wishing for every Muslim.
- Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) observed: Whoever fornicates is not a believer so long as he commits it and no thief who steals is
a believer as long as he commits theft, and no drunkard who drinks wine is a believer as long as he drinks it.
- The Prophet observed: Four characteristics make anyone, who possesses them,
a sheer hypocrite; anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he talks
he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously, when he gives a promise he breaks it, and when he quarrels he deviates
from the truth.
- Allah's
Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: Three are the signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he tells a lie, when
he makes a promise he acts treacherously, and when he is trusted he betrays.
- The Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: When a man calls his brother unbeliever,
it returns (at least) to one of them.
- Allah's Messenger (may peace
and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever claims knowingly anyone else as his father besides (his own) commits nothing but
infidelity, and he who makes a claim of anything, which (in fact) does not belong to him, is not among us; he should make
his abode in Fire. And he who labels anyone with unbelief or calls him the enemy of Allah, while he is in fact not so, it
rebounded on him.
- Allah's
Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: Do not detest your fathers; he who detests his father commits infidelity.
- Both of my ears heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say this:
He who claims to be the son of anyone else other than his real father knowingly, Paradise is forbidden to him.
- Allah's Messenger (may peace and blessings
be upon him) observed: Abusing a Muslim is an outrage and fighting against him is disbelief.
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