14 Hadiths of the beloved
prophet, Muhammad, the best example to all mankind, the last messenger and seal
of the prophets. Peace be upon him.
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Hadeeth 1
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: "Allah said:
{Sons of Adam curse against [the
vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time: In My hand is the night and the day
(1).}"
Related by al-Bukhaari (and
Muslim).
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(1) As the Almighty is the
Ordainer of all things, to curse against misfortunes that are part of Time is
tantamount to cursing against Him.
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Hadeeth 2
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: "Allah (glorified and exalted Is He) said:
{I am so self-sufficient that I
am in no need of having an associate. Thus whoever does an action for someone
else's sake as well as Mine, will have that action renounced by Me, to him whom
he associated with Me.}"
Related by Muslim (and Ibn
Maajah).
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Hadeeth 3
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) say:
'The first of people against
whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who
died a martyr.
He will be brought, and Allah
will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them.
[The Almighty] will say: 'And
what did you do about them?'
He will say: 'I fought for you
until I died a martyr.'
He will say: 'You have lied -
you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: <He is courageous.> And
so it was said.'
Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man who has
studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the
Qur'an.
He will be brought, and Allah
will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them.
[The Almighty] will say: 'And
what did you do about them?'
He will say: 'I studied
[religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Qur'an for Your sake.'
He will say: 'You have lied - you
did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: <He is
learned.> And you recited the Qur'an that it might be said [of you]: <He
is a reciter.> And so it was said.'
Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man whom
Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth.
He will be brought, and Allah
will make known to him His favors and he will recognize them.
[The Almighty] will say: 'And
what did you do about them?'
He will say: 'I left no path
[untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your
sake.'
He will say: 'You have lied -
you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: <He is open-handed.>
And so it was said.'
Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire (1)."
Related by Muslim (also by
at-Tirmizhi and an-Nasaa'i).
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(1) Indeed, doing things for
one's own sake: fame, show-off, pride... and then claiming to Allaah that they
were done for His sake, such is a great offense indeed. As for the person who
acknowledges his sins, once faced by them in the hereafter: we have several
hadeeths of the Generosity and Forgiveness of Allaah.
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Hadeeth 4
On the authority of Uqbah ibn
`Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "I heard the messenger
of Allah (PBUH) say:
'Your Lord delights at a
shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the call to prayer and
prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted) Says: {Look at this servant of Mine,
he gives the call to prayer and performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I
have forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to Paradise.}'"
Related by an-Nasaa'i with a
good chain of authorities.
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Hadeeth 5
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
"A prayer performed by
someone who has not recited within it, the Essence of the Qur'an (1), is
deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete." Someone
said to Abu Hurayrah: "[Even though] we are behind the imam?" (2)
He said: "Recite it to
yourself, for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be
up on him) say:
'Allah (mighty and sublime Is
He), had said:
{I have divided prayer between
Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has
asked for.
When the servant says:
<Al-hamdu lillaahi rabbi l-`aalameen> (3), Allah (mighty and sublime Is
He) says: <My servant has praised Me.>
And when he says:
<Ar-rahmaani r-raheem> (4), Allah (mighty and sublime Is He) says: <My
servant has extolled Me.>
And when he says: <Maaliki
yawmi d-deen> (5), Allah says: <My servant has glorified Me> - and on
one occasion He said: <My servant has submitted to My power.>
And when he says: <Iyyaaka
na`budu wa iyyaaka nasta`een> (6), He says: <This is between Me and My
servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.>
And when he says: <Ihdina s-siraata
l- mustaqeem, siraatal lazheena an`amta alayhim ghayril-maghdoobi alayhim wa la
d-daalleen> (7), He says: <This is for My servant, and My servant shall
have what he has asked for.>}'
Related by Muslim (also by
Maalik, at-Tirmizhi, Abu-Dawood, an-Nasaa'i and Ibn Maajah).
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(1) Surah al-Faatihah, the first
surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the
imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Faatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah,
Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of
Judgement".
(6) "You do we worship and
You do we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the
straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors, not of
those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".
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Hadeeth 6
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: "Allah
(mighty and sublime Is He) says:
{The first of his actions for
which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection
will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and
succeeded; and if they are deficient, then he will have failed and lost.
If there is something defective
in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted Is He) will say:
<See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be
completed that which was defective in his obligatory prayers.> Then the rest
of his actions will be judged in like fashion.}"
Related by at-Tirmizhi (also by
Abu Dawood, an-Nasaa'i, Ibn Maajah and Ahmad).
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Hadeeth 7
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: "Allah
(mighty and sublime Is He) says:
{Fasting is Mine and it is I who
gives reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his
drink for my sake.}"
Fasting is like a shield, and he
who fasts has two joys: a joy when he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets
his Lord.
The change in the breath of the
mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
Related by al-Bukhaari (also by
Muslim, Maalik, at-Tirmizhi, an-Nasaa'i and Ibn Maajah).
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Hadeeth 8
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: "Allah
(mighty and sublime Is He) said:
{Spend (on charity), O son of
Adam, and I shall spend on you.}"
Related by al-Bukhaari (and
Muslim).
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Hadeeth 9
On the authority of Abu Mas`ood al-Ansaari
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"A man from among those who
were before you was called to account. Nothing in the way of good was found for
him except that he used to have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he
would order his servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from
repaying his debt]."
He (the Prophet PBUH) said that
Allah said:
{We are worthier than you of
that (of being so generous). Let him off (1).}
Related by Muslim (also by
al-Bukhaari and an-Nasaa'i).
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(1) Allaah is the Most Generous,
thus He forgave this man.
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Hadeeth 10
On the authority of Adiyy ibn
Haatim (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
"I was with the Messenger
of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and there came to
him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being very poor), while the
other was complaining of brigandry (robbery).
The Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: 'As for brigandry, it will be
but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go out of Mecca without a
guard.
As for penury, the Hour (Day of
Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without
finding anyone to accept it from him.
Then (1) one of you will surely
stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him and him, nor an
interpreter to translate for him.
Then He will say to him: <Did
I not bring you wealth?>
And he will say: <Yes.>
Then He will say: <Did I not
send to you a messenger?>
And he will say: <Yes.>
And he will look to his right
and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left and will see
nothing but Hell-fire.
So let each of you protect
himself against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it
not, then with a kind word.'"
Related by al-Bukhaari.
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(1) i.e. on judgement day.
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Hadeeth 11
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
"Allah (glorified and
exalted Is He) Has additional angels who rove about, seeking out gatherings in
which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them and fold their wings
round each other, filling (the area) between them and the lowest heaven. When
[the people in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to
heaven."
He (the Prophet PBUH.) said:
"Then Allah (mighty and sublime Is He) asks them - [though] He is most
knowing about them: {From where have you come?}
They say: 'We have come from
some servants of Yours on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhaana llaah),
exalting you (Allaahu akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaaha
illa llaah), praising You (Al-Hamdu lillaah), and asking [favors] of You.'
He says: {And what do they ask
of Me?}
They say: 'They ask of You Your
Paradise.'
He says: {And have they seen My
Paradise?}
They say: 'No, O Lord.'
He says: {And how would it be
were they to have seen My Paradise!}
They say: 'And they ask
protection of You.'
He says: {From what do they ask
protection of Me?}
They say: 'From Your Hell-fire,
O Lord.'
He says: {And have they seen My
Hell-fire?}
They say: 'No.'
He says: {And how would it be
were they to have seen My Hell-fire!}
They say: 'And they ask for Your
forgiveness.'"
He (the Prophet PBUH) said:
"Then He says: {I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what
they have asked for, and I have granted them sanctuary from that from which
they asked protection.}"
He (the Prophet PBUH) said:
"They (the angels) say: 'O
Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely passing
by and sat down with them.'"
He (the Prophet PBUH) said:
"And He says: {And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with
such people shall not suffer (1).}"
Related by Muslim (also by
al-Bukhaari, at-Tirmizhi, and an-Nasaa'i).
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(1) Based from this hadeeth,
such gatherings (circles of knowledge or praise of Allaah) are blessed even for
the passer by. Thus persons attending such gatherings with the intention of
benefiting from them are also blessed, even if they fail to understand all that
is being taught.
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Hadeeth 12
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Prophet (PBUH) said:
"Allah the Almighty said:
{I am as My servant thinks I am
(1).
I am with him when he makes
mention of Me.
If he makes mention of Me to
himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an
assembly, I make mention of him in a better assembly.
And if he draws near to Me an
arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length.
And if he comes to Me walking, I
go to him at speed.}
Related by al-Bukhaari (also by
Muslim, at-Tirmizhi and Ibn-Maajah).
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(1) Another possible rendering
of the Arabic is: {I am as My servant expects Me to be.} The meaning is that
forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant
truly believing that He is Forgiving and Merciful. However, not to accompany
such belief with right action would be disrespectful of the Almighty.
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Hadeeth 13
On the authority of the son of
`Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH), among the sayings he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted Is
He) is that he said:
"Allah has written down the
good deeds and the bad ones."
Then He explained it [by saying
that] "If he intends a good deed and does not perform it, Allah writes it
down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he intends it and performs it,
Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred
times, or many times over.
But if he intends a bad deed and
does not perform it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but
if he intends it and performs it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed."
Related by al-Bukhaari and
Muslim.
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Hadeeth 14
On the authority of Abu Zharr
al-Ghifaari (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH) is that
among the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He
said:
{O My servants, I have forbidden
oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress
one another.
O My servants, all of you are
astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide
you.
O My servants, all of you are
hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you.
O My servants, all of you are
naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall
clothe you.
O My servants, you sin by night
and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall
forgive you.
O My servants, you will not
attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefiting Me so as to
benefit Me.
O My servants, were the first of
you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you, to be as pious
as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My
kingdom in anything.
O My servants, were the first of
you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you, to be as wicked
as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My
kingdom in anything.
O My servants, were the first of
you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you, to rise up in
one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he
requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle
decreases the sea if put into it.
O My servants, it is but your
deeds that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him who
finds good, praise Allah, and let him who finds other than that, blame no one
but himself.}
Related by Muslim (also by
at-Tirmizhi and Ibn Maajah).
Collected by brother Mizanur
Rahman.