FORTY AHADEETH (TRADITIONS OF THE PROPHET)


1.    Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated thatthe Messenger of Allah(peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:

"Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated." [Reported by ‘Al-Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

2.    Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah(peace and blessings of Allah be to him) there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet, rested his knee against his thighs, and said, O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam." Said the Messenger of Allah, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity save Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah(ritual prayer), pay the zakah, fast during Ramadhan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for making the journey to it)." Said he (the man), "You have spoken truly." We were astonished at his thus questioning him and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman (faith)." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly." Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you." He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof (i.e. of its coming)." Said he, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went off. I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O 'Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion." [Reported by ‘Muslim’]

3.    Abdullah, the son of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with both of them him), narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah to upon him) say:
“Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the salah (prayer), paying the zakat (obligatory charity), making the hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadhan.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’ and ‘Muslim’]

4.    Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her)narrated thatthe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“He who innovates something in this matter of ours [i.e., Islam] that is not of it will have it rejected [by Allah].”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

5.    Nu’manibnBasheer (may Allah be pleased with him)narrated that  he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:
“That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honour, but he who falls into doubtful matters [eventually] falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allah’s sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh, which, if it be whole, all the body is whole, and which, if it is diseased, all of [the body] is diseased. Truly, it is the heart.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

6.    TameemibnAus ad-Daree (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated thatthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
 “The deen (religion) is naseehah (advice, sincerity).” We said “To whom?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said “To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.” [Reported by ‘Muslim’]

7.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:
“What I have forbidden for you, avoid. What I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. For verily, it was only the excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their Prophets that destroyed [the nations] who were before you.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

8.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Allah the Almighty is Good and accepts only that which is good. And verily Allah has commanded the believers to do that which He has commanded the Messengers. So the Almighty has said: “O (you) Messengers! Eat of the tayyibat [all kinds of halal (legal) foods], and perform righteous deeds.” [23:51] and the Almighty has said: “O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you.” [2:172]” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) mentioned [the case] of a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty, and who spreads out his hands to the sky saying “O Lord! O Lord!,” while his food is haram (unlawful), his drink is haram, his clothing is haram, and he has been nourished with haram, so how can [his supplication] be answered?”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

9.    Abu Muhammad al-Hasanibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said that he memorised from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him):
“Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.”[Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’ &Nas’ai’]

10.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.”[Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’]

11.    Abu HamzahAnas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narratedthat the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’ &‘Muslim’]

12.    Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbour; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

13.    Abu Hurayrah(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), “Counsel me,” so he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Do not become angry.” The man repeated [his request for counsel] several times, and [each time] he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Do not become angry.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’&‘Muslim’]

14.    Abu Ya’laShaddad bin Aws (may Allah be pleased with him)narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Verily Allah has prescribed ihsan (proficiency, perfection) in all things. So if you kill then kill well; and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

15.    Abu DharrJundubibnJunadah, and Abu Abdur-RahmanMuadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Have taqwa (fear) of Allah wherever you may be, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed which will wipe it out, and behave well towards the people.”[Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’]

16.    Abu Abbas Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both ofthem) narrated:
One day I was behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) [riding on the same mount] and he said, “O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, then ask Allah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help from Allah [alone]. And know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allah had already prescribed against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.” It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said it was a good and sound hadeeth. Another narration, other than that of Tirmidhi, reads: Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. Recognize and acknowledge Allah in times of ease and prosperity, and He will remember you in times of adversity. And know that what has passed you by [and you have failed to attain] was not going to befall you, and what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and hardship with ease.” [Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’]

17.    Abu MasoodUqbah bin ’Amr al-Ansaree al-Badree (may Allah be pleased with both of them)narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Verily, from what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’]

18.    Abu `AmrSufyan bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:

he asked, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about al-Islam which I can ask of no one but you." He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, "Say I believe in Allah — and then be steadfast."[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

19.    Abu Abdullah Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansaree (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
A man questioned the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) and said, “Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadhan, treat as lawful that which is halal, and treat as forbidden that which is haram, and do not increase upon that [in voluntary good deeds], then I shall enter Paradise?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) replied, “Yes.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

20.    Abu Malik al-Harith bin Asim al-Asharee (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:

“Purity is half of iman (faith). ‘Al-hamdulillah (praise be to Allah)’ fills the scales, and ‘subhan-Allah (how far is Allah from every imperfection) and ‘Al-hamdulillah (praise be to Allah)’ fill that which is between heaven and earth. And the salah (prayer) is a light, and charity is a proof, and patience is illumination, and the Qur’an is a proof either for you or against you. Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or causing its ruin.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

21.    Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) informed that his Lord said:
“O My servants! I have forbidden dhulm (oppression) for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

22.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Every joint of a person must perform a charity each day that the sun rises: to judge justly between two people is a charity. To help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it, is a charity. And the good word is a charity. And every step that you take towards the prayer is a charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is a charity.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’ &‘Muslim’]

23.    An-Nawas bin Sam’an (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Righteousness is in good character, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul, and which you dislike people finding out about.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’].

24.    Wabisah bin Ma’bad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that:
I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) and he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “You have come to ask about righteousness.” I said, “Yes.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Consult your heart. Righteousness is that about which the soul feels at ease and the heart feels tranquil. And wrongdoing is that which wavers in the soul and causes uneasiness in the breast, even though people have repeatedly given their legal opinion [in its favour].”[Reported by ‘MusnadImam Ahmed bin Hambal’]

25.    Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hellfire.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah makes it easy: worship Allah, without associating any partners with Him; establish the prayer; pay the zakat; fast in Ramadhan; and make the pilgrimage to the House.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Shall I not guide you towards the means of goodness? Fasting is a shield; charity wipes away sin as water extinguishes fire; and the praying of a man in the depths of the night.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) recited: “[Those] who forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allah’s cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.” [as-Sajdah, 16-17] Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?” I said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer and its peak is jihad.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Shall I not tell you of the foundation of all of that?” I said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” So he took hold of his tongue and said, “Restrain this.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah, will we be taken to account for what we say with it?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Muadh! Is there anything that throws people into the Hellfire upon their faces — or: on their noses — except the harvests of their tongues?”[Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’]

26.    Abu Tha’labah al-Kushanee — Jurthoom bin Nashir  — (may Allah be pleased with him)narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Verily Allah ta’ala has laid down religious obligations (fara’id), so do not neglect them; and He has set limits, so do not overstep them; and He has forbidden some things, so do not violate them; and He has remained silent about some things, out of compassion for you, not forgetfulness — so do not seek after them.”[Reported by ‘Daraqutnee’]

27.    Abu al-’Abbas Sahl bin Sa’ad as-Sa’idee (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and the people to love me.” So he (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Renounce the world and Allah will love you, and renounce what the people possess and the people will love you.”[Reported by IbnMajah]

28.    Abu Sa’eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“There should be neither harming (darar) nor reciprocating harm (dirar).”[Reportedbyby ‘IbnMajah’ &‘Daraqutnee’]

29.    Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Were people to be given everything that they claimed, men would [unjustly] claim the wealth and lives of [other] people. But, the onus of proof is upon the claimant, and the taking of an oath is upon him who denies.”[Reported by ‘Baihaqee’]

30.    Abu Sa’eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:

“Whoso- ever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.” [Reported by‘Muslim’]

31.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Do not envy one another, and do not inflate prices for one another, and do not hate one another, and do not turn away from one another, and do not undercut one another in trade, but [rather] be slaves of Allah and brothers [amongst yourselves]….Taqwa (piety) is right here [and he pointed to his chest three times]….”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

32.    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Whoever removes a worldly pain from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the pains of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the need of a needy person, Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever shields [or hides the misdeeds of] a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah will aid His slave so long as he aids his brother. And whoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that sakeenah (tranquility) descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him. And whoever is slowed down by his actions, will not be hastened forward by his lineage.”[Reported by ‘Muslim’]

33.    Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’ &‘Muslim’]

34.    Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of him)narrated that the  Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) took him by the shoulder and said:
“Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari’]

35.    Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin ’Amr bin al-’Aas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.”[Reported by Imam an-Nawawiin ‘Kitab al-Hujjah’]

36.    Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:
“Allah the Almighty has said: ‘O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too].”[Reported by ‘Tirmidhi’]

37.    IbnMasood ((may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:
“When someone repents of a sin it is as though he never committed it.” [Reported by ‘IbnMajah’]

38.    Malik ((may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say:
“I have been sent to perfect the noble qualities of conduct.” [Reported by ‘Ahmad’]

39.    Abu Hurrairah ((may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“The Lord’s commandment for every one of His slaves is ‘Spend on others, and I will spend on you’.”[Reported by ‘Bukhari” & ‘Muslim’]

40.    Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said:
“Every act of kindness is a charity.” [Reported by ‘Bukhari& ‘Muslim’]