Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds
will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and
constant even if it were little."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 471
Hadith 6465
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ " أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ ". وَقَالَ " اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?" He said, "The most regular constant
deeds even though they may be few." He added, 'Don't take upon yourselves, except the deeds which
are within your ability."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 472
Hadith 6466
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated 'Alqama:
حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَمَلُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَلْ كَانَ يَخُصُّ شَيْئًا مِنَ الأَيَّامِ قَالَتْ لاَ، كَانَ عَمَلُهُ دِيمَةً، وَأَيُّكُمْ يَسْتَطِيعُ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَطِيعُ.
I asked `Aisha, mother of the believers, "O mother of the believers! How were the deeds of the
Prophet? Did he use to do extra deeds of worship on special days?" She said, "No, but his deeds were
regular and constant, and who among you is able to do what the Prophet (ﷺ) was able to do (i.e. in
worshipping Allah)?"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and receive good news because
one's good deeds will not make him enter Paradise." They asked, "Even you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He
said, "Even I, unless and until Allah bestows His pardon and Mercy on me."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 474
Hadith 6468
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى لَنَا يَوْمًا الصَّلاَةَ، ثُمَّ رَقِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ قِبَلَ قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ
" قَدْ أُرِيتُ الآنَ ـ مُنْذُ صَلَّيْتُ لَكُمُ الصَّلاَةَ ـ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ مُمَثَّلَتَيْنِ فِي قُبُلِ هَذَا الْجِدَارِ، فَلَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، فَلَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ ".
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in prayer and then (after finishing it) ascended the pulpit and pointed with
his hand towards the Qibla of the mosque and said, "While I was leading you in prayer, both Paradise
and Hell were displayed in front of me in the direction of this wall. I had never seen a better thing
(than Paradise) and a worse thing (than Hell) as I have seen today, I had never seen a better thing and
a worse thing as I have seen today."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, Verily Allah created Mercy. The day He created it, He made it into one
hundred parts. He withheld with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent its one part to all His creatures. Had
the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of
entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he
would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire."
Some people from the Ansar asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (to give them something) and he gave to everyone
of them, who asked him, until all that he had was finished. When everything was finished and he had
spent all that was in his hand, he said to them, '"(Know) that if I have any wealth, I will not withhold it
from you (to keep for somebody else); And (know) that he who refrains from begging others (or doing
prohibited deeds), Allah will make him contented and not in need of others; and he who remains
patient, Allah will bestow patience upon him, and he who is satisfied with what he has, Allah will
make him self-sufficient. And there is no gift better and vast (you may be given) than patience."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 477
Hadith 6471
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba:
حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلاَقَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ، يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي حَتَّى تَرِمَ ـ أَوْ تَنْتَفِخَ ـ قَدَمَاهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ، فَيَقُولُ
" أَفَلاَ أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray so much that his feet used to become edematous or swollen, and when he
was asked as to why he prays so much, he would say, "Shall I not be a thankful slave (to Allah)?"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Seventy thousand people of my followers will enter Paradise without accounts,
and they are those who do not practice Ar-Ruqya and do not see an evil omen in things, and put their
trust in their Lord.
(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira: "Write to me a narration you
have heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." So Al-Mughira wrote to him, "I heard him saying the following
after each prayer: 'La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahuI-hamd, wa huwa
'ala kulli Shai-in qadir.' He also used to forbid idle talk, asking too many questions (in religion),
wasting money, preventing what should be given, and asking others for something (except in great
need), being undutiful to mothers, and burying one's little daughters (alive).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 480
Hadith 6474
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، سَمِعَ أَبَا حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ يَضْمَنْ لِي مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهِ وَمَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ أَضْمَنْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةَ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two jaw-bones and
what is between his two legs (i.e. his tongue and his private parts), I guarantee Paradise for him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 481
Hadith 6475
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا، أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلاَ يُؤْذِ جَارَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep
quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (or insult) his neighbor; and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously."
My ears heard and my heart grasped (the statement which) the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The period for keeping
one's guest is three days (and don't forget) his reward." It was asked, "What is his reward?" He said,
"In the first night and the day he should be given a high class quality of meals; and whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allah and
the Last Day should talk what is good (sense) or keep quiet."
That he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "A slave of Allah may utter a word without thinking whether it
is right or wrong, he may slip down in the Fire as far away a distance equal to that between the east."
The Prophet; said, "A slave (of Allah) may utter a word which pleases Allah without giving it much
importance, and because of that Allah will raise him to degrees (of reward): a slave (of Allah) may
utter a word (carelessly) which displeases Allah without thinking of its gravity and because of that he
will be thrown into the Hell-Fire."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 485
Hadith 6479
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ، رَجُلٌ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said Allah will give shade to seven (types of people) under His Shade (on the Day of
Resurrection). (one of them will be) a person who remembers Allah and his eyes are then flooded with
tears.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There was a man amongst the people who had suspicion as to the righteousness of
his deeds. Therefore he said to his family, 'If I die, take me and burn my corpse and throw my ashes
into the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' They did so, but Allah, collected his particles and asked (him),
What made you do what you did?' He replied, 'The only thing that made me do it, was that I was
afraid of You.' So Allah forgave him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 487
Hadith 6481
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa`id:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
"ذَكَرَ رَجُلاً فِيمَنْ كَانَ سَلَفَ أَوْ قَبْلَكُمْ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا ـ يَعْنِي أَعْطَاهُ قَالَ ـ فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ أَىَّ أَبٍ كُنْتُ قَالُوا خَيْرَ أَبٍ. قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْتَئِرْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرًا ـ فَسَّرَهَا قَتَادَةُ لَمْ يَدَّخِرْ ـ وَإِنْ يَقْدَمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ يُعَذِّبْهُ فَانْظُرُوا، فَإِذَا مُتُّ فَأَحْرِقُونِي، حَتَّى إِذَا صِرْتُ فَحْمًا فَاسْحَقُونِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ فَاسْهَكُونِي ـ ثُمَّ إِذَا كَانَ رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ فَأَذْرُونِي فِيهَا. فَأَخَذَ مَوَاثِيقَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَرَبِّي فَفَعَلُوا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ كُنْ. فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَىْ عَبْدِي مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ قَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ ـ أَوْ فَرَقٌ مِنْكَ ـ فَمَا تَلاَفَاهُ أَنْ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ". فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ زَادَ فَأَذْرُونِي فِي الْبَحْرِ. أَوْ كَمَا حَدَّثَ. وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned a man from the previous generation or from the people preceding your age
whom Allah had given both wealth and children. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the time of his death
approached, he asked his children, 'What type of father have I been to you?' They replied: You have
been a good father. He said, 'But he (i.e. your father) has not stored any good deeds with Allah (for the
Hereafter): if he should face Allah, Allah will punish him. So listen, (O my children), when I die, burn
my body till I become mere coal and then grind it into powder, and when there is a stormy wind,
throw me (my ashes) in it.' So he took a firm promise from his children (to follow his instructions).
And by Allah they (his sons) did accordingly(fulfilled their promise.) Then Allah said, "Be"' and
behold! That man was standing there! Allah then said. "O my slave! What made you do what you
did?" That man said, "Fear of You." So Allah forgave him.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. "My example and the example of the message with which Allah has sent me is
like that of a man who came to some people and said, "I have seen with my own eyes the enemy
forces, and I am a naked warner (to you) so save yourself, save yourself! A group of them obeyed him
and went out at night, slowly and stealthily and were safe, while another group did not believe him
and thus the army took them in the morning and destroyed them."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 489
Hadith 6483
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ النَّاسِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا، فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ جَعَلَ الْفَرَاشُ وَهَذِهِ الدَّوَابُّ الَّتِي تَقَعُ فِي النَّارِ يَقَعْنَ فِيهَا، فَجَعَلَ يَنْزِعُهُنَّ وَيَغْلِبْنَهُ فَيَقْتَحِمْنَ فِيهَا، فَأَنَا آخُذُ بِحُجَزِكُمْ عَنِ النَّارِ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْتَحِمُونَ فِيهَا ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "My example and the example of the people is that of a man who made
a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, Moths and other insects started falling into the fire. The
man tried (his best) to prevent them, (from falling in the fire) but they overpowered him and rushed
into the fire. The Prophet (ﷺ) added: Now, similarly, I take hold of the knots at your waist (belts) to
prevent you from falling into the Fire, but you insist on falling into it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 490
Hadith 6484
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ، وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue or his hands.
And a Muhajir (an emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 492
Hadith 6486
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
"لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلاً وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you knew that which I know, you would laugh little and weep much."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 493
Hadith 6487
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" حُجِبَتِ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ، وَحُجِبَتِ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The (Hell) Fire is surrounded by all kinds of desires and passions, while
Paradise is surrounded by all kinds of disliked undesirable things."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 494
Hadith 6488
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، وَالأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his shoe, and so is
the (Hell) Fire.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 496
Hadith 6490
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you looked at a person who was made superior to him in property
and (in good) appearance, then he should also look at the one who is inferior to him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) narrating about his Lord I'm and said, "Allah ordered (the appointed angels over you) that
the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody
intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his
account with Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will write for
him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven hundred times to many more times:
and if somebody intended to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good
deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah
will write one bad deed (in his account) ."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 498
Hadith 6492
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ghailan:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالاً هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ، إِنْ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمُوبِقَاتِ. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْمُهْلِكَاتِ.
Anas said "You people do (bad) deeds (commit sins) which seem in your eyes as tiny (minute) than
hair while we used to consider those (very deeds) during the life-time of the Prophet (ﷺ) as destructive
sins."
The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent
persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Let him who wants to look at a man
from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look at this (man)." Another man followed him and kept on
following him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of
his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., committed
suicide)." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may
do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from
the dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 500
Hadith 6494
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ
" رَجُلٌ جَاهَدَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ، وَرَجُلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ، وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ ". تَابَعَهُ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ وَالنُّعْمَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَقَالَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ أَوْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَقَالَ يُونُسُ وَابْنُ مُسَافِرٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is the best of mankind!" The
Prophet said, "A man who strives for Allah's Cause with his life and property, and also a man who
lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people
from his evil."
I heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "There will come a time upon the people when the best property of a
Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places of rainfall, run
away with his religion (in order to save it) from afflictions."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 502
Hadith 6496
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا ضُيِّعَتِ الأَمَانَةُ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ ". قَالَ كَيْفَ إِضَاعَتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " إِذَا أُسْنِدَ الأَمْرُ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ، فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." It was asked, "How will honesty
be lost, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then
wait for the Hour."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) narrated to us two narrations, one of which I have seen (happening) and I am waiting
for the other. He narrated that honesty was preserved in the roots of the hearts of men (in the
beginning) and then they learnt it (honesty) from the Qur'an, and then they learnt it from the
(Prophet's) Sunna (tradition). He also told us about its disappearance, saying, "A man will go to sleep
whereupon honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain, resembling the
traces of fire. He then will sleep whereupon the remainder of the honesty will also be taken away
(from his heart) and its trace will resemble a blister which is raised over the surface of skin, when an
ember touches one's foot; and in fact, this blister does not contain anything. So there will come a day
when people will deal in business with each other but there will hardly be any trustworthy persons
among them. Then it will be said that in such-and-such a tribe there is such-and-such person who is
honest, and a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, though indeed he
will not have belief equal to a mustard seed in his heart." The narrator added: There came upon me a
time when I did not mind dealing with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would
prevent him from cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him from
cheating; but today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so. (See Hadith No. 208, Vol. 9)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 505
Hadith 6499
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Jundub:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ،. وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبًا، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَيْرَهُ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who lets the people hear of his good deeds intentionally, to win their praise,
Allah will let the people know his real intention (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who does good
things in public to show off and win the praise of the people, Allah will disclose his real intention (and
humiliate him).
While I was riding behind the Prophet (ﷺ) as a companion rider and there was nothing between me and
him except the back of the saddle, he said, "O Mu`adh!" I replied, "Labbaik O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! And
Sa`daik!" He proceeded for a while and then said, "O Mu`adh!" I said, "Labbaik and Sa`daik, O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He then proceeded for another while and said, "O Mu`adh bin Jabal!" I replied,
"Labbaik, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and Sa`daik!" He said, "Do you know what is Allah's right on His
slaves?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "Allah's right on his slaves is that
they should worship Him and not worship anything besides Him." He then proceeded for a while, and
again said, "O Mu`adh bin Jabal!" I replied. "Labbaik, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and Sa`daik." He said, "Do
you know what is (Allah's) slaves' (people's) right on Allah if they did that?" I replied, "Allah and His
Apostle know better." He said, "The right of (Allah's) slaves on Allah is that He should not punish
them (if they did that).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 507
Hadith 6501
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَاقَةٌ. قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ وَأَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَتْ نَاقَةٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تُسَمَّى الْعَضْبَاءَ، وَكَانَتْ لاَ تُسْبَقُ، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ فَسَبَقَهَا، فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَالُوا سُبِقَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِنَّ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ وَضَعَهُ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) had a she-camel called Al-`Adba' and it was too fast to surpass in speed. There came a
bedouin riding a camel of his, and that camel outstripped it (i.e. Al-Aqba'). That result was hard on the
Muslims who said sorrowfully, "Al- Adba has been outstripped." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is due from
Allah that nothing would be raised high in this world except that He lowers or puts it down."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious
worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I
have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil
(praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of
hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he
grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My
protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything
as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till the sun rises from the west, and when it
rises (from the west) and the people see it, then all of them will believe (in Allah). But that will be the
time when 'No good it will do to a soul to believe then. If it believed not before.."' (6.158)
The Hour will be established (so suddenly) that two persons spreading a garment between them will
not be able to finish their bargain, nor will they be able to fold it up. The Hour will be established
while a man is carrying the milk of his she-camel, but cannot drink it; and the Hour will be established
when someone is not able to prepare the tank to water his livestock from it; and the Hour will be
established when some of you has raised his food to his mouth but cannot eat it."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who-ever loves to meet Allah, Allah (too) loves to meet him and who-ever hates to
meet Allah, Allah (too) hates to meet him". `Aisha, or some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "But we
dislike death." He said: It is not like this, but it is meant that when the time of the death of a believer
approaches, he receives the good news of Allah's pleasure with him and His blessings upon him, and
so at that time nothing is dearer to him than what is in front of him. He therefore loves the meeting
with Allah, and Allah (too) loves the meeting with him. But when the time of the death of a
disbeliever approaches, he receives the evil news of Allah's torment and His Requital, whereupon
nothing is more hateful to him than what is before him. Therefore, he hates the meeting with Allah,
and Allah too, hates the meeting with him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 515
Hadith 6509
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، فِي رِجَالٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ وَهْوَ صَحِيحٌ " إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْبَضْ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ يُخَيَّرُ ". فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ، وَرَأْسُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي، غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ، فَأَشْخَصَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّقْفِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى ". قُلْتُ إِذًا لاَ يَخْتَارُنَا، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا بِهِ ـ قَالَتْ ـ فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ آخِرَ كَلِمَةٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَوْلُهُ " اللَّهُمَّ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى ".
(the wife of the Prophet) When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in good health, he used to say, "No prophet's soul
is ever captured unless he is shown his place in Paradise and given the option (to die or survive)." So
when the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) approached and his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious for a
while and then he came to his senses and fixed his eyes on the ceiling and said, "O Allah (with) the
highest companions." (See Qur'an 4:69). I said' "Hence he is not going to choose us." And I came to
know that it was the application of the narration which he (the Prophet) used to narrate to us. And that
was the last statement of the Prophet (before his death) i.e., "O Allah! With the highest companions."
(See Qur'an 4:69)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 516
Hadith 6510
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا عَمْرٍو، ذَكْوَانَ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهَ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَكْوَةٌ ـ أَوْ عُلْبَةٌ فِيهَا مَاءٌ، يَشُكُّ عُمَرُ ـ فَجَعَلَ يُدْخِلُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَاءِ، فَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَيَقُولُ " لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ ". ثُمَّ نَصَبَ يَدَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ " فِي الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى ". حَتَّى قُبِضَ وَمَالَتْ يَدُهُ.
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ الْعُلْبَةُ مِنْ الْخَشَبِ وَالرَّكْوَةُ مِنْ الْأَدَمِ.
There was a leather or wood container full of water in front of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (at the time of his
death). He would put his hand into the water and rub his face with it, saying, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah! No doubt, death has its stupors." Then he raised his hand and started saying,
"(O Allah!) with the highest companions." (See Qur'an 4:69) (and kept on saying it) till he expired and
his hand dropped."
Some rough bedouins used to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) and ask him, "When will the Hour be?" He would look
at the youngest of all of them and say, "If this should live till he is very old, your Hour (the death of
the people addressed) will take place." Hisham said that he meant (by the Hour), their death.
A funeral procession passed by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked,
"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from
the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a
wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which
return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds follow him;
relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 521
Hadith 6515
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِذَا مَاتَ أَحَدُكُمْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَقْعَدُهُ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيًّا، إِمَّا النَّارُ وَإِمَّا الْجَنَّةُ، فَيُقَالُ هَذَا مَقْعَدُكَ حَتَّى تُبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you dies, his destination is displayed before him in the
forenoon and in the afternoon, either in the (Hell) Fire or in Paradise, and it is said to him, "That is
your place till you are resurrected and sent to it."
Two men, a Muslim and a Jew, abused each other. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave superiority
to Muhammad over all the people." On that, the Jew said, "By Him Who gave superiority to Moses
over all the people." The Muslim became furious at that and slapped the Jew in the face. The Jew went
to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and informed him of what had happened between him and the Muslim. Allah's
Apostle said, "Don't give me superiority over Moses, for the people will fall unconscious on the Day
of Resurrection and I will be the first to gain consciousness, and behold ! Moses will be there holding
the side of Allah's Throne. I will not know whether Moses has been among those people who have
become unconscious and then has regained consciousness before me, or has been among those
exempted by Allah from falling unconscious."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 524
Hadith 6518
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" يَصْعَقُ النَّاسُ حِينَ يَصْعَقُونَ، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَامَ، فَإِذَا مُوسَى آخِذٌ بِالْعَرْشِ، فَمَا أَدْرِي أَكَانَ فِيمَنْ صَعِقَ ". رَوَاهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people will fall down unconscious at the time when they should fall down (i.e.,
on the Day of Resurrection), and then I will be the first man to get up, and behold, Moses will be there
holding (Allah's) Throne. I will not know whether he has been amongst those who have fallen
unconscious."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 525
Hadith 6519
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَقْبِضُ اللَّهُ الأَرْضَ، وَيَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ بِيَمِينِهِ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will take the whole earth (in His Hand) and will roll up the Heaven in His
right Hand, and then He will say, "I am King! Where are the kings of the earth ? "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 526
Hadith 6520
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَكُونُ الأَرْضُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُبْزَةً وَاحِدَةً، يَتَكَفَّؤُهَا الْجَبَّارُ بِيَدِهِ، كَمَا يَكْفَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خُبْزَتَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ، نُزُلاً لأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ". فَأَتَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ بَارَكَ الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِنُزُلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ " بَلَى ". قَالَ تَكُونُ الأَرْضُ خُبْزَةً وَاحِدَةً كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَيْنَا، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِإِدَامِهِمْ قَالَ إِدَامُهُمْ بَالاَمٌ وَنُونٌ. قَالُوا وَمَا هَذَا قَالَ ثَوْرٌ وَنُونٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ زَائِدَةِ كَبِدِهِمَا سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The (planet of) earth will be a bread on the Day of Resurrection, and The resistible
(Allah) will topple turn it with His Hand like anyone of you topple turns a bread with his hands while
(preparing the bread) for a journey, and that bread will be the entertainment for the people of
Paradise." A man from the Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, "May The Beneficent (Allah) bless
you, O Abul Qasim! Shall I tell you of the entertainment of the people of Paradise on the Day of
Resurrection?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes." The Jew said, "The earth will be a bread," as the Prophet (ﷺ) had
said. Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) looked at us and smiled till his premolar tooth became visible. Then the
Jew further said, "Shall I tell you of the udm (additional food taken with bread) they will have with
the bread?" He added, "That will be Balam and Nun." The people asked, "What is that?" He said, "It
is an ox and a fish, and seventy thousand people will eat of the caudate lobe (i.e. extra lobe) of their
livers."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection on reddish white
land like a pure loaf of bread (made of pure fine flour)." Sahl added: That land will have no landmarks
for anybody (to make use of).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 528
Hadith 6522
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يُحْشَرُ النَّاسُ عَلَى ثَلاَثِ طَرَائِقَ، رَاغِبِينَ رَاهِبِينَ وَاثْنَانِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، وَثَلاَثَةٌ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، وَعَشَرَةٌ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ وَيَحْشُرُ بَقِيَّتَهُمُ النَّارُ، تَقِيلُ مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ قَالُوا، وَتَبِيتُ مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ بَاتُوا، وَتُصْبِحُ مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ أَصْبَحُوا، وَتُمْسِي مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ أَمْسَوْا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people will be gathered in three ways: (The first way will be of) those who
will wish or have a hope (for Paradise) and will have a fear (of punishment), (The second batch will
be those who will gather) riding two on a camel or three on a camel or ten on a camel. (The third
batch) the rest of the people will be urged to gather by the Fire which will accompany them at the time
of their afternoon nap and stay with them where they will spend the night, and will be with them in the
morning wherever they may be then, and will be with them in the afternoon wherever they may be
then."
A man said, "O Allah's Prophet! Will a Kafir (disbeliever) be gathered (driven prone) on his face?"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Is not He Who made him walk with his legs in this world, able to make him walk
on his face on the Day of Resurrection?" (Qatada, a sub-narrator said: Yes, (He can), by the Power of
Our Lord!")
The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up among us and addressed (saying) "You will be gathered, barefooted, naked, and
uncircumcised (as Allah says): 'As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it..' (21.104) And the
first human being to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection will be (the Prophet) Abraham Al-Khalil.
Then will be brought some men of my followers who will be taken towards the left (i.e., to the Fire),
and I will say: 'O Lord! My companions whereupon Allah will say: You do not know what they did
after you left them. I will then say as the pious slave, Jesus said, And I was witness over them while I
dwelt amongst them..........(up to) ...the All-Wise.' (5.117-118). The narrator added: Then it will be
said that those people (relegated from Islam, that is) kept on turning on their heels (deserted Islam).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 533
Hadith 6527
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تُحْشَرُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً " قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ يَنْظُرُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ. فَقَالَ " الأَمْرُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُهِمَّهُمْ ذَاكِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The people will be gathered barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised." I said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Will the men and the women look at each other?" He said, "The situation will be too
hard for them to pay attention to that."
While we were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) in a tent he said, ''Would it please you to be one fourth
of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Would It please you to be one-third of the
people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Would it please you to be half of the people of
Paradise?" We said, "Yes." Thereupon he said, "I hope that you will be one half of the people of
Paradise, for none will enter Paradise but a Muslim soul, and you people, in comparison to the people
who associate others in worship with Allah, are like a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black
hair on the skin of a red ox."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The first man to be called on the Day of Resurrection will be Adam who will be
shown his offspring, and it will be said to them, 'This is your father, Adam.' Adam will say
(responding to the call), 'Labbaik and Sa`daik' Then Allah will say (to Adam), 'Take out of your
offspring, the people of Hell.' Adam will say, 'O Lord, how many should I take out?' Allah will say,
'Take out ninety-nine out of every hundred." They (the Prophet's companions) said, "O Allah's
Apostle! If ninety-nine out of every one hundred of us are taken away, what will remain out of us?"
He said, "My followers in comparison to the other nations are like a white hair on a black ox."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say, 'O Adam!. Adam will reply, 'Labbaik and Sa`daik (I respond to
Your Calls, I am obedient to Your orders), wal Khair fi Yadaik (and all the good is in Your Hands)!'
Then Allah will say (to Adam), Bring out the people of the Fire.' Adam will say, 'What (how many)
are the people of the Fire?' Allah will say, 'Out of every thousand (take out) nine hundred and ninety-nine
(persons).' At that time children will become hoary-headed and every pregnant female will drop
her load (have an abortion) and you will see the people as if they were drunk, yet not drunk; But
Allah's punishment will be very severe."
That news distressed the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) too much, and they said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
Who amongst us will be that man (the lucky one out of one-thousand who will be saved from the
Fire)?" He said, "Have the good news that one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog, and the one (to
be saved will be) from you." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I Hope that
you (Muslims) will be one third of the people of Paradise." On that, we glorified and praised Allah
and said, "Allahu Akbar." The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I hope that you
will be one half of the people of Paradise, as your (Muslims) example in comparison to the other
people (non-Muslims), is like that of a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a round hairless spot on
the foreleg of a donkey."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 537
Hadith 6531
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. {يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} قَالَ " يَقُومُ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي رَشْحِهِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ أُذُنَيْهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said (regarding the Verse), "A Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the
Worlds,' (that day) they will stand, drowned in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 538
Hadith 6532
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَعْرَقُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ عَرَقُهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ سَبْعِينَ ذِرَاعًا، وَيُلْجِمُهُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ آذَانَهُمْ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The people will sweat so profusely on the Day of Resurrection that their sweat
will sink seventy cubits deep into the earth, and it will rise up till it reaches the people's mouths and
ears."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 539
Hadith 6533
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَوَّلُ مَا يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالدِّمَاءِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The cases which will be decided first (on the Day of Resurrection) will be the cases
of blood-shedding. "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has wronged his brother, should ask for his pardon (before his death),
as (in the Hereafter) there will be neither a Dinar nor a Dirham. (He should secure pardon in this life)
before some of his good deeds are taken and paid to his brother, or, if he has done no good deeds,
some of the bad deeds of his brother are taken to be loaded on him (in the Hereafter).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The believers, after being saved from the (Hell) Fire, will be stopped at a bridge
between Paradise and Hell and mutual retaliation will be established among them regarding wrongs
they have committed in the world against one another. After they are cleansed and purified (through
the retaliation), they will be admitted into Paradise; and by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is,
everyone of them will know his dwelling in Paradise better than he knew his dwelling in this world."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 542
Hadith 6536
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ عُذِّبَ ". قَالَتْ قُلْتُ أَلَيْسَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا}. قَالَ " ذَلِكِ الْعَرْضُ ". حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ. وَتَابَعَهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ وَأَيُّوبُ وَصَالِحُ بْنُ رُسْتُمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
`Aisha said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will surely be
punished.' I said, 'Doesn't Allah say: 'He surely will receive an easy reckoning?' (84.8) The Prophet (ﷺ)
replied. 'This means only the presentation of the account."'
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said (as above, 543).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), said, "None will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection, but will be ruined."
I said "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Hasn't Allah said: 'Then as for him who will be given his record in his right
hand, he surely will receive an easy reckoning? (84.7-8) -- Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "That (Verse) means
only the presentation of the accounts, but anybody whose account (record) is questioned on the Day of
Resurrection, will surely be punished."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 545
Hadith 6538
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ
" يُجَاءُ بِالْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ. فَيُقَالُ لَهُ قَدْ كُنْتَ سُئِلْتَ مَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ".
Allah's Prophet used to say, "A disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be
asked. "Suppose you had as much gold as to fill the earth, would you offer it to ransom yourself?" He
will reply, "Yes." Then it will be said to him, "You were asked for something easier than that (to join
none in worship with Allah (i.e. to accept Islam, but you refused).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be none among you but will be talked to by Allah on the Day of
Resurrection, without there being an interpreter between him and Him (Allah) . He will look and see
nothing ahead of him, and then he will look (again for the second time) in front of him, and the (Hell)
Fire will confront him. So, whoever among you can save himself from the Fire, should do so even
with one half of a date (to give in charity).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Protect yourself from the Fire." He then turned his face aside (as if he were looking
at it) and said again, "Protect yourself from the Fire," and then turned his face aside (as if he were
looking at it), and he said so for the third time till we thought he was looking at it. He then said,
"Protect yourselves from the Fire, even if with one half of a date and he who hasn't got even this,
(should do so) by (saying) a good, pleasant word.'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people were displayed in front of me and I saw one prophet passing by with a
large group of his followers, and another prophet passing by with only a small group of people, and
another prophet passing by with only ten (persons), and another prophet passing by with only five
(persons), and another prophet passed by alone. And then I looked and saw a large multitude of
people, so I asked Gabriel, "Are these people my followers?' He said, 'No, but look towards the
horizon.' I looked and saw a very large multitude of people. Gabriel said. 'Those are your followers,
and those are seventy thousand (persons) in front of them who will neither have any reckoning of their
accounts nor will receive any punishment.' I asked, 'Why?' He said, 'For they used not to treat
themselves with branding (cauterization) nor with Ruqya (get oneself treated by the recitation of some
Verses of the Qur'an) and not to see evil omen in things, and they used to put their trust (only) in their
Lord." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan got up and said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make
me one of them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah, make him one of them." Then another man got up and
said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make me one of them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Ukasha has preceded
you."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "From my followers there will enter Paradise a crowd, seventy
thousand in number, whose faces will glitter as the moon does when it is full." On hearing that,
'Ukasha bin Mihsan Al-Asdi got up, lifting his covering sheet, and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke
Allah that He may make me one of them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah, make him one of them."
Another man from the Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to make me one of
them. "The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "'Ukasha has preceded you."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 550
Hadith 6543
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لَيَدْخُلَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا أَوْ سَبْعُمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ ـ شَكَّ فِي أَحَدِهِمَا ـ مُتَمَاسِكِينَ، آخِذٌ بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ، حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ أَوَّلُهُمْ وَآخِرُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَوُجُوهُهُمْ عَلَى ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Seventy-thousand or seven-hundred thousand of my followers (the narrator is in
doubt as to the correct number) will enter Paradise holding each other till the first and the last of them
enter Paradise at the same time, and their faces will have a glitter like that of the moon at night when it
is full."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 551
Hadith 6544
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ يَا أَهْلَ النَّارِ لاَ مَوْتَ، وَيَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لاَ مَوْتَ، خُلُودٌ ".
The Prophet; said, "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise, and the people of the (Hell) Fire will
enter the (Hell) Fire: then a call-maker will get up (and make an announcement) among them, 'O the
people of the (Hell) Fire! No death anymore ! And O people of Paradise! No death (anymore) but
Eternity."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 552
Hadith 6545
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" يُقَالُ لأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ خُلُودٌ لاَ مَوْتَ. وَلأَهْلِ النَّارِ يَا أَهْلَ النَّارِ خُلُودٌ لاَ مَوْتَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " It will be said to the people of Paradise, 'O people of Paradise! Eternity (for you)
and no death,' and to the people of the Fire, 'O people of the Fire, eternity (for you) and no death!"
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 553
Hadith 6546
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Imran:
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I looked into paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the poor, and I
looked into the Fire and found that the majority of its people were women."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 554
Hadith 6547
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Usama:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" قُمْتُ عَلَى باب الْجَنَّةِ فَكَانَ عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا الْمَسَاكِينَ، وَأَصْحَابُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ، وَقُمْتُ عَلَى باب النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا النِّسَاءُ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that the majority of the people who had
entered it were poor people, while the rich were forbidden (to enter along with the poor, because they
were waiting the reckoning of their accounts), but the people of the Fire had been ordered to be driven
to the Fire. And I stood at the gate of the Fire and found that the majority of the people entering it
were women."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire
have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed between the Fire and Paradise, and
then it will be slaughtered, and a call will be made (that), 'O people of Paradise, no more death ! O
people of the Fire, no more death ! ' So the people of Paradise will have happiness added to their
previous happiness, and the people of the Fire will have sorrow added to their previous sorrow."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, 'O the people of Paradise!' They will
say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik!' Allah will say, 'Are you pleased?" They will say, 'Why
should we not be pleased since You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your
creation?' Allah will say, 'I will give you something better than that.' They will reply, 'O our Lord!
And what is better than that?' Allah will say, 'I will bestow My pleasure and contentment upon you so
that I will never be angry with you after for-ever.' "
Haritha was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Badr while he was
young. His mother came to the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You
know the relation of Haritha to me (how fond of him I was); so, if he
is in Paradise, I will remain patient and wish for Allah's reward, but
if he is not there, then you will see what I will do." The Prophet (ﷺ)
replied, "May Allah be merciful upon you! Have you gone mad? (Do you
think) it is one Paradise? There are many Paradises and he is in the
(most superior) Paradise of Al-Firdaus."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 558
Hadith 6551
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
"مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَىِ الْكَافِرِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir
(disbeliever) will be equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in
three days."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 558
Hadith 6552
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd:
وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ، لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "In Paradise there is a tree so big that in its
shade a rider may travel for one hundred years without being able to
cross it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 559
Hadith 6553
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa'id:
قَالَ أَبُو حَازِمٍ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ، فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ الْجَوَادَ الْمُضَمَّرَ السَّرِيعَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ، مَا يَقْطَعُهَا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast
(or a trained) rider may travel: for one hundred years without being
able to cross it.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 559
Hadith 6554
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لَيَدْخُلَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبْعُونَ أَوْ سَبْعُمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ ـ لاَ يَدْرِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ أَيُّهُمَا قَالَ ـ مُتَمَاسِكُونَ، آخِذٌ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا، لاَ يَدْخُلُ أَوَّلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ آخِرُهُمْ، وُجُوهُهُمْ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Seventy thousand or seven hundred thousand of my followers will enter
Paradise. (Abu Hazim, the sub-narrator, is not sure as to which of the two numbers is correct.) They
will be holding on to each other, the first will not entering the last one does, their faces like the moon
on a full moon night."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 561
Hadith 6557
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لأَهْوَنِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَوْ أَنَّ لَكَ مَا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ شَىْءٍ أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ. فَيَقُولُ أَرَدْتُ مِنْكَ أَهْوَنَ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَنْتَ فِي صُلْبِ آدَمَ أَنْ لاَ تُشْرِكَ بِي شَيْئًا فَأَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the person who will have the minimum punishment in the Fire on
the Day of Resurrection, 'If you had things equal to whatever is on the earth, would you ransom
yourself (from the punishment) with it?' He will reply, Yes. Allah will say, 'I asked you a much easier
thing than this while you were in the backbone of Adam, that is, not to worship others besides Me, but
you refused and insisted to worship others besides Me."'
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 562
Hadith 6558
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Hammad from `Amr from Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ بِالشَّفَاعَةِ كَأَنَّهُمُ الثَّعَارِيرُ ". قُلْتُ مَا الثَّعَارِيرُ قَالَ الضَّغَابِيسُ. وَكَانَ قَدْ سَقَطَ فَمُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ سَمِعْتَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " يَخْرُجُ بِالشَّفَاعَةِ مِنَ النَّارِ ". قَالَ نَعَمْ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will come out of the Fire through intercession looking like The
Thaarir." I asked `Amr, "What is the Thaarir?" He said, Ad Dagh`Abis, and at that time he was
toothless. Hammad added: I said to `Amr bin Dinar, "O Abu Muhammad! Did you hear Jabir bin
`Abdullah saying, 'I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying: 'Some people will come out of the Fire through
intercession?" He said, "Yes. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 563
Hadith 6559
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ بَعْدَ مَا مَسَّهُمْ مِنْهَا سَفْعٌ، فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ، فَيُسَمِّيهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will come out of the Fire after they have received a touch of the Fire,
changing their color, and they will enter Paradise, and the people of Paradise will name them 'Al-
Jahannamiyin' the (Hell) Fire people."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 564
Hadith 6560
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ. فَيُخْرَجُونَ قَدِ امْتُحِشُوا وَعَادُوا حُمَمًا، فَيُلْقَوْنَ فِي نَهَرِ الْحَيَاةِ، فَيَنْبُتُونَ كَمَا تَنْبُتُ الْحِبَّةُ فِي حَمِيلِ السَّيْلِ ـ أَوْ قَالَ ـ حَمِيَّةِ السَّيْلِ ". وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّهَا تَنْبُتُ صَفْرَاءَ مُلْتَوِيَةً ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, and the people of the Fire
have entered the Fire, Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire) whoever has got faith equal to a mustard
seed in his heart.' They will come out, and by that time they would have burnt and became like coal,
and then they will be thrown into the river of Al-Hayyat (life) and they will spring up just as a seed
grows on the bank of a rainwater stream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't you see that the germinating seed
comes out yellow and twisted?"
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 565
Hadith 6561
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated An-Nu`man:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
"إِنَّ أَهْوَنَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَرَجُلٌ تُوضَعُ فِي أَخْمَصِ قَدَمَيْهِ جَمْرَةٌ يَغْلِي مِنْهَا دِمَاغُهُ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The person who will have the least punishment from amongst the Hell
Fire people on the Day of Resurrection, will be a man under whose arch of the feet a smoldering
ember will be placed so that his brain will boil because of it."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The least punished person of the (Hell) Fire people on the Day of
Resurrection will be a man under whose arch of the feet two smoldering embers will be placed,
because of which his brain will boil just like Al-Mirjal (copper vessel) or a Qum-qum (narrow-necked
vessel) is boiling with water."
The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and asked for Allah's protection from it, and
then again he mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and asked for Allah's protection from it and
said, "Protect yourselves from the Hell-Fire, even if with one half of a date, and he who cannot afford
that, then (let him do so) by (saying) a good, pleasant word."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 568
Hadith 6564
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، وَالدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ عَمُّهُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ
" لَعَلَّهُ تَنْفَعُهُ شَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُجْعَلُ فِي ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنَ النَّارِ، يَبْلُغُ كَعْبَيْهِ، يَغْلِي مِنْهُ أُمُّ دِمَاغِهِ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s when his uncle, Abu Talib had been mentioned in his presence, saying, "May
be my intercession will help him (Abu Talib) on the Day of Resurrection so that he may be put in a
shallow place in the Fire, with fire reaching his ankles and causing his brain to boil."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will say,
'Let us request someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of
ours.'
Then they will go to Adam and say, 'You are the one whom Allah created with His Own Hands, and
breathed in you of His soul, and ordered the angels to prostrate to you; so please intercede for us with
our Lord.' Adam will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, and will remember his sin, and will say,
'Go to Noah, the first Apostle sent by Allah'
They will go to him and he will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking', and will remember his sin and
say, 'Go to Abraham whom Allah took as a Khalil.
They will go to him (and request similarly). He will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and will
remember his sin and say, 'Go to Moses to whom Allah spoke directly.'
They will go to Moses and he will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and will remember his sin
and say, 'Go to Jesus.'
They will go to him, and he will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad as Allah has
forgiven his past and future sins.'
They will come to me and I will ask my Lord's permission, and when I see Him, I will fall down in
prostration to Him, and He will leave me in that state as long as (He) Allah will, and then I will be
addressed. 'Raise up your head (O Muhammad)! Ask, and your request will be granted, and say, and
your saying will be listened to; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.' Then I will raise my
head, and I will glorify and praise my Lord with a saying(i.e. invocation) He will teach me, and then I
will intercede, Allah will fix a limit for me (i.e., certain type of people for whom I may intercede), and
I will take them out of the (Hell) Fire and let them enter Paradise. Then I will come back (to Allah)
and fall in prostration, and will do the same for the third and fourth times till no-one remains in the
(Hell) Fire except those whom the Qur'an has imprisoned therein." (The sub-narrator, Qatada used to
say at that point, "...those upon whom eternity (in Hell) has been imposed.") (See Hadith No. 3, Vol
6).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 570
Hadith 6566
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Imran bin Husain:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْن ٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ، يُسَمَّوْنَ الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will be taken out of the Fire through the intercession of Muhammad
they will enter Paradise and will be called Al-Jahannamiyin (the Hell Fire people).
Um (the mother of) Haritha came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after Haritha had been martyred on the Day (of
the battle) of Badr by an arrow thrown by an unknown person. She said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You
know the position of Haritha in my heart (i.e. how dear to me he was), so if he is in Paradise, I will not
weep for him, or otherwise, you will see what I will do." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Are you mad? Is there
only one Paradise? There are many Paradises, and he is in the highest Paradise of Firdaus." The
Prophet added, "A forenoon journey or an after noon journey in Allah's Cause is better than the whole
world and whatever is in it; and a place equal to an arrow bow of anyone of you, or a place equal to a
foot in Paradise is better than the whole world and whatever is in it; and if one of the women of
Paradise looked at the earth, she would fill the whole space between them (the earth and the heaven)
with light, and would fill whatever is in between them, with perfume, and the veil of her face is better
than the whole world and whatever is in it."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None will enter Paradise but will be shown the place he would have occupied in
the (Hell) Fire if he had rejected faith, so that he may be more thankful; and none will enter the (Hell)
Fire but will be shown the place he would have occupied in Paradise if he had faith, so that may be a
cause of sorrow for him."
I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who will be the luckiest person who will gain your intercession on the Day
of Resurrection?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! I have thought that none will ask me about this
Hadith before you, as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will
have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah,' sincerely from the bottom of his heart."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 574
Hadith 6571
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْهَا، وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولاً رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ كَبْوًا، فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ. فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلأَى، فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلأَى، فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ. فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلأَى. فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلأَى، فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ، فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَ الدُّنْيَا وَعَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِهَا. أَوْ إِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْثَالِ الدُّنْيَا. فَيَقُولُ تَسْخَرُ مِنِّي، أَوْ تَضْحَكُ مِنِّي وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ ". فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ، وَكَانَ يُقَالُ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةً.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I know the person who will be the last to come out of the (Hell) Fire, and the last to
enter Paradise. He will be a man who will come out of the (Hell) Fire crawling, and Allah will say to
him, 'Go and enter Paradise.' He will go to it, but he will imagine that it had been filled, and then he
will return and say, 'O Lord, I have found it full.' Allah will say, 'Go and enter Paradise, and you will
have what equals the world and ten times as much (or, you will have as much as ten times the like of
the world).' On that, the man will say, 'Do you mock at me (or laugh at me) though You are the
King?" I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (while saying that) smiling that his premolar teeth became visible. It is
said that will be the lowest in degree amongst the people of Paradise.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 575
Hadith 6572
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَلْ نَفَعْتَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ بِشَىْءٍ.
that he said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Did you benefit Abu Talib with anything?"
Some people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" He said,
"Do you crowd and squeeze each other on looking at the sun when it is not hidden by clouds?" They
replied, "No, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." He said, "Do you crowd and squeeze each other on looking at the
moon when it is full and not hidden by clouds?" They replied, No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He said, "So
you will see Him (your Lord) on the Day of Resurrection similarly Allah will gather all the people and
say, 'Whoever used to worship anything should follow that thing. 'So, he who used to worship the sun,
will follow it, and he who used to worship the moon will follow it, and he who used to worship false
deities will follow them; and then only this nation (i.e., Muslims) will remain, including their
hypocrites. Allah will come to them in a shape other than they know and will say, 'I am your Lord.'
They will say, 'We seek refuge with Allah from you. This is our place; (we will not follow you) till
our Lord comes to us, and when our Lord comes to us, we will recognize Him.
Then Allah will come to then in a shape they know and will say, "I am your Lord.' They will say, '(No
doubt) You are our Lord,' and they will follow Him. Then a bridge will be laid over the (Hell) Fire."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) added, "I will be the first to cross it. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day,
will be 'Allahumma Sallim, Sallim (O Allah, save us, save us!),' and over that bridge there will be
hooks Similar to the thorns of As Sa'dan (a thorny tree). Didn't you see the thorns of As-Sa'dan?" The
companions said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." He added, "So the hooks over that bridge will be like the
thorns of As-Sa-dan except that their greatness in size is only known to Allah. These hooks will snatch
the people according to their deeds. Some people will be ruined because of their evil deeds, and some
will be cut into pieces and fall down in Hell, but will be saved afterwards, when Allah has finished the
judgments among His slaves, and intends to take out of the Fire whoever He wishes to take out from
among those who used to testify that none had the right to be worshipped but Allah.
We will order the angels to take them out and the angels will know them by the mark of the traces of
prostration (on their foreheads) for Allah banned the f ire to consume the traces of prostration on the
body of Adam's son. So they will take them out, and by then they would have burnt (as coal), and then
water, called Ma'ul Hayat (water of life) will be poured on them, and they will spring out like a seed
springs out on the bank of a rainwater stream, and there will remain one man who will be facing the
(Hell) Fire and will say, 'O Lord! It's (Hell's) vapor has Poisoned and smoked me and its flame has
burnt me; please turn my face away from the Fire.' He will keep on invoking Allah till Allah says,
'Perhaps, if I give you what you want), you will ask for another thing?' The man will say, 'No, by Your
Power, I will not ask You for anything else.'
Then Allah will turn his face away from the Fire. The man will say after that, 'O Lord, bring me near
the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say (to him), 'Didn't you promise not to ask for anything else? Woe to
you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!' The man will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will
say, 'But if I give you that, you may ask me for something else.' The man will say, 'No, by Your
Power. I will not ask for anything else.' He will give Allah his covenant and promise not to ask for
anything else after that. So Allah will bring him near to the gate of Paradise, and when he sees what is
in it, he will remain silent as long as Allah will, and then he will say, 'O Lord! Let me enter Paradise.'
Allah will say, 'Didn't you promise that you would not ask Me for anything other than that? Woe to
you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!' On that, the man will say, 'O Lord! Do not make me
the most wretched of Your creation,' and will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will smile and when
Allah will smile because of him, then He will allow him to enter Paradise, and when he will enter
Paradise, he will be addressed, 'Wish from so-and-so.' He will wish till all his wishes will be fulfilled,
then Allah will say, All this (i.e. what you have wished for) and as much again therewith are for you.'
"
Abu Huraira added: That man will be the last of the people of Paradise to enter (Paradise).
Abu Sa`id was sitting in the company of Abu
Huraira and he did not deny anything of his narration till he reached his saying: "All this and as much
again therewith are for you." Then Abu Sa`id said, "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'This is for you
and ten times as much.' " Abu Huraira said, "In my memory it is 'as much again therewith.' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 578
Hadith 6576
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
`Abdullah added:
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
"أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ، عَلَى الْحَوْضِ، وَلَيُرْفَعَنَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْكُمْ ثُمَّ لَيُخْتَلَجُنَّ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي. فَيُقَالُ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ". تَابَعَهُ عَاصِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ. وَقَالَ حُصَيْنٌ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I
am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount, and some of you will be brought in front of me till I will see
them and then they will be taken away from me and I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' It will be
said, 'You do not know what they did after you had left.'
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 578
Hadith 6577
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" أَمَامَكُمْ حَوْضٌ كَمَا بَيْنَ جَرْبَاءَ وَأَذْرُحَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be a tank (Lake-Fount) in front of you as large as the distance between
Jarba and Adhruh (two towns in Sham).
The word 'Al-Kauthar' means the abundant good which Allah gave to him (the Prophet (ﷺ) Muhammad).
Abu Bishr said: I said to Sa`id, "Some people claim that it (Al-Kauthar) is a river in Paradise." Sa`id
replied, "The river which is in Paradise is one item of that good which Allah has bestowed upon him
(Muhammad).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "My Lake-Fount is (so large that it takes) a month's journey to cross it. Its water is
whiter than milk, and its smell is nicer than musk (a kind of Perfume), and its drinking cups are (as
numerous) as the (number of) stars of the sky; and whoever drinks from it, will never be thirsty."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 581
Hadith 6580
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ (إِنَّ قَدْرَ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ، وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنَ الأَبَارِيقِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The width of my Lake-Fount is equal to the distance between Aila (a town in
Sham) and Sana' (the capital of Yemen) and it has as many (numerous) jugs as the number of stars of
the sky."
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Hadith 6581
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَحَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِنَهَرٍ حَافَتَاهُ قِبَابُ الدُّرِّ الْمُجَوَّفِ قُلْتُ مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا الْكَوْثَرُ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ رَبُّكَ. فَإِذَا طِينُهُ ـ أَوْ طِيبُهُ ـ مِسْكٌ أَذْفَرُ ". شَكَّ هُدْبَةُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "While I was walking in Paradise (on the night of Mi'raj), I saw a river, on the two
banks of which there were tents made of hollow pearls. I asked, "What is this, O Gabriel?' He said,
'That is the Kauthar which Your Lord has given to you.' Behold! Its scent or its mud was sharp
smelling musk!" (The sub-narrator, Hudba is in doubt as to the correct expression. )
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 583
Hadith 6582
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لَيَرِدَنَّ عَلَىَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي الْحَوْضَ، حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُمُ اخْتُلِجُوا دُونِي، فَأَقُولُ أَصْحَابِي. فَيَقُولُ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some of my companions will come to me at my Lake Fount, and after I recognize
them, they will then be taken away from me, whereupon I will say, 'My companions!' Then it will be
said, 'You do not know what they innovated (new things) in the religion after you."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am your predecessor (forerunner) at the Lake-Fount, and whoever will pass by
there, he will drink from it and whoever will drink from it, he will never be thirsty. There will come to
me some people whom I will recognize, and they will recognize me, but a barrier will be placed
between me and them."
An-Nu`man bin Abi `Aiyash, on hearing me, said. "Did
you hear this from Sahl?" I said, "Yes." He said, " I bear witness that I heard Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri
saying the same, adding that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'I will say: They are of me (i.e. my followers). It will be
said, 'You do not know what they innovated (new things) in the religion after you left'. I will say, 'Far
removed, far removed (from mercy), those who changed (their religion) after me."
"On the Day of Resurrection a group of companions will come to me,
but will be driven away from the Lake-Fount, and I will say, 'O Lord (those are) my companions!' It
will be said, 'You have no knowledge as to what they innovated after you left; they turned apostate as
renegades (reverted from Islam).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 585
Hadith 6586
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Ibn Al-Musaiyab:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَرِدُ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي فَيُحَلَّئُونَ عَنْهُ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي. فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لاَ عِلْمَ لَكَ بِمَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ، إِنَّهُمُ ارْتَدُّوا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهِمُ الْقَهْقَرَى ". وَقَالَ شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيُجْلَوْنَ. وَقَالَ عُقَيْلٌ فَيُحَلَّئُونَ. وَقَالَ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some men from my companions will come to my Lake-Fount
and they will be driven away from it, and I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' It will be said, 'You
have no knowledge of what they innovated after you left: they turned apostate as renegades (reverted
from Islam).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, a group (of my followers were brought close to me), and
when I recognized them, a man (an angel) came out from amongst (us) me and them, he said (to
them), 'Come along.' I asked, 'Where?' He said, 'To the (Hell) Fire, by Allah' I asked, 'what is wrong
with them' He said, 'They turned apostate as renegades after you left.' Then behold! (Another) group
(of my followers) were brought close to me, and when I recognized them, a man (an angel) came out
from (me and them) he said (to them); Come along.' I asked, "Where?' He said, 'To the (Hell) Fire, by
Allah.' I asked, What is wrong with them?' He said, 'They turned apostate as renegades after you left.
So I did not see anyone of them escaping except a few who were like camels without a shepherd."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 587
Hadith 6588
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ خُبَيْبٍ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَمِنْبَرِي عَلَى حَوْضِي ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden from amongst the gardens of
Paradise, and my pulpit is over my Lake-Fount."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 589
Hadith 6590
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated `Uqba bin 'Amir:
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَصَلَّى عَلَى أَهْلِ أُحُدٍ صَلاَتَهُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ
" إِنِّي فَرَطٌ لَكُمْ، وَأَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لأَنْظُرُ إِلَى حَوْضِي الآنَ، وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ ـ أَوْ مَفَاتِيحَ الأَرْضِ ـ وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي، وَلَكِنْ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا ".
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) went out and offered the funeral prayers for the martyrs of Uhud, and then went to
the pulpit and said, "I am a predecessor for you and I am a witness for you: and by Allah, I am looking
at my Fount just now, and the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth) have been
given to me: and by Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after me, but I
am afraid that you will strive and struggle against each other over these treasures of the world."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 590
Hadith 6591
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
Narrated Haritha bin Wahb:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَذَكَرَ الْحَوْضَ فَقَالَ
" كَمَا بَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَصَنْعَاءَ ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioning the Lake-Fount (Al-Kauthar), saying, "(The width of the Lake-Fount)
is equal to the distance between Medina and Sana' (capital of Yemen)."
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Hadith 6592
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) - كتاب الرقاق
وَزَادَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ، سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَوْلَهُ حَوْضُهُ مَا بَيْنَ صَنْعَاءَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْهُ قَالَ الأَوَانِي. قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ تُرَى فِيهِ الآنِيَةُ مِثْلَ الْكَوَاكِبِ.
Haritha said that he heard the
Prophet saying that his Lake-Fount would be as large as the distance between Sana' and Medina. Al-
Mustaurid said to Haritha, "Didn't you hear him talking about the vessels?" He said, "No." Al-
Mustaurid said, "The vessels are seen in it as (numberless as) the stars."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I will be standing at the Lake-Fount so that I will see whom among you will come
to me; and some people will be taken away from me, and I will say, 'O Lord, (they are) from me and
from my followers.' Then it will be said, 'Did you notice what they did after you? By Allah, they kept
on turning on their heels (turned as renegades).' " The sub-narrator, Ibn Abi Mulaika said, "O Allah,
we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels, or being put to trial in our religion."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the truthful and truly-inspired, said, "Each one of you collected in the womb of his
mother for forty days, and then turns into a clot for an equal period (of forty days) and turns into a
piece of flesh for a similar period (of forty days) and then Allah sends an angel and orders him to
write four things, i.e., his provision, his age, and whether he will be of the wretched or the blessed (in
the Hereafter). Then the soul is breathed into him. And by Allah, a person among you (or a man) may
do deeds of the people of the Fire till there is only a cubit or an arm-breadth distance between him and
the Fire, but then that writing (which Allah has ordered the angel to write) precedes, and he does the
deeds of the people of Paradise and enters it; and a man may do the deeds of the people of Paradise till
there is only a cubit or two between him and Paradise, and then that writing precedes and he does the
deeds of the people of the Fire and enters it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 593
Hadith 6595
Divine Will (Al-Qadar) - كتاب القدر
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ، أَىْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ، أَىْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ. فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهَا قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ ذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الأَجَلُ فَيُكْتَبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is)
semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to
complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male or a female? A wretched (an evil
doer) or a blessed (doer of good)? How much will his provisions be? What will his age be?' So all that
is written while the creature is still in the mother's womb."
A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Can the people of Paradise be known (differentiated) from the people
of the Fire; The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Yes." The man said, "Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds?" The
Prophet said, "Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been created to do or he will do those
deeds which will be made easy for him to do." (i.e. everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will
lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No child is born but has
the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian.
It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their
offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?" The
people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What do you think about those (of
them) who die young?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah knows what they would
have done (were they to live)."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 597
Hadith 6601
Divine Will (Al-Qadar) - كتاب القدر
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا، وَلْتَنْكِحْ، فَإِنَّ لَهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَا ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No woman should ask for the divorce of her sister (Muslim) so as to take her
place, but she should marry the man (without compelling him to divorce his other wife), for she will
have nothing but what Allah has written for her."
Once while I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and Sa`d, Ubai bin Ka`b and Mu`adh were also sitting with him,
there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters, telling him that her child was on the verge
of death. The Prophet (ﷺ) told the messenger to tell her, "It is for Allah what He takes, and it is for Allah
what He gives, and everything has its fixed time (limit). So (she should) be patient and look for
Allah's reward."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 599
Hadith 6603
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Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَيْرِيزٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُصِيبُ سَبْيًا وَنُحِبُّ الْمَالَ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي الْعَزْلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَوَإِنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ، لاَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لاَ تَفْعَلُوا، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلاَّ هِيَ كَائِنَةٌ ".
That while he was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) a man from the Ansar came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
We get slave girls from the war captives and we love property; what do you think about coitus
interruptus?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do you do that? It is better for you not to do it, for there is no soul
which Allah has ordained to come into existence but will be created."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 600
Hadith 6604
Divine Will (Al-Qadar) - كتاب القدر
Narrated Hudhaifa:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَقَدْ خَطَبَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خُطْبَةً، مَا تَرَكَ فِيهَا شَيْئًا إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ إِلاَّ ذَكَرَهُ، عَلِمَهُ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ، وَجَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ، إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى الشَّىْءَ قَدْ نَسِيتُ، فَأَعْرِفُ مَا يَعْرِفُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا غَابَ عَنْهُ فَرَآهُ فَعَرَفَهُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned (about)
everything that would happen till the Hour. Some of us stored that our minds and some forgot it.
(After that speech) I used to see events taking place (which had been referred to in that speech) but I
had forgotten them (before their occurrence). Then I would recognize such events as a man recognizes
another man who has been absent and then sees and recognizes him.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 601
Hadith 6605
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Narrated `Ali:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَهُ عُودٌ يَنْكُتُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَقَالَ " مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ قَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ أَوْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ". فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَلاَ نَتَّكِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " لاَ اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ " ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى} الآيَةَ.
While we were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) who had a stick with which he was scraping the earth, he
lowered his head and said, "There is none of you but has his place assigned either in the Fire or in
Paradise." Thereupon a man from the people said, "Shall we not depend upon this, O Allah's
Apostle?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No, but carry on and do your deeds, for everybody finds it easy to do
such deeds (as will lead him to his place)." The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited the Verse: 'As for him who gives
(in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah..' (92.5)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 602
Hadith 6606
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ شَهِدْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِرَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ مَعَهُ يَدَّعِي الإِسْلاَمَ " هَذَا مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ". فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ الْقِتَالُ قَاتَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَشَدِّ الْقِتَالِ، وَكَثُرَتْ بِهِ الْجِرَاحُ فَأَثْبَتَتْهُ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَحَدَّثْتَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ قَدْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَشَدِّ الْقِتَالِ، فَكَثُرَتْ بِهِ الْجِرَاحُ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ". فَكَادَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَرْتَابُ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذْ وَجَدَ الرَّجُلُ أَلَمَ الْجِرَاحِ فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى كِنَانَتِهِ، فَانْتَزَعَ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا فَانْتَحَرَ بِهَا، فَاشْتَدَّ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَدَّقَ اللَّهُ حَدِيثَكَ، قَدِ انْتَحَرَ فُلاَنٌ فَقَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا بِلاَلُ قُمْ فَأَذِّنْ، لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلاَّ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْفَاجِرِ ".
We witnessed along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the Khaibar (campaign). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told his
companions about a man who claimed to be a Muslim, "This man is from the people of the Fire."
When the battle started, the man fought very bravely and received a great number of wounds and got
crippled. On that, a man from among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Do you know what the man you described as of the people of the Fire has done? He has
fought very bravely for Allah's Cause and he has received many wounds." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "But he
is indeed one of the people of the Fire." Some of the Muslims were about to have some doubt about
that statement. So while the man was in that state, the pain caused by the wounds troubled him so
much that he put his hand into his quiver and took out an arrow and committed suicide with it. Off
went some men from among the Muslims to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Allah has
made your statement true. So-and-so has committed suicide." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Bilal! Get up
and announce in public: None will enter Paradise but a believer, and Allah may support this religion
(Islam) with a wicked man."
There was a man who fought most bravely of all the Muslims on behalf of the Muslims in a battle
(Ghazwa) in the company of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at him and said. "If anyone would like
to see a man from the people of the Fire, let him look at this (brave man)." On that, a man from the
People (Muslims) followed him, and he was in that state i.e., fighting fiercely against the pagans till
he was wounded, and then he hastened to end his life by placing his sword between his breasts (and
pressed it with great force) till it came out between his shoulders. Then the man (who was watching
that person) went quickly to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I testify that you are Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ)
asked him, "Why do you say that?" He said, "You said about so-and-so, 'If anyone would like to see a
man from the people of the Fire, he should look at him.' He fought most bravely of all of us on behalf
of the Muslims and I knew that he would not die as a Muslim (Martyr). So when he got wounded, he
hastened to die and committed suicide." There-upon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man may do the deeds of the
people of the Fire while in fact he is one of the people of Paradise, and he may do the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact he belongs to the people of Fire, and verily, (the rewards of) the deeds
are decided by the last actions (deeds)".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said (that Allah said), "Vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not
already written in his fate, but vowing is imposed on him by way of fore ordainment. Through vowing
I make a miser spend of his wealth."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 606
Hadith 6610
Divine Will (Al-Qadar) - كتاب القدر
Narrated Abu Musa:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزَاةٍ فَجَعَلْنَا لاَ نَصْعَدُ شَرَفًا، وَلاَ نَعْلُو شَرَفًا، وَلاَ نَهْبِطُ فِي وَادٍ، إِلاَّ رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ ـ قَالَ ـ فَدَنَا مِنَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا إِنَّمَا تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا ". ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَةً هِيَ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ، لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ".
While we were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in a holy battle, we never went up a hill or reached its peak or
went down a valley but raised our voices with Takbir. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came close to us and said, "O
people! Don't exert yourselves, for you do not call a deaf or an absent one, but you call the All-
Listener, the All-Seer." The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "O `Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I teach you a sentence
which is from the treasures of Paradise? ( It is): 'La haula wala quwata illa billah. (There is neither
might nor power except with Allah).
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No Caliph is appointed but has two groups of advisors: One group advises him
to do good and urges him to adopt it, and the other group advises him to do bad and urges him to
adopt it; and the protected is the one whom Allah protects."
I did not see anything so resembling minor sins as what Abu Huraira said from the Prophet, who said,
"Allah has written for the son of Adam his inevitable share of adultery whether he is aware of it or
not: The adultery of the eye is the looking (at something which is sinful to look at), and the adultery of
the tongue is to utter (what it is unlawful to utter), and the innerself wishes and longs for (adultery)
and the private parts turn that into reality or refrain from submitting to the temptation."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 609
Hadith 6613
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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ {وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَرَيْنَاكَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ} قَالَ هِيَ رُؤْيَا عَيْنٍ أُرِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ. قَالَ {وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ} قَالَ هِيَ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ.
(regarding the Verse) "And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens "Miraj") which We
showed you (O Muhammad as an actual eye witness) but as a trial for mankind.' (17.60): Allah's
Apostle actually saw with his own eyes the vision (all the things which were shown to him) on the
night of his Night Journey to Jerusalem (and then to the heavens). The cursed tree which is mentioned
in the Qur'an is the tree of Az-Zaqqum.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. 'O Adam! You are
our father who disappointed us and turned us out of Paradise.' Then Adam said to him, 'O Moses!
Allah favored you with His talk (talked to you directly) and He wrote (the Torah) for you with His
Own Hand. Do you blame me for action which Allah had written in my fate forty years before my
creation?' So Adam confuted Moses, Adam confuted Moses," the Prophet (ﷺ) added, repeating the
Statement three times.
(the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Muawiya wrote to Mughira. 'Write to me what you heard
the Prophet (ﷺ) saying after his prayer.' So Al-Mughira dictated to me and said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ)
saying after the prayer, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partner. O
Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the fortune of
a man of means is useless before You (i.e., only good deeds are of value).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 612
Hadith 6616
Divine Will (Al-Qadar) - كتاب القدر
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Take refuge with Allah from the difficulties of severe calamities, from having an
evil end and a bad fate and from the malicious joy of your enemies."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ibn Saiyad, "I have kept for you a secret." Ibn Saiyad said, "Ad-Dukh." The
Prophet said, "Keep quiet, for you cannot go beyond your limits (or you cannot exceed what has been
foreordained for you)." On that, `Umar said (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "Allow me to chop off his neck!" The
Prophet said, "Leave him, for if he is he (i.e., Ad-Dajjal), then you will not be able to overcome him,
and if he is not, then you gain no good by killing him."
I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the plague. He said, "That was a means of torture which Allah used to
send upon whom-so-ever He wished, but He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone
who is residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains there and does not leave that
town, but has patience and hopes for Allah's reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except
what Allah has written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 616
Hadith 6620
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Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ حَازِمٍ ـ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ يَنْقُلُ مَعَنَا التُّرَابَ وَهْوَ يَقُولُ
" وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ اللَّهُ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا، وَلاَ صُمْنَا وَلاَ صَلَّيْنَا، فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا، وَثَبِّتِ الأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لاَقَيْنَا، وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا، إِذَا أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا".
I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Day of (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, carrying earth with us and saying, "By
Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have fasted, nor would we
have prayed. O Allah! Send down Sakina (calmness) upon us and make our feet firm when we meet
(the enemy). The pagans have rebelled against us, but if they want to put us in affliction (i.e., fight us)
we refuse (to flee)." (See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 5).
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he
said, "If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first one, then
I do what is better and make expiation for my oath."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given
authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for it,
then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and later you
find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation for your
oath."
I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with a group of Al-Ash`ariyin in order to request him to provide us with
mounts. He said, "By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven't got anything to mount
you on." Then we stayed there as long as Allah wished us to stay, and then three very nice looking
she-camels were brought to him and he made us ride them. When we left, we, or some of us, said, "By
Allah, we will not be blessed, as we came to the Prophet (ﷺ) asking him for mounts, and he swore that he
would not give us any mounts but then he did give us. So let us go back to the Prophet (ﷺ) and remind
him (of his oath)." When we returned to him (and reminded him of the fact), he said, "I did not give
you mounts, but it is Allah Who gave you. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath to do
something and then I find something else than the first, I will make expiation for my oath and do the
thing which is better (or do something which is better and give the expiation for my oath).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 621
Hadith 6625
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also said:
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" وَاللَّهِ لأَنْ يَلِجَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَمِينِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ آثَمُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ كَفَّارَتَهُ الَّتِي افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ".
"By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by
which he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah's sight than that of dissolving his
oath and making expiation for it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 621
Hadith 6626
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنِ اسْتَلَجَّ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِيَمِينٍ فَهْوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا، لِيَبَرَّ ". يَعْنِي الْكَفَّارَةَ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists
on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather
compensate for that oath by making expiation."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 622
Hadith 6627
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْثًا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَطَعَنَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي إِمْرَتِهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَطْعَنُونَ فِي إِمْرَتِهِ فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَطْعَنُونَ، فِي إِمْرَةِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَخَلِيقًا لِلإِمَارَةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ لَمِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَمِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ بَعْدَهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an army detachment and made Usama bin Zaid its commander. Some people
criticized (spoke badly of) Usama's leadership. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up saying, "If you people are
criticizing Usama's leadership, you have already criticized the leadership of his father before. But Waaimullah
(i.e., By Allah), he (i.e. Zaid) deserved the leadership, and he was one of the most beloved
persons to me; and now this (his son Usama) is one of the dearest persons to me after him." (See
Hadith No. 765, Vol. 5)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If Caesar is ruined, there will be no Caesar after him; and if Khosrau is ruined,
there will be no Khosrau, after him; and, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, surely you will spend
their treasures in Allah's Cause."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If Khosrau is ruined, there will be no Khosrau after him; and if Caesar is ruined,
there will be no Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, surely you will spend
their treasures in Allah's Cause."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 626
Hadith 6631
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ
" يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا، وَلَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلاً ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O followers of Muhammad! By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would weep
much and laugh little."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 627
Hadith 6632
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated `Abdullah bin Hisham:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لأَنْتَ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ ". فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُ الآنَ وَاللَّهِ لأَنْتَ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الآنَ يَا عُمَرُ ".
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was holding the hand of `Umar bin Al-Khattab. `Umar said to Him,
"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You are dearer to me than everything except my own self." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete faith) till I am dearer to you than
your own self." Then `Umar said to him, "However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own
self." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Now, O `Umar, (now you are a believer).
Two men had a dispute in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). One of them said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
Judge between us according to Allah's Laws." The other who was wiser, said, "Yes, O Allah's
Apostle! Judge between us according to Allah's Laws and allow me to speak. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Speak." He said, "My son was a laborer serving this (person) and he committed illegal sexual
intercourse with his wife, The people said that my son is to be stoned to death, but I ransomed him
with one-hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the learned people, who informed me that my
son should receive one hundred lashes and will be exiled for one year, and stoning will be the lot for
the man's wife." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Indeed, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge
between you according to Allah's Laws: As for your sheep and slave girl, they are to be returned to
you." Then he scourged his son one hundred lashes and exiled him for one year. Then Unais Al-
Aslami was ordered to go to the wife of the second man, and if she confessed (the crime), then stone
her to death. She did confess, so he stoned her to death.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do you think if the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina and Juhaina are better than
the tribes of Tamim, 'Amir bin Sa'sa'a, Ghatfan and Asad, they (the second group) are despairing and
losing?" They (the Prophet's companions) said, "Yes, (they are)." He said, "By Him in Whose Hand
my soul is, they (the first group) are better than them (the second group).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) employed an employee (to collect Zakat). The employee returned after completing his
job and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! This (amount of Zakat) is for you, and this (other amount) was given
to me as a present." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Why didn't you stay at your father's or mother's house
and see if you would be given presents or not?" Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up in the evening after the
prayer, and having testified that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and praised and
glorified Allah as He deserved, he said, "Now then ! What about an employee whom we employ and
then he comes and says, 'This amount (of Zakat) is for you, and this (amount) was given to me as a
present'? Why didn't he stay at the house of his father and mother to see if he would be given presents
or not? By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, none of you will steal anything of it (i.e. Zakat)
but will bring it by carrying it over his neck on the Day of Resurrection. If it has been a camel, he will
bring it (over his neck) while it will be grunting, and if it has been a cow, he will bring it (over his
neck), while it will be mooing; and if it has been a sheep, he will bring it (over his neck) while it will
be bleeding." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "I have preached you (Allah's Message)." Abu Humaid said, "Then
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) raised his hands so high that we saw the whiteness of his armpits."
I reached him (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) while in the shade of the Ka`ba; he was saying, "They are the losers, by
the Lord of the Ka`ba! They are the losers, by the Lord of the Ka`ba!" I said (to myself ), "What is
wrong with me? Is anything improper detected in me? What is wrong with me? Then I sat beside him
and he kept on saying his statement. I could not remain quiet, and Allah knows in what sorrowful state
I was at that time. So I said, ' Who are they (the losers)? Let My father and mother be sacrificed for
you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He said, "They are the wealthy people, except the one who does like this and
like this and like this (i.e., spends of his wealth in Allah's Cause).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(The Prophet) Solomon once said, 'Tonight I will sleep with ninety women,
each of whom will bring forth a (would-be) cavalier who will fight in Allah's Cause." On this, his
companion said to him, "Say: Allah willing!" But he did not say Allah willing. Solomon then slept
with all the women, but none of them became pregnant but one woman who later delivered a halfman.
By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, if he (Solomon) had said, 'Allah willing' (all his
wives would have brought forth boys) and they would have fought in Allah's Cause as cavaliers. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 634
Hadith 6640
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Al-Bara 'bin `Azib:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ أُهْدِيَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَرَقَةٌ مِنْ حَرِيرٍ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَتَدَاوَلُونَهَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ حُسْنِهَا وَلِينِهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهَا ". قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَمَنَادِيلُ سَعْدٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا ". لَمْ يَقُلْ شُعْبَةُ وَإِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ".
A piece of silken cloth was given to the Prophet (ﷺ) as a present and the people handed it over amongst
themselves and were astonished at its beauty and softness. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Are you astonished
at it?" They said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the
handkerchiefs of Sa`d in Paradise are better than it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 635
Hadith 6641
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ إِنَّ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِمَّا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَهْلُ أَخْبَاءٍ ـ أَوْ خِبَاءٍ ـ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يَذِلُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَخْبَائِكَ ـ أَوْ خِبَائِكَ، شَكَّ يَحْيَى ـ ثُمَّ مَا أَصْبَحَ الْيَوْمَ أَهْلُ أَخْبَاءٍ ـ أَوْ خِبَاءٍ ـ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَعِزُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَخْبَائِكَ أَوْ خِبَائِكَ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَأَيْضًا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ ". قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ مِسِّيكٌ، فَهَلْ عَلَىَّ حَرَجٌ أَنْ أُطْعِمَ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ قَالَ " لاَ إِلاَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ".
Hind bint `Utba bin Rabi`a said, "O Allah 's Apostle! (Before I embraced Islam), there was no family
on the surface of the earth, I wish to have degraded more than I did your family. But today there is no
family whom I wish to have honored more than I did yours." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I thought
similarly, by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is!" Hind said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (My
husband) Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to feed my children from his property?" The
Prophet said, "No, unless you take it for your needs what is just and reasonable."
While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to his
companions, "Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?" They said, 'Yes.' He
said "Won't you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise" They said, "Yes." He said, "By
Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 637
Hadith 6643
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَمِعَ رَجُلاً، يَقْرَأُ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} يُرَدِّدُهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ".
A man heard another man reciting: Surat-ul-Ikhlas (The Unity) 'Say: He is Allah, the One (112) and
he was repeating it. The next morning he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned the whole story to
him as if he regarded the recitation of that Sura as insufficient On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him
in Whose Hand my soul is! That (Sura No. 112) equals one-third of the Qur'an."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 638
Hadith 6644
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَبَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Perform the bowing and the prostration properly (with peace of mind),
for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I see you from behind my back when you bow and when you
prostrate."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 639
Hadith 6645
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَعَهَا أَوْلاَدٌ لَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ ". قَالَهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ.
An Ansari woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the company of her children, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her,
"By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me!" And he repeated the
statement thrice.
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Hadith 6646
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهْوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ
" أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ، مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ، أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) met `Umar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders,
and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers,
so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet."
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Hadith 6647
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ سَالِمٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ ". قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا حَلَفْتُ بِهَا مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاكِرًا وَلاَ آثِرًا. قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ {أَوْ أَثَرَةٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ} يَأْثُرُ عِلْمًا. تَابَعَهُ عُقَيْلٌ وَالزُّبَيْدِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ الْكَلْبِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَمَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عُمَرَ.
I heard `Umar saying, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, 'Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers."
`Umar said, "By Allah! Since I heard that from the Prophet (ﷺ) , I have not taken such an oath, neither
intentionally, nor by reporting the oath of someone else."
There was a relation of love and brotherhood between this tribe of Jarm and Al-Ash`ariyin. Once we
were with Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari, and then a meal containing chicken was brought to Abu Musa, and
there was present, a man from the tribe of Taimillah who was of red complexion as if he were from
non-Arab freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to the meal. He said, "I have seen chickens eating dirty
things, so I deemed it filthy and took an oath that I would never eat chicken." On that, Abu Musa said,
"Get up, I will narrate to you about that. Once a group of the Ash`ariyin and I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
and asked him to provide us with mounts; he said, 'By Allah, I will never give you any mounts nor do
I have anything to mount you on.' Then a few camels of war booty were brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ,
and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the Ash-'ariyin?' He then ordered five nice camels to be
given to us, and when we had departed, we said, 'What have we done? Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had taken the
oath not to give us any mounts, and that he had nothing to mount us on, and later he gave us that we
might ride? Did we take advantage of the fact that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forgotten his oath? By Allah,
we will never succeed.' So we went back to him and said to him, 'We came to you to give us mounts,
and you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts and that you had nothing to mount us on.'
On that he said, 'I did not provide you with mounts, but Allah did. By Allah, if I take an oath to do
something, and then find something else better than it, I do that which is better and make expiation for
the dissolution of the oath.' "
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Hadith 6650
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ فِي حَلِفِهِ بِاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى. فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. وَمَنْ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ تَعَالَ أُقَامِرْكَ. فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears saying in his oath. 'By Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza,' should say, 'None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah; and whoever says to his friend, 'Come, let me gamble with
you,' should give something in charity."
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Hadith 6651
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اصْطَنَعَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُهُ، فَيَجْعَلُ فَصَّهُ فِي بَاطِنِ كَفِّهِ، فَصَنَعَ النَّاسُ خَوَاتِيمَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَنَزَعَهُ، فَقَالَ " إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَلْبَسُ هَذَا الْخَاتِمَ وَأَجْعَلُ فَصَّهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ ". فَرَمَى بِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَلْبَسُهُ أَبَدًا ". فَنَبَذَ النَّاسُ خَوَاتِيمَهُمْ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a gold ring made for himself, and he used to wear it with the stone towards the
inner part of his hand. Consequently, the people had similar rings made for themselves. Afterwards
the Prophet; sat on the pulpit and took it off, saying, "I used to wear this ring and keep its stone
towards the palm of my hand." He then threw it away and said, "By Allah, I will never wear it."
Therefore all the people threw away their rings as well.
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Hadith 6652
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ حَلَفَ بِغَيْرِ مِلَّةِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَهْوَ كَمَا قَالَ ـ قَالَ ـ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَىْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَلَعْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَقَتْلِهِ، وَمَنْ رَمَى مُؤْمِنًا بِكُفْرٍ فَهْوَ كَقَتْلِهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, is, as he says; and whoever
commits suicide with something, will be punished with the same thing in the (Hell) Fire; and cursing a
believer is like murdering him; and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is as if he had
killed him."
Narrated Abu Hurairah that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Allah decided to test three people from Bani Isra'il. So, He sent an angel who came first to the leper and said, '(I am a traveller) who has run short of all means of living, and I have nobody to help me except Allah, and then with your help.'" Abu Hurairah then mentioned the complete narration.
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Hadith 6654
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Al-Bara:
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِإِبْرَارِ الْمُقْسِمِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered us to help others to fulfill the oaths.
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Hadith 6655
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Usama:
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ، صلى الله عليه وسلم أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَسَعْدٌ وَأُبَىٌّ أَنَّ ابْنِي قَدِ احْتُضِرَ فَاشْهَدْنَا. فَأَرْسَلَ يَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ وَيَقُولُ " إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَمَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ عِنْدَهُ مُسَمًّى فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَتَحْتَسِبْ ". فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ تُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَقْعَدَهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ وَنَفْسُ الصَّبِيِّ تَقَعْقَعُ، فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ يَضَعُهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ ".
Once a daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a message to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while Usama, Sa`d, and my
father or Ubai were (sitting there) with him. She said, (in the message); My child is going to die;
please come to us." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned the messenger and told him to convey his greetings to
her, and say, "Whatever Allah takes, is for Him and whatever He gives is for Him, and everything
with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world): so she should be patient and hope for Allah's
reward." Then she again sent for him swearing that he should come; so The Prophet (ﷺ) got up, and so did
we. When he sat there (at the house of his daughter), the child was brought to him, and he took him
into his lap while the child's breath was disturbed in his chest. The eyes of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started
shedding tears. Sa`d said, "What is this, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This is the mercy
which Allah has lodged in the hearts of whoever He wants of His slaves, and verily Allah is merciful
only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others).'
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Hadith 6656
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ، تَمَسُّهُ النَّارُ، إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Any Muslim who has lost three of his children will not be touched by the Fire
except that which will render Allah's oath fulfilled."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor
humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the
fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person."
The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, "Who are the best people?" He replied: The people of my generation, and
then those who will follow (come after) them, and then those who will come after the later; after that
there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths and their oaths will go ahead of
their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "When we were young, our elder friends used to prohibit
us from taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness swearing by Allah, or by Allah's Covenant."'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears falsely in order to grab the property of a Muslim (or of his
brother), Allah will be angry with him when he meets Him." Allah then revealed in confirmation of
the above statement:--'Verily those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's Covenant and
their own oaths.' (3.77) Al-Ash'ath said, "This Verse was revealed regarding me and a companion of
mine when we had a dispute about a well."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Hell Fire will keep on saying: 'Are there anymore (people to come)?' Till the
Lord of Power and Honor will put His Foot over it and then it will say, 'Qat! Qat! (sufficient!
sufficient!) by Your Power and Honor. And its various sides will come close to each other (i.e., it will
contract). "
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Hadith 6662
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
حَدَّثَنَا الأُوَيْسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ، وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ، عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَبَرَّأَهَا اللَّهُ، وَكُلٌّ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ ـ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَعْذَرَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ، فَقَامَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ لَنَقْتُلَنَّهُ.
I heard `Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin
`Abdullah narrating from `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, the story about the liars who said what they
said about her and how Allah revealed her innocence afterwards. Each one of the above four narrators
narrated to me a portion of her narration. (It was said in it), "The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up, saying, 'Is there
anyone who can relieve me from `Abdullah bin Ubai?' On that, Usaid bin Hudair got up and said to
Sa`d bin 'Ubada, La`Amrullahi (By the Eternity of Allah), we will kill him!' "
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Hadith 6663
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها {لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ} قَالَ قَالَتْ أُنْزِلَتْ فِي قَوْلِهِ لاَ، وَاللَّهِ بَلَى وَاللَّهِ.
regarding: 'Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths...' (2.225)
This Verse was revealed concerning such oath formulas as: 'No, by Allah!' and 'Yes, by Allah!'
something against his oath due to forgetfulness should he make expiation?). And the Statement of
Allah: 'And there is no blame on you if you make a mistake therein.' (33.5) And Allah said:-- '(Moses
said to Khadir): Call me not to account for what I forgot.' (18.73)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah forgives my followers those (evil deeds) their souls may whisper or suggest
to them as long as they do not act (on it) or speak."
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr (i.e., 10th Dhul-Hijja-Day of
slaughtering the sacrifice), a man got up saying, "I thought, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), such-and-such a thing
was to be done before such-and-such a thing." Another man got up, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! As
regards these three (acts of Hajj), thought so-and-so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do, and there is no harm,"
concerning all those matters on that day. And so, on that day, whatever question he was asked, he
said, "Do it, do it, and there is no harm therein."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 658
Hadith 6666
Oaths and Vows - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم زُرْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ". قَالَ آخَرُ حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ". قَالَ آخَرُ ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ".
A man said to the Prophet (while he was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr), "I have performed
the Tawaf round the Ka`ba before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"There is no harm (therein)." Another man said, "I had my head shaved before slaughtering (the
sacrifice)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no harm." A third said, "I have slaughtered (the sacrifice)
before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no harm."
A man entered the mosque and started praying while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting somewhere in the
mosque. Then (after finishing the prayer) the man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said to him, "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. The man went back, and having prayed, he
came and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) after returning his greetings said, "Go back and pray, for
you did not pray." On the third time the man said, "(O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!) teach me (how to pray)." The
Prophet said, "When you get up for the prayer, perform the ablution properly and then face the Qibla
and say Takbir (Allahu Akbar), and then recite of what you know of the Qur'an, and then bow, and
remain in this state till you feel at rest in bowing, and then raise your head and stand straight; and then
prostrate till you feel at rest in prostration, and then sit up till you feel at rest while sitting; and then
prostrate again till you feel at rest in prostration; and then get up and stand straight, and do all this in
all your prayers."