Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib had a slave-girl who sold milk, the price of which was taken by Miqdam. Some people said, "Glory be to Allah! Do you sell milk and accept what is paid for it?" He replied that he did, and asked what harm there was in that, for he had heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "A time is certainly coming to mankind when only the dinar and the dirham will be of use."

Ahmad transmitted it.

When anything came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) whichcaused pleasure (or, by which he was made glad), he prostratedhimself in gratitude to Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone kills a man whomhe grants protection prematurely, Allah will forbid him to enterParadise.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: One of you should not say:I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night inthe whole of Ramadan. I do not know whether he disliked thepurification; or he (the narrator) said: He must have slept alittle and taken rest.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave a sermon during his hajj andsaid: Time has completed a cycle and assumed the form of the daywhen Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year containstwelve months of which four are sacred, three of themconsecutive, viz. Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram and alsoRajab of Mudar which comes between Jumadah and Sha'ban.

I came out with the Prophet (peace be upon him) to offer the dawnprayer. When he passed by a sleeping man he called him for prayeror moved him with his foot. The narrator Ziyad said: Thistradition has been reported to us by AbulFadl.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) offered the noon prayer in timeof danger. Some of the people formed a row behind him and othersarrayed themselves against the enemy. He led them in two rak'ahsand then he uttered the salutation. Then those who were with himwent away and took the position of their companions before theenemy. Then they came and prayed behind him. He led them in tworak'ahs and uttered the salutation. Thus the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) offered four rak'ahs and his companionsoffered two rak'ahs. Al-Hasan used to give legal verdict on theauthority of this tradition.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) began to lead (thepeople) in the dawn prayer. He then signalled with his hand:(Stay) at your places. (Then he entered his home). He thenreturned while drops of water were coming down from him (from hisbody) and he led them in prayer.

Uyaynah ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his fatherthat he attended the funeral of Uthman ibn Abul'As. He said: Wewere walking slowly. AbuBakrah then joined us and he raised hisflog at us and said: You have seen us when we were with theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). We were walking quickly.

Uyaynah also reported the aforementioned tradition (No. 3176)through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes: Weattended the funeral of AbdurRahman ibn Samurah and he said: He(AbuBakrah) made his mule run quickly and pointed with the flog.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There will be aperiod of commotion in which the one who lies down will be betterthan the one who sits, and the one who sits is better than theone who stands, and the one who stands is better than the one whowalks, and the one who walks is better than the one who runs (toit). He asked: What do you command me to do, Apostle of Allah? He replied: He who has camels should remain with his camels, hewho has sheep should remain with his sheep, and he who has landshould remain with his land. He asked: If anyone has more ofthese, (what should he do)? He replied: He should take hissword, strike its edge on a stone, and then escape if he can.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Some of my peoplewill alight on low-lying ground, which they will call al-Basrah,beside a river called Dajjal (the Tigris) over which there is abridge. Its people will be numerous and it will be one of thecapital cities of immigrants (or one of the capital cities ofMuslims, according to the version of Ibn Yahya who reported fromAbuMa'mar). At the end of time the descendants of Qantura' willcome with broad faces and small eyes and alight on the bank ofthe river. The town's inhabitants will then separate into threesections, one of which will follow cattle and (live in) thedesert and perish, another of which will seek security forthemselves and perish, but a third will put their children behindtheir backs and fight the invaders, and they will be the martyrs.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) had a woman stoned and a pit wasdug up to her breasts.

One day the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Which of you haddream? A man said: It is I. I saw as though a scale descendedfrom the sky. You and AbuBakr were weighed and you were heavier;AbuBakr and Umar were weighed and AbuBakr was heavier: Umar andUthman were weighed and Umar was heavier; than the scale wastaken up. we saw signs of dislike on the face of the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to al-Hasan ibnAli. This son of mine is a Sayyid (chief), and I hope Allah mayreconcile two parties of my community by means of him. Hammad'sversion has: And perhaps Allah may reconcile two large parties ofMuslims by means of him.

Sa'id ibn AbulHasan said: When AbuBakrah came to us to give someevidence, a man got up from his place, but he refused to sit init saying: The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade this, and theProphet (peace be upon him) forbade anyone to wipe his hand onthe garment of anyone whose clothing he had not himself provided.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There is no sin more fittedto have punishment meted out by Allah to its perpetrator inadvance in this world along with what He stores up for him in thenext world than oppression and serving ties of relationship.

AbdurRahman ibn AbuBakrah said that he told his father: O myfather! I hear you supplicating every morning: "O Allah! Grant mehealth in my body. O Allah! Grant me good hearing. O Allah! Grantme good eyesight. There is no god but Thou." You repeat themthree times in the morning and three times in the evening. Hesaid: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) usingthese words as a supplication and I like to follow his practice. The transmitter, Abbas, said in this version: And you say: "OAllah! I seek refuge in Thee from infidelity and poverty. OAllah! I seek refuge in Thee from punishment in the grave. Thereis no god but Thee". You repeat them three times in the morningand three times in the evening, and use them as a supplication. Ilike to follow his practice. He said: The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: The supplications to be used by one whois distressed are: "O Allah! Thy mercy is what I hope for. Do notabandon me to myself for an instant, but put all my affairs ingood order for me. There is no god but Thou." Some transmittersadded more than others.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) granted a concession for the traveller for three days and three nights and for the resident one day and one night for wiping over them after he had washed (his feet) and then put on socks.

Al-Athram transmitted it in his Sunan, Ibn Khuzaymah and Daraqutni also transmitted it, Al-Khattabi said: This chain of transmission is sound and the same is said in Al-Muntaqa.

AbuBakrah heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: One who dishonoured the ruler (and a just authority) is dishonoured by Allah.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

AbuBakrah heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Seek it (meaning Laylat al-Qadr), on the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, or on the last night."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Ziyad ibn Kusayb al-Adawi said: I was with AbuBakrah under Ibn Amir's pulpit when he was preaching and wearing thin garments. AbuBilal said, "Look at our governor wearing the garments of profligates." Thereupon AbuBakrah told him to be quiet, for he had heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "He who despises Allah's ruler on Earth will be despised by Allah."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There will soon beturmoil. Behold! There will be turmoil in which the one who isseated will be better than one who stands and the one who standswill be better than one who runs. Behold! When the turmoil comesor it appears, the one who has a camel should stay with hiscamel, he who has sheep or goats should stay with his sheep orgoats and he who has land should stay on the land. Someone said:Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him), what is your opinion of onewho has neither camel nor sheep nor land? Thereupon he said: Heshould take hold of his sword, sharpen its edge with the help ofa stone and then try to find a way of escape. O Allah, I haveconveyed (Thy Message); O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message). Someone said: Allah's Messenger, what is your opinion if I amdrawn to a rank in spite of myself, or one of the groups, andmade to march, and a man strikes me with his sword or there comesan arrow which kills me? Thereupon he said: He will bear thepunishment of his sin and that of yours and he will be one of thedenizens of Hell.

AbulWadi', Abbad ibn Nasib said: We fought one of our battle, andencamped at a certain place. One of our companions sold a horsefor a slave. After that they remained there for the rest of dayand night. When the next morning came, they prepared themselvesfor departure. The buyer of the horse began to saddle it, but theseller was ashamed (of the transaction). He went to the man(buyer) and asked him to annul the transaction. The man refusedto hand it over (the horse) to him. He said: AbuBarzah, thecompanion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), is to decidebetween me and you. They went to AbuBarzah in the corner of thearmy. They related this story to him. He said: Do you agree thatI make a decision between you on the basis of the decision of theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him)? The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Both parties in a business transactionhave an option (right) to annul it so long as they have notseparated. Hisham to Hassan said that Jamil said in his version:"I do not think that you separated."

AbdusSalam ibn AbuHazim AbuTalut said: I saw AbuBarzah who cameto visit Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad. Then a man named Muslim who wasthere in the company mentioned it to me. When Ubaydullah sawhim, he said: This Muhammad of yours is a dwarf and fat. The oldman (i.e. AbuBarzah) understood it. So he said: I did not thinkthat I should remain among people who would make me feel ashamedof the company of Muhammad (peace be upon him). ThereuponUbaydullah said: The company of Muhammad (peace be upon him) is ahonour for you, not a disgrace. He added: I called for you to askabout the reservoir. Did you hear the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) mentioning anything about it? AbuBarzah said: Yes, notonce, twice, thrice, four times or five times. If anyone believesit, may Allah not supply him with water from it. He then wentaway angrily.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who comforts a bereaved woman will be clothed with a striped garment in Paradise."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent a person to a tribeamongst the tribes of Arabia. They reviled him and beat him. Hecame to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and narrated to him(the story of atrocities perpetrated upon him by the people ofthe tribe). Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: If you were to cometo the people Uman, they would have neither reviled you norbeaten you.

I said: Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) teach me something sothat I may derive benefit from it. He said: Remove thetroublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A servant of Allah will remain standing on the Day of Judgment till he is questioned about his age and how he spent it; and about his knowledge and how he utilized it; about his wealth from where he acquired it and in what (activities) he spent it; and about his body as to how he used it.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) did not pray over Ma'izibn Malik, and he did not prohibit to pray over him.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) intended to get upfrom the assembly he used to say in the last. Glory be to Thee. OAllah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there isno god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee inrepentance. The man asked: Apostle of Allah! you utter the wordsnow which you did not do in the past? He replied: (This is an)atonement for what takes place in the assembly.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: O community of people, whobelieved by their tongue, and belief did not enter their hearts,do not back-bite Muslims, and do not search for their faults, forif anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for hisfault, and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone, Hedisgraces him in his house.

Sharik ibn Shihab said, "I wanted to meet one of the Prophet's companions to ask him about the Kharijites. Meeting AbuBarzah al-Aslami along with some of his companions on a festival day, I asked whether he had heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) mentioning the Kharijites. He replied that he had heard him with both his ears and seen him with his eyes. He said that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was brought some property and divided it, giving something to those on his right and those on his left, but giving nothing to those who were behind him. One of those behind him, a black man whose hair was completely cut off and who was wearing two white garments, then said, "You have not divided justly, Muhammad." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) became very angry and said, "I swear by Allah that after my death you will not find a man more just than I am." He added, "At the end of time people looking like this man will come forth, reciting the Qur'an, but it will not pass their throats. They will swerve from Islam as an arrow passes through the game at which is it shot, and their distinguishing mark will be shaving. They will continue to come forth till the last of them comes forth with the antichrist. When you meet them they will be the worst of men and beasts."

Nasa'i transmitted it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) led us in the Asrprayer at (the place known as) Mukhammas, and then said: Thisprayer was presented to those gone before you, but they lost it,and he who guards it has two rewards in store for him. And noprayer is valid after till the onlooker appears (by onlooker ismeant the evening star).

The Jews used to try to sneezes in the presence of the Prophet(peace be upon him) hoping that he would say to them: "Allah havemercy on you!" but he would say: May Allah guide you and grantyou well-being!

A slave-girl riding a dromedary and there was also the luggage ofpeople upon it, that she suddenly saw Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him) The way of the mountain was narrow and she said (tothat dromedary): Go ahead (but that dromedary) did not move). She(that slave-girl), out of anger, said: O Allah, let that(dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) said: Let the dromedary on which the curse has been invokednot proceed with us.

Ja'far ibn Jubayr said: I accompanied AbuBusrah al-Ghifari, aCompanion of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), in a boatproceeding from al-Fustat (Cairo) during Ramadan. He was lifted(to the boat), then his meal was brought to him. The narratorJa'far said in his version: He did not go beyond the houses (ofthe city) but he called for the dining sheet. He said (to me):Come near. I said: Do you not see the houses? AbuBusrah said: Doyou detest the sunnah (practice) of the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him)? The narrator Ja'far said in his version: He thenate (it).

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Allah, theExalted, has placed truth on Umar's tongue and he speaks it.

We fasted with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) duringRamadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at anytime during the month till seven nights remained; then he made usget up for prayer till a third of the night had passed. When thesixth remaining night came, he did not make us get up for prayer.When the fifth remaining night came, he made us stand in prayertill a half of the night had gone. So I said: Apostle of Allah,I wish you had led us in supererogatory prayers during the wholeof tonight. He said: When a man prays with an imam till he goeshe is reckoned as having spent a whole night in prayer. On thefourth remaining night he did not make us get up. When the thirdremaining night came, he gathered his family, his wives, and thepeople and prayed with us till we were afraid we should miss thefalah (success). I said: What is falah? He said: The mealbefore daybreak. Then he did not make us get up for prayer duringthe remainder of the month.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you gets up topray, he must not remove pebbles, for mercy is facing him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Most High,continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he isengaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (byturning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him.

The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (placefor prayer).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best things with whichgrey hair are changed are henna and katam.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: O AbuDharr. I replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Apostle of Allah. He then mentioned the tradition in which he said: What will youdo when there the death of the people (in Medina) and a housewill reach the value of a slave (that is, a grave will be soldfor a slave). I replied: Allah and His Apostle know best. Or hesaid: What Allah and His Apostle choose for me. He said: Youmust show endurance. Or he said; you may endure. He then said tome: What will you do, AbuDharr, when you see the Ahjar az-Zaytcovered with blood? I replied: What Allah and His Apostle choosefor me. He said: You must go to those who are like-minded. Iasked: Should I not take my sword and put it on my shoulder? Hereplied: you would then associate yourself with the people. Ithen asked: What do you order me to do? You must stay at home. I asked: (What should I do) if people enter my house and find me? He replied: If you are afraid the gleam of the sword may dazzleyou, put the end of your garment over your face in order that(the one who kills you) may bear the punishment of your sins andhis.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: O AbuDharr:I replied: At your service and at your pleasure, Apostle ofAllah! He said: how will you do when death smites people, and ahouse, meaning a grave, will cost as much as a slave. I said:Allah and His Apostle know best, or he said: What Allah and HisApostle choose for me. He said: Show endurance, or he said: Youmay show endurance.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best of the actions isto love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who separates from thecommunity within a span takes off the noose of Islam from hisneck.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to us: When one ofyou becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If theanger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.

If anyone says in the morning: "O Allah! whatever oath I take,whatever word I speak, and whatever vow I take, Thine willprecedes all that: whatever Thou willeth, occurs, and whateverThou dost not will, dost not occur. O Allah! pardon me anddisregard me for it. O Allah! whomsoever Thou sendest thineblessing, to him my blessing is due, and whomsoever thou cursest,to him my curse is due, " exemption from it will be granted tohim that day.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Feed those of your slaveswho please you from what you eat and clothe them with what youclothe yourselves, but sell those who do not please you and donot punish Allah's creatures.

Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Ka'b al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah whosaid that he asked AbuDharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask youabout a tradition of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). Hesaid: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Didthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) shake hands with youwhen you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shakinghands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home.When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to himand found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better andbetter.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) addressed me, saying: O AbuDharr!I replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Apostle of Allah!may I be ransom for thee.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: In the morning alms are duefrom every bone in man's fingers and toes. Salutation toeveryone he meets is alms; enjoining good is alms; forbiddingwhat is disreputable is alms; removing what is harmful from theroad is alms; having sexual intercourse with his wife is alms.The people asked: He fulfils his desire, Apostle of Allah; is italms? He replied: Tell me if he fulfilled his desire where he hadno right, would he commit a sin ? He then said: Two rak'ahs whichone prays in the forenoon serve instead of all that.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I see that which you do not. The Heaven cries (on account of the heavy load of the angels prostrating) and is justified in doing so. There is not a space equal to four fingers in it but is occupied by angels who are prostrating before Allah. By Allah, if you could know what I know, you would laugh little and weep much; you would not enjoy your wives in beds, and would rush into streets and jungles in search of Allah's refuge.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) went out in winter when the leaves were falling. He took hold of two twigs of a tree and said: That is a twig, the leaves of which have fallen. He said: AbuDharr! I said: Labbayk! O Allah's Messenger. He said: Verily, when a believing servant of Allah observes the prayer seeking, only His pleasure, his sins fall from him just as the leaves have fallen from the tree.

Transmitted by Ahmad.

AbuDharr said, after he had climbed up on the step of the Ka'bah: He who recognizes me, recognizes me; and he who does not know me then verily I am Jundub. I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying: There is no prayer after the dawn prayer till the sun rises, nor after the Asr prayer till the sun sets, except in Mecca, except in Mecca, except in Makkah.

Transmitted by Ahmad and Razin.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) observed qiyam (for the night prayer) till it was dawn (and he recited) this verse (again and again): `If Thou chastised them verily they are Thy servants, and if Thou forgivest them Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.' (5:121)

Transmitted by Nasa'i and Ibn Majah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you observe fast on three days in a month, then make them the days of the 13th, 14th and 15th nights of the moon.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) called him and laid a condition on him that he should not ask people for anything. When he agreed he said, "Not even for your whip when you drop it. You must dismount and pick it up yourself."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When you smile in your brother's face, or enjoin what is reputable, or forbid what is objectionable, or direct someone who has lost his way, or help a man who has bad eyesight, or remove stones, thorns and bones from the road, or pour water from your bucket into your brother's, it counts to you as "sadaqah".

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are three whom Allah loves and three whom Allah hates. Those whom Allah loves are a man who, when one came and begged from some people in Allah's name, not because of any relationship between him and them, and was refused by them, withdrew from them and gave him something secretly, no one knowing of the gift but Allah and the one who gave it; a man who travelled all night with people till sleep was more desirable to them than anything which could be compared with it, and when they laid down their heads he stood up and engaged in his devotions and recited verses of the Qur'an; and a man who was in a detachment which met the enemy and was routed, yet he went straight forward till he was killed or given victory. The three whom Allah hates are an old man who commits fornication, a poor man who is proud, and a rich man who is oppressive."

Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it but Nasa'i did not mention the three whom Allah hates.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No Muslim will contribute a pair from every class of property he possesses to be devoted to Allah's path without all the guards of Paradise meeting him and summoning him to receive what they have." AbuDharr asked him what the nature of that would be, and he replied, "If they are camels there will be two, and if they are cows there will be two."

Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When you fast three days in the month, AbuDharr, fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said that Allah the Most High says, "My servants, all of you are astray except him whom I have guided, but if you ask Me for guidance I will guide you. All of you are poor except him whom I have enriched, but if you ask of me I will give you provision; all of you are sinners except him whom I have preserved (from sin), but if any of you knows that I have power to pardon and ask my pardon I will pardon him, and I do not care. If the first and the last of you, the living and the dead among you, those of you who are fresh and those of you who are withered, all had hearts as pious as the heart of the most pious of My servants, that would not add as much as a gnat's wing to My dominion. If the first and last of you, the living and the dead among you, those of you who are fresh and those of you who are withered, had all hearts as wretched as the heart of the most wretched of My servants, that would not diminish as much as a gnat's wing from My dominion. If the first and last of you, the living and the dead among you, those of you who are fresh and those of you who are withered, were gathered in one plain, each one of you asking all he could hope for, and I were to grant the request of each of you who asked, that would cause no more diminution in My dominion than if one of you passed by the sea and, after dipping a needle in it, took it out, that being because I am Generous and Glorious, doing what I wish. My giving is speech and my punishment is speech. My command to a thing when I want it is just to say to it `Be' and it comes into being."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah Most High forgives His servant as long as the veil has not fallen." He was asked what the veil meant and replied, "That a soul should die while associating partners with Allah."

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Kitab al-Ba'th wan-Nushur.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone removes a curtain and looks into a house before receiving permission and sees anything in these which should not be seen, he has committed an offence which it is not lawful for him to commit. If a man confronted him when he looked in and put out his eye, I should not blame him. But if a man passes a door which has no curtain and is not shut and looks in, he has committed no sin, for the sin pertains only to the people inside."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him for six days, "Comprehend, AbuDharr, what will be said to you afterwards." Then when the seventh day came he said, "I counsel you to observe fear of Allah both secretly and openly; when you do wrong do a good deed; do not ask anyone for anything, even if your whip falls; do not accept a trust; and do not give a decision between two people."

Transmitted by Ahmad.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) came upon him when he was lying on his stomach, jerked him with his foot and said, "Jundub, only those who go to Hell lie like this."

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came out to us and said, "Do you know which action is dearest to Allah Most High?" When one man had suggested prayer and zakat, and another, jihad, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The action dearest to Allah Most High is love for Allah's sake and hatred for Allah's sake."

Ahmad transmitted it, and AbuDawud transmitted the second part.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him, "Fear Allah wherever you are; if you follow an evil deed with a good one you will obliterate it; and deal with people with a good disposition."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Darimi

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When one of you becomes angry while standing he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down."

Transmitted by Ahmad and Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him, "You are not better than people with red or black skins unless you excel them in piety."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He has been successful whose heart Allah has made sincere towards faith, whose heart He has made free from unbelief, his tongue truthful, his soul calm, his nature straight, whose ear He has made attentive and his eye observant. The ear is a funnel and the eye is a repository for what the heart learns. He is successful whose heart is made retentive."

Ahmad and Bayhaqi, is Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

My friend ordered me to observe seven things. He ordered me to love the poor and be near them; he ordered me to consider my inferior and not consider my superior; he ordered me to join ties of relationship even when relatives were at a distance; he ordered me not to ask anyone for anything; he ordered me to speak the truth even when it was bitter; he ordered me not to fear for Allah's sake reproach anyone may cast on me; and he ordered me to repeat often "There is no might and no power except in Allah," for these words were part of the treasure under the Throne.

Ahmad transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Abstinence regarding worldly things does not consist in treating as unlawful what is lawful or wasting property, but abstinence regarding worldly things means that you do not place more reliance in what you possess than you do in what Allah possesses, and that when you are afflicted you are most desirous that it should be made lasting for the sake of the reward which accrues from it."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition and that the tradition of Amr ibn Waqid the transmitter are rejected.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, he knew a verse which would suffice men if they would but apply it, "For him who fears Allah He will appoint a way out and He will give him provision from an unimagined source.'"

Ahmad, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

The truthful one whose word is believed told him that mankind would be assembled in three groups: one riding with food and clothing, one being dragged on their faces by the angels who would assemble them for Hell, and one walking and running. Allah would cast a calamity on riding-beasts so that none would remain, with the result that a man who had a garden would be ready to give it for a saddled she-camel, but would be unable to get one.

Nasa'i transmitted it.

While holding the door of the Ka'bah, AbuDharr told that he had heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say, "My family among you are like Noah's ark. He who sails in it will be safe, but he who holds back from it will perish."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger said, "The sky has not covered and the Earth has not carried anyone who speaks more truthfully or is more faithful in keeping his word than AbuDharr. He resembles Jesus, son of Mary," i.e. in asceticism.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: Three arethe (persons) with whom Allah would neither speak on the Day ofResurrection, nor would look at them nor would absolve them, andthere is a painful chastisement for them. The Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) repeated it three times. AbuDharr remarked:They failed and they lost; who are these persons, Messenger ofAllah? Upon this he (the Prophet) observed: They are: the draggerof lower garment, the recounter of obligation, the seller ofgoods by false oath.

I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) Did you seethy Lord? He said: He is a Light; how could I see Him?

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: I know the last of theinhabitants of Paradise to enter it and the last of theinhabitants of Hell to come out of it. He is a man who would bebrought on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said: Presenthis minor sins to him, and withhold from him his serious sins.Then the minor sins would be placed before him, and it would besaid: On such and such a day you did so and so and on such andsuch a day you did so and so. He would say: Yes. It will not bepossible for him to deny, while he would be afraid lest serioussins should be presented before him. It would be said to him: Inplace of every evil deed you will have good deed He will say: MyLord! I have done things I do not see here. I indeed saw theMessenger of Allah laugh till his front teeth were exposed.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When any one ofyou stands for prayer and there is a thing before him equal tothe back of the saddle that covers him and in case there is notbefore him (a thing) equal to the back of the saddle, his prayerwould be cut off by (passing of an) ass, woman, and black dog. Isaid: O AbuDharr, what feature is there in a black dog whichdistinguishes it from the red dog and the yellow dog? He said: Oson of my brother, I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) as you are asking me, and he said: The black dog is a devil.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The deeds of mypeople, good and bad, were presented before me, and I found theremoval of something objectionable from the road among their gooddeeds, and the sputum mucus left unburied in the mosque amongtheir evil deeds.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: How wouldyou act when you are under the rulers who would delay the prayerbeyond its prescribed time, or they would make prayer a deadthing as far as its proper time is concerned? I said: What do youcommand? He (the Prophet) said: Observe the prayer at its propertime, and if you can say it along with them do so, for it wouldbe a supererogatory prayer for you. Khalaf (One of the narratorsin the above hadith) has not mentioned: beyond their (prescribed)time".

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: In the morning charityis due from every bone in the body of every one of you. Everyutterance of Allah's glorification is an act of charity. Everyutterance of praise of Him is an act of charity, every utteranceof profession of His Oneness is an act of charity, everyutterance of profession of His Greatness is an act of charity,enjoining good is an act of charity, forbidding what isdisreputable is an act of charity, and two rak'ahs which oneprays in the forenoon will suffice.

Some of the people from among the companions of the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) said to him: Messenger of Allah, therich have taken away (all the) reward. They observe prayer as wedo, they keep the fasts as we keep them, and they give sadaqahfrom their surplus riches. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:Has Allah not prescribed for you (a course) by following whichyou can (also) do sadaqah? In every declaration of theglorification of Allah (i.e. saying SubhanAllah) there is asadaqah, every Takbir (i.e. saying AllahuAkbar) is a sadaqah,every praise of Him (saying Alhamdulillah) is a sadaqah, everydeclaration that He is One (La ilaha illallah) is sadaqah,enjoining of good is a sadaqah, forbidding of that which is evilis a Sadaqah, and in man's sexual intercourse (with his wife)there is a Sadaqah. They (the companions) said: Messenger ofAllah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual passionamong us? He said: Tell me, if he were to devote it to somethingforbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if hewere to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily there wouldarise from my Ummah after me or soon after me a group (of people)who would recite the Qur'an, but it would not go beyond theirthroats, and they would pass clean through their religion just asthe arrow passes through the prey, and they would never come backto it. They would be the worst among the creation and thecreatures. Ibn as-Samit (one of the narrators) said: I met Rafi'ibn Amr Ghifari, the brother of al-Hakam Ghifari and I said: Whatis this hadith that I heard from AbuDharr, i.e. so and so? andthen I narrated that hadith to him and said: I heard it from theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

Tamattu' in Hajj was a special (concession) for the Companions ofMuhammad (peace be upon him).

I said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah,will you not appoint me to a public office? He stroked myshoulder with his hand and said: AbuDharr, thou art weak andauthority is a trust, and on the Day of Judgment it is a cause ofhumiliation and repentance except for one who fulfils itsobligations and (properly) discharges the duties attendantthereon.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: AbuDharr, I findthat thou art weak and I like for thee what I like for myself. Donot rule over (even) two persons and do not manage the propertyof an orphan.

My friend (i.e. the Prophet) advised me to listen (to the man inposition of authority) and obey (him) even if he were a slavemaimed (and disabled).

AbuDharr said to Allah's Messenger: What about the vessels ofthat Cistern? He said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life ofMuhammad, the vessels would outnumber the stars in the sky andits planets shining on a dark cloudless night. These would be thevessels of Paradise. He who drinks out of it (the Cistern) wouldnever feel thirsty. There would flow in it two spouts fromParadise and he who would drink out of it would not feel thirsty;and the distance between its (two corners) is that between Ammanand Aylah, and its water is whiter than milk and sweeter thanhoney.

Abdullah ibn as-Samit reported that AbuDharr said: We set outfrom our tribe Ghifar who look upon the prohibited months aspermissible months. My brother Unays, our mother and I stayedwith our maternal uncle who treated us well. The men of histribe felt jealous and they said: When you are away from yourhouse, Unays commits adultery with your wife. Our maternal unclecame and he accused us of the sin about which he had beeninformed. I said: You have undone the good you did to us. Wecannot stay with you after this. We came to our camels and loaded(our) luggage. Our maternal uncle began to weep, covering himselfwith (a piece of) cloth. We proceeded until we encamped by theside of Mecca. Unays cast lot on the camels (we had) and an equalnumber (above that). They both went to a Kahin and he made Unayswin and Unays came with our camels and an equal number along withthem. He (AbuDharr) said: My nephew, I used to observe prayerthree years before my meeting with Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him). I said: To whom did you say your prayer? He said: ToAllah.I said: In which direction did you turn your face (forobserving prayer)? He said: I used to turn my face as Allah hasdirected me to turn my face. I used to observe the night prayertowards the end of night and I fell down in prostration like amantle until the sun rose over me. Unays said: I have work inMecca, so you had better stay here. Unays continued until he cameto Mecca and he came back to me late. I said: What did you do? He said: I met a person in Mecca who is of your religion and heclaims that verily it is Allah Who has sent him. I said: What dothe people say about him? He said: They say that he is a poet ora Kahin or magician. Unays who was himself one of the poets said:I have heard the words of a Kahin but his words in no wayresemble his (words). I also compared his words with the versesof poets but such words cannot be uttered by any poet. By Allah,he is truthful and they are liars. Then I said: You stay herewhile I go to see him. He said: I came to Mecca and I selected aninsignificant person from amongst them and said to him: Where ishe whom you call a Sabi? He pointed towards me, saying: He isSabi. Thereupon the people of the valley attacked me with sodsand bows until I fell down unconscious. I stood up afterregaining consciousness and I found that I resembled a red idol.I came to Zamzam, washed blood from myself and drank water fromit. Listen, O son of my brother, I stayed there for thirty nightsor days and there was no food for me but the water of Zamzam. AndI became so emaciated that there appeared wrinkles upon mystomach, yet I did not feel any hunger in my stomach. It wasduring this time that the people of Mecca slept during themoonlit night and there was none to circumambulate the Houseexcept two women who had been invoking the name of Isafa andNa'ilah (the two idols). They came to me while on their circuitand I said: Marry one to the other, but they did not dissuadefrom their invocation. They came to me and I said to them: Insertwood (in the idols' private parts). (I said this to them in suchplain words) as I could not express it in metaphorical terms.These women went away crying and saying: Had there been oneamongst our people (he would have taught a lesson to you for theobscene words used for our idols before us). These women metAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and AbuBakr who had alsobeen coming down the hill. He asked them: What has happened toyou? They said: It is Sabi, who has hidden himself between theKa'bah and its curtain. He said: What did he say to you? Theysaid: He uttered such words before us as we cannot express.Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came and he kissed theBlack Stone, circumambulated the House along with his companionand then observed prayer. AbuDharr said: When he had finished hisprayer, I was the first to greet him with the salutation of peaceand uttered (the words) in this way Allah's Messenger, may therebe peace upon you. Thereupon he said: May it be upon you too, andthe mercy of Allah. He then said: Who are you?I said: From thetribe of Ghifar. He praised his hand and placed his finger onhis forehead and I said to myself: Perhaps he does not like mybelonging to the tribe of Ghifar. I attempted to catch hold ofhis hand but his friend, who knew about him more than I,dissuaded me from doing so. He then lifted his head and said: Forhow long have you been here? I said: I have been here for thelast thirty nights or days. He said: Who has been feeding you? I said: There has been no food for me but the water of Zamzam. Ihave grown so emaciated that there are wrinkles upon my stomachand I do not feel any hunger. He said: It is blessed (water) andit also serves as food. Thereupon AbuBakr said: Allah'sMessenger, let me serve as a host to him for tonight. ThenAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) proceeded forth, so didAbuBakr, and I went with them. AbuBakr opened the door and thenhe brought for us the raisins of Ta'if and that was the firstfood which I ate there. Then I stayed as long as I had to stay. Ithen came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and he said: Ihave been shown the land abounding in trees and I think it mustbe that of Yathrib (that is the old name of Medina). You are apreacher to your people on my behalf. I hope Allah will benefitthem through you and He will reward you. I came to Unays and hesaid: What have you done? I said: What I have done is to embraceIslam and testify (to the prophethood of Allah's Messenger). Hesaid: I have no aversion for your religion and I also embraceIslam and testify (to the prophethood of Muhammad). Then both ofus came to our mother and she said: I have no aversion for yourreligion and I also embrace Islam and testify to the prophethoodof Muhammad. We then loaded our camels and came to our tribeGhifar and half of the tribe embraced Islam and their chief wasAyma' ibn Rahadah Ghifari and he was their leader and half of thetribe said: We will embrace Islam when Allah's Messenger (peacebe upon him) would come to Medina, and when Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him) came to Medina the remaining half alsoembraced Islam. Then the tribe Aslam came to the Holy Prophet(peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, we also embraceIslam like our brothers who have embraced Islam. And they alsoembraced Islam. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)said: Allah granted pardon to the tribe of Ghifar and Allah saved(from destruction) the tribe of Aslam.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Go to your people andsay that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) says: Ghifar(is a tribe) to whom Allah granted pardon, and Aslam (is thetribe to whom Allah granted safety.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: You would soonconquer a land where people are in the habit of using foullanguage. They have a right of kinship upon you. And when you seetwo persons fighting for the space of a brick, then get out ofthat. He (AbuDharr) then happened to pass by Rabi'ah andAbdurRahman, the two sons of Shurahbil ibn Hasana, and they hadbeen disputing for the space of a brick. So he left the land.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) stated that Allah, theExalted and Glorious, said: My servants, I have made oppressionunlawful for Me and unlawful for you, so do not commit oppressionagainst one another. My servants, all of you are liable to errexcept one whom I guide on the right path, so seek right guidancefrom Me so that I may direct you to the right path. O Myservants, all of you are hungry (need) except the one whom Ifeed, so beg food from Me, so that I may give it to you. O Myservants, all of you are naked (need clothes) except the one whomI provide with garments, so beg clothes from Me, so that I mayclothe you. O My servants, you commit error night and day and Iam there to pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I maygrant you pardon. O My servants, even if the first amongst you,the last amongst you, even if the whole of the human race, andthat of the Jinns, become (equally) God-conscious like the heartof a single person amongst you, nothing will add to My Power. OMy servants, even if the first amongst you, the last amongst you,the whole human race, and that of the Jinns too become in unisonthe most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a single person,it will cause no loss of My Power. O My servants, even if thefirst amongst you, the last amongst you, the whole human race,and that of Jinns also, all stand in one place and you ask Me andI confer upon every person what he asks for, it will not in anyway cause any loss to Me (even less) than that which is caused tothe ocean by dipping a needle in it. My servants, these deeds ofyours, which I am recording for you, I shall reward you for them.So he who finds good should praise Allah and he who does not findit should not blame anyone but himself. Sa'id said that whenAbuIdris Khawlani narrated this hadith he knelt down.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: AbuDharr, when youprepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present)to your neighbour.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said to me: Don't consideranything insignificant out of good things even if it is that youmeet your brother with a cheerful countenance.

It was said to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) What is youropinion about the person who has done good deeds and the peoplepraise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which hehas received in this mortal world).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: that Allah, the Exaltedand Glorious, stated: 'He who comes with goodness, there are instore for him ten like those and even more than those: 'And hewho comes with vice,' it is only for that that he is called toaccount. I even forgive him (as I like and he who draws close toMe by the span of a palm I draw close to him by the cubit, and hewho draws close to Me by the cubit I draw close to him by thespace (covered) by two hands, and he who walks towards Me I rushtowards him, and he who meets Me in the state that his sins fillthe earth, but not associating anything with Me, I would meet Himwith the same (vastness) of pardon (on My behalf)." This hadithhas been transmitted on the authority of Waki'.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) was asked as to which wordswere the best. He said: Those for which Allah made a choice forHis Angels and His servants (and the words are) "Hallowed beAllah and praise is due to Him."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to sit among hisCompanions. A stranger would come, but did recognise him (theProphet) until he asked (about him). So we asked the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) to make a place where he might take hisseat so that when a stranger came, he might recognise him. So webuilt a terrace of soil on which he would take his seat, and wewould sit beside him. He then mentioned something similar to thisHadith saying: A man came, and he described his appearance. Hesaluted from the side of the assembly, saying: Peace be upon you,Muhammad. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then responded to him.

The signet-ring of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was of ironpolished with silver. Sometimes it remained in my possession.Al-Mu'ayqib was in charge of the signet-ring of the Prophet(peace be upon him).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) gave him the following instruction, "A sufficient amount of property for you to gather is a servant and a mount in Allah's cause."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Mu'awiyah told that he went in to visit his maternal uncle, AbuHashim ibn Utbah, and that when AbuHashim wept he asked him what was making him weep, whether he was disturbed by a pain or by eagerness to stay in the world. He replied that that was not the reason, but that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) has given them an exhortation and he had not held to it. He asked what it was and he replied that he had heard him say, "A sufficient amount of property for you to gather is a servant and a mount in Allah's cause," whereas he saw that he had amassed goods.

Ahmad, Tirmidhi Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

AbuHazim came when the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) wasaddressing. He stood in the sun. He ordered him (to shift) and heshifted to the shade.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) got up for prayer, he faced towards the Qiblah and raised his hands and recited AllahuAkbar.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

I came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) with a cup ofmilk from Naqi which had no cover over it, whereupon he said: Whydid you not cover it? even if you had covered it only with astick. AbuHumayd said that he had been ordered that waterskins betied during the night, and the doors be closed during the night.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A fifth is payable onburied treasure.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not on my own that Igive you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting itwhere I have been commanded.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When an infant has raisedits voice (and then dies), it will be treated as an heir.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Allah hasappointed for everyone who has a right what is due to him, and nobequest must be made to an heir.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man or a woman acts inobedience to Allah for sixty years, then when they are about todie they cause injury by their will, so they must go to Hell.Then AbuHurayrah recited: "After a legacy which you bequeath or adebt, causing no injury...that will be the mighty success.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He said: He who sticks to aking is perverted. This version adds: The nearer a servant (ofAllah) goes to a king, the farther he keeps away from Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Faith preventedassassination. A believer should not assassinate.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When three are on ajourney, they should appoint one of them as their commander.Nafi' said: We said to AbuSalamah: You are our commander.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) proceeded onjourney, he would say: O Allah, Thou art the Companion in thejourney, and the One Who looks after the family; O Allah, I seekrefuge in Thee from the difficulty of travelling, finding harmwhen I return, and unhappiness in what I see coming to my familyand property. O Allah, make the length of his journey short forus, and the journey easy for us.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If one enters a horse withtwo others when he is not certain that it cannot be beaten, it isnot gambling; but when one enters a horse with two others when heis certain it cannot be beaten, it is gambling.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Wagers are allowed only forracing camels, or horses or shooting arrows.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to name a mare ahorse.

Amr ibn Uqaysh had given usurious loans in pre-Islamic period; sohe disliked to embrace Islam until he took them. He came on theday of Uhud and asked: Where are my cousins? They (the people)replied: At Uhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: AtUhud. He asked: Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He thenput on his coat of mail and rode his horse; he then proceededtowards them. When the Muslims saw him, they said: Keep away,Amir. He said: I have become a believer. He fought until he waswounded. He was then taken to his family wounded. Sa'd ibn Mu'adhcame to his sister: Ask him (whether he fought) out ofpartisanship, out of anger for them, or out of anger for Allah. He said: Out of anger of Allah and His Apostle. He then died andentered Paradise. He did not offer any prayer for Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Striving in the path ofAllah (jihad) is incumbent on you along with every ruler, whetherhe is pious or impious; the prayer is obligatory on you behindevery believer, pious or impious, even if he commits grave sins;the (funeral) prayer is incumbent upon every Muslim, pious andimpious, even if he commits major sins.

A man said: Apostle of Allah, a man wishes to take part in jihadin Allah's path desiring some worldly advantage? The Prophet(peace be upon him) said: He will have not reward. The peoplethought it terrible, and they said to the man: Go back to theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him), for you might not have madehim understand well. He, therefore, (went and again) asked:Apostle of Allah, a man wishes to take part in jihad in Allah'spath desiring some worldly advantage? He replied: There is noreward for him. They again said to the man: Return to the Apostleof Allah. He, therefore, said to him third time. He replied:There is no reward for him.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: What isevil in a man are alarming niggardliness and unrestrainedcowardice.

Ikrimah said: We were with AbuHurayrah in his house when henarrated to us: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)prohibited fasting on the day of Arafah at Arafah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone breaks his fastone day in Ramadan without a concession granted to him by Allah,a perpetual fast will not atone for it.

A man asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) whether one who wasfasting could embrace (his wife) and he gave him permission; butwhen another man came to him, and asked him, he forbade him. Theone to whom he gave permission was an old man and the one whom heforbade was a youth.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: if one has a sudden attackof vomiting while one is fasting, no atonement is required ofhim, but if he vomits intentionally he must make atonement.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Religion will continue toprevail as long as people hasten to break the fast, because theJews and the Christians delay doing so.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When any of you hears thesummons to prayer while he has a vessel in his hand, he shouldnot lay it down till he fulfils his need.

AbdulAziz ibn Muhammad said: Abbad ibn Kathir came to Medina andwent to the assembly of al-Ala'. He caught hold of his hand andmade him stand and said: O Allah, he narrates a tradition fromhis father on the authority of AbuHurayrah who reported theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: When the middleof Sha'ban comes, do not fast. Al-Ala' said: O Allah, my fathernarrated this tradition on the authority of AbuHurayrah from theProphet (peace be upon him)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The end of Ramadan is onthe day when you end it, and the 'Id (festival) of sacrifice ison the day when you sacrifice. The whole of Arafah is the placeof staying, and the whole of Mina is the place of sacrifice, andall the roads of Mecca are the place of sacrifice, and the wholeof Muzdalifah is the place of staying.

Hilal ibn Usamah quoted AbuMaymunah Salma, client of the peopleof Medina, as saying: While I was sitting with AbuHurayrah, aPersian woman came to him along with a son of hers. She had beendivorced by her husband and they both claimed him. She said:AbuHurayrah, speaking to him in Persian, my husband wishes totake my son away. AbuHurayrah said: Cast lots for him, saying itto her in a foreign language. Then her husband came and asked:Who is disputing with me about my son?AbuHurayrah said: OAllah, I do not say this, except that I heard a woman who came tothe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) while I was sitting withhim, and she said: My husband wishes to take away my son, Apostleof Allah, and he draws water for me from the well of AbuInabah,and he has been good to me. The Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: Cast lots for him. Her husband said: Who is disputingwith me about my son? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Thisis your father and this your mother, so take whichever of themyou wish by the hand. So he took his mother's hand and she wentaway with him.

AbuHurayrah heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) saywhen the verse about invoking curses came down: Any woman whobrings to her family one who does not belong to it has nothing todo with Allah (i.e. expects no mercy from Allah), and Allah willnot bring her into His Paradise. Allah, the Exalted, will veilHimself from any man who disowns his child when he looks at him,and disgrace him in the presence of all creatures, first andlast.

A bedouin came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and said: Mywife has given birth to a black son, and I disown him. He thennarrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Hammad ibn Zayd said: I asked Ayyub: Do you know anyone whonarrates the tradition narrated by Al-Hasan about uttering thewords (addressing wife). "Your matter is in your hand"? Hereplied: No, except something similar transmitted by Qatadah fromKathir, the client of Samurah, from AbuSalamah on the authorityof AbuHurayrah from the Prophet (peace be upon him). Ayyub said:Kathir then came to us; so I asked him (about this matter). Hereplied: I never narrated it. I mentioned it to Qatadah who said:Yes (he narrated it) but he forgot.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There are three thingswhich, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated asserious: Marriage, divorce and taking back a wife (after adivorce which is not final)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Anyone who inciter a womanagainst her husband or a slave against his master is not one ofus.

AbuNadrah reported: An old man of Tufawah said to me: I was aguest of AbuHurayrah at Medina. I did not find any one of thecompanions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) more devoted toworship and more hospitable than AbuHurayrah. One day I was withhim when he was sitting on his bed. He had a purse whichcontained pebbles or kernels. A black slave-girl of his wassitting below. Counting them he was glorifying Allah. When thepebbles or the kernels in the purse were finished, she gatheredthem and put them again in the purse, and gave it to him. Hesaid: Should I not tell you about me and about the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him)? I said: Yes. He said: Once when Iwas laid up with fever in the mosque, the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) came and entered the mosque, and said: Who saw theyouth of ad-Daws. He said this three times. A man said: Apostleof Allah, there he is, laid up with fever on one side of themosque. He moved, walking forward till he reached me. He placedhis hand on me. He had a kind talk with me, and I rose. He thenbegan to walk till he reached the place where he used to offerhis prayer. He paid his attention to the people. There were tworows of men and one row of women, or two rows of women and onerow of men (the narrator is doubtful).He then said: If Satanmakes me forget anything during the prayer, the men shouldglorify Allah, and the women should clap their hands. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) then prayed and he did not forgetanything during the prayer. He said: Be seated in your places,be seated in your places. The narrator, Musa, added the word"here". He then praised Allah and exalted Him, and said: Now toour topic. The agreed version begins: He then said: Is there anyman among you who approaches his wife, closes the door, covershimself with a curtain, and he is concealed with the curtain ofAllah?They replied: Yes. He said: later he sits and says: Idid so-and-so; I did so-and-so. The people kept silence. He thenturned to the women and said (to them): Is there any woman amongyou who narrates it? They kept silence. Then a girl fell on oneof her knees. The narrator, Mu'ammil, said in his version: abuxom girl. She raised her head before the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) so that he could see her and listen to her. She said: Apostle of Allah, they (the men) describe the secrets(of intercourse) and they (the women) also describe the secrets(of intercourse) to the people. He said: Do you know what thesimilitude is? He said: The likeness of this act is the likenessof a female Satan who meets the male Satan on the roadside; hefulfils his desire with her while the people are looking at him.Beware! The perfume of men is that whose smell becomes visibleand its colour does not appear. Beware! The perfume of women isthat whose colour becomes visible and whose smell is not obvious. AbuDawud said: From here I remembered this tradition fromMu'ammil and Musa: Beware! No man should lie with another man, nowoman should lie with another woman except with one's child orfather. He also mentioned a third which I have forgotten. Thishas been mentioned in the version of Musaddad, but I do notremember it as precisely as I like. The narrator, Musa, said:Hammad narrated this tradition from al-Jarir from AbuNadrah fromat-Tufawi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who has intercourse withhis wife through her anus is accursed.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When a man has two wivesand he is inclined to one of them, he will come on the Day ofresurrection with a side hanging down.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) congratulated a man on hismarriage, he said: May Allah bless for you, and may He bless onyou, and combine both of you in good (works).

AbuHind cupped the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the middle ofhis head. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Banu Bayadah,marry AbuHind (to your daughter), and ask him to marry (hisdaughter) to you. He said: The best thing by which you treatyourself is cupping.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: An orphan virgin girlshould be consulted about herself; if she says nothing thatindicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority ofthe guardian cannot be exercised against her will. The fullinformation rest with the tradition narrated by Yazid.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The adulterer who has beenflogged shall not marry save the one like him. AbuMa'mar said:Habib al-Mu'allim narrated (this tradition) to us on theauthority of Amr ibn Shu'ayb.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not make your housesgraves, and do not make my grave a place of festivity. But invokeblessings on me, for your blessings reach me wherever you may be.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If any one of you greetsme, Allah returns my soul to me and I respond to the greeting.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came an entered Mecca,and after the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had goneforward to the Stone, and touched it, he went round the House(the Ka'bah). He then went to as-Safa and mounted it so that hecould look at the House. Then he raised his hands began to makemention of Allah as much as he wished and make supplication. Thenarrator said: The Ansar were beneath him. The narrator Hashimsaid: He prayed and praised Allah and asked Him for what hewished to ask.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed a cow for hiswives who had performed umrah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who hides a stray camelshall pay a fine, and a like compensation with it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded to give sadaqah. A mansaid: Apostle of Allah, I have a dinar. He said: Spend it onyourself. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it onyour children. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend iton your wife. He again said: I have another. He said: Spend it onyour servant. He finally said: I have another. He replied: Youknow best (what to do with it).

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as sayingsomething similar to this tradition. He (the narrator) said toAbuHurayrah: What is due on camels? He replied: That you shouldgive the best of your camels (in the path of Allah), that youlend a milch she-camel, you lend your mount for riding, that youlend the stallion for covering, and that you give the milk (tothe people) for drinking.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said something similaras mentioned in the preceding tradition. This version adds: Butthe poor man (miskin) who abstains from begging from the peopleis one (according to the version of Musaddad who does not getenough so that he may not beg from the people, nor is his needknown to the people, so that alms be given to him. This is theone who has been deprived. Musaddad did not mention the words"one who avoids begging from the people."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No sadaqah is due on ahorse or a slave except that given at the breaking of the fast(at the end of Ramadan).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say: "O Allah, Iseek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does notprofit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has aninsatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say: "O Allah, Iseek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow;and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evilhidden trait."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to supplicate bysaying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from divisiveness,hypocrisy, and evil character."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say: "O Allah, I seekrefuge in Thee from poverty", lack and abasement, and I seekrefuge in Thee lest I cause or suffer wrong."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Three supplications areanswered, there being no doubt about them; that of a father, thatof a traveller and that of one who has been wronged.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone invokes blessingson me once, Allah will bless him ten times.

AbuDharr said: Prophet of Allah. The wealthy people have all therewards; they pray as we pray; they fast as we fast; and theyhave surplus wealth which they give in charity; but we have nowealth which we may give in charity. The Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) said: AbuDharr, should I not teach you phrases bywhich you acquire the rank of those who excel you? No one canacquire your rank except one who acts like you. He said: Whynot, Apostle of Allah?He said: Exalt Allah (say: Allah is MostGreat) after each prayer thirty-three times; and praise Him (say:Praise be to Allah) thirty-three times; and glorify Him (say:Glory be to Allah) thirty-three times, and end it by saying,"There is no god but Allah alone, there is no partner, to Himbelongs the Kingdom, to Him praise is due and He has power overeverything". His sins will be forgiven, even if they are like thefoam of the sea.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: May Allah show mercy to aman who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens his wifeand she prays; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face.May Allah show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night andprays, who wakens her husband and he prays; if he refuses shesprinkles water on his face.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A surah of the Qur'ancontaining thirty verses will intercede its reader till he willbe forgiven. That is: "Blessed is He in Whose Hand is thesovereignty" (Surah 67).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: May Allah have mercy on aman who gets up at night and prays, and awakens his wife; if sherefuses, he should sprinkle water on her face. May Allah havemercy on a woman who gets up at night and prays, and awakens herhusband; if he refuses, she would sprinkle water on his face.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If any of you prays tworak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side.Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of uswalks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According tothe version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. Thisstatement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrahexceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance atwhat he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showedcowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached AbuHurayrah. Hesaid: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot?

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not omit them (the tworak'ahs before the dawn prayer) even if you are driven away bythe horses.

We went out with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) toNajd. When we reached Dhat ar-Riqa at Nakhl (or in a valley withpalm trees) he met a group of the tribe of Ghatafan. The narratorthen reported the tradition to the same effect, but his versionis other than that of Haywah. He added to the words "when hebowed along with those who were with him and prostrated" thewords "when they stood up, they retraced their footsteps to therows of their companions". He did not mention the words "theirback was towards the qiblah".

Urwah ibn az-Zubayr reported that Marwan ibn al-Hakam askedAbuHurayrah: Did you pray in time of danger with the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him)? AbuHurayrah replied: Yes. Marwanthen asked: When? AbuHurayrah said: On the occasion of theBattle of Najd. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stood upto offer the afternoon prayer. One section stood with him (topray) and the other was standing before the enemy, and theirbacks were towards the qiblah. The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) uttered the takbir and all of them too uttered thetakbir, i.e. those who were with him and those who were facingthe enemy. Then the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) offeredone rak'ah and the section that was with him also prayed onerak'ah. He then prostrated himself and those who were with himalso prostrated, while the other section was standing before theenemy.The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) then stood upand the section with him also stood up. They went and faced theenemy and the section that was previously facing the enemystepped forward. They bowed and prostrated while the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) was standing in the same position. Thenthey stood up and the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon) prayedanother rak'ah and all of them bowed and prostrated along withhim. After that the section that was standing before the enemycame forward and they bowed and prostrated, while the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) remained seated and also those who werewith him. The salutation then followed. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) uttered the salutation and all of themuttered it together. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)prayed two rak'ahs and each of the two sections prayed one rak'ahwith him (and the other by themselves).

The rain fell on the day of 'Id (festival) , so the Prophet(peace be upon him) led them (the people) in the 'Id prayer inthe mosque.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two festivals ('Id andFriday) have synchronised on this day. If anyone does not want tooffer the Friday prayer, the 'Id prayer is sufficient for him.But we shall offer the Friday prayer.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The best day onwhich the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created, on ithe was expelled (from Paradise), on it his contrition wasaccepted, on it he died, and on it the Last Hour will take place.On Friday every beast is on the lookout from dawn to sunrise infear of the Last Hour, but not jinn and men, and it contains atime at which no Muslim prays and asks anything from Allah but Hewill give it to him. Ka'b said: That is one day every year. SoI said: It is on every Friday.Ka'b read the Torah and said: TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) has spoken the truth. AbuHurayrah said: I met Abdullah ibn Salam and told him of mymeeting with Ka'b. Abdullah ibn Salam said: I know what time itis. AbuHurayrah said: I asked him to tell me about it. Abdullahibn Salam said: It is at the very end of Friday. I asked: Howcan it be when the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) has said:"No Muslim finds it while he is praying...." and this is themoment when no prayer is offered. Abdullah ibn Salam said: Hasthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) not said: "If anyone isseated waiting for the prayer, he is engaged in the prayer untilhe observes it." I said: Yes, it is so.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) finished two rak'ahs of anobligatory prayer, a man asked him: Apostle of Allah, has theprayer been shortened, or have you forgotten? he replied: I didnot do all that. The people said: Apostle of Allah, you did that.Therefore, he offered another two rak'ahs or prayer and did notmake two prostrations due to forgetfulness.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Cannot any one of you(according to the version of the narrator AbdulWarith) stepforward or backward or at his right or left. The version ofHammad added: during prayer; that is, in supererogatory prayer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Shortening the salutationis sunnah (commendable).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Saying Tasbih applies tomen during prayer and clapping applies to women. Anyone who makesa sign during his prayer, a sign which is intelligible byimplication, should repeat it (i.e. his prayer). (AbuDawudcommented on the Hadith saying, this is a result of confusion.)

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) recited the verse"Not of those with whom Thou art angry, nor of those who goastray," he would say Amin so loudly that those near him in thefirst row would hear it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Kill the two black thingsduring prayer, the snake and scorpion.

The Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) complained tothe Prophet (peace be upon him) about the hardship when they kepttheir forearms far away from their sides while prostrating. Hesaid: Take help with the elbows (by spreading them on the groundand sticking them to the sides).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When one of yourecites "By the fig and the olive" (Surah 95) and comes to itsend "Is not Allah the best judge?" (verse 8), he should say:"Certainly, and I am one of those who testify to that." When onerecites "I swear by the Day of Resurrection" (Surah 75) and comesto "Is not that one able to raise the dead to life? (verse 40),he should say: "Certainly." And when one recites "By those thatare sent" (Surah 77), and comes to "Then in what message afterthat will they believe? " (Surah 50), he should say: "We believein Allah." The narrator Isma'il (ibn Umayyah) said: I beg torepeat (this tradition) before the Bedouin (who reported thistradition) so that I might see whether he (was mistaken). Hesaid: My nephew, do you think that I did not remember it? Iperformed sixty hajj (pilgrimages); there is no hajj but Irecognize the came on which I performed it.

Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad;so he came to Medina and met AbuHurayrah. He attributed hislineage to me and I became a member of his lineage. AbuHurayrahsaid (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? Isaid: Why not, may Allah have mercy on you? (Yunus (a narrator)said: I think he narrated it (the tradition) from the Prophet(peace be upon him):) The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day ofJudgment is prayer. Our Lord, the Exalted, will say to the angels- though He knows better: Look into the prayer of My servant andsee whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly. If it isperfect, that will be recorded perfect. If it is defective, Hewill say: See there are some optional prayers offered by Myservant. If there are optional prayer to his credit, He will say:Compensate the obligatory prayer by the optional prayer for Myservant. Then all the actions will be considered similarly.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: (Does) one of you kneeldown in his prayer as a camel kneels down (i.e. put his kneesbefore his hands).

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) finished a prayerin which he had recited (the Qur'an) loudly, he asked: Did any ofyou recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Apostleof Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me thatI have been contended with reciting the Qur'an. He said: When thepeople heard that from the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)they ceased reciting (the Qur'an) along with him at the prayersin which he recited aloud.

(The established way of folding hands is) to hold the hands bythe hands in prayer below the navel.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) began his prayer,he raised his hands extensively.

If I were in front of the Prophet (peace be upon him), I wouldsee his armpits. Ibn Mu'adh added that Lahiq said: Do you notsee, AbuHurayrah could not stand in front of the Prophet (peacebe upon him) while he was praying. Musa added: When he utteredthe takbir, he raised his hands.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) uttered the takbir(Allah is most great) for prayer (in the beginning), he raisedhis hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he bowed, he didlike that; and when he raised his head to prostrate, he did likethat; and when he got up at the end of two rak'ahs, he did likethat.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you prays, heshould put something in front of his face, and if he can findnothing , he should set up his staff; but if he has no staff, heshould draw a line; then what passes in front of him will notharm him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Have the imam in the centreand close up the gaps.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When any of you prays, heshould not place his sandals on his right side or on his left soas to be on the right side of someone else, unless no one is athis left, but should place them between his feet.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade trailinggarments during prayer and that a man should cover his mouth.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The imam is appointed onlyto be followed. This version adds: When he recites (the Qur'an),keep silent."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The imam is appointed onlyto be followed; when he says "Allah is most great," say "Allah ismost great" and do not say "Allah is most great" until he says"Allah is most great." When he bows; bow; and do not bow until hebows. And when he says "Allah listens to him who praise Him," say"O Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise." The version recordedby Muslim goes: "And to Thee be the praise: And when heprostrate; and do not prostrate until he prostrates. When heprays standing, pray standing, and when he prays sitting, all ofyou pray sitting.

Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from visiting themosques of Allah, but they may go out (to the mosque) having noperfumed themselves.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: whoever performs ablution,and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosqueand finds that the people had finished the prayer (incongregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayedin congregation and attended it; The reward of those who prayedin congregation will not be curtailed.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The further one is from themosque , the greater will be one's reward.

The imam is responsible and the mu'adhdhin is trusted, O Allah,guide the imams and forgive the mu'adhdhins.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The mu'adhdhin will receiveforgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches, and everymoist and dry place will testify on his behalf; and he whoattends (the congregation of) prayer will have twenty-fiveprayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sinscommitted between every two times of prayer.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There is sexualdefilement under every hair; so wash the hair and cleanse theskin.

The Prophet (my peace be upon him) washed the limbs in ablutiontwice.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The prayer of aperson who does not perform ablution is not valid, and theablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah (inthe beginning) is not valid.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not permissible for aman who believes in Allah and in the Last Day that he should saythe prayer while he is feeling the call of nature until hebecomes light (by relieving himself).

A man asked the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him): Messengerof Allah, we travel on the sea and take a small quantity of waterwith us. If we use this for ablution, we would suffer fromthirst. Can we perform ablution with sea water? The Messenger(peace be upon him) replied: Its water is pure and what dies init is lawful food.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: None amongst you shouldurinate in standing water, then wash in it after sexualdefilement.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The following verse wasrevealed in connection with the people of Quba': "In it are menwho love to be purified" (ix.108). He (AbuHurayrah) said: Theyused to cleanse themselves with water after easing. So the versewas revealed in connection with them.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone appliescollyrium, he should do it an odd number of times. If he does so,he has done well; but if not, there is no harm. If anyonecleanses himself with pebbles, he should use an odd number. If hedoes so, he has done well; but if not, there is no harm. Ifanyone eats, he should throw away what he removes with atoothpick and swallow what sticks to his tongue. If he does so,he has done well; if not, there is no harm. If anyone goes torelieve himself, he should conceal himself, and if all he can dois to collect a heap of send, he should sit with his back to it,for the devil makes sport with the posteriors of the children ofAdam. If he does so, he has done well; but if not, there is noharm.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who washes thedead should take a bath, and he who carries him should performablution.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A bier should not befollowed by a loud voice (of wailing) or fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone prays over thedead in the mosque, there is nothing on him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When you pray over thedead, make a sincere supplication for him.

Ali ibn Shammakh said: I was present with Marwan who askedAbuHurayrah: Did you hear how the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) used to pray over the dead? He said: Even with the wordsthat you said. (The narrator said: They exchanged hot wordsbetween them before that.) AbuHurayrah said: O Allah, Thou artits Lord. Thou didst create it, Thou didst guide it to Islam,Thou hast taken its spirit, and Thou knowest best its innernature and outer aspect. We have come as intercessors, so forgivehim.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed over a deadperson, he said: O Allah, forgive those of us who are living andthose of us who are dead, those of us who are present and thoseof us who are absent, our young and our old, our male and ourfemale. O Allah, to whomsoever of us Thou givest life grant himlife as a believer, and whomsoever of us Thou takest in deathtake him in death as a follower of Islam. O Allah, do notwithhold from us the reward (of faith) and do not lead us astrayafter his death.

People with a bier passed by the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim). They (the companions) spoke highly of him. He said:Paradise is certain for him. Then some people with another (bier)passed by him. They spoke very badly of him. He said: Hell iscertain for him. He then said: Some of you are witness to others.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not swear by yourfathers, or by your mothers, or by rivals to Allah; and swear byAllah only, and swear by Allah only when you are speaking thetruth.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) swore an oath, itwas: No, and I beg forgiveness of Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A time is certainly comingto mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain, and if hedoes not receive it, some of its vapour will reach him. Ibn Isasaid: Some of its dust will reach him.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to sell spoilsof war till they are appointed, and to sell palm trees till theyare safe from every blight, and a man praying without tying belt.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) having said: Allah, MostHigh, says: "I make a third with two partners as long as one ofthem does not cheat the other, but when he cheats him, I departfrom them."

A man came and said: Apostle of Allah, fix prices. He said: (No),but I shall pray. Again the man came and said: Apostle of Allah,fix prices. He said: It is but Allah Who makes the prices low andhigh. I hope that when I meet Allah, none of you has any claim onme for doing wrong regarding blood or property.

When AbuZur'ah made a business transaction with a man, he gavehim the right of option. He then would tell him: Give me theright of option (to annul the bargain). He said: I heardAbuHurayrah say: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said:Two people must separate only by mutual consent.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone rescinds a salewith a Muslim, Allah will cancel his slip, on the Day ofResurrection.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone makes twotransactions combined in one bargain, he should have the lesserof the two or it will involve usury.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The price paid for a dog,the price given to a soothsayer, and the hire paid to aprostitute are not lawful.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When land has been dividedand boundaries have been set up, there is no right of pre-emptionin it.

A similar tradition (to the No. 3513) has been transmitted byAbuHurayrah from the Prophet (peace be upon him). This versionhas: If he paid something from its price, then he will be equalto the creditors in the remaining price. If a man dies and he hasthe very property of a man (i.e. seller), he is equal to thecreditors whether he (the buyer) pays him (the price) or not.

Umar ibn Khaldah said: We came to AbuHurayrah who had becomeinsolvent. He said: I shall decide between you on the basis ofthe decision of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him): Ifanyone becomes insolvent or dies and the man (the seller) findshis very property with him, he is more entitled to it (thanothers).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Pay the deposit to him whodeposited it with you, and do not betray him who betrayed you.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I swear by Allah, I shallnot accept gift from anyone after this day except from animmigrant Qarashi, an Ansari a Dawsi or a Thaqafi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who has been appointed ajudge has been killed without a knife.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who has been appointed ajudge among the people has been killed without a knife.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone seeks the officeof judge among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevailsover his tyranny, he will go to Paradise; but the man whosetyranny prevails over his justice will go to Hell.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Conciliation betweenMuslims is permissible. The narrator Ahmad added in his version:"except the conciliation which makes lawful unlawful and unlawfullawful." Sulayman ibn Dawud added: The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) said: Muslims are on (i.e. stick to) their conditions.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The testimony of a nomadArab against a townsman is not allowable.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave a decision on the basis ofan oath and a single witness.

Two men disputed about some property and brought the case to theHoly Prophet (peace be upon him), but neither of them couldproduce any proof. So the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said:Cast lots about the oath whatever it may be, whether they like itor dislike it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you dispute over apathway, leave the margin of seven yards.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone is given a legaldecision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it.Sulayman al-Mahri added in his version: If anyone advises hisbrother, knowing that guidance lies in another direction, he hasdeceived him. These are the wordings of Sulayman.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who is asked somethinghe knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him onthe Day of Resurrection.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: relate traditions from thechildren of Isra'il; there is no harm.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone acquiresknowledge of things by which Allah's good pleasure is sought, butacquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will notexperience the arf, i.e. the odour, of Paradise.

I knew that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to keepfast. I waited for the day when he did not fast to present himthe drink (nabidh) which I made in a pumpkin. I then brought itto him while it fermented. He said: Throw it to this wall, forthis is a drink of the one who does not believe in Allah and theLast Day.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Hospitality extend forthree days, and what goes beyond that is sadaqah (charity).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When a mouse falls intoclarified butter, if it is sold, throw the mouse and what isaround it away, but if it is in a liquid state, do not go nearit. Al-Hasan said: AbdurRazzaq said: This tradition has beentransmitted by Ma'mar, from az-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibnAbdullah ibn Abbas, from Maymunah, from the Prophet (peace beupon him).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone spends the nightwith grease on his hand which he has not washed away, he canblame only himself if some trouble comes to him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best medical treatmentyou apply is cupping.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone has himselfcupped on the 17th, 19th and 21st it will be a remedy for everydisease.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited uncleanmedicine.

A man who was stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet(peace be upon him). He said: Had he said the word: "I seekrefuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what Hecreated, "he would not have been stung, or he said, "It would nothave harmed him."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone resorts to adiviner and believes in what he says (according) to the versionof Musa), or has intercourse with his wife (according to theagreed version) when she is menstruating, or has intercourse withhis wife through her anus, he has nothing to do with what hasbeen sent down to Muhammad (peace be upon him) - according to theversion of Musaddad.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There is no ghoul.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) heard a word, andhe liked it, he said: We took your omen from your mouth.

A man emancipated his share in a slave. The Prophet (peace beupon him) allowed his (full) emancipation, and required him topay the rest of his price.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The child of adultery isworst of the three.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man should not lie withanother man and a woman should not lie with another woman withoutcovering their private parts except a child or a father. He alsomentioned a third thing which I forgot.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade wearing clothesin two styles: that a man sits in a single garment with his handsround his knees and uncover his private parts towards heaven andthat he wears his garment while one of his sides is uncovered,and puts the garment on his shoulders.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah Most High says: Prideis my cloak and majesty is my lower garment, and I shall throwhim who view with me regarding one of them into Hell.

A man who was beautiful came to the Prophet (peace be upon him).He said: Apostle of Allah, I am a man who likes beauty, and Ihave been given some of it, as you see. And I do not like thatanyone excels me (in respect of beauty). Perhaps he said: "evento the extent of thong of my sandal (shirak na'li)", or he hesaid: "to the extent of strap of my sandal (shis'i na'li)". Is itpride? He replied: No, pride is disdaining what is true anddespising people.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) cursed the man whodressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When you put on (a garment)and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your rightside.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Gabriel (peace beupon him) came to me and said: I came to you last night and wasprevented from entering simply because there were images at thedoor, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in thehouse, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of theimage which is in the house to be cut off so that it resemblesthe form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made intotwo cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order thedog to be turned out. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)then did so. The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husayn and wasunder their couch. So he ordered it to be turned out.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who has hair shouldhonour it.

A woman met him and he found the odour of perfume in her. Herclothes were fluttering in the air. He said: O maid-servant ofthe Almighty, are you coming from the mosque? She replied: Yes.He said: For it did you use perfume? She replied: Yes. He said: Iheard my beloved AbulQasim (peace be upon him) say: The prayer ofa woman who uses perfume for this mosque is not accepted untilshe returns and takes a bath like that of sexual defilement(perfectly).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If a woman fumigatesherself with perfume, she must not attend the night prayer withus. Ibn Nufayl said: Isha' means night prayer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone wants to put aring of fire on one he loves, let him put a gold ring on him: ifanyone wants to put a necklace of fire on one he loves, let himput a gold necklace on him, and if anyone wants to put a braceletof fire on one he loves let him put a gold bracelet on him. Keepto silver and amuse yourselves with it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There will be civil strife(fitnah) which will render people deaf, dumb and blind regardingwhat is right. Those who contemplate it will be drawn by it, andgiving rein to the tongue during it will be like smiting with thesword.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah will raise for thiscommunity at the end of every hundred years the one who willrenovate its religion for it.

Salih ibn Dirham said: We went on the pilgrimage and met a manwho asked us: Is there a town near you called al-Ubullah? Wesaid: Yes. He said: Is there any of you who will undertake topray two or four rak'ahs on my behalf in the mosque ofal-Ashshar, stating "they are on behalf of AbuHurayrah"? He(AbuHurayrah) said: I heard my friend AbulQasim (peace be uponhim) say: On the Day of Resurrection Allah will raise martyrsfrom the mosque of al-Ashshar, who will be the only ones to risewith the martyrs of Badr.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There is no prophet betweenme and him, that is, Jesus (peace be upon him). He will descent(to the earth). When you see him, recognise him: a man of mediumheight, reddish fair, wearing two light yellow garments, lookingas if drops were falling down from his head though it will not bewet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He willbreak the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah. Allah willperish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the Antichristand will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die.The Muslims will pray over him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The Last Hour will not comebefore there come forth thirty Dajjals (fraudulents), everyonepresuming himself that he is an apostle of Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The Last Hour will not comebefore there come forth thirty liar Dajjals (fraudulents) lyingon Allah and His Apostle.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When a slave steals, sellhim, even though it be for half an uqiyah.

A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (peace be uponhim) and testified four times against himself that he had hadillicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet(peace be upon him) was turning away from him.Then when heconfessed a fifth time, he turned round and asked: Did you haveintercourse with her? He replied: Yes.He asked: Have you doneit so that your sexual organ penetrated hers? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it like a collyrium stick when enclosedin its case and a rope in a well? He replied: Yes. He asked: Doyou know what fornication is? He replied: Yes. I have done withher unlawfully what a man may lawfully do with his wife. He thenasked: What do you want from what you have said? He said: I wantyou to purify me. So he gave orders regarding him and he wasstoned to death. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) heard oneof his companions saying to another: Look at this man whose faultwas concealed by Allah but who would not leave the matter alone,so that he was stoned like a dog. He said nothing to them butwalked on for a time till he came to the corpse of an ass withits legs in the air. He asked: Where are so and so? They said:Here we are, Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)! He said: Godown and eat some of this ass's corpse. They replied: Apostle ofAllah! Who can eat any of this? He said: The dishonour you havejust shown to your brother is more serious than eating some ofit. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he is now among the riversof Paradise and plunging into them.

(This is Ma'mar's version which is more accurate.) A man and awoman of the Jews committed fornication. Some of them said tothe others: Let us go to this Prophet, for he has been sent withan easy law. If he gives a judgment lighter than stoning, weshall accept it, and argue about it with Allah, saying: It is ajudgment of one of your prophets. So they came to the Prophet(peace be upon him) who was sitting in the mosque among hiscompanions. They said: AbulQasim, what do you think about a manand a woman who committed fornication? He did not speak to them aword till he went to their school. He stood at the gate andsaid: I adjure you by Allah Who revealed the Torah to Moses, what(punishment) do you find in the Torah for a person who commitsfornication, if he is married?They said: He shall be blackenedwith charcoal, taken round a donkey among the people, andflogged. A young man among them kept silent. When the Prophet(peace be upon him) emphatically adjured him, he said: By Allah,since you have adjured us (we inform you that) we find stoning inthe Torah (is the punishment for fornication).The Prophet(peace be upon him) said: So when did you lessen the severity ofAllah's command? He said: A relative of one of our kings hadcommitted fornication, but his stoning was suspended. Then a manof a family of common people committed fornication. He was tohave been stoned, but his people intervened and said: Our manshall not be stoned until you bring your man and stone him. Sothey made a compromise on this punishment between them. TheProphet (peace be upon him) said: So I decide in accordance withwhat the Torah says. He then commanded regarding them and theywere stoned to death. Az-Zuhri said: We have been informed thatthis verse was revealed about them: "It was We Who revealed theLaw (to Moses): therein was guidance and light. By its standardhave been judged the Jews, by the Prophet who bowed (as in Islam)to Allah's will.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If he is intoxicated, floghim; again if he is intoxicated, flog him; again if he isintoxicated, flog him if he does it again a fourth time, killhim. AbuDawud said: And there is a similar tradition of Umar ibnAbuSalamah, from his father, on the authority of AbuHurayrah,from the Prophet (peace be upon him): If he drinks wine, flog himif he does it so again, a fourth time, kill him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you inflicts abeating, he should avoid striking the face.

A man was killed in the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be uponhim). The matter was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him).He entrusted him to the legal guardian of the slain. The slayersaid: Apostle of Allah, I swear by Allah, I did not intend tokill him. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to thelegal guardian: Now if he is true and you kill him, you willenter Hell-fire. So he let him go. His hands were tied with astrap. He came out pulling his strap. Hence he was called Dhuan-Nis'ah (possessor of strap).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave judgment that amale or a female slave, or a horse or a mule should be paid for amiscarriage.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No recompense is to bedemanded if one is kicked by an animal.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No recompense may bedemanded if the fire spreads.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The Jews were split up intoseventy-one or seventy-two sects; and the Christians were splitup into seventy one or seventy-two sects; and my community willbe split up into seventy-three sects.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Controverting about theQur'an is disbelief.

A man came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and said:I saw (in my dream) a piece of cloud from which ghee and honeywere dropping. I saw the people spreading their hands. Some ofthem took much and some a little. I also saw a rope hanging fromHeaven to Earth. I saw, Apostle of Allah, that you caught hold ofit and ascended by it. Then another man caught hold of it andascended it. Then another man caught hold of it and ascended it.Then another man caught hold of it, but it broke, and then it wasjoined and he ascended it. AbuBakr said: May my parents besacrificed for you, if you allow, I shall interpret it. He said:Interpret it. He said: The piece of cloud is the cloud of Islam;the ghee and honey that were dropping from it are the Qur'an,which contains softness and sweetness. Those who received much orlittle of it are those who learn much or little of the Qur'an.The rope hanging from Heaven to Earth is the truth which you arefollowing. You catch hold of it and then Allah will raise you toHim. Then another man will catch hold of it and ascend it, Thenanother man will catch hold of it and it will break. But it willbe joined and he will ascend it. Tell me. Apostle of Allah,whether I am right or wrong. He said: You are partly right andpartly wrong. He said: I adjure you by Allah, you should tell mewhere I am wrong. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do nottake an oath.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Gabriel came and taking meby the hand showed the gate of Paradise by which my people willenter. AbuBakr then said: Apostle of Allah! I wish I had beenwith you so that I might have looked at it. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) then said: You, AbuBakr, will be the first ofmy people to enter Paradise.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The most perfect believerin respect of faith is he who is best of them in manners.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When a man commitsfornication, faith departs from him and there is something like acanvas roof over his head; and when he quits that action, faithreturns to him.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: He thenmentioned a tradition like it. This version adds: When theypropound that, say: "Say Allah is one. Allah is He to Whom menrepair. He has not begotten and He has not been begotten, and noone is equal to Him." Then one should spit three times on hisleft side and seek refuge in Allah from Satan.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When Allah createdParadise, He said to Gabriel: Go and look at it. He went andlooked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might, no onewho hears of it will fail to enter it.He then surrounded itwith disagreeable things, and said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went and looked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thymight, I am afraid that no one will enter it. When Allah createdHell, He said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went and looked atit, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might, no one who hearsof it will enter it. He then surrounded it with desirable thingsand said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went, looked at it,then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might and power, I amafraid that no one will remain who does not enter it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to sit with us inmeetings and talk to us. When he stood up we also used to standup and see him entering the house of one of his wives. One day hetalked to us and we stood up as he stood up and we saw that anArabi (a nomadic Arab) caught hold of him and gave his cloak aviolent tug making his neck red. AbuHurayrah said: The cloak wascoarse. He turned to him and the Arabi said to him: Load thesetwo camels of mine, for you do not give me anything from yourproperty or from your father's property. The Prophet (peace beupon him) said to him: No, I ask Allah's forgiveness; no, I askAllah's forgiveness; no, I ask Allah's forgiveness. I shall notgive you the camel-load until you make amends for the way inwhich you tugged at me. Each time the Arabi said to him: I swearby Allah, I shall not do so. He then mentioned the rest of thetradition. He (the Prophet), then called a man and said to him:Load these two camels of his: one camel with barley and the otherwith dates. He then turned to us and said: Go on your way withthe blessing of Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who does not thank Allahdoes not thank people.

AbulQasim (peace be upon him) said: When one of you is in the sun(Shams)--Makhlad's version has "fay'"--and the shadow withdrawsfrom him so that he is partly in sun and partly in shade, heshould get up.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man follows the religionof his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes hisfriend.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Every important matterwhich is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Every sermon which does notcontain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: People who get up from anassembly in which they did not remember Allah will be just as ifthey had got up from an ass's corpse, and it will be a cause ofgrief to them.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone sits at a placewhere he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on himfrom Allah; and if he lies at a place where he does not rememberAllah, deprivation will descend on him from Allah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The gravest sin is going tolengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim's honour, and it isa major sin to abuse twice for abusing once.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: There weretwo men among Banu Isra'il, who were striving for the same goal.One of them would commit sin and the other would strive to do hisbest in the world. The man who exerted himself in worshipcontinued to see the other in sin. He would say: Refrain fromit. One day he found him in sin and said to him: Refrain from it. He said: Leave me alone with my Lord. Have you been sent as awatchman over me? He said: I swear by Allah, Allah will notforgive you, nor will he admit you to Paradise. Then their soulswere taken back (by Allah), and they met together with the Lordof the worlds.He (Allah) said to this man who had striven hardin worship; Had you knowledge about Me or had you power over thatwhich I had in My hand? He said to the man who sinned: Go andenter Paradise by My mercy. He said about the other: Take him toHell. AbuHurayrah said: By Him in Whose hand my soul is, hespoke a word by which this world and the next world of his weredestroyed.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Avoid envy, for envydevours good deeds just as fire devours fuel or (he said)"grass."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not allowable for abeliever to keep from a believer for more than three days. Ifthree days pass, he should meet him and give him a salutation,and if he replies to it they will both have shared in the reward;but if he does not reply he will bear his sin (according toAhmad's version) and the one who gives the salutation will havecome forth from the sin of keeping apart.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not allowable for aMuslim to keep apart from his brother for more than three days,for one who does so and dies will enter Hell.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The believer is thebeliever's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother whoguards him against loss and protects him when he is absent.

A hermaphrodite (mukhannath) who had dyed his hands and feet withhenna was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He asked:What is the matter with this man? He was told: Apostle of Allah!he affects women's get-up. So he ordered regarding him and he wasbanished to an-Naqi'. The people said: Apostle of Allah! shouldwe not kill him? He said: I have been prohibited from killingpeople who pray. AbuUsamah said: Naqi' is a region near Medinaand not a Baqi'.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) saw a man pursuing apigeon. He said: A devil is pursuing a female devil.

I heard AbulQasim (peace be upon him) who spoke the truth andwhose word was verified say: Mercy is taken away only from himwho is miserable.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: None of you must say: "Myslave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must notsay: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) shouldsay: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and aslave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress"(sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's slave and the Lord isAllah, Most High.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When you hear....(Musa'sversion has): When a man says people have perished, he is the onewho has suffered that fate most.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is enough falsehood fora man to relate everything he hears.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: To harbour good thoughts isa part of well-conducted worship. (This is according to Nasr'sversion).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: On the Day of resurrectionAllah will not accept repentance or ransom from him who learnsexcellence of speech to captivate thereby the hearts of men, orof people.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) finished the dawnprayer, he would ask: Did any of you have a dream last night? Andhe said: All that is left of Prophecy after me is a good vision.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sneezed, he placedhis hand or a garment on his mouth, and lessened the noise. Thetransmitter Yahya is doubtful about the exact words khafada orghadda (lessened).

Respond three times to your brother when he sneezes, and if hesneezes more often, he has a cold in his head.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone lies on his sidewhere he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on himon the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone sits in a place wherehe does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him onthe Day of Resurrection.

AbuBakr as-Siddiq said: Apostle of Allah! command me something tosay in the morning and in the evening. He said: Say "O Allah,Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who knowest the unseen andthe seen, Lord and Possessor of everything. I testify that thereis no god but Thee; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil withinmyself, from the evil of the devil, and his (incitement to)attributing partners (to Allah)." He said: Say this in themorning.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say in the morning: "OAllah, by Thee we come to the morning, by Thee we come to theevening, by Thee are we resurrected." In the evening he wouldsay: "O Allah, by Thee we come to the evening, by Thee we die,and to Thee are we resurrected."

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: The windcomes from Allah's mercy. Salamah's version has: It is Allah'smercy; it (sometimes) brings blessing and (sometimes) bringspunishment. So when you see it, do not revile it, but ask Allahfor some of its good, and seek refuge in Allah from its evil.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah, Most High, hasremoved from you the pride of the pre-Islamic period and itsboasting in ancestors. One is only a pious believer or amiserable sinner. You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust.Let the people cease to boast about their ancestors. They aremerely fuel in Jahannam; or they will certainly be of lessaccount with Allah than the beetle which rolls dung with itsnose.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who is consulted istrustworthy.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone corrupts(instigates) the wife of a man or his slave (against him), he isnot from us.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone peeps into thehouse of a people without their permission and he knocks out hiseye, no responsibility is incurred for his eye.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one has a look intothe house, then there is no (need of) permission.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man's messenger sent toanother indicates his permission to enter.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you is invitedto take meals and comes along with the messenger, that serves aspermission for him to enter.

When one of you meets his brother, he should salute him, then ifhe meets him again after a tree, wall or stone has come betweenthem, he should also salute him.

Suhayl ibn AbuSalih said: I went out with my father to Syria. Thepeople passed by the cloisters in which there were Christians andbegan to salute them. My father said: Do not give them salutationfirst, for AbuHurayrah reported the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) as saying: Do not salute them (Jews and Christians)first, and when you meet them on the road, force them to go tothe narrowest part of it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you comes to anassembly, he should give a salutation and if he feels inclined toget up, he should give a salutation, for the former is not moreof a duty than the latter.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man never did a good deedbut removed a thorny branch from the road; it was either in thetree and someone cut it and threw it on the road, or it was lyingin it, he removed it. Allah accepted this good deed of his andbrought him into Paradise.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: We have not made peace withthem since we fought with them, so he who leaves any of themalone through fear does not belong to us.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone kills a geckowith the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will berecorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such andsuch number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than theformer; and if he kills it with the third blow, such and suchnumber of good deeds will be recorded for him, less than theformer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: For the first blow seventygood deeds will be recorded.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe and a believer is one in whom people place their trust in regard to their life and wealth.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Nasa'i.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A Muslim male or female, remains subject to trials (in this world) in respect of self, children and property till he or she faces Allah, the Exalted, (on the Day of Judgment) in a state in which all his or her sins have been remitted.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is part of the excellence of a person's Islam that he should discard that which is of no benefit to him either in this world or the Hereafter.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: `Lose no time to do good work before you are caught up by one of the seven calamities.' Then by way of warning he recounted,`A starvation which may impair your wisdom, or a prosperity which may mislead you, or an ailment which may damage your health, or an old age which may harm your senses, or a sudden death or the appearance of Dajjal (Antichrist). All these are bad events which may be awaited; or the Doomsday, but this day is indeed very hard and bitter.'

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came to us as we had been arguing with each other about the Divine Decree (al-Qadr). He was so annoyed that his face became as red as if there had been squeezed on his cheeks the flesh of pomegranates. He said: Is this what you have been commanded to do, is this with which I have been sent to you? Those who had gone before you were destroyed as they disputed about it. I adjure you, I adjure you not to fall into argumentation in regard to it.

Tirmidhi transmitted it. Ibn Majah transmitted something similar from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As in Kitab al-Qadr No. 0085.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When Allah created Adam, He touched his back, and there fell from his back every soul that He would create from his offspring till the Day of Resurrection and He created between the two eyes of every person a gleam of light. Then He presented them to Adam who said: My Lord who are they? He (the Lord) said: They are your offspring. He (Adam) saw a person from amongst them and he felt attracted towards him and the sparkle of light between his two eyes. He said: My Lord, who is he? (The Lord) said: It is David. He (Adam) said: My Lord, what span of life have you allotted to him? He replied: Sixty years. He said: My Lord, enhance his age from my age (to the extent of forty years). Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When Adam completed his age life-span with only forty years remaining, there came to him the angel of death. Thereupon Adam said: Are there not forty years left in my life-span? The angel said: Did you not confer your son (forty years). Adam denied it and so did his offspring. Adam forgot and ate (the fruit) of the tree and so his offspring also forgot and he (Adam) committed an error and so did his offspring commit an error.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When the dead body (of a Muslim) is buried in the grave there appear before him two Angels, both having black faces and blue eyes. One is called Munkar and the other is called Nakir and they say: Say what you have to say about this person and he will say: He is the servant of Allah and His Messenger. I bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger and they both will say: We already knew that you would say this. Then his grave will be expanded to the extent of 4900 square cubic feet and it will be illuminated, then it will be said to him: Go to sleep and he will say: I intend to go to my family in order to inform them and they would say: Go to sleep like the sleep of a newly wedded bride whom no one awakens but one who is dearest to her amongst his family members. Only Allah would resurrect him from his resting place. If he (the dead) were a hypocrite he will say: I heard people making a statement (pertaining to the oneness of Allah and the apostlehood of Muhammad) and I said the same but I do not know. And they would say: We already knew that you would say this and the earth will be told to press him and it will press him till his ribs are clasped together and he will not be relieved of the torment till Allah resurrects him from his resting-place.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When the dead body is buried in the grave the person is made to sit in his grave without entertaining any fear or agitation in his mind then it is said (to him): Which (religion) did you profess. He would say: I had been (the follower) of Islam. It would be said to him: Who is this man? He would say: He is Muhammad (Messenger of Allah) who came to us with clear signs from Allah. We testified him. It would be said to him: Have you seen Allah. He would say: It is not (within the reach of men) to see Allah. Then an opening would be made for him towards the Hell Fire and he would see parts of it consuming other parts. It would be said to him: Look towards that from which Allah saved you. Then an opening would be made for him towards the Paradise and he would cast a glance at its freshness and what it contains. It would be said to him. This is your abode, because of your firm faith which you had, on which you died and your would be resurrected (in the same condition) if Allah so wills. The evil person would be made to sit in the grave in fear and anxiety. It would be said to him: What was your religion? He would say: I do not know. It would be said to him: Who is this person? He would say: I heard people saying something which I said. Then opening would be made for him towards Paradise and he would see its freshness and what it contains. It would be said to him: Cast a glance at that which Allah has withheld from thee. Then an opening would be made towards the Hell Fire and he would look at it (and find) some parts of it consuming the other. It would be said to him: That is your abode because of your scepticism which you had and on which you died and if Allah, Exalted, so wills you will be resurrected on it.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: (You are living) in an age that when he who abandons even one-tenth of that which he is prescribed, courts destruction. After this there will come a time when he who observes one-tenth of what is now prescribed will be saved.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, The word of wisdom is the lost property of a wise man so he has a better right to it (than any one else) wherever he finds it.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah. Tirmidhi said: This is a gharib tradition and Ibrahim ibn Al-Fadl, the transmitter, is declared to be weak.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: There are two qualities which can never coexist in a hypocrite: good conduct and comprehension of religion.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Learn the obligatory acts and the Qur'an and teach them to the people, for I am a mortal.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The time is near when people will urge their camels in search of knowledge and they will find no one more learned than the scholar of Medina.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily what a believer continues to receive (in the form of reward) for his action and his virtues after his death is the knowledge which he acquired and then disseminated, the pious son that he left behind him, or a copy of the Qur'an which he left as a legacy, or the mosques that he had built, or the inn that he had built for the wayfarers, or the canal that he caused to flow, or a sadaqah which he gave out of his property in the state when he was healthy and alive. (These are the acts of goodness the reward of which) reaches him even after his death.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah, Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The most perfect Muslim in the matter of faith is one who has excellent behaviour; and the best among you are those who behave best towards their wives.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi saying this is hasan sahih tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The knowledge from which no benefit is derived is like a treasure out of which nothing is spent in the cause of Allah.

Transmitted by Ahmad and Darimi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Had it been permissible that a person may prostrate himself before another, I would have ordered that a wife should prostrate herself before her husband.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: No ablution is necessary except in the case of sound (of wind) or (the foul smell of) wind.

Transmitted by Ahmad, Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, If anyone touches his sexual organ without there being anything between it and that (hand) then he should perform ablution.

Transmitted by Shafi'i and Daraqutni.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: I am to you as a father is to his son. So I teach you that whenever you go to the desert (for relieving yourselves) don't face Qiblah and don't turn your back towards it. (The Prophet) commanded the use of three sods for (cleansing) the private parts, he forbade the use of dung or the bones and he forbade that a person should clean himself with his right hand.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah and Darimi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Gabriel came to me and said: When you perform ablution sprinkle water over yourself.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and he said: This is a gharib tradition and I heard Muhammad (i.e. Bukhari) as saying: The tradition of Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Hashimi, the transmitter, are Munkar.

The Prophet recited the verse: 'That day she (Earth) will relate her chronicles...' (99:4) and enquired: Do you know what is its news? His companions submitted: Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) know better. He said: Its news is that it shall testify against every man and woman relating to that which he or she did on Earth. It will say that he or she did this and this on such and such day. This will be its news.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The one who is afraid of his enemy sets out in the early part of the night; and the one who sets out early arrives at his destination. Beware that the property of Allah is precious! Beware the belongings of Allah are precious. Be informed that the assets of Allah are Paradise.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The person, who sheds tears on account of fear of Allah, will not go to Hell till the milk returns into the breasts (that is, it is impossible) and the dust produced in Jihad (that is fighting and struggling in the cause of Allah) and the smoke of Hell will never exist together, (this means that such a God-fearing person shall go to Paradise).

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: This world is cursed and so are all the things in it except the remembrance of Allah and that which He likes, and the scholars and the students.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

A person asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him): Allah's Messenger, we sail on the sea and carry with us a small quantity of water, so if we perform ablution with it, we should feel thirsty. Can we then perform ablution with sea water? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Its water is pure and even that which dies a natural death in it is also lawful (is permitted to eat).

Transmitted by Malik, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Darimi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The poor people will enter Paradise five hundred years earlier than the rich.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who washes the dead body, should take a bath.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, He who comes to a menstruating woman, or to a woman from her backside (for sexual intercourse), or to a kahin (soothsayer), he disbelieved that which was revealed to Muhammad.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi. In Ibn Majah and Darimi's version it says: ...Kahin, believing what he says, he committed Kufr.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If it were not burdensome for my Ummah I should have commanded (its members) to defer the night prayer to the third part of the night or to the midnight.

Transmitted by Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about the things which would enable most people to enter Paradise. He answered: Being careful about one's obligations to Allah, and good behaviour. Thereafter, he was asked: What are those things which will lead a person into Hell? He answered: His mouth and genitals.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Among the Muslims the most perfect, as regards his faith, is the one whose character is excellent, and the best among you are those who treat their wives well.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said concerning Allah's words: Surely the recital of the Qur'an at dawn is witnessed, the angels of the night and the angels of the day are present at it.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

We were with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) when Bilal got up to announce the Adhan and as he fell silent (having finished that) Allah's Messenger said: He who utters the (words) like these with conviction, will enter Paradise.

Transmitted by Nasa'i.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, The Qiblah is between the East and the West.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: As you happen to pass by the `gardens of Paradise', relish their fruits. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what are the gardens of Paradise. He said: Mosques. It was again said: Allah's Messenger, what is meant by relishing fruits? Thereupon he said (reciting): Hallowed is Allah; all praise is due to Allah; there is no god but Allah; Allah is the Greatest.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib hadith.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, When you see someone entering into transactions in the mosque you should say: May your transaction not prove to be profitable. And when you see anyone calling out in it about something lost, you should say: May Allah not restore it to you.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Darimi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Observe prayer in the folds of the sheep but not in the folds of the camels.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying: He who comes to this mosque of mine and he comes only to learn or teach a khayr (good, i.e. the Qur'an and the Sunnah), his status is like that of one who strives in the cause of Allah. He who comes for any other motive, his status is like that of a person who covets the property of another.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If one of you were to know (what great harm there is for him) for moving in front of his brother in prayer, he would prefer waiting for one hundred years to taking a step (in that direction).

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) led us in the zuhr (noon) prayer, and there was in the last row a person who did not observe the prayer perfectly. When the prayer was concluded, Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) called him and said: O so and so, don't you fear Allah? Don't you see how you observe the prayer? You are under the impression that what you do is hidden from me. By Allah, I see behind me as I see in front of me.

Transmitted by Ahmad..

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If a person joins a company in which fruitless talking takes place and if that person before leaving the gathering prays, "O Allah! Holy art Thou, and all praise is for Thee; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thyself; I ask for Thy forgiveness and turn to Thee". Such a person is forgiven for his participation in such a company.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A gathering in which there is no mention of Allah, the Exalted and High, nor any invoking of blessings (salat) for their Prophet (peace be upon him) will be afflicted with remorse. If Allah wills He might punish them and if He wills He might forgive them.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Sulayman ibn Yasar said: AbuHurayrah said: Never did I observe the prayer behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled the prayer of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) than so and so. Sulayman said: I observed the prayer behind him: he prolonged the first two rak'ahs of the Zuhr and shortened the last two; he shortened (the rak'ahs of) the afternoon prayer, and he recited in the sunset prayer the short surahs from al-Mufassal; he recited the medium surahs from al-Mufassal in the night prayer and the long ones from al-Mufassal in the dawn prayer.

Transmitted by Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it up to: He shortened the afternoon prayer.

A man was testifying (to the Oneness of Allah) during supplication (in tashahhud) with his two fingers. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him: With one, with one.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Bayhaqi in Ad-da'awat al-Kabir.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Let there be smeared with dust the nose of the person in whose presence I am mentioned, and he does not invoke blessing upon me. And let the nose of that person be smeared with dust who has the opportunity to see the month of Ramadan and it comes to an end without his securing pardon for himself. And let the nose of the person be smeared with dust who finds alive his aged parents, both of them or one of them, and through them (by serving them) he does not enter Paradise.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The soul of a deceased believer is held back on account of his debt till the debt is discharged.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

A person said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah, I intend to proceed on a journey; will you advise me? He told him: Adhere to righteousness, and whenever you climb a hill proclaim: `Allah is Great.' When the man turned to go, the Prophet (peace be upon him) supplicated: Allah, shorten up the distance for him and make his journey easy for him.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, Yawning in prayer is an act of Shaytan, so when one of you yawns he should restrain it as much as possible. In another version it the word are: He should place his hand upon his mouth.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) set out for prayer and as he recited AllahuAkbar, he suspended the prayer and going back made a gesture to them (the followers in prayer) to remain where they had been. He then left (the mosque), took a bath, then came back and the water was dripping from his head. He led them in prayer. As he concluded the prayer, he said: I was a junub and I forgot to take a bath.

Transmitted by Ahmad.

I heard my beloved friend AbulQasim saying: The prayer of a woman who has perfumed herself (to go) to the mosque is not accepted until she has bathed herself (as is done in case of janabah (after sexual intercourse).

Transmitted by AbuDawud and Ahmad and Nasa'i transmitted something similar.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Were it not for the fact that there are women and children at home, I should have stood up to observe the night prayer (in congregation) and should have commanded my young men to set fire to the one who are at home (whereas one is able to join the congregational prayer).

Transmitted by Ahmad.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) commanded us: If you are in the mosque when the Adhan is announced for prayer, none of you should go out till he has observed the prayer.

Transmitted by Ahmad.

A man came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and said: So and so observes the prayer at night and when it is morning he commits theft. Whereupon he remarked: (If it is correct) what you state that would soon restrain him (from doing so).

Transmitted by Ahmad, Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, says: Of My servants I love most those who are foremost in breaking their fasts.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man's deeds are reported on Mondays and Thursdays and I prefer that I should be observing the fast when my deeds are reported.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

A companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him) came upon a valley in which there was a spring of sweet water which pleased him greatly. He reflected: I wish I could withdraw from people and settle in this valley; but I shall do it only with the permission of the Prophet (peace be upon him). He mentioned this to the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said to him: Do not do this, for one's standing ready in the cause of Allah is better than his Prayers in his home over seventy years. Would you not wish that Allah should forgive you and admit you to Paradise? Then fight in the cause of Allah. Paradise becomes incumbent for those who fight in the cause of Allah even for the briefest space.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone perseveres in praying the two rak'ahs of the forenoon, his sins will be forgiven him, even if they are like the foam of the sea."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and grant him pace) said: A martyr does not suffer when he is slain any more that one of you suffers from being bitten by an ant.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The promised day is the Day of Resurrection, the day which is witnessed is the day of Arafah, and the witness is Friday, on no more excellent day than which has the sun risen or sent. It contains a time at which no believing worshipper will supplicate Allah for what is good without Allah answering him, or seek refuge from something without His giving him refuge from it."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying that this is a gharib tradition known only among the traditions of Musa ibn Ubaydah who is declared to be weak.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked for what reason Friday acquired its name, he replied, "Because on it the nature of your father Adam was fashioned, on it will take place the Sa'qah (Nafkh, shout) and the resurrection of the dead, on it the assault will take place, and at the end of three hours in it there is a time at which anyone who makes a supplication to Allah will be answered."

Ahmad transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying, "The Friday prayer is obligatory on him who can get home to his family by nightfall."

Tirmidhi transmitted it and said this is a tradition whose isnad is weak.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who grants respite to one in straitened circumstances or gives up a portion of his claim against him, will be sheltered by Allah under the shadow of His throne on the Day of Judgment when there will be no other shade than His shade.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: May humiliation afflict the man in whose presence mention is made of me and he does not invoke blessings upon me.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

AbuHurayrah told how when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) encamped between Dajnan and Usfan the polytheists said, "These people observe a prayer which is dearer to them than their fathers and their sons, and it is the afternoon prayer, so join together and attack them in a single rush." But Gabriel came to the Prophet and ordered him to divide his companions into two divisions and lead one section in prayer while another stood behind them on guard and armed. They would pray one rak'ah and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) two.

Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) went out by one road on the festival day he returned by another.

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "A lamb is a good sacrifice."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are no days on which Allah likes better to be worshipped than the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. Fasting observed on each of these days is equivalent to a year's fasting, and prayer during each of these nights is equivalent to prayer during Laylat al-Qadr."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, but Tirmidhi said its isnad is weak.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The believing man or woman continues to have affliction in person, property and children so that they may finally meet Allah, free from sin."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Malik transmitted something similar. Tirmidhi said this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone visits an invalid, one cries out from heaven 'May you be good, may you walk be good, and may you come to an abode in Paradise!'"

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Fever was mentioned in the presence of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and when a man reviled it the Prophet said, "Do not revile it, for it removes sins as fire removes the dross of iron."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to an invalid whom he visited, "Cheer up, for Allah Most High says, 'It is my fire to which I give power over my believing servant in the world to be his portion of hell on the Day of Resurrection."

Ahmad, Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who dies of an illness dies as a martyr, or he will be guarded from the trial in the grave, and will have his provision brought him morning and evening from Paradise."

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The angels are present with one who dies, and if a man is good they say, 'Come out, good soul, which was in the good body; come out praiseworthy and be happy with rest and provision and a Lord Who is not angry.' That continues to be said to it till it comes out. It is then taken up to Heaven and the door is opened for it. The angels are asked who this is and reply that he is so and so, whereupon these words are spoken: 'Welcome, good soul, which was in the good body; enter praiseworthy and be happy with rest and provision and a Lord Who is not angry.' That continues to be said to it till it comes to the Heaven where Allah is. But when it is a bad man what is said is, 'Come out, wicked soul, which was in the wicked body; come out blameworthy and be grieved by a boiling liquid, one dark and intensely cold, and other kinds of its type.' That continues to be said to it till it comes out. It is then taken up to Heaven and the door is asked to be opened for it. The question will be asked who this is and the reply given that it is so and so, whereupon these words are spoken: 'There is no welcome for the wicked soul which was in the wicked body; go back blameworthy, for the gates of Heaven will not be opened for you.' It will then be sent away from Heaven and come to the grave."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When the soul of a believer comes out, two angels meet it and take it up." Hammad said he mentioned some of the fragrance of its odour and mentioned musk, and said, "The inhabitants of Heaven will say, 'A good soul has come from Earth. Allah bless you and body which you inhabited!" He will then be taken to his Lord Who will tell them to take him away till the end of the appointed time." He said, "When an infidel's soul comes out (Hammad saying that he mentioned some of its stench and mentioned cursing), the inhabitants of Heaven say, 'A wicked soul has come from Earth,' and they will be told to take him away till the end of the appointed time." AbuHurayrah said that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) then put a seamless garment he was wearing over his nose thus.

Muslim transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who follows a bier and carries it three times has accomplished what is due to it from him."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition. In Sharh as-Sunnah it is reported that the Prophet carried the bier of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh between the two poles.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you should see a person buying or selling in a mosque, say to him: May Allah make your bargain unprofitable; and if you should see one seeking his lost property, say: May He not restore it to you.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) prayed over a bier, then went to the grave and threw three handfuls of earth towards the head of the dead man.

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

A member of the family of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) died and the women gathered and wept for him. Umar then arose and forbade and repulsed them, but Allah's Messenger said, "Let them alone, Umar, for the eye is tearful, the heart is afflicted, and the matter has happened recently."

Ahmad and Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When the thong of someone's sandal breaks, he should say, 'We belong to Allah and to Him do we return,' for it is one of the calamities."

Bayhaqi transmitted in in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) cursed women who visited graves,

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The treasure of one of you on the Day of Resurrection will be a large bald snake from which he will flee, but it will continue to follow him till he gives it his fingers to eat."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The generous man is near Allah, near Paradise, near men and far from Hell, but the miserly man is far from Allah, far from Paradise, far from men and near Hell. Indeed, an ignorant man who is generous is dearer to Allah than a worshipper who is miserly."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) once visited Bilal and saw he had a heap of dates, he asked him what it was, On his replying, "It is something I have stored up for tomorrow," he said, "Are you not afraid that tomorrow you may see on account of it steam in the fire of Jahannam on the Day of Resurrection? Spend it, Bilal, and do not fear poverty from the Lord of the throne."

Bayhaqi transmitted in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Liberality is a tree in Paradise, of which he who is liberal will seize a branch, and the branch will not leave him till it brings him into Paradise. And niggardliness is a tree in Hell, of which he who is niggardly will seize a branch, and the branch will not leave him till it brings him into Hell."

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When the first night of Ramadan comes, the devils and the rebellious jinn are chained, the gates of Hell are locked and not one of them is opened; the gates of Paradise are opened and not one of them is locked; and a crier calls, 'You who desire what is good, come forward, and you who desire evil, refrain.' Some are freed from Hell by Allah, and that happens every night."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Ahmad transmitted it from a man. Tirmidhi said this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Ramadan, a blessed month, has come to you during which Allah has made it obligatory for you to fast. In it the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of al-Jahim are locked, and the rebellious devils are chained. In it Allah has a night which is better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of its good has indeed suffered deprivation."

Ahmad and Nasa'i transmitted it.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated that his people would be granted forgiveness on the last night in Ramadan and was asked whether it was Laylat al-Qadr, he replied, "No, but a workman is paid his full wages only when he has finished his work."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Calculate on the basis of the new moon of Sha'ban when Ramadan begins."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, that Allah Most High said, "Those of my servants who are quickest in breaking their fast are dearest to me."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Many a one who fasts obtains nothing from his fasting but thirst, and many a one who prays during the night obtains nothing from his night prayers but wakefulness."

Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Men's deeds are presented (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays, and I like mine to be presented when I am fasting."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There is zakat applicable to everything, and the zakat of the body is fasting."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to fast on Monday and Thursdays, and when someone remarked on this to him he said, "On Monday and Thursday Allah forgives every Muslim except two who are at variance, for He says they must be left till they make peace with each other."

Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) once asked Ubayy ibn Ka'b how he recited in the course of the prayer and he recited Umm al-Qur'an, he said, "By Him in whose hand my soul is, nothing like it has been sent down in the Torah, the Injil, the Zabur, or the Qur'an, and it is seven of the oft-repeated verses and the mighty Qur'an which I have been given."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted from "nothing like it has been sent down," but he did not mention Ubayy ibn Ka'b. Tirmidhi said this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Learn and recite the Qur'an, for to one who learns, recites and uses it in prayer at night, it is like a bag filled with musk whose fragrance is diffused everywhere; and he who learns it and goes to sleep having it within him, is like a bag with musk tied up in it."

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone recites in the morning Ha-Mim al-Mu'min to 'to Him is the final goal, and the Throne Verse, he will be guarded by them till the evening, and if anyone recites them in the evening he will be guarded by them till the morning."

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A thousand years before creating the heavens and the Earth, Allah recited Ta-Ha and Ya-Sin, and when the angels heard the recitation they said, 'Happy are the people to whom this comes down, happy are the minds which carry this, and happy are the tongues which utter this."

Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If someone recites Ha Mim ad-Dukhan any night, seventy thousand angels will ask forgiveness for him in the morning."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition and that Umar ibn AbuKhath'am the transmitter is declared to be weak. Muhammad, i.e. Bukhari, said his traditions were rejected.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone recites Ha Mim ad-Dukhan on a Thursday night his sins will be forgiven."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib da'if (weak) tradition and that Hisham AbulMiqdam its transmitter is declared to be weak.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Expound the Qur'an and take as a guide its unusual expressions, they being the things made obligatory in it and the limits set in it."

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Nothing is more honourable in Allah's sight than supplication."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah will be angry with those who do not make requests of Him."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), said, "If anyone finds pleasure in receiving an answer from Allah in times of difficulty, he should make many supplications when times are easy."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Supplicate Allah when you are assured of being answered, and know that Allah does not answer a supplication which comes from a careless and inattentive heart."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are three whose supplication is not rejected: one who has just ended a fast, a just imam, and one who has been wronged whose supplication is raised by Allah above the clouds and for which the gates of Heaven are opened. The Lord says, 'I swear by My might that I shall certainly help you, though it be after some time.'"

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If people sit in an assembly in which they do not remember Allah or invoke a blessing on their Prophet, vengeance will descend upon them. If Allah wills He will punish them, but if He wills He will forgive them."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah Most High has ninety-nine names. He who retains them in his memory will enter Paradise. He is Allah, other than whom there is no god, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the King, the Holy, the Source of Peace, the Preserver of Security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Overpowering, the Great in Majesty, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner, the Forgiver, the Dominant, the Bestower, the Provider, the Decider, the Knower, the Withholder, the Plentiful Giver, the Abaser, the Exalter, the Honourer, the Humiliator, the Hearer, the Seer, the Judge, the Just, the Gracious, the Informed, the Clement, the Incomparably Great, the Forgiving, the Rewarder, the Most High, the Most Great, the Preserver, the Sustainer, the Reckoner, the Majestic, the Generous, the Watcher, the Answerer, the Liberal, the Wise, the Loving, the Glorious, the Raiser, the Witness, the Real, the Trustee, the Strong, the Firm, the Patron, the Praiseworthy, the All-Knowing, the Originator, the Restorer to Life, the Giver of Life, the Giver of Death, the Living, the Eternal, the Self-sufficient, the Grand, the One, the Single, He to Whom men repair, the Powerful, the Prevailing, the Advancer, the Delayer, the First, the Last, the Outward, the Inward, the Governor, the Sublime, the Amply Beneficent, the Accepter of Repentance, the Avenger, the Pardoner, the Kindly, the Ruler of the Kingdom, the Lord of Majesty and Splendour, the Equitable, the Gatherer, the Independent, the Enricher, the Depriver, the Harmer, the Benefactor, the Light, the Guide, the First Cause, the Enduring, the Inheritor, the Director, the Patient."

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Kitab ad-Da'wah al-Kabir, transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No one will ever say sincerely, 'There is no god but Allah' without the gates of Heaven being opened for him so that he may come to the Throne, as long as he avoids major sins."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Makhul quoted AbuHurayrah as saying that Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) told him to say frequently "There is no might and no power except in Allah", for it was part of the treasure of Paradise. Makhul said that if anyone said, "There is no might and no power except in Allah" and "There is no refuge from Allah except by repairing to Him", Allah would remove from him seventy categories of distress, the least of them being poverty.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a tradition whose isnad is not fully connected, and Makhul did not hear anything from AbuHurayrah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When a believer sins there is a black spot on his heart, and if he repents and asks pardon his heart is polished; but if he does more it increases till it gains the ascendancy over his heart. That is the rust mentioned by Allah Most High, 'Nay, but what they were committing has spread like rust over their hearts'."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There were two men among the Banu Isra'il who loved each other, one of whom engaged ardently in worship while the other called himself a sinner. The former began to say, "Refrain from what you are doing," and the other would reply, "Let me alone with my Lord." One day he found him committing a sin which he considered serious and said, "Refrain;" to which he replied, "Let me alone with my Lord. Were you sent to watch over me?" He then said, "I swear by Allah that Allah will never pardon you, nor will He bring you into Paradise." Allah then sent to them an angel who took their spirits, and they came together into His presence. To the sinner He said, "Enter Paradise by My mercy;" and to the other He said, "Can you forbid My mercy to My servant?" He replied, "No, my Lord." Then he said, "Take him away to Hell."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah Who is Great and Glorious will raise a righteous servant's degree in Paradise, and when he asks his Lord how this has been granted him, He will reply that it is because his son has asked pardon for him."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, If anyone sits in an assembly where there is much clamour and says before getting up to leave, "Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee; I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon and turn to Thee in repentance," he will be forgiven for what took place in that assembly where he was.

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi in [Kitab] ad-Da'wah al-Kabir, transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah told of a man who said, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), I intend to make a journey, so give me an injunction." He told him to maintain fear of Allah and say "Allah is most great" on every rising ground, and when the man turned away he said, "O Allah, make the distance short for him and make the journey easy for him."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib.

A supplication he had learned from Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and which he would never give up was, "O Allah, make me thank Thee greatly, keep Thee in my memory often, follow Thy counsel, and keep Thy injunction."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Those who perform the hajj and those who perform the umrah are people who have come to visit Allah. If they supplicate Him He will respond to them, and if they ask Him for forgiveness He will forgive them."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Those who visit Allah are of three classes: the warrior, the one who performs the hajj, and the one who performs the umrah."

Nasa'i and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone goes out to perform hajj or umrah, or to fight with infidels, and dies on the way, Allah will record for him the reward of him who fights with infidels, him who performs the hajj and him who performs the umrah."

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Seventy angels have been put in charge of it (i.e. the Yamani corner), so if anyone says, 'O Allah, I ask Thee for pardon and wellbeing in this world and the next; our Lord, bring us a blessing in this world and a blessing in the next, and guard us from the punishment of Hell', they will say Amen."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone goes round the House not talking except to say, 'Glory be to Allah; praise be to Allah; there is no god but Allah; Allah is most great; there is no might and no power except in Allah; ten evil deeds will be blotted out for him, ten blessings will be recorded for him, and he will be raised ten degrees. If anyone goes round and talks while doing so, he will wade in mercy as he who wades in water."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The last of the towns of Islam to become a ruin will be Medina."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Usury has seventy parts, the least important being that a man should marry his mother."

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "On the night when I was taken up to Heaven I came upon people whose bellies were like houses and contained snakes which could be seen from outside their bellies. I asked Gabriel who they were and he told me that they were people who had practised usury."

Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A believer's soul is attached to his debt till it is paid."

Shafi'i, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who does not thank people does not thank Allah."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Give presents to one another, for a present removes rancour from the breast, and a woman should not despise even the gift of half a sheep's trotter from her neighbour."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "One who kills a man cannot inherit from him."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are three whom it is right for Allah to help: the slave whose master has agreed to let him buy his freedom when he wishes to pay the sum, the one who marries desiring to live a chaste life, and the one who fights in Allah's path."

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, 'When someone with whose religion and character you are satisfied asks your daughter in marriage, accede to his request. If you do not do so, there will be temptation on Earth and extensive corruption.'

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A woman may not give a woman in marriage, nor may she give herself in marriage, for the immoral woman is the one who gives herself in marriage."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I should order a woman to prostrate herself before her husband."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said,"The believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition and the best of you are those who are best to their wives."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition, and AbuDawud transmitted it up to "disposition."

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked which woman was best he replied, "The one who pleases (her husband) when he looks at her, obeys him when he gives a command, and does not go against his wishes regarding her person or property by doing anything of which he disapproves."

Nasa'i and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying, "Every divorce is allowable except that by an idiot or one whose mind is deranged."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition, and Ata' ibn Ajlan, the transmitter, is a weak authority whose traditions are rejected.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Women who withdraw themselves from their husbands and women who persuade their husbands to divorce them for a compensation are hypocrites."

Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) gave a boy a choice between his father and his mother.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone helps in killing a believer to the extent of half a word, he will meet Allah with 'Despairing of Allah's mercy' written on his forehead."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

When Ma'iz al-Aslami came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and said he had committed fornication he turned away from him. He then came round to the other side and said he had committed fornication, but he turned away from him. He came round again saying he had committed fornication, and when he said it a fourth time Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) gave a command regarding him and he was taken out to the Harrah and stoned. When he felt the effect of the stones he ran away vigorously till he passed a man who had the jawbone of a camel, with which he struck him, and the people struck him till he died. They then mentioned to Allah's Messenger that he had fled when he felt the effect of the stones and the touch of death, and he said, "Why did you not leave him alone?"

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it. A version has, "Why did you not leave him alone? Perhaps he might have repented and been forgiven by Allah."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who has been ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection till justice loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction."

Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Woe to the governors, woe to the chiefs, woe to the superintendents! On the Day of Resurrection people will wish that their forelocks were tied to the Pleiades, that they were swinging between Heaven and Earth, and that they had never exercised any rule."

It is transmitted in Sharh as-Sunnah. Ahmad also transmitted it, his version saying, "...that their flowing hair were tied to the Pleiades, that they were dangling between heaven and earth, and that they had never been made governors over anything."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Seek refuge in Allah from the beginning of the year seventy and the governorship exercised by boys."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If you greet all and sundry, provide food, and strike the pates of enemies, you will be made heirs of Paradise."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No one who weeps from fear of Allah will go into Hell till the milk returns to the udder, and no servant of Allah will experience both dust in Allah's cause and the smoke of Jahannam."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Nasa'i added in another version, "Ever in a Muslim's nostrils." In another by him he added, "Ever in the belly of a servant of Allah; and niggardliness and faith will never be combined in the heart of a servant of Allah."

When one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came upon a mountain path containing a small spring of fresh water, which delighted him he expressed a desire to withdraw from the people and stay on the path. He mentioned that to Allah's Messenger who replied, "Do not do it, for when any of you remains on Allah's path it is more excellent than prayer in His house for seventy years. Do you not want Allah to forgive you and bring you into Paradise? Fight in Allah's cause. He who fights in Allah's cause as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel will be assured of Paradise."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "I was shown the first three to enter Paradise: a martyr, a continent man who refrains from what is unlawful, and a slave who worships Allah well and serves his patrons sincerely.'

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone meets Allah with no mark of jihad, he will meet Allah with a flaw in him."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The martyr experiences no more pain in being killed than one of you experiences from a sting."

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "A woman acts for the people," i.e. she gives protection on behalf of the Muslims.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was brought some meat, and when the foreleg, which was a part he liked, was offered to him he took a bite of it.

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The ajwah dates come from Paradise and contain a cure for poison; truffles are a kind of manna and their juice is a medicine for the eye."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "It is a part of the sunnah that a man should accompany his guest to the door of the house."

Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it on the authority both of AbuHurayrah and of Ibn Abbas, but said there is a weakness in its isnad.

When Allah's Messenger put on a shirt he began with the right side.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The perfume for men is that whose odour is apparent but whose colour is hidden, and the perfume for women is that whose colour is apparent but whose odour is hidden.

Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "On the Day of Resurrection there will issue from Hell a portion having two eyes which see, two ears which hear and a tongue which speaks, and it will say it has been put in charge of three classes: everyone who is proud and obstreperous, everyone who invokes another god along with Allah, and those who make representations of things."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) remarked to him that truffles were the smallpox of the earth, he replied, "Truffles are a kind of manna, and their juice is a remedy for the evil eye. The ajwah dates come from Paradise, and they are a remedy for poison." AbuHurayrah said that he took three, five, or seven truffles, pressed them, put their juice in a bottle and applied it as an eye-lotion to a slave-girl of his who was bleary-eyed, and she recovered.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone licks honey three mornings every month, he will not be afflicted with any serious trouble."

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are six good qualities which one believer should display to another: he should visit him when he is ill, be present when he dies, accept his invitation when he gives one, salute him when he meets him, say 'Allah have mercy on you' when he sneezes, and act sincerely towards him whether he is absent or present."

Transmitted by Nasa'i.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When Allah created Adam and breathed the spirit into him he sneezed and said, "Praise be to Allah." So he praised Allah by His permission and his Lord said to him, "Allah have mercy on you, Adam. Go to those angels (i.e. a company of them who were seated) and say, 'Peace be upon you'." He said, "Peace be upon you," and they replied, "Upon you be peace and Allah's mercy." Then he returned to his Lord who said, "This is your salutation and the salutation of your descendants to one another." Then Allah said to him, keeping His hands closed, "Choose which of them you wish." He said, "I choose my Lord's right hand, and both of my Lord's hands are Right and Blessed." Then He opened it and it contained Adam and his descendants. He asked, "My Lord, what are these?" He replied, "These are your descendants." Now every man's period of life was written on his forehead, and among them there was a man who was the brightest of them (or, one of the brightest of them). He said, "My Lord, who is this?" He replied, "This is your descendant David, and I have recorded his period of life for him as forty years." He said, "My Lord, increase his life." But He replied, "That is what I have recorded for him." He said, "My Lord, I have appointed him sixty years of my life." He replied, "That is as you wish." He then lived in Paradise as long as Allah wished, after which he was sent down from it. Now Adam was reckoning for himself, and when the angel of death came to him, Adam said to him, "You have come before your time. A thousand years have been recorded for me." He replied, "Certainly, but you appointed sixty years for your descendant David." Then he denied, and his descendants denied; and he forgot, and his descendants forgot. The Prophet said that from that day orders were given that a document be drawn up and witnesses be produced.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saw a man lying on his stomach he said, "This is a method of lying down which Allah does not like."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Do you know the thing which most commonly brings people into Paradise? It is fear of Allah and good character. Do you know what most commonly brings people into Hell? It is the two hollow things: the mouth and the private parts."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

When they said, "Messenger of Allah, do you make jokes with us!" he replied, "I say nothing but the truth."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Learn enough of your genealogies to show what ties of relationship you should join, for joining ties of relationship is a means of producing love in a family, increasing wealth and producing life."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

AbuHurayrah heard AbulQasim (peace be upon him) who spoke the truth and whose word was verified say, "Mercy is taken away only from him who is miserable."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The best house among the Muslims is one which contains an orphan who is well treated, and the worst house among the Muslims is one which contains an orphan who is badly treated."

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Each of you is the mirror of his brother, so if he sees any fault in him he should wipe it away from him." Another version has, "The believer is believer's mirror and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, but called it weak.

A man said, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), such and such a woman has a reputation for engaging to a great extent in prayer, fasting and almsgiving but she annoys her neighbours with her tongue." He replied, "She will go to Hell." He said, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), such and such a woman has a reputation for engaging to a small extent in fasting, almsgiving and prayer, but she gives pieces of curd as sadaqah and does not annoy her neighbours with her tongue." He replied, "She will go to Paradise."

Ahmad and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) stood beside some people who were seated and said, "Would you like me to distinguish for you between the best of you and the worst of you?" They made no reply, so he said that three times. A man then said, "Certainly, Messenger of Allah, distinguish for us between the best of us and the worst of us." So he said, "The best of you is he in whose good hopes are placed and from whose evil people are safe, but the worst of you is he in whose good hopes are not placed and from whose evil people are not safe."

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "A believer is friendly, and there is no good in one who is neither friendly nor is treated in a friendly way."

Ahmad and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

When a man complained to the Prophet (peace be upon him) of having a hard heart, he said, "Stroke orphans' heads and feed the poor."

Ahmad transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that when a Muslim visits his brother, Allah Most High says, "You are happy and your walking is happy, and you will come to an abode in Paradise."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked AbulHaytham ibn at-Tayyihan if he had a servant, and when he replied that he had none he told him to come to him when captives arrived. Two captives were brought to the Prophet, and when AbulHaytham came to him he told him to choose one of them. He asked Allah's Prophet to choose for him, and he said, "The one who is consulted is in a position of trust. Take this one, for I have seen him praying, and treat him kindly."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Modesty is part of faith and faith is in Paradise, but obscenity is a part of hardness of heart and hardness of heart is in Hell."

Transmitted by Ahmad and Tirmidhi.

A man reviled AbuBakr and the Prophet (peace be upon him) was sitting showing pleasure and smiling, but when the man went on at length and AbuBakr replied to some of what he said the Prophet (peace be upon him) became angry and got up and left. AbuBakr caught up with him and said, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), he was reviling me while you were sitting, but when I replied to some of what he said you became angry and got up and went away." He replied, "There was an angel with you replying to him, but when you replied to him a devil came down." He then added, "AbuBakr, there are three things all of which are true: No one is wronged and ignores it for the sake of Allah who is Great and Glorious without Allah giving him great help for it. No one begins to give intending thereby to unite ties of relationship without Allah providing him with much more because of it. And no one will begin to beg seeking thereby to gain abundance without Allah giving him still more scantiness because of it."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Who will accept those words from me and act upon them, or teach people who will act upon them?" When he replied that he would he took him by the hand and counting five characteristics, said, "If you guard against the things which are forbidden, you will be the most devout of men; if you are pleased with what Allah has allotted, you will be the richest of men; if you are kind to your neighbour, you will be a believer; if you like others to have what you like for yourself, you will be a Muslim; and do not laugh immoderately, for immoderate laughter causes the heart to die."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) told that Allah said, "Son of Adam, if you devote your heart to unpreoccupied worship of me I shall fill your breast with sufficiency and make your poverty cease; but if you do not do so I shall fill your hand with work and not make your poverty cease."

Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "None of you is expecting anything but wealth which produces injustice, or poverty which makes one forgetful, for an illness which causes deterioration, or decrepitude which weakens the mind, or death which suddenly gives the last stroke, or the Dajjal who is the worst of what is expected but has not yet come, or the last hour which is most calamitous and most bitter."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Nasa'i.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The world is accursed and what it contains is accursed, except remembrance of Allah and what He likes, a learned man, or a learner."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah..

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Cursed be the slave of the dinar and cursed be the slave of the dirham."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, that the first question a man would be asked about Allah's favours on the Day of Resurrection would be, "Did We not make your body healthy and give you cool water to drink?"

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, Deeds will come. Prayer will come and say, "My Lord, I am prayer," to which He will reply, "You are engaged in good." Sadaqah will come and say, "My Lord, I am sadaqah," to which He will reply, "You are engaged in good." Fasting will come and say, "My Lord, I am fasting," to which He will reply, "You are engaged in good." Deeds will come in a similar manner and Allah Most High will say, "You are engaged in good." Then Islam will come and say, "My Lord, Thou art peace (salam) and I am Islam," to which Allah Most High will reply, "You are engaged in good; today by means of you I shall mete out punishment and by means of you I shall give." Allah Most High has said in His Book, "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam it shall not be accepted of him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers."'

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The poor will enter Paradise five hundred years, i.e. half a day, before the rich."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When they were smitten by hunger Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) gave them a date each.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "My people live from sixty to seventy years, and very few live longer."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The term of life of my people ranges between sixty and seventy years, and very few live longer."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that their Lord, Who was Great and Glorious had said, "If My servants were to obey Me, I should give them rain by night, make the sun rise on them by day, and not cause them to hear the sound of thunder."

Ahmad transmitted it.

When a man went in to his family and saw their needy condition he went out to the desert. When his wife saw his embarrassment she got up, and when she had made the mill ready and lit a fire under the oven she said, "O Allah, grant us provision." She then looked and saw that the platter had become full, and when she went to the oven she found it had become full. The husband returned, and on his remarking that they had got something since his departure, his wife replied, "Yes, from our Lord," and the man went and lifted the millstone. The matter was mentioned to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and he said, "If he had not raised it, it would have kept turning till the Day of Resurrection."

Ahmad transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah said, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) while I was in my house, in my place of prayer, a man came in to visit me and I was charmed with the condition in which he saw me." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) replied, "Allah have mercy on you, AbuHurayrah! You will have a double reward, one for praying in secret and one for praying in public."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "In the last times men will come forth who will fraudulently use religion for worldly ends and wear sheepskins in public to display meekness. Their tongues will be sweeter than sugar, but their hearts will be the hearts of wolves. Allah will say, 'Are they trying to deceive me, or are they acting presumptuously towards me? I swear by myself that I shall send trial upon those people which will leave the intelligent man among them confounded.'"

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "For everything there is eagerness, but every eagerness has a slack period; so if the one who experiences it does what is right and pursues a middle course place hopes in him, but if fingers are pointed at him do not consider him of any account."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, When a man prays publicly in a good manner and prays secretly in a good manner Allah Most High says, "This is my servant indeed."

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who fears sets out at nightfall and he who sets out at nightfall reaches the destination. Allah's commodity is dear. Allah's commodity is Paradise".

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When your commanders are your best people, your rich men are your generous people and your affairs are conducted by mutual consultation, the surface of the earth will be better for you that its interior. But when your commanders are your worst people, your rich men are your niggardly people and your affairs are in the hands of your women, the interior of the earth will be the better for you than its surface."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When the booty is taken in turn, property given in trust is treated as spoil, zakat is looked on as a fine, learning is acquired for other than a religious purpose, a man obeys his wife and is unfilial towards his mother, he brings his friend near and drives his father far off, voices are raised in the mosques, the most wicked member of a tribe becomes its ruler, the most worthless member of a people becomes its leader, a man is honoured through fear of the evil he may do, singing-girls and stringed instruments make their appearance, wines are drunk, and the last members of this people curse the first ones, look at that time for a violent wind, an earthquake, being swallowed up by the earth, metamorphosis, pelting rain, and signs following one another like bits of a necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) recited this verse, "On that day it will tell its news, and asked whether they knew what its news would be. On their replying that Allah and His Messenger knew best he said, "Its news will be that it will tell what every man and woman did when they were on it, saying they did such and such a thing on such and such a day. This will be its news."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Everyone who dies will repent." He was asked the nature of their repentance and replied, "If one did what was good he will repent of not having done more, and if one did evil he will repent of not having restrained himself."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Mankind will be assembled on the Day of Resurrection in three classes, one walking, one riding and one on their faces." He was asked how people could walk on their faces and replied, "He who caused them to walk on their feet has power to make them walk on their faces. They will guard themselves by their faces from every acclivity and from thorns."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Al-Hasan quoted AbuHurayrah who reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying, "On the Day of Resurrection mankind will be reviewed three times, the first two consisting of disputing and excuses, but at the third the records of men's deeds will go quickly into their hands, some receiving them in their right hands and some in their left."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, but Tirmidhi said this tradition is not sound, as al-Hasan did not hear anything from AbuHurayrah and some have transmitted it on al-Hasan's authority quoting AbuMusa as his authority.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Two men of those who enter Hell will shout loudly, and the Lord Most High will say, 'Bring them out.' He will ask them why they shouted so loudly and they will reply, 'We did that in order that Thou mightest have mercy on us.' He will say, 'My mercy to you is that you should go and throw yourselves where you were in Hell.' One of them will do so and Allah will make it coolness and peace for him, but the other will stand and not do so. The Lord Most High will ask him, 'What has prevented you from throwing yourself in as your companion did?" and he will reply, 'My Lord, I hope that Thou wilt not send me back into it after taking me out of it.' The Lord most high will then say to him, 'You will have your hope realised,' and they will both be brought into Paradise by Allah's mercy."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) what the creation was made of and he replied that it was made of water. He was asked what Paradise was constructed of and replied, "A brick of gold and a brick of silver with mortar of strong-scented musk; its pebbles are pearls and rubies and its soil is saffron. Those who enter it will be in affluent circumstances and will not be destitute, they will live for ever and not die, their garments will not wear out, and their youth will not pass away."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The trunk of every tree in Paradise is of gold."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are a hundred grades in Paradise with a distance of hundred years between every two."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The inhabitants of Paradise are hairless, beardless and have black eyes, their youth does not pass away and their garments do not wear out."

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.

Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab met AbuHurayrah who said, "I ask Allah to bring us together in the market of Paradise." Sa'id asked if it contained a market and he replied that it did, for Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had informed him that when the inhabitants of Paradise will enter it they will alight in it by virtue of their deeds. They will then be granted permission for the period of a Friday in this world and will visit their Lord whose throne will be shown to them, and He will appear to them in one of the gardens of Paradise. Pulpits of light, pulpits of pearls, pulpits of rubies, pulpits of chrysoprase, pulpits of gold and pulpits of silver will be placed for them, and the humblest of them, for there would be no one worthless among them, will sit on mounds of musk and camphor, not considering that those who are on the chairs are in a more excellent position than they. AbuHurayrah told that he asked, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) shall we see our Lord?" To which he replied, "Yes, are you in doubt about seeing the sun and the moon on the night when it is full?" On receiving the reply that they were not, he said, "Similarly you will have no doubts about the vision of your Lord, and no man will remain in that assembly without Allah conversing with him, till he says to one of them, 'So and so, son of so and so, do you remember the day you said such and such?' and He will remind him of one of the dishonest things he did in the world. He will say, 'O my Lord, hast Thou not forgiven me? And He will reply, 'Yes; by the breadth of my forgiveness you have reached this station of yours.' While that is taking place a cloud will overshadow them from above and rain on them perfume whose fragrance will be such as they have never experienced anything to compare with, and our Lord will say, 'Stand up and go to the honour I have prepared for you, and take what you desire.' We shall then come to a market surrounded by angels, containing such things as eyes have never seen, ears have never heard, and hearts have never thought of. What we desire will be conveyed to us, there being no buying or selling in it, and in that market the inhabitants of Paradise will meet one another. A man of exalted station will come forward and meet one who is humbler than him, though there would be no one worthless among them, who will be charmed by the clothing he sees him wearing, but before their talk comes to an end he will imagine that he has something more beautiful than the other. That is because it is not appropriate for anyone to grieve in it. We shall then go to our dwellings and our wives will meet us and say, 'Welcome; you have come with more excellent beauty than you had when you left us.' We shall reply, 'To-day we have had a meeting with our Lord, the Overpowering One, and it is fitting that we should come away as we have done'."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Hell was kindled for a thousand years till it became red, then it was kindled for a thousand years till it became white, then it was kindled for a thousand years till it became black, and it is black and dark."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "On the Day of Resurrection the molar tooth of an infidel will be like Uhud, his thigh like al-Bayda', and his abode in Hell a three-nights' journey like ar-Rabadhah."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The thickness of an infidel's skin will be forty-two cubits, his molar tooth will be like Uhud, and his seat in Jahannam will be like the distance between Mecca and Medina."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The hot water will be poured over their heads and the hot water will penetrate till it comes inside a man. It will scour what is inside him till it comes out at his feet; and that is the melting. He will then be restored as he was."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Only he who is miserable will enter Hell." He was asked to whom that referred and replied, "He who has not done an act of obedience for Allah's sake, or has left an act of disobedience undone."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A believer is held by Allah in more honour than some of His angels."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

While Allah's Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions were sitting clouds came over them and Allah's Prophet (peace be upon him) asked, "Do you know what these are?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger knew best, he said, "These are the clouds (anan), these are the water-carriers of the Earth, which Allah drives to people who do not thank Him or call upon him." He then asked, "Do you know what is above you?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "It is the firmament, a ceiling which is guarded and waves which are kept back." He then asked, "Do you know what is between you and it?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "Between you and it are five hundred years." He then asked, "Do you knew what is above that?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) best he said, "Two heavens with a distance of five hundred years between them." He went on speaking like that till he counted seven heavens, the distance between each pair being like between Heaven and Earth. He then asked, "Do you know what is above that?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "Above that is the Throne, and the distance between it and the (seventh) heaven is the same as that between each pair of heavens." He then asked, "Do you know what is below you?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "It is the earth." He then asked, "Do you know what is under that?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "Under it there is another Earth with a journey of five hundred years between them," and so on till he had counted seven earths with a journey of five hundred years between each pair. He then said, "By Him in Whose hand Muhammad's soul is, if you were to drop a rope to the lowest earth it would not pass out of Allah's knowledge." He then recited, "He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward, and He is omniscient." (Tirmidhi commented that Allah's Messenger's recitation of the verse indicates that it would go down within Allah's knowledge, power and authority, for Allah's knowledge, power and authority are everywhere, while He is on the Throne, as He described Himself in His Book.)

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked when the office of Prophet had been established for him, he replied, "When Adam had not yet had his spirit joined to his body.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I shall be clothed with one of the robes of Paradise and shall then stand at the right of the Throne, a place where no other creature than I shall stand."

Tirmidhi transmitted it. The version on his authority in Jami' al-Usul has "I shall be the first from whom the earth will be cleft open and I shall be clothed....."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Ask Allah to grant me the Wasilah." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked what the Wasilah meant and replied, "The highest grade in Paradise, which only one man will attain, and I hope I may be he."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

I have seen nothing more beautiful than Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) who looked as if the sun were pursuing its course in his face. And I have seen no one who walked more quickly than Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), for it seemed as if the earth were being contracted for him. We exerting ourselves, but he was unruffled.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

I brought the Prophet (peace be upon him) some dates saying, "Ask Allah for a blessing on them, Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)." He took them, prayed that I might have a blessing on them and said, "Take them and put them in your provision-bag; and as often as you wish to take any, put in your hand and take them, but do not scatter them." I carried such and such a number of camel-loads from those dates in Allah's cause, eating of them and giving others something to eat. It never left my side until the day Uthman was killed, for the bag was cut away.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

AbuHurayrah said that when they were with the Prophet (peace be upon him), a man whom he thought belonged to Qays came to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, curse Himyar." He turned away from him, so he came round the other side, but he turned away from him. He then came round the other side, and the Prophet turned away from him again and then said, "May Allah show mercy to Himyar! Their mouths speak peace, their hands provide food, and they are people of security and faith."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition which he knew only among the traditions of AbdurRazzaq, and rejected traditions are transmitted on the authority of this Mina' (a sub-narrator).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) asked him to which tribe he belonged, and that when he replied that he belonged to Daws he said, "I did not think that Daws had a single man with any good in him."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The kingdom will belong to Quraysh, the legal authority to the Ansar, the office of making the call to prayer to the Abyssinians, and faithfulness to Azd," i.e. the Yemen. In a version it is in mawquf form. Tirmidhi said, the mawquf is sounder

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this (mawquf) is sounder.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No one has helped me without my making it up to him except AbuBakr, for he has given me help which Allah will make up to him on the Day of Resurrection. No one's property has benefited me to the extent of AbuBakr's, and if I were taking a friend I should take AbuBakr as a friend, but your companion is Allah's friend."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Ja'far used to love the poor. He would sit with them and talk to them and they would talk to him. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to address him by the kunya AbulMasakin (father of the poor).

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "I saw Ja'far flying in Paradise along with the angels."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "AbuBakr is a fine man, Umar is a fine man, AbuUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah is a fine man, Usayd ibn Hudayr is a fine man, Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas is a fine man, Mu'adh ibn Jabal is a fine man, and Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh is a fine man."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) recited this verse, "If you turn back He will substitute other people for you and they will not be like you. The people asked, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who are these people whom Allah has mentioned will be substituted for us if we turn back and will not be like us?" He struck Salman al-Farisi on the thigh and said, "This man and his people. If the religion were in the Pleiades men from among the Persians would attain it."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When the foreigners were mentioned in the presence of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) He said, 'I have more trust in them or in some of them) than I have in you (or, in some of you).'

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

We alighted at a camping-place along with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), and when the people began to pass he was asking, "Who is this, AbuHurayrah?" and I would tell him it was so and so. He would then say, "This is a good servant of Allah." He would ask about another, and when I told him he was so and so he said, "This is a bad servant of Allah." This went on till Khalid ibn al-Walid passed by, and when he asked who he was and I replied that he was Khalid ibn al-Walid, he said, "Khalid ibn al-Walid is a good servant of Allah; he is one of Allah's swords."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The Caliphate will be in Medina and the kingdom in Syria."

Bayhaqi, in Dala'il an-Nubuwwah, transmitted it.

The Messenger of Allah said to his uncle (at the time of hisdeath): Make a profession of it that there is no god but Allahand I will bear testimony (of your being a Muslim) on the Day ofJudgment. He (AbuTalib) said: Were it not the fear of the Qurayshblaming me (and ) saying that it was the fear of (approachingdeath) that induced me to do so, I would have certainly delightedyour eyes. It was then that Allah revealed: Verily thou can notguide to the right path whom thou lovest. And it is Allah Whoguideth whom He will and He knoweth best who are the guided(xxviii.56).

We were accompanying the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) ina march (towards Tabuk). He (the narrator) said: The provisionsof the people were almost depleted. He (the narrator) said: (Andthe situation became so critical) that they (the men of the army)decided to slaughter some of their camels. He (the narrator)said: Upon this Umar said: Messenger of Allah, I wish you to poolwhat has been left from the provisions of the people and theninvoke (the blessings of) Allah upon it. He (the narrator) said:He (the Holy Prophet) did it accordingly. He (the narrator) said:The one who had wheat in his possession brought wheat. He who haddates with him brought dates. And Mujahid said: He who possesseddate-stone brought date-stones. I (the narrator) said: What didthey do with the date-stones? They said: They (the people)sucked them and then drank water over them. He (the narratorsaid): He (the Holy Prophet) invoked the blessings (of Allah)upon them (the provisions). He (the narrator) said: (And therewas such a miraculous increase in the supplies) that the peoplereplenished their provisions fully. He (the narrator) said: Atthat time he (the Holy Prophet) said: I bear testimony to thefact that there is no god but Allah, and I am His messenger. Thebondsman who meets Allah without entertaining any doubt aboutthese (two fundamentals) will enter heaven.

We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim); AbuBakr and Umar were also there among the audience. In themeanwhile the Messenger of Allah rose and left us. He delayed incoming back to us, which caused anxiety that he might have beenattacked by some enemy when we were not with him; so beingalarmed we rose. I was the first to be alarmed. I therefore wentout to look for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) andcame to a garden belonging to the Banu an-Najjar, a section ofthe Ansar. I went round it looking for a gate but failed to findone. Seeing a rabi' (i.e. streamlet) flowing into the garden froma well outside, I crouched, like a fox, and slunk into (theplace) where Allah Messenger was. He the Holy Prophet) said: Isit AbuHurayrah? I (AbuHurayrah) replied: Yes, Messenger ofAllah.He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter with you? I replied: You were amongst us but rose, went away and delayedfor a time, so fearing that you might be attacked by some enemywhen we were not with you, we became alarmed. I was the first tobe alarmed. So when I came to this garden, I crouched as a foxdoes, and these people are following me. He addressed me asAbuHurayrah and gave me his sandals and said: Take away thesesandals of mine, and when you meet anyone outside this garden whotestifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it inhis heart, gladden him by announcing that he shall go toParadise. Now the first one I met was Umar. He asked: What arethese sandals, AbuHurayrah? I replied: These are the sandals ofthe Messenger, of Allah with which he has sent me to gladdenanyone I meet, who testifies that there is no god but Allah,being assured of it in his heart, with the announcement that hewill go to Paradise. Thereupon Umar struck me on the breast andI fell on my back. He then said: Go back, AbuHurayrah.So Ireturned to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and I wasabout to burst into tears. Umar followed me closely and there hewas behind me.The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:What is the matter with you, AbuHurayrah? I said: I happened tomeet Umar and conveyed to him the message with which you sent me.He struck me on my breast which made me fall down upon my backand ordered me to go back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) said: What prompted you to do this, Umar? Hesaid: Messenger of Allah, my mother and father be sacrificed tothee, did you send AbuHurayrah with your sandals to gladdenanyone he met who testified that there was no god but Allah, andbeing assured of it in his heart, with the tidings that he wouldgo to Paradise? He said: Yes.Umar said: Please do not do it,for I am afraid that people will trust in it alone; let them goon doing (good) deeds.The Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: Well, let them.

The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)observed: He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is notsecure from his wrongful conduct.

The Messenger of Allah, (peace be upon him) observed: You shallnot enter paradise so long as you do not affirm belief (in allthose things which are the articles of faith) and you will notbelieve as long as you do not love one another. Should I notdirect you to a thing which, if you do, will foster love amongstyou: (i.e.) give currency to (the practice of paying salutationto one another by saying) as-salamu alaykum.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: Two (things)are found among men which are tantamount to unbelief: slanderingone's lineage and lamentation on the dead.

The Messenger of Allah said: Don't you know what your Lord said?He observed: I have never endowed My bondsmen with a favour, buta section amongst them disbelieved it and said: stars, it was dueto the stars.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: a person whobelieves in Allah and the Last Day never nurses a grudge againstthe Ansar.

When the son of Adam recites the Ayat of Sajdah (Prostration) andthen falls down in prostration, the Satan goes into seclusion andweeps and says: Alas, and in the narration of AbuKurayb the wordsare: Woe unto me, the son of Adam was commanded to prostrate, andhe prostrated and Paradise was entitled to him and I wascommanded to prostrate, but I refused and am doomed to Hell.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: He who tookup arms against us is not of us and he who acted dishonestlytowards us is not of us.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) happened to pass by aheap of eatables (corn). He thrust his hand in that (heap) andhis fingers were moistened. He said to the owner of the heap ofeatables (corn): What is this? Messenger of Allah, these havebeen drenched by rainfall. He (the Prophet) remarked: Why did younot place this (the drenched part of the heap) over othereatables so that the people could see it? He who deceives is notof me (is not my follower).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: Three (arethe persons) with whom Allah would neither speak nor would Heabsolve them on the Day of Resurrection. AbuMu'awiyah added: Hewould not look at them and there is grievous torment for them:the aged adulterer, the liar king and the proud destitute.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Verily Allahwould make a wind to blow from the side of the Yemen moredelicate than silk and would spare none but cause him to die who,in the words of AbuAlqamah, has faith equal to the weight of agrain ; while AbdulAziz said: having faith equal to the weight ofa dust particle.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: Be prompt indoing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence whichwould be like a part of the dark night. During (that stormyperiod) a man would be a Muslim in the morning and an unbelieverin the evening or he would be a believer in the evening and anunbeliever in the morning, and would sell his faith for worldlygoods.

When it was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim): "To Allah belongs whatever is in the Heavens and whateveris Earth and whether you disclose that which is in your mind orconceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it. ThenHe forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He please; andAllah has power over everything" (ii.284), the Companion of theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) felt it to be hard andsevere. They came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)and kneeling down, said: Messenger of Allah, we were assignedsome duties which were within our power to perform, such asprayer, fasting, struggling (in the cause of Allah), charity.Then this (the above-mentioned) verse was revealed unto you andit is beyond our power to live up to it. The Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Do you intend to say what the people oftwo books (Jews and Christians) said before you: "We hear anddisobey"? You should rather say: "We hear and we obey, (we seek)Thy forgiveness, our Lord! And unto Thee is the return." Andthey said: "We hear and we obey, (we seek) Thy forgiveness, ourLord! and unto Thee is the return." When the people recited itand it flowed smoothly from their tongues, then Allah revealedimmediately afterwards: "The apostle believes in that which issent down unto him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Eachone believes in Allah, His angels, His Books and His apostles,saying: We differentiate not between any of His apostles; andthey say: We hearken and we obey; (we seek) Thy forgiveness, ourLord! And unto Thee is the return" (ii.285). When they did that,Allah abrogated this (verse) and the Great, Majestic Allahrevealed: "Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. Itreceives every good that it earns and it suffers every ill thatit earns. Our Lord, punish us not if we forget or make amistake." (The Prophet said): Yes, our Lord! do not lay on us aburden as Thou didst lay on those before us. (The Prophet said:)Yes, our Lord, impose not on us (burdens) which we have not thestrength to bear. (The Prophet said:) Yes, and pardon us andgrant us protection! And have mercy on us. Thou art our Patron,so grant us victory over the disbelieving people" (ii.286). He(the Lord) said: Yes.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The Great andthe Glorious Lord said (to angels): Whenever My bondsman intendsto commit an evil, do not record it against him, but if heactually commits it, then write it as one evil. And when heintends to do good but does not do it, then take it down as oneact of goodness, but if he does it, then write down ten deeds (inthis record).`

Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Whenit occurs to my bondsman that he should do a good deed but heactually does not do it, I record one good deed for him, but ifhe puts it into practice, I make an entry of ten good acts in hisfavour. When it occurs to him to do evil, but he does not commitit, I forgive that. But if he commits it, I record one evil deedagainst his name. The Messenger of Allah (p.) observed: Theangels said: That bondsman of yours intends to commit evil,though His Lord is more Vigilant than he. Upon this He (theLord) said: Watch him; if he commits (evil), write it against hisname, but if he refrains from doing it, write one good deed forhim, for he desisted from doing it for My sake. The Messenger ofAllah said: He who amongst you is of good faith, all his goodacts are multiplied from ten to seven hundred times (and arerecorded in his name) and all the evils that he commits arerecorded as such (i.e. without increase) until he meets Allah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: He whointended to do good, but did not do it, one good was recorded forhim, and he who intended to do good and also did it, ten to sevenhundred good deeds were recorded for him. And he who intendedevil, but did not commit it, no entry was made against his name,but if he committed that, it was recorded.

Some people from amongst the Companions of the apostle (peace beupon him) came to him and said: Verily we perceive in our mindsthat which every one of us considers it too grave to express. He(the Prophet) said: Do you really perceive it? They said: Yes.Upon this he remarked: That is the faith manifest.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Men willcontinue to question one another till this is propounded: Allahcreated all things but who created Allah? He who found himselfconfronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith inAllah.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: People willconstantly ask you questions pertaining to knowledge till theywould say: Allah created us, but who created Allah? He (thenarrator) says: He (AbuHurayrah) was (at the time of narratingthis hadith) catching hold of the hand of a man and he said:Allah and the Messenger told the truth. Two persons have alreadyput me this question, and this is the third one, or he said: Oneman has put me this question and he is the second one.

A person came to the Messenger of Allah what do you think if aman comes to me in order to appropriate my possession? He (theProphet) said: Don't surrender your possession to him. He (theinquirer) said: If he fights me? He (the Prophet) remarked: Thenfight (with him). He (the inquirer) again said: What do you thinkif I am killed? He (the Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr:He (the inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger ofAllah) if I kill him. He (the Prophet) said: He would be in theFire.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Islam initiatedas something strange, and it would revert to its (old position)of being strange, so good tidings for the strangers.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: By Him inWhose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the communityof Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm hisbelief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state(of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: When threethings appear faith will not benefit one who has not previouslybelieved or has derived no good from his faith: the rising of thesun in its place of setting, the Dajjal, and the Beast of theearth.

The Messenger of Allah, (peace be upon him) said: I found myselfin Hijr and the Quraysh were asking me about my night journey. Iwas asked about things pertaining to Bayt al-Maqdis, which Icould not preserve (in my mind). I was very much vexed, so vexedas I had never been before. Then Allah raised it (Bayt al-Maqdis)before my eyes. I looked towards it, and I gave them theinformation about whatever they questioned me.I also saw myselfamong the group of apostles. I saw Moses saying a prayer andfound him to be a well-built man as if he were a man of the tribeof Shanu'ah. I saw Jesus, son of Mary, (peace be upon him)offering prayer; of all men he had the closet resemblance toUrwah ibn Mas'ud ath-Thaqafi. I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him)offering prayer; he had the closet resemblance to your companion(the Prophet himself) amongst people. When the time of prayercame I led them. When I completed the prayer, someone said: Hereis Malik, the keeper of the Hell; give him salutation. I turnedto him, but he preceded me in salutation.

The (words of Allah):"And certainly he saw him in anotherdescent" (al-Qur'an,Iiii.13) imply that he saw Gabriel.

The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There is for everyapostle a prayer which is granted, but every prophet showed hastein his prayer. I have, however, reserved my prayer for theintercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection, and it wouldbe granted, if Allah so willed, in case of everyone amongst myUmmah provided he dies without associating anything with Allah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Seventy thousand(persons) would enter Paradise as one group and among them (therewould be people) whose faces would be bright like the moon.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Five prayers andfrom one Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is anexpiation (of the sins committed in between their intervals) ifmajor sins are not committed.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: When a bondsman - aMuslim or a believer - washes his face (in course of ablution),every sin he contemplated with his eyes will be washed away fromhis face along with water, or with the last drop of water ; whenhe washes his hands, every sin they wrought will be effaced fromhis hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; andwhen he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet havewalked will be washed away with the water, or with the last dropof water, with the result that he comes out pure from all sins.

Verily Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: My Cistern hasits dimensions wider than the distance between Aylah and Aden,and its water is whiter than ice and sweeter than the honeydiluted with milk, and its cups are more numerous than thenumbers of the stars. Verily I shall prevent the (faithless)people therefrom just as a man prevents the camels of the peoplefrom his fountain. They said: Messenger of Allah, will yourecognise us on that day? He said: Yes, you will have distinctivemarks which nobody among the peoples (except you) will have; youwould come to me with blazing forehead and bright hands and feeton account of the traces of ablution.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to the graveyardand said: Peace be upon you! The abode of the believing people;and we, if God so wills, are about to join you. I love to see mybrothers. They (the hearers) said: Aren't we your brothers,Messenger of Allah? He said: You are my companions, and ourbrothers are those who have not, so far, come into the world. They said: Messenger of Allah, how would you recognize thosepersons of your Ummah who have not yet been born? He said:Supposing a man had horses with white blazes on their foreheads,and white socks among horses which were all black, tell me, wouldhe not recognize his own horses? They said: Certainly, Messengerof Allah. He said: They will come with white faces, arms andlegs, owing to ablution, and I shall arrive at the Cistern beforethem. Some people will be driven away from my Cistern as thestray camel is driven away. I shall call out: Come, come. Then itwill be said (to me): These people changed after you, and I shallsay: Be off, be off.

AbuHazim reported: I was (standing) behind AbuHurayrah and he wasperforming the ablution for prayer. He extended the (washing) ofhis hand that it went up to his armpit. I said to him: OAbuHurayrah, what is this ablution? He said: O of the tribe ofFarrukh, you are here; if I knew that you were here, I would havenever performed ablution like this; I have heard my Friend (peacebe upon him) say: In a believer adornment would reach the placeswhere ablution reaches.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Should I notsuggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins andelevates the ranks (of man). They (the hearers) said: Yes,Messenger of Allah. He said: Performing the ablution thoroughlydespite odds, traversing of more pace towards the mosque, andwaiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer, and that ismindfulness.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Trim closely themoustache, and grow beard, and thus act against thefire-worshippers.

When anyone amongst you squats for answering the call of nature,he should neither turn his face towards the Qiblah nor turn hisback towards it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Be on your guardagainst two things which provoke cursing. They (the companionspresent there) said: Messenger of Allah, what are those thingswhich provoke cursing? He said: Easing on the thoroughfares orunder the shades (where they take shelter and rest).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: None of youmust wash in standing water when he is in a state of Junub. AndAbuHurayrah was asked how it was to be done; he said: It was tobe taken out in handfuls.

While the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was in themosque, he said: O Aisha get me that garment. She said: I ammenstruating. Upon this he remarked: Your menstruation is not inyour hand, and she, therefore, got him that.

Performing ablution in the mosque, he said: I am performingablution because of having eaten pieces of cheese, for I heardthe Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Perform ablution(after eating anything) touched by fire.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If any one ofyou has pain in his abdomen, but is doubtful whether or notanything has issued from him, he should not leave the mosqueunless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.

The Apostle (peace be upon him) said: If anyone observes prayerin which he does not recite Umm al-Qur'an, it is deficient (hesaid this three times) and incomplete.It was said toAbuHurayrah: At times we are behind the Imam. He said: Recite itinwardly, for he had heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) declare that Allah the Exalted had said: I have divided theprayer into two halves between Me and My servant, and My servantwill receive what he asks for.When the servant says: Praise beto Allah, the Lord of the universe, Allah the Most High says: Myservant has praised Me. And when he (the servant) says: The MostCompassionate, the Merciful, Allah the Most High says: My servanthas lauded Me.When he (the servant) says: Master of the Day ofJudgment, He remarks: My servant has glorified Me, and sometimesHe will say: My servant entrusted (his affairs) to Me.When he(the worshipper) says: Thee do we worship and of Thee do we askhelp, He (Allah) says: This is between Me and My servant, and Myservant will receive what he asks for.Then, when he (theworshipper) says: Guide us to the straight path, the path ofthose to whom Thou hast been Gracious--not of those who haveincurred Thy displeasure, nor of those who have gone astray, He(Allah) says: This is for My servant, and My servant will receivewhat he asks for. Sufyan said: Ala' ibn AbdurRahman ibn Ya'qubnarrated it to me when I went to him and he was confined to hishome on account of illness, and I asked him about it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who bless meonce, Allah would bless him ten times.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) while teaching us (theprinciples of faith), said: Do not try to go ahead of the Imam,recite takbir when he recites it, and when he says: " Nor ofthose who err," you should say Amin, bow down when he bows down,and when he says: "Allah listens to him who praises Him," say: "OAllah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Verily the Imamis a shield, say prayer sitting when he says prayer sitting. Andwhen he says: "Allah listens to him who praises Him,"O Allah, ourLord, to Thee be the praise," and when the utterance of thepeople of the earth synchronises with that of the beings ofheaven (angels), all the previous sins would be pardoned.

One day the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) led theprayer. Then turning (towards his Companions) he said: O you, theman, why don't you say your prayer well? Does the observer ofprayer not see how he is performing the prayer for he performs itfor himself? By Allah, I see behind me as I see in front of me.

People should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky whilesupplicating in prayer, otherwise their eyes would be snatchedaway.

While making a mention of a few hadiths, he said: (The Messengerof Allah directed us thus): Establish rows in prayer, for themaking of a row (straight) is one of the merits of prayer.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If you were toknow, or if they were to know, what (excellence) lies in thefirst rows, there would have been drawing of lots (for fillingthem); and Ibn Harb said: For (occupying) the first row therewould have been drawing of lots.

The best rows for men are the first rows, and the worst one thelast ones, and the best rows for women are the last ones and theworst ones for them are the first ones.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Whoever (woman)fumigates herself with perfume should not join us in the Isha'prayer.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The nearest aservant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, somake supplication (in this state).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say whileprostrating himself: O Lord, forgive me all my sins, small andgreat, first and last, open and secret.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: A woman, an assand a dog disrupt the prayer, but something like the back of asaddle guards against that.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: I have beengiven superiority over the other prophets in six respects: I havebeen given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning;I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies): spoilshave been made lawful to me; the earth has been made for me cleanand a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind; and theline of prophets is closed with me.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saw some sputum in thedirection of the Qiblah of the mosque. He turned towards peopleand said: How is it that someone amongst you stands before hisLord and then spits out in front of Him? Does any one of you likethat he should be made to stand in front of someone and then spitat his face? So when any one of you spits, he must spit on hisleft side under his foot. But if he does not find (space to spit)he should do like this. Qasim (one of the narrators) spat in hiscloth and then folded it and rubbed it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who eats ofthis plant (garlic) should not approach our mosque and should notharm us with the odour of garlic.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If anyone hearsa man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, heshould say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosques werenot built for this.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) seeking refugefrom the torment of the grave after this (after the revelation).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When any one ofyou utters tashahhud (in prayer) he must seek refuge with Allahfrom four (trials) and should thus say: "O Allah! I seek refugewith Thee from the torment of the Hell, from the torment of thegrave, from the trial of life and death and from the evil of thetrial of Masih ad-Dajjal: (Antichrist).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When any one ofyou completes the last tashahhud, he should seek refuge withAllah from four (trials) i.e. from the torment of Hell, from thetorment of grave, from the trial of life and death, and from themischief of Masih ad-Dajjal (Antichrist). This hadith has beennarrated by al-Awza'i with the same chain of transmitters butwith these words: "When any one of you completes the tashahhud"and he made no mention of the words "The last".

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to seek refuge fromthe torment of the grave, torment of Hell and the trial ofDajjal.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: If anyone extols Allahafter every prayer thirty-three times, and praises Allahthirty-three times, and declares His Greatness thirty-three,times, ninety-nine times in all, and say to complete a hundred:"There is no god but Allah, having no partner with Him, to Himbelongs sovereignty and to Him to praise due, and He is Potentover everything," his sins will be forgiven even if these are asabundant as the foam of the sea.

When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stood up for thesecond rak'ah he opened it with the recitation of the praise ofAllah, the Lord of universe (al-Fatihah), and he did not observesilence (before the recitation of al-Fatihah).

When Iqamah was pronounced for the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) the people occupied their places in the rows before theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stood up at his place.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who finds(gets) a rak'ah of the afternoon (prayer) before the setting ofthe sun, he in fact gets (the full prayer), and he who gets arak'ah of the morning (prayer) before the rising of the sun he infact gets (the full prayer).

A blind man came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) andsaid: Messenger of Allah, I have no one to guide me to themosque. He, therefore, asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)permission to say prayer in his house. He (the Prophet) grantedhim permission. Then when the man turned away he called him andsaid: Do you hear the call to prayer? He said: Yes. He (theProphet then) said: Respond to it.

A man went out of the mosque after the call to prayer had beenannounced. (A man stood up in the mosque and set off.)AbuHurayrah's eyes followed him till he went out of the mosque.Upon this AbuHurayrah said: This man has disobeyed AbulQasim(Muhammad (peace be upon him) )

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who purifiedhimself in his house, and then he walked to one of the houses ofAllah for the sake of performing a fard (obligatory act) out ofthe Fara'id (obligatory acts) of Allah, both his steps (would besignificant) as one of them would obliterate his sin and thesecond one would raise his status.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The parts ofland dearest to Allah are its mosques, and the parts most hatefulto Allah are markets.

When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) returned from theexpedition to Khaybar, he travelled one night, and stopped forrest when he became sleepy. He told Bilal to remain on guardduring the night, and he could, while the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) and his companions slept. When the time fordawn approached Bilal leaned against his camel facing thedirection from which the dawn would appear. However he wasovercome by sleep while he was leaning against his camel, andneither the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) nor Bilal, noranyone else among his Companions, rose until the sun shone onthem. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was the first of themto awake and, being startled, he called to Bilal who said:Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be offered as ransomfor thee, the same thing overpowered me which overpowered you. He (the Holy Prophet, then) said: Lead the beasts on. So they ledtheir camels to some distance. The Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) then performed ablution and gave orders to Bilal whopronounced the Iqamah and then led them in the morning prayer. When he finished the prayer he said: When anyone forgets theprayer, he should observe it when he remembers it, for Allah hassaid: "And observe the prayer for remembrance of Me" (Qur'an,xx.14). Yunus said: Ibn Shihab used to recite it like this: "(And observe the prayer) for remembrance."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When the prayercommences then there is no prayer (valid), but the obligatoryprayer. This hadith has been narrated by Warqa with the samechain of transmitters.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) recited in the two(supererogatory) rak'ahs of the dawn (prayer): "Say: Ounbelievers," (Qur'an, 109) and "Say: Allah is one" (112).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: When any one of yougets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two shortrak'ahs.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not make yourhouse as graveyards. Satan runs away from the house in whichSurah al-Baqarah is recited.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When any one of yougets up at night (for prayer) and his tongue falters in (therecitation) of the Qur'an, and he does not know what he isreciting, he should go to sleep.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Would any one of youlike, when he returns to his family, to find there three large,fat, pregnant she-camels? We said: Yes . Upon this he said: Threeverses that one of you recited in his prayer are better for himthan three large, fat, pregnant she-camels.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Get together,for I am going to recite one-third of the Qur'an before you. Andthose who could get together gathered there. Then the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) came out and recited: "Say: He, Allah,is One." He then entered (his house). Some of us said to theothers: Perhaps there has been some news from the heaven onaccount of which he has gone inside (the house). The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) again came out and said: I told youthat I was going to recite one-third of the Qur'an; keep in mind,this (Surah al-Ikhlas) is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited to observeprayer after the Asr prayer till the sun is set, and after thedawn till the sun rises.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The best day on whichthe sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he wasmade to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who took a bathand then came for Jumu'ah prayer and then prayed what was fixedfor him, then kept silence till the Imam finished the sermon, andthen prayed along with him, his sins between that time and thenext Friday would be forgiven, and even of three days more.

Ibn AbuRafi' said: Marwan appointed AbuHurayrah as his deputy inMedina and he himself left for Mecca. AbuHurayrah led us in theJumu'ah prayer and recited after Surat al-Jumu'ah in the secondrak'ah: "When the hypocrites came to thee" (Surah 63). I then metAbuHurayrah as he came back and said to him: You have recited twosurahs which Ali ibn AbuTalib used to recite in Kufah. Upon thisAbuHurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) reciting these two in the Friday (prayer).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to recite in thedawn prayer on Friday "Alif-Lam-Mim, Tanzil: and "Surely therecame."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When any one of youobserves the Jumu'ah prayer (two obligatory rak'ahs incongregation), he shod observe four (rak'ahs) afterwards.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Exhort to recite"There is no god but Allah" to those of you who are dying.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Did you not see whenthe man died and his eyes were fixedly open? He (AbuHurayrah)said: Yes. He (the Prophet) said: It is due to the fact that when(the soul leaves the body) his eyesight follows the soul.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: It is better that oneof you should sit on live coals which would burn his clothing andcome in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: I sought permissionto beg forgiveness for my mother, but He did not grant it to me.I sought permission from Him to visit her grave, and He grantedit (permission) to me.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If any owner of goldor silver does not pay what is due from him, when the Day ofResurrection comes, plates of fire will be beaten out for him.These will then be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, hisforehead and his back will be cauterized with them. Wheneverthese cool down, (the process is) repeated for a day, the extentof which will be fifty thousand years, until judgment ispronounced upon the servants, and he sees whether his path is totake him to Paradise or to Hell. It was said: Messenger of Allah,what about the camel? He (the Holy Prophet) said: If any ownerof the camel does not pay what is due from him, and of hid due inthat (camel) is (also) to milk it on the day when it comes downto water, when the Day of Resurrection comes, a soft sandy plainwill be set for him, as extensive as possible. (He will find)that not a single young one is missing, and they will trample himwith their hoofs and bite him with their mouths. As often as thefirst of them passes him, the last of them will be made to returnfor a day, the extent of which will be fifty thousand years,until judgment is pronounced upon the servants and he seeswhether his path is to take him to Paradise or to Hell. It was(again) said: Messenger of Allah, what about cows (cattle) andsheep?He said: If any owner of the cattle and sheep does notpay what is due on them, when the Day of Resurrection comes, asoft sandy plain will be spread for them. He will find none ofthem missing, with twisted horns, without horns or with a brokenhorn, and they will gore him with their horns and trample himwith their hoofs. As often as the first of them passes him thelast of them will be made to return to him for a day, the extentof which will be fifty thousand years, until judgment ispronounced upon the servants. And he would be shown his Pathleading him to Paradise or to Hell. It was said: Messenger ofAllah, what about the horse? Upon this he said: The horses areof three types. To one man (these are) burden, and to another man(these are) a covering, and still to another man (these are) asource of reward. The one to whom these are a burden is theperson who rears them in order to show off, for vainglory and foropposing the Muslims; so they are a burden to him. The one forwhom these are a covering is the person who rears them for thesake of Allah but does not forget the right of Allah concerningtheir backs and their necks, and so they are a covering for him.As for those which bring reward (these refer to) the person whorears them for the sake of Allah, to be used for Muslims, so heputs them in meadows and fields. And whatever they eat from thosemeadows and fields will be recorded on his behalf as good deeds,as will also the amount of their dung and urine. They will notbreak their halters and prance a course or two without havingrecorded the amount of their hoof marks and their dung as a gooddeed on his behalf (on behalf of their owner). And their masterdoes not bring them past a river from which they drink, though hedid not intend to quench their thirst, but Allah will record forhim the amount of what they drink on his behalf as good deeds. Itwas said: Messenger of Allah, what about the asses? Upon this hesaid: Nothing has been revealed to me in regard to the asses (inparticular) except this one verse of a comprehensive nature: "Hewho does an atom weight of good will see it, and he who does anatom weight of evil will see it" (xcix.7).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Of the dinar youspend as a contribution in Allah's path, or to set free a slave,or as a Sadaqah given to a needy, or to support your family, theone yielding the greatest reward is that which you spent on yourfamily.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The earth will vomitlong pieces of its liver like columns of gold and silver, and themurderer will come and say: It was for this that I committedmurder. The breaker of family ties will come and say: It was forthis that I broke the family ties; and the thief will come andsay: It is for this that my hands were cut off. They will thenleave it and will not take anything out of it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: O people, Allah isGood and He, therefore, accepts only that which is good. AndAllah commanded the believers as He commanded the Messengers bysaying: "O Messengers, eat of the good things, and do good deeds;verily I am aware of what you do" (xxiii.51) And He said: 'Othose who believe, eat of the good things that We gave you"(ii.172). He then made a mention of a person who travels widely,his hair dishevelled and covered with dust. He lifts his handtowards the sky (and thus makes the supplication): "O Lord, OLord," whereas his diet is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, andhis clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is unlawful. How canthen his supplication be accepted?

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade (to do certainthings) and then he made a mention of certain habits and said: Hewho gives a she-camel as a gift, for him is the reward (of thegift) both morning and evening - a reward for drinking milk inthe morning and a reward for drinking milk in the evening.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Who has observedfast among you today? AbuBakr replied: It is I. (The Prophetagain) said: Who among you followed the bier today? AbuBakrreplied: It is I. He (the Prophet again) said: Who among you feda poor man today? AbuBakr replied: It is I. He (again)said: Whoamong you visited an invalid today? AbuBakr said: It is I. Uponthis the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Anyone inwhom (these good deeds) are combined will certainly enterParadise.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who begs theriches of others to increase his own is asking only for livecoals, so let him ask a little or much.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Whenever you sightthe new moon (of the month of Ramadan) observe fast, and when yousight it (the new moon of Shawwal) break it, and if the sky iscloudy for you, then observe fast for thirty days.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Observe fast onsighting it (the new moon) and break (fast) on sighting it (thenew moon), but if the sky is cloudy for you, then complete thenumber (of thirty).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Observe fast onsighting it (the new moon) and break it on sighting it. But if(due to clouds) the actual position of the month is concealedfrom you, you should then count thirty (days).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) made a mention of thenew moon and (in this connection) said: Observe fast when you seeit (the new moon) and break fast when you see it (the new moon ofShawwal), but when (the actual position of the month is)concealed from you (on account of cloudy sky), then count thirtydays.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to observefast on these two days. Id al-Adha and Id al-Fitr.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: If any one of you isinvited to a meal when he is fasting, he should say: "I amfasting."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The most excellentfast after Ramadan is God's month, al-Muharram, and the mostexcellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during thenight.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: I was shown Laylatal-Qadr; then some members of my family woke me up, then I wascaused to forget it. So seek it in the last week. Harmalah said:(The Prophet did not say: "I was made to forget," but he stated):"But I forgot it."

We were talking about laylat al-Qadr in the presence of theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he said: He whoamongst you remembers (the night) when the moon arose and it waslike a piece of plate (at the fag end of the month in a state ofwaning).

Hanzalah al-Aslami reported: I heard AbuHurayrah (Allah bepleased with him) as narrating from Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him) who said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, Ibn Maryam(Jesus Christ) would certainly pronounce Talbiyah for Hajj or forUmrah or for both (simultaneously as a Qarin) in the valley ofRawha.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Medina is a sacredterritory, so he who made any innovation in it, or gaveprotection to an innovator, there is upon him the curse of Allah,that of the angels and that of all the people. There would not beaccepted on the Day of Resurrection either obligatory acts orsupererogatory acts from him.

When the people saw the first fruit (of the season or ofplantation) they brought it to Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim). When he received it he said: O Allah, bless us in ourfruits; and bless us in our city; and bless us in our sa's andbless us in our mudd. O Allah, Ibrahim was Thy servant, Thyfriend, and Thy apostle; and I am Thy servant and Thy apostle. He(Ibrahim) made supplication to Thee for (the showering ofblessings upon) Mecca, and I am making supplication to Thee forMedina just as he made supplication to Thee for Mecca, and thelike of it in addition. He would then call to him the youngestchild and give him these fruits.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: For one among myUmmah who shows endurance against the hardships and rigours ofMedina, I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf onthe Day of Resurrection.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Dajjal will come fromthe eastern side with the intention of attacking Medina until hewill get down behind Uhud. Then the angels will turn his facetowards Syria and there he will perish.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A time will come forthe people (of Medina) when a man will invite his cousin and anyother near relation: Come (and settle) at (a place) where livingis cheap, come to where there is plenty, but Medina will bebetter for them; would they know it! By Him in Whose Hand is mylife, none amongst them would go out (of the city) with a dislikefor it, but Allah would make his successor in it someone betterthan he. Behold, Medina is like furnace which eliminates from itthe impurities. And the Last Hour will not come until Medinabanishes its evils just as a furnace eliminates the impurities ofiron.

AbulQasim (Muhammad, peace be upon him) said: He who intends todo harm to the people of this city (that is, Medina), Allah wouldefface him as salt is dissolved in water.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A man must not makeproposal of marriage to a woman when his brother has done soalready. And he must not offer a price for a thing for which hisbrother has already offered a price; and a woman must not becombined in marriage with her father's sister, nor with hermother's sister, and a woman must not ask to have her sisterdivorced in order to deprive her of what belongs to her; but shemust marry, because she will have what Allah has decreed for her.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had forbidden a dweller ofthe town selling the merchandise of a villager or outbidding in asale (in order that another might fall into a snare), or a personmaking the proposal of marriage when his brother has already madesuch a proposal, or entering into a transaction when his brotherhas already entered; and a woman asking the divorce of her sisterin order to deprive her of what belongs to her. Amr made thisaddition: "The person should not purchase in opposition to hisbrother."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited Shighar. IbnNumayr added: Shighar means that a person should say to the otherperson: Give me the hand of your daughter in marriage and I will(in return) marry my daughter to you; or marry me your sister,and I will marry my sister to you.

I was in the company of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)when there came a man and informed him that he had contracted tomarry a woman of the Ansar. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) said: Did you cast a glance at her? He said: No. Hesaid: Go and cast a glance at her, for there is something in theeyes of the Ansar.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If any one of you isinvited, he should accept (the invitation) In case he is fastinghe should pray (in order to bless the inmates of the house) andif he is not fasting he should eat.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The worst kind of foodis at the wedding feast from which one who comes is turned away,and he who refuses it is invited, and he who did not accept theinvitation disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: a believing manshould not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of hercharacteristics, he will be pleased with another.

Sa'd ibn Ubadah al-Ansari said: Messenger of Allah, tell me if aman finds his wife with another person, should he kill him?Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: No. Sa'd said: Whynot? I swear by Him Who has honoured you with Truth. ThereuponAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Listen to what yourchief says.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The slave who isjointly owned by two persons, and is emancipated by one of them,(this one) has liability (upon him to secure complete freedom forthat slave).

Aisha thought of buying a slave-girl and emancipating her, buther owners refused to (sell her but on the condition) that theright of inheritance would vest in them. She made a mention ofthat to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), whereupon he said:Let this (condition) not stand in your way, for the right ofinheritance vests with one who emancipates.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who takes anyoneas his ally without the consent of his previous master, therewill be the curse of Allah and that of His angels upon him, andneither any obligatory act of his nor the supererogatory one willbe accepted (by Allah).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A son does not repaywhat he owes to his father unless he buys him (the father) incase he is a slave and then emancipates him. In the narrationtransmitted by Ibn AbuShaybah there is a slight change of words.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade a transactiondetermined by throwing stones, and the type which involves someuncertainty.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not meet themerchandise (in the way).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who boughtfoodgrain should not sell it until he had measured it. In thenarration of AbuBakr there the word is Ibta' instead of Ishtara.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not sell thefruits until their good condition becomes evident.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbidding Muhaqalah andMuzabanah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Dates are to be paidfor by dates, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, salt by salt,like for like, payment being made on the spot. He who made anaddition or demanded an addition, in fact, dealt in usury exceptin case where their classes differ. This hadith has been narratedon the authority of Fudayl ibn Ghazwan with the same chain oftransmitters, but he made no mention of (payment being) made onthe spot.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: One should not take aspan of land without having legitimate right to it, otherwiseAllah would make him wear (around his neck) seven earths on theDay of Resurrection.

A person said to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him): My fatherdied and left behind property without making any will regardingit. Would he be relieved of the burden of his sins if I giveSadaqah on his behalf? He (the Prophet) said: Yes.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When a man dies, hisacts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge(by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays for him (forthe deceased).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) found an old man walkingbetween his two sons supported by them, whereupon Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) said: What is the matter with him? He (thenarrator) said: Allah's Messenger, they are his sons and there isupon him the (fulfilment) of the vow, whereupon Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) said: Ride, old man, for Allah is not in needof you and your vow.

A person sat late in the night with Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him), and then came to his family and found that hischildren had gone to sleep. His wife brought food for him, but hetook an oath that he would not eat because of his children(having gone to sleep without food). He then gave precedence (ofbreaking the vow and then expiating it) and ate the food. He thencame to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and made mention ofthat to him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)said: He who took an oath and (later on) found something betterthan that should do that, and expiate for (breaking) his vow.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Your oath should beabout something regarding which your companion will believe you."Amr said: By which your companion will believe you.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: It is essential tofeed the slave, clothe him (properly) and not burden him withwork which is beyond his power.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When a slave fulfilsobligation of Allah and obligation of his master, there is dualreward for him. I narrated this to Ka'b, and Ka'b said: (Such aslave) has not accountability, nor has a poor believer.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: In case the slave isowned by two persons, and one of them emancipates him, he willguarantee (his full freedom).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah likesthree things for you and He disapproves three things for you. Heis pleased with you that you worship Him and associate notanything with Him, that you hold fast the rope of Allah, and benot scattered; and He disapproves for you irrelevant talk,persistent questioning and the wasting of wealth.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If you come to atownship (which has surrendered without a formal war) and staytherein, you have a share (that will be in the form of an award)in (the properties obtained from) it. If a township disobeysAllah and His Messenger (and actually fights against the Muslims)one-fifth of the booty seized therefrom is for Allah and HisApostle and the rest is for you.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "We do not haveany heirs; what we leave behind is a charitable endowment."

Abdullah ibn Rabah said: Many deputations came to Mu'awiyah. Thiswas in the month of Ramadan. We would prepare food for oneanother. AbuHurayrah was one of those who frequently invited usto his house. I said: Should I not prepare food and invite themto my house? So I ordered meals to be prepared. Then I metAbuHurayrah in the evening and said: (You will have) your mealswith me tonight. He said: You have forestalled me. I said: Yes;and invited them. (When they had finished the meal) AbuHurayrahsaid: Should I not tell you one of your traditions, O ye assemblyof the Ansar? He then gave an account of the Conquest of Meccaand said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) advanceduntil he reached Mecca. He deputed Zubayr on his right flank andKhalid on the left, and he despatched AbuUbaydah with the forcethat had no armour. They advanced to the interior of the valley.The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was in the midst of alarge contingent of fighters. He saw me and said: AbuHurayrah. I said: I am here at your call, Messenger of Allah! He said: Letno one come to me except the Ansar, so call to me the Ansar(only). AbuHurayrah continued: So they gathered round him. TheQuraysh also gathered their ruffians and their (lowly) followers,and said: We send these forward. If they obtain anything, weshall be with them (to share it), and if misfortune befalls them,we shall pay (as compensation) whatever we are asked for. TheMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said (to the Ansar): Yousee the ruffians and the (lowly) followers of the Quraysh. And heindicated by (striking) one of his hands over the other that theyshould be killed, and said: Meet me at as-Safa'. Then we went on(and) if any one of us wanted a certain person to be killed, hewas killed, and none could offer any resistance. AbuHurayrahcontinued: Then came AbuSufyan and said: Messenger of Allah, theblood of the Quraysh has become very cheap. There will be noQuraysh from this day on. Then he (the Holy Prophet) said:Whoever enters the house of AbuSufyan, will be safe. Some of theAnsar whispered among themselves: (After all), love for his cityand tenderness towards his relations have overpowered him.AbuHurayrah said: (At this moment) revelation came to the HolyProphet (peace be upon him) and when he was going to receive theRevelation, we understood. When he was (actually) receiving it,none of us would dare raise his eyes to the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) until the revelation came to an end. When therevelation came to an end, the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: O ye assembly of the Ansar! They said: Here we are atyour disposal, Messenger of Allah. He said: You were saying thatlove for his city and tenderness towards his people haveoverpowered this man. They said: So it was. He said: No, never. Iam a bondsman of God, and His Messenger. I migrated towards Godand towards you. I shall live with you and die with you. So, they(the Ansar) turned towards him in tears and they were saying: ByAllah, we said what we said because of our tenacious attachmentto Allah and His Messenger. The Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: Surely, Allah and His Messenger testify to yourassertions and accept your apology. The narrator continued:People turned to the house of AbuSufyan and people locked theirdoors. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) proceeded untilhe approached the (Black) Stone. He kissed it and circumambulatedthe Ka'bah. He reached an idol by the side of the Ka'bah, whichwas worshipped by the people. The Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) had a bow in his hand, and he was holding it from acorner. When he came near the idol, he began to pierce its eyeswith the bow and (while doing so) was saying: Truth has beenestablished and falsehood has perished. When he had finished thecircumambulation, he came to Safa', ascended it to a height fromwhere he could see the Ka'bah, raised his hands (in prayer) andbegan to praise Allah and prayed what he wanted to pray.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: It is obligatoryfor you to listen to the ruler and obey him in adversity andprosperity, in pleasure and displeasure, and even when anotherperson is given (rather undue) preference over you.

The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: A commander (ofthe Muslims) is a shield for them. They fight behind him and theyare protected by (him from tyrants and aggressors). If he enjoinsfear of God, the Exalted and Glorious, and dispenses justice,there will be a (great) reward for him; and if he enjoinsotherwise, it redounds on him.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: One who defectsfrom obedience (to the Amir) and separates from the main body ofthe Muslims--if he dies in that state--will die the death of onebelonging to the days of Jahiliyyah (i.e. would not die as aMuslim). One who fights under the banner of a people who areblind (to the cause for which they are fighting, i.e. do not knowwhether their cause is just or otherwise), who is puffed up withfamily pride, calls (people) to fight for their family honour,and supports his kith and kin (i.e. fights not for the cause ofAllah but for the sake of his family or tribe)--if he is killed(in this fight), he dies as one belonging to the days ofJahiliyyah. Whoever attacks my Ummah, (indiscriminately) killingthe righteous and the wicked of them, sparing not (even) thosestaunch in faith, and not fulfilling his promise made with thosewho have been given a pledge of a security--he has nothing to dowith me and I have nothing to do with him.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to dislike theShikal horse.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Of the men helives the best life who holds the reins of his horse (ever readyto march) in the way of Allah, flies on its back whenever hehears a fearful shriek, or a call for help, flies to it seekingdeath at places where it can be expected. (Next to him) is a manwho lives with his sheep at a hill-top or in a valley, says hisprayers regularly, gives Zakat and worships his Lord until deathcomes to him. There is no better person among men except thesetwo.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: A disbelieverand a believer who killed him will never be gathered together inHell.

It has been narrated on the authority of Sulayman ibn Yasar whosaid: People dispersed from around AbuHurayrah, and Natil, whowas from the Syrians, said to him: O Shaykh, relate (to us) atradition you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him). He said: Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) say:The first man (whose case) will be decided on theDay of Judgment, will be a man who died as a martyr. He shall bebrought (before the Judgment Seat). Allah will make him recountHis blessings (i.e. the blessings which He had bestowed upon him)and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in hislife).(Then) will Allah say: What did you do (to requite theseblessings)? He will say: I fought for Thee until I died as amartyr. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You fought so thatyou might be called a "brave warrior". And you were called so.(Then) orders will be passed against him and he will be draggedwith his face downward and cast into Hell. Then there will bebrought forward a man who acquired knowledge and imparted it (toothers) and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought, Allah willmake him recount His blessings and he will recount them (andadmit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Then will Allah ask:What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: Iacquired knowledge and disseminated it and recited the Qur'an,seeking Thy pleasure. Allah will say: You have told a lie. Youacquired knowledge so that you might be called "a scholar", andyou recited the Qur'an so that it might be said: "He is a Qari"and such has been said. Then orders will be passed against himand he shall be dragged with his face downward and cast into theFire. Then will be brought a man whom Allah had made abundantlyrich and had granted every kind of wealth. He will be brought,Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recountthem and (admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Allah will(then) ask: What have you done (to requite these blessings)? Hewill say: I spent money in every cause in which Thou wished thatit should be spent. Allah will say: You are lying. You did (so)that it might be said about (you): "He is a generous fellow", andso it was said. Then will Allah pass orders and he will bedragged with his face downward and thrown into Hell.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: One who died butdid not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire(or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Whom do youconsider to be a martyr among you? They (the Companions) said:Messenger of Allah, one who is slain in the way of Allah is amartyr. He said: Then (if this is the definition of a martyr) themartyrs of my Ummah will be small in number. They asked:Messenger of Allah, who are they? He said: One who is slain inthe way of Allah is a martyr; one who dies in the way of Allah isa martyr; one who dies of plague is a martyr; one who dies ofcholera is a martyr.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him said: When you journeythrough a fertile land, you should (go slow and) give the camelsa chance to graze in the land. When you travel in an arid (land)where there is scarcity of vegetation, you should quicken theirpace (lest your camels grow feeble and emaciated for lack offodder), When you halt for the night, avoid (pitching your tenton) the road for it is the abode of noxious little animals atnight.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The eating of allfanged beasts of prey is unlawful. This hadith has been narratedthrough another chain of transmitters.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Wine is prepared fromthe (fruit) of these two trees - date-palm and vine.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade (the preparation ofNabidh) from grapes and dates, and unripe dates and dry dates (bymixing them together). He (the Prophet also) said: Prepare Nabidhfrom each one of them separately. This hadith has been narratedon the authority of AbuHurayrah through another chain oftransmitters.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not prepare Nabidhin gourd or jar or in a pitcher besmeared with pitch (known asgreen pitcher).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: None of you shoulddrink while standing; and if anyone forgets, he must vomit.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When any one of youeats food he should lick his fingers, for he does not know inwhat part of the food sticking to his fingers the blessing lies.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) went out (of his house) oneday or one night, and there he found AbuBakr and Umar also. Hesaid: What has brought you out of your houses at this hour? Theysaid: Allah's Messenger, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Himin Whose Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought meout too; stand up. They stood up with him, and (all of them) cameto the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When his wifesaw him she said: Most welcome. Allah's Messenger (peace be uponhim) said to her: Where is so and so? She said: He has gone tofetch some fresh water for us.When the Ansari came and he sawAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and his two companions, hesaid: Praise be to Allah, no one has more honourable guests todaythan I (have). He then went out and brought them a bunch of ripedates, some dry dates and fresh dates, and said: Eat some ofthem. He then took hold of his long knife (for slaughtering agoat or a sheep). Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said tohim: Beware of killing a milking animal. He slaughtered a sheepfor them and they ate of it and of the bunch of dates and drank. When they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied withthe drink, Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to AbuBakrand Umar: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you will certainly bequestioned about this bounty on the Day of Judgment. Hungerbrought you out of your house and you did not return until thisbounty came to you.

Someone came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and said: Iam hard pressed by hunger. He sent (a message) to one of hiswives (to procure food for him), but she said: By Him Who hassent you with Truth, I have nothing (to serve him) but water. He(the Holy Prophet) then sent the (same) message to another, andshe gave the same reply, until all of them gave the same reply:By Him Who has sent thee with the Truth, I have nothing butwater.Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah will showmercy to him who entertains this guest tonight. A person fromthe Ansar stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, I (am ready toentertain). He took him to his house and said to his wife: Do youhave anything (to serve the guest)? She said: No, barely enoughfor our children. He said: Distract their attention withsomething, and when the guest enters extinguish the lamp and givehim the impression that we are eating. So they sat down, and theguest had his meal. When it was morning he went to Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) who said: Allah was well pleased withwhat you both did for your guest this night.

AbuRazin said: AbuHurayrah came to us and he struck his foreheadwith his hand and said: Behold! you talk amongst yourself that Iattribute wrongly to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)(certain things) in order to guide you to the right path. In sucha case, I would myself go astray. Listen, I bear testimony to thefact that I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) assaying: When the thong of any one of you is broken, he should notwalk in the second one until he has got it repaired. This hadithhas been reported on the authority of AbuHurayrah with adifferent chain of transmitters.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Angels do not enterthe house in which there are portrayals or pictures.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Angels do notaccompany the travellers who have with them a dog and a bell.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The bell is themusical instrument of the Satan.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Two are the types ofthe denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs likethe tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people,and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, whowould be inclined (to evil) and made their husbands inclinetowards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukhtcamel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and theywould not smell its odour whereas it odour would be smelt fromsuch and such distance.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not greet the Jewsand the Christians before they greet you and when you meet anyone of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part ofit.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When anyone amongstyou stands up, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority ofAbuAwanah, the words are: "He who stands in his place and (goesaway) and then comes back to it, he has the greatest right (tooccupy that).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who killed a geckowith the first stroke for him is such and such a reward, and hewho killed it with a second stroke for him is such and suchreward less than the first one, and he who killed it with thethird stroke for him is such and such a reward less than thesecond one.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A woman was punishedbecause of a cat. She had neither provided her with food nordrink, nor set her free so that she might eat the insects of theearth.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who is presentedwith a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry andpleasant in odour.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: I shall bepre-eminent amongst the descendants of Adam on the Day ofResurrection and I will be the first intercessor and the firstwhose intercession will be accepted (by Allah).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The crying of thechild (starts) when the satan begins to prick him.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Zakariyya' (peace beupon him) was a carpenter.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: While I was asleep Isaw myself in Paradise and a woman performing ablution by theside of a palace. I said: For whom is it meant? They said: It ismeant for Umar ibn al-Khattab. (The Prophet) said: There cameacross my mind the feeling of Umar and so I turned back and wentaway. AbuHurayrah said: Umar wept as we were present in thatmeeting with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) amongst us andUmar said: Allah's Messenger, may my father and mother be takenas ransom for you. Could I at all feel any jealousy about you?

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was upon the mountain ofHira' and there were along with him AbuBakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali,Talhah, Zubayr, that the mountain stirred; thereupon Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) said: Be calm, there is none uponyou but a Prophet, a Siddiq (the testifier of truth) and aMartyr.

I invited my mother, who was a polytheist, to Islam. I invitedher one day and she said to me something about Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him), which I hated. I came to Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him), weeping and said: Allah's Messenger, Iinvited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (myinvitation). I invited her today but she said to me somethingwhich I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah to set the motherof AbuHurayrah on the right path. Thereupon Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him) said: O Allah, set the mother of AbuHurayrahon the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplicationof Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him). When I came near our doorit was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of myfootsteps and she said: AbuHurayrah, just wait. I heard thesplashing of water. She took a bath, put on her dress, quicklycovered her head with a shawl opened the door and then said:AbuHurayrah, I bear witness to the fact that there is no god butAllah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He(AbuHurayrah) said: I went back to Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. Isaid: Allah's Messenger, be happy, for Allah has responded toyour supplication and He has set on the right path the mother ofAbuHurayrah. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah, and extolledHim and uttered good words. I said: Allah's Messenger,supplicate Allah to instil my love and that of my mother too inthe hearts of the believing servants and let our hearts be filledwith their love. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i.e.AbuHurayrah and his mother, in the hearts of the believingservants and let their hearts be filled with the love of thebelieving servants. (AbuHurayrah said: This prayer) was so wellgranted by Allah that no believer ever born, who heard of me andwho saw me, did not love me.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The best age of myUmmah is one in which I was sent (by Allah as an Apostle), thenthe one next to that. (The narrator said): And Allah knows bestwhether he stated this third (time) or not. Then there would comepeople who would love (to look) bulky and they would hasten tothe witness box before they are asked to bear witness.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not revile myCompanions, do not revile my Companions. By Him in Whose Hand ismy life, if one amongst you would have spent as much gold as Uhudit would not amount to as much as one mudd on behalf of one ofthem or half of it.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Let him be humbled intodust; let him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah'sMessenger, who is he? He said: He who sees either of his parentsduring their old age or he sees both of them, but he does notenter Paradise.

A person said: Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him), I haverelatives with whom I try to have close relationship, but theysever (this relation). I treat them well, but they treat me ill.I am sweet to them but they are harsh towards me. Upon this he(the Prophet) said: If it is so as you say, then you in factthrow hot ashes (upon their faces) and there would always remainwith you on behalf of Allah (an Angel to support you) who wouldkeep you dominant over them so long as you adhere to this (pathof righteousness).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There should be noestranged relations beyond three days.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Don't nurse grudge anddon't bid him out for raising the price and don't nurse aversionor enmity and don't enter into a transaction when the others haveentered into that transaction and be as fellow-brothers andservants of Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. Heneither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him.The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards hischest thrice. It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he shouldlook down upon his brother Muslim. All things of a Muslim areinviolable for his brother in faith; his blood, his wealth andhis honour.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The gates of Paradiseare not opened but on two days, Monday and Thursday, and thenevery servant (of Allah) is granted pardon who does not associateanything with Allah except the person in whose (heart) there israncour against his brother. And it would be said: Look towardsboth of them until there is reconciliation; look towards both ofthem until there is reconciliation; look towards both of themuntil there is reconciliation. In the hadith of Suhayl the wordsare: (Those would not be granted pardon) who boycott each other.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Verily, Allah would sayon the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual lovefor My Glory's sake? Today I shall shelter them in My shadow whenthere is no other shadow but the shadow of Mine.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A person visited hisbrother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait forhim on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do youintend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town.He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment of whichyou intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love himfor the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon hesaid: I am a Messenger to you from Allah (to inform you) thatAllah loves you as you love him (for His sake).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said, Verily, Allah, theExalted and Glorious, will say on the Day of Resurrection: O sonof Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me. He will say: O myLord, how could I visit Thee when Thou art the Lord of theworlds? Thereupon He will say: Didn't you know that a certainservant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him, and were younot aware that if you had visited him, you would have found Me byhim? O son of Adam, I asked you for food but you did not feed Me. He will say: My Lord, how could I feed Thee when Thou art theLord of the worlds? He will say: Didn't you know that a certainservant of Mine asked you for food but you did not feed him, andwere you not aware that if you had fed him you would have foundhim by My side? (The Lord will again say:) O son of Adam, I askedyou for something to drink but you did not provide Me with any. He will say: My Lord, how could I provide Thee with something todrink when Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He willsay: A certain servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you didnot provide him with one, and had you provided him with a drinkyou would have found him near Me.

When this verse was revealed: "Whoever does evil will be requiredfor it" (iv.122), and when this was conveyed to the Muslims theywere greatly perturbed. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) said: Be moderate and stand firm in trouble that falls tothe lot of a Muslim (as that) is an expiation for him; evenstumbling on the path or the pricking of a thorn (are anexpiation for him).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Do you know who ispoor? They (the Companions of the Prophet) said: A poor manamongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He(the Prophet) said: The poor of my Ummah would be he who wouldcome on the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakatbut (he would find himself bankrupt on that day as he would haveexhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses uponothers, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumedthe wealth of others and shed the blood of others and beatothers, and his virtues would be credited to the account of one(who suffered at his hand). And if his good deeds fall short toclear the account, then his sins would be entered in (hisaccount) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The claimants wouldget their claims on the Day of Resurrection so much so that thehornless sheep would get its claim from the horned sheep.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: When two personsindulge in hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be thefirst one who would be the sinner so long as the oppressed doesnot transgress the limits.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Do you know what isbackbiting? They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Apostle(peace be upon him) know best. Thereupon he (the Prophet) said:Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a mannerwhich he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinionabout this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brotherwhich I made a mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actuallyfound (in him) what you assert, you in fact backbited him, and ifthat is not in him it is a slander.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The servant (whosefault) Allah conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal(his faults on the Day of Resurrection.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: It does not seem properfor Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse. This hadith hasbeen narrated on the authority of AbuKurayb with the same chainof transmitters.

It was said to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) Invoke curseupon the polytheists, whereupon he said: I have not been sent asthe invoker of curse, but "I have been sent as mercy."

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The strong man is notone who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controlshimself when he is in a fit of rage.

AbulQasim (peace be upon him) said: He who pointed a weapontowards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him even if heis his real brother so long as he does not abandon it (thepointing of weapon towards one's brother Muslim).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Many a person withdishevelled hair and covered with dust is turned away from thedoors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that ifhe were to adjure in the name of Allah (about anything) Allahwould fulfil that.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: When a person says thatpeople are ruined he is himself ruined. AbuIshaq said: I do notknow whether he said ahlakahum or ahlakuhum.

AbuHassan said to AbuHurayrah: My two children had died. Wouldyou narrate to me anything from Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) a hadith which would soothe our hearts in our bereavements?He said: Yes. Small children are the fowls of Paradise. If one ofthem meets his father (or he said his parents) he would take holdof his cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hemof your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not takeoff (his hand) from it until Allah causes his father to enterParadise. This hadith has been narrated on the authority ofTamim with the same chain of transmitters. And he is reported tohave said: Did you hear from Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)anything which may soothe our heart in our bereavements? He said:Yes.

A woman came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) with herchild and said: Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) invokeAllah's blessing upon him for I have already buried three. Hesaid: You have buried three! She said: Yes. Thereupon he (theProphet) said: You have, indeed, safeguarded yourself against thetorment of Hell with a strong safeguard. Umar has made a mentionof his father, whereas others have not made a mention of hisfather.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Souls are troopscollected together and those who familiarised with each other (inthe heaven from where these come) would have affinity with oneanother (in the world) and those amongst them who opposed eachother (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the world).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Verily, a personperforms deeds for a long time like the deeds of the people ofParadise. Then his deeds are terminated like the deeds of thepeople of Hell and, verily, a person performs deeds like thedenizens of Fire for a long time, then this deed of his isultimately followed by the deeds of the people of Paradise.

The polytheists of the Quraysh came to have an argument withAllah's Apostle (peace be upon him) in regard to Destiny and thenthis verse was revealed: "On the day when they are dragged intothe Fire upon their faces; taste the touch of Fire. Surely, Wehave created created everything according to a measure"

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A strong believer isbetter and is more lovable to Allah than a weak believer, andthere is good in everyone, (but) cherish that which gives youbenefit (in the Hereafter) and seek help from Allah and do notlose heart, and if anything (in the form of trouble) comes toyou, don't say: If I had not done that, it would not havehappened so and so, but say: Allah did that what He had ordainedto do and your "if" opens the (gate for the Satan.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: He who called (peopleto righteousness, there would be reward (assured) for him likethe rewards of those who adhered to it, without their rewardsbeing diminished in any respect. And he who called (people) toerror, he shall have to carry (the burden) of its sin, like thosewho committed it, without their sins being diminished in anyrespect.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said that Allah thus stated:When My servant draws close to Me by the span of a palm, I drawclose to him by the space of a cubit, and when he draws close toMe by the space of a cubit, I draw close to him by the space(covered) by two hands, and when he draws close to Me by thespace (covered) by two hands, I go in hurry towards him.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) was travelling along the pathleading to Mecca that he happened to pass by a mountain calledJumdan . He said: Proceed on, it is Jumdan, Mufarradun have goneahead. They (the Companions of the Prophet) said: Allah's Apostlewho, are Mufarradun? He said: They are those males and femaleswho remember Allah much.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: None amongst you shouldmake a request for death, and do not call for it before it comes,for when any one of you dies, he ceases (to do good) deeds andthe life of a believer is not prolonged but for goodness.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) stated: He who loves meetingAllah, Allah loves to meet him; and he who dislikes meetingAllah, Allah abhors meeting him. I (Shurayh ibn Hani, one of thenarrators) came to Aisha and said to her: Mother of the faithful,I heard AbuHurayrah narrate from Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) that which, if it is actually so, is a destruction to us. Thereupon she said: Those are in fact ruined who are ruined atthe words of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him). What are (thewords which in your opinion would cause your destruction)? Hesaid that Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) had stated: He wholoves to meet Allah, Allah too loves to meet him; he who dislikesmeeting Allah, Allah too abhors meeting him;; there is noneamongst us who does not hate death. Thereupon she said: Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) has in fact stated this, but it doesnot mean what you construe. It implies (the time) when the lustreof the eye fades, there is rattling in the throat, shuddering ofthe body and convulsion of the fingers (at the time of death).(It is about this time) that it has been said: He who loves tomeet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and he who dislikes meetingAllah, Allah abhors meeting him.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: He who recites in themorning and in the evening (these words): "Hallowed be Allah andall praise is due to Him" one hundred times, he would not bringon the Day of Resurrection anything excellent than this exceptone who utters these words or utters more than these words.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The uttering of (thesewords): "Hallowed be Allah; all praise is due to Allah, there isno god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," is dearer to me thananything over which the sun rises.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as saying: He who alleviatesthe suffering of a brother from the affections of the world,Allah will alleviate his affections from the sufferings of theDay of Resurrection. He who finds relief for one who is hardpressed, Allah will make things easy for him in the Hereafter,and he who conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would concealhis faults in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at theback of a servant so long as the servant is at the back of hisbrother. He who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allahwill make that path easy, leading to Paradise for him and thosepersons who assemble in one of the houses of Allah (mosques),recite the Book of Allah and learn and teach the Qur'an (amongthemselves). There will descend upon them tranquillity, mercywill cover them, the angels will surround them and Allah willmention them in the presence of those near Him. He who isslow-paced in doing good deeds, his (long) descent does not makehim go ahead.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: He who seeks repentance(from the Lord ) before the rising of the sun from the west(before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy.

A person came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and said:Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) I was stung by a scorpionduring the night. Thereupon he said: Had you recited these wordsin the evening: "I seek refuge in the Perfect Word of Allah fromthe evil of what He created." it would not have done any harm toyou.

AbuSalih used to command us (in these words): When any one of youintends to go to sleep, he should lie in bed on his right sideand then say: "O Allah, the Lord of the Heaven, the Lord of theEarth and the Lord of the Magnificent Throne; our Lord, and theLord of everything: the Splitter of the grain of corn and thedate-stone (or fruit kernel), the Revealer of the Torah, Injil(Bible) and the Criterion (the Holy Qur'an), I seek refuge inThee from the evil of everything Thou art to seize by theforelock (thou hast perfect control over it). O Allah, Thou artthe First, there is naught before Thee, and Thou art the Last andthere is naught after Thee, Thou art Evident and there is nothingabove Thee, Thou art Innermost and there is nothing beyond Thee.Remove the burden of debt from us and relieve us from want." AbuSalih used to narrate it from AbuHurayrah who narrated it fromAllah's Apostle (peace be upon him).

AbuSalih used to command us (in these words): When any one of youintends to go to sleep, he should lie on the bed on his rightside and then say: "O Allah, the Lord of the Heaven and the Lordof the Earth and Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord, andthe Lord of everything, the Splitter of the grain of corn and thedate-stone (or fruit kernel), the Revealer of Torah and Injil(Bible) and Criterion (the Qur'an), I seek refuge in Thee fromthe evil of everything Thou art to seize by the forelock (thouhast perfect control over it). O Allah, Thou art the First, thereis naught before Thee, and Thou art the Last and there is naughtafter Thee, and thou art evident and there is nothing above Thee,and Thou art Innermost and there is nothing beyond Thee. Removethe burden of debt from us and relieve us from want." AbuSalihused to narrate it from AbuHurayrah who narrated it from Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him)

When Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) set out on a journey inthe morning, he used to say: "A listener listened to our praisingAllah (for) His goodly trial of us. Our Lord! accompany us, guardus and bestow upon us Thy grace. I am seeker of refuge in Allahfrom the Fire."

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) used to supplicate (in thesewords): "O Allah, set right for me my religion which is thesafeguard of my affairs. And set right for me the affairs of myworld wherein is my living. And set right for me my Hereafter onwhich depends my after-life. And make the life for me (a source)of abundance for every good and make my death a source of comfortfor me protecting me against every evil."

Fatimah came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and asked fora servant and told him of the hardship of household work. Hesaid: You would not be able to get a servant from us. May I notdirect you to what is better than the servant for you? ReciteSubhanAllah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty three timesand AllahuAkbar thirty four times as you go to bed.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand ismy life, if you were not to commit sin, Allah would sweep you outof existence and He would replace (you by) those people who wouldcommit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would havepardoned them.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There are one hundred(parts of) mercy of Allah and He has sent down out of these onepart of mercy upon the jinn and human beings and the insects andit is because of this (one part) that they love one another, showkindness to one another and even the beast treats its young onewith affection, and Allah has reserved ninety-nine parts of mercywith which He would treat His servants on the Day ofResurrection.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There are one hundred(parts of) mercy for Allah and He has sent down out of these onepart of mercy upon the jinn and human beings and the insects andit is because of this (one part) that they love one another, showkindness to one another and even the beast treats its young onewith affection, and Allah has reserved ninety-nine parts of mercywith which He would treat His servants on the Day ofResurrection.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said that a person committedsin beyond measure and when he was going to die, he left thiswill: (When I die), burn my dead body and then cast them (theashes) to the wind and in the ocean. By Allah, if my Lord takeshold of me, He would torment me as He has not tormented anyoneelse. They did as he had asked them to do. He (the Lord) said tothe earth: Return what you have taken. And he was thus restoredto his (original from). He (Allah) said to him: What prompted youto do this? He said: My Lord, it was Thine fear or Thine awe, andAllah pardoned him because of this.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said that a woman was throwninto Hell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied and did notprovide it with food, nor did she set it free to eat insects ofthe earth until it died inch by inch. Zuhri said: (These twohadiths) show that a person should neither feel confident (ofgetting into Paradise) because of his deeds, nor should he lose(all hopes) of getting into Paradise.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A person committed sinbeyond measure and when he was going to die, he left this will:(When I die), burn my dead body and then cast them (the ashes) tothe wind and in the ocean. By Allah, if my Lord takes hold of me,He would torment me as He has not tormented anyone else. They didas he had asked them to do. He (the Lord) said to the earth:Return what you have taken. And he was thus restored to his(original from). He (Allah) said to him: What prompted you to dothis? He said: My Lord, it was Thine fear or Thine awe, and Allahpardoned him because of this.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A woman was thrown intoHell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied and did not provideit with food, nor did she set it free to eat insects of the earthuntil it died inch by inch. Zuhri said: (These two hadiths, No.6638, 6638a) show that a person should neither feel confident (ofgetting into Paradise) because of his deeds, nor should he lose(all hopes) of getting into Paradise.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A believer isself-respecting and Allah is extremely self respecting.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A believer isself-respecting and Allah is extremely self respecting.

Allah's Messenger took hold of my hands and said: Allah, theExalted and Glorious, created the clay on Saturday and He createdthe mountains on Sunday and He created the trees on Monday and Hecreated the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created lighton Wednesday and He caused the animals to spread on Thursday andcreated Adam (peace be upon him) after Asr on Friday; the lastcreation at the last hour of the hours of Friday, i.e. betweenafternoon and night.

AbuJahl asked (people) whether Muhammad placed his face (on theground) in the presence. It was said to him: Yes. He said: ByLat and Uzza, if I were to see him do that, I should trample hisneck, or I should besmear his face with dust. He came to Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) as he was engaged in prayer andthought of trampling his neck. (The people say) that he came nearhim but turned upon his heels and tried to repulse something withhis hands. It was said to him: What is the matter with you? Hesaid: There is between me and him a ditch of fire and terror andwings. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Ifhe had come near me the angels would have torn him to pieces. Then Allah, the Exalted and glorious, revealed this verse--(thenarrator) said: We do not know whether it is the hadithtransmitted to AbuHurayrah or something conveyed to him fromanother source: "Nay, man is surely inordinate, because he looksupon himself as self-sufficient. Surely to thy Lord is thereturn. Hast thou seen him who forbids a servant when he prays?Seest thou if he is on the right way, or enjoins observance ofpiety? Seest thou if he (AbuJahl) denies and turns away? Knowesthe not that Allah sees? Nay, if he desists not, We shall seizehim by the forelock--a lying, sinful forelock. Then let himsummon his council. We shall summon the guards of the Hell. Nay!Obey not thou him" (lcvi.6-19). (Rather prostrate thyself.) Ubaydullah made this addition: It was after this that(prostration) was made obligatory, and Ibn AbdulAla' made thisaddition that by Nadia he meant his people.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The people most lovedby me from amongst my Ummah would be those who would come afterme but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire tocatch a glimpse of me even at the cost of his family and wealth.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: He who would get intoParadise (would be made to enjoy such an everlasting) bliss thathe would neither become destitute, nor would his clothes wearout, nor his youth would decline.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Sayhan, Jayhan,Euphrates and Nile are all among the rivers of Paradise.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There would enterParadise people whose hearts would be like those of the hearts ofbirds.

We were in the company of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) andwe heard a terrible sound. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him) said: Do you know what (sound) is this? We said: Allahand His Messenger know best. Thereupon he said: That is a stonewhich was thrown seventy years before in Hell and it has beenconstantly slipping down and now it has reached its base.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The molar tooth of anunbeliever or the canine teeth of an unbeliever will be like Uhudand the thickness of his skin a three night's journey.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Many a people withdishevelled hair are driven away from the door (but they are sopious) that if they are to swear in the name of Allah, He woulddefinitely fulfil that.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There are two types,amongst the denizens of Hell, I have yet not seen them. Onepossessing whips like the tail of an ox and they flog people withthem. (The second one) the women who would be naked in spite oftheir being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduceothers with their hair high like humps. These women would not getinto Paradise and they would not perceive the odour of Paradise,although its fragrance can be perceived from such and suchdistance (from great distance).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: If you survive for atime you would certainly see people who would have whips in theirhands like the tail of an ox. They would get up in the morningunder the wrath of Allah and they would get into the evening withthe anger of Allah.

When the soul of a believer leaves (his body) it is be receivedby two angels who take it to the sky. Hammad (one of thenarrators in the chain of transmitters) mentioned the sweetnessof its odour (and added) that the dwellers of the sky say: Herecomes the pious soul from the side of the Earth. Let there beblessings of Allah upon the body in which it resides. And it iscarried (by the angels) to its Lord, the Exalted and Glorious. He says: Take it to its Lord, the Exalted and Glorious. He says:Take it to its destined end. If he is a non-believer, when it(the soul) leaves the body--Hammad mentioned of its foul smelland its being cursed--the dwellers of the sky say: There comes adirty soul from the side of the Earth, and it should be said:Take it to its destined end. AbuHurayrah reported that Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) put a thin cloth, which he had, uponhis nose while referring to (the foul smell) of the soul of anon-believer.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Iraq would withhold itsdirhams and qafiz; Syria would withhold its mudd and dinar andEgypt would withhold its irdab and dinar and you would recoil tothat position from where you started and you would recoil to thatposition from where you started and you would recoil to theposition from where you started, the bones and the flesh ofAbuHurayrah would bear testimony to it.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The Last Hour will notcome until the Romans land at al-A'maq or in Dabiq. An armyconsisting of the best (soldiers) of the people on Earth at thattime will come from Medina (to oppose them). When they arrangethemselves in ranks, the Romans will say: Do not stand between usand those (Muslims) who took prisoners from among us. Let usfight them. The Muslims will say: Nay, by Allah, we shall neverturn aside from you and from our brethren so that you may fightthem. They will then fight and a third (part) of the army, whomAllah will never forgive, will run away. A third (part of thearmy), which will be constituted of excellent martyrs in Allah'seyes, would be killed. The third who will never be put on trialwill win and they will be the conquerors of Constantinople. Asthey are busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongstthemselves) after hanging their swords by the olive trees, Satanwill cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your families.They will then come out, but it will be of no avail. When theyreach Syria, he will come out while they are still preparingthemselves for battle, drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the timeof prayer will come and then Jesus (peace be upon him), son ofMary, descend and will lead them in prayer. When the enemy ofAllah see him, it will (disappear) just as salt dissolves inwater and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, eventhen it would dissolve completely. Allah would kill them by hishand and he would show them their blood on his lance (the lanceof Jesus Christ).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: (The Last Hour wouldnot come) until the habitations of Medina would extend to Ihab orYahab. Zubayr said: I said to Suhayl how far these were fromMedina. He said: so and so miles.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The famine would notbreak out because of drought, but there would be famine despiteheavy rainfall as nothing would grow from the earth.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand ismy life, a time would come when the murderer would not know whyhe has committed the murder, and the victim would not know why hehas been killed.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The day and the nightwould not come to an end before a man called al-Jahjah wouldoccupy the throne.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: You have heard of thecity, one side of which is inclined and the other is on the coast(Constantinople). They said: Yes, Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim). Thereupon he said: The Last Hour will not come untilseventy thousand people from Banu Isra'il attack it. When theyland there, they will neither fight with weapons nor showerarrows but will only say: "There is no god but Allah and Allah isthe Greatest," and one side of it will fall. Thawr (one of thenarrators) said: I think that he said: The area on the coast. Then they will say for the second time: "There is no god butAllah and Allah is the Greatest," and the other side will alsofall. They will say: "There is no god but Allah is the Greatest,"and the gates will be opened for them and they will enter. Theywill be collecting spoils of war and distributing them amongthemselves when a noise will be heard and it will be said:Verily, the Dajjal has come. Thus they will leave everythingthere and turn to (confront) him.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The Last Hour would notcome unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and theMuslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselvesbehind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim,or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and killhim; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree ofthe Jews.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Hasten to do good deedsbefore six things happen: the rising of the sun from the west,the smoke, the Dajjal, the beast and (the death) of one you orthe general turmoil.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The world is aprison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A servant says: Mywealth, my wealth, but out of his wealth three things are onlyhis: whatever he eats and makes use of, or by means of which hedresses himself and it wears out or he gives as charity, and thisis what he stored for himself (as a reward for the Hereafter),and what is beyond this (it is of no use to you) because you areto depart and leave it for other people.

They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him), shall we be able to see our Lord on the Dayof Judgment? He said: Do you have any difficulty in seeing thesun at noon when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Heagain said: Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on thefourteenth night when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Thereupon he said: By Allah Who is the One in Whose Hand in mylife, you will not face any more difficulty in seeing your Lordthan you face in seeing one of them. Then Allah will sit injudgment upon the servant and will say: O so and so, did I nothonour you, make you the chief, provide you spouse and tamehorses and camels for you and give you an opportunity to ruleover your subjects? He will say: Yes. Then it will be said: Didyou not think that you would meet Us? He will say: No. ThereuponHe (Allah) will say: Well, We forget you as you forgot Us. Thenthe second person will be brought for judgment. (Allah will)say: O so and so, did We not honour you, make you the chief giveyou a wife subdue horses and camels for you and give you anopportunity to rule over your subjects? He will say: Yes, myLord. He (the Lord) will say: Did you not think that you would bemeeting Us? He will say: No. Then He (Allah) will say: Well, Iforget you today as you forgot us. Then the third one will bebrought and He (Allah) will say to him as He said before. He(the third person) will say: O my Lord, I affirmed my faith inThee, in Thy Book and in Thy Messenger; I observed prayer andfasts and gave charity he will speak in good terms like this ashe is able to do. He (Allah) will say: Well, We shall bring ourwitnesses to you. The man will wonder in his mind who will bearwitness for him. Then his mouth will be sealed and to his thighs,his flesh, and his bones will be asked to speak, and his thighs,flesh and bones will bear witness to his deeds. It will be doneso that he will not be able to make any excuse for himself; hewill be a hypocrite and Allah will be annoyed with him.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: One who looks afterthe orphan whether he is his relative or not, I and he would betogether in Paradise like this, and Malik (explained it) with thegesture by drawing his index finger and middle finger closetogether.

While a man was in the wilderness he heard a voice from the cloud(commanding it thus): Irrigate the garden of so and so. Afterthat the clouds floated aside and poured water on stony ground.It filled one of the channels of that land and the man followedthe water until he found someone standing in the garden, busychanging the course of water with the help of a pickaxe. He saidto him: Servant of Allah, what is your name? He said: So and so.It was that very name which he had heard from the clouds. Hesaid to him: Servant of Allah, why do you ask me my name? Hesaid: I heard a voice from the clouds from which the downpour hascome, saying: Water the garden of so and so, like your name. Whatdo you do (for the favour) shown to you by Allah in this matter? He said: Now as you say, I check yield I obtain from it: and Igive one-third of it as charity, my children and I eat one-thirdof it, and one-third I return to it (the garden) as aninvestment.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Allah the Most High andExalted said: I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of apartner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyoneelse with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associateswith Allah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "dye grey hairs and do not copy the Jews."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Nasa'i transmitted it on the authority of Ibn Umar and Az-Zubayr.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone out of a desire to please Allah fasts for a day, Allah will remove him from Jahannam as far as a crow flies from the time it is a young bird till it dies of old age."

Ahmad transmitted it, and Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman from Salamah ibn Qays.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The one who eats and is grateful is like the one who fasts and shows endurance."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it on the authority of Sinan ibn Sannah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah, theBlessed and Exalted, would gather the people. The believers wouldstand until the Paradise is brought near them. They would come toAdam and say: O our father, open Paradise for us. He would say:What turned ye out from Paradise was the sin of your father,Adam. I am not in a position to do that; you should go to my son,Ibrahim, the Friend of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He(Ibrahim) would say: I am not in a position to do that. Verily Ihad been the Friend (of Allah) from a long time ago; you shouldapproach Moses (peace be upon him) with whom Allah conversed. They would come to Moses (peace be upon him) but he would say: Iam not in a position to do that; you should go to Jesus, the Wordof Allah and His spirit. Jesus (peace be upon him) would say: Iam not in a position to do that. So they would come to Muhammad(peace be upon him). He would then be permitted (to open the doorof Paradise). Trustworthiness and kinship would be despatched;these would stand on the right and left of the path and the firstof you would pass with (the swiftness of) lightning. He (thenarrator) said: I said, O thou who art far dearer to me than myfather and my mother! What is like the passing of lightning? Hesaid: Have you not seen lightning, how it passes and then comesback within the twinkling of an eye? Then (they would pass) likethe passing of a bird, and the hastening of people will beaccording to their deeds, and your Apostle would be standing onthe path, saying: Save, O my Lord, save. (The people willcontinue to pass) until the deeds of the servants are failing instrength, until a man would come who would find it hard to goalong (that path) except by crawling. He (the narrator) said: Andon the sides of the path hooks would be suspended ready to catchanyone whom these are required (to catch). There would be thosewho would somehow or other succeed in traversing that path andsome would be piled up in Hell. By Him in Whose Hand is the lifeof AbuHurayrah, it would take one seventy years to fathom thedepth of Hell.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: It was Fridayfrom which Allah diverted those who were before us. For the Jews(the day set aside for prayer) was Sabt (Saturday), and for theChristians it was Sunday. And Allah turned towards us and guidedus to Friday (as the day of prayer) for us. In fact, He (Allah)made Friday, Saturday and Sunday (as days of prayer). In thisorder would they (Jews and Christians) come after us on the Dayof Resurrection. We are the last of (the Ummah) among the peoplein this world and the first among the created to be judged on theDay of Resurrection. In one narration it is: "to be judged amongthem".