Abdullah Bin Mas’ud (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah s Messenger (peace be upon him) who is the most truthful said: Verily your creation is in this wise. The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother s womb in the form of blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood in another period of forty days. Then it becomes a lump of flesh and forty days later Allah sends His angel with instructions concerning four things, so the angel writes down his livelihood, his death, his deeds, his fortune, and his misfortune. By Him, besides Whom there is no god, that one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters Hell, and another one acts in the way of the denizens of Hell until there remains between him and Hell a distance of a cubit that the writing of destiny overcomes him and then he begins to act like the people of Paradise and enters Paradise
Category: Hadith
The Many Doors Of Sadaqah
Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Sadaqah (charity) is prescribed for every person every day the sun rises.”
Abu Dhar asked: “O Messenger of Allah, from what do we give Sadaqah if we do not possess property?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The doors of Sadaqah are
- Takbir (Allahu Akbar);
- Subhan Allah; Alhamdulillah;
- La-ilaha-ilAllah; Astaghfirullah;
- Enjoining good; forbidding evil;
- Removing thorns, bones, and stones from the paths of people;
- Guiding the blind;
- Listening to the deaf and dumb until you understand them;
- Guiding a person to his object of need if you know where it is;
- Hurrying with the strength of your legs to one in sorrow who is appealing for help; and
- Supporting the weak with the strength of your arms.
These are all the doors of Sadaqah.” (Ahmad)
Avoid 7 Great Destructive Sins
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “Avoid the seven great destructive sins.” They (the people!) asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What are they?” He said,
” (1) To join partners in worship with Allah;
(2) to practice sorcery;
(3) to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law);
(4) to eat up usury (Riba),
(5) to eat up the property of an orphan;
(6) to give one’s back to the enemy and flee (running away / escaping) from the battle-field at the time of fighting
(7) and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers.”
(Bukhari 8/840)
‘Abdullah b. Amr reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The whole world is a provision, and the best object of benefit of the world is the pious woman.
(Muslim 8/3465-Marriage Kitab Al Nikah)
The Best of Muslim
“The best of the Muslims is he from whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe.” (Muslim)
“The best of people are those with the most excellent character.” (Tabarani, Sahîh)
“The best of marriages are the easiest ones.” (Abu Dâwûd, Sahîh)
“The best of you are those who feed others and return greetings.” (Abu Ya’la, Hasan)
“The best of that which you treat yourself with is cupping.” (Hakim, Sahîh)
“The best days that you should perform cupping are the 17th, 19th, and 21st of the month. I did not pass a single gathering of angels on the night of Isra’ except that they would say to me, ‘O Muhammad, perform cupping!’” (Ahmad, Sahîh)
“The most beloved of deeds according to Allah are the continuous ones, even if they are little.”(Agreed upon)
“The most beloved words according to Allah the Highest are four: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La ilahaillallah and Allahu Akbar; there is no problem with which one you start with.” (Muslim)
“The best of provision is that which suffices.” (Ahmad in ‘Zuhd’, Hasan)
“The best of dowries are the easiest.” (Hakim, Sahîh)
“The most beloved word according to me is that which is most truthful.” (Bukhari)
“The best of dinars are the dinar spent by a man upon his dependents, the dinar spent by a man upon his horse in the path of Allah, and the dinar spent by a man upon his companions in the path of Allah, the Mighty, the Magnificent.”(Muslim)
“The best word of remembrance is: La ilaha illallah and the best supplication is:Alhamdulillah.” (Tirmidhî, Hasan)
“The best of all charity is that which is given to the relative that harbours enmity against you.”(Ahmad, Sahîh)
“The best prayer is that with the longest standing.” (Muslim)
“The best of all worship is supplication(dua).” (Hakim, Sahîh)
“The best deed is the prayer in its right time and Jihad in the path of Allah.” (Bayhaqi, Sahîh)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “Which of the believers is the most intelligent?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Those who remember death the most and are best prepared for what comes after it. Those are the intelligent ones.” (Reported by Tabraani, Ibn Majah, classed as Hasan)
Hadiths
Sayyiduna Jundub ibne-Abdullah Al-Azdi (RadhiAllaho anho) a sahabi of Nabi Sallallahu alaihi wasallam narrates
that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: The example of the person who teaches people well and neglects himself (does not practice himself), is like a lamp which is a source of illumination for people and burns itself.
{ Tabarani, Targhib }
Narrated ‘Ali (Radi’Allahu anhu): The Prophet (sall’Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Do not tell a lie against me for whoever tells a lie against me (intentionally) then he will surely enter the Hell-fire.”
{ Sahih Bukhari } (Book # 3, Hadith # 106)
Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa (radi’Allahu anhu) : I heard the Prophet (sall’Allahu alaihi wa sallam) saying, “Whoever (intentionally) ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.”
{ Sahih Bukhari } (Book # 3, Hadith # 109)
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi’Allahu anhu): The Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “…Whoever tells a lie against me (intentionally), then (surely) let him occupy his seat in hell-fire.”
{ Sahih Bukhari } (Book # 3, Hadith # 110)
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi’Allahu anhu): The Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Name yourselves after me (by my name), but do not call yourselves by my kuniya, and whoever sees me in a dream, he surely sees me, for Satan cannot impersonate me (appear in my figure). And whoever intentionally ascribes something to me falsely, he will surely take his place in the (hell) Fire.
{ Sahih Bukhari } (Book # 73, Hadith # 217)
The True Meaning of Life is to Plant Trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Blessed Is The Wealth Of A Muslim From Which He Gives To The Poor
[ALLAH’S Quran – 2:215] “They ask you as to what they should spend. Say: Whatever wealth you spend, it is for the parents and the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, and whatever good you do, Allah surely knows it.
The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said:
[Bukhari, Book #24, Hadith #544] “Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Once the Prophet sat on a pulpit and we sat around him. Then he said, “The things I am afraid of most for your sake (concerning what will befall you after me) are the pleasures and splendors of the world and its beauties which will be disclosed to you.” Somebody said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Can the good bring forth evil?” The Prophet remained silent for a while. It was said to that person, “What is wrong with you? You are talking to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he is not talking to you.” Then we noticed that he was being inspired divinely. Then the Prophet wiped off his sweat and said, “Where is the questioner?” It seemed as if the Prophet liked his question. Then he said, “Good never brings forth evil. Indeed it is like what grows on the banks of a water stream which either kill or make the animals sick, except if an animal eats its fill the Khadira (a kind of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then defecates and urinates and grazes again. No doubt this wealth is sweet and green. blessed is the wealth of a Muslim from which he gives to the poor, orphans, and to needy travelers. (Or the Prophet said something similar to it) No doubt, whoever takes it illegally will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied, and his wealth will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sickness According to Qur’an and Sunnah
Ever wonder why a Muslim is allowed
by Allah, Subhanuhu wa-Taala, to get sick?
Hadith – Bukhari 7:564
I visited Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You have a high fever.” Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you have.” I said, “Is it because you will get a double reward?” Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Yes, no Muslim is afflicted with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but Allah will remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves.”
Hadith – Muslim & Bukhari
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri r.a. reported that the Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with a hardship, sickness, sadness, worry, harm, or depression –even a thorn’s prick, Allah expiates his sins because of it.
Recorded by Bukhari in al-Adab ul-Mufrad (no. 493), verified authentic by al-Albani
“Expect good, because Allah (s.w.t.) makes a believer’s sickness an expiation (for his sins) and a period of repose. As for a disbeliever falling sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it and then lets it loose –it does not understand why it was tied, nor why it was freed.”
The cure
Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Number 5466, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Hadith – Muwatta 50:12
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that a man received a wound in the time of the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam). The blood clotted in the wound and the man called two men from the Banu Ammar tribe. They looked at it and claimed that the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said to them, “Which of you is the better doctor?” They said, “Is there any good in medicine, Messenger of Allah?” Zayd claimed that the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “The one who sent down the disease sent down the remedy.”
Narration – Ahmad
“Worshippers of Allah, use medical treatments.”
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi #2170, Narrated Abdul Malik ibn Umayr May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Fatihat al-Kitab contains healing for every disease.”
[Darimi and Bayhaqi, in Shu’ab al-Iman, transmitted it.]
Severe Trials for those Firms in their Religion
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi 1562, Narrated Sa’d May Allah be pleased with him
When the Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) was asked which people suffered the greatest affliction, he replied, “The prophets, then those who come next to them, then those who come next to them. A man is afflicted in keeping his religion. If he is firm in his religion his trial is severe, but if there is weakness in his religion it is made light for him, and it continues like that till he walks on the earth having no sin.”
[Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a Hasan sahih tradition.]
Rewards for those Afflicted
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi #1570, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection when people who have suffered affliction are given their reward, those who are healthy will wish their skins had been cut to pieces with scissors when they were in the world.”
[Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition.]
Recorded by Ahmad May Allah be pleased with him, verified authentic by al-Hakim, ath-Thahabi, and al-Albani
The ailment is intensified for the righteous. Whenever a believer is afflicted with a hardship, be it a thorn or more, a sin is taken off him because of it, and he is elevated on level (in Jannah [Paradise]).
Hadith – Al-Bukhari
A traveler’s or sick person’s deeds are recorded in accordance with what he used to do when he was a resident or well.
Endurance
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi, Narrated AbuUmamah May Allah be pleased with him [Ibn Majah transmitted it.]
The Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) stated that Allah, The Blessed and Exalted, says,
“Son of Adam, if you show endurance and seek your reward from me in the first affliction, I shall be pleased with no lesser reward than Paradise for you.”
Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Muslim, and Nasa’i, Narrated ‘A’ishah may Allah be pleased with her The Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, said, “Do not say, ‘I feel rotten*.’ Instead, say, ‘I do not feel well.”
*or any expression that involves corruption of any type.
Kindness to the sick
Hadith – Mishkat, Narrated Abu Sa’id May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “When you go in to visit an invalid, express a hope that he will live long. That will not avert anything, but it will comfort him.”
Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 40, Narrated An-Nu’man bin Bashir May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it.”
Visit the sick
Hadith – Qudsi 18
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely found that with Me.
Allah Guides Whom He Wills
[ALLAH’S Quran – 28:56] “You Muhammad shall not be able to guide to Allah’s path whom you like or to whom you have special affection* but Allah guides to His path of righteousness whom He will and He knows best those who are willing to lift to Him their inward sight.”
The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said:
[Bukhari, Book #58, Hadith #223] “ Narrated Al-Musaiyab: When Abu Talib was on his deathbed, the Prophet went to him while Abu Jahl was sitting beside him. The Prophet said, “O my uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, an expression I will defend your case with, before Allah.” Abu Jahl and ‘Abdullah bin Umaya said, “O Abu Talib! Will you leave the religion of ‘Abdul Muttalib?” So they kept on saying this to him so that the last statement he said to them (before he died) was: “I am on the religion of ‘Abdul Muttalib.” Then the Prophet said, ” I will keep on asking for Allah’s Forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden to do so.” Then the following Verse was revealed:– “It is not fitting for the Prophet and the believers to ask Allah’s Forgiveness for the pagans, even if they were their near relatives after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire.” (9.113) The other Verse was also revealed:– “(O Prophet!) Verily, you guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He will …….” (28.56)”
Seal Their Hearts
Abdullah B.Umar and Abu Hurairah said that they heard Allah’s Messenger (Way Peace Be Upon Him) say on the planks of his pulpit:
People most cease to neglect the Friday prayer or Allah will seal their hearts and then they will be among the negligent.
[Book 004, Number 1882: Muslims Shareef]
Jabir B.Samura reported :
I used to pray with the Messenger Of Allah (May Peace Be Upon Him) and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length.
[Book 004, Number 1883: Muslims Shareef]
Effect Of Nearness To The Holy Prophet Sallalaahu Alaihi wasallam On Iman
Another Gem from Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim Book 37, Number 6623:
Hanzala Usayyidi, who was amongst the scribes of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). reported: I met Abu Bakr. He said: Who are you? He (Hanzala) said: Hanzala has turned out to be a hypocrite. He (Abu Bakr) said: Hallowed be Allah, what are you saying?
Thereupon he said: I say that when we are in the company of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) we ponder over Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very eyes and when we are away from Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) we attend to our wives, our children, our business; most of these things (pertaining to After-life) slip out of our minds.
Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I also experience the same. So I and Abu Bakr went to Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to him: Allah’s Messenger, Hanzala has turned into a hypocrite. Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What has happened to you?
I said: Allah’s Messenger, when we are in your company, we are reminded of Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and attend to our wives, children, and business, much of these things go out of our minds.
Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence and you are always busy in remembrance (of Allah), the Angels will shake hands with you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzala, time should be devoted (to the worldly affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and meditation). He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice.
Here are a few things to be noted from this wonderful Hadith from Sahih Muslim
1) When the companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammed Sallalaahu Alahi wasallam were there in his presence they could ponder over heaven and hell as if it were right in front of their eyes, but when they left his company to go for business, or attend their family affairs the effect would go away, nearness to the Holy Prophet Muhammed Sallalaahu Alahi wasallam has such a big effect on a Muslim, the same also pertains to other servants of Allah who are lesser in status like the Awliya , who derived their spiritual guidance through the nearness to the Holy Prophet Muhammed Sallalaahu Alahi wasallam, nearness to them and visiting them has a huge effect on Imaan.
2) All acts which bring you closer to him and help you maintain a Qalbi roohani attachment to him also bring benefit
3) One must not always be engrossed in worship and should also attain to his work and family affairs.
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