Hadith #1 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One day when we were with Godâs messenger, a man with very white clothing and very black hair came up to us. No mark of travel was visible on him, and none of us recognised him. Sitting down beside the Prophet, leaning his knees against his, and placing his hands on his thighs, he said, âTell me, Muhammad, about Islam.â He replied, âIslam means that you should testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is Godâs messenger, that you should observe the prayer, pay the zakat, f
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Hadith #2 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When you see the barefooted, the naked, the deaf, the dumb as kings of the earth, as -well as five things which no one but God knows. Then he recited, ââGod has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rainâ¦â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
the testimony that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, the observance of the prayer, the payment of zakat, the Pilgrimage, and the fast during Ramadan.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âFaith has over seventy branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but God, and the humblest of which is the removal of what is injurious from the road. And modesty is a branch of faith.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #5 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A man asked the Prophet, âWhich of the Muslims is best?â He replied, âHe from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.â.
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Hadith #6 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNone of you believes till I am dearer to him than his father, his child, and all mankind.â (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Hadith #7 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
he to whom God and His messenger are dearer than all else; he who loves a human being for Godâs sake alone; and he who has as great an abhorrence of returning to unbelief after God has rescued him from it as he has of being cast into hell.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #8 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-âAbbas b. âAbd al-Muttalib reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who is well-pleased with God as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as messenger will experience the savour of faith,â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #9 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âBy Him in whose hand Muhammadâs soul is, anyone of this people, Jew or Christian, who hears of me and then dies without believing in my message, will be among those who go to hell.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #10 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
one of the people of the Book who believes in his prophet and believes in Muhammad; a slave when he fulfils what is due to God and what is due to his patrons; and a man who has a slavegirl with whom he has intercourse, who gives her a good training in manners and a good education, then sets her free and marries herâhe will have a double reward.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #11 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI am commanded to fight with men till they testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is Godâs messenger, observe the prayer and pay the zakat. When they do that they will keep their lives and their property safe from me, except for what is due to Islam; and their reckoning will be at Godâs hands.â (Bukhari and Muslim, but Muslim did not mention, âexcept for what is due to Islamâ.)
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Hadith #12 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone observes our form of prayer, faces our qibla, and eats what we kill, that one is a Muslim who has protection from God and His messenger; so do not betray Godâs protection.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #13 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported that an Arab came to the Prophet and said, âGuide me to a deed by doing which I shall enter paradise.â He said, âWorship God and associate nothing with Him, observe the prescribed prayer, pay the obligatory zakat, and fast during Ramadan.â He replied, âBy Him in whose hand my soul is, I shall not add anything to this, or fall short of it.â Then when he turned away the Prophet said, âIf anyone wishes to look at a man who will be among the people of paradise, let
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Hadith #14 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sufyan b. âAbdallah ath-Thaqafi reported that he said, âMessenger of God, say something about Islam concerning which I shall need to ask no one after you are gone.â (A version has âanyone elseâ.) He said, âSay, âI believe in Godâ, then keep to the straight path.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #15 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A man of the people of Najd with dishevelled hair came to Godâs messenger. We could hear the sound of his voice, but could not understand what he was saying till he came near Godâs messenger and we realised that he was asking about Islam. Godâs messenger said, âFive times of prayer each day and night.â He asked, âMust I observe any more than them?â He replied, âNo, unless you do it voluntarily.â Godâs messenger said, âAnd fasting during the month of Ramadan.â He asked, â
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Hadith #16 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
glazed jars, gourds, hollowed stumps of palm trees, and receptacles smeared with pitch, saying, âObserve them and tell your people at home about them.â (Bukhari and Muslim, but the wording is Bukhariâs).
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Hadith #17 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit reported that Godâs messenger said when a number of his Companions were around him, âSwear allegiance to me on the basis that you will not associate anything with God, or steal, or commit fornication, or kill your children, or produce slander which you yourselves have falsely fabricated, or be disobedient concerning what is good. If any of you fulfils his promise, God will undertake his reward but if anyone perpetrates any of these things and is punished for it in this w
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Hadith #18 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri said that when Godâs messenger went out to the place of prayer on the day of sacrifice, or on the day when the fast was broken, he came upon some women and said, âGive alms, you women folk, for I have been shown that you will be the majority of the inhabitants of hell.â They asked, âFor what reason, messenger of God?â He replied, âYou are greatly given to abuse, and you are ungrateful to your husbands. Among women who are deficient in intelligence and religion I
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Hadith #19 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âHis reviling of me is his statement that I have a son. Far be it from me that I should have a consort or a son.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #20 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported that Godâs messenger declared that God said, âThe son of Adam injures me by abusing time, whereas I am time. Authority is in my hand. I vary night and day.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #21 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo one is more patient over injury which he hears than God. Men attribute a son to Him, yet He preserves them and provides for them.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #22 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was riding behind the Prophet on an ass with nothing between him and me but the rear part of the saddle, when he said, âDo you know, Muâadh, what God has a right to expect from His servants, and what His servants have a right to expect from God?â I replied, âGod and His messenger know best.â He said, âWhat God has a right to expect from His servants is that they should worship Him, not associating anything with him; and what the servants have a right to expect from God is that He s
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Hadith #23 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported that, when Muâadh was riding behind the Prophet on the saddle, he said, âMuâadhâ, to which he replied, âAt your service and at your pleasure, messenger of God.â He said, âMuâadhâ, to which he replied, âAt your service and at your pleasure, messenger of God.â He said, âMuâadhâ, to which he replied, âAt your service and at your pleasure, messenger of God,â three times altogether. He said, âIf anyone testifies sincerely from his heart that there is no
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Hadith #24 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to the Prophet and found him asleep under a white sheet. When I came back to him after he had awakened he said, âIf anyone says there is no god but God and dies in that belief, he will enter paradise.â I asked, âEven if he commits fornication and even if he steals?â He replied, âEven if he commits fornication and even if he steals.â I asked, âEven if he commits fornication and even if he steals?â He replied, âEven if he commits fornication and even if he steals.â I ask
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Hadith #25 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone testifies that there is no god but God alone, who has no partner, that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, that Jesus is Godâs servant and messenger, the son of His handmaid, His word which he cast into Mary and a spirit from Him, and that paradise and hell are real, God will cause him to enter paradise no matter what he has done.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #26 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to the Prophet and said, âStretch out your right hand and let me swear allegiance to you.â He stretched out his right hand, but I clenched my hand and he said, âWhat is the matter with you, âAmr?â I replied, âI want to make a condition.â He asked, âWhat condition do you make?â I replied, âThat I should receive forgiveness.â He said, âDo you not know, âAmr, that Islam demolishes what preceded it, that the Hijra demolishes what preceded it, and the Pilgrimage demol
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Hadith #27 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I said, âInform me, messenger of God, of an act which will cause me to enter paradise and remove me far from hell.â He replied, âYou have asked a serious question, but it is easy for the one whom God helps to answer it. Worship God, associate nothing with Him, observe the prayer, pay the zakat, fast during Ramadan, and make the Pilgrimage to the House.â He said, âShall I not guide you to the gateways of what is good? Fasting is a protection, and almsgiving extinguishes sin as water ext
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Hadith #28 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported that Godâs messenger said, âIf anyone loves for Godâs sake, hates for Godâs sake, gives for Godâs sake and withholds for Godâs sake, he will have perfected faith.â Abu Dawud transmitted it; and Tirmidhi transmitted it from Muâadh b. Anas with a transposition of phrases, including âhe will have perfected his faith.â
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Hadith #29 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dharr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe most excellent action is love for Godâs sake and hatred for Godâs sake.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #30 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported that Godâs messenger said, âThe Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe; and the believer is he whom men trust with their lives and their property.â âTirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it; and Baihaqi added in Shuâab al-iman by the transmission of Fadala, âAnd the mujahid is he who strives with himself regarding obedience to God, and the muhajir is he who abandons transgressions and sins.
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Hadith #31 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger seldom addressed us without saying, âHe who is not trustworthy has no faith, and he who does not keep his covenant has no religion.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-lman.
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Hadith #32 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I heard Godâs messenger say, âIf anyone testifies that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is Godâs messenger, God will keep him from going to hell.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #33 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman b. âAffan reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhoever dies knowing that there is no god but God will enter paradise.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #34 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported that Godâs messenger said, âTwo things have results.â On being asked by a man what these two things were, he replied, âHe who dies a polytheist will enter hell, and he who dies worshipping God alone will enter paradise.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #35 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We were seated around Godâs messenger, Abu Bakr, âUmar and some others being with us, when Godâs messenger got up and left us. He delayed for some time, which made us fear that he might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with him; so being alarmed we got up. I was the first to be alarmed. I therefore went out to look for Godâs messenger and came to a garden belonging to the B. an-Najjar, a section of the Ansar, I went round it looking for a gate, but failed to find one. Seeing a
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Hadith #36 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal reported that Godâs messenger said to him, âThe keys of paradise are the testimony that there is no god but God.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #37 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While I was sitting âUmar passed me and gave me a salutation, but I did not notice it. âUmar complained to Abu Bakr, and the two of them came forward and gave me a salutation; then Abu Bakr asked, âWhat induced you to refrain from returning the salutation of your brother âUmar?â I replied, âI did no such thing.â âUmar retorted, âYes, I swear by God, you did.â I said, âI swear by God that I did not notice you passing me or giving me a salutation.â Abu Bakr then said, ââ
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Hadith #38 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Miqdad reported that he heard Godâs messenger say, âThere will not remain on the face of the earth a mud-brick house or a camelâs hair tent which God will not cause the confession of Islam to enter bringing both mighty honour and abject abasement. God will either honour the occupants and put them among its adherents, or will humiliate them and they will be subject to it.â Miqdad said, âGod will then receive complete obedience.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #39 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Wahb b. Munabbih, on being asked whether âThere is no god but Godâ was not the key of paradise, said, âYes, but every key has wards. If you bring a key with wards the door will be opened for you, otherwise I it will not.â Bukhari transmitted it in a chapter heading.
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Hadith #40 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you makes a good profession of Islam, every good deed he does will be recorded for him ten to seven hundredfold, and every evil deed he does will be recorded as it is till he meets God.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #41 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported that a man asked Godâs messenger what faith was, to which he replied, âWhen your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer.â He then asked what sin was and received the reply, âWhen you have a besetting sin, give it up.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #42 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to Godâs messenger and asked, âWho is associated with you in this matter, messenger of God?â He replied, âBoth freeman and slave.â I asked what Islam was and he said, I âPleasant speech and the provision of food.â I asked what faith was and he said, âEndurance and benevolence.â I asked what aspect of Islam was most excellent, and he replied that it was to be seen in him from whose tongue and hand the Muslims were safe. I asked what aspect of faith was most excellent, and
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Hadith #43 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal said that he heard Godâs messenger say, âHe who meets his Lord having associated nothing with Him, observed the five times of prayer, and fasted during Ramadan will be forgiven.â Muâadh asked whether he should not give them the good news, but was told to let them go on doing works. Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #44 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also said that he asked the Prophet what was the most excellent aspect of faith, and received the reply, âThat you should love for Godâs sake, hate for Godâs sake, and employ your tongue in making mention of God.â âWhat more, messenger of God?â he asked and was told, âThat you should like other people to have what you like yourself, and dislike that they should have what you dislike yourself.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #45 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThose who do not invoke another god along with God, or kill one whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause, or commit fornicationâ¦â 1 (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1 Quran, xxv, 68.
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Hadith #46 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe major sins are associating other objects of worship with God, disobedience to parents, murder, and deliberate perjury (al-yamin al-ghamus).â Bukhari transmitted it. Anasâs version has âfalse witnessâ* (shahadat al-zur) instead of ââdeliberate perjury.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #47 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAvoid the seven noxious things.â When his hearers asked, âWhat are they, messenger of God?â he replied, âAssociating anything with God, magic, killing one whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause, devouring usury, consuming the property of an orphan, turning back when the army advances, and slandering chaste women who are believers but indiscreet.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #48 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one commits fornication he is not a believer, when one steals he is not a believer, when one drinks wine he is not a believer, when one takes plunder on account of which men raise their eyes at him he is not a believer, and when one of you defrauds he is not a believer; so beware, beware!â (Bukhari and Muslim.) The version of Ibn âAbbas contains âWhen one commits murder he is not a believer.â âIkrima said that he asked Ibn âAbbas
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Hadith #49 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere are three signs of a hypocrite.â Muslim added, âEven if he fasts, prays, and asserts that he is a Muslim.â Thereafter both Bukhari and Muslim said, âWhen he speaks he lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.â
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Hadith #50 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously, and when he quarrels he deviates from the truth.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #51 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe hypocrite is like a ewe which goes to and fro between two flocks, turning at one time to the one and at another time to the other.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #52 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Safwan b. âAssal told how, when a Jew said to his friend, âLet us go to this prophet,â his friend said to him, âDonât say âprophetâ, for if he heard you he would be greatly pleased.â 1 They went to Godâs messenger and asked him about nine clear signs. Godâs messenger said, âDo not associate anything with God. do not steal, do not commit fornication, do not kill anyone whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause, do not bring an innocent person before a ruler in ord
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Hadith #53 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
no molestation of one who says there is no god but God, neither declaring him an infidel because of a sin, nor excommunicating him from Islam because of an action; jihad continues from the time God sent me till the last of this people fights with the dajjal, being annulled neither by the tyranny of a tyrannical ruler nor the justice of a just one; and belief in Godâs decrees.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #54 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported that Godâs messenger said, âWhen a servant of God commits fornication faith departs from him and there is something like an awning over his head; but when he quits that action faith returns to him.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #55 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger recommended ten things to me saying, âDo not associate anything with God, even if you are killed and burnt on that account; do not be disobedient to your parents, even if they command you to quit your family and your property; do not deliberately neglect to observe a prescribed prayer, for he who deliberately neglects to observe a prescribed prayer will have Godâs protection removed from him; do not drink wine, for it is the beginning of every abomination; avoid acts of dis
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Hadith #56 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa said, âHypocrisy existed only in the time of Godâs messenger, whereas to-day there are only unbelief and faith.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #57 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod forgives my people the evil promptings which arise within them so long as they do not act upon them or speak about them.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #58 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that some of the companions of Godâs messenger came to the Prophet to consult him saying, âWe have thoughts which none of us dare to talk about.â He said, âHave you experienced that?â and when they replied that they had, he said, âThat is clear faith.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #59 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil comes to one of you saying, âWho created this? Who created that?â even saying, âWho created your Lord?â âWhen he gets that length the man should seek refuge in God and stop thinking about it.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #60 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âPeople will continue to ask one another questions till someone says this, âGod created all things, but who created God?â Whoever comes across anything of that nature should say, âI believe in God and in His messengers.â â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #61 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere is none of you who does not have his partner from among the jinn and his partner from among the angels put in charge of him.â The hearers asked, âDoes this also apply to you, messenger of God?â He replied, âIt applies to me too, but God has helped me against him and he has accepted Islam, so he commands me to do only what is good.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #62 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil flows in a man like his blood.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #63 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âExcept Mary and her son, no human being is born without the devil touching him, so that he raises his voice crying out because of the devilâs touchâ (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #64 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe cry of an infant at the moment of birth is due to a prick from the devil.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #65 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIblis sets his throne on the water, then sends forth his detachments to tempt mankind, the one who is nearest him in station being the one who can cause the severest temptation. One of them comes and says, âI have done such and such,â but he replies, âYou have done nothing.â Then one of them comes and says; âI did not leave him till I separated him from his wife.â He then brings him near to himself saying, âWhat a fine fellow you are!â
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Hadith #66 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil has despaired of being worshipped by those who engage in prayer in Arabia, but he has hopes of setting them against one another.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #67 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told how a man came to the Prophet and said, âI have thoughts of such a nature that I would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them.â He replied, ââPraise be to God who has reduced 1 to no more than evil prompting!â Abu Dawud transmitted it. 1 Or .
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Hadith #68 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil draws near to man, and so does the angel. The devilâs approach consists of promise of what is evil, and denial of what is true, whereas the angelâs approach consists of promise of what is good and confirmation of what is true. When anyone experiences the latter, let him know that it comes from God and let him praise God; but if he experiences the other, let him seek refuge in God from the accursed devil.â Then he recited, âT
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Hadith #69 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
God created all things, but who created God? When they propound that, say, âGod is one. God is He to whom men repair. He has not begotten and He has not been begotten, and no one is equal to Him.â 1 Then one should spit three times on his left side and seek refuge in God from the accursed devil.â Abu Dawud transmitted it. We shall mention the tradition of âAmr b. al-Ahwas in the chapter on the sermon on the day of sacrifice, if God will. 1 Book XI; Ch. xi
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Hadith #70 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âGod created everything, but who created God?â â Bukhari transmitted it. Muslimâs version is: He declared that God said, âYour people will continue to ask, âWhat is this?â and âwhat is that?â till they propound this: God created all things, but who created God?â
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Hadith #71 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman b. Abul-âAs said he told Godâs messenger that the devil interfered with his prayer and his recitation of the Qurâan, causing confusion in his mind, and Godâs messenger replied, âThat is a devil called Khinzab; so when you feel his presence seek refuge from him in God and spit three times on your left side.â âUthman did so and God caused him to depart from him. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #72 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Qasim b. Muhammad said that a man told him he was greatly distressed by wandering thoughts while he was engaged in prayer. He told him to persevere with his prayer, explaining that he would not be free from that till he said when he finished his prayer, âI have not performed my prayer perfectly.â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #73 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod recorded the fates of all creatures 50,000 years before creating the heavens and the earth, and His throne was upon the water.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #74 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âEverything is decreed, even backwardness and shrewdness.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #75 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported that Godâs messenger told of Adam and Moses holding a disputation in their Lordâs presence and of Adam getting the better of Moses in argument. Moses said, âYou are Adam whom God created with His hand, into whom He breathed of His spirit, to whom He made the angels do obeisance, and whom He caused to dwell in His garden; then because of your sin you caused mankind to come down to the earth.â Adam replied, âAnd you are Moses whom God chose to deliver His messages an
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Hadith #76 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his motherâs womb in the form of a drop, then they become a piece of congealed blood for a similar period, then they become a lump of flesh for a similar period. Then God sends to him an angel with four words who records his deeds, the period of his life, his provision, and whether he will be miserable or blessed: thereafter He breathes the spirit into him. By Him other than whom there is no god, one of you will do the deeds of tho
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Hadith #77 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sahl b. Saâd reported Godâs messenger as saying, âOne man does the deeds of those who go to hell but is one of those who go to paradise, and another does the deeds of those who go to paradise but is one of those who go to hell, for judgment is given according to oneâs final actions.â (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Hadith #78 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger was invited to the funeral of a boy who belonged to the Ansar and I said, âMessenger of God, this one is blessed; he is one of the young ones1 in paradise, for he has done no evil, being too young for that.â He replied, âIt may be otherwise, âAâisha, for God has created some to go to paradise, doing so when they were still in their fathersâ loins; and He has created others for hell, doing so when they were still in their fathersâ loins.â Muslim transmitted it. 1
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Hadith #79 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe place which everyone of you will occupy in hell or in paradise has been recorded.â When his hearers asked him whether they should not trust simply in what had been recorded for them and abandon doing good deeds, he replied, âGo on doing them, for everyone is helped to do that for which he was created. Those who are among the number of the blessed will be helped to do appropriate deeds, and those who are among the number of the miserable wil
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Hadith #80 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod has decreed for man his portion of fornication which he will inevitably commit. The fornication of the eye consists in looking, and of the tongue in speech. The soul wishes and desires, and the private parts accord with that or reject it.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version by Muslim he said, âManâs share of fornication which he will inevitably commit is decreed for him. The fornication of the eyes consists in looking, of the ears in
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Hadith #81 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âImran b, Husain told of two men of Muzaina who said, âMessenger of God, tell us whether what men do to-day and strive over is something which has been destined for them and has previously been decreed for them, or whether it is something their prophet has brought them with which they are encountered and which has become binding upon them.â He replied, âNo, it is something which has been destined for them and previously decreed for them.â The verification of that is found in Godâs Bo
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Hadith #82 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I told Godâs messenger that I, being a young man, was afraid of committing fornication, and I had no means to enable me to marry a wife. (It was as though he was asking permission to have himself made a eunuch.) He gave me no reply, so I repeated what I had said, but he gave me no reply. I repeated it again, but he gave me no reply. I repeated it once more and the Prophet said, âAbu Huraira, the pen has written all it has to write1 about your destiny, so have yourself made a eunuch on that a
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Hadith #83 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe hearts of all men are between two of the Compassionateâs fingers as if they were one heart which He turns about as He wills.â Then Godâs messenger said, âO God, who turnest the hearts, turn our hearts to Thy obedience!â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #84 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âEveryone is born a Muslim, but his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian; just as a beast is born whole. Do you find some among them maimed?â Then he was saying, âGodâs pattern on which He formed mankind. There is no alteration of Godâs creation. That is the true religion.â 1 (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1 Quran, xxx, 30. It is not quite clear whether these words were recited by the Prophet or by Abu Huraira.
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Hadith #85 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger stood up among us and made five statements, saying, âGod does not sleep, as it is unfitting that He should do so; He lowers the scale and raises it up; the deeds done by night are taken up to Him before the dayâs deeds are done; the deeds done by day before the nightâs deeds are done; His veil is light, if He were to remove it His majesty would burn up all His creation which was reached by His glance.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #86 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGodâs hand is full, undiminished by any expenditure, bountiful night and day. Have you seen what He has expended since He created the heaven and the earth, for what His hand holds has not decreased? His throne was upon the water, and in His hand the scale which He lowers and raises.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Muslim says, âGodâs right hand is full.â Ibn Numair said, âFull and pouring out blessings night and day, being decr
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Hadith #87 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported that when Godâs messenger was questioned about the offspring of polytheists he said, âGod knows best about what they were doing.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #88 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe first thing God created was the pen. He told it to write and when it asked Him what it should write He told it to write what was decreed, so it wrote what had taken place and what would take place to all eternity.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib.
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Hadith #89 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muslim b. Yasar said that when âUmar b. al-Khattab was questioned about the verse, âWhen your Lord took their offspring from the backs of the children of Adamâ¦â 1 he replied that he had heard Godâs messenger say when he was questioned about it, âGod created Adam, then passed His right hand over his back and brought forth from it his offspring, saying, âI have created these for paradise and they will do the deeds of those who go to paradise.â He then passed his hand over his back
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Hadith #90 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger came out with two books in his hands and asked, âDo you know what these two books are?â We replied, âNo, messenger of God, unless you tell us.â Of the one in his right hand he said, âThis is a book from the Lord of the universe containing the names of those who will go to paradise, as well as the names of their fathers and their tribes. It is completed to the last man, so there will never be any increase or diminution in their numbers.â Of the one in his left hand h
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Hadith #91 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Khizama said that his father asked Godâs messenger, âTell me whether spells we invoke, medicine we apply and caution we practise can avert anything God has decreed.â He replied, âThey are a part of Godâs decree â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #92 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger came out to us when we were arguing about Godâs decree. He was angry and his face became so red that it looked as if pomegranate seeds had been burst open on his cheeks. He then said, âIs this what you were commanded to do, or was it for this purpose that I was sent to you? Your predecessors perished only when they argued about this matter. I adjure you, I adjure you, not to argue about it.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted something similar from âAmr
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Hadith #93 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported that he heard Godâs messenger say, âGod created Adam from a handful which he took from the whole of the earth; so the children of Adam are in accordance with the earth, some red, some white, some black, some a mixture, also smooth and rough, bad and good.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #94 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported that he heard Godâs messenger say, âGod created His creatures in darkness and cast some of His light upon them. Those on whom some of that light falls will have guidance, but those who are missed by it will go astray. On that account I say that the pen has no more to write about Godâs knowledge.â Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #95 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported that Godâs messenger often said, âO Thou who turnest the hearts about, establish my heart in Thy religion.â Anas said, âProphet of God, do you fear for us who believe in you and in your message?â He replied, âYes. The hearts are between two of Godâs fingers and He turns them about as He wills.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #96 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported that Godâs messenger said, âThe heart is like a feather in desert country which the winds keep turning over and over.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #97 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
he must testify that there is no god but God and that I am Godâs messenger whom He sent with the truth ; he must believe in death and in the resurrection after death; and he must believe in the divine decree.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #98 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported that Godâs messenger said, âThere are two classes among my people who have no portion in Islam, the Murjiâa and the Qadariya.â Tirmidhi transmitted it and said this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #99 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I heard Godâs messenger say, âSome of my people will be swallowed up and some will be metamorphosed. That will come about among those who declare Godâs decree to be false.â Abu Dawud transmitted it and Tirmidhi transmitted something similar.
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Hadith #100 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe Qadariya are the Magians of this people. If they are ill, do not visit them, and if they die, do not attend their funerals.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #101 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âDo not sit with those who believe in freewill and do not address them before they address you.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #102 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He who makes additions to Godâs Book, he who declares Godâs decree to be false, he who rules proudly to exalt him whom God has humbled and humble him whom God has exalted, he who profanes Godâs sacred area, he who considers he may do to my family what God has declared forbidden, and he who abandons my sunna.â Baihaqi transmitted it in the introduction and Razin in his book.
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Hadith #103 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Matar b. âUkamis reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen God decrees that someone should die in a certain land, He gives him a reason for going there.â Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #104 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I asked, âMessenger of God, what happens to the offspring of believers?ââ He replied, âThey are joined to their parents.â I asked, âAlthough they have done nothing, messenger of Godâ lie replied, âGod knows best what they were doing.â I asked, âWhat happens to the offspring of polytheists?â He replied, âThey are joined to their parents.â I asked, âAlthough they have done nothing?â He replied, âGod knows best what they were doing.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #105 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe one who buries her daughter alive and the one who is buried alive go to hell.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #106 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
his period of life, his action, his lying down, his moving about, and his provision.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #107 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that she heard Godâs messenger say, âHe who discusses any aspect of Godâs decree will be questioned about it on the day of resurrection, but he who does not discuss it will not be questioned about it.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #108 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to Ubayy b. Kaâb and said to him, âI am confused about the divine decree, so tell me something by means of which God may remove the confusion from my mind.â He replied, âWere God to punish everyone in the heavens and the earth He would do so without being unjust to them, and were He to show mercy to them His mercy would be much better than their actions merited. Were you to spend in support of Godâs cause an amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, God would not accept it from you til
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Hadith #109 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ told how a man came to Ibn âUmar with a message that so and so sent him a greeting. He replied that he had heard he had introduced an innovation and that if that were so, he was not to convey his greeting to him, for he had heard Godâs messenger say, âAmong my people,â or âamong this people the believers in freewill will be swallowed up and metamorphosed or pelted.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.
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Hadith #110 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said that Khadija asked the Prophet about two children of hers who had died in the pre-Islamic period and Godâs messenger replied, âThey are in hell.â Then when he saw her look of disapproval he said, âIf you saw their position you would hate them.â She asked, âMessenger of God, what about my son whom I had from you?â He replied, âHe is in paradise.â Then Godâs messenger said, âThe believers and their children are in paradise and the polytheists and their children ar
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Hadith #111 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen God created Adam He wiped his back and every soul of his offspring He was to create up to the day of resurrection fell from his back. He put on the forehead of everyone of them a flash of light, then presented them to Adam who asked, âMy Lord, who are these?â He replied, âYour offspring.â On seeing one of them and being charmed by the flash on his forehead he asked, âMy Lord, who is this?â He replied, âDavid.â He asked, â
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Hadith #112 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abud Dardaâ reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod created Adam when He created him and struck his right shoulder and brought forth his offspring white like small ants. And he struck his left shoulder and brought forth his offspring black as though they were charcoal. Then He said to the party on his right side, âTo paradise, and I do not careâ and He said to the party in his left shoulder, âTo hell, and I do not careâ.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #113 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Nadra told how a companion of the Prophet called Abu âAbdallah was visited by his friends who found him weeping. They asked him what made him weep, and whether Godâs messenger had not told him to clip some of his moustache and keep it like that till he met him. He replied, âYes, but I heard Godâs messenger say that God took a handful in His right hand and another in His left saying, âThis is for this, and that is for that, and I do not care;â and I do not know in which of the two
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Hadith #114 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
God made the covenant from Adamâs back in Naâman, i.e. âArafa, and brought forth from his loins all his offspring whom He created and scattered before Him like small ants. He then spoke to them face to face saying, âAm I not your Lord?â They replied, âYes, we testify this.â lest you should say on the day of resurrection, âWe were neglectful of this,â or should say, âOur fathers were polytheists before us and we were an offspring after them. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the w
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Hadith #115 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He gathered them and put them in pairs. Thereafter He fashioned them and endowed them with speech, and they spoke. He then made an agreement and covenant with them, calling them to witness regarding themselves, âAm I not your Lord?â They replied, âYes.â He said, âI call the seven heavens and the seven earths to witness regarding you, and I call your father Adam to witness regarding you, lest you should say on the day of resurrection, âWe did not know of this.â Know that there is no
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Hadith #116 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While we were with Godâs messenger discussing what would come to pass Godâs messenger said, âWhen you hear that a mountain has moved from its place believe it; but when you hear that a manâs nature has changed do not believe it, for he will remain true to his inborn disposition.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #117 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Salama said, âMessenger of God, you continue to be afflicted annually with pain from the poisoned sheep you ate.â He replied, âI am afflicted by nothing due to it which was not decreed for me while Adam was still a lump of clay.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #118 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âGod establishes those who believe with the word which stands firmâ was revealed concerning the punishment in the grave. One will be asked who his Lord is and will reply that his Lord is God and his prophet is Muhammad. (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1 Quran, xiv, 27.
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Hadith #119 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a man is placed in his grave and his friends leave him, he hears the beat of their sandals. Then two angels come to him and, having made him sit up, they say, âWhat was your opinion of this man, of Muhammad?â The believer replies, âI testify that he is Godâs servant and messenger.â He is then told to look at his abode in hell for which God has substituted for him an abode in paradise, and he sees them both. The hypocrite and infidel ar
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Hadith #120 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you dies, his abode among the inhabitants of paradise will be shown him morning and evening if he is to be one of them; but if he is to be one of the inhabitants of hell, his abode among them will be shown him. He will be told that this is his abode to which God will finally raise him on the day of resurrection.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #121 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told of a Jewess who visited her and mentioned the punishment in the grave adding, âMay God preserve you from the punishment of the grave!â âAâisha asked Godâs messenger about the subject and he said, âYes, the punishment in the grave is real.â âAâisha said, âAfter that I never saw Godâs messenger observing a prayer without seeking Godâs protection from the punishment in the grave.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #122 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While we were accompanying Godâs messenger who was riding a she-mule in a garden belonging to the B. an-Najjar, the animal shied and almost unseated him. It happened that there were five or six graves there, so he asked if anyone knew who were buried in them. A man replied that he did, and on being asked when they died said it was in the period when the people were polytheists. The Prophet then said, âThese people are being afflicted in their graves, and were it not that you would cease to b
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Hadith #123 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen the dead is buried two black and blue angels, one called al-Munkar and the other an-Nakir, come to him and ask him what opinion he held about this man. If he is a believer he replies, âHe is the servant and messenger of God. I testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and apostle.â They say that they knew he would say so. A space of 4900 square cubits is then made for him in his grave, it is illuminated for
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Hadith #124 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Baraâ b. âAzib reported Godâs messenger as saying, âTwo angels will come to him, make him sit up, and ask him who his Lord is, to which he will reply that his Lord is God. They will ask him what his religion is, and he will reply that his religion is Islam. They will ask him about this man who was sent on a mission among his people, and he will reply that he is Godâs messenger. They will ask him what made him aware of this, and he will reply that he read Godâs Book, believed in it
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Hadith #125 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman told that when he stood over a grave he would weep so sorely that the tears moistened his beard. Someone said to him, âYou remember paradise and hell, without weeping, yet you are weeping over this.â He replied that Godâs messenger said, âThe grave is the first stage of the next world ; if one escapes from it what follows is easier than it, but if one does not escape from it what follows is more severe than it.â He further quoted Godâs messenger as saying, âI have never s
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Hadith #126 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also said that when the Prophet finished the burial of the dead he stood over it and said, âAsk forgiveness for your brother, then ask that he may be strengthened, for he is now being questioned.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #127 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNinety-nine dragons will be given power over an infidel in his grave, and will bite and sting him till the last hour comes. If one of those dragons were to breathe over the earth, it would bring forth no green thing.â Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi transmitted something similar, but he said seventy instead of ninety-nine.
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Hadith #128 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went out with Godâs messenger to Saâd b. Muâadh when he died. Godâs messenger prayed over him, and when he was placed in his grave and the ground was levelled over him, Godâs messenger extolled God and we did so also at great length. He then said, âGod is most great,â and we did the same. Someone asked him why he had extolled God and then said, âGod is most great,â to which he replied, âThis upright servantâs grave had closed in on him, but finally God removed the pressu
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Hadith #129 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThis is the one1 on account of whom the throne moved, for whom the gates of heaven were opened, and whose funeral seventy thousand angels attended. He was compressed, but afterwards the pressure was removed from him.â Nasaâi transmitted it. 1 i.e Saâd
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Hadith #130 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ daughter of Abu Bakr said, âGodâs messenger arose to deliver an address in which he mentioned the trial a man will endure in the grave. On his mentioning that, the Muslims gave a shout of dismay.â Bukhari transmitted it thus, but Nasaâi added, âwhich prevented me from grasping what Godâs messenger had said. So when the clamour died down I said to a man near me, âGod bless you, what did Godâs messenger say at the end of his address?â He replied that he said he had had a
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Hadith #131 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen a dead man is covered up in his grave he will be shown the setting sun and will sit up, rub his eyes, and say, âLet me observe the prayerâ.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #132 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen a dead man comes into his grave he will sit up in his grave neither dismayed nor refractory and will be asked what religion he followed, to which he will reply that he followed Islam. He will then be asked his opinion of this man, and will reply that he is Muhammad, Godâs messenger, who brought men the clear proofs from God, and they believed him. He will then be asked if he has seen God, and will reply that it is not fitting that anyone shou
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Hadith #133 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone introduces into this affair of ours anything which does not belong to it, it is rejected.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #134 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The best discourse is Godâs Book, the best guidance is that given by Muhammad, and the worst things are those which are novelties. Every innovation is error.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #135 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
he who is heretical in the sacred territory, he who wants to introduce into Islam the sunna of the pre-Islamic period, and he who unjustly demands the death of a Muslim to shed his blood.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #136 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAll my people will enter paradise except those who refuse.â On being asked who refused, he replied, âHe who obeys me will enter paradise, and he who disobeys me has refused.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #137 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Angels came to the Prophet when he was asleep; and they said, âA comparison can be drawn with this friend of yours, so draw one.â One of them said, âHe is asleep;â but another replied, âThe eye sleeps while the heart is awake.â Then they said, âHe may be likened to a man who built a house, prepared a feast in it, and sent one to issue invitations. Whoever responds to the one who invites him will enter the house and eat of the feast, but whoever does not respond will not enter the h
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Hadith #138 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Three people came to the Prophetâs wives and asked how the Prophet conducted his worship. When they were told about it they seemed to consider it little and said, âWhat a difference there is between us and the Prophet whose former and latter sins have been forgiven him by God!â One of them said, âAs for me, I will always pray during the night.â Another said, âI will fast during the daytime and not break my fast.â The other said, âI will have nothing to do with women and will neve
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Hadith #139 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger did a certain thing and gave permission for it to be done, but some people abstained from it. When Godâs messenger heard of that, he delivered a sermon, and after extolling God he said, âWhat is the matter with people who abstain from a thing which I do? By God, I am the one of them who knows most about God and fears Him most.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #140 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Prophet came to Medina when they were fecundating the palm trees. He asked, âWhat are you doing?â and they replied, âWe have been accustomed to do it.â He said, âPerhaps if you did not do it it would be better so they gave it up, but the crop was diminished. They mentioned that to him and he said, âI am only a human being. When I issue any command to you regarding your religion, accept it; but when I issue any command to you based on my own opinion, I am merely a human being.
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Hadith #141 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI and the message with which God has entrusted me are just like a man who came to a people and said, âI have seen the army with my own eyes, and I am a simple warner, so flee, flee.â A section of his people obeyed him, and setting off at nightfall, went away without hurry and escaped. But a section of them did not believe him and stayed where they were, and the army attacked them at dawn, destroying and extirpating them. That is a comparison
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Hadith #142 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI may be likened to a man who kindled a fire, and when it lit up the neighbourhood the insects and these creeping things which fall into a fire began to fall into it. He began to prevent them, but they got the better of him and rushed into it. Now I am seizing your girdles to pull you from hell, but you are rushing into it.â This is Bukhariâs version, and Muslim has one similar, but at the end of it he quotes him as saying, âYou and I ma
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Hadith #143 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported that Godâs messenger said, âThe guidance and knowledge with which God has commissioned me are like abundant rain which fell on some ground. Part of it was good, and absorbing the water, it brought forth abundant herbage and pasture; and there were some bare patches in it which retained the water by which God gave benefit to men, who drank, gave drink and sowed seed. But some of it fell on another portion which consisted only of hollows which could not retain the water or pr
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Hadith #144 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger recited, âHe it is who has sent down to you the Book in which are fundamental versesâ going on to âno one takes warning but those of insight.â1 She reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen you (using the feminine singular pronoun whereas Muslim has the masculine plural) see those who study what is dubious in it, those are they whom God named, so be on your guard against them.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1 Quran, iii, 7.
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Hadith #145 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Once when I went at midday to visit Godâs messenger he heard the voices of two men in disagreement about a verse coming out to us with obvious signs of anger on his face, he said, âIt was just because of their disagreement about Godâs Book that your predecessors perished.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #146 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd b. Abu Waqqas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #147 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIn the last days there will be lying dajjals who will bring you traditions of which neither you nor your fathers have heard, so beware of them. They will neither lead you astray nor seduce you.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #148 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also said that the people of the Book used to read the Torah in Hebrew and expound it in Arabic to the Muslims, so Godâs messenger said, âNeither believe nor disbelieve the people of the Book, but say, âWe believe in God and what has been sent down to usâ¦ 1 ââ Bukhari transmitted it. 1 Quran, ii, 136.
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Hadith #149 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIt is enough falsehood for a man to relate everything he hears.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #150 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere was no prophet whom God raised up among his people before me who did not have from among his people apostles and companions who held to his sunna and followed what he commanded; then they were succeeded by people who said what they did not practise and did things they were not commanded to do. So he who strives against them with his hand is a believer, he who strives against them with his tongue is a believer, and he who strives against
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Hadith #151 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone summons others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those of the people who follow him without their rewards being diminished in any respect on that account; and if anyone summons others to follow error the sin of which he is guilty will be equivalent to those of the people who follow him without their sinsâ being diminished in any respect on that account.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #152 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIslam began as a small religion and will return to the state in which it began. Then blessed will be the few â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #153 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âFaith will shrink back to Medina as a snake shrinks back to its hole.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #154 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We shall mention the1 tradition from Abu Huraira, âLeave me as long as I have said nothing to you â¦â in the book on the rites of the Pilgrimage, and the traditions of Muâawiya and Jabir, âA section of this people will continue â¦â2 in the chapter on the reward of this people, if God will. 1 Book XI, Chap. I, first tradition. 2 Page 1383. Only Muâawiyaâs tradition is given. The wording is slightly different.
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Hadith #155 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A heavenly visitant came to Godâs prophet, and he was told to let his eye sleep, his ear hear, and his heart understand. He said, âMy eyes then slept, my ears heard, and my heart understood, and I was told that a lord built a house, prepared a feast, and sent one to issue invitations. Whoever responds to the one who invites him will enter the house, eat of the feast, and enjoy the lordâs favour; but whoever does not respond to the one who invites him will not enter the house, or eat of the
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Hadith #156 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Rafiâ reported Godâs messenger as saying, âLet me not find one of you reclining on his couch when he hears something regard which I have commanded or forbidden and saying, âI do not know, we found in Godâs Book we have followed.â â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, A Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Baihaqi (in Dalaâil an-nubuwa) transmitted it.
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Hadith #157 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Miqdam b. Maâdikarib reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI have indeed been brought the Qurâan and something like it along with it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say, âKeep to this Qurâan; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited.â But what Godâs messenger has prohibited is like what God has prohibited. The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to
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Hadith #158 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Irbad b. Sariya declared that Godâs messenger got up and said, âDoes any of you, while reclining on his couch, imagine that God has prohibited only what is to be found in the Qurâan? By God, I have commanded, exhorted and prohibited various matters as numerous as what is found in the Qurâan, or more numerous. God has not permitted you to enter the houses of the people of the Book without permission, or dishonour their women, or eat their fruits, when they give you what is imposed on t
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Hadith #159 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Bite on it with the molar teeth.
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Hadith #160 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud told how Godâs messenger drew a line for them and then said, âThis is Godâs path.â Thereafter he drew several lines on his right and left and said, âThese are paths on each of which there is a devil who invites people to follow it.â And he recited, âAnd that this is my path, straight; follow itâ¦â 1 Ahmad, NasaâI and Darimi transmitted it. 1 Quran iv, 153.
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Hadith #161 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNone of you is a believer till his desire follows what I have brought.â He transmitted it in Sharh al-sunna ; and an-Nawawi said in his Arbaâin, âThis is a sound tradition which we have transmitted in Kitab al-hujja with a sound isnad.â
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Hadith #162 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Bilal b. Harith al-Muzani reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhoever revives a sunna of mine which has been neglected after my time will have a reward equal to the rewards of those who act upon it, without their rewards being diminished in any way. But whoever invents a misleading innovation with which God and His messenger are not pleased will be charged with a sin equal to the sins of those who act upon it without that diminishing their loads in any way.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and I
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Hadith #163 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. âAuf reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe religion will shrink back to the Hijaz as a snake shrinks back to its hole, and the religion will seek refuge in the Hijaz as the mountain goat seeks refuge in the mountain top. The religion began few in number and will return to the state in which it began. Blessed are the few, for they will set right the corruptions caused in my sunna by people after my death.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #164 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âMy people will experience what the B. Israâil experienced, as closely as one sandal resembles another. If they had among them one who openly- had intercourse with his mother, among my people there will be one who does that. The B. Israâil divided into 72 sects, but my people will divide into 73 sects, all of which but one will go to hell.â On being asked which it was, he replied, âIt is the one to which I and my companions be
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Hadith #165 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod will not cause all my people (or he said, Muhammadâs people) to err. Godâs hand is over the community, and he who is separate from it will be separate in hell.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #166 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âFollow the main body, for he who is separate from it will be separate in hell.â 1 1 The source is lacking. The editor of Damascus edition quotes Mirak Shah as saying Ibn Majah gives this tradition from Anas. Ibn Majah (fitran, 8) has part of this in a tradition from Anas.
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Hadith #167 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âSonny, if you can keep your heart morning and evening void of deceit towards anyone, do so.â Then he said, âSonny, that pertains to my sunna. He who loves my sunna has loved me, and he who loves me will be with me in paradise.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #168 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as Saying, âHe who holds fast to my sunna when my people are in a corrupt state will have the reward of a hundred martyrs.â 1 1 The source is lacking. The editor of Damascus edition quotes Mirak Shah and others as saying Bayhaqi gives the tradition in his kitab az-Zuhd as coming from Ibn Abbas.
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Hadith #169 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that when âUmar came to the Prophet saying, âWe hear from Jews traditions which charm us, so do you think we should write down some of them ?â he replied, âAre you in a state of confusion as the Jews and the Christians were? I have brought them to you white and pure, and if Moses were alive he would feel it absolutely necessary to follow me.â Ahmad transmitted it, and also Baihaqi in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #170 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone eats what is good, acts according to a sunna, and men are safe from injuries on his part, he will enter paradise.â A man said, âMessenger of God, to-day there are many such among the people to which he replied, âAnd there will also be such in generations after my time.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #171 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIn the times in which you are living, anyone who abandons a tenth of what he is commanded will perish; but a time is coming when anyone who does a tenth of what he is commanded will be safe.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #172 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo people have gone astray after following right guidance unless they have been led into disputation.â Then Godâs messenger recited this verse, âThey only put him forth to you as a matter of dispute; nay, they are a contentious people.â 1 Ahmad, Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah transmitted it. 1 Quran xliii, 58.
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Hadith #173 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas declared that Godâs messenger used to say, âDo not impose austerities on yourselves and so have God imposing austerities on you; for people have imposed austerities on themselves and God has imposed austerities on them. Their survivors are to be found in cells and monasteries.â , âMonasticism, they invented it; we did not prescribe it for them.â 1 Abu Dawud transmitted it. 1 ibid, lvii, 27.
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Hadith #174 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
what is permissible, what is prohibited, what is firmly fixed, what is obscure, and parables. So treat what is permissible as permissible and what is prohibited as prohibited, act upon what is firmly fixed; believe in what is obscure, and take a lesson from the parables.â This is the wording in Al-masabih. Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman, his wording being, âAct according to what is permissible, avoid what is prohibited, and follow what is firmly fixed.â
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Hadith #175 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a matter whose right guidance is clear, which you must follow; a matter whose error is clear, which you must avoid; and a matter about which there is a difference of opinion, which you must entrust to God.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #176 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil is a wolf to man, like the wolf which harries sheep, catching the one which is solitary, the one which stays far from the flock, and the one which wanders. So avoid the branching paths and keep to the general community.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #177 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dharr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who separates himself a handbreadth from the community has cast off the rope of Islam from his neck.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #178 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Book and His messengerâs sunnaâ He transmitted it in Al-Muwatta.
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Hadith #179 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ghudaif b. al-Harith ath-Thumali reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo people introduce an innovation without its equivalent being withdrawn from the sunna; so holding firmly to a sunna is better than introducing an innovation.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #180 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hassan said that no people had produced an innovation in their religion without God removing an equivalent amount from their sunna, then not restoring it to them till the day of resurrection. Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #181 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibrahim b. Maisara reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who honours an innovator has assisted in undermining Islam.â Baihaqi transmitted it in mursal form in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #182 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that if anyone learns Godâs Book and follows its contents, he will be guided by God away from error in this world and be guarded by Him on the day of resurrection from the strictest account. A version renders him as saying that one who models his life on Godâs Book will not go astray in this world, or be miserable in the next. Then he recited this verse, âHe who follows my guidance will not go astray or be miserable.â 1 Razin transmitted it. 1 Quran xx, `123.
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Hadith #183 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod has propounded as a parable a straight path on the sides of which are walls with open doors over which curtains are hanging down. At the top of the path there is one who calls, âGo straight on the path and do not follow an irregular course.â Above that one is another who calls out as often as anyone tries to open any of those doors, âWoe to you! do not open it, for if you open it you will go through it.ââ He then interpreted it
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Hadith #184 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud said, âIf anyone follows someoneâs custom let him follow the custom of one who is dead, for one cannot be sure of the living not being led astray. Those to follow are Muhammadâs Companions who were the most excellent among the people, purest in heart, most profound in knowledge, most unassuming, whom God chose for companionship with His Prophet and to establish His religion. So recognise their excellence, follow their traces, and hold as fast as you can to their character and
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Hadith #185 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told how âUmar b. al-Khattab brought Godâs messenger a copy of the Torah saying, âMessenger of God, this is a copy of the Torah.â When he received no reply he began to read to the obvious displeasure of Godâs messenger, so Abu Bakr said, âConfound you 1 do you not see how Godâs messenger is looking?â So âUmar looked at Godâs messengerâs face and said, âI seek refuge in God from the anger of God and His messenger. We are satisfied with God as Lord, with Islam as reli
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Hadith #186 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âMy words do not abrogate Godâs words, but Godâs words abrogate mine, some of His words abrogate others.â Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #187 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âSome of my traditions abrogate others just as some parts of the Qurâan abrogate others.â Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #188 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Thaâlaba al-Khushani reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod has made certain things binding, so do not cause them to be lost; He has prohibited certain things, so do not violate them; He has fixed certain limits, so do not transgress them; and He, without being forgetful, has said nothing about certain things, so do not search into them.â Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #189 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âPass on information from me, even if it is only a verse of the Qurâan; and relate traditions from the Bani Israâil, for there is no restriction; but let him who deliberately lies against me come to his abode in hell.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #190 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Samura b. Jundub and al-Mughira b. Shuâba reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone relates a tradition from me thinking that it is false, he is one of the liars.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #191 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen God wishes good for anyone He instructs him in the religion. I am only a distributor; God gives.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #192 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âMen are of different origins just as gold and silver are; the best among them in the pre-Islamic period are the best among them in Islam when they are versed in the religion.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #193 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a man to whom God has given property, empowering him to dispose of it on what is right; and a man to whom God has given wisdom who acts according to it and teaches it.â (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Hadith #194 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
sadaqa which continues to be supplied, or knowledge from which benefit continues to be reaped, or the prayers of a good son for his dead father.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #195 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, â If anyone removes one of the anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove one of the anxieties of the day of resurrection from him; if one smooths the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults, in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowle
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Hadith #196 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe first person to be judged on the day of resurrection will be a man who died as a martyr. He will be brought forward, and after God has reminded him of the favour He showed him and the man acknowledges it, He will ask, âWhat did you do to show gratitude for it?â The man will reply, âI fought for Thy cause till I was martyred.â God will say, âYou lie. You fought that people might call you courageous, and they have done so.â Command w
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Hadith #197 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod does not take away knowledge by removing it from men, but takes it away by taking away the learned, so that when He leaves no learned man, men will take ignorant men as leaders. Causes will be presented to them and they will pass judgement without knowledge, erring and leading others into error.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #198 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Shaqiq said that âAbdallah b. Masâud used to exhort the people every Thursday. A man said, â I wish, Abu âAbd ar-Rahman , that you would give us a daily exhortation.â He replied, âMy dislike of wearying you prevents me from that, so I am considerate in my exhortations to you as Godâs messenger was to us for fear of causing us aversion.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #199 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when the Prophet made a statement he repeated it three times so that it would be understood, and that when he met a company and gave them a salutation he did it three times. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #200 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Masâud al-Ansari told of a man who came to the Prophet and said, âMy camel has become jaded, so give me a mount.â On his replying that he had none, a man said, âMessenger of God, I can guide him to one who will give him a mount.â Godâs messenger then said, âHe who guides to what is good will have a reward equivalent to that of him who does it.â Muslim transmitted it.
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