# Riyad as-Salihin - The Book of Good Manners *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on June 15, 2026* **1896 hadith** --- ## Hadith #1 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man of the Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding shyness. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of Iman.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1/)* --- ## Hadith #2 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shyness does not bring anything except good.”.In a narration of Muslim: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “All of shyness is good.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-2/)* --- ## Hadith #3 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Iman has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: ‘La ilaha illallah’ (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And shyness is a branch of Iman.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-3/)* --- ## Hadith #4 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was even shier than a virgin behind her veil. When he saw something which he disliked, we could perceive it on his face.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-4/)* --- ## Hadith #5 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The most evil of the people to Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the man who consorts with his wife and then publicizes her secret.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-5/)* --- ## Hadith #6 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners My father ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: When (his daughter) Hafsah (May Allah be pleased with her) became a widow, I met ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan (May Allah be pleased with him) and offered Hafsah for marriage to him. ‘Uthman said: “I shall think over the matter.” I waited for a few days and then ‘Uthman met me and said: “It occurred to me that I should not marry at present.” Then I met Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: “If you are willing, I shall marry my daughter Hafsah to you.” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) remained silent and did not utter any word to me in reply. I grew more angry with him than with ‘Uthman. I had waited for only a few days when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked for her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Thereafter, I met Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) who said, “Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered Hafsah to me and I said nothing in reply.” I said, “Yes, that is so.” He said, “Nothing stopped me to respond to your offer except that I knew that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had mentioned her and I could not disclose the secret of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Had Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left her, I would have accepted her.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-6/)* --- ## Hadith #7 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners On one occasion all the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) were with him when his daughter, Fatimah (May Allah be pleased with her) who walked after the style of her father, came there. He (ﷺ) welcomed her saying, “Welcome, O my daughter”, and made her sit on his right side, or on his left side and then whispered something to her at which she wept bitterly. When he perceived her grief, he talked secretly to her again and she smiled (with happiness). I said to her: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ chose you from amongst all his wives to speak secretly to you and yet you cried.” When he left, I asked her, “What did Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say to you?” She said, “I will not divulge the secret of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away, I said to her: “I adjure you by the right I have in respect of you to tell me what Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had told you.” She said: “Now (when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has died), I will tell you. When he whispered to me the first time, he told me, ‘Jibril (Gabriel) used to listen to my recitation of the Qur’an and then recite it back to me once or twice a year, and this time he has done it twice; and so I perceive that my death is approaching. Then be mindful of your duty to Allah and be patient and steadfast, for I shall be an excellent predecessor for you.’ On this I wept as you saw. When he perceived my distress he talked to me secretly the second time and said, ‘O Fatimah, are you not pleased that you will be the chief among the believing women or of this Ummah?’ This made me smile as you saw.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-7/)* --- ## Hadith #8 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to me while I was playing with the boys. He greeted us and sent me on an errand. This delayed my return to my mother. When I came to her, she asked, “What detained you?” I said; “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me on an errand.” She asked, “What was it?” I said, “It is a secret.” My mother said; “Do not disclose to anyone the secret of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said to Thabit (May Allah be pleased with him): By Allah, were I to tell it to anyone I would have told you.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-8/)* --- ## Hadith #9 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Three are the signs of a hypocrite: When he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he betrays his trust.”.Another narration adds the words: “Even if he observes Saum (fasts), performs Salat (prayer) and claims to be a Muslim.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-9/)* --- ## Hadith #10 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Four are the qualities which, when found in a person, make him a sheer hypocrite, and one who possesses one of them, possesses one characteristic of hypocrisy until he abandons it. These are: When he is entrusted with something, he betrays trust; when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he acts treacherously; and when he argues, he behaves in a very imprudent, insulting manner.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-10/)* --- ## Hadith #11 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “When the revenues of Bahrain will arrive, I shall give you such and such and such.” He passed away before the revenues were received. When they arrive during the caliphate of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him), he ordered to be announced: “Anyone whom Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) promised or owed anything, should come to him.” I went to him and said: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said to me such and such.” He took a double handful out of the money and gave it to me. I counted it and found that it was five hundred dirham. Then Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said to me: “Take twice as much more of that amount.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-11/)* --- ## Hadith #12 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “O ‘Abdullah! Do not be like so-and-so; he used to get up at night for optional prayer but abandoned it later.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-12/)* --- ## Hadith #13 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Guard yourselves against the Fire (of Hell) even if it be only with half a date-fruit (given in charity); and if you cannot afford even that, you should at least say a good word.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-13/)* --- ## Hadith #14 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is also charity to utter a good word.”. It is part of a narration that has preceded in its entirety. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-14/)* --- ## Hadith #15 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not disdain a good deed, (no matter how small it may seem) even if it is your meeting with your (Muslim) brother with a cheerful face.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-15/)* --- ## Hadith #16 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) said something, he would repeat his words thrice so that the meanings would be understood fully; and whenever he came upon a group of people, he would greet them, and he would repeat salutation thrice. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-16/)* --- ## Hadith #17 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners the speech of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was so clear that all those who listened to it would understand it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-17/)* --- ## Hadith #18 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked me on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage to tell the people to keep silent, then he (ﷺ) said, “Do not revert to disbelief after me, chopping the heads of one another.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-18/)* --- ## Hadith #19 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Ibn Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with him) used to preach to us once every Thursday. A man said to him: “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman, we love your talk and we wish that you preach us every day.” He said: “There is nothing to prevent me from doing so, but I don’t lest I bore you. I follow the same method in preaching to you that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) adopted in preaching to us for fear of boredom.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-19/)* --- ## Hadith #20 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Prolonging Salat (prayer) and shortening the Khutbah (religious talk) indicate the religious knowledge of the person. Make your Salat long and your sermon short.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-20/)* --- ## Hadith #21 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners While I was in Salat with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a man in the congregation sneezed and I responded with: ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (Allah have mercy on you).’ The people stared at me with disapproving looks. So I said: “May my mother lose me. Why are you staring at me?” Thereupon, they began to strike their thighs with their hands. When I saw them urging to me to remain silent, I became angry but restrained myself. When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concluded his Salat. I have never before seen an instructor who gave better instruction than he, may my father and mother be sacrificed for him. He neither remonstrated me, nor beat me, nor abused me. He simply said,”It is not permissible to talk during Salat because it consists of glorifying Allah, declaring His Greatness as well as recitation of the Qur’an,” or he said words to that effect.” I said: “O Allah’s Messenger, I have but recently accepted Islam, and Allah has favoured us with Islam. There are still some people among us who go to consult soothsayers.” He said, “Do not consult them.” Then I said: “There are some of us who are guided by omens.” He said, “These things which come to their minds. They should not be influenced by them.”(Muslim). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-21/)* --- ## Hadith #22 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners One day, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a very effective speech, as a result, eyes shed tears and hearts became softened. A man said: “O Prophet of Allah! It sounds as if this is a farewell speech, so advise us.” He (ﷺ) said, “I admonish you to fear Allah, and to listen and obey even if a black slave has been appointed as your leader. For whoever among you lives after me will see much discord. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs who will come after me. Adhere to them and hold fast to them. Beware of Bid’ah (in religion) because every Bid’ah is a misguidance.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-22/)* --- ## Hadith #23 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I have never seen Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughing so heartily that his uvula could be seen. He used to smile only.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-23/)* --- ## Hadith #24 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When the Iqamah are pronounced, do not come to it running, you should walk calmly with tranquillity to join the congregation. Then join in what you catch for and complete what you miss.”.In Muslim it is added: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “For when one of you is walking for Salat, he is, in fact, engaged in Salat.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-24/)* --- ## Hadith #25 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) while we were returning from ‘Arafat. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard behind him a loud noise of beating and of driving the camels forcibly. He pointed towards it with his whip and said, “O people! Proceed calmly. No virtue lies in rushing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-25/)* --- ## Hadith #26 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain good relation with kins; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-26/)* --- ## Hadith #27 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should accommodate his guest according to his right.” He was asked: “What is his right, O Messenger of Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied: “It is (to accommodate him) for a day and a night, and hospitality extends for three days, and what is beyond that is charity.”.In Muslim it is added: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not permissible for a Muslim to stay so long with his brother till he makes him sinful.” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, how can he make him sinful?” He replied, “He prolongs his stay with him till nothing is left with the host to entertain him (guest).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-27/)* --- ## Hadith #28 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave glad tidings to Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her) about a palace of hollowed pearls in Jannah, free from noise and toil.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-28/)* --- ## Hadith #29 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners One day, I performed my Wudu’ in my house and then set forth with the determination that I would stick to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and spend the whole day with him. I came to the mosque and asked about him. The Companions told that he (ﷺ) had gone in a certain direction. Abu Musa added: I followed him inquiring until I came to Bi’r Aris (a well in the suburb of Al-Madinah). (There) I sat down at the door till he (ﷺ) had relieved himself and performed Wudu’. Then I went to him and saw him sitting on the platform of the well with his shanks uncovered and his legs dangling in the well. I greeted him and returned to the door of the garden, saying to myself, “I will be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of Allah today.” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) came and knocked at the door. I said; “Who is that?” He said: “Abu Bakr.” I said, “Wait a moment.” Then I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah! Abu Bakr is at the door seeking permission to enter.” He said, “Admit him and give him the glad tidings of Jannah.” I returned and said to Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him): “You may enter and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has given you the glad tidings of (entering) Jannah.” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) came in and sat down on the right side of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and suspended his legs into the well and uncovered his shanks, as the Messenger of Allah had done. I returned to the door and sat down. I had left my brother at home while he was performing Wudu’ and intending to join me. I said to myself: “If Allah intends good for him (i.e., to be blessed to come at this time and receive the glad tidings of entering Jannah), He will bring him here.” Someone knocked at the door and I said, “Who is it?” He said, “Umar bin Al-Khattab.” I said, “Wait a moment.” Then I proceeded towards Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I greeted him and said, “Umar is at the door, seeking permission to enter. He said, “Let him in and give him the glad tidings of entering Jannah.” I went back to ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) and said to him, “Messenger of Allah has given you permission as well as glad tidings of entering Jannah.” He entered and sat down with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on his left side and dangled his feet into the well. I returned to the door and sat down and said to myself: “If Allah intends good for my brother, He will bring him here.” Someone knocked at the door and I said, “Who is it?” He said, “Uthman bin ‘Affan.” I said, “Wait a moment.” I went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him about his arrival. He said, “Let him in and give him glad tidings of entering Jannah together with a tribulation which he will have to face.” I came back to him and said, “You may enter; and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gives you the glad tidings of entering Jannah together with a tribulation that will afflict you.” He got in and saw that the elevated platform round the well was fully occupied. So he sat on opposite side. Sa’id bin Al- Musaiyab (May Allah be pleased with him) a subnarrator has reported: The order in which they sat down indicated the places of their burial..Another narration adds: Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered me to guard the door. When ‘Uthman was told (about the misfortune) he praised Allah then said: “Allahu Musta’an (His help is to be sought).”(The interpretation of Sa’id bin Al-Musaiyab is that the graves of Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) are by the side of the Prophet (ﷺ), in the same position they took when they sat next to the Prophet (ﷺ) while the grave of ‘Uthman is away from their graves, in the public graveyard of Al-Madinah known as Baqi’ Al-Gharqad). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-29/)* --- ## Hadith #30 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners We were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) were also present. All of a sudden the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and left us. When he was late to return to us we began to worry lest he should meet with trouble in our absence. I was the first to be alarmed and set out in search of him until I came to a garden belonging to Banu-Najjar (a section of the Ansar). I went round it looking for an entrance, but failed to find one. However, I saw a stream of water flowing into the garden from a well outside. I drew myself together like a fox and slinked into the place and reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said, “Is it Abu Hurairah?” I replied in the affirmative. He asked, “What is the matter with you?” I replied, “You were sitting with us and then you left us and delayed for a time. Fearing you had met with some adversities we got alarmed. I was the first to be alarmed. So when I came to this garden, I squeezed myself like a fox and these people are coming behind me.” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) gave me his sandals and said, “O Abu Hurairah! Take these sandals of mine, and whoever you meet outside this garden testifying that La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah), being assured of it in his heart, give him the glad tidings that he will enter Jannah.” (Abu Hurairah then narrated the Hadith in full).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-30/)* --- ## Hadith #31 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners We visited ‘Amr bin Al-‘as (May Allah be pleased with him) when he was in his deathbed. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son said: “O father, did not the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) give you the good news of such and such? Did he not give you glad tidings of such and such?” Then he (‘Amr) turned his face towards us and said: “The best thing which you can count upon is the affirmation that: La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah), and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I have passed through three phases. I remember when I hated none more than I hated the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and there was no other desire stronger in me than that of killing him. Had I died in that state, I would have definitely been one of the dwellers of Fire (Hell). When Allah instilled the love for Islam in my heart, I went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, ‘Extend your right hand, so that I pledge allegiance to you.’ He (ﷺ) stretched out his right hand, but I withdrew my hand. He said, ‘What is the matter, ‘Amr?’ I said, ‘I wish to lay down same conditions.’ He asked, ‘What conditions do you wish to put forward?’ I replied, ‘To be granted forgiveness.’ He said, ‘Do you not know that (embracing) Islam wipes out all that has gone before it (previous misdeeds). Verily, emigration wipes out all the previous sins, and the Hajj (pilgrimage) wipes out all the previous sins.’ Thereafter, no one was dearer to me than Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and none was more respectable than him in my eyes. So bright was his splendour that I could not gather enough courage to look at his face for any length of time. If I were asked to describe his feature, I would not be able to do so because I have never caught a full glimpse of his face. Had I died in that state I could have hoped to be one of the dwellers of Jannah. Thereafter, we were made responsible for many things and in the light of which I am unable to know what is in store for me. When I die, no mourner, nor fire should accompany my bier. When you bury me, throw the earth gently over me and stand over my grave for the space of time within which a camel is slaughtered and its meat is distributed so that I may enjoy your intimacy, and in your presence ascertain what answer can I give to the Messengers of my Rubb (the angels in grave).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-31/)* --- ## Hadith #32 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners “One day Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood amongst us to deliver a Khutbah. So he praised Allah, extolled Him, exhorted and reminded (us) and said: ‘Amma Ba’du (now then)! O people, certainly I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger of Allah my Lord (the angel of death) and I respond. And I am leaving among you two weighty things: There first of which is the Book of Allah. In is guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it.’ So he exhorted (us) (to hold fast to it) and encouraged it then said, ‘And the members of my household, I remind you of Allah with regards (of your duties) to the members of my family.”‘. And it has preceded in its entirety. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-32/)* --- ## Hadith #33 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners We came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when we were all young men of nearly equal age. We stayed with him for twenty days. He was extremely kind and considerate. He perceived that we missed our families so he asked us about those we left behind, and we informed him. Then he (ﷺ) said, “Go back to your families, stay with them, teach them (about Islam) and exhort them to do good. Perform such Salat (prayer) at such a time and such Salat at such a time. When the time for Salat is due, one of you should announce Adhan (call for prayer) and the oldest among you should lead Salat.”. Al-Bukhari added in a version of his “And pray as you have seen me pray.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-33/)* --- ## Hadith #34 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners I sought permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) to perform ‘Umrah, and he granted me leave and said, “Brother, do not forget us in your supplications.” I would not exchange these words of his for the whole world.Another narration is: He (ﷺ) said, “Include us, my brother, in your supplications.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-34/)* --- ## Hadith #35 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners When a man was to set out on a journey, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) would say to him: “Draw near so that I may bid farewell to you as Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to bid farewell to us. (The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: “‘Astaudi’ullaha dinaka, wa amanataka, wa khawatima ‘amalika’ (I entrust Allah with your Deen, your trust and your last deeds).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-35/)* --- ## Hadith #36 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to bid farewell to his army he would say: “Astau-di’ullaha dinakaum, wa amanatakum, wa khawatima ‘amalikum (I entrust Allah with your Deen, your trust and your last deeds).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-36/)* --- ## Hadith #37 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I intend to go on a journey, so supplicate for me.” He (ﷺ) said, “May Allah grant you the provision of piety.” The man said: “Please supplicate more for me.” He (ﷺ) said, “May He forgive your sins!” The man repeated: “Please supplicate more for me.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “May He facilitate for you the doing of good wherever you are.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-37/)* --- ## Hadith #38 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach us the Istikharah (seeking guidance from Allah) in all matters as he would teach us a Surah of the Qur’an. He used to say: “When one of you contemplates entering upon an enterprise, let him perform two Rak’ah of optional prayer other than Fard prayers and then supplicate: “Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ‘ilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika, wa as-‘aluka min fadlikal-‘azim. Fainnaka taqdiru wa la aqdiru, wa ta’lamu wa la a’lamu, wa Anta ‘allamul- ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu anna hadhal-‘amra (and name what you want to do) khairun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri, (or he said) ‘ajili amri ajilihi, faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li, thumma barik li fihi. Wa in kunta ta’lamu anna hadhal ‘amra (and name what you want to do) sharrun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri, (or he said) wa ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi, fasrifhu ‘anni, wasrifni ‘anhu, waqdur liyal- khaira haithu kana, thumma ardini bihi.” (O Allah, I consult You through Your Knowledge, and I seek strength through Your Power, and ask of Your Great Bounty; for You are Capable whereas I am not and, You know and I do not, and You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if You know that this matter (and name it) is good for me in respect of my Deen, my livelihood and the consequences of my affairs, (or he said), the sooner or the later of my affairs then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. But if You know this matter (and name it) to be bad for my Deen, my livelihood or the consequences of my affairs, (or he said) the sooner or the later of my affairs then turn it away from me, and turn me away from it, and grant me power to do good whatever it may be, and cause me to be contented with it). And let the supplicant specify the object.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-38/)* --- ## Hadith #39 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners On the occasion of the ‘Eid, the Prophet (ﷺ) would proceed to the prayer place taking one route and returning from another. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-39/)* --- ## Hadith #40 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to go by way of Ash-Shajarah and return by way of Al-Mu’arras. He would also enter Makkah through the Higher Pass and would leave it through the Lower Pass.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-40/)* --- ## Hadith #41 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked to use his right hand in all matters: in combing his hair and wearing his shoes.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-41/)* --- ## Hadith #42 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah was used to using his right hand for performing Wudu’ and for eating his food whereas he was used to using his left hand in his toilet and for other similar purposes. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-42/)* --- ## Hadith #43 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners The Prophet (ﷺ) instructed us at the time of washing the dead body of his daughter Zainab (May Allah be pleased with her) to begin with her right side, and from the parts that are washed in Wudu’.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-43/)* --- ## Hadith #44 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any of you puts on his shoes, he should put on the right one first; and when he takes them off, he should begin with the left. Let the right shoe be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-44/)* --- ## Hadith #45 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to use his right hand for eating, drinking and wearing his clothes and used to use his left hand for other purposes.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-45/)* --- ## Hadith #46 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you wear your clothes or perform your Wudu’, begin with your right side.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-46/)* --- ## Hadith #47 **Book:** The Book of Good Manners When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to Mina, he came to Jamrat-ul-‘Aqabah and threw pebbles at it. After that, he went to his lodge in Mina and sacrificed. Then he called for a barber and pointed his right side to him, said, “Shave from here.” Then he pointed his left side and said, “Take (hair) from here.” Then he distributed his hair among the people..Another narration is: After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had thrown pebbles at Jamrah and sacrificed an animal, he turned the right side of his head towards the barber who shaved it for him. Then he called Abu Talhah Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him) and gave his hair to him. Then he turned his head to the left side and asked the barber to shave it. He gave the hair to Abu Talhah and told him, “Distribute it among the people.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-47/)* --- ## Hadith #48 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said to me, “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah before starting eating), eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-48/)* --- ## Hadith #49 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any of you wants to eat, he should mention the Name of Allah in the begining, (i.e., say Bismillah). If he forgets to do it in the beginning, he should say Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (I begin with the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-49/)* --- ## Hadith #50 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If a person mentions the Name of Allah upon entering his house or eating, Satan says, addressing his followers: ‘You will find no where to spend the night and no dinner.’ But if he enters without mentioning the Name of Allah, Satan says (to his followers); ‘You have found (a place) to spend the night in, and if he does not mention the Name of Allah at the time of eating, Satan says: ‘You have found (a place) to spend the night in as well as food.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-50/)* --- ## Hadith #51 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating When we attended a meal with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we would not stretch forth our hands towards the food until he (ﷺ) would start eating first. Once, we were with him when a little girl rushed in as if someone was impelling her. She was about to lay her hand on the food when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) caught her hand. Then a bedouin came in rushing as if someone were pushing him. He (ﷺ) caught his hand also and said, “Satan considers that food lawful for himself on which the Name of Allah is not mentioned. He (Satan) brought this girl to make the food lawful through her but I caught her hand. Then he brought the bedouin to make it lawful through him but I caught his hand too. By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, now Satan’s hand is in my grasp along with their hands.” Then he mentioned the Name of Allah and began to eat.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-51/)* --- ## Hadith #52 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting while a man was eating food. That man did not mention the Name of Allah (before commencing to eat) till only a morsel of food was left. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: “Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (With the Name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end).” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiled at this and said, “Satan had been eating with him but when he mentioned the Name of Allah, Satan vomited all that was in his stomach.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-52/)* --- ## Hadith #53 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was eating with his six Companions when a desert Arab came and ate up the food in two mouthfuls. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Had he mentioned the Name of Allah, it would have sufficed for all of you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-53/)* --- ## Hadith #54 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) finished a meal, he would say: “Al-hamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran taiyyiban mubarakan fihi, ghaira makfiyyin wa la muwadda`in, wa la mustaghnan `anhu, Rabbuna. (All praise is due to Allah, praise which is abundant, pure, and full of blessings, which is indispensable and to which one cannot be indifferent).” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-54/)* --- ## Hadith #55 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who has taken food and says at the end: ‘Al- hamdu lillahi-lladhi at’amani hadha, wa razaqanihi min ghairi haulin minni wa la quwwatin (All praise is due to Allah Who has given me food to eat and provided it without any endeavour on my part or any power),’ all his past sins will be forgiven.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-55/)* --- ## Hadith #56 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never found fault with food. If he had inclination to eating it, he would eat; and if he disliked it, he would leave it. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-56/)* --- ## Hadith #57 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for sauce and was told that there was nothing except vinegar. He asked for it and began to eat from it saying, “How excellent is vinegar when eaten as sauce! How excellent is vinegar when eaten as Udm!”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-57/)* --- ## Hadith #58 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any of you is invited to a meal, he should accept the invitation. If he is observing Saum (fasting), he should supplicate for the betterment of the host and if he is not fasting, he should eat.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-58/)* --- ## Hadith #59 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating A man prepared some food especially for the Prophet (ﷺ) and invited him along with four others. But a man accompanied him. Having arrived at the door, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to the host, “This person has followed us. You may allow him, if you like, and if you like he will return.” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I allow him, too.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-59/)* --- ## Hadith #60 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and as my hand used to wander around in the dish, he (ﷺ) said to me once, “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah), eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-60/)* --- ## Hadith #61 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating A man ate with his left hand in the presence of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), whereupon he said, “Eat with your right hand.” The man said: “I cannot do that.” Thereupon he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “May you not be able to do that.” It was vanity that prevented him from doing it and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-61/)* --- ## Hadith #62 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating We were with ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (May Allah be pleased with them) in a time of famine, then we were provided with dates. (Once) when we were eating, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) passed by us and said: “Do not eat two dates together, for Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited it, unless one seeks permission from his brother (partner).” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-62/)* --- ## Hadith #63 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Some of the Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “We eat but are not satisfied.” He (ﷺ) said, “Perhaps you eat separately.” The Companions replied in affirmative. He then said: “Eat together and mention the Name of Allah over your food. It will be blessed for you.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-63/)* --- ## Hadith #64 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Blessing descends upon food in its middle, so eat from the sides of the vessel and do not eat from its middle.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-64/)* --- ## Hadith #65 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) had a large bowl called Al-Gharra’, which would be carried by four men. One day, when the Companions finished their Duha (forenoon optional) prayer, Al-Gharra’ was brought full of sopped bread, meat and broth, and they sat down around it. When their number increased, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat down on his knees and rested on the soles of his feet. A bedouin said to him: “What sort of sitting is that?” Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah has made me a courteous slave not a fierce tyrant.” Then he said, “Eat from the sides of the bowl and leave the central part of it so that your food will be blessed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-65/)* --- ## Hadith #66 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I do not eat reclining (against a pillow).” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-66/)* --- ## Hadith #67 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating some dates while sitting on his buttocks, with his legs raised.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-67/)* --- ## Hadith #68 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you finishes eating, he should not wipe his fingers until he has licked them himself or has given them to someone else to lick for him.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-68/)* --- ## Hadith #69 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating with three fingers (i.e., the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger) and licking them after having finished the food.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-69/)* --- ## Hadith #70 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the licking of fingers and the gleaning of the dish, saying, “You do not know in which portion the blessing lies.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-70/)* --- ## Hadith #71 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a morsel of any of you falls, he should pick it up and remove any of the dirt on it and then eat it, and should not leave it for Satan nor should wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-71/)* --- ## Hadith #72 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Satan appears at every thing done by you; he appears even at one’s dinner. When a morsel of any of you falls, he should pick it up and remove any dirt on it, and then eat it. He should not leave it for Satan, nor should he wipe his hand with the towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-72/)* --- ## Hadith #73 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate food, he would lick his three fingers and say, “If anyone of you drops a morsel of food, he should remove any dirt that may have stuck on it and then eat it, and should not leave it for Satan.” He (ﷺ) also commanded us that we should glean the pot, saying, “You do not know in which part of your food the blessings lies.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-73/)* --- ## Hadith #74 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) whether it was obligatory to make Wudu’ for Salat (prayer) after eating cooked food. He said: “No, because in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), such food was rarely available. We had no handkerchiefs, so when we ate such food we would wipe our fingers against our palms, forearms or (the sole of our) feet, and would offer Salat without fresh Wudu’ (for prayer).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-74/)* --- ## Hadith #75 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The food of two persons suffices for three persons, and the food of three persons suffices for four persons.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-75/)* --- ## Hadith #76 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The food of one person suffices for two, the food of two persons suffices for four persons, and the food of four persons suffices for eight persons.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-76/)* --- ## Hadith #77 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (he used to drink in three gulps). . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-77/)* --- ## Hadith #78 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not drink in one gulp like a camel, but in two or three (gulps). Mention the Name of Allah (i.e., say Bismillah) when you start drinking and praise Him (i.e., say Al-hamdu lillah) after you have finished (drinking).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-78/)* --- ## Hadith #79 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade breathing into the vessel while drinking.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-79/)* --- ## Hadith #80 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Milk mixed with water was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). On his right side was sitting a bedouin and on his left was sitting Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him). He (ﷺ) drank from it and handed the rest to the bedouin saying, “One who is on the right has preference, then again the one who is on the right.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-80/)* --- ## Hadith #81 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating A drink was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he drank (some) from it. On his right was a boy and on his left were some elderly people. He (ﷺ) said to the boy, “Would you permit me to give rest of this drink to these on my left?” The boy said: “O Messenger of Allah, I would certainly not give preference to anyone in anything that might come to me from you.” So he (ﷺ) handed over the rest of the drink to him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-81/)* --- ## Hadith #82 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade turning the water-skin upside down and drinking directly from its mouth. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-82/)* --- ## Hadith #83 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited drinking directly out of the mouth of a water- skin.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-83/)* --- ## Hadith #84 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me and drank some water from a hanging water-skin while he was in a standing posture. So, I stood up and cut off the mouth (of that water-skin).. An-Nawawi said that the reason why she did this was to preserve the part of the water-skin which the lips of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) touched, gain blessings from it, and preserve it from dishonor. This narration is understood to show permissibility whereas the previous two narrations are to show what is better and closer to perfection. Allah knows best. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-84/)* --- ## Hadith #85 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited us blowing in the drinking water. A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes I see some litter floating about on the surface. What should I do then?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Pour them out.” Then the man said: “My thirst is not quenched with one draught.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Then put away the cup from your mouth (in between three gulps), and take breath.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-85/)* --- ## Hadith #86 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from breathing into the drinking vessel or blowing in it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-86/)* --- ## Hadith #87 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I served the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) Zamzam water to drink and he drank it while he was standing. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-87/)* --- ## Hadith #88 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating ‘Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) arrived at Bab Ar-Rahbah (in Kufah) and drank water in a standing posture. Then he said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing what you have seen me doing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-88/)* --- ## Hadith #89 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we would eat while walking and would drink while standing.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-89/)* --- ## Hadith #90 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) drink standing, or sitting.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-90/)* --- ## Hadith #91 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us from drinking while standing. Qatadah reported: “We asked him: ‘What about eating?”‘ He said: “That is even worse, (or may be he said) more detestable.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reprimanded . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-91/)* --- ## Hadith #92 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should drink standing; and if any one forgets, he must vomit.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-92/)* --- ## Hadith #93 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who serves others with drinking water should be the last to drink himself.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-93/)* --- ## Hadith #94 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating Once the time for As-Salat (the prayer) approached. Those whose houses were near, went to their houses (to perform Wudu’) while some of the people remained with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). A stone (containing some water) bowl was brought for him. It was too small for him to spread his hand over it. He performed his Wudu’ and it (the water) sufficed for all the others also. Anas was asked: “How many of you were present there?” He said: “Eighty or more.” . This is Al-Bukhari’s version. In Muslim’s version “‘that Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) called for a container of water so he was given a vessel that had some water.’ Anas said ‘Then I started looking at the water spouting from his fingers. Then I estimated (the persons) and they were between seventy and eighty.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-94/)* --- ## Hadith #95 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) visited us and we brought water for him in a brass vessel for his ablution and he performed ablution.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-95/)* --- ## Hadith #96 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited the house of a man of the Ansar with one of his Companions and said to him, “If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night, give it to us for drinking; otherwise, we shall drink from some stream directly.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-96/)* --- ## Hadith #97 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from wearing brocade or silk and drinking out of gold or silver vessels and said, “These are meant for them (disbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-97/)* --- ## Hadith #98 **Book:** The Book About the Etiquette of Eating The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who drinks from the vessel of silver kindles the Fire (of Hell) in his belly.”.A narration in Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Surely, he who eats or drinks in gold and silver vessels fills his belly with Hell-fire.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-98/)* --- ## Hadith #99 **Book:** The Book of Dress I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Put on white clothes because they are the best; and use them for shrouding your dead.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-99/)* --- ## Hadith #100 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘Wear white clothes because they are the purest and they are closest to modesty; and shroud the dead in it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-100/)* --- ## Hadith #101 **Book:** The Book of Dress Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was of medium stature. I saw him wearing a red mantle. I have never seen anything more graceful than that.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-101/)* --- ## Hadith #102 **Book:** The Book of Dress I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) by Al-Abtah valley in Makkah, in a red tent made from tanned skin. Bilal brought him ablution water. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out wearing a red mantle; and I can still remember looking at whiteness of his shanks. So he made his ablution, and Bilal (ﷺ) pronounced the call for prayer (Adhan). I kept following the movement of his (Bilal’s) face to the right and to the left when he recited: ‘Come to the prayer; come to the success.’ Then a spear was fixed (as a Sutrah) in front of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who then stepped forward and led the prayer. Dogs and donkeys passed in front of him (beyond the spear) and no one prevented them from doing so.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-102/)* --- ## Hadith #103 **Book:** The Book of Dress I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wearing two green garments.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-103/)* --- ## Hadith #104 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered Makkah on the day of its conquest and he was wearing a black turban.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-104/)* --- ## Hadith #105 **Book:** The Book of Dress It was as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wearing a black turban and both ends of it are falling over his shoulders..Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was delivering a Khutbah wearing a black turban. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-105/)* --- ## Hadith #106 **Book:** The Book of Dress The body of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three white Yemeni cotton garments, among which was neither a gown nor a turban.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-106/)* --- ## Hadith #107 **Book:** The Book of Dress One morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out wearing a black blanket made of a camel or sheep’s black hair with patterns of camel’s bags upon it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-107/)* --- ## Hadith #108 **Book:** The Book of Dress I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a journey one night, and he asked me, “Do you have any water with you?” I said, “Yes.” So he dismounted from his riding camel and walked away (to answer the call of nature) until he disappeared in the darkness. When he returned, I poured out some water from a vessel and he washed his face. He was wearing a long woolen cloak and could not take out his forearms from his sleeves, so he brought them out from below the cloak and then washed them, and then passed his (wet) hands over his head. I stretched out my hand to take off his Khuff (leather socks), but he said, “Leave them. I put them on after performing Wudu’,” and he passed his (wet) hands over them..Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was wearing a Syrian cloak with tight sleeves.Another narration is: This incident took place during the battle of Tabuk. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-108/)* --- ## Hadith #109 **Book:** The Book of Dress Out of all garments, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked the Qamees the best. . Editor’s note: The Qamees is a modest, traditional outfit thought to resemble what is now referred to as a thawb. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-109/)* --- ## Hadith #110 **Book:** The Book of Dress The sleeves of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)’s Qamees reached down to his wrists. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-110/)* --- ## Hadith #111 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever allows his lower garment to drag out of vanity will find that Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.” On this Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) replied: “O Messenger of Allah! My lower garment keeps sliding down though I take care to pull it and wrap it.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You are not of those who do it out of vanity.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-111/)* --- ## Hadith #112 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at him who trails his lower garment out of pride.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-112/)* --- ## Hadith #113 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “What is below the ankles of a lower garment is condemned to the Fire (Hell).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-113/)* --- ## Hadith #114 **Book:** The Book of Dress I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “There are three to whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurrection nor will look at them nor purify them (i.e., of their sins), and they will be severely tormented.” When he repeated this (statement) thrice, Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “They are doomed and destroyed! (But) who are they, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” He said, “One whose lower garment trails, one who boasts of kindness shown to another; and one who promotes sale of his business by taking false oaths.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-114/)* --- ## Hadith #115 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at one who trails his lower garment, Qamees or turban arrogantly.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-115/)* --- ## Hadith #116 **Book:** The Book of Dress I noticed a man whose opinion was followed by everyone, and no one acted contrary to what he said. I asked who he was, and I was informed that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I said to him twice: “Alaikas- salam ya Rasul-Allah (May Allah render you safe).” He said, “Do not say: ‘Alaikas-salamu.’ This is the salutation to the dead (during the time of Jahiliyyah). Say, instead: ‘As-salamu ‘alaika (May Allah render you safe).”‘ I asked: “Are you the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “(Yes) I am the Messenger of Allah, The One Who (Allah) will remove your affliction when you are in trouble and call upon Him, Who will cause food to grow for you when you are famine-stricken and call upon Him, and Who will restore to you your lost riding animal in the desert when you call upon Him.” I said to him: “Give me instructions (to act upon).” He (ﷺ) said, “Do not abuse anyone.” (Since then I have never abused anyone, neither a freeman, nor a slave, nor a camel, nor a sheep). He (ﷺ) continued, “Do not hold in contempt even an insignificant act of goodness because even talking to your brother with a cheerful countenance is an act of goodness. Hold up your lower garment half way to the leg, and at least above the ankles; for trailing it is arrogance, and Allah dislikes pride. And if a man attributes to you bad things he knows you possess, do not attribute to him bad things that you know he has for he will assume the evil consequences of his abuse.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-116/)* --- ## Hadith #117 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to a man who was performing Salah while his lower garment was trailing, “Go and perform your Wudu’ again.” The man went and came back having performed it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said (again), “Go and perform your Wudu’.” Someone present said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah! You ask him to perform his Wudu’ and then you kept silent (without saying the reason for it).” He (ﷺ) said, “He performed Salah while his lower garment was below his ankles. Allah does not accept the Salah of a man who trails his lower garment.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-117/)* --- ## Hadith #118 **Book:** The Book of Dress There was a man in Damascus who was a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He was called Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah. He was a lonesome person and would rarely spend some time in the company of people. He would spend most of his time performing Salah and when he finished, he would engage himself in Tasbih (Subhan-Allah) and Takbir (Allahu Akbar), until he would go home. He passed by us one day when we were sitting with Abud-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased with him). The latter said to him: “Tell us something which will benefit for us and will not harm you.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a detachment. When they returned, one of them came to the assemblage in which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was present and said to his neighbor during the conversation: ‘I wish you had seen us when we encountered the enemy. So-and-so (a believer) took up his spear, struck and said: Take this from me and I am the Ghifari boy. Now what do you think of this?’ The neighbor said: ‘I think that he lost his reward because of boasting.’ He said: ‘I see no harm in it.’ They began to exchange arguments till the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard them and said, ‘Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from every imperfection). He would be rewarded (in the Hereafter) and praised (in this world)’. I noticed that Abud-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased with him) felt a great pleasure at this remark and, raising his head began to repeat: “Have you heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say this!” Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah (May Allah be pleased with him) continued responding until I asked Abud-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased with him) not to annoy him.Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah (May Allah be pleased with him) happened to pass by us another day and Abud-Darda’ said to him: “Tell us something which will benefit us and will not harm you.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told us, ‘He who spends to purchase a horse (for Jihad) is like one who extends his hand for spending out of charity without withholding it.”‘He passed by us another day and Abud-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased with him) said to him: “Tell us something which might benefit us, and will not harm you.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) once said, ‘Khuraim Al-Usaidi is an excellent man were it not for his long hair and his lower garment which is hanging down.’ When Khuraim heard about what the Prophet had said about him, he trimmed his long hair up to his ears with a knife and raised his lower garment half way to his shanks.”On another occasion he passed by us and Abud-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased with him) said to him: “Tell us something that will benefit us and will not harm you.” He said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, while coming back from an expedition: “You are returning to your brothers, so set your saddles and clothes in order so that you look tidy and graceful. Allah hates untidiness.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-118/)* --- ## Hadith #119 **Book:** The Book of Dress Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The lower garment of a believer should be half way below the knees. He is guilty of no sin if they are up to the ankles. That which is below the ankles is in the Fire (of Hell). Allah will not look at one who allows his lower garment to trail out of vanity.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-119/)* --- ## Hadith #120 **Book:** The Book of Dress My lower garment was trailing as I passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) so he said, “Raise your lower garment, Abdullah.” I lifted it up and he told me to raise it higher. I complied with his orders and as I was still trying to find the best place (for it), one of the people asked where it should reach and he (ﷺ) replied, “Half way down the knees.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-120/)* --- ## Hadith #121 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at the one who trails his lower garment out of arrogance.” Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) asked: “What should women do with the hem of their clothes?” He (ﷺ) said, “They might lower them a hand’s span.” She said: “But their feet would still remain exposed.” He said, “Let them lower them equal to arm’s length but not more than that.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-121/)* --- ## Hadith #122 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever gives up wearing elegant and expensive garments out of humbleness, when he can do so, Allah will call him on the Day of Resurrection, before all of creation, He will give him the choice to wear whichever garment of Iman he would like to wear.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-122/)* --- ## Hadith #123 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah loves to see the sign of His Bounties on his slave.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-123/)* --- ## Hadith #124 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not wear silk (clothes). For whoever wears (them) in this life will be deprived of them in the Hereafter.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-124/)* --- ## Hadith #125 **Book:** The Book of Dress I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Silk (clothes) are worn only by he who has no share in the Hereafter.”. Another narration is: “Who has no share in the Hereafter.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-125/)* --- ## Hadith #126 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who wears silk clothes in this life shall not wear them in the Hereafter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-126/)* --- ## Hadith #127 **Book:** The Book of Dress I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) holding a piece of gold in his left hand and a silk (cloth) in his right hand. Then he said, “These two are forbidden for the males of my Ummah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-127/)* --- ## Hadith #128 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The wearing of silk and gold has been made unlawful for males of my Ummah and lawful for the females.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-128/)* --- ## Hadith #129 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from eating or drinking from gold or silver utensils and from wearing silk and brocade, or sitting on (anything made from) them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-129/)* --- ## Hadith #130 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) permitted Zubair and `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf (May Allah be pleased with them) to wear silk because they were suffering from an itch. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-130/)* --- ## Hadith #131 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not ride on saddles made from silk or leopard’s skin.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-131/)* --- ## Hadith #132 **Book:** The Book of Dress The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited the use of the skins of wild animals..Another narration in At-Tirmidhi is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the use of the skins of wild animals in making firash (i.e., something to sit on or lie down on, such as cushions, pillows, covers, spreads, saddles, etc.). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-132/)* --- ## Hadith #133 **Book:** The Book of Dress When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wore a new garment, he would name it. For instance, a turban, shirt, or cloak and would supplicate: “Allahumma lakal-hamdu, Anta kasautanihi, as`aluka khairahu wa khaira ma suni`a lahu, wa a`udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni`a lahu (O Allah, all the praise is for You that You have given it to me to put on. I ask You its goodness and the goodness of the purpose for which it was made, and I seek Your Protection from its evil and the evil of the purpose for which it was made).” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-133/)* --- ## Hadith #134 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Whenever Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to bed, he would lie down on his right side and recite: “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wa ‘alja’tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja’a wa la manja illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta ” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-134/)* --- ## Hadith #135 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) directed me thus: “Whenever you go to bed, perform Wudu’ as you do for Salat then (before sleeping) recite: ‘O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned myself to You, committed my affairs to You and sought Your refuge for protection out of desire for You and fear of You (expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment). There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet (ﷺ) You have sent.”‘ Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added: “If anyone recites these words and dies during the night, he will die on the true Deen, and if he remains alive till the morning, he will obtain good. And make this supplication your last words (before sleeping).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-135/)* --- ## Hadith #136 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer eleven Rak’ah of optional Salat (prayers) in the latter part of night. When it was about dawn, he would offer two short Rak’ah and then would lie down on his right side till the Mu’adhdhin (one who calls for prayer) would come to inform him that the congregation had gathered (for prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-136/)* --- ## Hadith #137 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) lay down for sleep at night, he would place his (right) hand under his (right) cheek and supplicate: “Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-137/)* --- ## Hadith #138 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc My father said: I was lying down on my belly in the mosque when someone shook me with his foot and said, “Lying down this way is disapproved by Allah.” I looked up and saw that it was Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-138/)* --- ## Hadith #139 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever sits in a place where he does not remember Allah (SWT), he will suffer loss and incur displeasure of Allah; and whoever lies down (to sleep) in a place where he does not remember Allah, he will suffer sorrow and incur displeasure of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-139/)* --- ## Hadith #140 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lying down on his back in the mosque, placing one leg on the other. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-140/)* --- ## Hadith #141 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc After the Fajr (dawn) prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) used to sit crossed legged in the same place in which he had prayed till the sun shone brightly.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-141/)* --- ## Hadith #142 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sitting in the compound of the Holy Ka’bah, with the thighs against the stomach and arms around his legs.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-142/)* --- ## Hadith #143 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) seated with his arms enfolding his legs; and when I saw him in such a state of humble guise I trembled with fear due to the awe (he showed in that posture).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-143/)* --- ## Hadith #144 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by me when I was sitting with my left hand behind my back and leaning on my palm. On seeing me in this posture he said, “Do you sit like those upon whom the Wrath of Allah has descended?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-144/)* --- ## Hadith #145 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not ask someone to give up his seat in order to take it, but make accommodation wide and sit at ease.” It was Ibn ‘Umar’s habit that if a person left his seat for him, he would not take it. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-145/)* --- ## Hadith #146 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If someone leaves his seat (for one reason or another) and returns to it, he is better entitled to it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-146/)* --- ## Hadith #147 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Whenever we came to the gathering of the Prophet, we would sit down at the end (of the assembly).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-147/)* --- ## Hadith #148 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a man takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself thoroughly, uses oil and perfume which is available in the house, sets forth for the mosque, does not (forcibly) sit between two persons, offers the prayer that is prescribed for him and listens to the Imam silently, his sins between this Friday and the previous Friday will be forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-148/)* --- ## Hadith #149 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not permissible for a man to separate between two . And in a version narrated by Abu Dawud “He should not sit between two men without their permission.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-149/)* --- ## Hadith #150 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc The Messenger of Allah curses the one who sits in the middle of people’s circle.. A man sat in the middle of a circle so Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Cursed upon the tongue of Muhammad (ﷺ) or . . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-150/)* --- ## Hadith #151 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying “The best assemblies are those in which people make room for one another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-151/)* --- ## Hadith #152 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever sits in a gathering and indulges in useless talk and before getting up supplicates: ‘Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; praise be to You. I testify that there is no true god except You; I ask Your Pardon and turn to You in repentance),’ he will be forgiven for (the sins he may have intentionally or unintentionally committed) in that assembly.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-152/)* --- ## Hadith #153 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Towards the end of his life, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would supplicate before leaving an assembly thus: “Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; all praise is for You. I testify that there is no true god except You, I ask Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance).” A man once said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! You have spoken such words as you have never uttered before.” He said, “It is an expiation of that which goes on in the assembly.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-153/)* --- ## Hadith #154 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seldom left a gathering without supplicating in these terms: “Allahumma-qsim lana min khashyatika ma tahulu bihi bainana wa baina ma’sika, wa min ta’atika ma tuballighuna bihi jannataka, wa minal-yaqini ma tuhawwinu ‘alaina masa-‘ibad-dunya. Allahumma matti’na biasma’ina, wa absarina, wa quwwatina ma ahyaitana, waj’alhul-waritha minna, waj’al tharana ‘ala man zalamana, wansurna ‘ala man ‘adana, wa la taj’al musibatana fi dinina, wa la taj’alid-dunya akbara hammina, wa la mablagha ‘ilmina, wa la tusallit ‘alaina man-la yarhamuna, (O Allah, apportion to us such fear as should serve as a barrier between us and acts of disobedience; and such obedience as will take us to Your Jannah; and such as will make easy for us to bear in the calamities of this world. O Allah! let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our power as long as You keep us alive and make our heirs from our own offspring, and make our revenge restricted to those who oppress us, and support us against those who are hostile to us let no misfortune afflict our Deen; let not worldly affairs be our principal concern, or the ultimate limit of our knowledge, and let not those rule over us who do not show mercy to us).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-154/)* --- ## Hadith #155 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Those people who leave a gathering in which they have not remembered Allah, will conclude it as if it has foul odour similar to that of a rotten carcass of a donkey. And it will be a cause of grief to them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-155/)* --- ## Hadith #156 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whenever a group of people sit in a gathering in which they do not remember Allah the Exalted, nor supplicate to elevate the rank of their Prophet, such a gathering will be a cause of grief to them. If Allah wills, He will punish them, and if He wills He will forgive them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-156/)* --- ## Hadith #157 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone sits in a gathering where he does not remember Allah, he will bring grief upon himself (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who lies down in a place where he does not remember Allah, will bring grief upon himself (on the Day of Resurrection).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-157/)* --- ## Hadith #158 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “All that is left from Prophethood is the glad tidings.” He was asked what the glad tidings were, and he said, “The good dream.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-158/)* --- ## Hadith #159 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When the time draws near (i.e., near the end of the world), the dream of a believer can hardly be false; and the dream of a believer represents one part from forty-six parts of Prophethood.”.One narration says: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The most truthful of you in their speech are those who see the truest visions.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-159/)* --- ## Hadith #160 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who sees me in his dream will see me in his wakefulness (or he (ﷺ) may have said it is as though he has seen me in a state of wakefulness), for Satan does not appear in my form.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-160/)* --- ## Hadith #161 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “When one of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah. He should praise Allah for it and relate it to (others).”Another narration adds: Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said, “He should not report it except to those whom he loves. And if he sees one which he dislikes, then it is from the Satan. He should seek refuge in Allah against its evil and should not mention it to anyone. Then it will not harm him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-161/)* --- ## Hadith #162 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A good vision (dream) is from Allah and a bad dream is from the Satan. He who sees something in a dream that he dislikes, should blow thrice on his left, must seek Allah’s Refuge from the evil of the Satan (i.e., by saying: A’udhu billahi minash-Shaitanir-Rajim). Then it will not harm him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-162/)* --- ## Hadith #163 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you sees a bad dream let him blow three times on his left, seek refuge in Allah from the Satan three times (i.e., by saying: A’udhu billahi minash-Shaitanir-Rajim) and change the side on which he was lying.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-163/)* --- ## Hadith #164 **Book:** The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Of the worst lies are: to claim a false father, or to pretend to have seen what one has not seen (tell a false dream), or to attribute to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) what he has not said.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-164/)* --- ## Hadith #165 **Book:** The Book of Greetings A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Which act in Islam is the best?” He (ﷺ) replied, “To give food, and to greet everyone, whether you know or you do not.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-165/)* --- ## Hadith #166 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When Allah created Adam (ﷺ), He said to him: ‘Go and greet that company of angels who are sitting there – and then listen to what they are going to say in reply to your greetings because that will be your greeting and your off-spring’s.’ Adam (ﷺ) said to the angels: ‘As-Salamu ‘Alaikum (May peace be upon you).’ They replied: ‘As-Salamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullah (May peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah).’ Thus adding in reply to him: ‘wa Rahmatullah (and the Mercy of Allah)’ to his greeting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-166/)* --- ## Hadith #167 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to do seven things: to visit the sick, to follow the funeral (of a dead believer), to invoke the Mercy of Allah upon one who sneezes (i.e., by saying to him: Yarhamuk- Allah), to support the weak, to help the oppressed, to promote the greeting of ‘As-Salamu ‘Alaikum’, and to help those who swear to do something to keep their oaths.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-167/)* --- ## Hadith #168 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand is my life! You will not enter Jannah until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you of something which, if you do, you will love one another? Promote greetings amongst yourselves.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-168/)* --- ## Hadith #169 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “O people, exchange greetings of peace (i.e., say: As-Salamu ‘Alaikum to one another), feed people, strengthen the ties of kinship, and be in prayer when others are asleep, you will enter Jannah in peace.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-169/)* --- ## Hadith #170 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I used to visit ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) in the morning and accompany him to the market. ‘Abdullah offered greetings of peace to every one he met on the way, be they sellers of petty goods, traders or poor people. One day when I came to him, he asked me to accompany him to the market. I said to him: “What is the point of your going to the market when you do not sell, nor ask about articles, nor offer a price for them, nor sit down with any company of people. Let us sit down here and talk.” He replied: “O Abu Batn (father of a belly) – Tufail had a large belly – we go to the market to greet everyone we meet.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-170/)* --- ## Hadith #171 **Book:** The Book of Greetings A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “As-Salamu ‘Alaikum (May peace be upon you). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) responded to his greeting and the man sat down. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ten (meaning the man had earned the merit of ten good deeds).” Another one came and said: “As-Salamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullah (May peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) responded to his greeting and the man sat down. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Twenty.” A third one came and said: “As-Salamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu (May peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) responded to his greeting and the man sat down. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Thirty.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-171/)* --- ## Hadith #172 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “This is Jibril (Gabriel) who is conveying you greetings of peace.” I responded: “Wa ‘Alaihis-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu (May peace be upon him and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-172/)* --- ## Hadith #173 **Book:** The Book of Greetings Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported the Prophet (ﷺ) used to repeat his words thrice so that the meaning thereof would be fully understood, and whenever he came upon a gathering of people, he would greet them. He would repeat Salam thrice.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-173/)* --- ## Hadith #174 **Book:** The Book of Greetings We used to reserve for the Prophet (ﷺ) his share of the milk, and he would come at night and offer greetings in such a manner as did not disturb those asleep and was heard only by those who were awake. In fact, the Prophet (ﷺ) came and offered greetings as usual.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-174/)* --- ## Hadith #175 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed through the mosque one day and there was a group of women (about ten of them) sitting in the mosque. He raised his hand to offer greetings.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-175/)* --- ## Hadith #176 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Those who are nearest to Allah are they who are first to give a salutation. And At- Tirmidhi narrated its meaning and classified it as Hasan. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-176/)* --- ## Hadith #177 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “Alaikas-Salamu ya Rasulallah! (Upon you be peace, O Messenger of Allah)!” He said, “Do not say: ‘Alaikas-Salamu (Upon you be peace).’ This is the Salam to the dead.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-177/)* --- ## Hadith #178 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘A rider should greet a pedestrian; a pedestrian should greet one who is sitting; and a small group should greet a large group (of people).” . The narration in Al-Bukhari adds: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The young should greet the elderly.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-178/)* --- ## Hadith #179 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person nearest to Allah is one who is the first to offer greeting.” . The narration in At-Tirmidhi is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “O Messenger of Allah! When two persons meet, who should greet the other first?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person nearest to Allah (i.e., one who is more obedient and therefore closer to Allah will say: As-Salam first).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-179/)* --- ## Hadith #180 **Book:** The Book of Greetings He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) responded to the greeting and said, “Go back and repeat your Salat because you have not performed the Salat (properly).” He again performed Salat as he had prayed before and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) responded to the greetings (and repeated his words to him). This act of repeating (the Salat and the Salam) was done thrice. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-180/)* --- ## Hadith #181 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you meets a brother (in Faith) he should greet him. Then if a tree or a wall or a stone intervenes between them and then he meets him again, he should greet him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-181/)* --- ## Hadith #182 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Dear son, when you enter your house, say As- Salamu ‘Alaikum to your family, for it will be a blessing both to you and to your family.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-182/)* --- ## Hadith #183 **Book:** The Book of Greetings “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do the same.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-183/)* --- ## Hadith #184 **Book:** The Book of Greetings There was a woman (in another narration; an old woman) among us who would put beet root in a pot and add to it some ground barley. She used to cook them together. On returning from the Friday prayer, we would greet her and she would offer it to us. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-184/)* --- ## Hadith #185 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) on the day of the conquest of Makkah. He was taking a bath and Fatimah was screening him with a cloth. I greeted him. And she mentioned the rest of the Hadith. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-185/)* --- ## Hadith #186 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by us when we were with a party of women, and he greeted us with salam.. This is the wording of Abu Dawud. In At-Tirmidhi: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed through the Masjid one day, and a group of women were sitting, so he motioned his hand with the salam. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-186/)* --- ## Hadith #187 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you; and when you meet any one of them on the road, force him to go to the narrowest part of it.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-187/)* --- ## Hadith #188 **Book:** The Book of Greetings Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When the people of the Book greet you, respond with: ‘Wa ‘alaikum’ (And upon you)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-188/)* --- ## Hadith #189 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a mixed company of people which included Muslims, polytheists and Jews, and he gave them the greeting (i.e., saying As- Salamu ‘Alaikum).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-189/)* --- ## Hadith #190 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you arrives in a gathering, he should offer Salam to those who are already there, and he should also do so when he intends to depart. The first act of greeting is not more meritorious than the last.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-190/)* --- ## Hadith #191 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Permission is to be sought thrice. If permission is granted, you may enter; otherwise, go back.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-191/)* --- ## Hadith #192 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Seeking permission to enter (somebody’s house) has been prescribed in order to restrain the eyes (from looking at something we are not supposed to look at).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-192/)* --- ## Hadith #193 **Book:** The Book of Greetings A man of Banu ‘Amir tribe has told us that he had asked the Prophet (ﷺ) for permission to enter when he was at home. He said: “May I enter?” the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to the servant, “Go out and instruct him about the manner of seeking permission. Tell him to say: As-Salamu ‘Alaikum (may peace be upon you). May I come in?” The man heard this and said: “As-Salamu ‘Alaikum (may peace be upon you). May I come in?” The Prophet (ﷺ) then granted him permission and he entered.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-193/)* --- ## Hadith #194 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I visited the Prophet (ﷺ) and I entered his house without seeking permission. So he said, “Go back and say: ‘As-Salamu ‘alaikum (may peace be upon you). May I come in?”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-194/)* --- ## Hadith #195 **Book:** The Book of Greetings `Who is there?’ He replied: `Jibril.’ He was asked: `Who is with you?’ He said: `Muhammad.’ Then he ascended to the second heaven and requested for the opening of the gate. He was asked: `Who is there?’ He said: `Jibril.’ He was asked: `Who is with you?’ He replied: `Muhammad.’ In the same way he ascended to the third, fourth and all the heavens (i.e., until the seventh). At all of the gates he was asked: `Who is there?’ He replied: Jibril.”’ . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-195/)* --- ## Hadith #196 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I stepped out one night and saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) walking by himself. I began to walk in the moonlit night. He turned round and saw me and asked, “Who is there?” I replied: “Abu Dharr.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-196/)* --- ## Hadith #197 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who was taking a bath while Fatimah was screening him. He asked, “Who is there?” I replied: “I am Umm Hani.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-197/)* --- ## Hadith #198 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and knocked at the door (to seek permission). He asked, “Who is there?” I said: “I”. He repeated, ” I, I?!” as if he disliked it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-198/)* --- ## Hadith #199 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning. When any one of you sneezes and says `Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah)’, it becomes obligatory upon every Muslim who hears him to respond with `Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you)’. Yawning is from the devil. When one of you feels like yawning, he should restrain it as much as possible, for the devil laughs when one of you yawns.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-199/)* --- ## Hadith #200 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When one of you sneezes he should say: ‘Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah),’ and his brother or his companion should say to him: ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you).’ When he says this he should reply: ‘Yahdikum-ullah wa yuslihu balakum (may Allah guide you and render sound your state of affairs).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-200/)* --- ## Hadith #201 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you sneezes and praises Allah (i.e., says Al-hamdu lillah), you should invoke Allah’s Mercy upon him (i.e., say Yarhamuk-Allah); but if he does not praise Allah, you should not respond.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-201/)* --- ## Hadith #202 **Book:** The Book of Greetings When two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ), he responded to one with “Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you)” and did not respond to the other. The latter said to him: “You invoked a blessing on this man but did not do so in my case.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “He praised Allah (i.e., he said ‘Al-hamdu lillah’) but you did not.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-202/)* --- ## Hadith #203 **Book:** The Book of Greetings Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sneezed, he would cover his mouth with his hand or a piece of cloth – thereby suppressing the sound.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-203/)* --- ## Hadith #204 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Jews used to intentionally sneeze in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hoping that he would say to them: ‘Yarhamukum-ullah (may Allah have mercy on you),’ but he would respond with: “Yahdikum-ullahu wa yuslihu balakum (may Allah guide you and render sound your state of affairs).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-204/)* --- ## Hadith #205 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one yawns, he should put his hand over his mouth, otherwise the devil will enter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-205/)* --- ## Hadith #206 **Book:** The Book of Greetings I asked Anas: “Did the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) use to shake hands?” He said: “Yes.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-206/)* --- ## Hadith #207 **Book:** The Book of Greetings When the people of Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people of Yemen have visited you. They are the first to introduce the tradition of handshaking.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-207/)* --- ## Hadith #208 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Two Muslims will not meet and shake hands without having their sins forgiven (by Allah ) before they depart.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-208/)* --- ## Hadith #209 **Book:** The Book of Greetings A man asked: “O Messenger of Allah! When a man meets a brother or a friend, should he bow to him?” He said, “No.” The man asked whether he should embrace and kiss him? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “No.” He asked whether he should hold his hand and shake it? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Yes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-209/)* --- ## Hadith #210 **Book:** The Book of Greetings A Jew asked his companion to take him to the Prophet (ﷺ); and when they came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they asked him about the nine clear signs (given to Prophet Musa). Safwan narrated the long Hadith which concludes: They kissed the hands and feet of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “We testify that you are a Prophet.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-210/)* --- ## Hadith #211 **Book:** The Book of Greetings “We came near the Prophet (ﷺ) and kissed his hand.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-211/)* --- ## Hadith #212 **Book:** The Book of Greetings Zaid bin Harithah came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was in my house. Zaid knocked at the door. The Prophet (ﷺ) rose to receive him, trailing his garment. He embraced and kissed him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-212/)* --- ## Hadith #213 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Do not belittle any good deed, even your meeting with your brother (Muslim) with a cheerful face.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-213/)* --- ## Hadith #214 **Book:** The Book of Greetings The Prophet (ﷺ) kissed his grandson Hasan bin ‘Ali in the presence of Aqra’ bin Habis. Thereupon Aqra’ remarked: “I have ten children and I have never kissed any one of them.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cast a glance upon him and said, “He who does not show mercy to others, will not be shown mercy.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-214/)* --- ## Hadith #215 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has ordered us to visit the sick, to follow the funeral (of a dead believer), respond to the sneezer (i.e., by saying to him: Yarhamuk-Allah after he says: Al-hamdu lillah), to help those who vow to fulfill it, to help the oppressed, to accept the invitation extended by the inviter; and to promote greetings (i.e., saying As-Salamu `Alaikum). . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-215/)* --- ## Hadith #216 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every Muslim has five rights over another Muslim (i.e., he has to perform five duties for another Muslim): to return the greetings, to visit the sick, to accompany funeral processions, to accept an invitation, to respond to the sneezer . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-216/)* --- ## Hadith #217 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious will say on the Day of Resurrection: ‘O son of Adam, I was ill but you did not visit Me.’ He would say: ‘O my Rubb, how could I visit you and You are the Rubb of the worlds?’ Thereupon He would say: ‘Did you not know that such and such a slave of Mine was ill but you did not visit him? Did you not realize that if you had visited him (you would have known that I was aware of your visit to him, for which I would reward you) you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me.’ He would submit: ‘My Rubb, how could I feed You and You are the Rubb of the worlds?’ He would say: ‘Did you not know that such and such a slave of Mine asked you for food but you did not feed him? Did you not realize that if you had fed him, you would certainly have found (its reward) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked water from you but you did not give it to Me.’ He would say: ‘My Rubb, how could I give You (water) and You are the Rubb of the worlds?’ Thereupon He would say: ‘Such and such a slave of Mine asked you for water to drink but you did not give it to him. Did you not realize that if you had given him to drink you would have found (its reward) with Me?”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-217/)* --- ## Hadith #218 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Visit the sick, feed the hungry, and (arrange for the) release of the captive.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-218/)* --- ## Hadith #219 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who visits his brother in Faith, will remain engaged in picking the fresh fruits from the garden of Jannah till he returns.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-219/)* --- ## Hadith #220 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When a Muslim visits a sick Muslim at dawn, seventy thousand angels keep on praying for him till dusk. If he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels keep on praying for him till the morning; and he will have (his share of) reaped fruits in Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-220/)* --- ## Hadith #221 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A young Jewish boy who was in the service of the Prophet (ﷺ) fell ill. The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit him. He sat down by his head and said to him, “Embrace Islam.” The little boy looked at his father who was sitting beside him. He said: “Obey Abul-Qasim (i.e., the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)).” So he embraced Islam and the Prophet (ﷺ) stepped out saying, “Praise be to Allah Who has saved him from Hell-fire.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-221/)* --- ## Hadith #222 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick When a person complained to the Prophet (ﷺ) about an ailment or suffered from a sore or a wound, the Prophet (ﷺ) would touch the ground with his forefinger and then raise it (Sufyan bin `Uyainah, the narrator, demonstrated this with his forefinger) and would recite: `Bismil-lahi, turbatu ardina, biriqati ba`dina, yushfa bihi saqimuni, bi ‘idhni Rabbina’ (With the Name of Allah, the dust of our ground mixed with the saliva of some of us would cure our patient with the permission of our Rubb.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-222/)* --- ## Hadith #223 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick When the Prophet (ﷺ) visited any ailing member of his family, he would touch the sick person with his right hand and would supplicate: “Allahumma Rabban-nasi, adhhibil-ba’sa, washfi, Antash-Shafi, la shifa’a illa shifa’uka, shifaan la yughadiru saqaman . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-223/)* --- ## Hadith #224 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I said to Thabit (May Allah had Mercy upon him) Should I not perform Ruqyah (i.e., recite supplication or Quranic Ayat and blow) over you, such supplication as was practised by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” He said: “Please do so.” Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) supplicated: “Allahumma Rabban-nasi, mudh-hibal-ba’si, ishfi Antash-Shafi, la shafiya illa Anta, shifa’an la yughadiru saqaman . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-224/)* --- ## Hadith #225 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me during my illness and supplicated, “O Allah! Cure Sa’d. O Allah! Cure Sa’d. O’ Allah! Cure Sa’d.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-225/)* --- ## Hadith #226 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about a pain I had in my body. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Place your hand where you feel pain and say: ‘Bismillah (With the Name of Allah)’ three times; and then repeat seven times: ‘A’udhu bi’izzatillahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa ‘uhadhiru (I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that afflicts me and that which I apprehend).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-226/)* --- ## Hadith #227 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who visits a sick person who is not on the point of death and supplicates seven times: As’alullahal-‘Azima Rabbal-‘Arshil-‘Azimi, an yashfiyaka (I beseech Allah the Great, the Rubb of the Great Throne, to heal you), Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-227/)* --- ## Hadith #228 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) visited a bedouin who was sick. Whenever he visited an ailing person, he would say, “La ba’sa, tahurun in sha’ Allah . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-228/)* --- ## Hadith #229 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick Jibril (Gabriel) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Muhammad (ﷺ)! Do you feel sick?” He (ﷺ) said, “Yes.” Jibril supplicated thus (i.e., he performed Ruqyah): “Bismillahi arqika, min kulli shay’in yu’dhika, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ‘ayni hasidi, Allahu yashfika, bismillahi arqika. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-229/)* --- ## Hadith #230 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a person says: ‘La ilaha illallahu wallahu Akbar (There is no true god except Allah and Allah is Greatest)’, his Rubb responds to him and affirms: ‘(Yes!) There is no true god except I, and I am the Greatest.’ When he says: ‘La ilaha illallahu Wahdahu la sharika Lahu (There is no true god except Allah, the One, He has no partner).’ Allah (SWT) affirms: ‘(Yes!) There is no true god except I. I have no partner.’ When he says: ‘La ilaha illallahu Lahul mulku wa Lahul-hamdu (the sovereignty belongs to Him and all the praise is due to Him).’ He (SWT) affirms: ‘(Yes!) There is no true god except I, Mine is the praise and to Me belongs the sovereignty.’ When he says: ‘La ilaha illallahu wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah (There is no true god except Allah, and there is no might and power but with Allah).’ He (SWT) affirms: ‘(Yes!) There is no true god except I, and there is no might and power but with Me.”‘ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added, “He who recites this during his illness and dies, will not be touched by the Fire (Hell).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-230/)* --- ## Hadith #231 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick When `Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) came out after visiting the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during his last illness, the people asked: “How is Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), O Abul-Hasan?” He replied: “Praise be to Allah, he (ﷺ) is feeling better.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-231/)* --- ## Hadith #232 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick While the Prophet (ﷺ) was reclining against me (during his last illness) I heard him saying: “Allahumma-ghfir li, warhamni, wa alhiqni bir Rafiqil-A`la (O Allah, forgive me, bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join with the exalted companions.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-232/)* --- ## Hadith #233 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was at the point of death. He had a drinking bowl with water in it. He would dip his hand into the bowl, and wipe his face. Then he would supplicate, “O Allah! Help me over pangs and agony of death.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-233/)* --- ## Hadith #234 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A woman belonging to the Juhainah tribe came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) after having conceived from Zina. She submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! I am liable to Hadd (punishment ordained by Allah), so execute it.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called her guardian and said, “Treat her well and bring her to me after delivery.” He acted accordingly. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded to tie her clothes firmly around her and then stoned her to death. He (ﷺ) then offered funeral prayer for her. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-234/)* --- ## Hadith #235 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I visited the Prophet ({ﷺ) while he was suffering. I said: “(O Messenger of Allah!) You suffer too much.” He said, “Yes, I suffer as much as two men of you.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-235/)* --- ## Hadith #236 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit me when I had a severe pain. I said: “I am suffering from such trouble as you are observing. I am a wealthy man and the only heir of mine is my daughter.” (Then Sa’d narrated the whole incident).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-236/)* --- ## Hadith #237 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick “Oh, my head.” (It was hurting due to pain.) Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Rather it is I who says: ‘Oh, my headache.”‘ (Then Al-Qasim narrated the complete narration).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-237/)* --- ## Hadith #238 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He whose last words are: `La ilaha illallah’ (There is no true god except Allah) will enter Jannah.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-238/)* --- ## Hadith #239 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Exhort your dying men to recite: ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is no true god except Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-239/)* --- ## Hadith #240 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with him) when his eyes were open soon after he died. He closed them (the eyes) for him and said, “When the soul is taken away, the sight follows it.” Some members of his family began to weep. He (ﷺ) said: “Do not supplicate for yourselves anything but good, for the angels say ‘amin’ to what you say.” Then he said, “O Allah! Forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank among those who are rightly-guided and grant him a successor from his descendants who remain behind. Grant him pardon and us, too. O Rubb of the worlds. Make his grave spacious for him and give him light in it.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-240/)* --- ## Hadith #241 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you visit a sick or a dying person, you should utter good words because the angels say `Amin’ at what you say.” She added: When Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with him) died, I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Salamah has died.” He (ﷺ) directed me to supplicate thus: “Allahummaghfir li wa lahu, wa a`qibni minhu `uqba hasanatan .” So I supplicated as he directed, and Allah gave me a man who was better for me than Abu Salamah (i.e., the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)). (The Prophet (ﷺ) married Umm Salamah afterwards.) . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-241/)* --- ## Hadith #242 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When a person suffers from a calamity and utters: ‘Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Allahumma ujurni fi musibati, wakhluf li khairan minha (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. O Allah! Compensate me in my affliction, recompense my loss and give me something better in exchange for it), then Allah surely compensates him with reward and better substitute.” Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: When Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with him) died, I repeated the same supplication as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had commanded me (to do). So Allah bestowed upon me a better substitute than him (I was married to Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-242/)* --- ## Hadith #243 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man’s child dies, Allah, the Exalted, asks His angels, ‘Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave?’ and they reply in the affirmative. He (SWT) then asks, ‘Have you taken the fruit of his heart?’ and they reply in the affirmative. Thereupon He asks, ‘What did my slave say?’ They say: ‘He praised You and said: Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return).’ Allah says: ‘Build a house for my slave in Jannah and name it Baitul-Hamd (the House of Praise).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-243/)* --- ## Hadith #244 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘I have no reward except Jannah for a believing slave of Mine who shows patience and anticipates My reward when I take away his favourite one from the inhabitants of the world.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-244/)* --- ## Hadith #245 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) sent a message to him that her son was at his last breath, and requested him to come to her. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent back the informer saying: “To Allah belongs what He takes and what He gives, and everything has a limited period (in this world). So ask her to endure patiently, and expect the reward of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-245/)* --- ## Hadith #246 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah during his illness. He was accompanied by ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf, Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas and ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with them). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to weep. When his Companions saw this, their tears also started flowing. He (ﷺ) said, “Do you not hear, Allah does not punish for the shedding of tears or the grief of the heart, but punishes or bestows mercy for the utterances of this (and he pointed to his tongue).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-246/)* --- ## Hadith #247 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A grandson (child of the daughter) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was presented to him while the child was at his last breath. Tears began to flow from the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Sa’d said to him: “What is this, O Messenger of Allah?” He (ﷺ) said, “It is mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of his salves. Allah bestows His Mercy on the merciful among His slaves.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-247/)* --- ## Hadith #248 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to his son Ibrahim (May Allah be pleased with him) when he was breathing his last. The eyes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began shedding tears. ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “O Messenger of Allah, you too weep?” He (ﷺ) said, “O Ibn ‘Auf! It is mercy.” Then he began to weep and said, “The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our Rubb. O Ibrahim! Indeed we are grieved by your departure.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-248/)* --- ## Hadith #249 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-249/)* --- ## Hadith #250 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever follows the funeral procession and offers the funeral prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one Qirat, and whoever attends it till burial, will get a reward equal to two Qirat.” It was asked, “What are two Qirat?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Equal to two huge mountains.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-250/)* --- ## Hadith #251 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever attends the funeral of a Muslim believing and hoping for the reward from Allah and remains with it until the prayer is offered over it and the burial is completed, he will return with a reward of two Qirat; each Qirat is equivalent to Mount Uhud; and whosoever offers his prayer over it and returns before its burial, he will come back with one Qirat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-251/)* --- ## Hadith #252 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick We (womenfolk) were prohibited from accompanying a funeral procession, but we were not compelled (not to do so).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-252/)* --- ## Hadith #253 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a group of Muslims numbering a hundred perform funeral prayer over a dead person, and all of them ask Allah’s forgiveness for him, their prayer for him will be accepted.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-253/)* --- ## Hadith #254 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a Muslim dies and forty people, who do not associate anything with Allah in worship, participate in the funeral prayer over him, Allah will accept their intercession for him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-254/)* --- ## Hadith #255 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick When Malik bin Hubairah (May Allah be pleased with him) offered a funeral prayer and found a small number of participants, he would divide them into three rows and would say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If three rows of men offer funeral prayer over anyone, his entry into Jannah will become certain.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-255/)* --- ## Hadith #256 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered a funeral prayer and I memorized his supplication. He (ﷺ) prayed: “Allahummaghfir lahu, warhamhu, wa ‘afihi, wa’fu ‘anhu, wa akrim nuzulahu, wa wassi’ mudkhalahu, waghsilhu bil-ma’i wath-thalji wal-baradi, wa naqqihi minal-khataya, kama naqqaytath-thawbal-abyada minad-danasi, wa abdilhu daran khairan min darihi, wa ahlan khairan min ahlihi, wa zawjan khairan min zawjihi, wa adkhilhul-Jannata, wa a’idh-hu min ‘adhabil- qabri, wa min ‘adhabin-nar . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-256/)* --- ## Hadith #257 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) offered a funeral prayer and said: “Allahummaghfir lihaiyina wa maiyitina, wa saghirina wa kabirina, wa dhakarina wa unthana, wa shahidina wa gha’ibina. Allahumma man ahyaiytahu minna, fa’ahyihi ‘alal-Islam, wa man tawaffaiytahu minna, fatawaffahu ‘alal-Iman. Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu, wa la taftinna ba’dahu (O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, whosoever of us You keep alive, keep him alive (faithful) to Islam, and whosoever of us You cause to die, let him die having Iman. O Allah, do not deprive us of our reward (for being patient) and do not subject us to trials after his death.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-257/)* --- ## Hadith #258 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “When you pray over the dead, make a sincere supplication for him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-258/)* --- ## Hadith #259 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated in course of funeral prayer: “Allahumma Anta Rabbuha, wa Anta khalaqtaha, wa Anta hadaytaha lil-Islam, wa Anta qabadta ruhaha, wa Anta a’lamu bisirriha wa ‘alaniyyatiha, ji’naka shufa’a’a lahu . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-259/)* --- ## Hadith #260 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led the funeral prayer of a Muslim man in our presence, and I heard him saying “Allahumma inna . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-260/)* --- ## Hadith #261 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick While offering the funeral prayer of one of his daughters, he recited four Takbir, and after the fourth Takbir he continued standing for a time equal to an interval between two Takbir, praying for her and seeking Allah’s forgiveness for her.” Then he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do so.”Another narration is: He (Abdullah) recited four Takbir and remained standing in prayer for some time till we thought that he would recite the fifth Takbir. Then he gave Salam on the right and on the left. When he turned aside, we asked him about it. He replied: “I would add nothing to what I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing,” or he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-261/)* --- ## Hadith #262 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Hurry up with the dead body (for its burial), for if it is pious, you are speeding it to goodness and if it is otherwise, you are laying an evil off your necks.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-262/)* --- ## Hadith #263 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their shoulders, if he was a pious man, it (corpse) says: ‘Take me in haste.’ But if he was not righteous, it says to its bearers: ‘Woe to it. Where are you taking it?’ Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice, he would have surely fallen into swoon.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-263/)* --- ## Hadith #264 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The soul of the deceased believer remains pending on account of the debt till it (the debt) is repayed.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-264/)* --- ## Hadith #265 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick When Talhah bin Al-Bara’ (May Allah be pleased with him) fell ill, the Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit him and said, “Verily, I think that Talhah is about to die. So inform me when he is dead and make haste (in burying him). Indeed, it is improper for the corpse of a Muslim to be kept lying unburied among his family members.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-265/)* --- ## Hadith #266 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi` Al-Gharqad (graveyard in Al-Madinah) when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) proceeded towards us and sat down. We sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand. He was bending down his head and scraping the ground with the stick. He said, “There is none among you but has a place assigned for him either in the Jannah or in the Hell.” The Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah, should we not depend upon what has been written for us (and give up doing good deeds)?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Carry on doing good deeds. Every one will find it easy to do such deeds (as will lead him to his destined place) for which he has been created.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-266/)* --- ## Hadith #267 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick After the burial of a dead man, the Prophet (ﷺ) would stand by the grave and say, “Ask Allah to forgive your brother and supplicate for him for steadfastness because he is being questioned (about his deeds) now.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-267/)* --- ## Hadith #268 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick “When you have buried me, keep standing near my grave till (for the time it takes to) a camel is slaughtered and its meat is distributed, so that I may feel your nearness and know what to reply to the angels sent by my Rubb.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-268/)* --- ## Hadith #269 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ): “My mother has died suddenly. I think that if she were able to talk (alive) she would have given in Sadaqah (charity). So, if I give Sadaqah now on her behalf, will she get the reward?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Yes (she will be rewarded for that).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-269/)* --- ## Hadith #270 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man dies, his deeds come to an end, except for three: A continuous charity, knowledge by which people derive benefit, pious son who prays for him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-270/)* --- ## Hadith #271 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick Some Companions happened to pass by a funeral procession (bier) and they praised him (the deceased). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He will certainly enter it.” Then they passed by another funeral procession and they spoke ill of the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He will certainly enter it.” `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “(O Messenger of Allah,) what do you mean by `He will certainly enter it?” He (ﷺ) replied, “You praised the first person, so he will enter Jannah; and you spoke ill of the second person, so he will enter Hell. You are Allah’s witnesses on earth.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-271/)* --- ## Hadith #272 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick I came to Al- Madinah, and while I was sitting beside ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased, and ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said: “He will certainly enter it.” Then another funeral procession passed by and the people praised the deceased. ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “He will certainly enter it.” A third funeral procession passed by and the people spoke ill of the deceased. He said: “He will certainly enter it.” I (Abul-Aswad) asked: “O Amir Al-Mu’minin (i.e., Leader of the Believers)! What do you mean by ‘He will certainly enter it’?” He replied: “I said the same as was said by the Prophet (ﷺ). He (ﷺ) said, ‘If four persons testify the righteousness of a Muslim, Allah will grant him Jannah.’ We asked: ‘If three persons testify his righteousness?’ He (ﷺ) replied, ‘Even three’. Then we asked: ‘If two?’ He (ﷺ) replied, ‘Even two.’ We did not ask him (regarding the testimony) of one.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-272/)* --- ## Hadith #273 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any Muslim who loses three children before they reach the age of maturity, will be granted Jannah by Allah, the Exalted, out of His Mercy for them.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-273/)* --- ## Hadith #274 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim whose three children die (in infancy) will not be touched by the Fire (of Hell) except for the fulfillment of Allah’s Oath.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-274/)* --- ## Hadith #275 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Only men benefit from your talks, so please fix a day for us, to teach us the knowledge which Allah has taught you.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fixed a day and directed them to assemble. When they gathered, the Prophet (ﷺ) went to them and taught them what Allah had taught him. He (ﷺ) then said, “Any woman of you whose three children die (in infancy) they will be a guard for her against Fire (of Hell).” One of the women asked: “What if she loses two?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Even two.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-275/)* --- ## Hadith #276 **Book:** The Book of Visiting the Sick Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions reached Al-Hijr, the dwellings of the Thamud people, he admonished his Companions (saying), “Do not pass by these people who are being tormented, without weeping, lest the punishment should befall you as it had befallen them.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-276/)* --- ## Hadith #277 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Prophet (ﷺ) set out on Thursday for the expedition of Tabuk. He liked to set out on a journey on Thursdays. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-277/)* --- ## Hadith #278 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! Bless my people in the early part of the day (morning). Whenever he dispatched a detachment or an army-unit, he would dispatch it at the beginning of the day (soon after dawn). The narrator, Sakhr (May Allah be pleased with him) was a merchant, and he used to send off his merchandise at the beginning of the day. So his trade flourished and he made a good fortune.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-278/)* --- ## Hadith #279 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Were people to know of what I know about the dangers of travelling alone, no rider would travel alone at night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-279/)* --- ## Hadith #280 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A single rider is (accompanied with) Satan and two riders are (accompanied with) two Satans. Three riders form a group.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-280/)* --- ## Hadith #281 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When three persons set out on a journey, they should appoint one of them as their leader.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-281/)* --- ## Hadith #282 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best number of companions is four; the best detachment is four hundred and the best army is four thousand; and twelve thousand men will not be defeated as a result of smallness of number.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-282/)* --- ## Hadith #283 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When you travel through green and lush land, give the camels their due from the ground, and when you travel through a dry and barren land, make them walk quickly lest their strength falters. When you encamp at night, keep away from the roads, for beasts pass there and they are the resort of insects at night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-283/)* --- ## Hadith #284 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) encamped at night during a journey, he would lie down on his right side, and when he stayed a little before dawn he would raise his forearm and place his head on the palm of his hand.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-284/)* --- ## Hadith #285 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Keep to travelling by night because the earth is folded (traversed more easily) during the night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-285/)* --- ## Hadith #286 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the people encamped during the journey, they would disperse in the mountain passes and valleys. (When) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) noticed this he said, “Your act of scattering in the mountain passes and valleys is from Satan.” Afterwards the Companions kept close together whenever they encamped.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-286/)* --- ## Hadith #287 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) happened to pass by a camel whose belly was sticking to its back (because of hunger), whereupon he said, “Fear Allah in respect of these dumb (animals). Ride them while they are fit, and slaughter them and eat their meat when they are fit.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-287/)* --- ## Hadith #288 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made me ride behind him one day and confided something to me which I shall never disclose to anyone. (‘Abdullah added:) He ((ﷺ) preferred to screen himself from others when responding to the call of nature, either behind a wall or the trunk of a date-palm.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-288/)* --- ## Hadith #289 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling When we encamped, we would not offer (voluntary) prayers until we had unsaddled our beasts.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-289/)* --- ## Hadith #290 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling While we were travelling with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a rider came and began to stare on the right and on the left. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who has an extra mount should hand it over to one who has none, and he who possesses surplus provision, should give it to him who is without provision.” He named various kinds of possessions until we began to think (realize) that none of us had any right to anything surplus.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-290/)* --- ## Hadith #291 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made up his mind to go in an expedition, he would say to us, “O Muhajirin and the Ansar! There are among you such people who have no property and no kinsfolk. Let everyone of you take along with him two or three men. None of us had a spare animal we took rides by turn.” So I took two or three men with me and I rode my camel by turn equally with them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-291/)* --- ## Hadith #292 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to lag behind while travelling and urge the weak to walk quickly. He used to take up someone behind him and make supplication for him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-292/)* --- ## Hadith #293 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mounted his camel for setting out on a journey, he would recite: “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest),” thrice. Then he (ﷺ) would supplicate: “Subhanal-ladhi sakh-khara lana hadha, wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila Rabbina lamunqalibun. Allahumma inna nas’aluka fi safarina hadh al-birra wat-taqwa, wa minal-‘amali ma tarda. Allahumma hawwin ‘alaina safarana hadha, watwi ‘anna bu’dahu. Allahumma Antas-Sahibu fissafari, wal-Khalifatu fil- ahli. Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min wa’ta’is-safari, wa kaabatil- manzari, wa su’il-munqalabi fil-mali wal-ahli wal-waladi (Far removed from imperfection is the One Who has made this subservient to us, for we have no power to subjugate it, and certainly to our Rubb shall we return. O Allah, we ask You during this journey of ours for righteousness, piety and such deeds as are pleasing to You. O Allah, make easy for us this journey of ours and make the distance short for us. O Allah, You are our Companion during the journey and the Guardian of the family and the property in our absence. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardships of travelling, unhappiness connected with ghastly scenes and evil turns in property and family).” When he returned, he recited this supplication making addition of these words: “Ayibuna, ta’ibuna, ‘abiduna, li-Rabbina hamidun (We are those who return; those who repent; those who worship and those who praise our Rubb).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-293/)* --- ## Hadith #294 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) proceeded on a journey, he would seek refuge in Allah from the hardships of the journey, and against deviation after guidance, and against the supplication of the oppressed, and occurrences of unpleasant events in the family and property. He would say: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min wa’tha’is- safari, wa kaabatil-munqalabi, wal-hauri ba’dal-kauni, wa da’watil- mazlumi, wa su’il-manzari fil-ahli wal- mal.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-294/)* --- ## Hadith #295 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling In my presence, a beast was brought to ‘Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) for riding. When he put his foot in the stirrup, he said: “Bismillah (With the Name of Allah).” When he had settled himself on its back he recited: “Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi sakh-khara lana hadha, wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila Rabbina lamunqalibun. (All praise belongs to Allah Who has made this subservient to us, for we had not the strength to overpower it; and to our Rubb shall we return).” He then recited thrice: “Alhamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah),” and then three times: “Allahu Abkar (Allah is Greatest).” Then he said: “Subhanaka inni zalamtu nafsi faghfir li, innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta (You are far removed from imperfection I have wronged myself, so forgive me, because none but You can forgive sins).” Then he smiled. It was asked: “Why have you smiled, O Amir Al-Mu’minin (Leader of the Believers)?” He replied: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing as I have done. I (i.e., Ali) asked him (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) the reason for smiling. He (ﷺ) said, ‘Your Rubb, Glorious is He, is pleased when His slave seeks His forgiveness. He (the slave) has firm faith that none except Allah Alone can forgive sins)’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-295/)* --- ## Hadith #296 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling When we ascended (a height) we would proclaim: “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest),” and when we descended (from the height) we would proclaim: “Subhan Allah (Allah is free from imperfection).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-296/)* --- ## Hadith #297 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) and his army ascended a height, they would proclaim: “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest),” and when they climbed down, they would proclaim: “Subhan Allah (Allah is free from imperfection).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-297/)* --- ## Hadith #298 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from Hajj or ‘Umrah and ascended a height or hill, he would recite thrice: “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest).” Then he would say, “La ilaha ill-allahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul- mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in Qadeer. Ayibuna ta’ibuna ‘abiduna li-Rabbina hamidun. Sadaq-Allahu wa’dahu, wa nasara ‘abdahu, wa hazamal-ahzaba wahdahu . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-298/)* --- ## Hadith #299 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling A man said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I intend to set out on a journey, so counsel me.” He (ﷺ) said, “Fear Allah, and ascending towards the raised ground, you should recite: “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest).” When the man turned away, he (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! Shorten the distance for him and make the journey easy for him.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-299/)* --- ## Hadith #300 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling We accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) in a journey, and when we climbed up a height, we proclaimed aloud: “La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah)” and “Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest).” The Prophet (ﷺ) admonished us saying, “O people, take it easy. He Whom you are calling is not deaf or absent. He is with you (i.e., by His Knowledge), He is Hearing and He is Near.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-300/)* --- ## Hadith #301 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Three supplications are answered without doubt. The supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveller, and the supplication of the parent for his son.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-301/)* --- ## Hadith #302 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), feared mischief from a people, he would supplicate: “Allahumma inna naj’aluka fi nuhurihim, wa na’udhu bika min shururihim (O Allah! We ask You to face them, and seek Your Protection against their evil.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-302/)* --- ## Hadith #303 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Whosoever alights somewhere and says: ‘A’udhu bikalimat-illahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa (I seek refuge with the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created),’ nothing will harm him until he leaves that place.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-303/)* --- ## Hadith #304 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out on a journey, he would say by nightfall: “Ya ardu, Rabbi wa Rabbuk-illahu, a’udhu billahi min sharriki wa sharri ma fiki, wa sharri ma khuliqa fiki, wa sharri ma yadibbu ‘alaiki; a’udhu billahi min sharri asadin wa aswadin, wa minal-hayyati wal-‘aqrabi, wa min sakinil-baladi, wa min walidin wa ma walad . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-304/)* --- ## Hadith #305 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Travelling is a torment because it deprives a traveller of his food, drink and sleep. So when one of you has accomplished his purpose of journey, let him return home quickly.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-305/)* --- ## Hadith #306 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you stays away (from his family) for a long period of time, let him not surprise his family by night.”In another narration, Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited us from coming back to our family at night.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-306/)* --- ## Hadith #307 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not come (back) to his family by night. He used to come in the morning or in the evening (before dark).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-307/)* --- ## Hadith #308 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling We returned with the Prophet (ﷺ) from a journey; and when we entered the suburbs of Al- Madinah, he (ﷺ) said: “Ayibuna, ta’ibuna, ‘abiduna, li-Rabbina hamidun (We are returning in safety, turning to our Rubb, worshipping Him and praising Him).” He (ﷺ) continued repeating these words till we entered Al-Madinah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-308/)* --- ## Hadith #309 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned from a journey, he would proceed straight to the mosque and perform two Rak’ah of (optional) prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-309/)* --- ## Hadith #310 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to make a journey of one day and night unless she is accompanied by a Mahram (husband or any other relative to whom she is prohibited to marry).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-310/)* --- ## Hadith #311 **Book:** The Book of Etiquette of Traveling The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No man must not be alone with a woman except in the presence of her (Mahram). No woman should travel except in company of a (Mahram).” A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have been enrolled for such and such expedition, and my wife left for Hajj.” He (ﷺ) said to him, “Go and perform Hajj with your wife.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-311/)* --- ## Hadith #312 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Read the Qur’an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-312/)* --- ## Hadith #313 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The Qur’an and its people who applied it, will be brought on the Day of Resurrection preceded with Surat Al-Baqarah and Surat Al-‘Imran arguing on behalf of those who applied them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-313/)* --- ## Hadith #314 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best amongst you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-314/)* --- ## Hadith #315 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The one who is proficient in the recitation of the Qur’an will be with the honourable and obedient scribes (angels) and he who recites the Qur’an and finds it difficult to recite, doing his best to recite it in the best way possible, will have two rewards.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-315/)* --- ## Hadith #316 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The believer who recites the Qur’an is like a citron whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is delicious. A believer who does not recite the Qur’an is like a date-fruit which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste. The hypocrite who recites the Qur’an is like basil whose fragrance is so sweet, but its taste is bitter. The hypocrite who does not recite the Qur’an is like a colocynth which has no fragrance and its taste is bitter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-316/)* --- ## Hadith #317 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah elevates some people with this Qur’an and abases others.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-317/)* --- ## Hadith #318 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Envy is justified in regard to two types of persons only: a man whom Allah has given knowledge of the Qur’an, and so he recites it during the night and during the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and so he spends from it during the night and during the day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-318/)* --- ## Hadith #319 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A man was reciting Surat Al-Kahf, and a horse was tied with two ropes beside him. As he was reciting, a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer, the horse began to trample voilently. The man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the morning and mentioned the incident to him. He (ﷺ) said, “That was tranquillity which descended as a result of the recitation of the Qur’an.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-319/)* --- ## Hadith #320 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-320/)* --- ## Hadith #321 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who does not memorize any part from the Qur’an he is like the ruined house.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-321/)* --- ## Hadith #322 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The one who was devoted to the Qur’an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: ‘Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-322/)* --- ## Hadith #323 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Read the Qur’an regularly. By the One in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, it escapes from memory faster than a camel does from its tying ropes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-323/)* --- ## Hadith #324 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The parable of one who knows the Qur’an by heart is as the parable of an owner of hobbled camel. If he remains vigilant, he will retain it; and if he neglects it, it will go away.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-324/)* --- ## Hadith #325 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Allah does not listen so attentively to anything as He listens to the recitation of the Qur’an by a Prophet who recites well with a melodious and audible voice.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-325/)* --- ## Hadith #326 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “You have been given a Mizmar (sweet melodious voice) out of the Mazamir of Prophet Dawud (David).”. And in a version narrated by Muslim “If you would have seen me, as I was listening to your recitation last night.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-326/)* --- ## Hadith #327 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting Surat Wat-Teen Waz-Zaitun (Chapter 95) during the ‘Isha’ prayer. I have never heard anyone reciting it in a more beautiful voice than his.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-327/)* --- ## Hadith #328 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who does not recite the Qur’an in a pleasant tone is not of us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-328/)* --- ## Hadith #329 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Recite the Qur’an to me.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite it to you when it was revealed to you?” He (ﷺ) said, “I like to hear it from others.” Then I began to recite Surat An-Nisa’. When I reached the Ayah: ‘How will it be when We shall bring a witness from every people and bring you as a witness against them?’ (Having heard it) he said, “Enough! Enough!” When I looked at him, I found his eyes were overflowing with tears.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-329/)* --- ## Hadith #330 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I teach you the greatest Surah in the Qur’an before you leave the mosque?” Then he (ﷺ), took me by the hand, and when we were about to step out, I reminded him of his promise to teach me the greatest Surah in the Qur’an. He (ﷺ) said, “It is ‘Alhamdu lillahi Rabbil ‘Alamin (i.e., Surat Al-Fatihah) which is As-Sab’ Al-Mathani (i.e., the seven oft- repeated Ayat) and the Great Qur’an which is given to me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-330/)* --- ## Hadith #331 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.”According to another version, he (ﷺ) said to his Companions, “Is anyone of you incapable of reciting one-third of the Qur’an in one night?” They considered it burdensome and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of us can afford to do that?” He (ﷺ) said, “Surat Al-Ikhlas . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-331/)* --- ## Hadith #332 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A man heard another reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas repeatedly. The next morning he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him about it as if he considered it to be of little reward. On that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur’an.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-332/)* --- ## Hadith #333 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Surat Ikhlas is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-333/)* --- ## Hadith #334 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! I love Surat-Al-Ikhlas . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-334/)* --- ## Hadith #335 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do you not know that last night certain Ayat were revealed the like of which there is no precedence. They are: ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of the daybreak’ (Surah 113), and ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of mankind’ (Surah 114).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-335/)* --- ## Hadith #336 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to seek protection against the evil of jinn and the evil eyes till Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas were revealed. After they were revealed, he took to them for seeking Allah’s protection and left everything besides them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-336/)* --- ## Hadith #337 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “There is a Surah in the Qur’an which contains thirty Ayat which kept interceding for a man until his sins are forgiven. This Surah is ‘Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion.’ (Surat Al-Mulk 67).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-337/)* --- ## Hadith #338 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “He who recites the two Ayat at the end of Surat Al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-338/)* --- ## Hadith #339 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Do not turn your houses into graveyards. Satan runs away from the house in which Surat Al-Baqarah is recited.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-339/)* --- ## Hadith #340 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Abu Mundhir! Do you know which Ayah in Allah’s Book is the greatest?” I replied: “It is ‘Allah la ilaha illa Huwal-Haiyul-Qayum (Allah! none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever Living…)’.” (2:256) Thereupon he (ﷺ) patted me in the chest and said, “Rejoice by this knowledge, O Abu Mundhir!”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-340/)* --- ## Hadith #341 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) put me in charge of charity of Ramadan (Sadaqat-ul- Fitr). Somebody came to me and began to take away some food-stuff. I caught him and said, “I must take you to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” He said, “I am a needy man with a large family, and so I have a pressing need.” I let him go. When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) next morning, he asked me, “O Abu Hurairah! What did your captive do last night?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! He complained of a pressing need and a big family. I felt pity for him so I let him go.” He (ﷺ) said, “He told you a lie and he will return.” I was sure, according to the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he would return. I waited for him. He sneaked up again and began to steal food-stuff from the Sadaqah. I caught him and said; “I must take you to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” He said, “Let go of me, I am a needy man. I have to bear the expenses of a big family. I will not come back.” So I took pity on him and let him go. I went at dawn to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who asked me, “O Abu Hurairah! What did your captive do last night?” I replied, “O Messenger of Allah! He complained of a pressing want and the burden of a big family. I took pity on him and so I let him go.” He (ﷺ) said, “He told you a lie and he will return.” (That man) came again to steal the food-stuff. I arrested him and said, “I must take you to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and this is the last of three times. You promised that you would not come again but you did.” He said, “Let go of me, I shall teach you some words with which Allah may benefit you.” I asked, “What are those words?” He replied, “When you go to bed, recite Ayat-ul- Kursi (2:255) for there will be a guardian appointed over you from Allah, and Satan will not be able to approach you till morning.” So I let him go. Next morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked me, “What did your prisoner do last night.” I answered, “He promised to teach me some words which he claimed will benefit me before Allah. So I let him go.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “What are those words that he taught you?” I said, “He told me: ‘When you go to bed, recite Ayat- ul-Kursi from the beginning to the end i.e.,. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-341/)* --- ## Hadith #342 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever commits to memory the first ten Ayat of the Surat Al-Kahf, will be protected from (the trial of) Ad-Dajjal (Antichrist).”.In another narration, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “(Whoever commits to memory) the last ten Ayat of Surat Al-Kahf, he will be protected from (the trial of) Ad-Dajjal (Antichrist).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-342/)* --- ## Hadith #343 **Book:** The Book of Virtues While Jibril (Gabriel) was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he heard a sound above him. He lifted his head, and said: “This is a gate which has been opened in heaven today. It was never opened before.” Then an angel descended through it, he said: “This is an angel who has come down to earth. He never came down before.” He sent greetings and said: “Rejoice with two lights given to you. Such lights were not given to any Prophet before you. These (lights) are: Fatihah-til-Kitab (Surat Al-Fatihah), and the concluding Ayat of Surat Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a word from them without being given the blessings it contain s.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-343/)* --- ## Hadith #344 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any group of people that assemble in one of the Houses of Allah to recite the Book of Allah, learning and teaching it, tranquility will descend upon them, mercy will engulf them, angels will surround them and Allah will make mention of them to those (the angels) in His proximity.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-344/)* --- ## Hadith #345 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “On the Day of Resurrection, my followers (or Ummah) will be summoned ‘Al-Ghurr Al-Muhajjalun’ from the traces of Wudu’. Whoever can increase the area of his radiance should do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-345/)* --- ## Hadith #346 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard my Khalil (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) as saying, “The adornment of the believer (in Jannah) will reach the places where the water of Wudu’ reaches (his body).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-346/)* --- ## Hadith #347 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who performs the Wudu’ perfectly (i.e., according to Sunnah), his sins will depart from his body, even from under his nails.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-347/)* --- ## Hadith #348 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing Wudu’ the way I have just done it and said, “He who performs Wudu’ like this, his previous sins will be forgiven and his Salat and walking to the mosque will be considered as supererogatory act of worship.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-348/)* --- ## Hadith #349 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a Muslim, or a believer, washes his face (in the course of Wudu’), every sin which he committed with his eyes, will be washed away from his face with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin which is committed by his hands will be effaced from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin his feet committed will be washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water; until he finally emerges cleansed of all his sins.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-349/)* --- ## Hadith #350 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to the (Baqi’) cemetery and said, “May you be secured from punishment, O dwellers of abode of the believers! We, if Allah wills, will follow you. I wish we see my brothers.” The Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah! Are not we your brothers?” He (ﷺ) said, “You are my Companions, but my brothers are those who have not come into the world yet.” They said; “O Messenger of Allah! How will you recognize those of your Ummah who are not born yet?” He (ﷺ) said, “Say, if a man has white-footed horses with white foreheads among horses which are pure black, will he not recognize his own horses?” They said; “Certainly, O Messenger of Allah!” He (ﷺ) said, “They (my followers) will come with bright faces and white limbs because of Wudu’; and I will arrive at the Haud (Al-Kauthar) ahead of them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-350/)* --- ## Hadith #351 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not tell you something by which Allah effaces the sins and elevates ranks (in Jannah)?” The Companions said; “Certainly, O Messenger of Allah.” He (ﷺ) said, “Performing the Wudu’ thoroughly in spite of difficult circumstances, walking with more paces to the mosque, and waiting for the next As- Salat (the prayer) after observing Salat; and that is Ar-Ribat, and that is Ar-Ribat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-351/)* --- ## Hadith #352 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Purification is half the Iman.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-352/)* --- ## Hadith #353 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever of you performs Wudu’ carefully and then affirms: ‘Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallahu Wahdahu la sharika Lahu, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu .In the narration in At- Tirmidhi, it is added: “Allahummaj-‘alni minat-tawwabina, waj-‘alni minal-mutatahhirin (O Allah make me among those who repent and purify themselves).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-353/)* --- ## Hadith #354 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Were people to know the blessing of pronouncing Adhan and the standing in the first row, they would even draw lots to secure these privileges. And were they to realize the reward of performing Salat early, they would race for it; and were they to know the merits of Salat after nightfall (‘Isha’) and the dawn (Fajr) Salat, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-354/)* --- ## Hadith #355 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “The Mu’adhdhinun (callers to prayer) will have the longest necks on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-355/)* --- ## Hadith #356 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) said to me: “I see that you like living among your sheep in wilderness. So whenever you are with your sheep or in wilderness and you want to call Adhan, you should raise your voice because whoever hears the Adhan, whether a human or jinn or any other creature, will testify for you on the Day of Resurrection.” Abu Sa’id added: “I heard this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-356/)* --- ## Hadith #357 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When Adhan for Salat is pronounced, the devil takes to his heels and breaks wind with noise so as not to hear the call. When the Adhan is finished, he returns. When the Iqamah is announced, he turns his back, and after it is finished, he returns again to distract the attention of one and makes him remember things which he does not recall in his mind before the Salat, and says ‘Remember this, and this,’ and thus causes one to forget how many Rak’at he performed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-357/)* --- ## Hadith #358 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When you hear the Adhan, repeat what the Mu’adhdhin says. Then ask Allah to exalt my mention because everyone who does so will receive in return ten rewards from Allah. Then beseech Allah to grant me Al-Wasilah, which is a high rank in Jannah, fitting for only one of Allah’s slaves; and I hope that I will be that man. If any one asks Al-Wasilah for me, it becomes incumbent upon me to intercede for him.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-358/)* --- ## Hadith #359 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you hear the Mu’adhdhin (pronouncing the call to Salat), repeat after him what he says.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-359/)* --- ## Hadith #360 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who says upon hearing the Adhan: ‘Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da’wati-ttammati, was-salatil-qa’imati, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadhilata, wab’athu maqaman mahmuda nilladhi wa ‘adtahu . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-360/)* --- ## Hadith #361 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who says after the Adhan: ‘Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallah Wah-dahu la sharika Lahu; wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu, radhitu Billahi Rabban, wa bi Muhammadin Rasulan, wa bil Islami Dinan . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-361/)* --- ## Hadith #362 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The supplication made between the Adhan and the Iqamah is never rejected.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-362/)* --- ## Hadith #363 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Say, if there were a river at the door of one of you in which he takes a bath five times a day, would any soiling remain on him?” They replied, “No soiling would left on him.” He (ﷺ) said, ” That is the five (obligatory) Salat (prayers). Allah obliterates all sins as a result of performing them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-363/)* --- ## Hadith #364 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The similitude of the five (obligatory) Salat is like a river running at the door of one of you in which he takes a bath five times a day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-364/)* --- ## Hadith #365 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A man kissed a woman. So he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him about it. Then Allah revealed this Ayah: “And perform the Salat, between the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night. Verily, the good deeds efface the evil deeds (i.e., minor sins).” (11:114) The man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) whether this applies to him only. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It applies to all of my Ummah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-365/)* --- ## Hadith #366 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The five (daily) Salat (prayers) and the Friday (prayer) to the Friday (prayer) expiate whatever (minor sins) may be committed in between, so long as major sins are avoided.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-366/)* --- ## Hadith #367 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When the time for a prescribed Salat is due and a Muslim performs its Wudu’ and its acts of bowing and prostration properly, this Salat will be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he does not commit major sins, and this applies for ever.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-367/)* --- ## Hadith #368 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who The observes Al-Bardan (i.e., Fajr and ‘Asr prayers) will enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-368/)* --- ## Hadith #369 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “He who performs Salat (prayers) before the rising of the sun and before its setting, will not enter the Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-369/)* --- ## Hadith #370 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who offers the dawn (Fajr) prayers will come under the Protection of Allah. O son of Adam! Beware, lest Allah should call you to account in any respect from (for withdrawing) His Protection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-370/)* --- ## Hadith #371 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are angels who take turns in visiting you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn (Fajr) and the afternoon (‘Asr) prayers. Those who have spent the night with you, ascend to the heaven and their Rubb, Who knows better about them, asks: ‘In what condition did you leave My slaves?’ They reply: ‘We left them while they were performing Salat and we went to them while they were performing Salat.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-371/)* --- ## Hadith #372 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he looked at the full moon and observed, “You will see your Rubb in the Hereafter as you see this moon having no difficulty in seeing it. So try your best to perform the prayers before the rising of the sun and that before its setting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-372/)* --- ## Hadith #373 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who misses the ‘Asr Salat (deliberately), his deeds will be rendered nul and void.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-373/)* --- ## Hadith #374 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who goes to the mosque in the morning or in the evening, Allah prepares for him a place in Jannah whenever he goes to the mosque in the morning and returns from it in the evening.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-374/)* --- ## Hadith #375 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who purifies (performs Wudu’) himself in his house and then walks to one of the houses of Allah (mosque) for performing an obligatory Salat, one step of his will wipe out his sins and another step will elevate his rank (in Jannah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-375/)* --- ## Hadith #376 **Book:** The Book of Virtues There was a man of the Ansar whose house was the farthest from the mosque. As far as I know, he never missed Salat (in congregation). It was said to him: “If you buy a donkey, you may ride upon it in the dark nights and in the hot days.” He said: “I do not like that my house should be situated close to the mosque. I desire that my walking towards the mosque and returning home be recorded to my credit.” Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah has gathered all (rewards) for you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-376/)* --- ## Hadith #377 **Book:** The Book of Virtues There were some plots of land lying vacant around the mosque. The people of Banu Salamah decided to move to this land and come nearer to the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard about it and said to them, “I have heard that you intend to move near the mosque.” They said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah! We have decided to do that.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Banu Salamah! Stay in your houses, because your footprints (when you come to the mosque) will be recorded.” He said this twice. They said: “We would not have liked it, had we moved near the mosque.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-377/)* --- ## Hadith #378 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person who will receive the highest reward for Salat (prayer) is the one who comes to perform it in the mosque from the farthest distance. And he who waits for Salat to perform it with the Imam (in congregation) will have a greater reward than the one who observes it alone and then goes to sleep.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-378/)* --- ## Hadith #379 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Convey glad tidings to those who walk to the mosque in the darkness. For they will be given full light on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-379/)* --- ## Hadith #380 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not tell you something by which Allah effaces the sins and elevates the ranks (in Jannah).” The Companions said: “Yes (please tell us), O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Performing the Wudu’ properly in spite of difficult circumstances, walking with more paces to the mosque, and waiting for the next Salat (prayer) after a observing Salat; and that is Ar-Ribat, and that is Ar-Ribat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-380/)* --- ## Hadith #381 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you see a man frequenting the mosque, testify that he is a believer because Allah says: ‘Allah’s mosques are visited only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-381/)* --- ## Hadith #382 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Everyone among you will be deemed to be occupied in Salat (prayer) constantly so long as Salat (the prayer) detains him (from worldly concerns), and nothing prevents him from returning to his family but Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-382/)* --- ## Hadith #383 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The angels supplicate in favour of one of you so long as he remains in the place where he has performed Salat (prayer) in a state of Wudu’. They (the angels) say: ‘O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! Have mercy on him.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-383/)* --- ## Hadith #384 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Once the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delayed the night prayer (‘Isha’) till midnight. He (ﷺ) turned to us after Salat (prayer) and said, “The people slept after performing their Salat, but you who waited, will be accounted as engaged in Salat throughout the period of your waiting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-384/)* --- ## Hadith #385 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Salat in congregation is twenty-seven times more meritorious than a Salat performed individually.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-385/)* --- ## Hadith #386 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A man’s Salat in congregation is twenty-five times more rewarding than his Salat at home or in his shop, and that is because when he performs his Wudu’ properly and proceeds towards the mosque with the purpose of performing Salat in congregation, he does not take a step without being raised a degree (in rank) for it and having a sin remitted for it, till he enters the mosque. When he is performing Salat, the angels continue to invoke Blessings of Allah on him as long as he is in his place of worship in a state of Wudu’. They say: ‘O Allah! Have mercy on him! O Allah! Forgive him.’ He is deemed to be engaged in Salat as long as he waits for it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-386/)* --- ## Hadith #387 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A blind man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have no one to guide me to the mosque.” He, therefore, sought his permission to perform Salat (prayer) in his house. He (ﷺ) granted him permission. When the man turned away, he called him back, and said, “Do you hear the Adhan (call to prayer)?” He replied in the affirmative. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then directed him to respond to it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-387/)* --- ## Hadith #388 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “There are many poisonous insects and wild beasts in Al-Madinah, and I am blind. Please grant me permission to perform Salat at home.” He (ﷺ) enquired whether he could hear the call: Hayya ‘alas-Salah; Hayya ‘alal-Falah (Come to the prayer, come to the salvation). When he replied in affirmative, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) directed him to come (to mosque) for prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-388/)* --- ## Hadith #389 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I sometimes thought of giving orders for firewood to be collected, then for proclaiming the Adhan for Salat. Then I would appoint an Imam to lead Salat, and then go to the houses of those who do not come to perform Salat in congregation, and set fire to their houses on them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-389/)* --- ## Hadith #390 **Book:** The Book of Virtues He who likes to meet Allah tomorrow (i.e., on the Day of Requital) as a Muslim, should take care and observe the Salat when the Adhan is announced for them. Allah has expounded to your Prophet (ﷺ) the ways of right guidance, and these (the prayers) are part of the right guidance. If you have to perform Salat in your houses, as this man who stays away (from the mosque) and performs Salat in his house, you will abandon the Sunnah (practice) of your Prophet (ﷺ), and the departure from the Sunnah of your Prophet (ﷺ) will lead you astray. I have seen the time when no one stayed behind except a well-known hypocrite. I also saw that a man was brought swaying (on account of weakness) between two men till he was set up in a row (in the mosque).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-390/)* --- ## Hadith #391 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If three men in a village or in the desert, make no arrangement for Salat in congregation, Satan must have certainly overcome them. So observe Salat in congregation, for the wolf eats up a solitary sheep that stays far from the flock.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-391/)* --- ## Hadith #392 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “One who performs ‘Isha’ prayer in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat for half of the night. And one who performs the Fajr prayer in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat the whole night.”The narration of At-Tirmidhi says: ‘Uthman bin Affan (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he had heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “He who attends ‘Isha’ in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat for half of the night; and he who attends ‘Isha’ and Fajr prayers in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat for the whole night.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-392/)* --- ## Hadith #393 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If they knew the merits of Salat after nightfall (‘Isha’) and the morning (Fajr) Salat, they would come to them even if they had to crawl to do so.”This is part of a long Hadith which has already been mentioned. See Hadith No. 1033. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-393/)* --- ## Hadith #394 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No Salat is more burdensome to the hypocrites than the Fajr (dawn) prayer and the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer; and if they knew their merits, they would come to them even if they had to crawl to do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-394/)* --- ## Hadith #395 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Which act is the best?” He (ﷺ) said, “As-Salat at their fixed times.” I asked, “What next?” He (ﷺ) said, “Being dutiful to parents.” I asked, “What next?” He (ﷺ) said, “Striving (Jihad) in the way of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-395/)* --- ## Hadith #396 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Islam is based on five (pillars): testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His slave and Messenger; performing of Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat); the payment of Zakat; performing Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-396/)* --- ## Hadith #397 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I have been commanded to fight against the people till they testify La ilaha illAllah (There is no true god except Allah) and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His slave and Messenger, and to establish As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and to pay Zakat; and if they do this, then their blood and property are secured except by the rights of Islam, and their accountability is left to Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-397/)* --- ## Hadith #398 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me as a governor to Yemen and (at the time of departure) he instructed me thus: “You will go to people of the Scripture (i.e., the Jews and the Christians). First of all invite them to testify that La ilaha ill Allah (There is no true god except Allah) and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His slave and Messenger; and if they accept this, then tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five Salat (prayers) during the day and night; and if they accept it, then tell them that Allah has made the payment of Zakat obligatory upon them. It should be collected from their rich and distributed among their poor; and if they agree to it, don’t take (as a share of Zakat) the best of their properties. Beware of the supplications of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-398/)* --- ## Hadith #399 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Between a man and disbelief and paganism is the abandonment of Salat (prayer).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-399/)* --- ## Hadith #400 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “That which differentiates us from the disbelievers and hypocrites is our performance of Salat. He who abandons it, becomes a disbeliever.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-400/)* --- ## Hadith #401 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not consider the abandonment of any action as disbelief except neglecting Salat.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-401/)* --- ## Hadith #402 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The first of man’s deeds for which he will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection will be Salat. If it is found to be perfect, he will be safe and successful; but if it is incomplete, he will be unfortunate and a loser. If any shortcoming is found in the obligatory Salat, the Glorious and Exalted Rubb will command to see whether His slave has offered any voluntary Salat so that the obligatory Salat may be made up by it. Then the rest of his actions will be treated in the same manner.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-402/)* --- ## Hadith #403 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us (once) and said, “Why do you not stand in rows as the angels do before their Rubb?” We asked: “O Messenger of Allah! how do the angels stand in rows before their Rubb?” He (ﷺ) replied, “They complete each row beginning with the first and filling all the gaps.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-403/)* --- ## Hadith #404 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If people came to know the blessing of calling Adhan and the standing in the first row, they could do nothing but would draw lots to secure these privileges.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-404/)* --- ## Hadith #405 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of the men’s rows (in Salat) is the first row and the worst is the last; but the best of the woman’s row is the last and the worst of their rows is the first.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-405/)* --- ## Hadith #406 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perceived a tendency among his Companions to stand in the back rows, he said to them, “Come forward and be close to me and let those who come after you, follow your lead. If people continue to fall behind (i.e., in acquiring virtues), Allah puts them behind.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-406/)* --- ## Hadith #407 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to gently pat our shoulders when we were standing in rows at the time of Salat and say, “Keep (the rows) straight; do not differ from each other lest your hearts should suffer from discord. Let those of you who are mature and prudent be nearer to me, and then those who are next to them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-407/)* --- ## Hadith #408 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Keep your rows straight (during Salat in congregation), for keeping the rows straight is part of the perfection of Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-408/)* --- ## Hadith #409 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the Iqamah had been announced, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned his face towards us and said: “Make your rows straight and stand close together, for I can see you from behind my back.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-409/)* --- ## Hadith #410 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Straighten your rows; otherwise, Allah will create dissension among you.”.The narration in Muslim is: An-Nu’man bin Bashir (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) directed us to keep our rows as straight as arrows. He continued stressing this until he realized that we had learnt it from him (recognized its significance). One day he came into the mosque and stood up. He was just about to say Takbir (Allah is Greater) when he noticed a man whose chest was projected from the row, so he said, “O slaves of Allah, you must straighten your rows or Allah will certainly put your faces in opposite directions.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-410/)* --- ## Hadith #411 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pass between the rows from one end to the other, touching our chest and shoulders (i.e., arranging the rows) in line and saying, “Do not be out of line; otherwise your hearts will be in disagreement”. He would add, “Allah and His angels invoke blessings upon the first rows.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-411/)* --- ## Hadith #412 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Arrange the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be accommodating to your brothers, and do not leave gaps for Satan. Whoever joins up a row, he will be joined to Allah (i.e., to the Mercy of Allah); and whoever cuts off a row, he will be cut off from Allah (i.e., from His Mercy).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-412/)* --- ## Hadith #413 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Stand close together in your rows, keep nearer to one another, and put your necks in line, for by Him in Whose Hands my soul is, I see the Satan entering through the opening in the row like Al- hadhaf (i.e., a type of small black sheep found in Yemen).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-413/)* --- ## Hadith #414 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Fill (complete) the first row, then the one next to it; and if there is any deficiency (incompleteness), it should be in the last row.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-414/)* --- ## Hadith #415 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah and His angels invoke blessings upon those who are on the right side of the rows.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-415/)* --- ## Hadith #416 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Whenever we performed Salat behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we liked to be on his right side so that his face might turn towards us (at the end of the Salat). One day, I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicating, “O my Rubb! Shield me from Your Torment on the Day when You will gather (or said, ‘resurrect’) Your slaves.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-416/)* --- ## Hadith #417 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let the Imam stand in the middle (so that those praying behind him should be standing both on his right and his left) and close the gaps.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-417/)* --- ## Hadith #418 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “A house will be built in Jannah for every Muslim who offers twelve Rak’ah of optional Salat other than the obligatory Salat in a day and a night (to seek the Pleasure of Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-418/)* --- ## Hadith #419 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I performed along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two Rak’ah of optional prayers before Zuhr and two after the Zuhr (noon prayer), and two after the Friday prayer, and two after the Maghrib (evening) prayer, and two after the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-419/)* --- ## Hadith #420 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is a Salat (prayer) between every Adhan and Iqamah; there is a Salat between every Adhan and Iqamah.” (While saying the same for the) third time (he (ﷺ) added), “It is for him who desires (to perform it).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-420/)* --- ## Hadith #421 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) never omitted four Rak’ah prayer before the Zuhr prayer and two Rak’ah prayers before dawn (Fajr) prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-421/)* --- ## Hadith #422 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) did not attach more importance to any Nawafil prayer than the two Rak’ah of prayer before dawn (Fajr) prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-422/)* --- ## Hadith #423 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The two Rak’ah before the dawn (Fajr) prayer are better than this world and all it contains.”Another narration goes: “The two Rak’ah before the dawn (Fajr) prayer are dearer to me than the whole world.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-423/)* --- ## Hadith #424 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I went to inform the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the time of the dawn (Fajr) prayer, and ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) kept me busy and began to ask me about something till the day grew bright. Then I got up and informed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of the time of Salat. I informed him again but he did not came out immediately to lead As- Salat. When he came out, he led As-Salat. I said to him: ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) kept me busy and thus diverted my attention by asking about something and the morning grew bright. You also came out late. Upon that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I was engaged in performing two Rak’ah of Fajr prayer.” Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him)said: “O Messenger of Allah! You delayed As-Salat so long as the morning grew bright.” He (ﷺ) replied, “Even if the morning had become brighter than it had, I would have performed two Rak’ah of prayer in an excellent manner.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-424/)* --- ## Hadith #425 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform two Rak’ah short prayer between the Adhan (call to prayer) and the Iqamah of the dawn (Fajr) prayers.In the narration of Muslim, ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to hear the Adhan (of Fajr prayer) he would perform two supererogatory Rak’ah prayer and would make them short. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-425/)* --- ## Hadith #426 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform two short Rak’ah prayer when it was dawn and the Mu’adhdhin had called Adhan (for the Fajr prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-426/)* --- ## Hadith #427 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform his optional night prayers at night, two Rak’ah followed by two Rak’ah, and at the end he would conclude with an odd Rak’ah (Witr). Then he would perform two Rak’ah prayer before the dawn (Fajr) prayer after hearing the Adhan, and he would make them so brief as if he could hear the Iqamah being called.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-427/)* --- ## Hadith #428 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite during the two Rak’ah of Fajr prayer: “Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us…” (2:136) which is in Surat Al-Baqarah in the first Rak’ah and the Verse: “We believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims (i.e., we submit to Allah.” (3:52) in the second Rak’ah.According to another narration, he (ﷺ) recited from Surat Al-‘Imran the Verses: “Come to a word which is just between us and you…” (3:64).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-428/)* --- ## Hadith #429 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited in the two supererogatory Rak’ah of the Fajr prayer Surat Al-Kafirun (No. 109) . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-429/)* --- ## Hadith #430 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I observed the Prophet (ﷺ) for one month reciting in the two supererogatory Rak’ah of the Fajr prayer Surat Al-Kafirun (No. 109) . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-430/)* --- ## Hadith #431 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the Prophet (ﷺ) had performed two Rak’ah before the Fajr prayer, he would lie down on his right side.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-431/)* --- ## Hadith #432 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the ‘Isha prayer, he would perform eleven Rak’ah before the Fajr prayer, concluding each two Rak’ah with Taslim (i.e., saying As-Salamu ‘Alaikum) and observing the Witr (odd) at the end. When the Mu’adhdhin finished proclaiming Adhan for the Fajr prayer and it was dawn, he would rise and perform two short Rak’ah, and then would lie down on his right side till the Mu’adhdhin came to (inform) him about Iqamah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-432/)* --- ## Hadith #433 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you has performed two of Sunnah before the Fajr prayer, he should lie down on his right side.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-433/)* --- ## Hadith #434 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I performed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two Rak’ah before and two after Zuhr prayers.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-434/)* --- ## Hadith #435 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) never omitted four Rak’ah supererogatory prayer before Zuhr prayers.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-435/)* --- ## Hadith #436 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) stayed in my house, he would perform four Rak’ah (supererogatory prayer) before Zuhr prayer. Then he would go out and lead Salat. He (ﷺ) would then come back and perform two Rak’ah (supererogatory prayer). He would lead the Maghrib prayer and come back and perform two Rak’ah (supererogatory prayer). When he (ﷺ) had led the ‘Isha’ prayer, he would enter the house and perform two Rak’ah (supererogatory prayer). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-436/)* --- ## Hadith #437 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever observes the practice of performing four Rak’ah before Zuhr prayer and four after the Zuhr prayer, Allah will shield him against the Fire (of Hell).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-437/)* --- ## Hadith #438 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform four Rak’ah prayer after the declining of the sun before Zuhr prayer and would say, “This is an hour at which the gates of heaven are opened, and I like that my good deeds should rise to heaven at that time.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-438/)* --- ## Hadith #439 **Book:** The Book of Virtues If the Prophet (ﷺ) could not perform four Rak’ah before Zuhr prayer, he would perform them after it (i.e., after the obligatory prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-439/)* --- ## Hadith #440 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform four Rak’ah before the ‘Asr prayer, separating them with Taslim (i.e., offering blessings) on the favourite angels who are near Allah’s proximity and the Muslims and the believers who come after them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-440/)* --- ## Hadith #441 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “May Allah have mercy on a man who performs four Rak’ah before the ‘Asr prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-441/)* --- ## Hadith #442 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform two Rak’ah before the ‘Asr prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-442/)* --- ## Hadith #443 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Perform two Rak’ah before Maghrib prayer.” He (ﷺ) repeated it twice; when repeating it for the third time he added: “He who may so wish.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-443/)* --- ## Hadith #444 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I saw the principal Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rushing to the pillars (of the mosque) to perform two Rak’ah prayers behind them before the Maghrib prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-444/)* --- ## Hadith #445 **Book:** The Book of Virtues In the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we used to perform two Rak’ah (optional prayer) after sunset before the Maghrib prayer. It was asked: “Did Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perform them?” He replied: “He saw us performing it, but he neither ordered us to perform them nor did he forbid us from doing so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-445/)* --- ## Hadith #446 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When we were in Al-Madinah, the moment the Mu’adhdhin finished the Adhan of the Maghrib prayer, the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and performed two Rak’ah prayer behind them. A stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had already been performed because of the number of people performing them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-446/)* --- ## Hadith #447 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone of you performs the Friday prayer, he should perform four Rak’ah (Sunnah) after it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-447/)* --- ## Hadith #448 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) would not perform any Salat (in the mosque) after the Friday prayer till he had returned to his house. He would then perform two Rak’ah there.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-448/)* --- ## Hadith #449 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O people! perform your (voluntary) Salat (prayers) in your homes because the best Salat of a man is the one he performs at home, except the obligatory Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-449/)* --- ## Hadith #450 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Observe part of the . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-450/)* --- ## Hadith #451 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you have finished your (Fard) Salat (prayer) in the mosque, you should observe some of your (Sunnah and Nawafil) Salat at home; Allah will bless your homes because of your Salat (in your homes).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-451/)* --- ## Hadith #452 **Book:** The Book of Virtues “Yes, I performed the Friday prayer along with him in the enclosure (Maqsurah), and when the Imam concluded the Salat with Taslim, I stood up in my place and performed the Sunnah prayer. When Mu’awiyah went home, he sent for me (and when I came) he said: “Never do again what you have done. When you have observed the Friday prayer, you must not start another Sunnah prayer till you have spoken to some one or have shifted your place; because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered us not to follow up the congregational Salat with any other Salat until we have talked (to some one) or moved from the place.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-452/)* --- ## Hadith #453 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Witr prayer is not obligatory as the prescribed Salat (prayers), but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed it as his regular practice (Sunnah). He (ﷺ) said, “Allah is Witr (single, odd) and loves what is Witr. So perform Witr prayer. O followers of Qur’an, observe Witr (prayer).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-453/)* --- ## Hadith #454 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Witr prayer in every part of night at the beginning, middle and at the last part. He (ﷺ), however, would finish his Witr prayer before dawn.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-454/)* --- ## Hadith #455 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Make Witr prayer the last of your Salat at night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-455/)* --- ## Hadith #456 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Perform Witr prayer before dawn.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-456/)* --- ## Hadith #457 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform his voluntary prayer at night (i.e., Tahajjud prayer) while she was sleeping in front of him; and when the Witr prayer was yet to be observed, he would awaken her to perform her Witr prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-457/)* --- ## Hadith #458 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Hasten to perform the Witr prayer before dawn.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-458/)* --- ## Hadith #459 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who apprehends that he may not get up in the later part of the night, should observe the Witr prayer in the first part of it; and he who is certain to get up in the last part of it, he should observe Witr at the end of the night, because Salat at the end of the night is attended (by the angels), and that is better.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-459/)* --- ## Hadith #460 **Book:** The Book of Virtues My Khalil (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) directed me to fast three days of each month, and to observe two Rak’ah Duha (optional prayer) at forenoon, and to perform the Witr prayer before going to bed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-460/)* --- ## Hadith #461 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In the morning, charity is due on every joint bone of the body of everyone of you. Every utterance of Allah’s Glorification (i.e., saying Subhan Allah) is an act of charity, and every utterance of His Praise (i.e., saying Al-hamdu lillah) is an act of charity and every utterance of declaration of His Greatness (i.e., saying La ilaha illAllah) is an act of charity; and enjoining M’aruf (good) is an act of charity, and forbidding Munkar (evil) is an act of charity, and two Rak’ah Duha prayers which one performs in the forenoon is equal to all this (in reward).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-461/)* --- ## Hadith #462 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform four Rak’ah of Duha prayer (at the forenoon) and would add to them whatever Allah wished.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-462/)* --- ## Hadith #463 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of the conquest of Makkah. He was taking a bath at that time. When he finished the bath, he performed eight Rak’ah (of optional) prayers. This was during the Duha (forenoon).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-463/)* --- ## Hadith #464 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I saw some people performing Duha (prayers) in the early forenoon and warned them (saying): These people must know that performing Salat a little later is better. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Salat of the penitent is to be observed when the young ones of camels feel the heat of the sun (i.e., when it becomes very hot).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-464/)* --- ## Hadith #465 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you enters the mosque, he should perform two Rak’ah (of voluntary prayer) before sitting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-465/)* --- ## Hadith #466 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was in the mosque, and he said to me, “Perform two Rak’ah prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-466/)* --- ## Hadith #467 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) “Tell me about the most hopeful act (i.e., one which you deem the most rewarding with Allah) you have done since your acceptance of Islam because I heard the sound of the steps of your shoes in front of me in Jannah.” Bilal said: “I do not consider any act more hopeful than that whenever I make Wudu’ (or took a bath) in an hour of night or day, I would immediately perform Salat (prayer) for as long as was destined for me to perform.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-467/)* --- ## Hadith #468 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On that day Adam was created, he was admitted to Jannah, and he was expelled therefrom.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-468/)* --- ## Hadith #469 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone performs Wudu’ properly, then comes to the Friday prayer, listens to the Khutbah (religious talk) attentively and keeps silent, his (minor) sins between that Friday and the following Friday will be forgiven, with the addition of three more days; but he who touches pebbles has caused an interruption. “. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-469/)* --- ## Hadith #470 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The five daily (prescribed) Salat, and Friday (prayer) to the next Friday (prayer), and the fasting of Ramadan to the next Ramadan, is expiation of the sins committed in between them, so long as major sins are avoided.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-470/)* --- ## Hadith #471 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying (while delivering Khutbah on his wooden pulpit), “Either some people (i.e., hypocrites) stop neglecting the Friday prayers, or Allah will seal their hearts and they will be among the heedless.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-471/)* --- ## Hadith #472 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you intends to come for the Friday prayer, he should take a bath.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-472/)* --- ## Hadith #473 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Taking a bath (before coming to Friday prayers) is obligatory on every adult.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-473/)* --- ## Hadith #474 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It suffices to perform Wudu’ properly for the Friday prayer; but it is better to take a bath.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-474/)* --- ## Hadith #475 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a man takes bath on Friday, (or) purifies himself as much as he can with Wudu’, oils his hair, applies whatever perfume available in his house, sets forth for the mosque, does not separate two people (to make a seat for himself), performs Salat what is prescribed for him, remains silent when the Imam speaks, his (minor) sins between that Friday and the following Friday will be forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-475/)* --- ## Hadith #476 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who takes a bath on Friday, like the bath for ceremonial purity, and then goes (to the mosque), he is like one who offers a camel as a sacrifice to seek the Pleasure of Allah; and he who comes at the second hour is like one who offers a cow to win the Pleasure of Allah; and he who comes at the third hour is like one who offers a ram with horns (in sacrifice); and he who comes at the fourth hour is like one who offers a hen; and he who comes at the fifth hour is like one who offers an egg. And when the Imam ascends the pulpit, the angels (who write the names of those who come to the mosque before the coming of the Imam) close (their record) in order to listen to the Khutbah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-476/)* --- ## Hadith #477 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said while talking about the merits of Friday, “There is a time on Friday at which a Muslim, while he (or she) is performing Salat and is supplicating, will be granted whatever he (or she) is supplicating for.” And he (ﷺ) pointed with his hand to indicate that this period of time is very short.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-477/)* --- ## Hadith #478 **Book:** The Book of Virtues ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said to me: “Did you hear your father narrating something from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the special moment during Friday?” I said: “Yes, I heard him report from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘It occurs between the time when the Imam sits down (on the pulpit after the first Khutbah) and the time Salat is over.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-478/)* --- ## Hadith #479 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Among the best of your days is Friday. On that day pray to Allah to exalt my mention frequently, for your such supplications are presented to me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-479/)* --- ## Hadith #480 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We left Makkah with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for Al-Madinah, and when we were near ‘Azwara,’ he (ﷺ) alighted (from his riding-camel) raised his hands in supplication to Allah for a while and prostrated himself. He remained for a long time in prostration. Then he stood up and raised his hands for a while, after which he prostrated himself (again), and remained for a long time in prostration. Then he stood up and raised his hands for a while, after which he prostrated himself for the third time. Then he (ﷺ) said, “I supplicated my Rubb and made intercession for my Ummah, and He granted me one-third of them. So I again prostrated myself in gratitude to my Rubb. Then I raised my head and supplicated my Rubb for my Ummah, and He granted me another third of them. Again I raised my head and supplicated my Rubb for my Ummah and He granted me the last third of them. So I fell into prostration out of gratitude before my Rubb.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-480/)* --- ## Hadith #481 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him: “Why do you do this, while you have been forgiven of your former and latter sins?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-481/)* --- ## Hadith #482 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) visited me and Fatimah (May Allah be pleased with her) one night and said, “Do you not observe prayer (at night)?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-482/)* --- ## Hadith #483 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Salim bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with them) reported, on the authority of his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “What an excellent man ‘Abdullah is! If only he could perform optional prayers at night.” Salim said that after this, (his father) ‘Abdullah slept very little at night.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-483/)* --- ## Hadith #484 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Do not be like so-and-so O ‘Abdullah! He used to pray during the night, then stopped the practice.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-484/)* --- ## Hadith #485 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Mention was made before the Prophet (ﷺ) of a man who slept throughout the night till morning. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked, “He is a man in whose ears Satan urinated.”.n *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-485/)* --- ## Hadith #486 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any one of you sleeps, Satan ties three knots at the back of his neck. He recites this incantation at every knot: ‘You have a long night, so sleep.’ If he awakes and remembers Allah, one knot is loosened. If he performs Wudu’, the (second) knot is loosened; and if he performs prayer, (all) knots are loosened. He begins his morning in a happy and refreshed mood; otherwise, he gets up in bad spirits and sluggish state.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-486/)* --- ## Hadith #487 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O people, promote the greetings, feed (the poor and needy) and perform Salat when others are asleep so that you will enter Jannah safely.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-487/)* --- ## Hadith #488 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best month for observing Saum (fasting) after Ramadan is Muharram, and the best Salat after the prescribed Salat is Salat at night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-488/)* --- ## Hadith #489 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Salat during the night should consist of pairs of but if you fear that morning is near, then pray one Rak’ah as Witr.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-489/)* --- ## Hadith #490 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) performed the night prayer in pairs (i.e., Rak’ah) and made it odd number by observing one Rak’ah (as Witr).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-490/)* --- ## Hadith #491 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to leave off observing Saum (fasting) during a month until we thought that he would not observe Saum at all during it; and (sometimes) he would observe Saum till we began to think that he would not omit any day of that month. If one wished to see him performing Salat during the night, he could do that; and if one wished to see him sleeping at night, he could do that.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-491/)* --- ## Hadith #492 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform eleven Rak’ah (of Tahajjud) prayers at night. He (ﷺ) would prostrate so long as one of you might recite fifty Ayat (of the Qur’an). Thereafter, he would perform two Rak’ah before Fajr prayers and would lie down on his right side till the Mu’adhdhin would come and inform him about the time of (Fajr) prayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-492/)* --- ## Hadith #493 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not observe more than eleven Rak’ah (of Tahajjud prayers), be in Ramadan or any other month. First of all he would perform four Rak’ah. Ask not about their excellence and their length. He (ﷺ) would then perform four more Rak’ah; and do not ask about their excellence and their length. Then he would perform three Rak’ah (Witr prayer). (‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) added) I submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! Do you sleep before performing the Witr prayer?” He (ﷺ) said, “O ‘Aishah! My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-493/)* --- ## Hadith #494 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) would sleep during the early part of night and stand in Salat during the latter part.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-494/)* --- ## Hadith #495 **Book:** The Book of Virtues One night I joined the Prophet (ﷺ) in his (optional) Salat. He (ﷺ) prolonged the Qiyam (standing) so much that I made up my mind to commit an act of wrong. He was questioned: “What did you intend to do?” He replied: “I intended to sit down and stop following him (in Salat).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-495/)* --- ## Hadith #496 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I performed Salat with the Prophet (ﷺ) one night, and he started reciting Surat Al- Baqarah. I thought that he would go in Ruku’ (bowing posture in Salat) at the end of one hundred Ayat, but he continued (reciting); and I thought that he would perhaps recite (this Surah) in the whole Rak’ah (prayer), but he continued the recitation; I thought he would perhaps bow on completing (this Surah). He (ﷺ) then started reciting Surat An-Nisa’ which he followed with Surat Al-Imran. He recited leisurely. When he recited an Ayah which mentioned the tasbeeh, he would say Subhan Allah and when he recited the Ayah which tells how the Rubb is to be asked, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would then ask from Him; and when he (ﷺ) recited an Ayah asking one to seek Protection Allah, he would seek Protection of Allah. Then he bowed and said, “Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim (My Rubb the Great is free from imperfection)”; his bowing lasted about the same length of time as his standing, (and then on returning to the standing posture after Ruku’) he would say, “Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana lakal-hamd (Allah listens to him who praises Him. Praise be to You, Our Rubb!),” and he would then stand about the same length of time as he had spent in bowing. He would then prostrate himself and say, “Subhana Rabbiyal-A’la (My Rubb the Supreme is free from imperfection),” and his prostration lasted nearly the same length of time as his standing (Qiyam).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-496/)* --- ## Hadith #497 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “Which Salat is the best?” He replied, ” The best Salat is that in which Qiyam (the duration of standing) is longer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-497/)* --- ## Hadith #498 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Salat which is dearest to Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud; and As-Saum (the fasting) which is dearest to Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud. He used to sleep half the night, get up to perform Salat for one-third of it, then sleep through the remaining one-sixth of it; and he used to observe Saum on alternative days.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-498/)* --- ## Hadith #499 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Every night there is a special time during which whatever a Muslim asks Allah of any good relating to this life or the Hereafter, it will be granted to him; and this moment comes every night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-499/)* --- ## Hadith #500 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When one of you gets up at night to perform (Tahajjud) prayer, let him start Salat with two short Rak’ah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-500/)* --- ## Hadith #501 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood for Salat at night, he would start his prayer with two brief Rak’ah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-501/)* --- ## Hadith #502 **Book:** The Book of Virtues If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) missed his night (Tahajjud) Salat because of indisposition or the like, he would perform twelve Rak’ah during the day.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-502/)* --- ## Hadith #503 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If anyone falls asleep and therefore fails to observe his Hizb (share) or part of it, if he observes it between the Fajr and the Zuhr prayers, it will be recorded for him as though he had observed it during the night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-503/)* --- ## Hadith #504 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “May Allah show mercy to a man who gets up during the night and performs Salat, awakens his wife to pray and if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face (to make her get up). May Allah show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night and performs Salat, awakens her husband for the same purpose; and if he refuses, she sprinkles water on his face.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-504/)* --- ## Hadith #505 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man awakens his wife during the night and they both perform two Rak’ah Salat together, they are recorded among the men and women who celebrate remembrance of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-505/)* --- ## Hadith #506 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When one of you dozes off while performing Salat, he should lie down till his drowsiness has gone away from him. When one of you performs Salat while dozing, he may abuse himself instead of seeking pardon (as a result of drowsiness).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-506/)* --- ## Hadith #507 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you stands up for Salat at night and finds it difficult to recite the Qur’an accurately and he is unaware of what he is reciting, he should go back to sleep.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-507/)* --- ## Hadith #508 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who observes optional prayer (Tarawih prayers) throughout Ramadan, out of sincerity of Faith and in the hope of earning reward will have his past sins pardoned.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-508/)* --- ## Hadith #509 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to urge (the people) to perform (optional Tarawih) prayer at night during the month of Ramadan. He did not order them or make it obligatory on them. He (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever performs (optional Tarawih) prayers at night during the month of Ramadan, with Faith and in the hope of receiving Allah’s reward, will have his past sins forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-509/)* --- ## Hadith #510 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever performs Qiyam during Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree), with Faith and being hopeful of Allah’s reward, will have his former sins forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-510/)* --- ## Hadith #511 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Some of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree) in their dreams in the last seven nights of Ramadan, whereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I see that your dreams all agree upon the last seven nights. Whosoever seeks it, let him seek it in the last seven nights.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-511/)* --- ## Hadith #512 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to seclude himself (in the mosque) during the last ten nights of Ramadan. He would say, “Search for Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree) in the last ten nights of Ramadan.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-512/)* --- ## Hadith #513 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe I’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan and say, “Seek Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree) in the odd nights out of the last ten nights of Ramadan.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-513/)* --- ## Hadith #514 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the last ten nights (of Ramadan) would begin, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would keep awake at night (for prayer and devotion), awaken his family and prepare himself to be more diligent in worship.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-514/)* --- ## Hadith #515 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to strive more in worship during Ramadan than he strove in any other time of the year; and he would devote himself more (in the worship of Allah) in the last ten nights of Ramadan than he strove in earlier part of the month.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-515/)* --- ## Hadith #516 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I asked: “O Messenger of Allah! If I realize Lailat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree), what should I supplicate in it?” He (ﷺ) replied, “You should supplicate: Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun, tuhibbul-‘afwa, fa’fu ‘anni (O Allah, You are Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness; so forgive me).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-516/)* --- ## Hadith #517 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Had I not thought it difficult for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use the Miswak (tooth-stick) before every Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-517/)* --- ## Hadith #518 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up (from sleep), he would rub his teeth with Miswak (tooth-stick).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-518/)* --- ## Hadith #519 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We used to prepare for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) a Miswak (tooth-stick) and the water for making Wudu’. Whenever Allah wished to awaken him from sleep at night, he (ﷺ) would brush his teeth with Miswak, make Wudu’, and perform Salat.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-519/)* --- ## Hadith #520 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I stress upon you to use Miswak (tooth- stick).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-520/)* --- ## Hadith #521 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I asked ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): “What was the first thing which the Prophet (ﷺ) would do when he entered his house?” She replied: “He would use Miswak (tooth-stick).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-521/)* --- ## Hadith #522 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) once and noticed the tip of Miswak (tooth-stick) on his tongue.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-522/)* --- ## Hadith #523 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Miswak (tooth-stick) cleanses and purifies the mouth and pleases the Rubb.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-523/)* --- ## Hadith #524 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There are five acts which conform to the pure nature: Circumcision, removing of the pubic hair, clipping the nails, plucking the underarm hair and trimming the moustache.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-524/)* --- ## Hadith #525 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are ten demands of pure nature: trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using Miswak (tooth-stick), snuffing up water into the nose (in ablution), paring the nails, washing the bases of the finger joints; plucking the underarm hair, removing of the pubic hair and removing impurities with water from the affected part after a call of nature.”The subnarrator said: I forgot the tenth but it might possibly be the rinsing of the mouth (in ablution).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-525/)* --- ## Hadith #526 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Trim the moustaches and let the beard grow.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-526/)* --- ## Hadith #527 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(The structure of) Islam is built on five (pillars): Testification of ‘La ilaha illallah’ (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), that Muhammad (ﷺ) is his slave and Messenger, the establishment of Salat, the payment of Zakat, the pilgrimage to the House of Allah (Ka’bah), and Saum during the month of Ramadan.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-527/)* --- ## Hadith #528 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A person with dishevelled hair, one of the people of Najd, came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We heard the humming of his voice but could not fully understand what he was saying, till he approached close to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Then I came to know that he was asking about Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There are five (obligatory) Salat during the day and the night.” He said: “Am I obliged to perform any other (Salat) besides these?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No, but whatever you observe voluntarily.” He (ﷺ) added, “There is the Saum of Ramadan.” The inquirer asked: “Am I obliged to do anything besides this?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No, but whatever you do out of your own free will. You may observe voluntary fasting.” And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told him about the Zakat (obligatory charity). The inquirer asked: “Am I obliged to pay anything besides this?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No, but whatever you pay voluntarily out of your own free will.” That man turned back saying: “By Allah! I will neither make any addition to this nor will I decrease anything from it.” (Upon hearing this) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked, “He is successful if he proves truthful (to what he is saying).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-528/)* --- ## Hadith #529 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed Mu’adh (May Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Yemen, and at the time of his departure, he instructed him thus: “First of all, call the people to testify ‘La ilaha illallah’ (there is no true god except Allah) and that I (Muhammad) am the Messenger of Allah, and if they accept this (declaration of Faith), then tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five Salat during the day and night; and if they obey you, tell them that Allah has made the payment of Zakat obligatory upon them. It should be collected from their rich and distributed among their poor.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-529/)* --- ## Hadith #530 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I have been commanded to fight people till they testify ‘La ilaha illallah’ (there is no true god except Allah) that Muhammad (ﷺ) is his slave and Messenger, and they establish Salat, and pay Zakat; and if they do this, their blood (life) and property are secured except when justified by law, and it is for Allah to call them to account.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-530/)* --- ## Hadith #531 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) was appointed as his successor (caliph). Amongst the Arabs some men apostatised. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) resolved to fight them. ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said to Abu Bakr: “How can you fight them when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has declared: ‘I have been commanded to fight people till they testify La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah); and if they do it, their blood (life) and property are secured except when justified by law, and it is for Allah to call them to account.” Upon this Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “By Allah, I would definitely fight him who makes distinction between Salat and the Zakat, because it is an obligation upon the rich to pay Zakat. By Allah I will fight them even to secure the piece of rope which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I realized that Allah opened the heart of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) for fighting those who refused to pay Zakat, and I fully recognized that Abu Bakr *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-531/)* --- ## Hadith #532 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ): “Direct me to a deed which may admit me to Jannah.” Upon this he (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) said, “Worship Allah and never associate anything with Him in worship, establish Salat, pay Zakat, and strengthen the ties of kinship.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-532/)* --- ## Hadith #533 **Book:** The Book of Virtues A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Direct me to a deed by which I may be entitled to enter Jannah.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Worship Allah, and never associate anything with Him, establish Salat, pay the Zakat which has been enjoined upon you, and observe Saum of Ramadan.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will never add anything to these (obligations).” When he turned his back, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who wants to see a man from the dwellers of Jannah, let him look at him (bedouin).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-533/)* --- ## Hadith #534 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I pledged allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) to establish Salat, to pay the Zakat and to have the welfare of every Muslim at heart.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-534/)* --- ## Hadith #535 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any person who possesses gold or silver and does not pay what is due on it (i.e., the Zakat); on the Day of Resurrection, sheets of silver and gold would be heated for him in the fire of Hell and with them his flank, forehead and back will be branded. When they cool down, they will be heated again and the same process will be repeated during the day the measure whereof will be fifty thousand years. (This would go on) until Judgement is pronounced among (Allah’s) slaves, and he will be shown his final abode, either to Jannah or to Hell.” It was asked, “How about someone who owns camels and does not pay what is due on him (i.e., their Zakat)?” He (ﷺ) replied, “In the same way the owner of camels who does not discharge what is due in respect of them (their due includes their milking on the day when they are taken to water) will be thrown on his face or on his back in a vast desert plain on the Day of Resurrection and they will trample upon him with their hoofs and bite him with their teeth. As often as the first of them passes him, the last of them will be made to return during a day the measure whereof will be fifty thousand years, until Judgement is pronounced among (Allah’s) slaves, he will be shown his final abode either to Jannah or to Hell.” It was (again) asked: “O Messenger of Allah, what about cows (cattle) and sheep?” He (ﷺ) said, “If anyone who possesses cattle and sheep and does not pay what is due on them (i.e., their Zakat); on the Day of Resurrection, he will be thrown on his face in a vast plain desert. He will find none of the animals missing with twisted horns, without horns or with a broken horn, and they will gore him with their horns and trample upon him with their hoofs. As often as the first of them passes him, the last of them will be made to return to him during a day the measure whereof will be fifty thousand years, until Judgement is pronounced among (Allah’s) slaves; and he will be shown his final abode either to Jannah or to Hell.” It was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, what about the horses?” Upon this he (ﷺ) said, “The horses are of three types. One, which is a burden for the owner; another which is a shield, and another one which makes its owner entitled to reward. The one for whom these are a burden is the person who rears them for show or for pride or for causing injury to the sentiments of the Muslims. They will be a cause of torment for their owners. The one for whom these are a shield is the person who rears them for the sake of Allah but does not forget the Right of Allah concerning their backs and their necks (i.e., he lets a needy ride on them), and so they are a shield for him. Those which bring reward to the one who rears them in pastures and gardens are the ones that are used in the Cause of Allah (Jihad) by the Muslims. Whatever they eat from the meadows and the gardens will be recorded on his behalf as good deeds so much so that their droppings and urine will be counted for an equal number of good deeds for him. Even when they break their tying rope and every height from which they climb and every hoofprint which they leave will be counted as a good deed on behalf of the owner. When their owner leads them through a stream from which they drink, though he does not intend to quench their thirst, yet Allah would record for him the quantity (of water) of what they would drink on his behalf as good deeds.” It was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, what about the donkeys?” Upon this he (ﷺ) said, “Nothing has been revealed to me in regard to the donkeys in particular except this one Verse of a comprehensive nature: “So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant) shall see it. And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant) shall see it.”‘ (99: 8,9).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-535/)* --- ## Hadith #536 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: ‘Every act of the son of Adam is for him, except As-Siyam (the fasting) which is (exclusively) for Me, and I will reward him for it.’ Fasting is a shield. When anyone of you is observing fast, he should neither indulge in obscene language nor should he raise his voice; and if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him, he should say: ‘I am fasting.’ By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Muhammad is, the breath of one observing Saum is sweeter to Allah than the fragrance of musk. The one who fasts, experiences two joys: he feels pleasure when he breaks the fast. He is joyful by virtue of his fast when he meets his Rubb.”.In a narration by Al-Bukhari, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah says: ‘(The person observing Saum) has abstained from food and drink, and sexual pleasures for My sake; fasting is for Me, and I will bestow its reward. Every good deed has ten times its reward’.”In a narration by Muslim, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The reward of every (good) deed of a person is multiplied from ten to seven hundred times. Allah (SWT) says: ‘The reward of observing Saum is different from the reward of other good deeds; Saum is for Me, and I Alone will give its reward. The person observing Saum abstains from food and drink only for My sake.’ The fasting person has two joyous occasions, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time of meeting his Rubb. Surely, the breath of one observing Saum is better smelling to Allah than the fragrance of musk.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-536/)* --- ## Hadith #537 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who spends a pair in the way of Allah will be called from the gates of Jannah: ‘O slave of Allah! This gate is better for you’ and one who is constant in Salat (prayer), will be called from the Gate of Salat; and whoever is eager in fighting in the Cause of Allah, will be called from the Gate of Jihad; and who is regular in observing Saum will be called from Ar-Raiyan Gate. The one who is generous in charity will be called from the Gate of Charity.” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Those who are called from these gates will stand in need of nothing. Will anybody be called from all of those gates?” He replied, “Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-537/)* --- ## Hadith #538 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In Jannah there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Saum (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, “Where are those who observe fasting?” So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-538/)* --- ## Hadith #539 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every slave of Allah who observes Saum (fasting) for one day for the sake of Allah, Allah will draw his face farther from Hell-fire to the extent of a distance to be covered in seventy years.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-539/)* --- ## Hadith #540 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who observes fasting during the month of Ramadan with Faith while seeking its reward from Allah, will have his past sins forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-540/)* --- ## Hadith #541 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When Ramadan begins, the gates of Jannah are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-541/)* --- ## Hadith #542 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observe Saum (fast) on sighting the crescent and terminate it on sighting it (the new moon), but if the sky is cloudy before you, then complete the number (thirty days) of the month.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-542/)* --- ## Hadith #543 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the most generous of the men; and he was the most generous during the month of Ramadan when Jibril visited him every night and recited the Qur’an to him. During this period, the generosity of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) waxed faster than the rain bearing wind.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-543/)* --- ## Hadith #544 **Book:** The Book of Virtues When the last ten nights (of Ramadan) would begin, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would keep awake at night (for prayer and devotion), awaken his family and prepare himself to be more diligent in worship.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-544/)* --- ## Hadith #545 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not observe Saum (fasting) for a day or two days preceding Ramadan. However, if a person is in the habit of observing Saum on a particular day (which may fall on these dates), he may fast on that day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-545/)* --- ## Hadith #546 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not observe Saum (fasting) before the advent of Ramadan. Observe Saum at sighting of the crescent of Ramadan and terminate it at sighting the crescent (of Shawwal). If the sky is overcast, complete (the month as) thirty (days).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-546/)* --- ## Hadith #547 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When there comes the middle of Sha’ban, don’t observe Saum (fasting).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-547/)* --- ## Hadith #548 **Book:** The Book of Virtues He who observes the fast on a doubtful day, has in fact disobeyed Abul-Qasim, (i.e., Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-548/)* --- ## Hadith #549 **Book:** The Book of Virtues At the sight of the new moon (of the lunar month), the Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma ahillahu ‘alaina bil-amni wal-iman, was-salamati wal-Islam, Rabbi wa Rabbuk-Allah, Hilalu rushdin wa khairin (O Allah, let this moon appear on us with security and Iman; with safety and Islam. (O moon!) Your Rubb and mine is Allah. May this moon be bringing guidance and good).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-549/)* --- ## Hadith #550 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Eat Suhur (predawn meal). Surely, there is a blessing in Suhur.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-550/)* --- ## Hadith #551 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We took Suhur (predawn meal) with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and then we stood up for (Fajr) Salat (prayer). It was asked: “How long was the gap between the two?” He replied: “The time required for the recitation of fifty Ayat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-551/)* --- ## Hadith #552 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had two Mu’adhdhin: Bilal and Ibn Umm Maktum (May Allah be pleased with them). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Bilal proclaims Adhan . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-552/)* --- ## Hadith #553 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The difference between our observance of Saum (fasting) and that of the people of the Scriptures is Suhur (predawn meal in Ramadan).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-553/)* --- ## Hadith #554 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “People will continue to adhere to good as long as they hasten to break the Saum (fasting).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-554/)* --- ## Hadith #555 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Masruq and I visited ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) and said: “O Mother of the Believers! There are two Companions of Muhammad (ﷺ) and neither of them holds back from doing good acts; but one of them hastens to break Saum (fasting) and hastens to perform the Maghrib prayer, while the other delays breaking Saum and delays performing Salat (prayer).” She asked, “Who is the one who hastens to break Saum and perform the Maghrib prayer?” Masruq said, “It is ‘Abdullah (meaning ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud).” She said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-555/)* --- ## Hadith #556 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah the Most High says: ‘From amongst my slaves, the quicker the one is in breaking the Saum (fasting), the dearer is he to me.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-556/)* --- ## Hadith #557 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When the night approaches from this side (i.e., the east) and the day retreats from that side (i.e., west) and the sun sets, then it is time for a person observing Saum (fasting) to break his fast.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-557/)* --- ## Hadith #558 **Book:** The Book of Virtues We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey and he was observing Saum (fasting). When the sun set, he (ﷺ) said to a person, “Dismount and prepare the ground roasted barley drink for us.” Upon this he replied, “O Messenger of Allah, there is daylight still.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Get down and prepare barley drink for us.” He said, “But it is still daytime.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) again said to him, “Get down and prepare barely drink for us.” So he got down and prepared a barley liquid meal for him. The Prophet (ﷺ) drank that and then said, “When you perceive the night approaching from that side, a person observing Saum (fasting) should break the fast.” And he (ﷺ) pointed towards the east with his hand.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-558/)* --- ## Hadith #559 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “When one of you breaks his Saum (fasting), let him break it on dates; if he does not have any, break his fast with water for it is pure.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-559/)* --- ## Hadith #560 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to break his Saum (fasting) before performing Maghrib prayer with three fresh date-fruits; if there were no fresh date- fruits, he will eat three dry dates; and if there were no dry date- fruits; he would take three draughts of water.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-560/)* --- ## Hadith #561 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any one of you is observing Saum (fasting) on a day, he should neither indulge in obscene language nor should he raise the voice; and if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him he should say: ‘I am observing fast.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-561/)* --- ## Hadith #562 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If one does not eschew lies and false conduct, Allah has no need that he should abstain from his food and his drink.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-562/)* --- ## Hadith #563 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If any one of you forgetfully eats or drinks (while observing fasting) he should complete his Saum (fasting), for Allah has fed him and given him to drink.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-563/)* --- ## Hadith #564 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to talk to me about ablution. He said, “Perform the Wudu’ well (by washing those parts of the body, such as the face, hands and feet beyond what is required, like washing the hands up to the upper-arm instead of the elbow). Cleanse the base of your fingers and sniff water deep into the nose except when you are observing fast.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-564/)* --- ## Hadith #565 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would wake up at Fajr time in a state of Janabah; so he would take bath before dawn and observe fasting.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-565/)* --- ## Hadith #566 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would wake during Ramadan (fasting) in a state of major impurity without a wet dream, but on account of sexual intercourse and he would take a bath before dawn.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-566/)* --- ## Hadith #567 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best month for observing Saum (fasting) next after Ramadan is the month of Allah, the Muharram; and the best Salat (prayer) next after the prescribed Salat is Salat at night (Tahajjud prayers).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-567/)* --- ## Hadith #568 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) did not observe voluntary Saum (fasting) so frequently during any other month as he did during Sha’ban. He observed Saum throughout the month of Sha’ban.Another narration is: He (ﷺ) observed Saum during the whole month of Sha’ban except a few days.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-568/)* --- ## Hadith #569 **Book:** The Book of Virtues “I am Al- Bahili who visited you last year.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You were quite handsome, what has changed your appearance so much?” He replied, “Since my departure from here, I have not eaten anything except at night.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked, “You have put yourself to torture. Observe Saum (fasting) during the Month of Patience (i.e., Ramadan) and fast one day from each month.” He submitted, “Permit me to observe more voluntary fasts because I have capacity to do so.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Then observe fasts for two days in every month.” He said, “Permit me to observe more.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observe fasts on three days in every month.” He requested that he should be allowed to observe more fasts. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Fast three days during the sacred months and omit fasting for three days alternately.” He (ﷺ) joined his three fingers together and left them apart while repeating this sentence thrice.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-569/)* --- ## Hadith #570 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are no days during which the righteous action is so pleasing to Allah than these days (i.e., the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah).” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, not even Jihad in the Cause of Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Not even Jihad in the Cause of Allah, except in case one goes forth with his life and his property and does not return with either of it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-570/)* --- ## Hadith #571 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the observance of Saum (fasting) on the day of ‘Arafah. He said, “It is an expiation for the sins of the preceding year and the current year.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-571/)* --- ## Hadith #572 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Saum (fasting) on the day of ‘Ashura’ and commanded us to fast on this day.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-572/)* --- ## Hadith #573 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about observing As-Saum (the fast) on the tenth day of Muharram, and he replied, “It is an expiation for the sins of the preceding year.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-573/)* --- ## Hadith #574 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If I remain alive till the next year, I shall also observe fast on the ninth of Muharram.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-574/)* --- ## Hadith #575 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who observes As-Saum (the fasts) in the month of Ramadan, and also observes As-Saum for six days in the month of Shawwal, it is as if he has observed As-Saum for the whole year.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-575/)* --- ## Hadith #576 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about fasting on Mondays. He said, “That is the day on which I was born and the day on which I received Revelation.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-576/)* --- ## Hadith #577 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Deeds of people are presented (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays. So I like that my actions be presented while I am fasting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-577/)* --- ## Hadith #578 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe fast on Mondays and Thursdays.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-578/)* --- ## Hadith #579 **Book:** The Book of Virtues My friend (the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) directed me to observe fast for three days in every month, to perform two Rak’ah (optional) Duha prayer at forenoon and to perform the Witr prayer before going to bed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-579/)* --- ## Hadith #580 **Book:** The Book of Virtues My friend (the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) directed me to observe Saum (fasting) for three days in every month, to perform two Rak’ah (optional) Duha prayer at forenoon, and to perform the Witr prayer before going to bed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-580/)* --- ## Hadith #581 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observing Saum (fasting) on three days of every month is equivalent to a full month’s fasting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-581/)* --- ## Hadith #582 **Book:** The Book of Virtues I asked ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her). Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) use to observe three days of Saum (fasting) in every month?” She replied, “Yes.” I asked, “On which days in the month did he observed fast?” She replied that he did not mind on which days of the month he observed fast.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-582/)* --- ## Hadith #583 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If you want to observe Saum on three days in a month, then fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the (lunar) month.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-583/)* --- ## Hadith #584 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) directed us to observe Saum (fasting) on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the (lunar) month.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-584/)* --- ## Hadith #585 **Book:** The Book of Virtues It was the practice of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to not to omit fast on ‘bright days’ whether he was staying at a place or on a journey.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-585/)* --- ## Hadith #586 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who provides a fasting person something with which to break his fast, will earn the same reward as the one who was observing the fast, without diminishing in any way the reward of the latter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-586/)* --- ## Hadith #587 **Book:** The Book of Virtues Once the Prophet (ﷺ) visited us and I served him some food. He (ﷺ) asked me to eat. I replied that I was observing (optional) fast. He (ﷺ) said, “When people eat by a person observing fast, the angels keep asking Allah’s forgiveness for that person until they have had their fill.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-587/)* --- ## Hadith #588 **Book:** The Book of Virtues The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (May Allah be pleased with him) who presented bread and olive oil to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) ate it and said, “The observers of fast have broken their fast with you (this is the literal translation, but the meaning is: ‘May Allah reward you for providing a fasting people with food to break their fast’); the pious people have eat your food and the angels invoked blessings on you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-588/)* --- ## Hadith #589 **Book:** The Book of I'tikaf The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-589/)* --- ## Hadith #590 **Book:** The Book of I'tikaf The Prophet (ﷺ) used to engage himself in I’tikaf (seclusion for prayers) in the mosque during the last ten nights of Ramadan till he passed away; thereafter, his wives followed this practice after him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-590/)* --- ## Hadith #591 **Book:** The Book of I'tikaf The Prophet (ﷺ) used to observe I’tikaf every year (during Ramadan) for ten days; in the year in which he passed away, he observed I’tikaf for twenty days.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-591/)* --- ## Hadith #592 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(The superstructure of) Islam is based on five (pillars), testifying the fact that La ilaha illallah wa anna Muhammad-ar-Rasul-ullah . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-592/)* --- ## Hadith #593 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a Khutbah and said, “O people! Hajj (pilgrimage to the House of Allah) has been made incumbent upon you, so perform Hajj.” A man inquired: “O Messenger of Allah, is it prescribed every year?” He (ﷺ) remained silent till the man repeated it thrice. Then he (ﷺ) said, “Had I replied in the affirmative, it would have surely become obligatory, and you would not have been able to fulfill it.” Afterwards he said, “Do not ask me so long as I do not impose anything upon you, because those who were before you were destroyed on account of their frequent questioning and their disagreement with their Prophets. So when I order you to do something, do it as far as you can; and when I forbid you from doing anything, eschew it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-593/)* --- ## Hadith #594 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked: “Which deed is the best?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Faith in Allah and His Messenger.” Then he was asked: “What is next?” He replied, “Jihad (holy fighting) in the Cause of Allah.” Then he was asked, “What is after that?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Hajj Mabrur (an accepted pilgrimage).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-594/)* --- ## Hadith #595 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever performs Hajj (pilgrimage) and does not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor commits sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-595/)* --- ## Hadith #596 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(The performance of) ‘Umrah is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the previous ‘Umrah; and the reward of Hajj Mabrur (i.e., one accepted) is nothing but Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-596/)* --- ## Hadith #597 **Book:** The Book of Hajj I said: “O Messenger of Allah! We consider Jihad as the best deed, should we not then go for Jihad?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best Jihad for you women is Hajj Mabrur (i.e., one accepted by Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-597/)* --- ## Hadith #598 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is no day on which Allah sets free more slaves from Hell than He does on the Day of ‘Arafah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-598/)* --- ## Hadith #599 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “(The performance of) ‘Umrah during Ramadan is equal to Hajj (pilgrimage).” Or said, “Equal to the performance of Hajj with me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-599/)* --- ## Hadith #600 **Book:** The Book of Hajj A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Allah’s obligation upon His slaves has become obligatory on my father in his old age. My father is very old and incapable of riding. May I perform Hajj on his behalf?” He (ﷺ) said, “Yes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-600/)* --- ## Hadith #601 **Book:** The Book of Hajj I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “My father is a very old man and does not have strength to perform Hajj (pilgrimage) or ‘Umrah or to undertake the journey.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Perform Hajj and ‘Umrah on behalf of your father.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-601/)* --- ## Hadith #602 **Book:** The Book of Hajj I was seven years old when I was taken to perform Hajj (pilgrimage). This was during the time the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the Hajjat-ul-Wada’ (Farewell Pilgrimage).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-602/)* --- ## Hadith #603 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Prophet (ﷺ) came across a caravan at Ar-Rauha’ and asked who the people in the caravan were. They replied that they were Muslims. They asked: “Who are you?” He (ﷺ) said, “I am the Messenger of Allah.” Then a woman lifted up a boy to him and asked: “Would this child be credited with having performed the Hajj (pilgrimage)?” Whereupon he (ﷺ) said, “Yes, and you will have a reward.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-603/)* --- ## Hadith #604 **Book:** The Book of Hajj The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the pilgrimage on an unsaddled camel which also carried his provisions (i.e., his Zamilah).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-604/)* --- ## Hadith #605 **Book:** The Book of Hajj Ukaz, Mijannah and Dhul-Majaz were markets during the pre-Islamic period. The Companions disliked trading there till the following Ayat of the Noble Qur’an were revealed: “There is no sin on you if you seek the Bounty of your Rubb (during pilgrimage by trading)…” (2:198). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-605/)* --- ## Hadith #606 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked, “Which deed is the best?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Faith in Allah and His Messenger.” He (ﷺ) was asked, “What is next?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Jihad (holy fighting) in the Cause of Allah.” Then he was asked: “What is after that (in goodness)?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Hajj Mabrur (which is accepted by Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-606/)* --- ## Hadith #607 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Which action is dearest to Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Performing As-Salat (the prayer) at its earliest fixed time.” I asked, “What is next (in goodness)?” He (ﷺ) said, “Kindness towards parents.” I asked, “What is next (in goodness)?” He (ﷺ) said, “To participate in Jihad in the Cause of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-607/)* --- ## Hadith #608 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “Which deed is the best?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Faith in Allah and Jihad (fighting, struggle) in the Cause of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-608/)* --- ## Hadith #609 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily! Setting out in the early morning or in the evening in order to fight in Allah’s way is better than the world and what it contains.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-609/)* --- ## Hadith #610 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Who is the best among men?” He (ﷺ) replied, “A believer who strives in the way of Allah with his wealth and life.” The man asked again, “Who is next to him (in excellence)?” He (ﷺ) said, “Next to him is a man who is engaged in worshipping his Rubb in a mountain valley, leaving the people secure from his mischief.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-610/)* --- ## Hadith #611 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observing Ribat (e.g., guarding the Islamic frontier for the sake of Allah) for a single day is far better than the world and all that it contains. A place in Jannah as small as the whip of your horse is far better than the world and all that it contains. An endeavour (fighting) in the Cause of Allah in the evening or in the morning is far better than the world and all that it contains.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-611/)* --- ## Hadith #612 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, “Observing Ribat in the way of Allah for a day and a night is far better than observing Saum (fasting) for a whole month and standing in Salat (prayer) in all its nights. If a person dies (while performing this duty), he will go on receiving his reward for his meritorious deeds perpetually, and he will be saved from Al- Fattan.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-612/)* --- ## Hadith #613 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The actions of every dead person come to a halt with his death except the one who is on the frontier in Allah’s way (i.e., observing Ribat). This latter’s deeds will be made to go on increasing for him till the Day of Resurrection, and he will be secure from the trials in the grave.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-613/)* --- ## Hadith #614 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Spending a day on the frontier in Allah’s way is better than one thousand days in any other place.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-614/)* --- ## Hadith #615 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah guarantees that he who goes out to fight in His way believing in Him and affirming the truth of His Messenger, will either be admitted to Jannah or will be brought back to his home (safely) from where he has set out, with whatever reward or share of booty he may have gained. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, if a person is wounded in the way of Allah, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound in the same condition as it was on the day when he received it; its colour will be the colour of blood but its smell will be the smell of musk. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, if it were not to be too hard upon the Muslims, I would not lag behind any expedition to fight in the Cause of Allah, but I have neither abundant means to provide them conveyance (horses) nor all other Muslims have it, and it will be hard on them to remain behind when I go forth (for Jihad). By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, I love to fight in the way of Allah and get killed, to fight again and get killed and to fight again and get killed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-615/)* --- ## Hadith #616 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever is wounded while fighting in the way of Allah, will come on the Day of Resurrection with blood oozing from his wound having the colour of blood but with the fragrance of musk.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-616/)* --- ## Hadith #617 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Jannah becomes incumbent for a Muslim who fights for the Cause of Allah for a period as long as the time between two consecutive turns of milking a she-camel. He who receives a wound or a bruise in the Cause of Allah will appear on the Day of Resurrection as fresh as possible, its colour will be the colour of saffron and its fragrance will be that of musk.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-617/)* --- ## Hadith #618 **Book:** The Book of Jihad One of the Prophet’s Companions came upon a valley containing a rivulet of fresh water and was delighted by it. He reflected: ‘I wish to withdraw from people and settle in this valley; but I won’t do so without the permission of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said (to the man), “Do not do that, for when any of you remains in Allah’s way, it is better for him than performing Salat (prayer) in his house for seventy years. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you and admit you to Jannah? Fight in Allah’s way, for he who fights in Allah’s Cause as long as the time between two consecutive turns of milking a she-camel, will be surely admitted to Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-618/)* --- ## Hadith #619 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “What other good deed could be an equivalent of Jihad in the way of Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied, “You do not have the strength to do it.” (The narrator said:) The question was repeated twice or thrice, but every time he (ﷺ) answered, “You do not have the strength to do it.” Then he (ﷺ) said, “One who goes out for Jihad in the Cause of Allah is like a person who observes Saum (fasting), stands in Salat (prayer) constantly, recites the Ayat of the Qur’an and does not exhibit any lassitude in fasting and prayer until the participant of Jihad in the way of Allah returns.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-619/)* --- ## Hadith #620 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best life is that of the man who holds his horse’s rein in Allah’s way and flies on its back to the places from whence he hears a war cry or the clatter of arms, seeking martyrdom or slaughter on the battlefield; or that of a person who goes to stay on the top of the hill or in a valley, and there he performs Salat (prayer), pays the Zakat and worships his Rubb till death overtakes him. He has no concern with the affairs of anyone except the doing of good.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-620/)* --- ## Hadith #621 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “In Jannah there are a hundred grades which Allah has prepared for those who fight in His Cause; and the distance between any two of those grades is like the distance between the heaven and the earth.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-621/)* --- ## Hadith #622 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone is pleased with Allah as his Rubb, with Islam as his religion and with Muhammad (ﷺ) as (Allah’s) Messenger, surely, he will be entitled to enter Jannah.” Abu Sa’id was delighted with this and requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to repeat it. He (ﷺ) repeated it again and then said, “There is also another act by which Allah will elevate the position of a (pious believing) slave in Jannah to a grade one hundred degrees higher. And the distance between any two grades is equal to the distance between heaven and earth.” He asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) what it was and he ((ﷺ)) replied, “Jihad in the way of Allah; Jihad in the way of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-622/)* --- ## Hadith #623 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard my father saying in the presence of the enemy: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The gates of Jannah are under the shades of the swords.” A man with a shaggy appearance got up and said, “O Abu Musa! Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say that in person?” Abu Musa replied in the affirmative; so he returned to his companions and said: “I tender you farewell greetings.” Then he broke the scabbard of his sword and threw it away. He rushed towards the enemy with his sword and fought with it till he was martyred.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-623/)* --- ## Hadith #624 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It will not happen that the feet soiled with dust while (doing Jihad) in the way of Allah, will be touched by the fire (of Hell).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-624/)* --- ## Hadith #625 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one who weeps out of Fear of Allah will enter Hell until milk recedes to the udder, and the dust endured while striving in the Cause of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never subsist together.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-625/)* --- ## Hadith #626 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Two eyes will never be touched by the fire of Hell; an eye which weeps out of Fear of Allah and an eye which spends the night in guarding in the Cause of Allah .”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-626/)* --- ## Hadith #627 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who equips a Ghazi (fighter) in the way of Allah is as if he has taken part in the fighting himself; and he who looks after the dependants of a Ghazi in his absence, is as if he has taken part in the fighting himself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-627/)* --- ## Hadith #628 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of charities is to provide canopy in the Cause of Allah, to pay wages to a servant in the way of Allah, and to provide a camel in the way of Allah (to be used by a Mujahid).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-628/)* --- ## Hadith #629 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A young man from the Aslam tribe said: “O Messenger of Allah! I would very much like to fight in the way of Allah but I do not have anything with which to equip myself for fighting.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Go to so-and-so, for he had equipped himself (for fighting) but he fell ill.” So, he (the young man) went to him and said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sends you his greetings and says that you should hand over to me the equipment that you have procured.” The man said to his wife: “Give him the equipment which I have collected for myself and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah! Allah won’t bless something you withheld (in this respect).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-629/)* --- ## Hadith #630 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent an expedition to Banu Lahyan and said, “One man from every two should join the fighting force, and the reward will be shared amongst them equally.”.Another narration in Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let one of every two men go forth”, and added: “Whoever stays behind (and looks well after the family and the property of those who have joined the expedition) will get half the reward of the warrior.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-630/)* --- ## Hadith #631 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man equipped with arms came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Should I go and fight or should I embrace Islam first?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Enter in the fold of Islam and then fight.” He embraced Islam and fought until he was killed. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He accepted Islam for a short time but was rewarded much.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-631/)* --- ## Hadith #632 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No one who has entered Jannah will desire to return to this world even if he should be given all that the world contains, except a martyr. For he will yearn that he should return to the world and be killed ten times on account of the dignity that he will experience by virtue of his martyrdom.”Another narration is: “On account of the excellence and distinction, he will experience as a result of martyrdom.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-632/)* --- ## Hadith #633 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah forgives every sin of a martyr, except his debt.”.Another narration in Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Being martyred in the Cause of Allah expiates for everything, except debt.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-633/)* --- ## Hadith #634 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up among his Companions and said, “Jihad in the way of Allah and belief in Allah (with all His Attributes) are the most meritorious of actions.” A man stood up and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Inform me if I am killed in the way of Allah, will my sins be blotted out?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Yes, in case you are killed in the way of Allah and you remained patient, hopeful of reward, and advancing forward without retracing back (i.e., while fighting).” Then he said, “What was your question?” He inquired again: “Inform me, if I am killed in the way of Allah, will all my sins be blotted out?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “If you remained patient, hopeful of reward and always fought without turning your back upon enemy, everything, except debt, will be forgiven. Jibril has told me this.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-634/)* --- ## Hadith #635 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Tell me where I will be if I am killed while fighting in the way of Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied, “In Jannah.” The man threw away the few dates which he had in his hand, jumped into the battlefield and fought on till he was killed. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-635/)* --- ## Hadith #636 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions reached Badr before the polytheists, and when they arrived, he (ﷺ) directed: “Let no one of you advance ahead of me.” When the polytheists came near, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Now stand up and proceed towards Jannah which is as wide as are the heavens and the earth.” ‘Umair bin Al-Humam (May Allah be pleased with him) asked: “Is Jannah as wide as are the heaven and the earth?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative. ‘Umair remarked: “Great!” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him what had urged him to say so. He replied: “Nothing, O Messenger of Allah! But hope that I might become one of the inhabitants of Jannah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will definitely be among them.” ‘Umair then took some dates out of his quiver and began to eat them, but after a short time he said: “If I survive till I eat my dates, it will mean a long life.” So he threw away the dates which he had with him and then fought with the enemy till he was killed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-636/)* --- ## Hadith #637 **Book:** The Book of Jihad Some people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him: “Send with us some men who may teach us the Qur’an and the Sunnah.” He (ﷺ) sent seventy men from the Ansar. They were called Al-Qurra’ (the reciters) and among them was my maternal uncle, Haram. They used to recite the Qur’an, ponder over its meaning and learn (its wisdom) at night. In the day, they used to bring water and pour it in pitchers in the mosque, then they would collect wood and sell it; and with the sale proceeds, they would buy food for the people of As-Suffah and the needy. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent the reciters with these people but these (treacherous people) fell upon them and killed them before they reached their destination. (While dying) they supplicated: “O Allah convey from us the news to our Prophet that we have met You (in a way), that we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us.” (The narrator said:) A man attacked Haram from behind and smote him with a spear which pierced him. Whereupon Haram said: “By the Rubb of Ka’bah, I have met with success. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to his Companions, “Your brethren have been slain and they were saying: “O Allah! Convey from us to our Prophet the news that we have met You (in a way) that we are pleased with You and You are pleased with us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-637/)* --- ## Hadith #638 **Book:** The Book of Jihad My uncle Anas bin An- Nadr (May Allah be pleased with him) was absent from the battle of Badr. He said: “O Messenger of Allah! I was absent from the first battle you fought against the pagans. (By Allah!) if Allah gives me a chance to fight against the pagans, no doubt, Allah will see how (bravely) I will fight.” On the Day of Uhud, when the Muslims turned their backs and fled, he said, “O Allah! I apologize to You for what these (i.e., his companions) have done, and I denounce what these (i.e., the pagans) have done.” Then he advanced and Sa’d bin Mu’adh met him. He said: “O Sa’d bin Mu’adh! By the Rubb of An-Nadr, Jannah! I am smelling its aroma coming from before (the mountain of) Uhud,” Later on, Sa’d said: “O Messenger of Allah! I cannot achieve or do what he (i.e., Anas bin An-Nadr) did. We found more than eighty wounds by swords, spears and arrows on his body. We found him dead and his body was mutilated so badly that none except his sister could recognise him by his finger.” We used to think that the following Ayah was revealed concerning him and other men of his sort: “Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah (i.e., they have gone out for Jihad, and showed not their backs to the disbelievers), of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e., have been martyred).” (33:23). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-638/)* --- ## Hadith #639 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Last night two men (angels) came to me (in a dream) and made me ascend a tree and then admitted me into a nice and excellent house, the like of which I have never seen before. One of them said: ‘This house is the house of martyrs’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-639/)* --- ## Hadith #640 **Book:** The Book of Jihad Umm Ar-Rubaiy’i bint Al-Bara’, who was the mother of Harithah bin Suraqah, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Will you not tell me about Harithah? (He was killed in the battle of Badr). If he is in Jannah I shall show endurance, but if he has met another fate, I may exert myself in weeping for him.” He (ﷺ) replied, “O mother of Harithah, in in the gardens of Jannah there are many ranks, and your son has attained Al-Firdaus, the highest.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-640/)* --- ## Hadith #641 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The dead body of my father, who was mutilated by the enemy, was brought and placed before the Prophet (ﷺ). I got up to uncover his face but the people stopped me, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The angels continue to cover him with their wings.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-641/)* --- ## Hadith #642 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who supplicates Allah sincerely for martyrdom, Allah will elevate him to the station of the martyrs, even if he dies on his bed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-642/)* --- ## Hadith #643 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who supplicates sincerely for martyrdom, it will be granted to him even though he is not killed on the battlefield.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-643/)* --- ## Hadith #644 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The martyr experiences no more pain in being slain than one of you experiences from the stinging of an ant.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-644/)* --- ## Hadith #645 **Book:** The Book of Jihad On one occasion the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was confronting the enemy. He waited until the sun had declined. Then he stood up to address the people and said, “O people! Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you safety; (but) when you encounter them, show patience, and know that Jannah is under the shades of the swords.” Then he (ﷺ) said: “Allahumma munzilal-kitab, wa mujriyas- sahab, wa hazimal-Ahzab, ihzimhum wansurna alaihim (O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the Confederates, put our enemy to rout and support us against them).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-645/)* --- ## Hadith #646 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Supplications at two times are never turned down (or said, “Are seldom turned down”), a supplication after the Adhan has been proclaimed, and a supplication during the battle combating the enemy.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-646/)* --- ## Hadith #647 **Book:** The Book of Jihad Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out to participate in Jihad, he would supplicate: “Allahumma Anta ‘adudi wa nasiri, bika ahulu, wa bika asulu, wa bika uqatilu (O Allah, You are my Supporter and my Helper. With Your help I get strength, and with Your help I bounce upon the enemy and defeat it, and with Your help I fight).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-647/)* --- ## Hadith #648 **Book:** The Book of Jihad When the Prophet (ﷺ) had any fear of an enemy, he used to supplicate: “Allahumma inna naj’aluka fi nuhurihim, wa na’udhu bika min shururihim (O Allah! We put You in front of them, and we seek refuge in You from their evils).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-648/)* --- ## Hadith #649 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is goodness in the forelocks of horses till the Day of Resurrection.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-649/)* --- ## Hadith #650 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Goodness is tied to the foreheads of horses until the Day of Resurrection, i.e., reward (in the Hereafter) and spoils.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-650/)* --- ## Hadith #651 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who keeps a horse for Jihad purposes, having faith in Allah and relying on His Promise, will find that its fodder, drink, droppings and urine will all be credited to him in his Scales on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-651/)* --- ## Hadith #652 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with a she-camel wearing a nose-string and said: “This is (a gift) in the Cause of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “You will have in return for it on the Day of Resurrection seven hundred she-camels and every one of them will be wearing a nose-string.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-652/)* --- ## Hadith #653 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, “Prepare to meet them (the enemy) with as much strength as you can afford. Verily! Strength is in archery, strength is in archery, strength is in archery.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-653/)* --- ## Hadith #654 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Lands shall be laid open to you, and Allah will suffice you (against your enemies), but none of you should neglect practicing his skill in archery.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-654/)* --- ## Hadith #655 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who learnt archery and then neglected it, is not from us.” (Or said,) “He has been guilty of disobedience (to Messenger of Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-655/)* --- ## Hadith #656 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Allah will admit three persons to Jannah for one arrow; the maker who has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it up for shooting. So shoot and ride, but I like your shooting (more) than your riding. He who gives up archery after becoming adept in it for lack of interest, neglects a (great) blessing.” (Or said,) “One who does so is ungrateful.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-656/)* --- ## Hadith #657 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) happened to pass by a group of people who were having a shooting match. (Upon seeing them, he (ﷺ)) said, “Shoot, O sons of (Prophet) Isma’il, for your father was an archer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-657/)* --- ## Hadith #658 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “He who shoots an arrow for the sake of Allah, will have a reward equal to the emancipation of a slave.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-658/)* --- ## Hadith #659 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who makes a contribution in Allah’s way, will have his reward seven hundred times recorded to his credit.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-659/)* --- ## Hadith #660 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every slave of Allah who observes Saum (fasting) for a day in the Cause of Allah, Allah will keep his face from Hell-fire at a distance of seventy years.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-660/)* --- ## Hadith #661 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who observes Saum (fasting) for a day in the Cause of Allah, Allah will keep his face from Hell-fire at a distance equivalent to that between heaven and the earth.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-661/)* --- ## Hadith #662 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who dies without having fought in the Cause of Allah or without having thought of doing so, will die with one characteristic of hypocrisy in him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-662/)* --- ## Hadith #663 **Book:** The Book of Jihad We accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) in an expedition when he (ﷺ) said, “Some people have remained behind us in Al-Madinah, and we never cross a valley but they are with us. They share the reward with us because they have been held back by valid excuse.”In another narration the wordings are: “…by any genuine excuse.”In another narration the wordings are: “They are your partners in reward.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-663/)* --- ## Hadith #664 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! One man fights for booty, another fights to win fame, and the third fights for show off.” Another narration is: “One fights for displaying his valour, another fights out of his family pride.” Another narration is: “One fights out of rage.” He asked: “Which of them is fighting in the Cause of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The one who fights so that Word of Allah (Islam) be exalted, is the one who fights in the Cause of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-664/)* --- ## Hadith #665 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A detachment of soldiers, large or small, who fights in the way of Allah, gets its share of booty and returns safe and sound, receives in advance two- thirds of its reward (only one-third remaining to its credit will be received in the Hereafter). And a troop of soldiers, large or small, that returns disappointed and is afflicted by misery, will receive its full reward (in the Hereafter).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-665/)* --- ## Hadith #666 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man sought permission from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to travel in the land. He (ﷺ) said to him, “Travel for my people is Jihad in the Cause of Allah, glory be to Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-666/)* --- ## Hadith #667 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The return from an expedition is an act as meritorious as fighting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-667/)* --- ## Hadith #668 **Book:** The Book of Jihad When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the battle of Tabuk, people went out from Al-Madinah to meet him and I also met him with other children at Thaniyah-tul-Wada’.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-668/)* --- ## Hadith #669 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who neither takes part in fighting nor equips a warrior nor looks after his (the warrior’s) family, will be afflicted by severe calamities before the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-669/)* --- ## Hadith #670 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Fight the polytheists with your wealth, lives and tongues.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-670/)* --- ## Hadith #671 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when I witnessed that if he did not begin fighting in the early part of the day, he would postpone fighting till the sun had declined, the blowing of the breeze had blown and the victory from Allah had come.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-671/)* --- ## Hadith #672 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you safety; (but) when you encounter them, show patience.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-672/)* --- ## Hadith #673 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “War is deception.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-673/)* --- ## Hadith #674 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The martyrs are of five kinds: One who dies of plague; one who dies of disease of his belly; the drowned; one who dies under the debris (of construction, etc.), and one who dies while fighting in the way of Allah.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-674/)* --- ## Hadith #675 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whom do you reckon to be martyr amongst you?” The Companions replied: “The one who is killed in Allah’s way.” He said, “In that case, the martyrs among my people would be few.” The Companions asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Then who are the martyrs?” He replied, “He who is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr; he who dies naturally in the Cause of Allah is a martyr; he who dies of plague is a martyr; and he who dies of a belly disease is a martyr; and he who is drowned is a martyr.”.This Hadith shows the care Allah has for this Ummah, which is the best Ummah of mankind. (Editor’s Note) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-675/)* --- ## Hadith #676 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is killed while defending his property is a martyr.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-676/)* --- ## Hadith #677 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “He who dies while defending his property is a martyr; he who dies in defence of his own life is a martyr; and he who dies on defense of his faith is a martyr, he who dies in defence of his family is a martyr.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-677/)* --- ## Hadith #678 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked, “O Messenger of Allah! What shall I do if someone comes to me with the intention of taking away my property?” He replied, “Do not hand over it to him.” The man asked, “What shall I do if he fights me?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Then fight him.” “What will be my position in the Hereafter if he has killed me?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “In that case you are a martyr.” The man asked: “What if I killed him?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “He will be in the Hell- fire.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-678/)* --- ## Hadith #679 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who sets free a Muslim slave, Allah will deliver from the fire of Hell every limb of his body in return for every limb of the slave’s body, even his private parts.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-679/)* --- ## Hadith #680 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “Which deed is most excellent?” He replied, “Faith in Allah and Jihad in His path.” I then asked, “Which slaves are most excellent (to set free)?” He replied, “Those who are held in high esteem by their people and whose value is higher.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-680/)* --- ## Hadith #681 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I saw Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) wearing a nice gown, and his slave was also wearing one similar to it. I asked him about it, and he said that he had exchanged harsh words with a person during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and put him to shame by making a reference to his mother. That person came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and made mention of that to him. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah said, “You are a person who has remnants of the ‘Days of Ignorance’ in you. Your slaves are your brothers. Allah has placed them under your authority. He who has his brother under him, should feed him from whatever he eats, and dress him with whatever he wears, and do not burden them (assign burdensome task to them) beyond their capacity; and if you burden them then help them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-681/)* --- ## Hadith #682 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When your servant brings food for you and you do not seat him with you, you should at least give him a morsel or two out of it because he has prepared it himself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-682/)* --- ## Hadith #683 **Book:** The Book of Jihad I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When a slave is sincere to his master and worships Allah well, He will have a double reward.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-683/)* --- ## Hadith #684 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The faithful and diligent slave will have a double reward.” (Abu Hurairah added:) By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Abu Hurairah is! but for Jihad in the Cause of Allah, and Hajj and kindness to my mother, I would have preferred to die as a slave.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-684/)* --- ## Hadith #685 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A slave who worships his Rubb (Allah) well and discharges efficiently and faithfully the duties which are assigned to him by his master, will have a double reward.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-685/)* --- ## Hadith #686 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Three kinds of people will have a double reward: A man from the People of the Book who believes in his Prophet and (also) believes in Muhammad; a slave who discharges properly the duties towards Allah and towards his master; and a man who possesses a slave-girl and teaches her manners, educates her well, and frees her and then marries her.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-686/)* --- ## Hadith #687 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The reward of worship performed at a time of trials is equal in reward to an emigration to me.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-687/)* --- ## Hadith #688 **Book:** The Book of Jihad A man demanded of the Prophet (ﷺ) for repayment of a loan and was harsh to him. His Companions were about to attack him, but he (ﷺ) said, “Leave him, as the creditor is entitled to make a demand. Give him a camel of the same age as the camel that is due to him.” They said: “We find a better camel senior to it in age.” He (ﷺ) said, “Then buy it and give it to him; verily the best of you is the one who is the best in discharging his obligations (repayment of loans).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-688/)* --- ## Hadith #689 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “May Allah show mercy to a man who adopts a kind attitude when he sells, buys and demands for the repayment of loans.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-689/)* --- ## Hadith #690 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who likes Allah to deliver him from the calamities of the Day of Resurrection, let him either give respite to a debtor or grant him remission (of loans) in straitened circumstances.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-690/)* --- ## Hadith #691 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There was a person who used to loan money to the people and he used to say to his servant: ‘When an insolvent person comes to you, show him leniency so that Allah may forbear our faults.’ So when he met Allah (i.e., when he died), Allah forgave him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-691/)* --- ## Hadith #692 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A person from amongst the people who lived before you was called to account by Allah on the Day of Resurrection. No good deeds were found in his credit except that he being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to those who were in straitened circumstances. Upon this Allah, the Exalted, and Majestic said: ‘I am more entitled to this attribute, so waive (his faults).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-692/)* --- ## Hadith #693 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A slave of Allah whom He had endowed with wealth, will be brought before Him. Allah will ask him: ‘What did you do in the world?’ (They cannot conceal anything from Allah.) He will say: ‘O my Rubb, You endowed me with Your wealth; I used to enter into transactions with people and it was my nature to be lenient to the insolvent ones. I used to give respite to those who were in straitened circumstances.’ Whereupon Allah will say: ‘I am more entitled than you to do this. So forgive my slave’.” ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir and Abu Mas’ud Al- Ansari (May Allah be pleased with them) said, “Thus we heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-693/)* --- ## Hadith #694 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who gives respite to someone who is in straitened circumstances, or grants him remission, Allah will shelter him in the shade of His Throne, on the Day of Resurrection, when there will be no shade except its shade.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-694/)* --- ## Hadith #695 **Book:** The Book of Jihad The Prophet (ﷺ) purchased a camel from me and weighed more than its price.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-695/)* --- ## Hadith #696 **Book:** The Book of Jihad Makhramah Al-‘Abdi and I procured some drapery from Hajar and brought them to Makkah. The Prophet (ﷺ) came and bargained with us for some trousers and we sold them to him. We had a person who weighed the cloth in order to fix the price. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Weigh and add a little to it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-696/)* --- ## Hadith #697 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah said, “When Allah wishes good for someone, He bestows upon him the understanding of Deen.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-697/)* --- ## Hadith #698 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-698/)* --- ## Hadith #699 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me are like abundant rain which fell on a land. A fertile part of it absorbed the water and brought forth profuse herbage and pasture; and solid ground patches which retained the water by which Allah has benefited people, who drank from it, irrigated their crops and sowed their seeds; and another sandy plane which could neither retain the water nor produce herbage. Such is the similitude of the person who becomes well-versed in the religion of Allah and receives benefit from the Message entrusted to me by Allah, so he himself has learned and taught it to others; such is also the similitude of the person who has stubbornly and ignorantly rejected Allah’s Guidance with which I have been sent.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-699/)* --- ## Hadith #700 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Prophet (ﷺ) said to ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with him), “By Allah, if a single person is guided by Allah through you, it will be better for you than a whole lot of red camels.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-700/)* --- ## Hadith #701 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Convey from me even an Ayah of the Qur’an; relate traditions from Banu Israel, and there is no restriction on that; but he who deliberately forges a lie against me let him have his abode in the Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-701/)* --- ## Hadith #702 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah makes the way to Jannah easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-702/)* --- ## Hadith #703 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who calls others to follow the Right Guidance will have a reward equal to the reward of those who follow him, without their reward being diminished in any respect on that account.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-703/)* --- ## Hadith #704 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who prays for him (for the deceased).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-704/)* --- ## Hadith #705 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The world, with all that it contains, is accursed except for the remembrance of Allah that which pleases Allah; and the religious scholars and seekers of knowledge.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-705/)* --- ## Hadith #706 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who goes forth in search of knowledge is considered as struggling in the Cause of Allah until he returns.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-706/)* --- ## Hadith #707 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A believer never satisfies doing good until he reaches Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-707/)* --- ## Hadith #708 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The superiority of the learned over the devout worshipper is like my superiority over the most inferior amongst you (in good deeds).” He went on to say, “Allah, His angels, the dwellers of the heaven and the earth, and even the ant in its hole and the fish (in water) supplicate in favour of those who teach people knowledge.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-708/)* --- ## Hadith #709 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who follows a path in quest of knowledge, Allah will make the path of Jannah easy to him. The angels lower their wings over the seeker of knowledge, being pleased with what he does. The inhabitants of the heavens and the earth and even the fish in the depth of the oceans seek forgiveness for him. The superiority of the learned man over the devout worshipper is like that of the full moon to the rest of the stars (i.e., in brightness). The learned are the heirs of the Prophets who bequeath neither dinar nor dirham but only that of knowledge; and he who acquires it, has in fact acquired an abundant portion.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-709/)* --- ## Hadith #710 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “May Allah freshen the affairs of a person who hears something from us and communicates it to others exactly as he has heard it (i.e., both the meaning and the words), for it may be that the recipient of knowledge understands it better than the one who has heard it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-710/)* --- ## Hadith #711 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is asked about knowledge (of religion) and conceals it, will be bridled with a bridle of fire on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-711/)* --- ## Hadith #712 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said, “He who does not acquire knowledge with the sole intention of seeking the Pleasure of Allah but for worldly gain, will not smell the fragrance of Jannah on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-712/)* --- ## Hadith #713 **Book:** The Book of Knowledge I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, but He takes it away by taking away (the lives of) the religious scholars till none of the scholars stays alive. Then the people will take ignorant ones as their leaders, who, when asked to deliver religious verdicts, will issue them without knowledge, the result being that they will go astray and will lead others astray.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-713/)* --- ## Hadith #714 **Book:** The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah On the Night of Al-Isra (the Night of Ascension) the Prophet (ﷺ) was presented with two drinking vessels: one full of wine and the other one full of milk. He looked at them. Then he took the vessel which was full of milk. Thereupon Jibril (Gabriel) said: “Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah) Who has guided you to that, which is in accord with Fitrah (i.e., Islamic Monotheism; pure nature of Islam). Had you selected wine, your people would have gone astray.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-714/)* --- ## Hadith #715 **Book:** The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any matter of importance which is not begun with Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah) remains defective.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-715/)* --- ## Hadith #716 **Book:** The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a slave’s child dies, Allah the Most High asks His angels, ‘Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave?” They reply in the affirmative. He then asks, ‘Have you taken the fruit of his heart?’ They reply in the affirmative. Thereupon he asks, ‘What has My slave said?’ They say: ‘He has praised You and said: Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall be returned). Allah says: ‘Build a house for My slave in Jannah and name it as Bait-ul-Hamd (the House of Praise).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-716/)* --- ## Hadith #717 **Book:** The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is pleased with His slave who says: ‘Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah)’ when he takes a morsel of food and drinks a draught of water.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-717/)* --- ## Hadith #718 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Whoever supplicates Allah to exalt my mention, Allah will exalt his mention ten times.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-718/)* --- ## Hadith #719 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The people who will be nearest to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who supplicate Allah more often for me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-719/)* --- ## Hadith #720 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Among the best of your days is Friday; so supplicate Allah more often for me in it , for your supplications will be displayed to me.” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah! How will our blessings be displayed to you when your decayed body will have mixed with the earth?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Allah has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of the Prophets.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-720/)* --- ## Hadith #721 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “May his nose soil with dust in whose presence mention is made of me and he does not supplicate for me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-721/)* --- ## Hadith #722 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not make my grave a place of festivity, and supplicate Allah for me, for your supplication reaches me wherever you are.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-722/)* --- ## Hadith #723 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whenever someone greets me, Allah returns the soul to my body (in the grave) and I return his greeting.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-723/)* --- ## Hadith #724 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned but he does not supplicate for me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-724/)* --- ## Hadith #725 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard some one supplicating after his prayer without praising Allah and without supplicating Allah for the Prophet (ﷺ). With regard to him, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “This man rushed.” Then he called him and said, “When any one of you have performed Salat (prayer) and wants to supplicate, let him praise Allah first then glorify Him in the beginning and then he should supplicate Allah for me. Then he may supplicate for whatever he likes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-725/)* --- ## Hadith #726 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and we asked him, “O Messenger of Allah, we already know how to greet you (i.e., say As-salamu ‘alaikum), but how should we supplicate for you?” He (ﷺ) said, “Say: ‘Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin, wa ‘ala ‘ali Muhammadin, kama sallaita ‘ala ‘ali Ibrahima, innaka Hamidum Majid. Allahumma barik ‘ala Muhammadin, wa ‘ala ‘ali Muhammadin, kama barakta ‘ala ‘ali Ibrahima, innaka Hamidum Majid . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-726/)* --- ## Hadith #727 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger We were sitting in the company of Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (May Allah be pleased with him), when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us. Bashir bin Sa’d said: “O Messenger of Allah! Allah has commanded us to supplicate for you, but how should we do that?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kept silent. We were much perturbed over his silence and we wished he did not asked him this question. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Say: ‘O Allah, exalt the mention of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as you exalted the family of Ibrahim. And bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed the family of Ibrahim. You are the Praised, the Glorified,’ and the method of greeting (i.e., Salam) is as you know.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-727/)* --- ## Hadith #728 **Book:** The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Messenger of Allah! How should we supplicate for you?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Say: ‘Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala azwajihi wa dhurriyyatihi, kama sallaita ‘ala Ibrahima; wa barik ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala azwajihi wa dhurriyyatihi, kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahima, innaka Hamidum-Majid (O Allah sent Your Salat (O Allah, exalt the mention of Muhammad and his wives and offspring as You exalted the mention of the family of Ibrahim, and bless Muhammad and the wives and the offspring of Muhammad as you blessed the family of Ibrahim. You are the Praised, the Glorious’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-728/)* --- ## Hadith #729 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are two statements that are light for the tongue to remember, heavy in the Scales and are dear to the Merciful: ‘Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, Subhan-Allahil-Azim . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-729/)* --- ## Hadith #730 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The uttering of the words: “Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah) and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)’ is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-730/)* --- ## Hadith #731 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who utters a hundred times in a day these words: ‘La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli sha’in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him; His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent),’ he will have a reward equivalent to that for emancipating ten slaves, a hundred good deeds will be recorded to his credit, hundred of his sins will be blotted out from his scroll, and he will be safeguarded against the devil on that day till the evening; and no one will exceed him in doing more excellent good deeds except someone who has recited these words more often than him. And he who utters: ‘Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi (Allah is free from imperfection and His is the praise)’ one hundred times a day, his sins will be obliterated even if they are equal to the extent of the foam of the ocean.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-731/)* --- ## Hadith #732 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “He who utters ten times: ‘La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahulmulku wa lahulhamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli sha’in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him. His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent),’ he will have a reward equal to that for freeing four slaves from the progeny of Prophet Isma’il.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-732/)* --- ## Hadith #733 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Shall I tell you the expression that is most loved by Allah?” It is ‘Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi’ (Allah is free from imperfection and His is the praise)’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-733/)* --- ## Hadith #734 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Purity is half of iman (faith). ‘Al-hamdu lillah (all praise and gratitude belong to Allah)’ fills the scales, and ‘subhan-Allah (how far is Allah from every imperfection) and ‘Al-hamdulillah (all praise and gratitude belong to Allah)’ fill that which is between heaven and earth.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-734/)* --- ## Hadith #735 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him, “Teach me a few words to recite frequently.” He (ﷺ) said, “Say: “La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu; Allahu Akbar kabiran, wal-hamdu lillahi kathiran, wa subhan-Allahi Rabbil-‘alamin; wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahil-‘Azizil-Hakim (there is no true god except Allah the One and He has no partner with Him; Allah is the Greatest and greatness is for Him. All praise is due to Him. Allah, the Rubb of the worlds is free from imperfection; there is no might and power but that of Allah, the All-Powerful and the All-Wise.)”‘ The bedouin said: “All of these for my Rubb. But what is for me?” Thereupon he (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) said, “You should say: ‘Allahummaghfir li, warhamni, wahdini, warzuqni (O Allah! Grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to righteousness and provide me subsistence)’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-735/)* --- ## Hadith #736 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concluded his prayer, he would beg forgiveness from Allah thrice and then would recite: “Allahumma Antas- Salamu, wa minkas-salamu, tabarakta ya Dhal-Jalali wal-Ikram (O Allah, You are the Grantor of security, and security comes from You. You are Blessing, O You Who have majesty and nobility)!” (Imam) Al-Awza’i, one of the narrators of this Hadith, was asked: “How forgiveness is to be sought?” He answered: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: ‘Astaghfirullah! Astaghfirullah! (I beseech Allah for forgiveness, I beseech Allah for forgiveness)’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-736/)* --- ## Hadith #737 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say at the conclusion of prayer: “La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir. Allahumma la mani’a lima a’tayta, wa la mu’tiya lima mana’ta, wa la yanfa’u dhal-jaddi, minkal-jaddu (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him, His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent. O Allah! None can deny that which You bestow and none can bestow that which You hold back; and the greatness of the great will be of no avail to them against You).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-737/)* --- ## Hadith #738 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah “La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul- mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir. La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. La ilaha illallahu, wa la na’budu illa iyyahu, Lahun-ni’matu, wa lahul-fadlu, wa lahuth-thana’ul-hasan. La ilaha ilallahu, mukhlisina, lahud-dina, wa lau karihal-kafirun (there is no true god except Allah; He is One. To Him belongs the dominion and to Him is all praise, and He is Powerful over all things. There is no power and might except with (the help of) Allah. There is no God but Allah and we worship none except Him, to Him belongs the bounty and to Him belongs the grace, and to Him belongs all excellent praise; there is no deity but Allah. We reserve our devotion exclusively for Him though the disbelievers may detest it).” Ibn Az-Zubair said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to celebrate Allah’s Greatness in those terms after every Salat (prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-738/)* --- ## Hadith #739 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The poor Emigrants came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “The wealthy have gone with the highest ranks and lasting bliss.” He asked: “How is that?” They replied: “They offer Salat (prayer) as we offer it; they observe fast as we do; (and as they are wealthy) they perform Hajj and ‘Umrah, and go for Jihad, and they spend in charity but we cannot, and they free the slaves but we are unable to do so.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not teach you something with which you may overtake those who surpassed you and with which you will surpass those who will come after you? None will excel you unless he who does which you do.” They said: “Yes, please do, O Messenger of Allah” He (ﷺ) said, “You should recite: Tasbih (Allah is free from imperfection), Takbir (Allah is Greatest), Tahmid (Praise be to Allah) thirty-three times after each Salat.”.Abu Salih, the subnarrator of the Hadith said, when Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the manner of reciting Tasbih, Tahmid and Takbir, he said, “Recite: “Subhan-Allah, wal-hamdulillah, wallahu Akbar’, till all are recited thirty-three times. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-739/)* --- ## Hadith #740 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who recites after every prayer: Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection) thirty-three times; Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah) thirty-three times; Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest) thirty-three times; and completes the hundred with: La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him. His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent), will have all his sins pardoned even if they may be as large as the foam on the surface of the sea.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-740/)* --- ## Hadith #741 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are some words, the reciters of which will never be disappointed. These are: Tasbih *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-741/)* --- ## Hadith #742 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to seek (Allah’s) protection after prayers in these words: “Alla-humma inni a’udhu bika minal-jubni wal- bukhl, wa a’udhu bika min an uradda ila ardhalil-‘umur, wa a’udhu bika min fitnatid-dunya, wa a’udhu bika min fitnatil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from cowardice, miserliness and from being sent back to a feeble age; and, seek refuge with You from the trials of this life and those of the grave).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-742/)* --- ## Hadith #743 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my hand and said, “O Mu’adh! By Allah I love you, so I advise you to never forget to recite after every prayer: “Allahumma a’inni ala dhikrika, wa shukrika, wa husni ‘ibadatika (O Allah, help me remember You, to be grateful to You, and to worship You in an excellent manner).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-743/)* --- ## Hadith #744 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you has done his Tashahhud during Salat (prayer), he should seek refuge in Allah against four things and say: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘adhabi jahannam, wa min ‘adhabil-qabr, wa min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat, wa min sharri fitnatil-masihid-dajjal (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the torment of Hell, from the torment of the grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the mischief of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal (Antichrist).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-744/)* --- ## Hadith #745 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in Salat (prayer), he used to supplicate towards the end of prayer after Tashahhud and before the concluding salutations: “Allahum-maghfir li ma qaddamtu wa ma akh-khartu, wa ma asrartu, wa ma a’lantu, wa ma asraftu, wa ma Anta a’lamu bihi minni. Antal-Muqqadimu, wa Antal-Mu’akh-khiru. La ilaha illa Anta (O Allah! Forgive my former and latter sins, which I have done secretly and those which I have done openly, and that I have wronged others, and those defaults of mine about which You have better knowledge than I have. You Alone can send whomever You will to Jannah, and You Alone can send whomever You will to Hell-fire. None has the right to be worshipped but You.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-745/)* --- ## Hadith #746 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite frequently in his bowing and prostration: “Subhanak- Allahumma, Rabbana wa bihamdika. Allahum-maghfir li (O Allah! You are free from imperfection and I begin with praising You. Forgive my sins).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-746/)* --- ## Hadith #747 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in his bowing and prostration: “Subbuhun Quddusun, Rabbul-mala’ikati war-ruh . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-747/)* --- ## Hadith #748 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Glorify your Lord in Ruku’ (bowing posture) and exert yourself in supplication in prostration. Thus your supplications are liable to be accepted.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-748/)* --- ## Hadith #749 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A slave becomes nearest to his Rubb when he is in prostration. So increase supplications while prostrating.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-749/)* --- ## Hadith #750 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say in his prostration: Allahum-maghfir li dhanbi kullahu: diqqahu wa jillahu, wa ‘awwalahu wa akhirahu, wa alaniyatahu wa sirrahu (O Allah! Forgive all my sins, the small and the great, first and the last, the open and the secret).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-750/)* --- ## Hadith #751 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah One night I missed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from his bed. I searched for him. When I found him he was in bowing or prostrating posture and was reciting: Subhanaka wa bi hamdika. La ilaha illa Anta (You are free from imperfection and I begin praising You. There is no true god except You).”Another narration is: My hand fell over his feet while he was in prostration with his feet erect. He was supplicating: “Allahumma inni a’udhu biridaka min sakhatika, wa bi-mu’afatika min ‘uqubatika, wa a’udhu bika minka, la uhsi thana’an ‘alaika, Anta kama athnaita ‘ala Nafsika (O Allah! I seek protection against Your Wrath in Your Pleasure. I seek protection in Your Pardon against Your chastisement, I am not capable of enumerating praise of You. You are as You have lauded Yourself).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-751/)* --- ## Hadith #752 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he asked, “Is anyone of you unable to earn a thousand good deeds?” One of those present asked: “How can one earn thousand good deeds in a day?” He (ﷺ) replied, “By saying: Subhan Allah a hundred times, then one thousand good deeds will be recorded for him or one thousand sins will be blotted out from his record.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-752/)* --- ## Hadith #753 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every morning charity is due from every joint bone of the body of every one of you. Every utterance of Allah’s Glorification (i.e., Subhan-Allah) is an act of charity, and every utterance of praise of Him (i.e., Al-hamdu lillah) is an act of charity, and every utterance of profession of Faith (i.e., La ilaha illallah) is an act of charity, and every utterance of His Greatness (i.e., Allahu Akbar) is an act of charity; and enjoining good is an act of charity and forbidding what is disreputable is an act of charity; and two Rak’ah prayer which one offers in the forenoon (Ad- Duha) will suffice for all this.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-753/)* --- ## Hadith #754 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) came out from my apartment in the morning as I was busy in performing the dawn prayer. He came back in the forenoon and found me sitting there. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Are you still in the same position as I left you.” I replied in the affirmative. Thereupon the Prophet said, “I recited four words three times after I had left you. If these are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these will be heavier. These are: Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, `adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi, wa zinatah `arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-754/)* --- ## Hadith #755 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The similitude of one who remembers his Rubb and one who does not remember Him, is like that of the living and the dead.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-755/)* --- ## Hadith #756 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah the Exalted says: ‘I am as my slave expects me to be, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me inwardly, I will remember him inwardly, and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I will remember him in a better assembly (i.e., in the assembly of angels).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-756/)* --- ## Hadith #757 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Mufarridun have gone ahead.” He was asked, “Who are the Mufarridun?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Those men and women who frequently celebrate the remembrance of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-757/)* --- ## Hadith #758 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The best way to celebrate the remembrance of Allah is to say: La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-758/)* --- ## Hadith #759 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah One of the Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah. There are many injunctions of Islam for me. So tell me something to which I may hold fast.” He said, “Keep your tongue wet with the remembrance of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-759/)* --- ## Hadith #760 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “For him who says: ‘Subhan-Allahi wa bi hamdihi (Allah is free from imperfection, and I begin with praising Him, and to Him),’ a palm-tree will be planted in Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-760/)* --- ## Hadith #761 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I met Ibrahim (ﷺ) on the Night of Ascension (Al-Asra), and he said to me: ‘O Muhammad, convey my greetings to your Ummah, and tell them that Jannah has a vast plain of pure soil and sweet water. It is a plain levelled land. The plants grow there by uttering: Subhan-Allah, Al-hamdu lillah, La ilaha illallah and Allahu Akbar (Allah is free from imperfection; praise be to Allah; there is no true god except Allah; and Allah is Greatest).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-761/)* --- ## Hadith #762 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not inform you of the best of your actions which are the purest to your Rubb, which exalt you to the high ranks, which are more efficacious than spending gold and silver (in charity), and better for you than you should encounter your enemies whom you will smite their necks and they will smite your necks?” They said, “Certainly.” He (ﷺ) said, “Remembrance of Allah the Exalted.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-762/)* --- ## Hadith #763 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I went to see a woman. She had date- stones or pebbles in front of her, and she was counting and reciting Tasbih. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-763/)* --- ## Hadith #764 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Jannah?” I said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!” Thereupon he (ﷺ) said, “(Recite) ‘La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah’ (There is no change of a condition nor power except by Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-764/)* --- ## Hadith #765 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to remember Allah at all times.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-765/)* --- ## Hadith #766 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If anyone intends to have (sexual intercourse) with his wife, he should say: “Bismillah! Allahumma janibnash-Shaitana, wa jannibish-Shaitana ma razaqtana (In the Name of Allah, O Allah! Keep us away from Satan and keep Satan away from what You have bestowed upon us);’ and if Allah has ordained a child for them, Satan will never harm him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-766/)* --- ## Hadith #767 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to bed, he would supplicate: “Bismika-Allahumma amut wa ahya (With Your Name, O Allah, I die and return to life)”; and when he woke up, he would supplicate thus: “Al-hamdu lillahilladhi ahyana ba’da ma amatana, wa ilaihin-nushur (All praise belongs to Allah Who has restored us back to life after causing us to die; and to Him shall we return).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-767/)* --- ## Hadith #768 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has teams of angels who go about on the roads seeking those who remember Allah. When they find some people remembering Allah they call to one another and say, ‘Come to what you are looking for;’ and they surround them with their wings till the space between them and the lowest sky is fully covered. Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, asks them (although He is best informed about every thing): ‘What are my slave saying?’ They say: ‘They are glorifying Your Tasbih, Tahmid, Takbir, Tamjid, (i.e., they were declaring Your Perfectness, praising, remembering the Greatness and Majesty of Allah).’ He asks: ‘Have they seen Me?’ They reply, ‘No, indeed, they have not seen You.’ He asks: ‘How would they act if they were to see Me?’ Thereupon they reply: ‘If they were to see You, they would engage more earnestly in worshipping and glorifying You and would extol You more.’ He would say: ‘What do they beg of Me?’ They say, ‘They beg You for Your Jannah.’ Allah says, ‘Have they seen My Jannah?’ They say, ‘No, our Rubb.’ He says: ‘How would they act if they were to see My Jannah?’ They reply, ‘Were they to see it, they would more intensely eager for it.’ They (the angels) say, ‘They seek Your Protection.’ He asks, ‘Against what do they seek My Protection?’ They (the angels) say, ‘Our Rubb, from the fire of Hell.’ (He, the Rubb) says, ‘Have they seen the fire of Hell?’ They say, ‘No. By Your Honour, they have not seen it.’ He says: ‘How would they act if they were to see My Fire?’ They say: ‘If they were to see it, they would more earnest in being away from it and fearing it. They beg of Your forgiveness.’ He says: ‘I call you to witness that I hereby grant pardon to them and confer upon them what they ask for; and grant them protection against what they seek protection from.’ One of the angels says: ‘Our Rubb, there is amongst them such and such slave who does not belong to the assembly of those who are participating in Your remembrance. He passed by them and sat down with them.’ He says: ‘I also grant him pardon because they are the people by virtue of whom their associates will not be unfortunate’.”.(The narration in Muslim is also the same with minor changes in wordings). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-768/)* --- ## Hadith #769 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a group of people assemble for the remembrance of Allah, the angels surround them (with their wings), (Allah’s) mercy envelops them, Sakinah, or tranquillity descends upon them and Allah makes a mention of them before those who are near Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-769/)* --- ## Hadith #770 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting in the mosque with his Companions when three people came to him. Two of them stepped forward to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the third went away. Those two men stood by the side of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). One of them found a space in the circle and he filled it, while the other one sat behind him. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished, he said, “Shall I not inform you about these three people? One of them sought refuge with Allah and Allah gave him refuge; the second one felt shy and Allah showed kindness to his shyness (and so he was accommodated in that meeting), and the last one averted, and so Allah turned away His Attention from him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-770/)* --- ## Hadith #771 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Mu’awiyah (May Allah be pleased with him) came to an assembly in the mosque and asked them: “What has made you sit together?” They replied, “We are sitting here to remember Allah.” He said, “I adjure you by Allah to tell me whether nothing else has made you to sit together.” They replied: “By Allah! We are sitting only to remember Allah.” Then he said, “I did not adjure you because I suspected you. No one of my rank in the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is the narrator of so few traditions as I am. The fact is that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out to a circle of his Companions and said, ‘What has made you sit there?’ When they replied that they are sitting together to remember Allah and to praise Him for guiding them to Islam and bestowing favours on them, he (ﷺ) said, ‘I adjure you by Allah to tell me that nothing else has made you sit together.’ On their reply that there was certainly no other purpose, he (ﷺ) said, ‘I did not adjure you because I suspected you, but Jibril (Gabriel) came to me and told me that Allah was talking proudly of you to the angels.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-771/)* --- ## Hadith #772 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who recites in the morning and in the evening the statement: ‘Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi (Allah is free from imperfection and I begin with praising Him)’ one hundred times, will not be surpassed on the Day of Resurrection by anyone with better deeds than one who utters the same words or utters more of these words.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-772/)* --- ## Hadith #773 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “What a trouble I suffered from a scorpion which stung me last night!” He (ﷺ) said, “Had you said in the evening: ‘A’udhu bikalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa (I seek the protection of Allah’s Perfect Words from the evil of whatever He has created),’ it would not have harmed you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-773/)* --- ## Hadith #774 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say in the morning: “Allahumma bika asbahna, wa bika amsaina, wa bika nahya, wa bika namutu, wa ilaikan-nushur (O Allah! With Your Power we have come to the morning, with Your Power we come to the evening, with Your Power we live, and we die, and to You will we return).” In the evening he would say: “Allahumma bika amsaina, wa bika nahya, wa bika namutu, wa ilaikan-nushur (O Allah! With Your Power, we have come to the evening, by You do we live, by You do we die, and to You is the return).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-774/)* --- ## Hadith #775 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Abu Bakr asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Teach me some words so that I may recite them in the morning and in the evening.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Recite these words: ‘Allahumma fatiras-samawati wal-ardi, ‘alimal-ghaibi wash-shahadati, Rabba kulli shai’in wa malikahu. Ash- hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, a’udhu bika min sharri nafsi, wa sharrish- Shaitani wa shirkihi (O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the hidden and the exposed! Rubb of everything and every one. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but You. I seek Your Protection from the evil of my own self from the evil of Satan and from the evil of Shirk to which he calls).”‘ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added: “Recite these words in the morning and the evening and when you go to bed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-775/)* --- ## Hadith #776 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah When it was evening, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Amsaina wa amsal-mulku lillah, wal-hamdu lillah. La ‘ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu (We have entered upon evening and the whole kingdom of Allah, too, has entered upon evening. Praise is due to Allah. There is none who has the right to be worshiped but Allah, the One who has no partner with Him).” He (the narrator) said: I think that he (ﷺ) used to follow the recitation with these words: “Lahul-mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shi’in Qadir. Rabbi as’aluka khaira ma fi hadhihil-lailati, wa khaira ma ba’daha; wa a’udhu bika min sharri ma fi hadhihil-lailati, wa sharri ma ba’daha; Rabbi a’udhu bika minal- kasali, wa su’il-kibari; Rabbi a’udhu bika min ‘adhabin fin-nari, wa ‘adhabin fil-qabri (His is the sovereignty and to Him is all praise due, and He is Omnipotent. My Rubb, I beg of you good that lies in this night and good that follows it, and I seek refuge in You from the evil that lies in this night and from the evil of that which follows it. My Rubb! I seek refuge in You from lethargy and the misery of old age. O Allah! I seek Your Protection from the torment of Hell-fire and the punishment of the grave).” When it was morning, he (ﷺ) would recite the same, replacing the words: “We have entered upon evening and the whole kingdom of Allah, too, has entered upon evening” with “We have entered upon morning and the whole kingdom of Allah entered upon morning.” (Replace the words “Amsaina, amsa, hadhihil-lailati, ma ba’daha with Asbahna, asbaha, hadhal-yaumi, ma ba’dahu, respectively.). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-776/)* --- ## Hadith #777 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Recite Surat Al-Ikhlas and Al- Mu’awwidhatain (Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) three times at dawn and dusk. It will suffice you in all respects.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-777/)* --- ## Hadith #778 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who recites three times every morning and evening: ‘Bismillahil-ladhi la yadurru ma’as-mihi shai’un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama’i, wa Huwas-Sami’ul-‘Alim (In the Name of Allah with Whose Name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth or in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing and All- Knowing),’ nothing will harm him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-778/)* --- ## Hadith #779 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate when he went to bed at night: “Bismik-Allahumma ahya wa amut (With Your Name, O Allah, I expire and return to life).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-779/)* --- ## Hadith #780 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me and to Fatimah (May Allah be pleased with her) (Ali’s wife and the Prophet’s daughter), “When you go to bed, recite: Takbir (Allahu Akbar) thirty-three times and Tasbih (Subhan-Allah) thirty-three times and Tahmid (Al-hamdu lillah) thirty-three times.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Recite Tasbih thirty-four times.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said, “Recite Takbir thirty-four times.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-780/)* --- ## Hadith #781 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any of you goes to bed, he should shake off (or dust off) his bedsheet because he does not know what might have fallen on it after he had left it. Then he should recite: ‘Bismika Rabbi wada’tu janbi, wa bika arfa’uhu, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi ‘ibadakas-salihin . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-781/)* --- ## Hadith #782 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to bed, he would blow upon his hands recite Al-Mu’awwidhat; and pass his hands over his body.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-782/)* --- ## Hadith #783 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whenever you intend to go to bed, perform Wudu’ as is done for Salat (prayer); and then lie down on the right side and recite: ‘Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wal-ja’tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja’a wa la manja minka illa ilaika, amantu bikitabik-alladhi anzalta, wa binabiyyik-alladhi arsalta . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-783/)* --- ## Hadith #784 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to his bed, he would say: “Al-hamdu lillah-illadhi at’amana wa saqana, wa kafana wa awana, fakam mimman la kafiya lahu wa la mu’wiya (Praise is due to Allah Who has fed us, provided us drink, satisfied us and gave us protection. Many are those who have no one to provide for them, or give them shelter).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-784/)* --- ## Hadith #785 **Book:** The Book of the Remembrance of Allah Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to go to sleep, he would place his right hand under his (right) cheek and supplicate: “Allahumma qini ‘adhabaka yauma tab’athu ‘ibadaka (O Allah! Guard me against Your punishment on the Day when You will resurrect Your slaves).”.In a narration in Abu Dawud, Hafsah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: Before going to sleep the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would recite this Du’a three times. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-785/)* --- ## Hadith #786 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Du’a (supplication) is worship.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-786/)* --- ## Hadith #787 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked comprehensive supplications or (Al-Jawami’ – i.e., supplications with very few words but comprehensive in meanings), and discarded others.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-787/)* --- ## Hadith #788 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The supplication most often recited by the Prophet (ﷺ) was: “Allahumma atina fid-dunya hasanatan, wa fil-akhirati hasanatan, wa qina ‘adhab-annar (O our Rubb! give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the punishment of the Fire).”‘.In the narration of Muslim it is added that whenever Anas supplicated, he used to beseech Allah with this Du’a. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-788/)* --- ## Hadith #789 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni as’alukal-huda, wat-tuqa, wal-‘afafa, wal-ghina (O Allah! I beseech You for guidance, piety, chastity and contentment).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-789/)* --- ## Hadith #790 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) Whenever a man entered the fold of Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) would show him how to perform Salat and then direct him to supplicate: “Allahumm-aghfir li, warhamni, wa-hdini, wa ‘afini, warzuqni (O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, guard me against harm and provide me with sustenance and salvation).”‘.In another narration Tariq said: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! What shall I say if I want to pray to my Rubb?” He (ﷺ) said, “Say: ‘Allahumma-ghfir li, warhamni, wa ‘afini, warzuqni (O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, protect me and provide me with sustenance).’ Surely, this supplication is better for you in this life and in the Hereafter.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-790/)* --- ## Hadith #791 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated: “Allahumma musarrifal-qulubi, sarrif qulubana ‘ala ta’atika (O Allah! Controller of the hearts, direct our hearts to Your obedience).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-791/)* --- ## Hadith #792 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Seek refuge in Allah against the turmoils, attacks of misfortunes, and evil of judgement and joys of the enemies.” . And in a narration Sufyan said “I suspect I added one.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-792/)* --- ## Hadith #793 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: “Allahumm-aslih li diniyalladhi huwa ‘ismatu amri, wa aslih li dunyaya-llati fiha ma’ashi, wa aslih li akhirati-llati fiha ma’adi, waj’alil-hayata ziyadatan li fi kulli khair, waj’alil-mauta rahatan li min kulli sharrin (O Allah, make my religion easy for me by virtue of which my affairs are protected, set right for me my world where my life exists, make good for me my Hereafter which is my resort to which I have to return, and make my life prone to perform all types of good, and make death a comfort for me from every evil).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-793/)* --- ## Hadith #794 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Recite: ‘Allahumma-hdini wa saddidni (O Allah! Direct me to the Right Path and make me adhere to the Straight Path).” Another narration is: ‘Allahumma inni as’aluk-alhuda was-sadad (I beg You for guidance and uprightness).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-794/)* --- ## Hadith #795 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-ajzi wal- kasali, wal-jubni wal-harami, wal-bukhli, wa a’udhu bika min ‘adhabil- qabri, wa a’udhu bika min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-795/)* --- ## Hadith #796 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to teach me a supplication which I could recite in my Salat (prayer). Thereupon he said, “Recite: ‘Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran, wa la yaghfirudh- dhunuba illa Anta, faghfir li maghfiratan min ‘indika, warhamni, innaka Antal-Ghafur-ur-Rahim (O Allah! I have considerably wronged myself. There is none to forgive the sins but You. So grant me pardon and have mercy on me. You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Compassionate).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-796/)* --- ## Hadith #797 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumm-aghfir li khati’ati, wajahli, wa israfi fi amri, wa ma Anta a’lamu bihi minni. Allahumm-aghfir li jiddi wa hazli, wa khata’i wa ‘amdi, wa kullu dhalika ‘indi. Allahumm-aghfir li ma qaddamtu wa ma akhkhartu, wa ma asrartu, wa ma a’lantu, wa ma Anta a’lamu bihi minni. Antal-Muqaddimu, wa Antal-Mu’akhkhiru; wa Anta ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir (O Allah! Forgive my errors, ignorance and immoderation in my affairs. You are better aware of my faults than myself. O Allah! Forgive my faults which I committed in seriousness or in fun deliberately or inadvertently. O Allah! Grant me pardon for those sins which I committed in the past and I may commit in future, which I committed in privacy or in public and all those sins of which You are better aware than me. You Alone can send whomever You will to Jannah, and You Alone can send whomever You will to Hell-fire and You are Omnipotent).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-797/)* --- ## Hadith #798 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate (in these words): “Allahumma inni audhu bika min sharri ma ‘amiltu, wa min sharri ma lam a’mal (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the evil of that which I have done and the evil of that which I have not done).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-798/)* --- ## Hadith #799 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate thus: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min zawali ni’matika, wa tahawwuli ‘afiyatika, wa fuja’ati niqmatika, wa jami’i sakhatika (O Allah! I seek refuge in You against the declining of Your Favours, passing of safety, the suddenness of Your punishment and all that which displeases You).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-799/)* --- ## Hadith #800 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-‘ajzi wal-kasali, wal-bukhli wal-harami, wa ‘adhabil-qabri. Allahumma ati nafsi taqwaha, wa zakkiha Anta khairu man zakkaha, Anta waliyyuha wa maulaha. Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘ilmin la yanfau’, wa min qalbin la yakhsha’u, wa min nafsin la tashba’u, wa min da’watin la yustajabu laha’ . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-800/)* --- ## Hadith #801 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma laka aslamtu, wa bika amantu, wa ‘alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu, wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu. Faghfir li ma qaddamtu, wa ma akh-khartu, wa ma asrartu wa ma a’lantu, Antal-Muqaddimu, wa Antal-Mu’akhkhiru, la ilaha illa Anta (O Allah! to You I submit, in You I affirm my faith, in You I repose my trust, to You I turn in repentance and with Your Help I contend my adversaries and from You I seek judgement. O Allah! Grant me forgiveness for the faults which I made in past and those ones I may commit in the future, those which I committed secretly or openly. You Alone send whomever You will to Jannah, and You Alone send whomever You will to Hell-fire. There is none worthy of worship except You).” Another narration adds: “La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no strength to resist evil and no power to do good except through Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-801/)* --- ## Hadith #802 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min fitnatin-nari, wa ‘adhabin-nari, wa min sharril-ghina wal-faqri (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the trials and the torment of the Fire and from the evils of wealth and poverty).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-802/)* --- ## Hadith #803 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) My uncle Qutbah bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min munkaratil-akhlaqi, wal-a’mali, wal- ahwa’i (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from undesirable manners, deeds, and aspirations).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-803/)* --- ## Hadith #804 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I asked: “O Messenger of Allah, teach me a prayer.” He (ﷺ) said, “Say: Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min sharri sam’i, wa min sharri basari, wa min sharri lisani, wa min sharri qalbi, wa min sharri maniyyi (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the evils of my hearing, the evils of my seeing, the evils of my tongue; the evils of my heart and the evils of passions).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-804/)* --- ## Hadith #805 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-barasi, wal- jununi, wal-judhami, wa sayyi’il-asqami’ (O Allah! I seek refuge in You from leucoderma, insanity, leprosy and evil diseases).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-805/)* --- ## Hadith #806 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal- ju’i, fa-innahu bi’sad-daji’u; wa a’udhu bika minal-khiyanati, fa- innaha bi’satil-bitanah’ . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-806/)* --- ## Hadith #807 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) A slave who had made a contract with his master to pay for his freedom, came to me and said: “I am unable to fulfill my obligation, so help me.” He said to him: “Shall I not teach you a supplication which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me? It will surely prove so effective that if you have a debt as large as a huge mountain, Allah will surely pay it for you. Say: ‘Allahumm-akfini bihalalika ‘an haramika, wa aghnini bifadlika ‘amman siwaka (O Allah! Grant me enough of what You make lawful so that I may dispense with what You make unlawful, and enable me by Your Grace to dispense with all but You).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-807/)* --- ## Hadith #808 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Prophet (ﷺ) taught my father two statements to recite in his Du’a. These are: “Allahumma al-himni rushdi, wa a’idhni min sharri nafsi (O Allah! Inspire in me guidance and deliver me from the evils within myself).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-808/)* --- ## Hadith #809 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to teach me a supplication. He (ﷺ) said, “Beg Allah for safety (from all evils in this world and in the Hereafter).” I waited for some days and then I went to him again and asked him: “O Messenger of Allah Teach me to supplicate something from Allah.” He said to me, “O Al-`Abbas, the uncle of Messenger of Allah! Beseech Allah to give you safety (Al-`afiyah ) in this life and in the Hereafter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-809/)* --- ## Hadith #810 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I asked Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her), “O Mother of the Believers! Which supplication did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) make frequently when he was in your house?” She said: “He (ﷺ) supplicated frequently: ‘Ya muqallibal-qulubi, thabbit qalbi ‘ala dinika (O Controller of the hearts make my heart steadfast in Your religion).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-810/)* --- ## Hadith #811 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One of Prophet Dawud’s supplications was: ‘Allahumma inni as’aluka hubbaka, wa hubba man yuhibbuka, wal-‘amalalladhi yuballighuni hubbaka. Allahumm-aj’al hubbaka ahabba ilayya min nafsi, wa ahli, wa minal-ma’il-baridi (O Allah! I ask You for Your Love, the love of those who love You, and deeds which will cause me to attain Your Love. O Allah! Make Your Love dearer to me than myself, my family and the cold water).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-811/)* --- ## Hadith #812 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Recite frequently: ‘Ya Dhal-Jalali wal-Ikram! (O You, Possessor of glory and honour).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-812/)* --- ## Hadith #813 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made many supplications which we did not memorize. We said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! You have made many supplications of which we do not remember anything.” He said, “Shall I tell you a comprehensive prayer? Say: ‘Allahumma inni as’aluka min khairi ma sa’alaka minhu nabiyyuka Muhammadun sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. Wa ‘a’udhu bika min sharri mas-ta’adha minhu nabiyyuka Muhammadun sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. Wa Antal-Musta’anu, wa ‘alaikal-balaghu, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (O Allah, I beg to You the good which Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) begged of You; and I seek refuge in You from the evil where from Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) sought refuge. You are the One from Whom help is sought and Your is the responsibility to communicate (the truth). There is no power or strength except with Allah the Exalted, the Great.”‘ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-813/)* --- ## Hadith #814 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) One of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was: “Allahumma inni as’aluka mujibati rahmatika, wa ‘aza’ima maghfiratika, was-salamata min kulli ithmin, wal-ghanimata min kulli birrin, wal-fawza bil- jannati, wannajata mina-nar (O Allah! I beg You for that which incites Your Mercy and the means of Your forgiveness, safety from every sin, the benefit from every good deed, success in attaining Jannah and deliverance from Fire).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-814/)* --- ## Hadith #815 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Whenever a Muslim supplicates for his (Muslim) brother in his absence, the angels say: ‘May the same be for you too’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-815/)* --- ## Hadith #816 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The supplication of a Muslim for his (Muslim) brother in his absence will certainly be answered. Everytime he makes a supplication for good for his brother, the angel appointed for this particular task says: ‘A meen! May it be for you, too’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-816/)* --- ## Hadith #817 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is favoured by another and says to his benefactor: `Jazak-Allah khairan (may Allah reward you well)’ indeed praised (the benefactor) satisfactorily.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-817/)* --- ## Hadith #818 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not invoke curses on yourself or on your children or on your possessions lest you should happen to do it at a moment when the supplications are accepted, and your prayer might be granted.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-818/)* --- ## Hadith #819 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A slave becomes nearest to his Rubb when he is in prostration. So increase supplications in prostrations.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-819/)* --- ## Hadith #820 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “The supplication of every one of you will be granted if he does not get impatient and say (for example): ‘I supplicated my Rubb but my prayer has not been granted’.”.The narration of Muslim is: “The supplication of a slave continues to be granted as long as he does not supplicate for a sinful thing or for something that would cut off the ties of kinship and he does not grow impatient.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah! What does growing impatient mean?” He (ﷺ) said, “It is one’s saying: ‘I supplicated again and again but I do not think that my prayer will be answered.’ Then he becomes frustrated (in such circumstances) and gives up supplication altogether.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-820/)* --- ## Hadith #821 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “At what time does the supplication find the greatest response?” He (ﷺ) replied, “A supplication made during the middle of the last part of the night and after the conclusion of the obligatory prayers.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-821/)* --- ## Hadith #822 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whenever a Muslim supplicates Allah, He accepts his supplication or averts any similar kind of trouble from him until he prays for something sinful or something that may break the ties of kinship.” Upon this someone of the Companions said: “Then we shall supplicate plenty.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is more plentiful (in responding).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-822/)* --- ## Hadith #823 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say when he was in distress: “La ilaha illallahul-Azimul-Halim. La ilaha illallahu Rabbul-‘Arshil-‘Azim. La ilaha illallahu Rabbus-samawati, wa Rabbul-ardi, wa Rabbul-‘Arshil- Karim. (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah the Incomparably Great, the Compassionate. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah the Rubb of the Mighty Throne. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah the Rubb of the heavens, the Rubb of the earth, and the Rubb of the Honourable Throne).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-823/)* --- ## Hadith #824 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Companions of As-Suffah were poor people. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever has food enough for two people, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should take a fifth or sixth (or said something similar).” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) took three people with him while Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took ten. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) took his supper with the Prophet (ﷺ) and stayed there till he offered the ‘Isha’ prayers. After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him: “What has detained you from your guests?” He said: “Have you not served supper to them?” She said: “They refused to take supper until you come.” .There are some more narrations in both Al-Bukhari and Muslim with very minor differences in wordings and in details. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-824/)* --- ## Hadith #825 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There were Muhaddithun (the recipients of Divine inspiration) among the nations before you. If there is any of such Muhaddith among my followers, he must be ‘Umar.”.In Muslim, this Hadith is narrated by ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her), and in both these narrations Ibn Wahb has said that the meaning of Muhaddithun is recipients of Divine inspiration. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-825/)* --- ## Hadith #826 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The inhabitants of Kufah complained to ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) against Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) appointed ‘Ammar (May Allah be pleased with him) as Governor of Kufah in his place. Their complaint was that he did not even conduct As-Salat (the prayers) properly. ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) sent for Sa’d and said to him: “O Abu Ishaq, the people claim that you do not offer the Salat properly.” Sa’d replied: “By Allah! I observe Salat according to the Salat of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and I make no decrease in it. I prolong Qiyam (standing) in the first two Rak’ah in Maghrib and ‘Isha’ prayers and shorten in the last ones.” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “This is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq!” Then he sent with him a man (or some men) to Kufah to investigate the matter about him (from the people of Kufah). The inquiry was conducted in every mosque and all the people in these mosques praised him; but in the mosque of the Banu ‘Abs, a man, with the name of Usamah bin Qatadah and surname Abu Sa’dah, stood up and said, “Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas did not participate in Jihad and he did not distribute the spoils equitably and did not judge justly.” On this Sa’d said: “I shall make three supplications in respect of him: O Allah! If this slave of Yours is a liar and seeker of notoriety, please prolong his life and lengthen his period of adversity and afflict him with trials.” (And so did it happen.) Thereafter, when the man was asked about his condition he would say, “I am an old man afflicted with trials and overtaken by the curses of Sa’d.”‘Abdul-Malik bin ‘Umair (a subnarrator) said: I saw this man with eyebrows hung over his eyes as a result of his old age and he walked aimlessly, following young girls and winking at them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-826/)* --- ## Hadith #827 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) Arwa bint Aus brought a suit against Sa’id bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail (May Allah be pleased with him). She complained to Marwan bin Al-Hakam that he had wrongfully taken possession of a portion of her land. Sa’id said: “How can I take a portion out of her land while I have heard a denunciation from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” Marwan asked him: “What did you hear from the Messenger of Allah?” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘He who takes a span of land unjustly will be made to wear seven earths round his neck on the Day of Ressurection’.” Marwan said to him: “I don’t seek proof from you after this.” Sa’id supplicated: “O Allah! If she is a liar, deprive her of her eye sight and cause her to die in her land.” ‘Urwah said: “She did not die till she became blind. While she was walking in her land (concerning which the dispute arose) she fell down into a pit and died.”.In another narration of Muslim, Muhammad bin Zaid bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said that he had seen Arwa blind, feeling for on the walls with her hand and saying: “I am ruined by the curse of Sa’id.” Later she fell in a well in the same disputed land and died. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-827/)* --- ## Hadith #828 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) My father called me on the evening before (the battle of) Uhud and said: “I perceive that I shall be among the first from among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) to be martyred, and after him you are the dearest to me. I am under the burden of debt. Pay it and treat your sisters well.” Next morning he was among the first to be killed, so I buried him along with another in the same grave. Thereafter, I did not like that I should leave him with another in the grave. So I dug up his corpse after six months and he was in the same condition in which he was on the day when I buried him, except that there was a scratch on his ear. Then I buried him in a separate grave.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-828/)* --- ## Hadith #829 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) Two Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) left his home in a very dark night with something like lights in front of them; when they separated, each of them had one light in front of him till they arrived home..Other narrations reported in Al-Bukhari say that the two men were Usaid bin Hudhair and ‘Abbad bin Bishr (May Allah be pleased with them). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-829/)* --- ## Hadith #830 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent an espionage mission of ten men under the leadership of ‘Asim bin Thabit Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him). They proceeded till they reached Al-Had’ah, a place between ‘Usfan and Makkah and the news of their arrival reached a section of the tribe of Hudhail, called Banu Lihyan. About one hundred men, who were all archers, hurried to follow their tracks. When ‘A sim and his companions came to know of their pursuers, they took refuge in a safe place. The infidels encircled them and said to them: “Come down and surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that we will not kill anyone of you.” ‘Asim bin Thabit (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “By Allah! I will not come down to be under the protection of disbelievers. O Allah! convey this news to our Prophet (ﷺ).” Then the infidels shot arrows at them till they killed ‘Asim. Three men came down relying on their promise and covenant. They were Khubaib, Zaid bin Ad-Dathinah and another man. When the disbelievers captured them, they tied them up with the strings of their bows. The third of the captives said: “This is the beginning of first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you. I have a good example in these (martyrs).” So they dragged him and tried to compel him to accompany them, but he refused. At last they killed him. They took Khubaib and Zaid bin Ad- Dathina with them and sold them as slaves in Makkah. This incident took place after the battle of Badr.Khubaib was bought by the sons of Al-Harith bin ‘Amir bin Naufal bin ‘Abd Manaf. It was Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith in the battle of Badr. Khubaib remained a prisoner with those people for a few days till the sons of Al-Harith resolved to kill him.When Khubaib (May Allah be pleased with him) got wind of this plot, he borrowed a razor from one of Al- Harith’s daughters in order to remove his pubic hair. Her little son crawled towards Khubaib because of her carelessness. Later on, she saw her son on his thigh and the razor was in his hand. She got scared so much that Khubaib noticed the agitation on her face and said: “Are you afraid that I will kill him? No, I will never do that.” She later remarked (after Al-Khubaib got martyred): “By Allah! I never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib.” She added: “By Allah! I saw him once eating of a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was chained and there was no such fruit at that time in Makkah. Probably it was a boon which Allah bestowed upon Khubaib.”When they took him out of the Haram of Makkah to kill him outside its boundaries, Khubaib requested them to let him offer two Rak’ah of voluntary prayer. They allowed him and he offered two Rak’ah prayer. Then he said: “Had I not apprehended that you would think that I was afraid of death, I would have prolonged the prayer. O Allah! Count their number; slay them one by one and spare not one of them.” He then recited these poetic verses:’I do not care how they kill me as long as I get martyred in the Cause of Allah as a Muslim. I received my death for Allah’s sake. If Allah so desires, He will bless, the amputated limbs of the torn body.’Then the son of Al-Harith killed him. It was Khubaib who set the tradition for any Muslim sentenced to death in captivity to offer two Rak’ah of voluntary prayer. On that day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) informed his Companions of the martyrdom of Khubaib. Later on, when some disbelievers from Quraish were informed that ‘Asim had been martyred, they sent some people to fetch a significant part of his body to ascertain his death. (This was because) ‘Asim had killed one of their chiefs. So Allah sent a swarm of wasps, resembling a shady cloud, to hover over the body of ‘Asim and to shield him from their messengers, and thus they could not cut off anything from his body.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-830/)* --- ## Hadith #831 **Book:** The Book of Du'a (Supplications) I never heard ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) relating anything that he conceived it to be so-and-so, but that it proved to be as he had conceived it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-831/)* --- ## Hadith #832 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must either speak good or remain silent.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-832/)* --- ## Hadith #833 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-833/)* --- ## Hadith #834 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever gives me a guarantee to safeguard what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I shall guarantee him Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-834/)* --- ## Hadith #835 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “A person utters a word thoughtlessly (i.e., without thinking about its being good or not) and, as a result of this, he will fall down into the fire of Hell deeper than the distance between the east and the west.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-835/)* --- ## Hadith #836 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man utters a word pleasing to Allah without considering it of any significance for which Allah exalts his ranks (in Jannah); another one speaks a word displeasing to Allah without considering it of any importance, and for this reason he will sink down into Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-836/)* --- ## Hadith #837 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A man speaks a good word without knowing its worth, Allah records for him His Good Pleasure till the day he will meet Him; and a man utters an evil word without realizing its importance, Allah records for him His displeasure till the day he will meet Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-837/)* --- ## Hadith #838 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, of something to which I may remain steadfast.” He (ﷺ) said, “Say: My Rubb is Allah and then remain steadfast.” Then I said: “O Messenger of Allah! What do you fear most about me?” He took hold of his own tongue and said: “This.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-838/)* --- ## Hadith #839 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not indulge in excessive talk except when remembering Allah. Excessive talking without the Remembrance of Allah hardens the heart; and those who are the farthest from Allah are those whose hearts are hard.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-839/)* --- ## Hadith #840 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He whom Allah saves from the evil of that which is between his jaws and the evil of that which is between his legs will enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-840/)* --- ## Hadith #841 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “How can salvation be achieved?” He replied, “Control your tongue, keep to your house, and weep over your sins.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-841/)* --- ## Hadith #842 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When the son of Adam gets up in the morning, all the limbs humble themselves before the tongue and say: ‘Fear Allah for our sake because we are with you: (i.e., we will be rewarded or punished as a result of what you do) if you are straight, we will be straight; and if you are crooked, we will become crooked.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-842/)* --- ## Hadith #843 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Inform me of an act which will cause me to enter Jannah and keep me far from Hell.” He (ﷺ) replied, “You have asked me about a matter of great importance, but it is easy for one for whom Allah makes it easy.” He added, “Worship Allah, associate nothing with Him in worship, offer As-Salat (the prayer), pay the Zakat, observe Saum (fasting) during Ramadan and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House of Allah, if you can afford it.” He (ﷺ) further said, “Shall I not guide you to the gates of goodness? Fasting is a screen (from Hell), charity extinguishes (i.e., removes) the sins as water extinguishes fire, and standing in prayers by a slave of Allah during the last third part of the night.” Then he recited: “Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Rabb in fear and hope, and they spend (in charity in Allah’s Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.” (32:16-17) Then he added, “Shall I tell you of the root of the matter, its pillar and its highest point?” I replied: “Yes! Certainly, O Prophet of Allah.” He said, “The root of this matter (foundation) is Islam, its pillar (mainstay is) As-Salat (the prayer) and its highest point is Jihad (fighting in the Cause of Allah).” Then he asked, “Shall I tell you of that which holds all these things?” I said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” So he took hold of his tongue and said, “Keep this in control.” I asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Shall we really be accounted for what we talk about?” He replied, “May your mother lose you! People will be thrown on their faces into the Hell on account of their tongues.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-843/)* --- ## Hadith #844 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do you know what is backbiting?” The Companions said: “Allah and His Messenger know better.” Thereupon he said, “Backbiting is talking about your (Muslim) brother in a manner which he dislikes.” It was said to him: “What if my (Muslim) brother is as I say.” He said, “If he is actually as you say, then that is backbiting; but if that is not in him, that is slandering.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-844/)* --- ## Hadith #845 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Delivering the sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage on the day of Sacrifice at Mina, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily your blood, your property and your honour are as sacred and inviolable as the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours and in this town of yours. Verily! I have conveyed this message to you.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-845/)* --- ## Hadith #846 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): “Such and such thing of Safiyyah (May Allah be pleased with her) is sufficient for you.” (She means to say that she was a woman with a short stature). He said, “You have indeed uttered a word which would pollute the sea if it were mixed in it.” She further said: I imitated a person before him and he said, “I do not like that I should imitate someone even (if I am paid) in return such and such.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-846/)* --- ## Hadith #847 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “During the Mi’raj (the Night of Ascension), I saw a group of people who were scratching their chests and faces with their copper nails. I asked, ‘Who are these people, O Jibril?’ Jibril replied: ‘These are the people who ate flesh of others (by backbiting) and trampled people’s honour.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-847/)* --- ## Hadith #848 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The blood, honour and property of a Muslim is inviolable for another Muslim.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-848/)* --- ## Hadith #849 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who defends the honour of his (Muslim) brother, Allah will secure his face against the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-849/)* --- ## Hadith #850 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions When the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up to offer As-Salat (the prayer) he asked, “Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshum?” A man replied: “He is a hypocrite. He does not love Allah and His Messenger.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not say that. Do you not know that he said: La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah),’ seeking His Pleasure. Allah has made the fire of Hell unlawful for him who affirms that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-850/)* --- ## Hadith #851 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting among the people in Tabuk. He (ﷺ) said, “What happened to Ka’b bin Malik?” A person from the tribe of Banu Salamah said: “O Messenger of Allah! the embellishment of his cloak and an appreciation of his sides have allured him, and he was thus detained.” Mu’adh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “Woe be upon you! You have passed indecent remarks. O Messenger of Allah! by Allah, we know nothing about him but good.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remained silent.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-851/)* --- ## Hadith #852 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A man sought permission for audience with the Prophet (ﷺ). He said, “Give him permission but he is a bad member of his tribe.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-852/)* --- ## Hadith #853 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I do not think that so-and-so understands anything of our Faith.”Al-Bukhari said: Al- Laith bin Sa’d, who is one of the narrators of this Hadith, said: The two men mentioned by the Prophet (ﷺ) in this Hadith were hypocrites (i.e., they revealed Faith and concealed disbelief). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-853/)* --- ## Hadith #854 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him: “Muawiyah and Abul-Jahm sent me a proposal of marriage.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Muawiyah is destitute and he has no property, and Abul-Jahm is very hard on women.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-854/)* --- ## Hadith #855 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We set out on a journey along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we faced many hardships. ‘Abdullah bin Ubaiy (the chief of the hypocrites at Al- Madinah) said to his friends: “Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) until they desert him.” He also said: “If we return to Al-Madinah, the more honourable (meaning himself, i.e., Abdullah bin Ubaiy) will drive out therefrom the meaner (meaning Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)).” I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him about that and he sent someone to ‘Abdullah bin Ubaiy. He asked him whether he had said that or not. Abdullah took an oath that he had not done anything of that sort and said that it was Zaid who carried a false tale to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Zaid said: I was so much perturbed because of this until this Verse was revealed verifying my statement:”When the hypocrites come to you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), they say: ‘We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah.’ Allah knows that you are indeed His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are liars indeed.” (63:1) Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called the hypocrites in order to seek forgiveness for them from Allah, but they turned away their heads.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-855/)* --- ## Hadith #856 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Hind, the wife of Abu Sufyan, said to the Prophet (ﷺ): Abu Sufyan is a niggardly man and does not give me and my children adequate provisions for maintenance unless I take something from his possession without his knowledge. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, “Take from his possessions on a reasonable basis that much which may suffice for you and your children.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-856/)* --- ## Hadith #857 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person who goes about with calumnies will never enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-857/)* --- ## Hadith #858 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by two graves and said, “Both of them (the persons in these graves) are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a cardinal sin. But indeed they are great sins. One of them used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and the other one used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says about him such and such evil things).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-858/)* --- ## Hadith #859 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Shall I tell you what ‘Al-‘Adhu’ (falsehood and slandering) is? It is calumny which is committed among the people.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-859/)* --- ## Hadith #860 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of my Companions should convey to me anything regarding another because I desire to meet everyone of you with a clean heart.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-860/)* --- ## Hadith #861 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “People are like ores. Those who were excellent in the Days of Ignorance are excellent in Islam provided they acquire the knowledge and understanding of the religion. You will find the best people in it (Islam) those who had a deep hatred (for leadership). You will find the worst among the people a double-faced person who appears to some people with one face and to others with another face.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-861/)* --- ## Hadith #862 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Some people said to my grandfather, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them): We visit our rulers and tell them things contrary to what we say when we leave them. ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) replied: “In the days of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we counted this act as an act of hypocrisy.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-862/)* --- ## Hadith #863 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is recorded with Allah as a truthful man. Falsehood leads to transgression and transgression leads to the Hell-fire. A man continues to speak falsehood till he is recorded with Allah as a great liar.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-863/)* --- ## Hadith #864 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever possesses these four characteristics, is a sheer hypocrite; and anyone who possesses one of them, possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he gives it up. (These are:) When he is entrusted with something, he proves dishonest; when he talks, he tells a lie; when he makes a covenant, he acts treacherously; and when he quarrels, he utters foul language.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-864/)* --- ## Hadith #865 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who narrates a dream which he has not seen will be put to trouble to join into a knot two barley seeds which he will not be able to do; and he who seeks to listen to the talk of a people (secretly) will have molten lead poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection; and he who makes a picture (of people or other creatures with a soul, such as animals and insects) will be (severely punished), and he will be asked to infuse spirit therein, which he will not be able to do.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-865/)* --- ## Hadith #866 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: “The worst of lies is to pretend to have seen something which he has not seen.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-866/)* --- ## Hadith #867 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) very often used to ask his Companions, “Do any one of you has seen a dream?” So dreams would be narrated to him by those whom Allah willed to relate. One day he (ﷺ) said, “Last night I had a vision in which two men (angels) came to me and woke me up and said to me, ‘Proceed!’ I set out with them and we came across a man lying down, and behold, another man was standing over his head, holding a big rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at the man’s head, smashing it. When he struck him, the stone rolled away and he went after it to get it, and no sooner had he returned to this man, his head was healed and restored to its former condition. The thrower (of the rock) then did the same as he had done before. I said to my two companions, ‘Subhan-Allah! Who are these?’ They said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’ So we proceeded and came to a man lying in a prone position and another man standing over his head with an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man’s mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back (of the neck), and similarly tear his nose from front to back, and his eyes from front to back. Then he turned to the other side of the man’s face and did just as he has done with the first side. He had hardly completed that (second) side when the first returned to its normal state. I said to my two companions, ‘Subhan-Allah! Who are these?’ They said, ‘Proceed, proceed.’ So we proceeded and came across something like a Tannur (a kind of baking oven, a pit usually clay-lined for baking bread).” I (the narrator) think the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In that oven there was much noise and voices.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “We looked into it and found naked men and women, and behold, a flame of fire was reaching to them from underneath, and when it reached them they cried loudly. I asked, ‘Who are these?’ They said to me, ‘Proceed, proceed.’ And so we proceeded and came across a river.” I (the narrator) think he said, “– red like blood.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “And behold, in the river there was a man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had collected many stones. Behold, while the other man was swimming, he went near him. The former opened his mouth and the latter (on the bank) threw a stone into his mouth whereupon he went swimming again. Then again he (the former) returned to him (the latter), and every time the former returned, he opened his mouth, and the latter threw a stone into his mouth, (and so on) the performance was repeated. I asked my two companions, ‘Who are these?’ They replied, ‘Proceed, proceed.’ And we proceeded till we came to a man with a repulsive appearance, the most repulsive appearance you ever saw a man having! Beside him there was a fire, and he was kindling it and running around it. I asked my two companions, ‘Who is this (man).’ They said to me, ‘Proceed, proceed!’ So we proceeded till we reached a garden of deep green dense vegetation, having all sorts of spring colours. In the midst of the garden there was a very tall man, and I could hardly see his head because of his great height, and around him there were children in such a large number as I have never seen! I said to my two companions, ‘Who is this?’ They replied, ‘Proceed, proceed.’ So we proceeded till we came to a majestic, huge garden, greater and better than any garden I have ever seen! My two companions said to me, ‘Ascend up’ and I ascended up.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “So we ascended till we reached a city built of gold and silver bricks, and we went to its gate and asked (the gatekeeper) to open the gate, and it was opened; and we entered the city and found in it men with one side of their bodies as handsome as the most handsome person you have ever seen, and the other side as ugly as the ugliest person you have ever seen! My two companions ordered those men to throw themselves into the river. Behold, there was a river flowing across (the city), and its water was like milk in whiteness. Those men went and threw themselves in it and then returned to us after the ugliness (of their bodies) had disappeared, and they came in the best shape.” The Prophet (ﷺ) further added, “My two companions said to me: ‘This place is the ‘Adn Jannah, and that is your place.’ I raised up my sight, and behold, there I saw a palace like a white cloud! My two companions said to me, ‘That palace is your place,’ I said to them, ‘May Allah bless you both! Let me enter it.’ They replied, ‘As for now, you will not enter it, but you shall enter it (one day).’ I said to them, ‘I have seen many wonders tonight. What does all that mean which I have seen?’ They replied, ‘We will inform you: As for the first man you came upon, whose head was being smashed with the rock, he is the symbol of the one who studies the Qur’an and then neither recites it nor acts on its orders, and sleeps, neglecting the enjoined prayers. As for the man you came upon, whose sides of mouth, nostrils and eyes were torn off from front to back, he is the symbol of the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells lies that are spread all over the world. And those naked men and women whom you saw in a construction resembling an oven, they are the adulterers and the adulteresses. And the man who was given a stone to swallow is the eater of Ar-Riba (usury), and the bad-looking man whom you saw near the fire, kindling it and going around it, is Malik, the gatekeeper of Hell, and the tall man you saw in the garden is (Prophet) Abraham, and the children around him are those who died upon Al-Fitrah (the Islamic Faith of Monotheism).”‘ The narrator added: Some Muslims asked the Prophet (ﷺ) , “O Messenger of Allah! What about the children of Al- Mushrikun (i.e., polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ))?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “And also the children of Al-Mushrikun.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added: “My two companions added, ‘The men you saw half handsome and half ugly were these people who had mixed an act that was good with another that was bad, but Allah forgave them’.”Another narration of Al-Bukhari is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One night two men came to me and took me to a blessed land.” (The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told of the same incident as above) and said, “After a while of walking we came upon a pit like an oven, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom with fire raging in it. When the flames rose up (the people in it) also rose up till they were about to come out; and when the fire subsided they, too, would go down with it. In it were naked men and women.” (The remainder of the Hadith is the same as the above Hadith except that at the end of it, the Messenger of Allah said: “We came upon a river of blood in the middle of which there was a man standing, and at the bank of the river there was a man with plenty of stones before him…” In this narration we also find: “They made me climb the tree and they made me enter an abode so beautiful the like of which I have never seen before. There (I saw) old men and youth.” In this narration we also find: “‘The first house you entered was the abode of the believers in general, and the other house was the abode of the martyrs. I am Jibril (Gabriel), and this is Mika’il. Raise your head.’ I looked up and saw something like clouds. They said to me, ‘That is your abode.’ I said, ‘Shall I enter it?’ They said, ‘You have not completed your term of life yet. When you do, you will certainly enter it.”‘ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-867/)* --- ## Hadith #868 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is enough for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-868/)* --- ## Hadith #869 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who relates from me something which he deems false is one of the liars.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-869/)* --- ## Hadith #870 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “I have a co-wife. “Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The one who creates a false impression of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-870/)* --- ## Hadith #871 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not inform you of one of the gravest of the cardinal sins?” We said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!” He (ﷺ) said, “To join others as partners with Allah in worship and to be undutiful to one’s parents.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat up from his reclining position (in order to stress the importance of what he was going to say) and added, “I warn you making a false statement and giving a false testimony. I warn you against making a false statement and giving a false testimony.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kept on repeating this (warning) till we wished he should stop. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-871/)* --- ## Hadith #872 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who swears by a religion other than that of Islam, is like what he has professed. He who kills himself with something, will be tormented with it on the Day of Resurrection. A person is not bound to fulfill a vow about something which he does not possess. Cursing a believer is like murdering him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-872/)* --- ## Hadith #873 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “It does not befit a Siddiq (righteous Muslim) to frequently curse others.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-873/)* --- ## Hadith #874 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Those who frequently resort to cursing (people) would neither be accepted as witnesses nor as intercessors on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-874/)* --- ## Hadith #875 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not curse one another, invoking Curse of Allah or Wrath of Allah or the fire of Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-875/)* --- ## Hadith #876 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A true believer is not involved in taunting, or frequently cursing (others) or in indecency or abusing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-876/)* --- ## Hadith #877 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a person curses somebody or something, the curse goes up to heaven and the gates of heaven get closed. Then it comes down to the earth and its gates get closed. Then it turns right and left, and if it does not find an entrance to go anywhere, it returns to the person or thing that was cursed; if he or it deserves to be cursed; otherwise it returns to the person who uttered it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-877/)* --- ## Hadith #878 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel. She abused and invoked curse upon it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard it and said, “Off load the she- camel and set it free because it has been cursed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-878/)* --- ## Hadith #879 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A young woman was riding a she-camel on which there was the luggage of people. Suddenly she saw the Prophet (ﷺ). The pass of the mountain became narrow for her people (because of fear). The young woman said to the she-camel: “Go ahead.” When it did not move, she said, “O Allah! Curse it.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The she-camel that has been cursed should not accompany us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-879/)* --- ## Hadith #880 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Reviling a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience of Allah) and killing him is (tantamount to) disbelief.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-880/)* --- ## Hadith #881 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When any Muslim accuses another Muslim of sin or of disbelief, the reproach rebounds upon the one who utters it, if the other person is not deserving of it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-881/)* --- ## Hadith #882 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When two persons indulge in abusing each other, the beginner will be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-882/)* --- ## Hadith #883 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A drunkard was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said, “Give him a beating.” Then some beat him with their hands, some with their shoes, and some with (a folded) piece of cloth. When he left, someone said to him: “May Allah disgrace you!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not help Satan overcome him by uttering such words.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-883/)* --- ## Hadith #884 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “He who accuses his slave of Zina will receive the punishment (Hadd) of slander on the Day of Resurrection, unless the accusation of Zina was true.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-884/)* --- ## Hadith #885 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not abuse the dead, because they have attained that which they had forwarded (i.e., their deeds, good or bad).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-885/)* --- ## Hadith #886 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A (true) Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is he who leaves the deeds which Allah has prohibited.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-886/)* --- ## Hadith #887 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who desires to be rescued from the fire of Hell and to enter Jannah, should die in a state of complete belief in Allah and the Last Day, and should do unto others what he wishes to be done unto him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-887/)* --- ## Hadith #888 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not harbour grudge against one another, nor jealousy, nor enmity; and do not show your backs to one another; and become as fellow brothers and slaves of Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim to avoid speaking with his brother beyond three days.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-888/)* --- ## Hadith #889 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The gates of Jannah are opened on Mondays and Thursdays, and then every slave (of Allah) is granted forgiveness if he does not associate anything with Allah in worship. But the person in whose heart there is rancour against his (Muslim) brother, they will not be pardoned and with regard to them it will be said twice: ‘Hold both of them until they are reconciled with each other.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-889/)* --- ## Hadith #890 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Beware of envy because envy consumes (destroys) the virtues just as the fire consumes the firewood,” or he said “grass.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-890/)* --- ## Hadith #891 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales. Do not look for other’s faults. Do not spy one another, and do not practise Najsh (means to offer a high price for something in order to allure another customer who is interested in the thing). Do not be jealous of one another and do not nurse enmity against one another. Do not sever ties with one another. Become the slaves of Allah, and be brothers to one another as He commanded. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He should neither oppress him nor humiliate him. The piety is here! The piety is here!” While saying so he pointed towards his chest. “It is enough evil for a Muslim to look down upon his Muslim brother. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in Faith: his blood, his wealth and his honour. Verily, Allah does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He looks to your hearts and your deeds.”Another narration is: “Do not feel envy against one another; do not nurse enmity; do not spy on one another and do not cheat one another. Be Allah’s slaves, brethren to one another.”Another narration is: “Do not have estranged relations with one another. Do not nurse enmity and do not feel envy against one another. O Allah’s worshippers! Be brothers!”Another narration is: “Do not estrange mutual relations and do not intervene into the transaction which is likely to be settled with another person.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-891/)* --- ## Hadith #892 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If you find faults with Muslims, you will corrupt them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-892/)* --- ## Hadith #893 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions “We have been prohibited from spying (on Muslims) and finding faults (with them). But we can take to task only and only if the sin is overt.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-893/)* --- ## Hadith #894 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-894/)* --- ## Hadith #895 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is enough evil for a Muslim to look down upon his (Muslim) brother.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-895/)* --- ## Hadith #896 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The haughty, even with pride equal to a mustard seed in his heart, will not enter Jannah.” A man enquired: “What about that a person likes fine dress and fine shoes?” He said: “Allah is Beautiful and likes beauty. Pride amounts to disclaiming truth out of self- esteem, and despising people .”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-896/)* --- ## Hadith #897 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Once someone said: ‘By Allah! Allah will not forgive such and such (a person).’ Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious, said: ‘Who is he who takes an oath in My Name that I will not grant pardon to so-and-so? I have granted pardon to so-and-so and rendered your good deeds fruitless.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-897/)* --- ## Hadith #898 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not express pleasure at the misfortune of a (Muslim) brother lest Allah should bestow mercy upon him and make you suffer from a misfortune.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-898/)* --- ## Hadith #899 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Two matters are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Defaming and speaking evil of a person’s lineage, and wailing over the dead.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-899/)* --- ## Hadith #900 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who takes up arms against us is none of us; and he who cheats us is none of us.”.Another narration of Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) happened to pass by a heap of corn. He thrust his hand in that (heap) and his fingers felt wetness. He said to the owner of that heap of corn, “What is this?” He replied: “O Messenger of Allah! These have been drenched by rainfall.” He remarked, “Why did you not place this (the drenched part of the heap) over the corn so that people might see it? He who deceives is not of us.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-900/)* --- ## Hadith #901 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not practise Najsh (to cheat).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-901/)* --- ## Hadith #902 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited the practice of Najsh.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-902/)* --- ## Hadith #903 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he was often deceived in dealings. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “When you enter into a transaction you should say: “There should be no deception.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-903/)* --- ## Hadith #904 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who deceives another’s wife or his slave is none of us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-904/)* --- ## Hadith #905 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever possesses these four characteristics is a sheer hypocrite; and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he gives it up. These are: when he is entrusted with something, he proves dishonest; when he speaks, he tells a lie; when he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous; and when he quarrels, he behaves in very imprudent, evil, insulting manner.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-905/)* --- ## Hadith #906 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “For every one who breaks his covenant, there will be a (huge) flag on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said: ‘This flag proclaims a breach of covenant by so-and-so.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-906/)* --- ## Hadith #907 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Every one who breaks a covenant will have a flag by his buttocks on the Day of Resurrection. It will be raised higher according to the nature of his breach. Behold, there will be no greater a sin with respect to breaking the covenant than that of a ruler who breaks his covenant with the Muslim masses.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-907/)* --- ## Hadith #908 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘I will contend on the Day of Resurrection against three (types of) people: One who makes a covenant in My Name and then breaks it; one who sells a free man as a slave and devours his price; and one who hires a workman and having taken full work from him, does not pay him his wages.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-908/)* --- ## Hadith #909 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) observed: “There are three (types of) people to whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurrection nor look at them nor purify them, and they will have a painful chastisement.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) repeated it three times. Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) remarked: “They are ruined. Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One who lets down his lower garments (below his ankels) out of arrogance, one who boasts of his favours done to another; and who sells his goods by taking a false oath.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-909/)* --- ## Hadith #910 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah has revealed to me that you should adopt humility. So that no one may wrong another and no one may be disdainful and haughty towards another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-910/)* --- ## Hadith #911 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a person says: ‘People have been ruined, he is the one to be ruined the most.”‘In another version: “He himself is the most ruined among them.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-911/)* --- ## Hadith #912 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not desert (stop talking to) one another, do not nurse hatred towards one another, do not be jealous of one another, and become as fellow brothers and slaves of Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim to stop talking to his brother (Muslim) for more than three days.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-912/)* --- ## Hadith #913 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim to desert (stop talking to) his brother beyond three nights, the one turning one way and the other turning to the other way when they meet, the better of the two is one who is the first to greet the other.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-913/)* --- ## Hadith #914 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “People’s deeds are presented before Allah on Mondays and Thursdays, and then every slave (of Allah) is granted forgiveness (of minor sins) if he does not associate anything with Allah in worship. But the person in whose heart there is rancour against his brother, will not be pardoned. With regard to them, it is said twice: ‘Hold these two until they are reconciled’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-914/)* --- ## Hadith #915 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, “The Satan has despaired of being worshipped by those who engage in prayer in the Arabian Peninsula but (has not lost hope) in creating dissension among them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-915/)* --- ## Hadith #916 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim to forsake his (Muslim) brother beyond three days; and whosoever does so for more than three days, and then dies, will certainly enter the Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-916/)* --- ## Hadith #917 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Whosoever forsakes his brother for a year is like one who sheds his blood.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-917/)* --- ## Hadith #918 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not permissible for a believer to forsake his (Muslim) brother for more than three days. If three days have passed, he should meet him and greet him; and if other responds to it they will both share the reward; but if he does not respond, he will bear his sin and the one who (has taken the initiative to) greet (the other) will be absolved of the sin of forsaking (one’s brother in Faith).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-918/)* --- ## Hadith #919 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “In the presence of three people, two should not hold secret counsel, to the exclusion of the third.”.In Abu Dawud, Abu Salih related: I asked Ibn ‘Umar: “What if there are four people.” He said, “There is no harm in that.”Malik reported in Al-Muwatta that ‘Abdullah bin Dinar related: Ibn ‘Umar and I were together in Khalid bin ‘Uqbah’s house which was situated in the market place. A man came to consult Ibn ‘Umar. None besides me was present. Ibn ‘Umar called another man in and we became four and said to me and the man he had called: Move away a bit because I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The two people should not hold secret counsel together excluding the third.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-919/)* --- ## Hadith #920 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When three of you are together, two of you must not converse privately ignoring the third till the number increases, lest the third should be grieved.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-920/)* --- ## Hadith #921 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A woman was punished in Hell because of a cat which she had confined until it died. She did not give it to eat or to drink when it was confined, nor did she free it so that it might eat the vermin of the earth.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-921/)* --- ## Hadith #922 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I happened to pass by some lads of the Quraish who had tied a bird at which they have been shooting arrows. Every arrow that they missed came into the possession of the owner of the bird. No sooner had they seen Ibn ‘Umar, they dispersed. Thereupon, Ibn ‘Umar said: “Who has done this? May Allah curse him who has done so. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has cursed anyone who makes a live thing the target (of one’s marksmanship).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-922/)* --- ## Hadith #923 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade animals being tied (as targets).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-923/)* --- ## Hadith #924 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I was the seventh child of Banu Muqarrin and we had only one slave-girl. When the youngest of us once happened to slap her (on the face) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered us to set her free.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-924/)* --- ## Hadith #925 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I was beating my slave with a whip when I heard a voice behind me which said: “Abu Mas’ud! Bear in mind…” I did not recognize the voice for the intense anger I was in. Abu Mas’ud added: As he came near me, I found that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was saying, “Abu Mas’ud! Bear in mind that Allah has more dominance upon you than you have upon your slave.” Then I said: “I will never beat any slave in future.”Another narration is: The whip dropped from my hand in awe of the Prophet (ﷺ).Still another narration is: I said: “He is free for the sake of Allah.” He (ﷺ) said, “If you had not done this, you would have been singed by the Fire.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-925/)* --- ## Hadith #926 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The expiation for beating or slapping a slave on the face for something he has not done is to set him free.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-926/)* --- ## Hadith #927 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions “What is the matter?” He was told that they had been detained for the non-payment of Jizyah. (Another narration says that they were being tortured for not having paid Al-Kharaj). Thereupon Hisham said: “I bear testimony to the fact that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘Allah will torment those who torment people in the world.”‘ Then he proceeded towards their Amir and reported this Hadith to him. The Amir then issued orders for their release.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-927/)* --- ## Hadith #928 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw an ass which had been branded on the face. He disapproved of it. Upon this Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said, “By Allah, I shall not brand (the animal) but on a part at a distance from the face.” Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) then commanded branding on the hips; he was the first person to brand the animals on hips.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-928/)* --- ## Hadith #929 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions An ass with a brand on the face happened to pass before the Prophet (ﷺ). Thereupon he said, “May Allah curse the one who has branded it (on the face).”.Another narration in Muslim is: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited us from hitting across the face and branding on the face (of an animal).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-929/)* --- ## Hadith #930 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on an expedition and said to us, “If you find so- and-so (he named two persons belonging to the Quraish) commit them to the fire.” When we were on the verge of departure, he said to us, “I ordered you to burn so-and-so, but it is Allah Alone Who punishes with the fire. So if you find them put them to death.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-930/)* --- ## Hadith #931 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a journey when he drew apart (to relieve nature). In his absence, we saw a red bird which had two young ones with it. We caught them and the red mother bird came, beating the earth with its wings. In the meantime the Prophet (ﷺ) returned and said, “Who has put this bird to distress on account of its young? Return them to her.” He (ﷺ) also noticed a mound of ants which we had burnt up. He asked, “Who has set fire to this?” We replied: “We have done so.” He (ﷺ) said, “None can chastise with fire except the Rubb of the fire.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-931/)* --- ## Hadith #932 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is an act of oppression on the part of a person to procrastinate in fulfilling his obligation; if the repayment of a debt due to any of you is undertaken by a rich person, you should agree to the substitution.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-932/)* --- ## Hadith #933 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who gives something (to someone) as a gift and then gets it back (from him or her) is like a dog which eats its own vomit.”Another narration is: “He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits and then returns to that and eats it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-933/)* --- ## Hadith #934 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I donated a horse in the way of Allah. Its new possessor did not treat it properly. I made my mind to buy it because I thought that he would sell it at a cheap price (now that it became weak and emaciated). I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, whereupon he said, “Do not buy it and do not get back your charity, for one who gets back the charity is like a dog that eats its own vomit.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-934/)* --- ## Hadith #935 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Keep away from the seven fatalities.” It was asked: “What are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Associating anything with Allah in worship (i.e., committing an act of Shirk), sorcery, killing of one whom Allah has declared inviolable without a just cause, devouring the property of an orphan, the eating of usury (Riba), fleeing from the battlefield and accusing chaste believing women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-935/)* --- ## Hadith #936 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who accepts Ar-Riba (the usury) and the one who pays it. . The narration in At-Tirmidhi adds: And the one who records it, and the two persons who stand witness to it. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-936/)* --- ## Hadith #937 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Almighty Allah says, ‘I am the One Who is most free from want of partners. He who does a thing for the sake of someone else beside Me, I discard him and his polytheism..”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-937/)* --- ## Hadith #938 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The first to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who had died as a martyr. He will be brought forward. Allah will remind him of the favours He had bestowed upon him and the man will acknowledge them. Then He will ask him: ‘What did you do to express gratitude for it?’ The man will reply: ‘I fought for Your Cause till I was martyred.’ Allah will say: ‘You have lied. You fought so that people might call you courageous; and they have done so.’ Command will then be issued about him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into Hell. Next a man who had acquired and imparted knowledge and read the Qur’an will be brought forward, Allah will remind him of the favours He had bestowed upon him and the man will acknowledge them. Then He will ask him: ‘What did you do to express gratitude for it?’ The man will reply: ‘I acquired knowledge and taught it, and read the Qur’an for Your sake.’ Allah will say to him: ‘You have lied. You acquired knowledge so that people might call you a learned (man), and you read the Qur’an so that they might call you a reciter, and they have done so.’ Command will then be issued about him, and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into Hell. Next a man whom Allah had made affluent and to whom Allah had given plenty of wealth, will be brought forward, Allah will remind him of the favours He had bestowed upon him and the man will acknowledge them. He will ask him: ‘What did you do to express gratitude for it?’ The man will reply: ‘I did not neglect any of the ways You liked wealth to be spent liberally for Your sake’. Allah will say to him: ‘You have lied. You did it so that people might call you generous, and they have done so.’ Command will then be issued about him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-938/)* --- ## Hadith #939 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Some people told me, “We visit our rulers and we tell them things contrary to those which we say when we depart from them.” `Abdullah bin `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) replied: “In the era of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we considered this to be an act of hypocrisy.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-939/)* --- ## Hadith #940 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who so acts to show off, Allah will disgrace him on the Day of Resurrection, and he who does good deeds so that people (may hold him in high esteem), Allah will expose his hidden evil intentions before the people on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-940/)* --- ## Hadith #941 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A person who acquires (religious) knowledge, which is (normally) acquired to gain the Pleasure of Allah, (for the sole reason) to secure worldly comforts will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah on the Day of Resurrection (i.e., will not enter Jannah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-941/)* --- ## Hadith #942 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “Tell us about a person who does some good deed and people praise him, will this be considered as showing off?” He replied, “This is the glad tidings which a believer receives (in this life).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-942/)* --- ## Hadith #943 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah has written the very portion of Zina which a man will indulge in. There will be no escape from it. The Zina of the eye is the (lustful) look, the Zina of the ears is the listening (to voluptuous songs or talk), the Zina of the tongue is (the licentious) speech, the Zina of the hand is the (lustful) grip, the Zina of the feet is the walking (to the place where he intends to commit Zina), the heart yearns and desires and the private parts approve all that or disapprove it.”.This is the wording in Muslim; Al-Bukhari wording is a bit short. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-943/)* --- ## Hadith #944 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Avoid sitting on roadsides.” His Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), there is no other alternative but to sit there to talk.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If you have to sit at all, then fulfill the rights of the road.” They asked: “What are their rights?” Thereupon he said, “Lowering the gaze (so that you may not stare at unlawful things); refraining from doing some harm to others, responding to greeting (i.e., saying ‘Wa’alaikumus- salam’ to one another) and commanding the good and forbidding the evil.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-944/)* --- ## Hadith #945 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We were sitting and talking on a platform in front of our house when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped by us and said, “Why do you sit on roads? Avoid sitting in them.” We replied: “We sit there intending no harm. We only sit and discuss (religious) knowledge and talk.” He said, “If you have to sit, you should fulfill the rights of the road: Lower your gaze, respond to greetings and talk in a good manner.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-945/)* --- ## Hadith #946 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman one is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-946/)* --- ## Hadith #947 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with Maimunah (May Allah be pleased with her) when Ibn Umm Maktum (May Allah be pleased with him) (who was blind) came to visit him. (This incident took place after the order of Hijab). The Prophet (ﷺ) told us to hide ourselves from him (i.e., observe Hijab). We said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he is blind and is unable to see us, nor does he know us.” He replied; “Are you also blind and unable to see him?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-947/)* --- ## Hadith #948 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A man must not look at a man’s private parts nor must a woman look at a woman’s private parts; neither should two men lie naked under one cover, nor should two women lie naked under the same cover.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-948/)* --- ## Hadith #949 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Avoid (entering a place) in which are women (uncovered or simply to mix with them in seclusion).” A man from the Ansar said, “Tell me about the brother of a woman’s husband.” He replied, “The brother of a woman’s husband is death.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-949/)* --- ## Hadith #950 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one of you should meet a woman in privacy unless she is accompanied by a Mahram (i.e., a relative within the prohibited degrees).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-950/)* --- ## Hadith #951 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The sanctity of the wives of Mujahidun (i.e., those who strive hard and fight in the way of Allah) for those who remain at home (i.e., those who do not go to the battlefield to fight Jihad) is like the sanctity of their own mothers. Anyone who remains behind to look after the family of a Mujahid and betrays his trust, will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection before the Mujahid who will take away from his meritorious deeds whatever he likes till he is satisfied.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned toward us and said, “Now, what do you think (i.e., will he leave anything with him)?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-951/)* --- ## Hadith #952 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed those men who are effeminate, and women who imitate men.Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed men who copy women and cursed women who copy men.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-952/)* --- ## Hadith #953 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed a man who puts on the dress of women, and a woman who puts on the dress of men.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-953/)* --- ## Hadith #954 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are two types of people who will be punished in Hell and whom I have not seen: men having whips like the tails of cows and they will be beating people with them, and, women who will be dressed but appear to be naked, inviting to evil; and they themselves will be inclined to it. Their heads will appear like the humps of the Bactrian camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Jannah and they will not smell its fragrance which is perceptible from such and such a distance.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-954/)* --- ## Hadith #955 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “Do not eat with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with his left hand.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-955/)* --- ## Hadith #956 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No person should eat and drink with his left hand for Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-956/)* --- ## Hadith #957 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “Jews and Christians do not dye their hair, so act differently from them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-957/)* --- ## Hadith #958 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Abu Quhafah, father of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with them) was presented to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of the conquest of Makkah and his head and beard were snow white. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Change it (i.e., dye it and avoid black colour).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-958/)* --- ## Hadith #959 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade shaving a part of the head.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-959/)* --- ## Hadith #960 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a boy, some portion of whose head was shaved and some of it was left out. He prohibited them from that and said, “Shave the whole of it or leave the whole of it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-960/)* --- ## Hadith #961 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) gave respite for three days to the family of Ja’far (after his martydom). Then he came and said, “Don’t weep for my brother after this day.” He said, “Bring all of my nephews to me.” We were accordingly brought as if we were chickens. Then he said, “Call for me a barber.” He directed him to shave our heads which he did.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-961/)* --- ## Hadith #962 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited a woman from shaving her head.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-962/)* --- ## Hadith #963 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have a daughter who had an attack of small pox and her hair fell off. Now I want to celebrate her marriage. Can I get her a wig?” Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah has cursed the maker and wearer of a wig.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-963/)* --- ## Hadith #964 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A similar narration was narrated on the authority of ‘Aishah. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-964/)* --- ## Hadith #965 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I saw Mu’awiyah (May Allah be pleased with him) during the Hajj (pilgrimage) standing on the pulpit. He took from the guard a bunch of hair, and said: “O people of Al-Madinah! Where are your scholars? (Why do they do not prohibit you) I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibiting from using this (false hair) and saying, ‘The people of Bani Israel were ruined when their women wore such hair.”‘ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-965/)* --- ## Hadith #966 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the maker and wearer of a wig and the tattooer and the one who is tattooed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-966/)* --- ## Hadith #967 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those women who have themselves tattooed, and those women who get their hair removed from their eyebrows and faces (except the beard and the mustache), and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth for beauty, whereby they change Allah’s creation. A woman started to argue with him, saying: “What is all this?” He replied: “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed and who are cursed in Allah’s Book? Allah, the Exalted, has said in His Book:”And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad (ﷺ)) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).” (59:7). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-967/)* --- ## Hadith #968 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who does something contrary to our way (i.e., Islam) will have it rejected.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-968/)* --- ## Hadith #969 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not touch your private parts with your right hand while urinating, nor for washing or cleaning (your private parts); and do not breathe into the drinking vessel from which you drink.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-969/)* --- ## Hadith #970 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should walk wearing one shoe; you should either wear them both or take them off both.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-970/)* --- ## Hadith #971 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When the lace of one of the shoes of any one of you is cut off, he should not walk with the other until he has got the lace repaired.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-971/)* --- ## Hadith #972 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a person wearing (tying up) his shoe while standing.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-972/)* --- ## Hadith #973 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not keep the fire burning in your homes when you go to bed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-973/)* --- ## Hadith #974 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A house in Al-Madinah was burnt with its occupants inside it one night. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said, “Fire is your enemy. So, put it out before going to bed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-974/)* --- ## Hadith #975 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Cover up the (kitchen) containers (i.e., pots, pans, etc.), tie up the mouth of the water-skin, lock up the doors and extinguish the lamps, because Satan can neither untie the water-skin nor open the door nor uncover the containers. If one can cover the cooking pot even by placing a piece of wood across it, and pronounce the Name of Allah on it, let him do it. A mouse can sometimes cause a house to burn along its dwellers.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-975/)* --- ## Hadith #976 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We have been forbidden to go into excess.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-976/)* --- ## Hadith #977 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We visited ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with him) and he said to us: O people! He who has the knowledge of any matter may convey it to the others. And he who has no knowledge, thereof, should say: “Allahu a’lam (Allah knows better).” It is a part and parcel of knowledge that a man who has no knowledge of a matter should say: “Allah knows better.” Allah said to His Prophet (ﷺ):”Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)): ‘No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur’an), nor am I one of the Mutakallifun (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).”‘ (38:86). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-977/)* --- ## Hadith #978 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The deceased is tortured in his grave for bewailing over him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-978/)* --- ## Hadith #979 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who (on befalling a calamity) slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of the Days of Ignorance is none of us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-979/)* --- ## Hadith #980 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions (My father) Abu Musa got seriously ill and lost his consciousness. His head was in the lap of a woman of the family and she began to wail. When Abu Musa recovered his consciousness, he said: “I am innocent of those from whom Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is innocent. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) declared himself free of (the responsibility) for a woman who wails, shaves her head and tears up her clothes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-980/)* --- ## Hadith #981 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “He who allows (others) to wail over his death, will be punished for it on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-981/)* --- ## Hadith #982 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions At the time of giving the pledge of allegiance, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took from us an oath that we would not wail.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-982/)* --- ## Hadith #983 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions When ‘Abdullah bin Rawahah (May Allah be pleased with him) became unconscious, his sister began to weep and shout: “Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! for such and such (mentioning his virtuous qualities).” When he recovered his consciousness, he said: “I was asked (disapprovingly, by the angels) about everything you said concerning me whether I am as you said.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-983/)* --- ## Hadith #984 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah during his illness. He was accompanied by ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf, Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas and ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with them). When they entered his house, they found him unconscious. The Messenger of Allah asked, “Has he died?” They replied: “No, O Messenger of Allah.” Hearing this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to weep. When his Companions saw this, they also began to weep too. He said, “Listen attentively: Allah does not punish for the shedding of tears or the grief of the heart, but takes to task or show mercy because of the utterances of this (and he pointed to his tongue).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-984/)* --- ## Hadith #985 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a garment of scabies (Allah knows the nature thereof).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-985/)* --- ## Hadith #986 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A woman who had taken a pledge of allegiance at the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Among the matters in respect of which we gave the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the pledge not to disobey him in any Ma’ruf . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-986/)* --- ## Hadith #987 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone dies and the mourner gets up and says: ‘Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! For the chief …’ and such like, Allah will put two angels in charge of him who will beat on the breast and ask him (disapproving): ‘Were you like that?’ “. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-987/)* --- ## Hadith #988 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Two things are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Slandering one’s lineage and wailing over the dead.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-988/)* --- ## Hadith #989 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Some people asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about soothsayers. He (ﷺ) said, “They are of no account.” Upon this they said to him, “O Messenger of Allah! But they sometimes make true predictions.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches (from the angels) and whispers into the ears of his friend (the soothsayers) who will then mix more than a hundred lies with it.”.The narration in Al-Bukhari is: “The angels descend in the clouds and mention matters which has been decreed in heaven; Satan steals a hearing (listens to it stealthily) and communicates it to the soothsayers who tell along with it a hundred lies.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-989/)* --- ## Hadith #990 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Narrated Safiyyah, daughter of Abu ‘Ubaid, on the authority of some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, “He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty days.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-990/)* --- ## Hadith #991 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The practice of ‘Iyafah, the interpretation of omens from the flight of birds, the practice of divination by drawing lines on the ground and taking evil omens are all practices of Al-Jibt (the idol, the diviner, or sorcerer).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-991/)* --- ## Hadith #992 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who acquires a branch of the knowledge of astrology, learns a branch of magic (of which he acquires more as long as) he continues to do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-992/)* --- ## Hadith #993 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have recently emerged from ignorance and Allah has favoured me with Islam. There are still some men among us who visit the soothsayers to consult them (on matters relating to the future).” He (ﷺ) replied, “Do not visit them.” I said: “There are some men who are guided by omens.” He replied, “These are the ideas which come up in their minds but you should not be influenced by them (i.e., these things) should not prevent them from pursuing their works.” I said: “There are some men who practise divination by drawing lines on the ground.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “There was a Prophet who drew lines, the line which agrees with the line drawn by that Prophet would be correct.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-993/)* --- ## Hadith #994 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited the price of a dog, the earning of an prostitute, and the money given to a soothsayer.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-994/)* --- ## Hadith #995 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Not the transmission of disease of one person to another and no evil omen, but I am pleased with good omens.” He was asked: “What is good omen?” He replied, “A good word.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-995/)* --- ## Hadith #996 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is no infection and no evil omen; but if there is anything (that may be a source of trouble) then it could be a house, a horse, and a woman.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-996/)* --- ## Hadith #997 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet never took ill omens.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-997/)* --- ## Hadith #998 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions When talking of omens was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said, “The best type of omen is the good omen.” He added, “A Muslim should not refrain from anything because of an omen.” He (ﷺ) told them, “When any of you sees anything which he dislikes, he should say: ‘Allahuma la ya’ti bil-hasanati illa Anta, wa la yadfa’us- sayyi’ati illa Anta, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa Bika (O Allah ! You Alone bring good things; You Alone avert evil things, and there is no might or power but in You).”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-998/)* --- ## Hadith #999 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Those who draw pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection; and it will be said to them: ‘Breathe soul into what you have created.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-999/)* --- ## Hadith #1000 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me after returning from a journey, and I had a shelf with a thin cloth curtain hanging over it and on which there were portraits. When he saw it, the colour of his face changed (because of anger) and he said, “O ‘Aishah! the most grievous torment from Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be for those who imitate (Allah) in the act of His creation.” ‘Aishah said: We tore it into pieces and made a cushion or two cushions out of that.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1000/)* --- ## Hadith #1001 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Every painter will go to Hell, and for every portrait he has made, there will be appointed one who will chastise him in the Hell.” Ibn ‘Abbas said: If you have to do it, draw pictures of trees and other inanimate things.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1001/)* --- ## Hadith #1002 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Whosoever makes a picture, will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and will be asked to infuse soul therein, which he will not be able to do.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1002/)* --- ## Hadith #1003 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Those who will receive the most severe punishment from Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be painters (of living objects).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1003/)* --- ## Hadith #1004 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Almighty Allah said: ‘Who is more an oppressor than him who goes to create like My creation? Let him make an ant or a grain of corn or a grain of barley.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1004/)* --- ## Hadith #1005 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1005/)* --- ## Hadith #1006 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Jibril (Gabriel) promised to visit the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) but delayed and this grieved him very much. When he came out of his house, Jibril met him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him about the reason of delay, and he replied: “We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1006/)* --- ## Hadith #1007 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Jibril (Gabriel) (ﷺ) made a promise with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. There was a staff in the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He threw it from his hand and said, “Never does Allah back out of His Promise, nor do His messengers.” Then he noticed a puppy under his bed and said, “O ‘Aishah, when did this dog enter?” She said: “By Allah, I don’t know.” He then commanded that it should be turned out. No sooner than had they expelled it, Jibril came and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “You promised to visit me. I waited for you but you did not come.” Whereupon he said: “The dog kept me from coming. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1007/)* --- ## Hadith #1008 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions ‘Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) said to me: “Shall I not send you to do a task that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had assigned to me? Spare no portrait unwiped out, and leave not a high grave unlevelled.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1008/)* --- ## Hadith #1009 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who keeps a dog other than one for guarding the fields or herds or hunting, will lose two Qirat every day out of his rewards.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1009/)* --- ## Hadith #1010 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who keeps a dog, will lose out of his good deeds equal to one Qirat every day, except one who keeps it for guarding the fields or the herd.”.In a narration of Muslim, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is reported to have said: “He who keeps a dog for any reason other than to guard his property (lands) or his flock of sheep, his good deeds equal to two Qirat will be deducted every day.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1010/)* --- ## Hadith #1011 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Angels do not accompany the travellers who have with them a dog or a bell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1011/)* --- ## Hadith #1012 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The bell is one of the musical instruments of Satan.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1012/)* --- ## Hadith #1013 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited riding a camel which eats dung, or animal or human waste.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1013/)* --- ## Hadith #1014 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is that the spittle should be buried in earth.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1014/)* --- ## Hadith #1015 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw spittle or snot or sputum, sticking to the wall towards Qiblah and scratched it off.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1015/)* --- ## Hadith #1016 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not proper to use the mosque for urinating or easing oneself. They are merely built for the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur’an”, or as he stated.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1016/)* --- ## Hadith #1017 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone hears a man inquiring in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: ‘La raddaha Allahu ‘alaika (May Allah not restore it to you),’ for mosques are not built for this purpose.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1017/)* --- ## Hadith #1018 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah said, “When you see someone buying or selling in the mosque, say to him: ‘La arbaha-Allahu tijarataka (May Allah not make your bargain profitable)!’ When you see someone announcing something lost in it, say: ‘May Allah not restore it to you!”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1018/)* --- ## Hadith #1019 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A man announced (the loss of his camel) in the mosque, uttering these words: “Has any one seen my red camel?” Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “May it not be restored to you! The mosques are built for what they are meant to be (i.e., prayer, remembrance of Allah, acquiring knowledge, etc.).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1019/)* --- ## Hadith #1020 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited (us) from buying and selling in the mosque; (he also prohibited us from) making announcement in it about something lost and from reciting poems in it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1020/)* --- ## Hadith #1021 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions While I was in the mosque, someone threw a pebble at me, and when I looked up, I saw that it was ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, who said: “Go and call me these two men.” I brought them and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) asked them: “Where are you from?” On their replying that they belonged to At-Taif, he said: “Had you been the inhabitants of Al-Madinah, I would have given you a beating for raising your voices in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1021/)* --- ## Hadith #1022 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who has eaten garlic should not come to our mosque.”.The narration in Muslim is: “He who has eaten garlic should not come to our mosques.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1022/)* --- ## Hadith #1023 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who has eaten from this plant (i.e., garlic) should not approach us and should not offer Salat (prayer) along with us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1023/)* --- ## Hadith #1024 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who has eaten garlic or onion should keep away from us or our mosques.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1024/)* --- ## Hadith #1025 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions “O you people! You eat garlic and onion. I think the odour of these to be very offensive. I saw that if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) happened to find a man with such offensive odour in the mosque, he would order him to be taken out of the mosque and sent to Al-Baqi’. He who wants to eat any of these, should cook them till their odour dies out.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1025/)* --- ## Hadith #1026 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade (us) from sitting with our legs drawn up to our belly (Ihtiba’) during the Friday Khutbah (religious talk before the prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1026/)* --- ## Hadith #1027 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone of you intends to sacrifice the animal and enter in the month of Dhul-Hijjah, he should not get his hair cut or nails pared till he has offered his sacrifice.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1027/)* --- ## Hadith #1028 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah has prohibited you from taking an oath by your fathers. He who must take an oath, may do so by swearing in the Name of Allah or he should remain silent.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1028/)* --- ## Hadith #1029 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Swear neither by the name of Taghut (i.e., false deities, false leaders, etc.) nor by your fathers.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1029/)* --- ## Hadith #1030 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who swears by Amanah (trust) is not one of us.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1030/)* --- ## Hadith #1031 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone swears that in such and such case he will be free from Islam and afterwards he turns out to be a liar, he will be as he has sworn; but if he is speaking the truth, he will not revert safely to Islam.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1031/)* --- ## Hadith #1032 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard a man saying: “No, by the Ka’bah.” I admonished him: “Do not swear by any thing besides Allah, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘He who swears by anyone or anything other than Allah, has indeed committed an act of Kufr or Shirk’.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1032/)* --- ## Hadith #1033 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who takes oath to acquire the property of a Muslim unjustly will meet Allah and He will be angry with him” then he recited:”Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter. Neither will Allah speak to them nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.” (3:77). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1033/)* --- ## Hadith #1034 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who misappropriates the right of a Muslim by taking a false oath, Allah will condemn him to the fire of Hell and will forbid Jannah for him.” A person asked: “O Messenger of Allah, even if it is something insignificant?” He replied, “Yes, even if it is the twig of the Arak tree.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1034/)* --- ## Hadith #1035 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Of the major sins are: Associating anything in worship with Allah, disobedience to the parents, killing without justification and taking a false oath (intentionally).”.Another narration is: A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him: “O Messenger of Allah, what are the cardinal sins?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Associating anything with Allah in worship.” The man asked: “(What is) next?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Al-Yamin Al-Ghamus.” He asked: “What do you mean by Al-Yamin Al-Ghamus?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Swearing falsely to usurp the property of a Muslim.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1035/)* --- ## Hadith #1036 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “When you take an oath and consider something else to be better than it, make expiation for your oath and choose the better alternative.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1036/)* --- ## Hadith #1037 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, make expiation for your oath and do the thing that is better.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1037/)* --- ## Hadith #1038 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, I swear by Allah, if Allah wills, I shall not swear to do something but that if I consider something else to be better than it, then I shall make expiation for my oath and adopt the thing that is better.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1038/)* --- ## Hadith #1039 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Persistence in respect of his oath about his family is more sinful with Allah than the payment of its expiation prescribed by Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1039/)* --- ## Hadith #1040 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Ayah: “Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths …” was revealed in respect of those persons who are in the habit of repeating: ‘No, by Allah’; and ‘Yes, by Allah.’. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1040/)* --- ## Hadith #1041 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1041/)* --- ## Hadith #1042 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Beware of excessive swearing in sale, because it may promote trade but this practice will eliminate the blessing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1042/)* --- ## Hadith #1043 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one should ask in the Face of Allah for anything except Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1043/)* --- ## Hadith #1044 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Grant shelter to him who begs for it in the Name of Allah, give to him who begs in the Name of Allah, accept the invitation of him who invites you, and requite him who does a favour to you, but if you are unable to requite him, go on praying for him till you are sure that you have requited him adequately.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1044/)* --- ## Hadith #1045 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The most disgraceful man near Allah is a man who calls himself (or likes others to call him) Malikul-Amlak (i.e., king of kings).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1045/)* --- ## Hadith #1046 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not address a hypocrite with the title of chief, (or similar titles of respect) for even if he deserves this title you will invite Allah’s Wrath by using it for him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1046/)* --- ## Hadith #1047 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Umm Sa’ib (or Umm Musaiyyab) and asked her, “What ails you O Umm Sa’ib (or Umm Musaiyyab)? You are shivering.” She replied: “It is a fever, may Allah not bless it!” He said to her, “Do not revile fever, for it cleanses out the sins of the sons of Adam in the same way that a furnace removes the dirt of iron.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1047/)* --- ## Hadith #1048 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not revile the wind. When you experience something abominable (about it), supplicate: ‘Allahumma inna nas’aluka min khairi hadhihir-rihi, wa khairi ma fiha, wa khairi ma umirat bihi. Wa na’udhu bika min sharri hadhihir-rihi, wa sharri ma fiha, wa sharri ma umirat bihi. (O Allah, we beg of You the good of this wind and the good of that which it contains and the good of that which it has been commanded; and we seek refuge in you from the evil of this wind and the evil of that which it contains and the evil of that which it has been commanded).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1048/)* --- ## Hadith #1049 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The wind is the Blessing of Allah. Sometimes it brings His Mercy and sometimes it brings His Chastisement. When you experience it, do not revile it but beg of Allah its good; and seek Allah’s Refuge against its evil.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1049/)* --- ## Hadith #1050 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Whenever the wind blew strongly, The Prophet (ﷺ) would say: “Allahumma inni as’aluka khairaha, wa khaira ma fiha, wa khaira ma ursilat bihi. Wa a’udhu bika min sharriha, wa sharri ma fiha, wa sharri ma ursilat bihi. (O Allah, I beg of You its good and the good of that which it contains and the good of the purpose for which it has been sent; and I seek Your Refuge from its evil and the evil of that which it contains and the evil of the purpose for which it has been sent).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1050/)* --- ## Hadith #1051 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not revile the rooster for it wakes you up for prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1051/)* --- ## Hadith #1052 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led the Fajr prayer at Al-Hudaibiyyah after a rainfall during the night. At the conclusion of prayer, he turned towards the people and said, “Do you know what your Rubb has said?” They replied: “Allah and His Messenger know better.” Upon this he remarked, “He has said: ‘Some of My slaves have entered the morning as My believers and some as unbelievers. He who said: We have had a rainfall due to the Grace and Mercy of Allah, believes in Me and disbelieves in the stars; and he who said: We have had a rainfall due to the rising of such and such star, disbelieves in Me and affirms his faith in the stars.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1052/)* --- ## Hadith #1053 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a person calls his brother (in Islam) a disbeliever, one of them will certainly deserve the title. If the addressee is so as he has asserted, the disbelief of the man is confirmed, but if it is untrue, then it will revert to him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1053/)* --- ## Hadith #1054 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If somebody accuses another of disbelief or calls him the enemy of Allah, such an accusation will revert to him (the accuser) if the accused is innocent.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1054/)* --- ## Hadith #1055 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A true believer does not taunt or curse or abuse or talk indecently.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1055/)* --- ## Hadith #1056 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Indecency does not leave anything untainted and decency does not leave anything ungraced and embellished.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1056/)* --- ## Hadith #1057 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ruined are Al-Mutanatti’un.” He repeated this thrice.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1057/)* --- ## Hadith #1058 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah dislikes an eloquent person who rolls his tongue as a cow rolls its tongue (while eating).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1058/)* --- ## Hadith #1059 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The dearest and the closest of you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who are the best in behaviour; and the most hateful and the farthest from me on the Day of Resurrection will be the talkative and the most pretentious and the most rhetorical.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1059/)* --- ## Hadith #1060 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you should say: ‘My soul has become evil.’ He should say: ‘My soul is in bad shape.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1060/)* --- ## Hadith #1061 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should use the word Al-Karm for grapes, for Al-Karm is a Muslim (worthy of respect).”Another narration is: “Verily, Al-Karm is the heart of a true believer.”Another narration is: “People have named grapes as Al-Karm; verily, only the heart of a believer is Al-Karm.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1061/)* --- ## Hadith #1062 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not say Al-Karm when talking about grapes but say Al-‘Inab or Al-Habalah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1062/)* --- ## Hadith #1063 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No woman should touch another woman’s body and then describe the details of her figure to her husband in such a manner as if he was looking at her.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1063/)* --- ## Hadith #1064 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You must not supplicate: ‘O Allah! forgive me if You wish; O Allah bestow mercy on me if You wish.’ But beg from Allah with certitude for no one has the power to compel Allah.”Another narration of Muslim is: “A supplication should be made in full confidence and one should persistently express his desire (before Allah) in his supplication, for no bounty is too great for Allah to bestow (upon his slaves).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1064/)* --- ## Hadith #1065 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you supplicates, let him be decisive and he should not say: ‘O Allah, bestow upon me such and such if You wish’, because no one has the power to compel Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1065/)* --- ## Hadith #1066 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Say not: ‘What Allah wills and so-and-so wills’, but say: ‘What Allah wills, and then what so-and-so wills.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1066/)* --- ## Hadith #1067 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) disliked going to bed before the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer and indulging in conversation after it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1067/)* --- ## Hadith #1068 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Once, towards the end of his life, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concluded the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer and said, “After one hundred years from tonight none of the people on the surface of the earth will survive.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1068/)* --- ## Hadith #1069 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Once the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer till midnight. He (ﷺ) turned to us after the prayer and said, “All the people slept after offering their prayers, but you who waited, will be accounted as if you were engaged in your prayer throughout the period.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1069/)* --- ## Hadith #1070 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, and thus he spends the night angry with her, the angels continue cursing her till the morning.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1070/)* --- ## Hadith #1071 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a woman to observe an optional Saum (fast) without the permission of her husband when he is at home. Nor should she allow anyone to enter his house without his permission.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1071/)* --- ## Hadith #1072 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Does he who raises up his head before the Imam not fear that Allah will make his head that of a donkey or make his appearance similar to that of donkey?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1072/)* --- ## Hadith #1073 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We are prohibited from placing the hand on the side during As-Salat (the prayer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1073/)* --- ## Hadith #1074 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “No Salat (prayer) should be performed when the food has been served, nor should it be performed when a person is in need of relieving himself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1074/)* --- ## Hadith #1075 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?” He stressed (this point) and added, “People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer), or else their sights will certainly be snatched away.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1075/)* --- ## Hadith #1076 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, “It is something which Satan snatches from the slave’s Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1076/)* --- ## Hadith #1077 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and not in obligatory Salat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1077/)* --- ## Hadith #1078 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Do not offer Salat (prayer) facing the graves and do not sit on them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1078/)* --- ## Hadith #1079 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to pass in front of him.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1079/)* --- ## Hadith #1080 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1080/)* --- ## Hadith #1081 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not choose the Friday night among all other nights for standing in (Tahajjud) prayer, and do not choose Friday among all other days for Saum (fasting) except that one you have accustomed to.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1081/)* --- ## Hadith #1082 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “None of you should observe fast on Friday except that he should observe fast either one day before it or one day after it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1082/)* --- ## Hadith #1083 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him). Did the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit fasting on Friday?” He said, “Yes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1083/)* --- ## Hadith #1084 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Juwairiyah bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, said that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her on a Friday and she was observing fast. He asked, “Did you observe fast yesterday?” She said, “No.” He asked, “Do you intend to observe fast tomorrow?” She said, “No.” He said, “In that case, give up your fast today.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1084/)* --- ## Hadith #1085 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous voluntary fasts beyond one day.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1085/)* --- ## Hadith #1086 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous fasts beyond one day. The Companions submitted: “But you do it.” He replied, “I am not like you. I am given to eat and to drink (from Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1086/)* --- ## Hadith #1087 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is much better for one of you to sit on a live coal, which will burn his clothes and get to his skin than to sit on a grave.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1087/)* --- ## Hadith #1088 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures), used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1088/)* --- ## Hadith #1089 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a slave runs away from his master, his responsibility to him is absolved.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1089/)* --- ## Hadith #1090 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When the slave runs away from his master, his Salat (prayer) will not be accepted.”.Another narration is: “He is guilty of disbelief (i.e., in case he believes in the lawfulness of doing so).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1090/)* --- ## Hadith #1091 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Quraish were anxious about a woman from Banu Makhzum who had committed theft and asked : “Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about her?” Then they said: “No one will be bold enough to do so except Usamah bin Zaid, the (Companion who was) dearly loved by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” So Usamah (May Allah be pleased with him) spoke to him and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (angrily) said, “Are you interceding regarding one of the punishments prescribed by Allah?” He then got up and delivered an address in which he said, “Indeed what destroyed the people before you was just that when a person of high rank among them committed a theft, they spared him; but if the same crime was done by a poor person they inflicted the prescribed punishment on him. I swear by Allah that if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad should steal, I would have her hand cut off.”.In another narration ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: (Upon hearing the intercession of Usamah), the face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) changed color (because of anger) and he said, “Do you dare to intercede in matters prescribed by Allah?” Usamah pleaded: “O Messenger of Allah! Pray for my forgiveness.” ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) added: Thereafter the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave orders to have that woman’s hand cut off. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1091/)* --- ## Hadith #1092 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Avoid two habits which provoke cursing.” The Companions said: “What are those things which provoke cursing?” He said, “Relieving on the thoroughfares or under the shades where people take shelter and rest.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1092/)* --- ## Hadith #1093 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade urinating into stagnant water.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1093/)* --- ## Hadith #1094 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions My father took me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him: “I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Have you given such gift to every son of yours?” He replied, “No.” Thereupon he said, “Take this gift back.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Be mindful of your obligation to Allah and do justice in respect of your children.” My father came back and revoked his gift.Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Have you other children besides this one?” He said, “Yes.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Have you awarded a gift like this to all of them.” He said, “No.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I am not going to bear witness to this act of injustice.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Do you not except goodness from all of them as you except from him?” He said, “Yes, of course.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Then don’t do this (i.e., do not give a gift to one son only).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1094/)* --- ## Hadith #1095 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I went to Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), when her father Abu Sufyan bin Harb (May Allah be pleased with him) died. Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) sent for a yellow coloured perfume or something else like it, and she applied it to a slave-girl and then rubbed it on her own cheeks and said: “By Allah, I have no need for perfume, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for the dead beyond three days, except for the death of her husband; in which case the period of mourning is of four months and ten days.”‘ Zainab said: I then visited Zainab, daughter of Jahsh (May Allah be pleased with her) when her brother died; she sent for perfume and applied it and then said: “Beware! By Allah, I don’t feel any need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying from the pulpit, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband (for whom the period is) four months and ten days.”‘ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1095/)* --- ## Hadith #1096 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a person in the city should make a deal on behalf of a villager on commission even if he is his real brother.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1096/)* --- ## Hadith #1097 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not meet the merchandise till they arrive in the market.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1097/)* --- ## Hadith #1098 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The caravans carrying merchandise should not be met on the way to purchase from them; a man in the city should not sell for a man of the desert.”Tawus asked him (Ibn ‘Abbas): “What do these words really imply?” He said: “He should not work as an agent on his behalf.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1098/)* --- ## Hadith #1099 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man in the city should be the commission agent of a man from the desert and prohibited the practice of Najsh (i.e., offering a high price for something in order to allure another customer who is interested in the thing); and that a man should make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending; or that he should make a proposal of marriage while that of his brother is pending; or that a woman should try that a sister of hers might be divorced so that she might take her place.Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the people from meeting the caravan on the way for entering into business transaction with them; and the selling of the goods by a dweller of the city on behalf of a man of the desert; and the seeking by a woman the divorce of her sister (from her husband); and the practice of Najsh and leaving the animals unmilked (for sometime for the purpose of accumulation of milk to deceive the buyer).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1099/)* --- ## Hadith #1100 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A person should not enter into a transaction when his (Muslim) brother has already negotiated, nor should he make a proposal of marriage when that of his brother is pending, except with the permission of the latter.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1100/)* --- ## Hadith #1101 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Mu’min is the brother of another Mu’min; and thus it is not permissible for a Mu’min to make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending, nor should he make a proposal of marriage while that of his brother is pending till he withdraws his proposal.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1101/)* --- ## Hadith #1102 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah likes three things for you and disapproves three things for you. He likes that you should worship Him Alone, not to associate anything with Him (in worship) and to hold fast to the Rope of Allah and not to be divided among yourselves; and He disapproves for you irrelevant talk, persistent questioning and the squandering of the wealth.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1102/)* --- ## Hadith #1103 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah dictated a letter to me addressed to Mu’awiyah (May Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate at the end of each obligatory Salat (prescribed prayer): “La ilaha illallahu, wahadahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir. Allahumma la mani’a lima a’taita, wa la mu’tiya lima mana’ta, wa la yanfa’u dhal-jaddi mink-al-jaddu. (There is no true god except Allah, the One, Who has no partner. His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Able to do everything. O Allah! Nobody can withhold what You give; and nobody can give what You withhold; and the high status of a person is of no avail against Your Will).” He also wrote to him that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to forbid irrelevant talk, wasteful expenditure, persistent questioning, disobedience of parents (especially mothers), infanticide of daughters by burying them alive, depriving others of their rights and acquisition of property wrongfully.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1103/)* --- ## Hadith #1104 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should point at his brother with a weapon because he does not know that Satan may make it lose from his hand and, as a result, he may fall into a pit of Hell-fire (by accidentally killing him).”.The narration in Muslim is: Abul-Qasim (i.e., the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) said, “He who points at his (Muslim) brother with a weapon is cursed by the angels even if the other person should be his real brother.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1104/)* --- ## Hadith #1105 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited from presenting a drawn sword to another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1105/)* --- ## Hadith #1106 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions We were sitting with Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque when the Mu’adhdhin proclaimed the Adhan. A man stood up in the mosque and started walking out. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) stared at him till he went out of the mosque. Upon this Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, this man has disobeyed Abul-Qasim (ﷺ).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1106/)* --- ## Hadith #1107 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is presented with a flower of sweet basil should not reject it, because it is light in weight and pleasant in odour.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1107/)* --- ## Hadith #1108 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) never refused a gift of perfume.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1108/)* --- ## Hadith #1109 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) heard a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said, “You killed the man,” or he said, “You ruined the man.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1109/)* --- ## Hadith #1110 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Mention of a man was made to the Prophet (ﷺ) and someone praised him whereupon he (ﷺ) said, “Woe be to you! You have broken the neck of your friend!” He repeated this several times and added, “If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: ‘I reckon him to be such and such and Allah knows him well’, if you think him to be so-and-so, you will be accountable to Allah because no one can testify the purity of others against Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1110/)* --- ## Hadith #1111 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions A person began to praise ‘Uthman (May Allah be pleased with him), and Al-Miqdad (May Allah be pleased with him) sat upon his knees and began to throw pebbles upon the flatterer’s face. ‘Uthman (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “What is the matter with you?” He said: “Verily, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘When you see those who shower undue praises upon others throw dust upon their faces.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1111/)* --- ## Hadith #1112 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions ‘Umar bin Al- Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) set out for Ash-Sham (the region comprising Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan). As he reached at Sargh (a town by the side of Hijaz) he came across the governor of Al-Ajnad, Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (May Allah be pleased with him) and his companions. They informed him that an had broken out in Syria. Ibn ‘Abbas relates: ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said to me: “Call to me the earliest Muhajirun (Emigrants).” So I called them. He sought their advice and told them that an epidemic had broken out in Ash-Sham. There was a difference of opinion whether they should proceed further or retreat to their homes in such a situation. Some of them said: “You have set forth to fight the enemy, and therefore you should not go back;” whereas some of them said: “As you have along with you many eminent Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we would not advice you to set forth to the place of the plague (and thus expose them deliberately to a danger).” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “You can now go away.” He said: “Call to me the Ansar (the Helpers).” So I called them to him, and he consulted them and they differed in their opinions as well. He said: “Now, you may go.” He again said: “Call the old (wise people) of the Quraish who had emigrated before the conquest of Makkah.” I called them. ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) consulted them in this issue and not even two persons among them differed in the opinions. They said: “We think that you should go back along with the people and do not take them to this scourge. ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) made an announcement to the people, saying: “In the morning I intend to go back, and I want you to do the same.” Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “Are you going to run away from the Divine Decree?” Thereupon ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “O Abu ‘Ubaidah ! Had it been someone else to say this.” (‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) did not like to differ with him). He said: “Yes, we are running from the Divine Decree to the Divine Decree. What do you think if you have camels and you happen to get down a valley having two sides, one of them covered with foliage and the other being barren, will you not act according to the Divine Decree if you graze them in vegetative land? In case you graze them in the barren land, even then you will be doing so according to the Divine Decree.There happened to come ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf who had been absent for some of his needs. He said: I have knowledge about it. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If you get wind of the outbreak of plague in a land, you should not enter it; but if it spreads in the land where you are, you should not depart from it.” Thereupon ‘Umar bin Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) praised Allah and went back.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1112/)* --- ## Hadith #1113 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you get wind of the outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; and if it breaks out in a land in which you are, do not leave it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1113/)* --- ## Hadith #1114 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Avoid the seven destructive things.” It was asked: (by those present): “What are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “Associating anyone or anything with Allah in worship; practising sorcery, killing of someone without a just cause whom Allah has forbidden, devouring the property of an orphan, eating of usury, fleeing from the battlefield and slandering chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1114/)* --- ## Hadith #1115 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade travelling to the land of the enemy carrying the Qur’an.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1115/)* --- ## Hadith #1116 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever drinks in utensils of silver, in fact, kindles in his belly the fire of Hell.”.The narration of Muslim is: “Verily, the person who eats or drinks in utensils made of gold and silver.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1116/)* --- ## Hadith #1117 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from wearing silk or Dibaj and from drinking out of gold and silver vessels and said, “These are meant for them (non- Muslims) in this world and for you in the Hereafter.”In another narration Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not wear silk and Dibaj, nor eat or drink from utensils made of gold and silver.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1117/)* --- ## Hadith #1118 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I was with Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) in the company of some Magians when Faludhaj (a sweet made of flour and honey) was brought in a silver utensil, and Anas did not take it. The man was told to change the utensil. So he changed the utensil and when he brought it to Anas, he took it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1118/)* --- ## Hadith #1119 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited men from wearing saffron-dyed clothes.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1119/)* --- ## Hadith #1120 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) saw me dressed in two saffron-coloured garments and asked, “Has your mother commanded you to wear these?” I asked him, “Shall I wash them out?” He replied, “You had better set them to fire.”Another narration is: “These are garments of the disbelievers. So do not wear them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1120/)* --- ## Hadith #1121 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I have retained in my memory the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that: “No one is considered an orphan after he has attained the age of maturity; and it is unlawful to remain silent from dawn till night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1121/)* --- ## Hadith #1122 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) came upon a woman named Zainab from the Ahmas tribe and noticed that she was observing total silence. He said: “What has happened to her? Why does she not speak?” People informed him that she had sworn to remain silent. He then said to her: “You should speak, it is not permissible (to observe silence), for it is an act of the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).” (After hearing this) she started speaking. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1122/)* --- ## Hadith #1123 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who (falsely) attributes his fatherhood to anyone besides his real father, knowing that he is not his father, will be forbidden to enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1123/)* --- ## Hadith #1124 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not turn away from your fathers, for he who turns away from his father, will be guilty of committing an act of disbelief.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1124/)* --- ## Hadith #1125 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I saw ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) giving a Khutbah (sermon) from the pulpit and I heard him saying: “By Allah, we have no book to read except Allah’s Book and what is written in this scroll. He unrolled the scroll which showed a list of what sort of camels to be given as blood-money, and other legal matters relating to killing game in the sanctuary of Makkah and the expiation thereof. In it was also written: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Al-Madinah is a sanctuary from ‘Air to Thaur (mountains). He who innovates in this territory new ideas in Islam, commits a sin therein, or shelters the innovators, will incur the Curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and Allah will accept from him neither repentance nor a ransom on the Day of Resurrection. The asylum (pledge of protection) granted by any Muslim (even of the) lowest status is to be honoured and respected by all other Muslims, and whoever betrays a Muslim in this respect (by violating the pledge) will incur the Curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people; and Allah will accept from him neither repentance nor a ransom on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever attributes his fatherhood to someone other than his (real) father, and takes someone else as his master other than his (real) master without his permission, will incur the Curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and Allah will accept from him neither repentance nor a ransom on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1125/)* --- ## Hadith #1126 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us. He should make his abode in Hell, and he who labels anyone as disbeliever or calls him the enemy of Allah and he is in fact not so, his charge will revert to him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1126/)* --- ## Hadith #1127 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, becomes angry, and His Anger is provoked when a person does what Allah has declared unlawful.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1127/)* --- ## Hadith #1128 **Book:** The Book of the Prohibited actions The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who takes an oath and involuntarily says: ‘By Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzza’ should at once affirm: ‘La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah)’, and he who says to his companion: ‘Come let’s gamble’ should make expiation by giving something in charity.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1128/)* --- ## Hadith #1129 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values One morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made a mention of Dajjal, and he described him to be insignificant and at the same time described him so significant that we thought he was on the date-palm trees (i.e., nearby). When we went to him (the Prophet (ﷺ)) in the evening, he perceived the sign of fear on our faces. He said, “What is the matter with you?” We said: “O Messenger of Allah, you talked about Dajjal this morning raising your voice and lowering it until we thought he was hiding in the palm-trees grove: He said: “Something other than Dajjal make worry about you. If he appears while I am with you, I will defend you against him. But if he appears after I die, then everyone of you is his own defender. Allah is the One Who remains after me to guide every Muslim. Dajjal will be a young man with very curly hair with one eye protruding (with which he cannot see). I compare (his appearance) to that of Al-`Uzza bin Qatan. He who amongst you survives to see him, should recite over him the opening Ayat of Surat Al-Kahf (i.e., Surat 18: Verses 1-8). He will appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and will spread mischief right and left. O slaves of Allah! Remain adhered to the truth.” We asked: “O Messenger of Allah! How long will he stay on the earth?” He said, “For forty days. One day will be like a year, one day like a month, one day like a week and the rest of the days will be like your days.” We said: “O Messenger of Allah! Will one day’s Salat (prayer) suffice for the Salat of that day which will be equal to one year?” Thereupon he said, “No, but you must make an estimate of time and then offer Salat.” We said: “O Messenger of Allah! How quickly will he walk upon the earth?” Thereupon he said, “Like cloud driven by the wind (i.e., very quickly). He will come to the people and call them to his obedience and they will affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He will then give command to the sky and it will send its rain upon the earth and he will then send his command to the earth and it will grow vegetation. Then in the evening their pasturing animals will come to them with their humps very high and their udders full of milk and their flanks stretched. He will then come to another people and invite them, but they will reject him and he will leave them, in barren lands and without any goods and chattels! He would then walk through the waste land and say to it: `Bring forth your treasures’, and the treasures will come out and follow him like swarms of bees. He will then call a person brimming with youth and strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces and make these pieces lie at a distance, which is generally between the archer and his target. He will then call that young man and he will come forward, laughing, with his face gleaming out of joy; and it will be at this very time that Allah will send `Isa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) who will descend at the white minaret in the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly dyed and placing his hands on the wings of two angels. When he will lower his head, there would fall drops of water from his head, and when he will raise it up, drops like pearls would scatter from it. Every disbeliever who will find his (i.e., `Isa’s) smell will die and his smell will reach as far as he will be able to see. He will then search for Dajjal until he will catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd (village near Jerusalem), and will kill him. Then the people, whom Allah will have protected, will come to `Isa son of Maryam, and he will wipe their faces and will inform them of their ranks in Jannah, and it will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal to `Isa these words: `I have brought forth from amongst my slaves such people against whom none will be able to fight, so take these people safely to the mountain.’ And then Allah will send Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog people) and they will sworn down from every slope. The first of them will pass the Lake Tabariyah (near the Dead Sea in Palestine) and drink all its water. And when the last of them will pass, he will say: `There was once water there.’ Prophet `Isa (ﷺ) and his companions will then be so much hard-pressed that the head of an ox will be dearer to them than one hundred dinar, and `Isa along with his companions, will make supplication to Allah, Who will send insects which will attack their (Ya’juj and Ma’juj people) neck until they all will perish like a single person. Prophet, `¦sa and his companions will then come down and they will not find in the earth as much space as a single span which would not be filled with their corpses and their stench. Prophet `Isa and his companions will then again beseech Allah, Who will send birds whose necks will be like those of Bactrian camels, and they will carry them and throw them where Allah will desire. Then Allah will send down rain which will spare no house in the city or in the countryside. It would wash away the earth until it appears like a mirror. Then the earth will be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessings; and as a result of this, there will grow such a big pomegranate that a group of people will eat from it and seek shelter under its skin. Milk will be so blessed that the milk of one she-camel will suffice for a large company and the cow will give so much milk, that it will suffice for a whole tribe. The sheep will give so much milk that the whole family will be able to drink out of that, and at that time Allah will send a pleasant wind which will soothe people even under their armpits, and will take the life of every Muslim and true believer, and only the wicked will survive. They will commit adultery in public like asses and the Resurrection Day will be held.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1129/)* --- ## Hadith #1130 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I accompanied Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari to Hudaifah bin Al-Yaman (May Allah be pleased with them). Abu Mas’ud said to him: “Tell us what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about Dajjal (the Antichrist).” Hudaifah said: He (ﷺ) said, “Dajjal will appear, and with him will be water and fire. That which people consider to be water will in fact be a burning fire, and that which people will consider to be fire will in fact be cool and sweet water. He who from amongst you happens to face him, should jump into that which he sees as fire for that will be nice and sweet water.” Abu Mas’ud said: “I have also heard this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1130/)* --- ## Hadith #1131 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Dajjal (the Antichrist) will appear in my Ummah and he will stay in the world for forty. I do not know whether this will be forty days or forty months or forty years. Allah will then send (Prophet) ‘Isa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). ‘Isa will pursue him and slaughter him. Then people will survive for seven years (i.e., after the demise of ‘Isa) in the state that there will be no rancour between two persons. Then Allah will send a cool breeze from the side of Ash-Sham. None will remain upon the face of the earth having the smallest particle of good or Faith in him but he will die, so much so that even if someone amongst you will enter the innermost part of a mountain, this breeze will reach that place also and will cause him to die. Only the wicked people will survive and they will be as fast as birds (i.e., to commit evil) and as ferocious towards one another as wild beasts. They will never appreciate the good, nor condemn evil. Then Shaitan (Satan) will come to them in the garb of a man and will say: ‘Will you not obey me?’ They will say: ‘What do you order us to do?’ He will command them to worship idols. They will have abundance of sustenance and will lead comfortable lives. Then the Trumpet will be blown. Every one hearing it, will turn his neck towards it and will raise it. The first one to hear that Trumpet will be a man who will be busy repairing the basin for his camels. He will become unconscious. Allah will send, or will cause to send, rain which will be like dew and there will grow out of it (like wild growth) the bodies of the people. Then the second Trumpet will be blown and they will stand up and begin to look around. Then it will be said: ‘O people! Go to your Rubb.’ Then there will be a command: ‘Make them stand there.’ After it they will be called to account. Then it will be said: ‘Separate from them the share of the Fire.’ It will be asked: ‘How much?’ It will be said: ‘Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand.’ That will be the Day which will make children hoary-headed men because of its terror and that will be the Day when the Shin will be uncovered.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1131/)* --- ## Hadith #1132 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There will be no land which will not be trampled by Dajjal (the Antichrist) but Makkah and Al-Madinah; and there will be no passage leading to them which will not be guarded by the angels, arranged in rows. Dajjal will appear in a barren place adjacent to Al- Madinah and the city will be shaken three times. Allah will expel from it every disbeliever and hypocrite.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1132/)* --- ## Hadith #1133 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Dajjal (the Antichrist) will be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan and will be dressed in robes of green coloured satin.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1133/)* --- ## Hadith #1134 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “People will run away from Dajjal (the Antichrist) seeking shelter in the mountains.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1134/)* --- ## Hadith #1135 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Between time of the creation of Adam and the Resurrection Day, there is nothing greater than the mischief of Dajjal (the Antichrist).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1135/)* --- ## Hadith #1136 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Dajjal (the Antichrist) will come forth and a person from amongst the believers will go towards him and the armed watchmen of Dajjal will meet him and they will say to him: ‘Where do you intend to go?’ He will say: ‘I intend to go to this one who has appeared.’ They will say to him: ‘Don’t you believe in our lord (meaning Dajjal)?’ He will say: ‘There (i.e., we know Him to be Allah, Alone, without any partners) is nothing hidden about our Rubb.’ Some of them will say: ‘Let us kill him’, but some others will say: ‘Has your lord (Dajjal) not forbidden you to kill anyone without his consent?’ So they will take him to Dajjal. When the believer will see him, he will say: ‘O people! This is Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has informed us.’ Dajjal will have him laid on his stomach and have his head. He will be struck on his back and on his stomach. Dajjal will ask him: ‘Don’t you believe in me?’ He will say: ‘You are the false Messiah.’ He will then give his order to have him sawn with a saw into two from the parting of his hair up to his legs. After that Dajjal will walk between the two halves and will say to him: ‘Stand up’, and he will stand on his feet. He will then say to him: ‘Don’t you believe in me?’ The person will say: ‘It has added to my insight that you are Dajjal’. He will add: ‘O people! He will not be able to behave with anyone amongst people in such a manner after me.’ Dajjal will try to kill him. The space between his neck and collarbone will turn into copper and he will find no way to kill him. So he will catch hold of him by his hand and feet and throw him into (what appears to be the fire). The people will think that he has been thrown into the fire whereas he will be thrown into Jannah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added, “He will be the most eminent amongst the people with regard to martyrdom near the Rubb of the worlds.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1136/)* --- ## Hadith #1137 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values No one asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) more about Dajjal than I asked him. He said to me, “He will not harm you.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is reported that he will have with him a mountain of bread and a river full of water.” Thereupon he said, “He (Dajjal) is far too worthless and insignificant near Allah (to let him deceive the believers).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1137/)* --- ## Hadith #1138 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There has not been a Prophet who has not warned his Ummah of that one-eyed liar (Dajjal). Behold, he is blind in one eye and your Rubb (Allah) is not blind. On his forehead are the letters: (K.F.R.) (meaning Kafir- disbeliever).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1138/)* --- ## Hadith #1139 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let me tell you something about Dajjal (the Antichrist) which no Prophet had told his people. He is blind (in one eye) and will bring with him something like Jannah and Hell; but what he calls Jannah will be in fact Hell.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1139/)* --- ## Hadith #1140 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned Al-Masih Dajjal (the Antichrist) in the presence of the people and said, “Verily, Allah is not one-eyed but Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye which looks like a swollen grape.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1140/)* --- ## Hadith #1141 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said, “The Last Hour will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews, until a Jew will hide himself behind a stone or a tree, and the stone or the tree will say: ‘O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me. Come and kill him,’ but Al-Gharqad tree will not say so, for it is the tree of the Jews.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1141/)* --- ## Hadith #1142 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the world will not come to an end until a man passes by a grave and will lie over it saying, ‘Would that I were in this grave (i.e., dead)!’ Not he will say so because of religious reasons but because of widespread mischief and severe trials of this world.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1142/)* --- ## Hadith #1143 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not come to pass before the River Euphrates dries up to unveil the mountain of gold, for which people will fight. Ninety-nine out of one hundred will die (in the fighting) and every man amongst them will say: ‘Perhaps I may be the only one to remain alive.”‘Another narration is: “The time is near when the River Euphrates will dry up to unveil a treasure of gold. Whosoever may be alive at that time, should not take anything of it.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1143/)* --- ## Hadith #1144 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “People will desert Al-Madinah in spite of it being in better condition except for wild beasts and birds. The Last Hour will happen upon two shepherds of the tribe of Muzainah. They will enter Al-Madinah driving their sheep but will find it full of wild beasts and would turn away. When they will arrive at the hill named Thaniyyat-ul-Wada’ they will fall on their faces.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1144/)* --- ## Hadith #1145 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “From your caliphs there will be one in the Last Days who will distribute wealth without counting it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1145/)* --- ## Hadith #1146 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A time will come when a man will go about with alms from his gold and will not find anyone to receive it. One man will be seen being followed by forty women dependant upon him on account of the scarcity of men and excess of women.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1146/)* --- ## Hadith #1147 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man bought a piece of land from another man, and the buyer found a jar filled with gold in the land. The buyer said to the seller: ‘Take your gold, as I bought only the land from you and not the gold.’ The owner of the land said: ‘I sold you the land with everything in it.’ So both of them took their case before a third man who asked: ‘Have you any children?’ One of them said: ‘I have a boy.’ The other said, ‘I have a girl.’ The man said: ‘Marry the girl to the boy and spend the money on them; and whatever remains give it in charity.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1147/)* --- ## Hadith #1148 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There were two women, each had her child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of one of them. One woman said to her companion: ‘The wolf has taken your son.’ The other said: ‘It has taken your son.’ So both of them took the dispute to Prophet Dawud (David) (ﷺ) who judged that the boy should be given to the older lady. Then they went to Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon) (ﷺ) son of Dawud and put the case before him. Prophet Sulaiman said: ‘Give me a knife so that I may cut the child into two and give one half to each of you.’ The younger woman said: ‘Do not do so; may Allah bless you! He is her child.’ On that Prophet Sulaiman decided the case in favour of the younger woman.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1148/)* --- ## Hadith #1149 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The pious men will depart one after another, the dregs of people, like the sediment of barley or dates will remain; Allah will not raise them in value and esteem.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1149/)* --- ## Hadith #1150 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values Jibril (Gabriel) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him: “How do you estimate among you those who participated in the battle of Badr?” He replied, “They were the best of Muslims” (or he may have said something similar to that). Jibril said: “The same is the case with the angels who were at Badr.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1150/)* --- ## Hadith #1151 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If Allah afflicts punishment upon a nation, it befalls the whole population indiscriminately and then they will be resurrected and judged according to their deeds.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1151/)* --- ## Hadith #1152 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values There was a trunk of a date-palm tree upon which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recline while delivering Khutbah (sermon). When a pulpit was placed in the mosque, we heard the trunk crying out like a pregnant she-camel. the Prophet (ﷺ) came down from the pulpit and put his hand on the trunk and it became quiet.Another narration is: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on Friday (to give the Khutbah). Then an Ansari woman or man said, “O Messenger of Allah! Shall we make a pulpit for you?” He replied, “If you wish.” So they made a pulpit for him and when it was Friday, the Prophet (ﷺ) sat on the pulpit . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1152/)* --- ## Hadith #1153 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has laid down certain duties which you should not neglect, and has put certain limits which you should not transgress, and has kept silent about other matters out of mercy for you and not out of forgetfulness, so do not seek to investigate them.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1153/)* --- ## Hadith #1154 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values We accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in seven expeditions, and we ate locusts.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1154/)* --- ## Hadith #1155 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A believer should not be stung twice from the same hole.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1155/)* --- ## Hadith #1156 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are three (types of) people with whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurrection nor purify them (from sins) and there will be a painful chastisement for them: A person who has spare water in a desert and he refuses to give it to the traveller; a person who sells a commodity to another person after the afternoon prayer and swears by Allah that he has bought it at such and such price, and the buyer pays him accordingly though in reality it was not true; and a person who pledges allegiance to an Imam (leader) just for some worldly benefit, and then if the Imam bestows on him (something out of that) he fulfills his allegiance, and if does not give him, he does not fulfill it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1156/)* --- ## Hadith #1157 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Between the two Blowing of the Trumpet there will be an interval of forty.” The people said, “O Abu Hurairah! Do you mean forty days?” He said, “I cannot say anything.” They said, “Do you mean forty years?” He said, “I cannot say anything.” They said, “Do you mean forty months?” He said, “I cannot say anything. The Prophet added: ‘Everything of the human body will perish except the last coccyx bone (end part of the spinal cord), and from that bone Allah will reconstruct the whole body. Then Allah will send down water from the sky and people will grow like green vegetables’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1157/)* --- ## Hadith #1158 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was speaking to us when, a bedouin came and asked him: “When will the Last Day be?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) continued his talk. Some of those present thought that he had heard him but disliked the interruption and the other said that he had not hear him. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concluded his speech he asked, “Where is the one who inquired about the Last Day?” The man replied: “Here I am.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “When the practice of honouring a trust is lost, expect the Last Day.” He asked: “How could it be lost?” He replied, “When the government is entrusted to the undeserving people, then wait for the Last Day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1158/)* --- ## Hadith #1159 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Your leaders will lead you in Salat (prayer). If they conduct it properly, you and they will be rewarded; but if they make mistakes you will earn the reward and they will be held responsible (for the mistakes).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1159/)* --- ## Hadith #1160 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values “You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind…” (3:110): The best for mankind are those who bring them with chains round their necks till they embrace Islam (and thereby save them from the eternal punishment in the Hell-fire, and make them enter Jannah in the Hereafter).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1160/)* --- ## Hadith #1161 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah marvels at those people who enter Jannah in chains.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1161/)* --- ## Hadith #1162 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The dearest parts on the face of the earth near Allah are its mosques, and the most hated parts near Allah are its markets.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1162/)* --- ## Hadith #1163 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not, if you can help, be the first to enter the market and the last to leave it because it is an arena of Satan and the standard of Satan is set there.”.There are other narrations with some variation in the wordings. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1163/)* --- ## Hadith #1164 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values ‘Abdullah bin Sarjis (May Allah be pleased with him) said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah! May Allah forgive all your sins!” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “And yours also.” ‘Asim reported: I asked ‘Abdullah: “Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seek forgiveness for you?” He replied: “Yes, and for you also.” Then he recited the Verse: “Seek forgiveness for your sins and for the believing men and the believing women.” (47:19). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1164/)* --- ## Hadith #1165 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “One of the admonitions of the previous Prophets which has been conveyed to people is that if you have no modesty, you can do whatever you like.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1165/)* --- ## Hadith #1166 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The first matter concerning which people will be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be the matter of blood.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1166/)* --- ## Hadith #1167 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Angels were created from light, jinns were created from a smokeless flame of fire, and ‘Adam was created from that which you have been told (i.e., sounding clay like the clay of pottery).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1167/)* --- ## Hadith #1168 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The conduct of the Prophet (ﷺ) was entirely according to the Qur’an.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1168/)* --- ## Hadith #1169 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet him.” I (‘Aishah) said: “O Messenger of Allah! So far as the feelings of aversion against death is concerned, we all have this feeling.” Thereupon he said, “I do not mean that. What I meant is that when a (true) believer is given the glad tidings of the Mercy of Allah, His Pleasures and His Jannah (at the time of death), he loves to meet Allah, and Allah also loves to meet him. When a disbeliever is given the news of the Torment of Allah and His Wrath (at the time of death), he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah also abhors to meet him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1169/)* --- ## Hadith #1170 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I came to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in the state of I’tikaf . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1170/)* --- ## Hadith #1171 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of (the battle of) Hunain. Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith and I did not leave the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) throughout the battle. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was riding on his white mule. When the Muslims had an encounter with the pagans, Muslims took to their heels. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to urge his mule towards the disbelievers, holding the bridle of his mule. I was trying to restrain it from going very fast, and Abu Sufyan was holding the stirrup of the mule of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Abbas! Call out the People of As-Samurah . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1171/)* --- ## Hadith #1172 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O people! Allah is Pure and, therefore, accepts only that which is pure. Allah has commanded the believers as He has commanded His Messengers by saying: ‘O Messengers! Eat of the good things, and do good deeds.’ (23:51) And He said: ‘O you who believe (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you…”‘ (2:172). Then he (ﷺ) made a mention of the person who travels for a long period of time, his hair are dishevelled and covered with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky and thus makes the supplication: ‘My Rubb! My Rubb!’ But his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is unlawful, how can, then his supplication be accepted?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1172/)* --- ## Hadith #1173 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are three (types of) people whom Allah will neither speak to on the Day of Resurrection nor will He purify them (i.e., from their sins), nor will look upon them; and they will have a painful chastisement. These are: An old man who commits fornication; a king who is a great liar and a poor man who is proud.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1173/)* --- ## Hadith #1174 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Saihan (Oxus), Jaihan (Jaxartes), Al-Furat (Euphrates) and An-Nil (Nile) are all from the rivers of Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1174/)* --- ## Hadith #1175 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my hand and said, “Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created the earth on Saturday, the mountains on Sunday, the trees on Monday, the things entailing labour on Tuesday, light on Wednesday, He spread out animals of all kinds on Thursday, and created Adam in the afternoon on Friday, and it was the last hour of Friday between the afternoon and the night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1175/)* --- ## Hadith #1176 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values In the battle of Mu’tah, seven swords were broken in my hand, and all that remained with me was a Yemeni sword.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1176/)* --- ## Hadith #1177 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When a judge utilizes his skill of judgement and comes to a right decision, he will have a double reward, but when he uses his judgement and commits a mistake, he will have a single reward.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1177/)* --- ## Hadith #1178 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Fever comes from the vehement raging of Hell, so cool it with water.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1178/)* --- ## Hadith #1179 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If a person dies without observing Saum (fasts), his Wali should make it up on his behalf.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1179/)* --- ## Hadith #1180 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) as told that ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (May Allah be pleased with them) had said in respect of selling of a gift which was presented to her: “By Allah! If ‘Aishah does not stop this kind of thing, I will declare her incompetent to administer her property.” ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) asked: “Did He (‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) say so?” The people said: “Yes.” ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: “I vow it before Allah that I will never speak to Ibn Az-Zubair.” When this desertion lasted long, ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair sought intercession with her, but she said: “By Allah I will not accept the intercession of anyone for him, and I will not commit a sin of breaking my vow.” When this state of affairs was prolonged, Ibn Az-Zubair felt it hard on him. He said to Al-Miswar bin Makhramah and ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin Yaghut: “I beseech you in the Name of Allah that you should take me to ‘Aishah because it is unlawful for her to vow to sever relations with me.” So Al-Miswar and ‘Abdur-Rahman took him with them. They sought her permission, saying: “As-salamu ‘alaika wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu! Shall we come in?” ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: “Come in,” They asked: “All of us?” She said: “All of you,” not knowing that Ibn Az-Zubair was also with them. So, when they entered, Ibn Az-Zubair entered the screened place and got hold of ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her), his aunt. He was requesting her to forgive him and wept. Al-Miswar and ‘Abdur-Rahman also pleaded on his behalf and requested her to speak to him and to accept his repentance. They said to her: “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade to cut off relationship because it is unlawful for any Muslim not to talk to his (Muslim) brother (or sister, for that matter) for more than three (days).” So when they persisted in urging and reminding her of the superiority of having good relation with kith and kin, she began to weep, saying: “I have made a vow which is a matter of very serious nature.” They persisted in their appeal till she spoke with ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, and she freed forty slaves as an expiation for breaking her vow. Later on, whenever she remembered her vow, she would weep so much that her veil would become wet with tears.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1180/)* --- ## Hadith #1181 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out and asked Allah’s forgiveness for the martyrs of the battle of Uhud after eight years. It seemed that by so doing, he bid farewell to the living and the dead. He then came back, rose to the pulpit and said, “I shall be your precursor; I am a witness for you (before Allah), and I will be present before you at the River (Haud Al-Kauthar). By Allah I can see with my own eyes the Haud from this place. I am not afraid that you will associate anything with Allah in worship after (my demise), but I apprehend that you will vie with one another for the life of the world.” The narrator said: It was the last time that I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)..There are some more narrations with very minor changes in its wording. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1181/)* --- ## Hadith #1182 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in the morning (Fajr) prayer and he ascended the pulpit and addressed us until it was the time for the Zuhr prayer. He then came down the pulpit and led us in Salat (prayer). Again he ascended the pulpit and addressed until it was the time for the ‘Asr prayer. He then again came down, led us in Salat and again ascended the pulpit and addressed us until sunset. He informed us of everything that lay hidden in the past and what will happen in the future; and the most learned amongst us is the one who has preserved it in his memory.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1182/)* --- ## Hadith #1183 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who vows to obey Allah, should obey Him. But he who vows to disobey Allah, should not disobey Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1183/)* --- ## Hadith #1184 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered me to kill chameleon. He also said, “It blew (fire) on Prophet Ibrahim.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1184/)* --- ## Hadith #1185 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who kills a chameleon at the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be awarded to him; whoever kills it at the second blow, such and such number of merits will be recorded for him. And if he kills it at the third blow, he will get such and such merits.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone kills a chameleon with the first blow, a hundred good deeds will be recorded for him; less than that will be recorded for him if he kills it at the second blow, and still less rewards will be recorded for him if he kills it at the third blow.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1185/)* --- ## Hadith #1186 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A man (from amongst the people before you) said: ‘Indeed! I will give in charity.’ So he took his Sadaqah out and placed it in a thief’s hand. In the morning the people were talking (about this incident) and saying: ‘Sadaqah was given to a thief last night.’ The man said: ‘O Allah! Praise be to You. I have given Sadaqah to a thief. Indeed, I will give in charity!’ So he took his Sadaqah out and he placed it in a prostitute’s hand. In the morning the people were talking (about this incident) and saying: ‘Sadaqah was given to a prostitute last night.’ On hearing this, the man said: ‘Praise be to You, O Allah! I gave Sadaqah to a prostitute. Indeed, I will give in charity!’ So he took his Sadaqah out and placed it in a rich man’s hand. In the morning the people were talking (about this incident) and saying: ‘Sadaqah was given to a rich man last night.’ The man said: ‘O Allah! Praise be to You (for helping me) give charity to a thief, a prostitute and a rich man.’ Then he had a dream in which he was told that his Sadaqah to the thief might result in his refraining from his theft, his Sadaqah to the prostitute might help her abstain from her immorality, and his Sadaqah to the rich man might help him pay heed and spend from what Allah had bestowed upon him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1186/)* --- ## Hadith #1187 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values Meat was one day brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a foreleg was offered to him, a part which he liked. He sliced with his teeth a piece out of it and said: I shall be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know why? Allah would gather in one plain the earlier and the later (of the human race) on the Day of Resurrection. Then the voice of the proclaimer would be heard by all of them and the eyesight would penetrate through all of them and the sun would come near. People would then experience a degree of anguish, anxiety and agony which they shall not be able to bear and they shall not be able to stand. Some people would say to the others: Don you see in which trouble you are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken you? Why don’t you find one who should intercede for you with your Lord? Some would say to the others: Go to Adam. And they would go to Adam and say: O Adam, thou art the father of mankind. Allah created thee by His own Hand and breathed in thee of His spirit and ordered the angels to prostrate before thee. Intercede for us with thy Lord Don’t you see in what (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Adam would say: Verily, my Lord is angry, to an extent to which He had never been angry before nor would He be angry afterward. Verily, He forbade me (to go near) that tree and I disobeyed Him. I am concerned with my own self. Go to someone else; go to Noah. They would come to Noah and would say: O Noah, thou art the first of the Messengers (sent) on the earth (after Adam), and Allah named thee as a” Grateful Servant,” intercede for us with thy Lord. Don’t you see in what (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? He would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before, and would never be angry afterwards. There had emanated a curse from me with which I cursed my people. I am concerned with only myself, I am concerned only with myself; you better go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They would go to Ibrahim and say: Thou art the apostle of Allah and His Friend amongst the inhabitants of the earth; intercede for us with thy Lord. Don’t you see in which (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Ibrahim would say to them: Verily, my Lord is today angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. and (Ibrahim) would mention his lies (and then say): I am concerned only with myself, I am concerned only with myself. You better go to someone else: go to Moses. They would come to Moses (peace be upon him) and say: O Moses, thou art Allah’s messenger, Allah blessed thee with His messengership and His conversation amongst people. Intercede for us with thy Lord. Don’t you see in what (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Moses (peace be upon him) would say to them: Verily. my Lord is angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. I, in fact, killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself. You better go to Jesus (peace be upon him). They would come to Jesus and would say: O Jesus, thou art the messenger of Allah and thou conversed with people in the cradle, (thou art) His Word which I-Ie sent down upon Mary. and (thou art) the Spirit from Him; so intercede for us with thy Lord. Don’t you see (the trouble) in which we are? Don’t you see (the misfortune) that has overtaken us? Jesus (peace be upon him) would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before or would ever be angry afterwards. He mentioned no sin of his. (He simply said: ) I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself; you go to someone else: better go to Muhammad (ﷺ). They would come to me and say: O Mahammad, thou art the messenger of Allah and the last of the apostles. Allah has pardoned thee all thy previous and later sins. Intercede for us with thy Lord; don’t you see in which (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? I shall then set off and come below the Throne and fall down prostrate before my Lord; then Allah would reveal to me and inspire me with some of His Praises and Glorifications which He had not revealed to anyone before me. He would then say: Muhammad, raise thy head; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted I would then raise my head and say: O my Lord, my people, my people. It would be said: O Muhammad, bring in by the right gate of Paradise those of your people who would have no account to render. They would share with the people some other door besides this door. The Prophet then said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, verify the distance between two door leaves of the Paradise is as great as between Mecca and Hajar, or as between Mecca and Busra. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1187/)* --- ## Hadith #1188 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values Ibrahim (ﷺ) brought his wife and her son Isma’il (ﷺ), while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka’bah under a tree on the spot of Zamzam, at the highest place in the mosque. In those days, there was no human being in Makkah, nor was there any water. So he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and set out homeward. Isma’il’s mother followed him saying: “O Ibrahim! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to enjoy)?” She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her. Then she asked him: “Has Allah commanded you to do so?” He said: “Yes.” She said: “Then He will not neglect us.” She returned while Ibrahim proceeded onwards. Having reached the Thaniya, where they could not see him, he faced Ka’bah, raised his both hands and supplicated: “O our Rubb! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an uncultivable valley by Your Sacred House (the Ka’bah at Makkah) in order, O our Rubb, that they may perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat). So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks.” (14:37).Isma’il’s mother went on suckling Isma’il and drinking from the water which she had. When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at Isma’il, tossing in agony. She left him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of As-Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended from As-Safa, and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble till she crossed the valley and reached Al-Marwah mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that (running between As-Safa and Al-Marwah) seven times.” Ibn ‘Abbas further related: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “This is the source of the tradition of the Sa’y – i.e., the going of people between the two mountains. When she reached Al-Marwah (for the last time), she heard a voice and she exclaimed: ‘Shshs!’ (Silencing herself) and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: ‘O (whoever you may be) You have made me hear your voice; have you any succour for me?’ And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zamzam, digging the earth with his heel (or with his wing), till water flowed out from that place. She started to make something like of a basin around it, using her hands in this way and began to fill her water- skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out until she had scooped some of it.” The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, “May Allah bestow mercy on Isma’il’s mother! Had she let the Zamzam flow without trying to control it (or had she not scooped in that water) while filling her water-skin, Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth.” The Prophet (ﷺ) further added, “Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her: ‘Do not be afraid of being neglected, for this is the site on which the House of Allah will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah will never let neglected His people.’ The House of Allah (the Ka’bah) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She continued living in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum passed by her and her child. As they were coming from through the way of Kada’, in the lower part of Makkah where they saw a bird that had a habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said: ‘This bird must be flying over water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.’ They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came towards the water.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “Isma’il’s mother was sitting near the water. They asked her: ‘Do you allow us to stay with you?’ She replied: ‘Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.’ They agreed to that.” The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, “Isma’il’s mother was pleased with the whole situation as she used to love the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them. The child (i.e., Isma’il) grew up and learnt Arabic from them (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty, they gave him one of their daughters in marriage. After Isma’il’s mother had died, Ibrahim came after Isma’il’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before, but he did not find Isma’il there. When he asked Isma’il’s wife about him, she replied: ‘He has gone in search of our livelihood.’ Then he asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied complaining to him: ‘We are living in hardship, misery and destitution.’ He said: ‘When your husband returns, convey my salutations to him and tell him to change the threshold of the door of his house.’ When Isma’il came, he seemed to have perceived something unusual. He asked his wife: ‘Did anyone visit you?’ She replied: ‘Yes, an old man of such and such description came and asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state of living, and, I told him that we were living in hardship and poverty.’ Thereupon Isma’il said: ‘Did he advise you anything?’ She replied: ‘Yes, he told me to convey his salutations to you and to change the threshold of your door.’ Isma’il said: ‘That was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.’ So Isma’il divorced her and married another woman from amongst them (Jurhum). Then Ibrahim stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished, and called on them again but did not find Isma’il. So he came to Isma’il’s wife and asked her about him. She said: ‘He has gone in search of our livelihood.’ Ibrahim asked her about their sustenance and living: ‘How are you getting on?’ She replied: ‘We are prosperous and well off.’ Then she praised Allah, the Exalted. Ibrahim asked: ‘What kind of food do you eat?’ She said: ‘Meat.’ He said: ‘What do you drink?’ She said: ‘Water.’ He said, ‘O Allah! Bless their meat and water!”‘ The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked Allah to bless it.” The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, “If somebody has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected because these things do not suit him unless he lives in Makkah.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “Then Ibrahim said to Isma’il’s wife, ‘When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his door.’ When Isma’il came back, he asked his wife: ‘Did anyone call on you?’ She replied: ‘Yes, a good looking old man came to me.’ She praised him and added: ‘He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in good condition.’ Isma’il asked her: ‘Did he give you a piece of advice?’ She said: ‘Yes, he told me to convey his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your door.’ On that Isma’il said: ‘He was my father and you are the threshold of the door. He has ordered me to keep you with me.’ Then Ibrahim stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them afterwards. He saw Isma’il under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Ibrahim, he rose up to welcome him, and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father. Ibrahim said: ‘O Isma’il! Allah has given me an order.’ Isma’il said: ‘Do what your Rubb has commanded you to do.’ Ibrahim asked: ‘Will you help me?’ Isma’il said: ‘I will help you.’ Ibrahim said: ‘Allah has ordered me to build a house here, pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it.”‘ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added, “Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e., Ka’bah). Isma’il brought the stones and Ibrahim was building (the house). When the walls became high, Isma’il brought stone and placed it for Ibrahim who stood over it and carried on building the House, while Isma’il was handing over the stones to him, both of them prayed: ‘O our Rubb! Accept this service from us! Verily, You are the All- Hearer and the All-Knower.”‘.There are some more narrations about this incident, some adding details and some with minor variations in the wordings. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1188/)* --- ## Hadith #1189 **Book:** The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Truffle (edible fungus) is a species of Al-Manna and their water cures eye diseases.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1189/)* --- ## Hadith #1190 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Sometimes I perceive a veil over my heart, and I supplicate Allah for forgiveness a hundred times in a day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1190/)* --- ## Hadith #1191 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “I swear by Allah that I seek Allah’s Pardon and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1191/)* --- ## Hadith #1192 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By the One in Whose Hand my soul is! If you do not commit sins, Allah would replace you with a people who would commit sins and seek forgiveness from Allah; and Allah will certainly forgive them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1192/)* --- ## Hadith #1193 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness We counted Messenger’s saying a hundred times during one single sitting: Rabb- ighfir li, wa tubb ‘alayya, innaka Antat-Tawwabur-Rahim. (My Rubb! Forgive me and pardon me. Indeed, You are the Oft-Returning with compassion and Ever Merciful.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1193/)* --- ## Hadith #1194 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1194/)* --- ## Hadith #1195 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who says: ‘Astaghfir ullah-alladhi la ilaha illa Huwal-Haiyul-Qayyumu, wa atubu ilaihi (I seek the forgiveness of Allah, there is no true god except Allah, the Ever-Living, the Self- Subsisting, and I turn to Him in repentance),’ his sins will be forgiven even if he should have run away from the battlefield (while he was engaged in fighting for the Cause of Allah).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1195/)* --- ## Hadith #1196 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best supplication for seeking forgiveness (Syed-ul- Istighfar) is to say: ‘Allahumma Anta Rabbi, la ilaha illa Anta, khalaqtani wa ana ‘abduka, wa ana ‘ala ‘ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’tu, a’udhu bika min sharri ma sana’tu, abu’u laka bini’matika ‘alayya, wa abu’u bidhanbi faghfir li, fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta. (O Allah! You are my Rubb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon).’ He who supplicates in these terms during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day (before the evening), he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah; and if anyone supplicates in these terms during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1196/)* --- ## Hadith #1197 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished his Salat (prayer), he would beg forgiveness three times . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1197/)* --- ## Hadith #1198 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness Prior to his demise, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate frequently: Subhan Allahi wa bihamdihi; Astaghfirullaha wa atubu ilaihi (Allah is free from imperfection, and I begin with praising Him. I beg forgiveness from Allah and I turn to Him in repentance.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1198/)* --- ## Hadith #1199 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘O son of Adam! I shall go on forgiving you so long as you pray to Me and aspire for My forgiveness whatever may be your sins. O son of Adam! I do not care even if your sins should pile up to the sky and should you beg pardon of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam! If you come to Me with an earthful of sins and meet Me, not associating anything with Me in worship, I will certainly grant you as much pardon as will fill the earth.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1199/)* --- ## Hadith #1200 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O women folk! You should give charity and be diligent in seeking Allah’s forgiveness because I have seen (i.e., on the Night of the Ascension to the highest heavens) that dwellers of the Hell are women.” A woman amongst them said: “Why is it that the majority of the dwellers of Hell are women?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. In spite of your lacking in wisdom and failing in religion, you are depriving the wisest of men of their intelligence.” Upon this the woman asked: “What is the deficiency in our wisdom and in our religion?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Your lack of wisdom can be well judged from the fact that the evidence of two women is equal to that one man. You do not offer Salat (prayer) for some days and you do not fast (the whole of) Ramadan sometimes, it is a deficiency in religion.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1200/)* --- ## Hadith #1201 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The inhabitants of Jannah will eat and drink therein, but they will not have to pass excrement, to blow their noses or to urinate. Their food will be digested producing belch which will give out a smell like that of musk. They will be inspired to declare the freedom of Allah from imperfection and proclaim His Greatness as easily as you breathe.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1201/)* --- ## Hadith #1202 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘I have prepared for my righteous slaves what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and the mind of no man has conceived.’ If you wish, recite:’No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.”‘ (32:17). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1202/)* --- ## Hadith #1203 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The first group (of people) to enter Jannah will be shining like the moon on a full-moon night. Then will come those who follow them who will be like the most shining planet in the sky. They will not stand in need of urinating or relieving of nature or of spitting or blowing their noses. Their combs will be of gold and their sweat will smell like musk; in their censers the aloes-wood will be used. Their wives will be large eyed maidens. All men will be alike in the form of their father ‘Adam, sixty cubits tall.”Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Their utensils will be of gold, their perspiration will smell like musk; everyone of them will have two wives; the marrow of the bones of the wives’ legs will be seen through the flesh out of excessive beauty. They (i.e., the people of Jannah) will neither have difference, nor enmity (hatred) amongst themselves; their hearts will be as if one heart, and they will be glorifying Allah in the morning and in the afternoon.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1203/)* --- ## Hadith #1204 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Musa (Moses) (ﷺ) asked his Rubb: ‘Who amongst the inhabitants of Jannah will be the lowest in rank?’ He said: ‘It will be a person who will be admitted into Jannah last of all when all the dwellers of Jannah have entered Jannah. It will be said to him: Enter Jannah. But he will say: O my Rubb! How should I enter while the people have settled in their apartments and taken their shares? It will be said to him: Will you be satisfied and pleased if you have a kingdom like that of a monarch of the world? He will say: I will be content, my Rubb. Allah will say: For you is that, and like that and like that and like that and like that. He will say at the fifth time: I am well-pleased, my Rubb. Allah will say: It is for you and ten times more like it. You will have whatever your soul desires and whatever your eyes could delight in. He will say: I am well-pleased, my Rubb.’ Musa (ﷺ) said: ‘Who will be of the highest rank in Jannah.’ Allah said: ‘They are those whom I chose and I established their honour with My Own Hand. I attest with My Seal that they will be blessed with such bounties as no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human mind has perceived.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1204/)* --- ## Hadith #1205 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I know of the last of the inhabitants of the Hell to be taken out from there and the last one to enter Jannah. He is a man who will come out of the Fire, crawling on all fours. Allah, the Rubb of glory and honour will say to him: ‘Go and enter Jannah.’ He will go to it and think that it is full up. He will then come back and say: ‘O my Rubb, it is full up.’ Allah will say to him: ‘Go and enter Jannah.’ He will again go to it and think that it is full up. So he will turn back. Allah will again say: ‘Go and enter Jannah. For you have what is equal to ten times the world.’ He will say: ‘Are You making fun of me while You are the King?” At this I (i.e., the narrator) saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laugh till his premolars were visible and he said, “Such man will be the last dweller of Jannah in its lowest rank.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1205/)* --- ## Hadith #1206 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In Jannah the believer will have a tent made of a single hollowed pearl of which the length will be sixty miles in the sky. The believer will have his wives with him and he will visit them and they will not be able to see one another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1206/)* --- ## Hadith #1207 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is a tree in Jannah that is so huge that if a rider of a swift horse has to cover its distance from one end to another in one hundred years, he will not be able to do so.”Another narration from Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A rider will not be able to cross its (the tree’s) shade even after travelling for one hundred years.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1207/)* --- ## Hadith #1208 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The dwellers of Jannah will look at those in the upper abodes above them as you look at a shining star which remains in the eastern or western horizon; such will be the difference in superiority which some of them have over others.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked: “Will those be the dwellings of the Prophets which no one else will be able to reach?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, but by Him in Whose Hand my soul is! men who believed in Allah and acknowledged the truthfulness of the Messengers will reach them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1208/)* --- ## Hadith #1209 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A space in Jannah equal to the distance between the middle and the end of a bow will be better than all that upon which the sun rises and sets.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1209/)* --- ## Hadith #1210 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “In Jannah there is a market to which the people will come every Friday. The northern wind will blow and shower fragrance on their faces and clothes and, consequently, it will enhance their beauty and loveliness. They will then return to their wives who will also have increased in their beauty and loveliness, and their families will say to them: ‘We swear by Allah that you have been increased in beauty and loveliness since leaving us.’ Thereupon they will reply: ‘We swear by Allah that you have also been increased in beauty and loveliness since we left you.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1210/)* --- ## Hadith #1211 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The dwellers of Jannah will see the upper abodes of Jannah as you see the stars in the sky.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1211/)* --- ## Hadith #1212 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ). He gave a description of Jannah and concluded with these words, “There will be bounties which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human heart has ever perceived.” He (ﷺ) then recited this Verse:”Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Rubb in fear and hope, and they spend (in charity in Allah’s Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy…” (32:16,17). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1212/)* --- ## Hadith #1213 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When the dwellers of Jannah enter Jannah, an announcer will call: (You have a promise from Allah that) you will live therein and you will never die; you will stay healthy therein and you will never fall ill; you will stay young and you will never become old; you will be under a constant bliss and you will never feel miserable.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1213/)* --- ## Hadith #1214 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The lowest place of any of you in Jannah will be that Allah will tell him to express his wish. He will wish and wish again. Allah will then ask him: ‘Have you expressed your wish?’ He will answer: ‘Yes, I have.’ Allah will say: ‘You will have what you have wished for and the like thereof along with it.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1214/)* --- ## Hadith #1215 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Rubb of honour and glory, will say to the inhabitants of Jannah: ‘O inhabitants of Jannah!’ They will respond: ‘Here we are! At Your service, O our Rubb. All good is in Your Hand!’ He will ask them: ‘Are you pleased?’ They will reply: ‘Why should we not be pleased, O Rubb, when You have given us what You have not given to any of Your creatures?’ Allah will say: ‘Shall I not give you something better than that?’ They will ask: ‘O Rubb! What can be better than that?’ Allah will say: ‘I shall bestow My Pleasure upon you and I shall never be displeased with you.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1215/)* --- ## Hadith #1216 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he looked at the full moon and observed, “You shall see your Rubb in the Hereafter as you are seeing this moon; and you will not feel the slightest inconvenience in seeing Him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1216/)* --- ## Hadith #1217 **Book:** The Book of Forgiveness The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When the inhabitants of Jannah enter Jannah, Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, will say to them: ‘Do you wish me to give you anything more?’ They will reply: ‘Have You not made our faces bright? Have You not brought us into Jannah and delivered us from the Hell?’ And Allah will remove the Veil. The (dwellers of Jannah) will feel that they have not been awarded anything dearer to them than looking at their Rubb.”.” (10:9,10) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1217/)* --- ## Hadith #1218 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The deeds are considered by the intentions, and a person will get the reward according to his intention. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Messenger, his emigration will be for Allah and His Messenger; and whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration would be for what he emigrated for”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1218/)* --- ## Hadith #1219 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “An army will raid the Ka’bah and when it reaches a desert land, all of them will be swallowed up by the earth.” She asked; “O Messenger of Allah! Why all of them?” He answered, “All of them will be swallowed by the earth but they will be raised for Judgement according to their intentions.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1219/)* --- ## Hadith #1220 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A’ishah (May Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is no emigration after the conquest (of Makkah) but only Jihad .. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1220/)* --- ## Hadith #1221 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) in an expedition when he said, “There are some men in Al-Madinah who are with you wherever you march and whichever valley you cross. They have not joined you in person because of their illness.” In another version he said: “They share the reward with you.”.It is narrated by Bukhari from Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him): We were coming back from the battle of Tabuk with the Prophet (ﷺ) when he remarked, “There are people whom we left behind in Al- Madinah who accompanied us in spirit in every pass and valley we crossed. They remained behind for a valid excuse.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1221/)* --- ## Hadith #1222 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany My father set aside some dinars for charity and gave them to a man in the mosque. I went to that man and took back those dinars. He said: “I had not intended you to be given.” So we went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and put forth the matter before him. He said to my father, “Yazid, you have been rewarded for what you intended.” And he said to me, “Ma’n, you are entitled to what you have taken.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1222/)* --- ## Hadith #1223 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me in my illness which became severe in the year of Hajjat-ul-Wada’ (Farewell Pilgrimage). I said, “O Messenger of Allah, you can see the pain which I am suffering and I am a man of means and there is none to inherit from me except one daughter. Should I give two-thirds of my property in charity?” He (ﷺ) said, “No”. I asked him, “Then half?” He said, “No”. Then I asked, “Can I give away one-third”. He said, “Give away one-third, and that is still too much. It is better to leave your heirs well-off than to leave them poor, begging people. You will not expend a thing in charity for the sake of Allah, but you will be rewarded for it; even the morsel of food which you feed your wife”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, would I survive my companions?” He said, “If you survive others and accomplish a thing for the sake of Allah, you would gain higher ranking and standing. You will survive them … your survival will be beneficial to people (the Muslim) and harmful to others (the enemies of Islam). You will survive others till the people will derive benefit from you, and others would be harmed by you.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) further said, “O Allah, complete for my Companions their emigration and do not cause them to retract.” Sa’d bin Khaulah was unfortunate. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lamented his death as he died in Makkah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1223/)* --- ## Hadith #1224 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah does not look at your figures, nor at your attire but He looks at your hearts and accomplishments”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1224/)* --- ## Hadith #1225 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “He who fights in order that the Word of Allah remains the supreme, is considered as fighting in the cause of Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1225/)* --- ## Hadith #1226 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When two Muslims are engaged in a combat against each other with their sword’s and one is killed, both are doomed to Hell”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! As to the one who kills, it is understandable, but why the slain one?” He (ﷺ) replied: “He was eager to kill his opponent”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1226/)* --- ## Hadith #1227 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The reward for Salat performed by a person in congregation is more than 20 times greater than that of the Salat performed in one’s house or shop. When one performs Wudu’ perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of performing Salat, then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in reward and one of his sins is eliminated until he enters the mosque, and when he enters the mosque, he is considered as performing Salat as long as it is the Salat which prevents him (from leaving the mosque); and the angels keep on supplicating Allah for him as long as he remains in his place of prayer. They say: ‘O Allah! have mercy on him; O Allah! forgive his sins; O Allah! accept his repentance’. This will carry on as long as he does not pass wind”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1227/)* --- ## Hadith #1228 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said that Allah, the Glorious, said: “Verily, Allah (SWT) has ordered that the good and the bad deeds be written down. Then He explained it clearly how (to write): He who intends to do a good deed but he does not do it, then Allah records it for him as a full good deed, but if he carries out his intention, then Allah the Exalted, writes it down for him as from ten to seven hundred folds, and even more. But if he intends to do an evil act and has not done it, then Allah writes it down with Him as a full good deed, but if he intends it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1228/)* --- ## Hadith #1229 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany He heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “Three men, amongst those who came before you, set out until night came and they reached a cave, so they entered it. A rock fell down from the mountain and blocked the entrance of the cave. They said: ‘Nothing will save you from this unless you supplicate to Allah by virtue of a righteous deed you have done.’ Thereupon, one of them said: ‘O Allah! I had parents who were old, and I used to offer them milk before any of my children or slaves. One day, I went far away in search of grazing and could not come back until they had slept. When I milked as usual and brought the drink I found them both asleep. I hated to disturb them and also disliked to give milk to my children before them. My children were crying out of hunger at my feet but I awaited with the bowl in my hand for them to wake up. When they awoke at dawn, they drank milk. O Allah! If I did so to seek Your Pleasure, then deliver us from the distress caused by the rock’. The rock moved slightly but they were unable to escape. The next said: ‘O Allah! I had a cousin whom I loved more than any one else (in another version he said: as a man can love a woman). I wanted to have sexual intercourse with her but she refused. Hard pressed in a year of famine, she approached me. I gave her one hundred and twenty dinars on condition that she would yield herself to me. She agreed and when we got together (for sexual intercourse), she said: Fear Allah and do not break the seal unlawfully. I moved away from her in spite of the fact that I loved her most passionately; and I let her keep the money I had given her. O Allah! If I did that to seek Your Pleasure, then, remove the distress in which we are.’ The rock moved aside a bit further but they were still unable to get out. The third one said: ‘O Allah! I hired some labourers and paid them their wages except one of them departed without taking his due. I invested his money in business and the business prospered greatly. After a long time, he came to me and said: O slave of Allah! Pay me my dues. I said: All that you see is yours – camels, cattle, goats and slaves. He said: O slave of Allah! Do not mock at me. I assured him that I was not joking. So he took all the things and went away. He spared nothing. O Allah! If I did so seeking Your Pleasure, then relieve us of our distress.’ The rock slipped aside and they got out walking freely”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1229/)* --- ## Hadith #1230 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “By Allah, I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1230/)* --- ## Hadith #1231 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Turn you people in repentance to Allah and beg pardon of Him. I turn to Him in repentance a hundred times a day”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1231/)* --- ## Hadith #1232 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)”..In another version of Muslim, he said: “Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: ‘O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb’.He commits this mistake out of extreme joy”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1232/)* --- ## Hadith #1233 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Allah, the Exalted, will continue to stretch out His Hand in the night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and continue to stretch His Hand in the daytime so that the sinners of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1233/)* --- ## Hadith #1234 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will forgive him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1234/)* --- ## Hadith #1235 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah accepts a slave’s repentance as long as the latter is not on his death bed (that is, before the soul of the dying person reaches the throat)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1235/)* --- ## Hadith #1236 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I went to Safwan bin ‘Assal (May Allah be pleased with him) to inquire about wiping with wet hands over light boots while performing Wudu’. He asked me, “What brings you here, Zirr?” I answered: “Search for knowledge”. He said, “Angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of joy for what he seeks”. I told him, “I have some doubts in my mind regarding wiping of wet hands over light boots in the course of performing Wudu’ after defecation or urinating. Now since you are one of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), I have come to ask you whether you heard any saying of the Prophet (ﷺ) concerning it?”. He replied in the affirmative and said, “He (ﷺ) instructed us that during a journey we need not take off our light boots for washing the feet up to three days and nights, except in case of major impurity (after sexual intercourse). In other cases such as sleeping, relieving oneself or urinating, the wiping of wet hands over light boots will suffice.” I, then, questioned him, “Did you hear him say anything about love and affection?” He replied, “We accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a journey when a bedouin called out in a loud voice, ‘O Muhammad.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied him in the same tone, ‘Here I am.’ I said to him (the bedouin), ‘Woe to you, lower your voice in his presence, because you are not allowed to do so.’ He said, ‘By Allah! I will not lower my voice,’ and then addressing the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, ‘What about a person who loves people but has not found himself in their company.’ Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, a person will be in the company of those whom he loves.’ The Messenger of Allah then kept on talking to us and in the course of his talk, he mentioned a gateway in the heaven, the width of which could be crossed by a rider in forty or seventy years”.Sufyan, one of the narrators of this tradition, said: “This gateway is in the direction of Syria. Allah created it on the day He created the heavens and the earth. It is open for repentance and will not be shut until the sun rises from that direction (i.e., the West) (on Doomsday)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1236/)* --- ## Hadith #1237 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There was a man from among a nation before you who killed ninety-nine people and then made an inquiry about the most learned person on the earth. He was directed to a monk. He came to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted. He replied in the negative and the man killed him also completing one hundred. He then asked about the most learned man in the earth. He was directed to a scholar. He told him that he had killed one hundred people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted. He replied in the affirmative and asked, ‘Who stands between you and repentance? Go to such and such land; there (you will find) people devoted to prayer and worship of Allah, join them in worship, and do not come back to your land because it is an evil place.’ So he went away and hardly had he covered half the distance when death overtook him; and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of torment. The angels of mercy pleaded, ‘This man has come with a repenting heart to Allah,’ and the angels of punishment argued, ‘He never did a virtuous deed in his life.’ Then there appeared another angel in the form of a human being and the contending angels agreed to make him arbiter between them. He said, ‘Measure the distance between the two lands. He will be considered belonging to the land to which he is nearer.’ They measured and found him closer to the land (land of piety) where he intended to go, and so the angels of mercy collected his soul”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1237/)* --- ## Hadith #1238 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Ka’b bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) narrating the story of his remaining behind instead of joining Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he left for the battle of Tabuk. Ka’b said: “I accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in every expedition which he undertook excepting the battle of Tabuk and the battle of Badr. As for the battle of Badr, nobody was blamed for remaining behind as Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Muslims, when they set out, had in mind only to intercept the caravan of the Quraish. Allah made them confront their enemies unexpectedly. I had the honour of being with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the night of ‘Aqabah when we pledged our allegiance to Islam and it was dearer to me than participating in the battle of Badr, although Badr was more well-known among the people than that. And this is the account of my staying behind from the battle of Tabuk. I never had better means and more favourable circumstances than at the time of this expedition. And by Allah, I had never before possessed two riding-camels as I did during the time of this expedition. Whenever Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) decided to go on a campaign, he would not disclose his real destination till the last moment (of departure). But on this expedition, he set out in extremely hot weather; the journey was long and the terrain was waterless desert; and he had to face a strong army, so he informed the Muslims about the actual position so that they should make full preparation for the campaign. And the Muslims who accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at that time were in large number but no proper record of them was maintained.” Ka’b (further) said: “Few were the persons who chose to remain absent believing that they could easily hide themselves (and thus remain undetected) unless Revelation from Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious (revealed relating to them). And Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out on this expedition when the fruit were ripe and their shade was sought. I had a weakness for them and it was during this season that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Muslims made preparations. I also would set out in the morning to make preparations along with them but would come back having done nothing and said to myself: ‘I have means enough (to make preparations) as soon as I like’. And I went on doing this (postponing my preparations) till the time of departure came and it was in the morning that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out along with the Muslims, but I had made no preparations. I would go early in the morning and come back, but with no decision. I went on doing so until they (the Muslims) hastened and covered a good deal of distance. Then I wished to march on and join them. Would that I had done that! But perhaps it was not destined for me. After the departure of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) whenever I went out, I was grieved to find no good example to follow but confirmed hypocrites or weak people whom Allah had exempted (from marching forth for Jihad). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made no mention of me until he reached Tabuk. While he was sitting with the people in Tabuk, he said, ‘What happened to Ka’b bin Malik?’ A person from Banu Salimah said: “O Messenger of Allah, the (beauty) of his cloak and an appreciation of his finery have detained him.’ Upon this Mu’adh bin Jabal (MatAllah be pleased with him) admonished him and said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “By Allah, we know nothing about him but good.’ Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), however, kept quiet. At that time he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) saw a person dressed in white and said, ‘Be Abu Khaithamah.’ And was Abu Khaithamah Al- Ansari was the person who had contributed a Sa’ of dates and was ridiculed by the hypocrites.” Ka’b bin Malik further said: “When the news reached me that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was on his way back from Tabuk, I was greatly distressed. I thought of fabricating an excuse and asked myself how I would save myself from his anger the next day. In this connection, I sought the counsels of every prudent member of my family. When I was told that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was about to arrive, all the wicked ideas vanished (from my mind) and I came to the conclusion that nothing but the truth could save me. So I decided to tell him the truth. It was in the morning that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arrived in Al-Madinah. It was his habit that whenever he came back from a journey, he would first go to the mosque and perform two Rak’ah (of optional prayer) and would then sit with the people. When he sat, those who had remained behind him began to put forward their excuses and take an oath before him. They were more than eighty in number. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accepted their excuses on the very face of them and accepted their allegiance and sought forgiveness for them and left their insights to Allah, until I appeared before him. I greeted him and he smiled and there was a tinge of anger in that. He then said to me, ‘Come forward’. I went forward and I sat in front of him. He said to me, ‘What kept you back? Could you not afford to go in for a ride?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, if I were to sit before anybody else, a man of the world, I would have definitely saved myself from his anger on one pretext or the other and I have a gifted skill in argumentation, but, by Allah, I am fully aware that if I were to put forward before you a lame excuse to please you, Allah would definitely provoke your wrath upon me. In case, I speak the truth, you may be angry with me, but I hope that Allah would be pleased with me (and accept my repentance). By Allah, there is no valid excuse for me. By Allah, I never possessed so good means, and I never had such favourable conditions for me as I had when I stayed behind.’ Thereupon, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘This man spoke the truth, so get up (and wait) until Allah gives a decision about you.’ I left and some people of Banu Salimah followed me. They said to me, ‘By Allah, we do not know that you committed a sin before. You, however, showed inability to put forward an excuse before Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) like those who stayed behind him. It would have been enough for the forgiveness of your sin that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would have sought forgiveness for you.’ By Allah, they kept on reproaching me until I thought of going back to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and retract my confession. Then I said to them, ‘Has anyone else met the same fate?’ They said, ‘Yes, two persons have met the same fate. They made the same statement as you did and the same verdict was delivered in their case.’ I asked, ‘Who are they?’ They said, ‘Murarah bin Ar-Rabi’ Al-‘Amri and Hilal bin Umaiyyah Al- Waqifi.’ They mentioned these two pious men who had taken part in the battle of Badr and there was an example for me in them. I was confirmed in my original resolve. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited the Muslims to talk to the three of us from amongst those who had stayed behind. The people began to avoid us and their attitude towards us changed and it seemed as if the whole atmosphere had turned against us, and it was in fact the same atmosphere of which I was fully aware and in which I had lived (for a fairly long time). We spent fifty nights in this very state and my two friends confined themselves within their houses and spent (most of their) time weeping. As I was the youngest and the strongest, I would leave my house, attend the congregational Salat, move about in the bazaars, but none would speak to me. I would come to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as he sat amongst (people) after the Salat, greet him and would ask myself whether or not his lips moved in response to my greetings. Then I would perform Salat near him and look at him stealthily. When I finish my Salat, he would look at me and when I would cast a glance at him he would turn away his eyes from me. When the harsh treatment of the Muslims to me continued for a (considerable) length of time, I walked and I climbed upon the wall of the garden of Abu Qatadah, who was my cousin, and I had a great love for him. I greeted him but, by Allah, he did not answer to my greeting. I said to him, ‘O Abu Qatadah, I adjure you in the Name of Allah, are you not aware that I love Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ)?’ I asked him the same question again but he remained silent. I again adjured him, whereupon he said, ‘Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) know better.’ My eyes were filled with tears, and I came back climbing down the wall.As I was walking in the bazaars of Al-Madinah, a man from the Syrian peasants, who had come to sell food grains in Al-Madinah, asked people to direct him to Ka’b bin Malik. People pointed towards me. He came to me and delivered a letter from the King of Ghassan, and as I was a scribe, I read that letter whose purport was: ‘It has been conveyed to us that your friend (the Prophet (ﷺ)) was treating you harshly. Allah has not created you for a place where you are to be degraded and where you cannot find your right place; so come to us and we shall receive you graciously.’ As I read that letter I said: ‘This is too a trial,’ so I put it to fire in an oven. When forty days had elapsed and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) received no Revelation, there came to me a messenger of the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘Verily, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has commanded you to keep away from your wife.’ I said, ‘Should I divorce her or what else should I do?’ He said, ‘No, but only keep away from her and don’t have sexual contact with her.’ The same message was sent to my companions. So, I said to my wife: ‘You better go to your parents and stay there with them until Allah gives the decision in my case.’ The wife of Hilal bin Umaiyyah came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Hilal bin Umaiyyah is a senile person and has no servant. Do you disapprove if I serve him?’ He said, ‘No, but don’t let him have any sexual contact with you.’ She said, ‘By Allah, he has no such desire left in him. By Allah, he has been in tears since (this calamity) struck him.’ Members of my family said to me, ‘You should have sought permission from Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in regard to your wife. He has allowed the wife of Hilal bin Umaiyyah to serve him.’ I said, ‘I would not seek permission from Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for I do not know what Messenger of Allah might say in response to that, as I am a young man’. It was in this state that I spent ten more nights and thus fifty days had passed since people boycotted us and gave up talking to us. After I had offered my Fajr prayer on the early morning of the fiftieth day of this boycott on the roof of one of our houses, and had sat in the very state which Allah described as: ‘The earth seemed constrained for me despite its vastness’, I heard the voice of a proclaimer from the peak of the hill Sal’ shouting at the top of his voice: ‘O Ka’b bin Malik, rejoice.’ I fell down in prostration and came to know that there was (a message of) relief for me. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had informed the people about the acceptance of our repentance by Allah after he had offered the Fajr prayer. So the people went on to give us glad tidings and some of them went to my companions in order to give them the glad tidings. A man spurred his horse towards me (to give the good news), and another one from the tribe of Aslam came running for the same purpose and, as he approached the mount, I received the good news which reached me before the rider did. When the one whose voice I had heard came to me to congratulate me, I took off my garments and gave them to him for the good news he brought to me. By Allah, I possessed nothing else (in the form of clothes) except these garments, at that time. Then I borrowed two garments, dressed myself and came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) On my way, I met groups of people who greeted me for (the acceptance of) repentance and they said: ‘Congratulations for acceptance of your repentance.’ I reached the mosque where Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting amidst people. Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah got up and rushed towards me, shook hands with me and greeted me. By Allah, no person stood up (to greet me) from amongst the Muhajirun besides him.” Ka’b said that he never forgot (this good gesture of) Talhah. Ka’b further said: “I greeted Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with ‘As-salamu ‘alaikum’ and his face was beaming with pleasure. He (ﷺ) said, ‘Rejoice with the best day you have ever seen since your mother gave you birth. ‘I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Is this (good news) from you or from Allah?’ He said, ‘No, it is from Allah.’ And it was common with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that when ever he was happy, his face would glow as if it were a part of the moon and it was from this that we recognized it (his delight). As I sat before him, I said, I have placed a condition upon myself that if Allah accepts my Taubah, I would give up all of my property in charity for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ)!’ Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘Keep some property with you, as it is better for you.’ I said, ‘I shall keep with me that portion which is in Khaibar’. I added: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Verily, Allah has granted me salvation because of my truthfulness, and therefore, repentance obliges me to speak nothing but the truth as long as I am alive.” Ka’b added: “By Allah, I do not know anyone among the Muslims who has been granted truthfulness better than me since I said this to the Prophet (ﷺ). By Allah! Since the time I made a pledge of this to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I have never intended to tell a lie, and I hope that Allah would protect me (against telling lies) for the rest of my life. Allah, the Exalted, the Glorious, revealed these Verses:’Allah has forgiven the Prophet (ﷺ), the Muhajirun (Muslim Emigrants who left their homes and came to Al-Madinah) and the Ansar (Muslims of Al- Madinah) who followed him (Muhammad (ﷺ)) in the time of distress (Tabuk expedition), after the hearts of a party of them had nearly deviated (from the Right Path), but He accepted their repentance. Certainly, He is unto them full of kindness, Most Merciful. And (He did forgive also) the three who did not join Another version adds: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out for Tabuk on Thursday. He used to prefer to set out on journey on Thursday.” Another version says: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come back from a journey in the early forenoon and went straight to the mosque where he would perform two Rak’ah prayer. Afterwards he would seat himself there”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1238/)* --- ## Hadith #1239 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A woman from the tribe Juhainah came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while she was pregnant from (Zina) adultery and said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! I have committed an offense liable to Hadd (prescribed punishment), so exact the execution of the sentence.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called her guardian and said to him, “Treat her kindly. Bring her to me after the delivery of the child.” That man complied with the orders. At last the Prophet (ﷺ) commanded to carry out the sentence. Her clothes were secured around her and she was stoned to death. The Prophet (ﷺ) led her funeral prayers. ‘Umar submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! She committed Zina and you have performed funeral prayer for her?” He replied, “Verily, she made repentance which would suffice for seventy of the people of Al-Madinah if it is divided among them. Can there be any higher degree of repentance than that she sacrificed her life voluntarily to win the Pleasure of Allah, the Exalted?”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1239/)* --- ## Hadith #1240 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a son of Adam were to own a valley full of gold, he would desire to have two. Nothing can fill his mouth except the earth (of the grave). Allah turns with mercy to him who turns to Him in repentance”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1240/)* --- ## Hadith #1241 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, smiles at two men, one of them killed the other and both will enter Jannah. The first is killed by the other while he is fighting in the Cause of Allah, and thereafter Allah will turn in mercy to the second and guide him to accept Islam and then he dies as a Shaheed (martyr) fighting in the Cause of Allah.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1241/)* --- ## Hadith #1242 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Purity is half of faith, and the praise of Allah fills the scale. Glorification and praise fill up what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is a light, charity is proof, and patience is illumination. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All people go out early in the morning and sell themselves, either setting themselves free or ruining themselves.”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1242/)* --- ## Hadith #1243 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Certain people of the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he gave them; then they again asked him and he gave them until all what he possessed was exhausted. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whatever wealth I have, I will not withhold from you. Whosoever would be chaste and modest; Allah will keep him chaste and modest and whosoever would seek self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whosoever would be patient, Allah will give him patience, and no one is granted a gift better and more comprehensive than patience”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1243/)* --- ## Hadith #1244 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “How wonderful is the case of a believer; there is good for him in everything and this applies only to a believer. If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him; and if adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1244/)* --- ## Hadith #1245 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When the last illness of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made him unconscious, Fatimah (May Allah be pleased with her) exclaimed: “Ah, the distress of my dear father.” He (ﷺ) said, “There will be no distress for your father after today”. When he died she said: “My father, Allah has called you back and you have responded to His Call. O father! Garden of Firdaus is your abode. O father! We announce to Jibril your death.” When he was buried, she said: “Are you satisfied now that you put earth over (the grave of) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1245/)* --- ## Hadith #1246 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) sent for him as her child was dying, but the Prophet (ﷺ) returned the messenger and sent her good wishes saying, “Whatever Allah takes away or gives, belongs to Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world), and so she should be patient and anticipate Allah’s reward.” She again sent for him adjuring him for the sake of Allah to come. The Messenger of Allah, accompanied with Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah, Mu’adh bin Jabal, Ubayy bin Ka’b, Zaid bin Thabit and some other men went to see her. The child was lifted up to the Messenger of Allah while his breath was disturbed in his chest. On seeing that, the eyes of the Prophet (ﷺ) streamed with tears. Sa’d said, “O Messenger of Allah! What is this?” He replied, “It is compassion which Allah has placed in the hearts of His slaves, Allah is Compassionate only to those among His slaves who are compassionate (to others)”.Another version says: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah shows compassion only to those among His slaves who are compassionate”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1246/)* --- ## Hadith #1247 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘I have grown old, so send me a young boy in order to teach him magic.’ The king sent him a young boy to serve the purpose. And on his way (to the magician) the young boy met a monk to whom he listened to and liked it. It became his habit that on his way to the magician, he would meet the monk and sit there and would come to the magician (late). The magician used to beat him because of this delay. He complained about this to the monk who said to him: ‘When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family detained me. And when you fear your family, say: The magician detained me.’ It so happened that there came a huge beast and it blocked the way of the people, and the young boy said: ‘I will know today whether the magician or the monk is better.’ He picked up a stone and said: ‘O Allah, if the way of the monk is dearer to You than the way of the magician, bring about death to the animal so that the people be able to move about freely.’ He threw that stone at it and killed it and the people began to move about freely. He then came to the monk and told him the story. The monk said: ‘Son, today you are superior to me. You have come to a stage where I feel that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial, do not reveal me.’ That young boy began to heal those born blind and the lepers and he, in fact, began to cure people from all kinds of illnesses. When a courtier of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said, ‘If you cure me, all these things will be yours.’ He said, ‘I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah, the Exalted, Alone Who cures; and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate to Allah to cure you.’ This courtier affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him. He came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him, ‘Who restored your eyesight?’ He said, ‘My Rubb.’ Thereupon he said, ‘Do you have another lord besides me?’ He said, ‘My Rubb and your Rubb is Allah.’ So the king kept torturing him untill he revealed the young boy. The young boy was thus summoned and the king said to him, ‘O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and the lepers and you do such and such.’ Thereupon he said, ‘I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Alone Who cures,’ and the king took hold of him and began to torture him until he revealed of the monk. The monk was summoned and it was said to him: ‘You should turn back from your religion.’ But he refused. The king sent for a saw, placed it in the middle of his head and cut him into two parts that fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought forward and it was said to him: ‘Turn back from your religion.’ He, too, refused, and the saw was placed in the midst of his head and he was torn into two parts. Then the boy was sent for and it was said to him: ‘Turn back from your religion.’ He refused. The king then handed him over to a group of his courtiers, and said to them: ‘Take him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain and when you reach its peak ask him to renounce his Faith. If he refuses to do so, push him to his death.’ So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he said: ‘O Allah, save me from them in any way you like,’ and the mountain began to shake and they all fell down (dead) and that young boy came walking to the king. The king said to him, ‘What happened to your companions?’ He said, ‘Allah has saved me from them.’ He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: ‘Take him and carry him in a boat and when you reach the middle of the sea, ask him to renounce his religion. If he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water).’ So they took him and he said: ‘O Allah, save me from them.’ The boat turned upside down and they all drowned except the young boy who came walking to the king. The king said to him, ‘What happened to your companions?’ He said, ‘Allah has saved me from them,’ and he said to the king: ‘You cannot kill me until you do what I command you to do.’ The king asked, ‘What is that?’ He said, ‘Gather all people in one place and tie me up to the trunk of a tree, then take an arrow from my quiver and say: With the Name of Allah, the Rubb of the boy; then shoot me. If you do that you will be able to kill me.’ ‘The king called the people in an open field and tied the young boy to the trunk of a tree. He took out an arrow from his quiver, fixed in the bow and said, ‘With the Name of Allah, the Rubb of the young boy,’ he then shot the arrow and it hit the boy’s temple. The young boy placed his hand upon the temple where the arrow had hit him and died. The people then said: ‘We believe in the Rubb of this young boy.’ The king was told: ‘Do you see what you were afraid of, by Allah it has taken place; all people have believed.’ The king then commanded that trenches be dug and fire lit in them, and said: ‘He who would not turn back from his (the young boy’s) religion, throw him in the fire’ or ‘he would be ordered to jump into it.’ They did so till a woman came with her child. She felt hesitant in jumping into the fire. The child said to her: ‘O mother! Endure (this ordeal) for you are on the Right Path”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1247/)* --- ## Hadith #1248 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a woman who was crying over a grave and said, “Fear Allah and be patient.” She said, “Away from me! My calamity has not befallen you and you are not aware of it.” The woman was later told that it was the Prophet (ﷺ) (who had advised her). She came to his door where she found no doorkeeper. She said, “(I am sorry) I did not know you.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Patience is (becoming) only at the first (stroke) of grief”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1248/)* --- ## Hadith #1249 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘I have no reward other than Jannah for a believing slave of Mine who remains patient for My sake when I take away his beloved one from among the inhabitants of the world”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1249/)* --- ## Hadith #1250 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about pestilence and he said, “It is a punishment which Allah sends upon whomsoever He wills, but Allah has made it as a mercy to the believers. Anyone who remains in a town which is plagued with pestilence maintaining patience expecting the reward from Allah, and knowing that nothing will befall him other than what Allah has foreordained for him, he would receive a reward of Shaheed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1250/)* --- ## Hadith #1251 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Allah, the Glorious and Exalted said: ‘When I afflict my slave in his two dear things (i.e., his eyes), and he endures patiently, I shall compensate him for them with Jannah.”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1251/)* --- ## Hadith #1252 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) asked him whether he would like that he should show him a woman who is from the people Jannah. When he replied that he certainly would, he said, “This black woman, who came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ‘I suffer from epilepsy and during fits my body is exposed, so make supplication to Allah for me.’ He (ﷺ) replied: ‘If you wish you endure it patiently and you be rewarded with Jannah, or if you wish, I shall make supplication to Allah to cure you?’ She said, ‘I shall endure it.’ Then she added: ‘But my body is exposed, so pray to Allah that it may not happen.’ He (Prophet (ﷺ)) then supplicated for her”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1252/)* --- ## Hadith #1253 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I can still recall as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) resembling one of the Prophets whose people scourged him and shed his blood, while he wiped blood from his face, he said: “O Allah! Forgive my people, because they certainly do not know”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1253/)* --- ## Hadith #1254 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1254/)* --- ## Hadith #1255 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I visited the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was suffering fever. I said, “You seem to be suffering greatly, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, I suffer as much as two persons.” I said, “Is that because you have a double reward?” He replied that that was so and then said, “No Muslim is afflicted by a harm, be it the pricking of a thorn or something more (painful than that), but Allah thereby causes his sins to fall away just as a tree sheds its leaves”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1255/)* --- ## Hadith #1256 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “He whom Allah intends good, He makes him to suffer from some affliction”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1256/)* --- ## Hadith #1257 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let not one of you wish for death because of a misfortune which befalls him. If he cannot help doing so, he should say: ‘O Allah, keep me alive as long as You know that life is better for me, and make me die when death is better for me”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1257/)* --- ## Hadith #1258 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) regarding the persecution inflicted upon us by the disbelievers while he was lying in the shade of the Ka’bah, having made a pillow of his cloak. We submitted: “Why do you not supplicate for our prevalence (over the opponents)?”. He (ﷺ) replied, “Among those people before you, a man would be seized and held in a pit dug for him in the ground and he would be sawed into two halves from his head, and his flesh torn away from his bones with an iron comb; but, in spite of this, he would not wean away from his Faith. By Allah, Allah will bring this matter to its consummation until a rider will travel from San’a’ to Hadramout fearing none except Allah, and except the wolf for his sheep, but you are in too much of a hurry”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1258/)* --- ## Hadith #1259 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany After the battle of Hunain, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) favoured some people in the distribution of spoils (for consolation). He gave Al-Aqra’ bin Habis and ‘Uyainah bin Hisn a hundred camels each and showed favour also to some more honourable persons among the Arabs. Someone said: “This division is not based on justice and it was not intended to win the Pleasure of Allah.” I said to myself: “By Allah! I will inform Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of this.” I went to him and informed him. His face became red and he said, “Who will do justice if Allah and His Messenger do not?” Then he said, “May Allah have mercy on (Prophet) Musa (Moses); he was caused more distress than this but he remained patient.” Having heard this I said to myself: “I shall never convey anything of this kind to him in future”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1259/)* --- ## Hadith #1260 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When Allah intends good for His slave, He punishes him in this world, but when He intends an evil for His slave, He does not hasten to take him to task but calls him to account on the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1260/)* --- ## Hadith #1261 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany One of the sons of Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) was ailing. Abu Talhah went out and the boy died in his absence. When he came back, he inquired, “How is the boy?”. Umm Sulaim, the mother of the boy, replied, “Better than before”. Then she placed his evening meal before him and he ate it; and thereafter slept with her. At last, she said to him: “Arrange for the burial of the boy”. In the morning, Abu Talhah went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him of the event. He enquired, “Did you sleep together last night?” Abu Talhah replied in the affirmative, on which the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated, “O Allah bless them.” Thereafter, she gave birth to a boy. Abu Talhah said to me: “Take up the boy and carry him to the Prophet (ﷺ)”; and he sent some dates with him. The Prophet (ﷺ) enquired, “Is there anything with him?” He said; “Yes, some dates”. The Prophet (ﷺ) took a date, chewed it and put it in the mouth of the baby and rubbed the chewed date around the baby’s gum and named him ‘Abdullah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1261/)* --- ## Hadith #1262 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1262/)* --- ## Hadith #1263 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when two men began to quarrel and curse each other and the face of one of them turned red and the veins of his neck were swollen (from rage). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I know of a word, if he were to utter that, his rage would vanish and that is: A’udhu billahi minash-Shaitan nir-rajim (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed).” So they (Companions) said to him: “The Prophet (ﷺ) tells you to utter: ‘I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1263/)* --- ## Hadith #1264 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The one who suppresses anger and has the power to give effect to it, will be called out by Allah, the Exalted, to the forefront of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection and he will be asked to choose any of the virgins (Hur) of his liking”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1264/)* --- ## Hadith #1265 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) for an advice and he (ﷺ) said, “Do not get angry”. The man repeated that several times and he replied, “Do not get angry”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1265/)* --- ## Hadith #1266 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim, male or female, continues to remain under trial in respect of his life, property and offspring until he faces Allah, the Exalted, with no sin record”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1266/)* --- ## Hadith #1267 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Uyainah bin Hisn came to Al-Madinah and stayed with his nephew Hurr bin Qais who was among those whom Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) showed favour to. The knowledgeable people (Qurra’), whether they were old or young, had the privilege of joining Umar’s council and he used to consult them. ‘Uyainah said to Hurr: “My nephew, the Leader of the Believers shows favour to you. Will you obtain permission for me to sit with him?” Hurr asked ‘Umar and he accorded permission. When ‘Uyainah came into the presence of ‘Umar, he addressed him thus: “O son of Khattab, you neither bestow much on us nor deal with us justly.” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) got angry and was about to beat him up when Hurr said: ”O Leader of the Believers, Allah said to His Prophet (ﷺ): ‘ Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e., don’t punish them).’ (7:199) This one is from the ignorants. When Hurr recited this, ‘Umar became quite motionless in his seat. He always adhered strictly to the Book of Allah.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1267/)* --- ## Hadith #1268 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will see after me favouritism and things which you will disapprove of.” They submitted: “What do you order us to do (under such circumstances)?” He replied, “Discharge your obligations and ask your rights from Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1268/)* --- ## Hadith #1269 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A person from among the Ansar said, “O Messenger of Allah! You appointed such and such person and why do you not appoint me?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “After me you will see others given preference to you, but you should remain patient till you meet me at the Haud (Al- Kauthar in Jannah)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1269/)* --- ## Hadith #1270 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at one time when he confronted the enemy, and was waiting for the sun to set, stood up and said, “O people! Do not long for encountering the enemy and supplicate to Allah to grant you security. But when you face the enemy, show patience and steadfastness; and keep it in mind that Jannah lies under the shade of the swords.” Then he invoked Allah, saying, “O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the Confederates, put our enemy to rout and help us in over-powering them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1270/)* --- ## Hadith #1271 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to vice and vice leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar”.’. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1271/)* --- ## Hadith #1272 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I remember (these words) from Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Give up what is doubtful to you for that which is not doubtful; for truth is peace of mind and falsehood is doubt”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1272/)* --- ## Hadith #1273 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany He (ﷺ) told (us): “Worship Allah Alone and do not associate a thing with Him; and give up all that your ancestors said. “He also commands us to perform Salat (prayers), to speak the truth, to observe modesty and to strengthen the ties of kinship.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1273/)* --- ## Hadith #1274 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “He who asks Allah for martyrdom, Allah will raise him to the high status of the martyrs, even if he dies on his bed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1274/)* --- ## Hadith #1275 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “One of the earlier Prophets who was out on an expedition proclaimed among his people that no man should follow him who had married a woman with whom he wished to cohabit but had not yet done so, or who had built houses on which he had not yet put the roofs, or who had bought sheep or pregnant she-camels and was expecting them to produce young. He, then, went on the expedition and approached the town at the time of the ‘Asr prayer or little before it. He then told the sun that both it and he were under command and prayed Allah to hold it back for them, so it was held back till Allah gave him victory. He collected the spoils and it (meaning fire) came to devour these, but did not. He said that among the people there was a man who stole from the booty. He told them that a man from every tribe must swear allegiance to him, and when a man’s hand stuck to his, he said: “There is thief among you and every individual of your tribe must swear allegiance to me”. (In course of swearing of allegiance,) hands of two or three persons stuck to his hand. He said: “The thief is among you”. They brought him a head of gold like a cow’s head and when he laid it down, the fire came and devoured the spoils. Spoils were not allowed to anyone before us, then Allah allowed spoils to us as He saw our weakness and incapacity and allowed them to us”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1275/)* --- ## Hadith #1276 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear to each other (i.e., the seller and the buyer speak the truth, the seller with regard to what is purchased, and the buyer with regard to the money) they will be blessed in their transaction, but if they conceal anything and lie, the blessing on their transaction will be eliminated.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1276/)* --- ## Hadith #1277 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Once we were sitting in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when there appeared a man dressed in very white clothes and having extraordinary black hair. No signs of fatigue of journey appeared on him and he was known to none of us. He sat down facing the Prophet (ﷺ) leaning his knees against the knees of the Prophet (ﷺ) and placing both of his palms over his two thighs and said, “O Muhammad (ﷺ)! Tell me about Islam”. He (ﷺ) replied, “Islam is to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is the Messenger of Allah; that you observe Salat (prayers), pay Zakat, observe Saum (fasting) of Ramadan and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) of the House, provided you have resources of making journey to it.” He replied: “You have spoken the truth.” We were surprised to see that he had asked him and confirmed the correctness of the answers. He then enquired: “Tell me about Iman.” He (ﷺ) said: “It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day and that you believe in preordainment (destiny), its bad and good consequences.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.” He then enquired: “Tell me about Ihsan.” He (ﷺ) said, “It is to worship Allah as if you are seeing Him; and although you do not see Him, He sees you.” He enquired: “Inform me about the Hour (i.e., the Day of Resurrection).” He (ﷺ) replied, “I have no more knowledge thereof than you”. He said, “Inform me about some of its signs.” He (ﷺ) said, “They are – that a bondswoman gives birth to her own master, and that you will find the barefooted, naked, poor shepherds competing one another in the construction of higher buildings.” Then he departed. The Messenger of Allah kept silent for a while then he said to me, “O ‘Umar! Do you know who the questioner was?” I replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He was Jibril (Gabriel); he came to you to teach you your religion.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1277/)* --- ## Hadith #1278 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1278/)* --- ## Hadith #1279 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany One day, I was riding behind the Prophet (ﷺ) when he said, “O boy! I will instruct you in some matters. Be watchful of Allah (Commandments of Allah), He will preserve you. Safeguard His Rights, He will be ever with you. If you beg, beg of Him Alone; and if you need assistance, supplicate to Allah Alone for help. And remember that if all the people gather to benefit you, they will not be able to benefit you except that which Allah had foreordained (for you); and if all of them gather to do harm to you, they will not be able to afflict you with anything other than that which Allah had pre-destined against you. The pens had been lifted and the ink had dried up”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1279/)* --- ## Hadith #1280 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany You indulge in (bad) actions which are more insignificant to you than a hair while we considered them at the time of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to be great destroying sins”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1280/)* --- ## Hadith #1281 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Verily, ‘Allah, the Exalted, becomes angry, and His Anger is provoked when a person does what Allah has declared unlawful”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1281/)* --- ## Hadith #1282 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany He heard the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There were three men among the Banu Israel, one leper, one bald and one blind. Allah wanted to test them. He therefore, sent to them an angel who came to the leper and asked him what he would like best. He replied: “A good colour, a good skin and to be rid of what makes me loathsome to people”. He (the angel) rubbed him and his loathsomeness vanished and he was given a good colour and a good skin. He then asked him what type of property he would like best. The leper replied that he would like camels – . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1282/)* --- ## Hadith #1283 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A wise man is the one who calls himself to account (and refrains from doing evil deeds) and does noble deeds to benefit him after death; and the foolish person is the one who subdues himself to his temptations and desires and seeks from Allah the fulfillment of his vain desires”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1283/)* --- ## Hadith #1284 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is from the excellence of (a believer’s) Islam that he should shun that which is of no concern to him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1284/)* --- ## Hadith #1285 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No man shall be asked for the reason of beating his wife”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1285/)* --- ## Hadith #1286 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most honourable amongst mankind?” He (ﷺ) said, “The most honourable of them is one who is the most pious of them.” They said, “We are not asking about this”. He said, “Then, the most honourable of men was Yusuf (Joseph), the Prophet of Allah, the son of Allah’s Prophet, who was the son of the Prophet of Allah, who was the son of the Khalil of Allah (i.e., Ibrahim (ﷺ))’ They said, “We are not asking you about this.” He enquired, “Are you then asking me about the classes of the Arabs? The best of them in the Pre- Islamic Period of Ignorance are the best of them in Islam, provided they comprehend the religious knowledge”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1286/)* --- ## Hadith #1287 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The life of the world is sweet and green. Allah makes you generations succeeding one another so that He may try you in respect of your actions. So beware of the beguilements of the world and those of women. The first trial of Banu Israel was through women”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1287/)* --- ## Hadith #1288 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “Allahumma inni as’alukal-huda wat- tuqa wal-‘afafa wal-ghina (O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and self- sufficiency)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1288/)* --- ## Hadith #1289 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “He who has taken an oath (to do something) but found something else better than that (which brings him closer to Allah), then he should do that which is better in piety (and he should expiate for the breaking of oath)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1289/)* --- ## Hadith #1290 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during the sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage saying, “Be mindful of your duty to Allah; perform your five daily Salat, observe Saum during the month (of Ramadan) , pay the Zakat on your properties and obey your leaders; (if you do so) you will enter the Jannah of your Rubb”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1290/)* --- ## Hadith #1291 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I was shown the past nations. I saw a Prophet who had a very small group (less than ten in total) with him, another Prophet who was accompanied by only one or two men and some did not have even one. Suddenly I was shown a huge crowd and I thought that they were my Ummah, but I was told: ‘This is Musa (Moses) and his people, but look towards the other side.’ I looked and beheld a great assemblage. I was told: ‘These are your people and amongst them there are seventy thousand who shall enter Jannah without being taken to account or torment”. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and went into his apartment, and the Companions began to guess who may be those people who would enter Jannah without any accounting or torment. Some said: “Probably, they are the ones who kept company with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)”. Others said: “Probably, they are the ones who have been born as Muslims and have never associated anyone with Allah in worship”. Then Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out and asked, “What are you discussing?” So they told him. He then said, “They are those who do not make Ruqyah (blowing over themselves after reciting the Qur’an or some prayers and supplications the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say) nor seek it, nor perceive omens (i.e., they are not pessimistic) but keep trust in their Rubb (Allah).” On this ‘Ukashah bin Mihsan stood up and asked: “Pray to Allah to make me one of them.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You are one of them.” Then another man stood up and asked the same thing. The Prophet (ﷺ) answered, “‘Ukashah has surpassed you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1291/)* --- ## Hadith #1292 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “O Allah! To You I have submitted, and in You do I believe, and in You I put my trust, to You do I turn, and for You I argued. O Allah, I seek refuge with You through Your Power; there is none worthy of worship except You Alone; that You safeguard me against going astray. You are the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists; the One Who never dies, whereas human beings and jinn will all die”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1292/)* --- ## Hadith #1293 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When (Prophet) Ibrahim (Abraham) was thrown into the fire, he said: “Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and, He is the Best Disposer of affairs.” So did Messenger of Allah Muhammad (ﷺ) when he was told: “A great army of the pagans had gathered against him, so fear them”. But this (warning) only increased him and the Muslims in Faith and they said: “Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for us)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1293/)* --- ## Hadith #1294 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A group of people (both men and women) whose hearts will be like the hearts of birds, will enter Jannah”..It has been interpreted that such people are those who put their trust in Allah; another interpretation is that these people are tender- hearted. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1294/)* --- ## Hadith #1295 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I went in an expedition along with the Prophet (ﷺ) in the direction of Najd. When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned, I also returned with him. Then the mid-day sleep overtook us in a valley full of prickly shrubs. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got down and the people scattered around seeking shade under the trees. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hang up his sword on the branch of a tree. We were enjoying a sleep when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called us, and lo! There was a desert Arab bedouin near him. He (ﷺ) said, “This man brandished my sword over me while I was asleep. I woke up and saw it in his hand unsheathed. He asked: `Who will protect you from me?’ I replied: ‘Allah’ – thrice”. He did not punish him and sat down. . In another narration, Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: We accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the campaign of Dhat-ur-Riqa`. We left Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to take rest under a shady tree. One of the polytheists came to him. The sword of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was hanging on a tree. He drew it and said: “Are you afraid of me?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No”. Then he said: “Who will then protect you from me?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Allah”. And in a narration of Abu Bakr Al-Isma`ili, the polytheist asked: “Who will protect you from me?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Allah.” As soon as he said this, the sword fell down from his hand and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) catching the sword, asked him, “Who will protect you from me.” He said, “Please forgive me.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On condition you testify that there is none worthy of worship but Allah and that I am His Messenger.” He said, “No, but I promise you that I shall not fight against you, nor shall I be with those who fight with you”. The Prophet (ﷺ) let him go. He then went back to his companions and said: “I have come to you from one of the best of mankind”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1295/)* --- ## Hadith #1296 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1296/)* --- ## Hadith #1297 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked me to recite whenever I go to bed: “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wal-ja’tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta (O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned my face to You, entrusted my affairs to You; and committed my back to You out of desire for You and fear of You; expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment). There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet You have sent.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said that if anyone recited these words and died that night, he would die in the true religion. In case he remains alive till morning, he will obtain good. and let these words be your last”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1297/)* --- ## Hadith #1298 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I were in the cave of Thaur and I saw the feet of the polytheists who were above us at the mouth of the cave (on the eve of the Emigration), I submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! If one of them were to look down below his feet, he would see us”. He (ﷺ) said, “O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two whose third is Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1298/)* --- ## Hadith #1299 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) stepped out of his house, he would say, “Bismillah, tawakkaltu ‘alallah. Allahumma inni a’udhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw uzlama, aw ajhala aw yujhala ‘alayya”. “. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1299/)* --- ## Hadith #1300 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever says (upon leaving his house): ‘Bismillah, tawakkaltu ‘alallah, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah .Abu Dawud reported it with this addition: “One devil will say to another: ‘How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended and protected?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1300/)* --- ## Hadith #1301 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany There were two brothers in the days of the Prophet (ﷺ). One of them used to attend the Prophet’s circle (to acquire knowledge) and the other used to earn their living). Once the latter complained to the Prophet (ﷺ) against the former (for not earning his living). He (ﷺ) replied, “Perhaps you are being provided because of him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1301/)* --- ## Hadith #1302 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me something of Islam which I will not ask anyone else about it.” He (ﷺ) said, “Say, ‘I believe in Allah’ and then be steadfast”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1302/)* --- ## Hadith #1303 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Follow the Right Path of Faith strictly, and be steadfast; and keep in mind that none of you can achieve salvation through his (good) actions.” Someone asked, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He (ﷺ) said, “Not even me, unless Allah grants me His Mercy and Grace”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1303/)* --- ## Hadith #1304 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Be prompt in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence which would be like a part of the dark night. A man would be a believer in the morning and turn to disbelief in the evening, or he would be a believer in the evening and turn disbeliever in the morning, and would sell his Faith for worldly goods.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1304/)* --- ## Hadith #1305 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Once I performed the ‘Asr prayer in Al-Madinah behind the Prophet (ﷺ). He (ﷺ) got up quickly after finishing the prayer with Taslim, and stepping over the people, went to one of the rooms of his wives. The people were startled at his haste, and when he came out and saw their astonishment at his urgency he said, “I recalled that there was left with me some gold which was meant for charity; I did not like to keep it any longer, so I gave orders that it should be distributed”..In another narration, Messenger of Allah said, “I had left some gold for Sadaqah in the house, and did not wish to keep it overnight”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1305/)* --- ## Hadith #1306 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man, said to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the battle of Uhud: “Tell me where I shall be if I am killed”. When he (ﷺ) replied that he would be in Jannah, the man threw away some dates which he had in his hand and fought until he was killed.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1306/)* --- ## Hadith #1307 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany There came a man to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, which charity is the most rewardable?” He (ﷺ) said, “That you should give charity (in a state when you are) healthy and stingy and fear poverty, hoping to become rich (charity in such a state of health and mind is the best). And you must not defer (charity to such a length) that you are about to die and would be saying: ‘This is for so-and-so, and this for so-and-so.’ Lo! It has already come into (the possession of) so-and- so”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1307/)* --- ## Hadith #1308 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took up a sword on the day of the battle of Uhud and said, “Who will take this sword from me?” Everyone stretched forth his hand saying: “I will take it; I will take it”. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Who will take it with its full responsibility (i.e., to use it to fight Allah’s enemies with it)?” The Companions hesitated. Abu Dujanah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I shall take it;” and with it he cracked the skulls of the pagans.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1308/)* --- ## Hadith #1309 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We went to Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) and complained to him of suffering at the hands of Al-Hajjaj. He replied: “Show endurance, for no time will come but will be followed by one worse (than the present one) till you meet your Rubb. I heard this from your Prophet (ﷺ)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1309/)* --- ## Hadith #1310 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Hasten to do good deeds before you are overtaken by one of the seven afflictions.” Then (giving a warning) he said, “Are you waiting for such poverty which will make you unmindful of devotion; or prosperity which will make you corrupt, or disease as will disable you, or such senility as will make you mentally unstable, or sudden death, or Ad-Dajjal who is the worst expected absent, or the Hour, and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1310/)* --- ## Hadith #1311 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany On the day of the battle of Khaibar, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I shall hand over this banner to one who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah will give us victory through him.” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I had never longed for leadership but that day I expected that I might be called for. However, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called ‘Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) and handed the banner to him and said, “Go forth and do not turn around till Allah bestows victory upon you”. (On hearing this) ‘Ali proceeded a little and then halted and without turning around inquired in a loud voice: “O Messenger of Allah, for what shall I fight them?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Go on fighting till they affirm that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they admit that, their lives and their properties will be secured, subject to their obligations according to Islam, and they will be answerable to Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1311/)* --- ## Hadith #1312 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah the Exalted has said: ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (prayer or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him. When I love him I become his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks (something) from Me, I give him, and if he asks My Protection (refuge), I protect him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1312/)* --- ## Hadith #1313 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah says: ‘ When a slave of Mine draws near to Me a span, I draw near to him a cubit; and if he draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.”‘.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1313/)* --- ## Hadith #1314 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are two blessings in which many people incur loss. (They are) health and free time (for doing good)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1314/)* --- ## Hadith #1315 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) would stand (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, “Why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1315/)* --- ## Hadith #1316 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray all the night, and would keep his family awake for the prayers. He tied his lower garment (i.e., avoided sleeping with his wives) and devoted himself entirely to prayer and supplication.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1316/)* --- ## Hadith #1317 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A strong believer is better and dearer to Allah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: ‘If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such,’ but say only: ‘Allah so determined and did as He willed.’ The word ‘if’ opens the gates of satanic thoughts”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1317/)* --- ## Hadith #1318 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. “The (Hell) Fire is surrounded with all kinds of desires and passions, while Jannah is surrounded with adversities.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1318/)* --- ## Hadith #1319 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I offered Salat (Tahajjud – optional night prayer) with the Prophet (ﷺ) one night, and he started reciting (Surat) Al-Baqarah. I thought that he would bow at the end of one hundred Verses, but he continued reciting; I, then, thought that he would perhaps recite the whole (Surah) in a Rak’ah, but he proceeded on, and I thought he would perhaps bow on completing (this Surah); he then started (reciting Surat) An-Nisa’; he then started (Surat) Al-‘Imran and his recitation was unhurried. And when he recited the Verses which referred to the Glory of Allah, he glorified Him (by saying Subhan Allah – My Rubb, the Supreme is far removed from every imperfection), the Great, and when he recited the Verses that mention supplication, he supplicated, and when he recited the Verses that mention seeking Refuge of the Rubb, he sought (His) Refuge. Then he bowed and said: “My Rubb, the Supreme is far removed from every imperfection (Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim);” his bowing lasted about the same length of time as his standing (and then on returning to the standing posture after Ruku’) he said: “Allah listened to him who praised Him (Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd).” Then he stood about the same length of time as he had spent in bowing. He then prostrated himself and said: “My Rubb, the Supreme is far removed from every imperfection (Subhana Rabbiyal-A’la),” and his prostration lasted nearly the same length of time as his standing.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1319/)* --- ## Hadith #1320 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany One night I joined the Prophet (ﷺ) in his (optional) Salat. He prolonged the standing so much that I thought of doing something evil. He was asked: “What did you intend to do?” He replied: “To sit down and leave him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1320/)* --- ## Hadith #1321 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Three follow a dead body: members of his family, his possessions and his deeds. Two of them return and one remains with him. His family and his possessions return; his deeds remain with him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1321/)* --- ## Hadith #1322 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Jannah is nearer to anyone of you than your shoe-lace, and so is the (Hell) Fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1322/)* --- ## Hadith #1323 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I used to spend my night in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and used to put up water for his ablutions. One day he said to me, “Ask something of me.” I said: “I request for your companionship in Jannah”. He inquired, “Is there anything else?” I said, “That is all.” He said, “Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1323/)* --- ## Hadith #1324 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Perform Salah more often. For every prostration that you perform before Allah will raise your position one degree and will remit one of your sins”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1324/)* --- ## Hadith #1325 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of people is one whose life is long and his conduct is good”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1325/)* --- ## Hadith #1326 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany My uncle Anas bin An-Nadr (May Allah be pleased with him) was absent from the battle of Badr and he said: “O Messenger of Allah! I was absent from the first battle you fought against the pagans, and if Allah let me participate in a battle against the pagans, Allah will see what I do.” So he encountered the day of Uhud Battle. The Muslims left the positions (the Prophet (ﷺ) told them to keep) and were defeated, he said: “O Allah! excuse these people (i.e., the Muslims) for what they have done, and I am clear from what the pagans have done”. Then he went forward with his sword and met Sa’d bin Mu’adh (fleeing) and said to him: “By the Rubb of the Ka’bah! I can smell the fragrance of Jannah from a place closer than Uhud Mount”. Sa’d said: “O Messenger of Allah, what he did was beyond my power”. Anas said: “We saw over eighty wounds on his body caused by stabbing, striking and shooting of arrows and spears. We found that he was killed, and mutilated by the polytheists. Nobody was able to recognize him except his sister who recognized him by the tips of his fingers.” Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “We believe that the Ayah ‘Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1326/)* --- ## Hadith #1327 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When the Ayah enjoining Sadaqah (charity) was revealed,* we used to carry loads on our backs to earn something that we could give away in charity. One person presented a considerable amount for charity and the hypocrites said: “He has done it to show off.” Another one gave away a few Sa’ of dates and they said: “Allah does not stand in need of this person’s dates”. Thereupon, it was revealed:”Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allah’s Cause) voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity (in Allah’s Cause) except what is available to them…” (9:79).* This is the version of Al-Bukhari. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1327/)* --- ## Hadith #1328 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious, said; ‘O My slaves, I have prohibited Myself injustice; and have made oppression unlawful for you, so do not oppress one another. O My slaves, all of you are liable to err except the one whom I guide on the Right Path, so seek guidance from Me so that I will guide you to the Right Path. O My slaves, all of you are hungry except the one whom I feed, so ask food from Me, I will feed you. O My slaves, all of you are naked except those whom I clothe, so ask clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O My slaves, you commit sins night and day and I forgive all sins, so seek My forgiveness and I shall forgive you. O My slaves, you can neither do Me any harm nor can you do Me any good. O My slaves, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any man of you, that would not increase My domain a thing. O My slaves, were the first of you, and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any man of you, that would not decrease My domain in a thing. O My slaves, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to stand in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more than a needle decrease the sea if put into it. O My slaves, it is but your deeds that I reckon for you and then recompense you for, so let him who finds good (i.e., in the Hereafter) praise Allah and let him who finds other than that blame no one but himself.”‘.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1328/)* --- ## Hadith #1329 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah excuses and grants forgiveness to a person until he attains the age of sixty years”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1329/)* --- ## Hadith #1330 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) used to make me sit with the noble elderly men who had participated in the battle of Badr. Some of them disliked it and said to ‘Umar: “Why do you bring in this boy to sit with us when we have sons like him?” ‘Umar replied: “Because of the status he has, which you already know about (i.e., belongs to the source of knowledge and the house of the Prophet (ﷺ)).” One day, ‘Umar called me and seated me in the gathering of those people; and I think that he called me just to show them (of my religious knowledge). ‘Umar then questioned them (in my presence). “How do you interpret the ayah of Allah: ‘When there comes the Help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad (ﷺ) against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah).”‘ Someone said that when Allah’s Help and the Conquest (of Makkah) came to us, we were called upon to celebrate the Praise of Allah and ask for His forgiveness. Some others remained silent and did not utter a word. Thereupon ‘Umar asked me: “Ibn ‘Abbas! Do you say the same.” I replied: “No”. He said: “What do you say then?” I replied: “That is the sign of the Prophet’s death about which he had been informed. Allah, the Exalted, says:’When there comes the help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad (ﷺ) against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah)’.So declare the remoteness of your Rubb from every imperfection, and ask for His forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives”.On that ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I do not know anything about it other than what you have said”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1330/)* --- ## Hadith #1331 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany After the revelation of (the Surah) “When the Help of Allah comes (to you, O Muhammad (ﷺ) against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah)” (110:1), Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in every prayer: “Subhanaka Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahum-maghfir li (Far removed You are from every imperfection, our Rubb, and all praise is for You, forgive me, O Allah)”..Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited frequently in bowing and prostration: “Subhanaka Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahum-maghfir li. (Far removed You are from every imperfection, our Rubb, and all praise is for You, forgive me, O Allah)”. He elucidated that it has been commanded in the Noble Qur’an to recite: “So glorify the Praises of your Rubb, and ask for His forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives”. (V.110:1) And he (the Messenger of Allah) acted upon it.According to the narration in Muslim, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) frequently recited these words just before he passed away: “Subhanaka Rabbana wa bihamdika. Astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika.” I (‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) asked him: “O Messenger of Allah! What are these new words which I hear from you repeatedly.” He replied, “A sign has been appointed for me relating to my people that I should repeat these words at the sight of that sign”. Then he recited Surat An-Nasr.Another narration in Muslim related from ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often recited, “Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him; I seek forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.” I said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, I hear you recite frequently: ‘O Allah, You are free from every imperfection our Rubb and all praise is for You; I seek forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.”‘ He replied, “My Rubb has informed me that I would soon see a sign regarding my people, whenever I see it, I repeat this statement more often (of His Glorification and Praise and beg pardon of Him and turn to Him). Now I have witnessed the sign. The revelation of Surat An-Nasr and the victory is the conquest of Makkah.””When there comes the Help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad (ﷺ) against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah). And you see that the people enter Allah’s religion (Islam) in crowds. So glorify the Praises of your Rubb, and ask His forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives.” (110:1-3) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1331/)* --- ## Hadith #1332 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Allah the Rubb of honour and glory sent Revelation to His Messenger (ﷺ) more frequently before his death than at any other time.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1332/)* --- ## Hadith #1333 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Every one will be raised in the condition in which he dies”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1333/)* --- ## Hadith #1334 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Which action is the best?” He (ﷺ) said, “Faith in Allah and Jihad in the way of Allah.” I asked: “Which neck (slave) is best (for emancipation)?” He said, “That which is dearest of them in price and most valuable of them to its masters”. I asked: “If I cannot afford (it)?” He said, “Then help a labourer or work for one who is disabled”. I asked: “If I cannot do (it)?” He said, “You should restrain yourself from doing wrong to people, because it (serves as) charity which you bestow upon yourself”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1334/)* --- ## Hadith #1335 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you get up in the morning, charity is due from every one of your joints. There is charity in every ascription of glory to Allah; there is charity in every declaration of His Greatness; there is charity in every utterance of praise of Him; there is charity in every declaration that He is the only true God (worthy of worship); there is charity in enjoining good; there is charity in forbidding evil. Two Rak’ah of Duha (Forenoon prayer) is equal to all this (in reward)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1335/)* --- ## Hadith #1336 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The deeds of my people, good and bad, were presented before me, and I found the removal of harmful objects from the road among their good deeds, and phlegm which might be in a mosque left unburied among their evil deeds”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1336/)* --- ## Hadith #1337 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Some people said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah, the rich have taken away (all the) reward. They observe Salat (prayers) as we do; and give Sadaqah (charity) out of their surplus wealth.” Upon this he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Has Allah not prescribed for you (a course) following which you can (also) give Sadaqah? In every declaration of the glorification of Allah (i.e., saying Subhan Allah) there is a Sadaqah, and in every Takbir (i.e., saying Allahu Akbar) is a Sadaqah, and in every celebration of praise (saying Al-hamdu lillah) is a Sadaqah, and in every declaration that He is One (La ilaha illallah) is a Sadaqah, and in enjoining of good is a Sadaqah, and in forbidding evil is a Sadaqah, and in man’s sexual intercourse (with his wife) there is a Sadaqah.” They (the Companions) said: “O Messenger of Allah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual need among us?” He said, “You see, if he were to satisfy it with something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to satisfy it legally, he should be rewarded”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1337/)* --- ## Hadith #1338 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother (Muslim) with a cheerful face”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1338/)* --- ## Hadith #1339 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every day the sun rises charity (Sadaqah) is due on every joint of a person: you administer justice between two men is a charity; and assisting a man to mount his beast, or helping him load his luggage on it is a charity; and a good word is a charity; and every step that you take (towards the mosque) for Salat (prayer) is a charity and removing harmful things from the road is a charity”..In Muslim, it is reported on the authority of ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Everyone of the children of Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allah (i.e., saying Allahu Akbar), praises Allah (i.e., Al-hamdu lillah), declares Allah to be One (i.e., La ilaha illallah), glorifies Allah, and seeks forgiveness from Allah (i.e., Astaghfirullah), and removes stone, or thorn, or bone from people’s path, and enjoins good and forbids evil, to the number of those three hundred and sixty, will walk that day having rescued himself from Hell”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1339/)* --- ## Hadith #1340 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who goes to the mosque at dawn or dusk (for Salat), Allah prepares a hospitable abode for him in Jannah, every time when he walks to it or comes back from it”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1340/)* --- ## Hadith #1341 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany O Muslim women, never belittle any gift you give your neighbour even if it is a hoof of a sheep”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1341/)* --- ## Hadith #1342 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Iman has over seventy branches – or over sixty branches – the uppermost of which is the declaration: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’; and the least of which is the removal of harmful object from the road, and modesty is a branch of Iman.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1342/)* --- ## Hadith #1343 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “While a man was walking on his way he became extremely thirsty. He found a well, he went down into it to drink water. Upon leaving it, he saw a dog which was panting out of thirst. His tongue was lolling out and he was eating moist earth from extreme thirst. The man thought to himself: ‘This dog is extremely thirsty as I was.’ So he descended into the well, filled up his leather sock with water, and holding it in his teeth, climbed up and quenched the thirst of the dog. Allah appreciated his action and forgave his sins”. The Companions asked: “Shall we be rewarded for showing kindness to the animals also?” He (ﷺ) said, “A reward is given in connection with every living creature”..In the narration of Al-Bukhari, the Prophet (ﷺ) is reported to have said: “Allah forgave him in appreciation of this act and admitted him to Jannah”.Another narration says: “Once a dog was going round the well and was about to die out of thirst. A prostitute of Banu Israel happened to see it. So she took off her leather sock and lowered it into the well. She drew out some water and gave the dog to drink. She was forgiven on account of her action”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1343/)* --- ## Hadith #1344 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I saw a man going about in Jannah (and enjoying himself) as a reward for cutting from the middle of the road, a tree which was causing inconvenience to the Muslims”..Another narration says: “A man who passed by a branch of a tree leaning over a road and decided to remove it, saying to himself, ‘By Allah! I will remove from the way of Muslims so that it would not harm them.’ On account of this he was admitted to Jannah”.According to the narration in Al-Bukhari and Muslim: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “While a man was walking, he saw a thorny branch on the road, so he removed it and Allah appreciated his action and forgave him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1344/)* --- ## Hadith #1345 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who performs his Wudu’ perfectly and comes to Jumu’ah prayer and listens (to the Khutbah) silently, the sins which he has committed since the previous Friday plus three more days (i.e., 10 days) will be forgiven for him. One who distracts himself with pebbles during the Khutbah will not get the (Jumu’ah) reward”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1345/)* --- ## Hadith #1346 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a Muslim or a believer washes his face (in the course of Wudu’), every sin he has committed with his eyes is washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought is erased from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet walked is washed away with water, or with the last drop of water, with the result that he comes out cleansed of all sins”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1346/)* --- ## Hadith #1347 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The five (daily) Salat (prayers), and from one Jumu’ah prayer to the (next) Jumu’ah prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals); provided the major sins are not committed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1347/)* --- ## Hadith #1348 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Should I not direct you to something by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates (your) ranks.” They said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah”. He said, “Performing Wudu’ properly, even in difficulty, frequently going to the mosque, and waiting eagerly for the next Salat (prayer) after a Salat is over; indeed, that is Ar- Ribat”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1348/)* --- ## Hadith #1349 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who observes the Fajr and ‘Asr (prayers) will enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1349/)* --- ## Hadith #1350 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a slave of Allah suffers from illness or sets on a journey, he is credited with the equal of whatever good works he used to do when he was healthy or at home”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1350/)* --- ## Hadith #1351 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Every good deed is charity”..Muslim has reported the same on the authority of Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1351/)* --- ## Hadith #1352 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a Muslim plants a tree, whatever is eaten from it is charity from him and whatever is stolen is charity and whatever is subtracted from it is charity”..Another narration says: “If a Muslim plants a tree, or sows a field and men and beasts and birds eat from it, all of it is charity from him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1352/)* --- ## Hadith #1353 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The tribe Banu Salimah wanted to move nearer to the mosque. On learning this Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them, “I heard that you intend to move nearer to the mosque”. They said, “That is so, O Messenger of Allah, we do want to do that”. He said, “O Banu Salimah, keep to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1353/)* --- ## Hadith #1354 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany There was a man, and I do not know of any other man whose house was farther than his from the mosque, and he never missed Salat (in congregation). It was said to him (or I said to him): “If you buy a donkey you could ride it in the dark nights and in the burning sand.” He said: “I do not like my house to be by the side of the mosque, for I (eagerly) desire that my steps towards the mosque and back from it should be recorded when I return to my family.” Upon this Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah has granted you all the rewards for you”..Another narration says: “You will get the reward for what you have anticipated”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1354/)* --- ## Hadith #1355 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are forty kinds of virtue; the uppermost of them is to lend a (milch) she-goat (to someone in order to benefit from it and then return it). He who practices any of these virtues expecting its reward and relying on the truthfulness of the promise made for it, shall enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1355/)* --- ## Hadith #1356 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Protect yourself from (Hell) Fire, by giving of half of a date (in charity)”..In another narration ‘Adi bin Hatim (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “Allah will surely speak with everyone of you without an interpreter. He (the man) will look at his right side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before, and he will look to his left side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before. Then he will look in front of him and will find nothing but Hell-fire facing him. So protect (yourselves) from (Hell) Fire, by giving in charity even half a date; and if he does not finds it, then with a kind word”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1356/)* --- ## Hadith #1357 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah will be pleased with His slave who praises Him (i.e., says Al-hamdu lillah) when he eats and praises Him when he drinks”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1357/)* --- ## Hadith #1358 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Giving in charity is an obligation upon every Muslim”. It was said (to him): “What about one who does not find (the means) to do so?” He (ﷺ) said, “Let him work with his hands, thus doing benefit to himself and give in charity.” It was said to him: “What if he does not have (the means) to do so?” He (ﷺ) said, “Then let him assist the needy, the aggrieved.” It was said: “What about if he cannot even do this?” He (ﷺ) said, “Then he should enjoin good.” He was asked: “What if he cannot do that?” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “He should then abstain from evil, for verily, that is a charity from him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1358/)* --- ## Hadith #1359 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) came in when a woman was sitting beside me. He asked me, “Who is she?” I said: “She is the one whose performance of Salat (prayer) has become the talk of the town.” Addressing her, he (ﷺ) said, “(What is this!) You are required to take upon yourselves only what you can carry out easily. By Allah, Allah does not withhold His Mercy and forgiveness of you until you neglect and give up (good works). Allah likes the deeds best which a worshipper can carry out constantly”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1359/)* --- ## Hadith #1360 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) to inquire about the worship of the Prophet (ﷺ). When they were informed, they considered their worship insignificant and said: “Where are we in comparison with the Prophet (ﷺ) while Allah has forgiven his past sins and future sins”. One of them said: “As for me, I shall offer Salat all night long.” Another said: “I shall observe Saum (fasting) continuously and shall not break it”. Another said: “I shall abstain from women and shall never marry”. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to them and said, “Are you the people who said such and such things? By Allah, I fear Allah more than you do, and I am most obedient and dutiful among you to Him, but still I observe fast and break it; perform Salat and sleep at night and take wives. So whoever turns away from my Sunnah does not belong to me”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1360/)* --- ## Hadith #1361 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ruined are those who insist on hardship in matters of the Faith.” He repeated this three times. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1361/)* --- ## Hadith #1362 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The religion (of Islam) is easy, and whoever makes the religion a rigour, it will overpower him. So, follow a middle course (in worship); if you can’t do this, do something near to it and give glad tidings and seek help (of Allah) at morn and at dusk and some part of night”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1362/)* --- ## Hadith #1363 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) came into the mosque and noticed a rope stretched between two poles. He enquired, “What is this rope for?” He was told: “This is Zainab’s rope. When during her voluntary prayer, she begins to feel tired, she grasps it for support”. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Untie it. You should perform prayers so long as you feel active. When you feel tired, you should go to sleep”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1363/)* --- ## Hadith #1364 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you feels drowsy during prayer, let him lie down till drowsiness goes away from him, because when one of you performs prayers while feeling sleepy, he does not know whether he seeks forgiveness or abuses himself”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1364/)* --- ## Hadith #1365 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I used to perform prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Salat was of a moderate length and his Khutbah too was moderate in length.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1365/)* --- ## Hadith #1366 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abud-Darda’. Salman paid a visit to Abud-Darda’ and found Umm Darda’ (his wife) dressed in shabby clothes and asked her why she was in that state. She replied: “Your brother Abud-Darda’ is not interested in (the luxuries of) this world. In the meantime Abud-Darda’ came in and prepared a meal for Salman. Salman requested Abud-Darda’ to eat (with him) but Abud-Darda’ said: “I am fasting.” Salman said: “I am not going to eat unless you eat.” So, Abud-Darda’ ate (with Salman). When it was night and (a part of the night passed), Abud-Darda’ got up (to offer the night prayer) but Salman asked him to sleep and Abud-Darda’ slept. After some time Abud-Darda’ again got up but Salman asked him to sleep. When it was the last hours of the night, Salman asked him to get up and both of them offered (Tahajjud) prayer. Then Salman told Abud-Darda’: “You owe a duty to your Rubb, you owe a duty to your body; you owe a duty to your family; so you should give to every one his due. Abud-Darda’ came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and reported the whole story. Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Salman is right”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1366/)* --- ## Hadith #1367 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) was informed that I said that I would perform prayers the whole night and observe fasting every day as long as I live. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Is it you who said this?” I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah! I ransom you with my parents, it is I who said that.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will not be able to do that. Observe fast and break it; sleep and get up for prayer, and observe fast for three days during the month; for every good is multiplied ten times and that will be equal to fasting the whole year.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I can do more than that.” He said, “Observe fast one day and leave off the next two days.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I have strength to do more than that.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observe fast every other day, and that is the fasting of Dawud (ﷺ) and that is the most moderate fasting”.According to another narration: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “That is the best fasting.” I said, “But I am capable of doing more than this”. Thereupon, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is nothing better than this.” ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr (May Allah be pleased with them) said (when he grew old): “Had I accepted the three days (fasting during every month) as the Messenger of Allah had said, it would have been dearer to me than my family and my property”.In another narration ‘Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “O ‘Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you observe fast during the day and offer prayer all the night.” I replied, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Don’t do that. Observe fast for few days and then leave off for few days, perform prayers and also sleep at night, as your body has a right upon you, and your eyes have a right upon you; and your wife has a right upon you; your visitors have a right upon you. It is sufficient for you to observe fast three days in a month, as the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times, so it will be like fasting the whole year.” I insisted (on fasting) and so I was given a hard instruction. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I have strength.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Observe fast like the fasting of Prophet Dawud (ﷺ); and do not fast more than that.” I said: “How was the fasting of Prophet Dawud?” He (ﷺ) said, “Half of the year (i.e., he used to fast on every alternate day).”Afterwards when ‘Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) grew old, he used to say: “Would that I had availed myself of the concession granted to me by Messenger of Allah.”In another narration ‘Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I have been informed that you observe fast continuously and recite (the whole of the Qur’an) every night.” I said, “Messenger of Allah! It is right, but I covet thereby nothing but good,” whereupon he (ﷺ) said, “Then observe fasts like the fasting of Prophet Dawud (ﷺ) as he was the most ardent worshipper of Allah; recite the Qur’an once every month.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah! I am capable of doing more than that.” He said, “Then recite it (the complete Qur’an) in every twenty days.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah I am capable of reciting more than that.” He said, “Then recite it once in every ten days.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah! I am capable of reciting more than that.” He said, “Then recite it once in every seven days, but not recite more than that.” The Prophet of Allah also said to me, “You do not know, you may have a longer life”. When I grew old I wished I had availed myself of the concession (granted to me by) the Prophet of Allah.In another narration ‘Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best fasting with Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud, and the best prayer with Allah is that of Dawud (ﷺ) for he would sleep half of the night and stand for prayer for the third of it and (then) would sleep sixth part of it; he observed fast one day and leave off the other. He would not flee on meeting the enemy”.In another narration ‘Abdullah is reported to have said: My father helped me marry a noble woman and he used to inquire of his daughter-in-law regarding her husband. She would say: “He is, indeed, a fine man. Since I have come to him, he has neither stepped on my bed nor he has had sexual intercourse with me”. When this state of affairs lasted for some time, my father mentioned the matter to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who directed my father saying, “Send him to me”. I went to him accordingly. He asked me, “How often do you observe fast?” I replied; “Daily”. He asked me, “How long do you take in reading the Noble Qur’an completely.” I said, “Once every night”. Then he narrated the whole story. He (in his old age) would recite one seventh of his nightly recitation to some members of his family during the day to lighten his task at night. Whenever he wished to have a relief from his fast on alternate days, he would give up fasting for a few days and make up deficiency later by observing the number of fasts he had missed. He would not give up the number of fasts altogether because he did not like to abandon what he had settled with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1367/)* --- ## Hadith #1368 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I met Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) he said: “How are you O Hanzalah?” I said, “Hanzalah has become a hypocrite”. He said, “Far removed is Allah from every imperfection, what are you saying?” I said, “When we are in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he reminds us of Hell-fire and Jannah, we feel as if we are seeing them with our very eyes, and when we are away from Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we attend to our wives, our children, our business, most of these things (pertaining to life hereafter) slip out of our minds.” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “By Allah, I also experience the same thing”. So Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) and I went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Hanzalah has turned hypocrite.” Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “What has happened to you?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, when we are in your company, and are reminded of Hell-fire and Jannah, we feel as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but when we go away from you and attend to our wives, children and business, much of these things go out of our minds.” Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 roads; but Hanzalah, time should be devoted (to the worldly affairs) and time should be devoted (to prayer)”. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said this thrice.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1368/)* --- ## Hadith #1369 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering Khutbah (religious talk), he noticed a man who was standing, so he asked about him and was told that he was Abu Israel who had taken a vow to remain standing and not sit, or go into the shade, or speak while observing fasting. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Tell him to speak, to go into the shade, to sit and to complete his fast”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1369/)* --- ## Hadith #1370 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Should anyone fall asleep at night and fail to recite his portion of the Qur’an, or a part of it, if he recites it between the Fajr prayer and the Zuhr prayer, it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1370/)* --- ## Hadith #1371 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “O Abdullah! Do not be like so-and-so. He used to get up at night for optional prayer but abandoned it later.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1371/)* --- ## Hadith #1372 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) missed the optional night Salat (Tahajjud) due to pain or any other reason, he would perform twelve Rak’ah during the day time.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1372/)* --- ## Hadith #1373 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not ask me unnecessarily about the details of the things which I do not mention to you. Verily, the people before you were doomed because they were used to putting many questions to their Prophets and had differences about their Prophets. Refrain from what I forbid you and do what I command you to the best of your ability and capacity”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1373/)* --- ## Hadith #1374 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany One day Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered us a very eloquent Khutbah on account of which eyes shed tears and hearts were full of tears. A man said: “O Prophet of Allah, this is as if it were a parting advice. So advise us”. He (ﷺ) said, “I admonish you to fear Allah, to listen and obey even if an Abyssinian slave is appointed as your leader. Because whosoever among you shall live after me, will see much discord. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the examples of the Rightly- Guided Caliphs who will come after me. Adhere to them and hold to it fast. Beware of new things (in Deen) because every Bid’ah is a misguidance”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1374/)* --- ## Hadith #1375 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Everyone of my Ummah will enter Jannah except those who refuse”. He was asked: “Who will refuse?” He (ﷺ) said, “Whoever obeys me, shall enter Jannah, and whosoever disobeys me, refuses to (enter Jannah)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1375/)* --- ## Hadith #1376 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany My father said that a person ate in the presence of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with his left hand. He (ﷺ) said, “Eat with your right hand”. He said, “I cannot do that.” Thereupon he (the Prophet) said, “May you never do that.” It was pride that prevented him from doing it. And he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1376/)* --- ## Hadith #1377 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Straighten your rows (during Salat) or Allah would create dissension amongst you”..In another narration reported by Muslim, Nu’man bin Bashir (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to straighten our rows (in Salat), as if he was straightening an arrow with their help until he saw that we had learnt it from him. One day he came out, stood up (for Salat) and was about to say: Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest), (marking the beginning of the prayer) when he saw a man, whose chest was bulging out from the row. He said, “Slaves of Allah, you must straighten your rows or Allah would create dissension amongst you.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1377/)* --- ## Hadith #1378 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A house in Al- Madinah caught fire at night and the roof and walls fell down upon the occupants. When this was reported to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said, “Fire is your enemy; so put it out before you go to bed”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1378/)* --- ## Hadith #1379 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The similitude of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like a rain which has fallen on some ground. A fertile part of earth has absorbed water and brought forth much grass and herbs. Another part, which is solid, held the water and Allah benefits men thereby, who drank and gave others to drink, and used it for irrigation. But some of it has fallen on a portion of sandy land which neither retains the water nor produces herbage. Such is the likeness of the man who understands the religion of Allah and who gets benefit of what Allah has sent me with; he learns and teaches others. It is also the likeness of the man who neither raises his head on that account (meaning he does not benefit from what the Prophet (ﷺ) was sent with) nor accepts Allah’s Guidance with which I am sent”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1379/)* --- ## Hadith #1380 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “My parable and that of yours is like a man who kindled a fire. When it has illuminated all around him, the moths and grasshoppers began to fall therein. He tried to push them away, but they overcame him and jumped into it. I am catching hold of your waists ties (to save you) from fire, but you slip away from my hands”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1380/)* --- ## Hadith #1381 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the licking of fingers (after eating) and the cleaning of the dish, saying: “You do not know in what portion the Blessing (of Allah) lies”..In another narration, Jabir said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a morsel of any of you falls down, you should pick it up and remove any dirt or dust on it and then eat it; and don’t leave it for Satan; and do not wipe your hand with the towel until you have licked your fingers, for you do not know in what portion of the food the Barakah* (of Allah) lies”.* Barakah is the abundance of goodness and its continuity. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1381/)* --- ## Hadith #1382 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection you will be assembled barefooted, naked and uncircumcised”. He then recited: “As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it,” and continued: “The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be (Prophet) Ibrahim. Then some of my Companions will be taken to the left, (i.e., towards Hell-fire) and when I will say, ‘They belong to my Ummah, O my Rubb!’ It would be said: ‘You do not know what they invented after you had left them.’ I shall then say as the righteous slave . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1382/)* --- ## Hadith #1383 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited flicking pebbles by the index finger and the thumb; and he said, “It does not kill a game animal nor does it inflict wound on the enemy, but breaks the tooth and gorges the eye”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1383/)* --- ## Hadith #1384 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I saw ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) kissing the Black Stone (Al-Hajar Al-Aswad) and saying: “I know that you are just a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor give benefit. Had I not seen Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kissing you, I would not have kissed you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1384/)* --- ## Hadith #1385 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When it was revealed to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and whether you disclose what is in your own selves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it,” the Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt it hard and severe and they came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and sat down on their knees and said: “O Messenger of Allah, we were assigned some duties which were within our power to perform, such as Salat (prayer), Saum (fasting), Jihad (striving in the Cause of Allah), Sadaqah (charity). Then this (the above mentioned) Verse was revealed to you and it is beyond our power to live up to it.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do you want to say what the people of two Books (Jews and Christians) said before you: ‘We hear and disobey?’ You should rather say: ‘We hear and we obey, we seek forgiveness, our Rubb and unto You is the return.”‘ And they said: “We hear and we obey, (we seek) Your forgiveness, our Rubb! And unto You is the return.” When the people recited it and it smoothly flowed on their tongues, then Allah revealed immediately afterwards: “The Messenger (Muhammad (ﷺ)) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Rubb, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say), ‘We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers’ – and they say, ‘We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your forgiveness, our Rubb, and to You is the return (of all)”. When they did that, Allah abrogated this (Ayah) and Allah the Great revealed: “Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned.” (The Prophet (ﷺ) said): “Yes. ‘Our Rubb! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and Christians)”. (The Prophet (ﷺ) said): “Yes. ‘Our Rubb! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear”. (The Prophet (ﷺ) said): “Yes. ‘Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Maula (Patron, Supporter and Protector) and give us victory over the disbelieving people”.He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: “Yes”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1385/)* --- ## Hadith #1386 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone introduces in our matter something which does not belong to it, will be rejected”..The narration in Muslim says: “If anybody introduces a practice which is not authenticated by me, it is to be rejected”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1386/)* --- ## Hadith #1387 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a Khutbah, his eyes would become red, his tone loud and he showed anger as if he were warning us against an army. He (ﷺ) would say, “The enemy is about to attack you in the morning and the enemy is advancing against you in the evening”. He would further say, “I am sent with the final Hour like these two fingers of mine.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held up his index finger and the middle finger together to illustrate. He used to add: “To proceed, the best speech is the Book of Allah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (ﷺ), the worst practice is the introduction of new practices in Islam and every Bid’ah is a misguidance”. He would also say, “I am, in respect of rights, nearer to every believer than his own self. He who leaves an estate, it belongs to his heirs, and he who leaves a debt, it is my responsibility to pay it off.” . Same Hadith as reported by ‘Irbad bin Sariyah (May Allah be pleased with him) has already been recorded in the previous chapter regarding safeguarding the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ).(See Hadith number 158) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1387/)* --- ## Hadith #1388 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) shortly after dawn when there came to him some people clad in woollen rags, or covered with sleeveless blankets; and with swords hanging down from their necks. Most of them rather, all of them, belonged to the Mudar tribe. The face of the Prophet (ﷺ) changed when he saw them starving. Then he went into his house and came out; then he commanded Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) to proclaim Adhan (call to prayers). So he proclaimed Adhan and recited Iqamah and the Prophet (ﷺ) led the Salat. Then he delivered a Khutbah saying, “O mankind! Be dutiful to your Rubb, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife (Eve), and from them both He created many men and women; and fear Allah through Whom you demand your (natural) rights, and do not sever the relations of kinship. Surely, Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you.” (4:1) He also recited the Ayah which is in the end of Surat Al-Hashr: “O you who believe! Fear Allah and keep your duty to Him. And let every one look what he has sent forth for the tomorrow”. (59:18). Thereafter, every man gave in charity Dinar, Dirham, clothes, measure-fulls of wheat and measure-fulls of dates till he said: “(Give in charity) be it half a date”. Then a man of the Ansar came with a bag which was difficult for him to hold in his hand. Thereafter, the people came successively (with charity) till I saw two heaps of food and clothes. I noticed that the face of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was glowing like that of the bright moon or glittering gold. Then he (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever introduces a good practice in Islam, there is for him its reward and the reward of those who act upon it after him without anything being diminished from their rewards. And whosoever introduces an evil practice in Islam, will shoulder its sin and the sins of all those who will act upon it, without diminishing in any way their burden”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1388/)* --- ## Hadith #1389 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The first son of Adam* takes a share of the guilt of every one who murders another wrongfully because he was the initiator of committing murder”..* The son of Adam in the Hadith is said to be Qabil. Allah tells us about his story in Surat Al-Ma’idah (The Table spread with Food). Verses 27-31. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1389/)* --- ## Hadith #1390 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1390/)* --- ## Hadith #1391 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If anyone calls others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those who follow him (in righteousness) without their reward being diminished in any respect, and if anyone invites others to follow error, the sin, will be equivalent to that of the people who follow him (in sinfulness) without their sins being diminished in any respect”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1391/)* --- ## Hadith #1392 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said on the day of the Khaibar Battle, “I will give this banner to a person at whose hands Allah will grant victory; a man who loves Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ), and Allah and His Messenger love him also.” The people spent the night thinking as to whom it would be given. When it was morning, the people hastened to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Every one of them was hoping that the banner would be given to him. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) asked, “Where is ‘Ali bin Abu Talib?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah! His eyes are sore.” He (ﷺ) then sent for him and when he came, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) applied his saliva to his eyes and supplicated. ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) recovered as if he had no ailment at all. He (ﷺ) conferred upon him the banner. ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said: ”O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight against them until they are like us?” Thereupon he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Advance cautiously until you reach their open places; thereafter, invite them to Islam and inform them what is obligatory for them from the Rights of Allah, for, by Allah, if Allah guides even one person through you that is better for you than possessing a whole lot of red camels”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1392/)* --- ## Hadith #1393 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A young man from the tribe of Aslam said, “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I wish to fight (in the Cause of Allah) but I do not have anything to equip myself with (for fighting)”. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Go to so- and-so, for he had equipped himself (for fighting) but he fell ill.” So he (the young man) went to him and said, “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sends you his greetings and says that you should give me the equipment that you have provided yourself with.” The man said (to his wife or servant): “O so-and-so, give him the equipment I have collected for myself and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah, if you withhold anything from him, we will not be blessed therein”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1393/)* --- ## Hadith #1394 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who equips a warrior in the way of Allah (will get the reward of the one who has actually gone for Jihad); and he who looks after the family of a warrior in the way of Allah will get the reward of the one who has gone for Jihad”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1394/)* --- ## Hadith #1395 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a detachment to Banu Lahyan tribe and remarked, “Let one of every two men get ready to advance, and both will earn the same reward”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1395/)* --- ## Hadith #1396 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came across a party of mounted men at Ar-Rauha and asked them, “Who are you?” They answered: “We are Muslims, and who are you?” He said, “I am the Messenger of Allah.” A woman from among them lifted a boy up to him and asked: “Can this one go on Hajj?” He (ﷺ) said, “Yes, and you will have the reward.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1396/)* --- ## Hadith #1397 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The honest Muslim trustee who carries out duties assigned to him (in another narration he said, “Who gives”), and he gives that in full, with his heart overflowing with cheerfulness, to whom he is ordered, he is one of the two givers of charity”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1397/)* --- ## Hadith #1398 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ad-Deen is sincerity”. We said: “For whom?” He replied, “For Allah, His Book, His Messenger and for the leaders of the Muslims and their masses”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1398/)* --- ## Hadith #1399 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I made my covenant with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the observance of Salat, payment of Zakat, and giving counsel to Muslim.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1399/)* --- ## Hadith #1400 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No one of you becomes a true believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1400/)* --- ## Hadith #1401 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1401/)* --- ## Hadith #1402 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Never a Prophet had been sent before me by Allah to his people but he had, among his people, (his) disciples and companions, who followed his ways and obeyed his command. Then there came after them their successors who proclaimed what they did not practise, and practised what they were not commanded to do. And (he) who strove against them with his hand is a believer; he who strove against them with his heart is a believer; and he who strove against them with his tongue is a believer ; and beyond that there is no grain of Faith”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1402/)* --- ## Hadith #1403 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We swore allegiance to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to hear and obey; in time of difficulty and in prosperity, in hardship and in ease, to endure being discriminated against and not to dispute about rule with those in power, except in case of evident infidelity regarding which there is a proof from Allah. We swore allegiance to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to say what was right wherever we were, and not to fear from anyone’s reproach.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1403/)* --- ## Hadith #1404 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The likeness of the man who observes the limits prescribed by Allah and that of the man who transgresses them is like the people who get on board a ship after casting lots. Some of them are in its lower deck and some of them in its upper (deck). Those who are in its lower (deck), when they require water, go to the occupants of the upper deck, and say to them : ‘If we make a hole in the bottom of the ship, we shall not harm you.’ If they (the occupants of the upper deck) leave them to carry out their design they all will be drowned. But if they do not let them go ahead (with their plan), all of them will remain safe”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1404/)* --- ## Hadith #1405 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will have rulers some of whom you approve and some of whom you will disapprove. He who dislikes them will be safe, and he who expresses disapproval will be safe, but he who is pleased and follows them (will be indeed sinful)”. His audience asked: “Shall we not fight them?” He replied, “No, as long as they establish Salat amongst you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1405/)* --- ## Hadith #1406 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit me one day frightened and he (ﷺ) said: “La ilaha illallah (There is no true God but Allah). Woe to the Arabs because of an evil which has drawn near! Today an opening of this size has been made in the barrier restraining Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog people).” And he (ﷺ) made a circle with his thumb and index finger. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Shall we perish while still there will be righteous people among us?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, when wickedness prevails”. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1406/)* --- ## Hadith #1407 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Beware of sitting on roads (ways).” The people said: “We have but them as sitting places.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If you have to sit there, then observe the rights of the way”. They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He (ﷺ) said, “To lower your gaze (on seeing what is illegal to look at), and (removal of harmful objects), returning greetings, enjoining good and forbidding wrong”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1407/)* --- ## Hadith #1408 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man wearing a gold ring. So he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) pulled it off and threw it away, saying, “One of you takes a live coal, and puts it on his hand.” It was said to the man after Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had left: “Take your ring (of gold) and utilize it,” whereupon he said: “No, by Allah, I would never take it when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has thrown it away”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1408/)* --- ## Hadith #1409 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Aidh bin ‘Amr (the Companion) (May Allah be pleased with him) visited ‘Ubaidullah bin Ziyad (the ruler) and said to him: “Son, I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘The worst shepherds (rulers) are those who deal harshly in respect of supervision. Beware, Don’t be one of them!”‘ Ibn Ziyad said to him, “Sit down, you are but husk from among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ).” ‘Aidh bin ‘Amr (May Allah be pleased with him) retorted: “Was there any husk among them? Surely, husk came after them and among others than them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1409/)* --- ## Hadith #1410 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, you either enjoin good and forbid evil, or Allah will certainly soon send His punishment to you. Then you will make supplication and it will not be accepted”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1410/)* --- ## Hadith #1411 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1411/)* --- ## Hadith #1412 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A person asked the Prophet (ﷺ) (when he had just put his foot in the stirrup): “What is the highest form of Jihad?” He (ﷺ) said, “Speaking the truth in the presence of a tyrant ruler”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1412/)* --- ## Hadith #1413 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The first defect (in religion) which affected the Children of Israel in the way that man would meet another and say to him: ‘Fear Allah and abstain from what you are doing, for this is not lawful for you.’ Then he would meet him the next day and find no change in him, but this would not prevent him from eating with him, drinking with him and sitting in his assemblies. When it came to this, Allah led their hearts into evil ways on account of their association with others.” Then he (ﷺ) recited, “Those among the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of Dawud (David) and ‘Isa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). That was because they disobeyed (Allah and the Messengers) and were ever transgressing beyond bounds. They used not to forbid one another from the Munkar (wrong, evildoing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do. You see many of them taking the disbelievers as their Auliya’ (protectors and helpers). Evil indeed is that which their own selves have sent forward before them; for that (reason) Allah’s wrath fell upon them and in torment will they abide. And had they believed in Allah and in the Prophet (Muhammad (ﷺ)) and in what has been revealed to him, never would they have taken them (the disbelievers) as Auliya’ (protectors and helpers); but many of them are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” (5:78-81)Then he (ﷺ) continued: “Nay, by Allah, you either enjoin good and forbid evil and catch hold of the hand of the oppressor and persuade him to act justly and stick to the truth, or, Allah will involve the hearts of some of you with the hearts of others and will curse you as He had cursed them”..The wording in At-Tirmidhi is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When the Children of Israel became sinful, their learned men prohibited them but they would not turn back. Yet, the learned men associated with them and ate and drank with them. So, they were cursed at the tongues of Dawud and ‘Isa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), because they were disobedient and were given to transgression.” At this stage Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was reclining on a pillow sat up and said, “No, By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, there is no escape for you but you persuade them to act justly.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1413/)* --- ## Hadith #1414 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “O you people! You recite this Verse: ‘O you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1414/)* --- ## Hadith #1415 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be cast into Hell, and his intestines will pour forth and he will go round them as a donkey goes round a millstone. The inmates of Hell will gather round him and say: ‘What has happened to you, O so-and-so? Were you not enjoining us to do good and forbidding us to do evil?’ He will reply: ‘I was enjoining you to do good, but was not doing it myself; and I was forbidding you to do evil, but was doing it myself”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1415/)* --- ## Hadith #1416 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are three signs of a hypocrite: When he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he betrays his trust.”.Another narration adds the words: ‘Even if he observes fasts, performs Salat and asserts that he is a Muslim”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1416/)* --- ## Hadith #1417 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) foretold to us two Ahadith. I have seen one (being fulfilled), and I am waiting for the other. He (ﷺ) told us, “Amanah (the trust) descended in the innermost (root) of the hearts of men (that is, it was in their heart innately, by Fitrah, or pure human nature). Then the Qur’an was revealed and they learnt from the Quran and they learned from the Sunnah.” Then the (Prophet (ﷺ)) told us about the removal of Amanah. He said, “The man would have some sleep, and Amanah would be taken away from his heart leaving the impression of a faint mark. He would again sleep, and Amanah would be taken away from his heart leaving an impression of a blister, as if you rolled down an ember on your foot and it was vesicled. He would see a swelling having nothing in it.” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) then took up a pebble and rolled it over his foot and said, “The people would enter into transactions with one another and hardly a person would be left who would return (things) entrusted to him (and there would look like an honest person) till it would be said: ‘In such and such tribe there is a trustworthy man.’ And they would also say about a person: ‘How prudent he is! How handsome he is and how intelligent he is!’ whereas in his heart there would be no grain of Faith.” Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman (May Allah bepleased with him) added: I had a time when I did not care with whom amongst you I did business, I entered into a transaction, for if he were a Muslim, his Faith would compel him to discharge his obligation to me; and if he were a Christian or a Jew, his guardian (surety) would compel him to discharge his obligation to me. But today I would not enter into a transaction except with so-and-so.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1417/)* --- ## Hadith #1418 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany `There was nothing that put you out of Jannah except your father’s sin. I am not the one to do that, go to my son Ibrahim (Abraham), the beloved man of Allah.’ Then Ibrahim (ﷺ) when approached, will say: `I am not the one to do that, for I was only a friend; and that is not a lofty status but ask Musa (Moses) to whom Allah spoke.’ They will then go to Musa (ﷺ) but he will say: `I am not the one to do that; go to `Isa (Jesus), Allah’s Word and spirit.’ `Isa (ﷺ) will say: `I am not the one to do that.’ So they will come to me; and I will stand and be given permission. Amanah and ties of relationship will be sent forth and will stand on the sides of the Sirat (that is, the Bridge set over Hell-fire) right and left, and the first of you will pass like lightning.” I said (that is Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him)” :I ransom you with my father and mother, what is like the movement of lightning?” The Messenger of Allah replied, “Have you not seen how the lightning goes and returns in the twinkling of an eye? Next (group will pass) like the passing of the breeze, next like the passing of a bird, and the next with the speed of a running man, according to the quality of their deeds. (During all this time) your Prophet (ﷺ) will remain standing on the Bridge saying: `O my Rubb, keep (them) safe, keep (them) safe,’ till men’s deeds are so weak that a man comes who will be able only to crawl. On both sides of the Bridge pronged flesh hooks, placed under command will be hung and will seize those about whom they receive command, some people being lacerated and escaping and others being thrown violently into Hell.” Abu Hurairah added: By Him in Whose Hand Abu Hurairah’s soul is, the pit of Jahannam (Hell) is seventy years in depth. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1418/)* --- ## Hadith #1419 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Az-Zubair, got ready to fight in the battle of Al- Jamal, he called me and said: “My son, whoever is killed today will be either a wrongdoer or a wronged one. I expect that I shall be the the wronged one today. I am much worried about my debt. Do you think that anything will be left over from our property after the payment of my debt? My son, sell our property and pay off my debt.” Az-Zubair then willed one-third of that portion to his sons; namely ‘Abdullah’s sons. He said, “One-third of the one-third. If any property is left after the payment of debts, one-third (of the one-third of what is left is to be given to your sons.” (Hisham, a subnarrator added: “Some of the sons of ‘Abdullah were equal in age to the sons of Az-Zubair, e.g., Khubaib and Abbad. ‘Abdullah had nine sons and nine daughters at that time)”. (The narrator ‘Abdullah added:) He kept on instructing me about his debts and then said: “My son, should you find yourself unable to pay any portion of my debt then beseech my Master for His help.” By Allah, I did not understand what he meant and asked: “Father, who is your Master?” He said: “Allah.” By Allah! Whenever I faced a difficulty in discharging any portion of his debt; I would pray: “O Master of Zubair, discharge his debt,” and He discharged it. Zubair was martyred. He left no money, but he left certain lands, one of them in Al-Ghabah, eleven houses in Al-Madinah, two in Basrah, one in Kufah and one in Egypt. The cause of his indebtedness was that a person would come to him asking him to keep some money of his in trust for him. Zubair would refuse to accept it as a trust, fearing it might be lost, but would take it as a loan. He never accepted a governorship, or revenue office, or any public office. He fought along with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman (May Allah be pleased with them).’Abdullah added: I prepared a statement of his debts and they amounted to two million and two hundred thousand! Hakim bin Hizam met me and asked me: “Nephew, how much is due from my brother as debt?” I kept it as secret and said: “A hundred thousand.” Hakim said: “By Allah! I do not think your assets are sufficient for the payment of these debts.” I said: “What would you think if the amount were two million and two hundred thousand?” He said: “I do not think that you would be able to clear off the debts. If you find it difficult let me know.”Az-Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) had purchased the land in Al-Ghabah for a hundred and seventy thousand. ‘Abdullah sold it for a million and six hundred thousand, and declared that whosoever had a claim against Az-Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) should see him in Al-Ghabah. ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far (May Allah bepleased with him) came to him and said: “Az- Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) owed me four hundred thousand, but I would remit the debt if you wish.” ‘Abdullah (May Allah bepleased with him) said: “No.” Ibn Ja’far said: ”If you would desire for postponement I would postpone the recovery of it.” ‘Abdullah said: “No.” Ibn Ja’far then said: “In that case, measure out a plot for me.” ‘Abdullah marked out a plot. Thus he sold the land and discharged his father’s debt. There remained out of the land four and a half shares. He then visited Mu’awiyah who had with him at the time ‘Amr bin ‘Uthman, Al-Mundhir bin Az-Zubair and Ibn Zam’ah (May Allah bepleased with them). Mu’awiyah (May Allah bepleased with him) said: “What price did you put on the land in Al-Ghabah?” He said: “One hundred thousand for a each share. Mu’awiyah inquired: “How much of it is left?” ‘Abdullah said: “Four and a half shares.” Al-Mundhir bin Az-Zubair said: “I will buy one share for a hundred thousand”. ‘Amr bin ‘Uthman said: “I will buy one share for a hundred thousand”. Ibn Zam’ah said: “I will buy one share for a hundred thousand.” Then Mu’awiyah asked: “How much of it is now left?” ‘Abdullah said: “One and a half share. Mu’awiyah said: “I will take it for one hundred and fifty thousand.” Later ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far sold his share to Mu’awiyah for six hundred thousand.When ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) finished the debts, the heirs of Az-Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) asked him to distribute the inheritance among them. He said: “I will not do that until I announce during four successive Hajj seasons: ‘Let he who has a claim against Az-Zubair come forward and we shall discharge it.”‘ He made this declaration on four Hajj seasons and then distributed the inheritance among the heirs of Az-Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) according to his will. Az- Zubair (May Allah bepleased with him) had four wives. Each of them received a million and two hundred thousand. Thus Az-Zubair’s total property was amounted to fifty million and two hundred thousand. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1419/)* --- ## Hadith #1420 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you. It incited them to shed blood and treat the unlawful as lawful.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1420/)* --- ## Hadith #1421 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Resurrection Day, the rights will be paid to those to whom they are due so much so that a hornless sheep will be retaliated for by punishing the horned sheep which broke its horns”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1421/)* --- ## Hadith #1422 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were talking about the Farewell Pilgrimage without knowing what was it when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was also present. He (ﷺ) stood up and recited the Praise and Glorification of Allah. He then gave a detailed account of Ad-Dajjal and said, ‘Every Prophet sent by Allah had warned his people against his mischief. Nuh (ﷺ) )warned his nation and so did all the Prophets after him. If he (i.e., Ad-Dajjal) appears among you, his condition will not remain hidden from you. Your Rubb is not one-eyed, but Ad-Dajjal is. His right eye is protruding like a swollen grape. Listen, Allah has made your blood, and your properties as inviolable as of this day of yours (i.e., the Day of Sacrifice), in this city of yours (i.e., Makkah), in this month of yours (i.e., Dhul -Hijjah). Listen, have I conveyed Allah’s Message to you?” The people replied in affirmative. There upon he said, “O Allah, bear witness.” And he repeated it thrice. He (ﷺ) concluded: “Do not revert after me as infidels killing one another”. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1422/)* --- ## Hadith #1423 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever usurps unlawfully even a hand span of land a collar measuring seven times (this) land will be placed around his neck on the Day of Resurrection”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1423/)* --- ## Hadith #1424 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah gives respite to the oppressor. But when He seizes him, He does not let him escape.” Then he (ﷺ)) recited, “Such is the Seizure of your Rubb when He seizes the (population of) towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His Seizure is painful (and) severe”. (11:102).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1424/)* --- ## Hadith #1425 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “You will go to the people of the Book. First call them to testify that ‘there is no true god except Allah, that I am (Muhammad (ﷺ)) the Messenger of Allah.’ If they obey you, tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five Salat (prayers) during the day and night; and if they obey you, inform them that Allah has made Zakat obligatory upon them; that it should be collected from their rich and distributed among their poor; and if they obey you refrain from picking up (as a share of Zakat) the best of their wealth. Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1425/)* --- ## Hadith #1426 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) employed a man from the tribe of Al-Azd named Ibn Lutbiyyah as collector of Zakat. When the employee returned (with the collections) he said: “(O Prophet (ﷺ)!) This is for you and this is mine because it was presented to me as gift.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rose to the pulpit and praised Allah and extolled Him. Then he said, “I employ a man to do a job and he comes and says: ‘This is for you and this has been presented to me as gift’? Why did he not remain in the house of his father or the house of his mother and see whether gifts will be given to him or not? By Allah in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, if any one of you took anything wrongfully, he will bring it on the Day of Resurrection, carrying it on (his back), I will not recognize anyone of you, on the Day of Resurrection with a grunting camel, or a bellowing cow, or a bleating ewe.” Then he raised his hands till we could see the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said thrice, ”O Allah ! have I conveyed (Your Commandments)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1426/)* --- ## Hadith #1427 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who has done a wrong affecting his brother’s honour or anything else, let him ask his forgiveness today before the time (i.e., the Day of Resurrection) when he will have neither a dinar nor a dirham. If he has done some good deeds, a portion equal to his wrong doings will be subtracted from them; but if he has no good deeds, he will be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he had wronged in the same proportion”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1427/)* --- ## Hadith #1428 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1428/)* --- ## Hadith #1429 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man named Kirkirah, who was in charge of the personal effects of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He is in the (Hell) Fire.” Some people went to his house looking for its cause and found there a cloak that he had stolen. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1429/)* --- ## Hadith #1430 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Time has completed its cycle and has come to the state of the day when Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year consists of twelve months of which four are inviolable; three of them consecutive – Dhul-Qa’dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram and Rajab, the month of Mudar (tribe), which comes between Jumada and Sha’ban. What month is this?” We said, “Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) know better”. The Prophet (ﷺ) remained silent for some time until we thought that he would give it a name other than its real name. Then asked, “Is it not (the month of) Dhul-Hijjah?”. We replied in the affirmative. He asked, “Which city is this?”. We replied: “Allah and His Messenger know better”. He remained silent until we thought that he would give it another name. He (ﷺ) asked, “Is it not Al-Baldah (Makkah)?” We said: “Yes”. He (ﷺ) asked, “What day is this?”. We said: “Allah and His Messenger know better.” He (ﷺ) remained silent until we thought that he would give it another name. He asked, “Is it not the day of An-Nahr (the sacrifice)?”. We replied in the affirmative. Thereupon he said, “Your blood, your property and your honour are inviolable to you all like the inviolablity of this day of yours, in this city of yours and in this month of yours. You will soon meet your Rubb and He will ask you about your deeds. So do not turn to disbelief after me by striking the necks of one another. Behold! Let him who is present here convey (this message ) to him who is absent; for many a person to whom a message is conveyed has more retentive memory than the one who hears it.” He (ﷺ) again said, “Have I conveyed the message to you? Behold! Have I conveyed the Commandments (of Allah) to you.” We submitted: “Yes”. He then said, “O Allah, bear witness (to this)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1430/)* --- ## Hadith #1431 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah decrees the (Hell) Fire and debars Jannah for the one who usurps the rights of a believer by taking a false oath.” One man asked: “O Messenger of Allah! Even if it should be for an insignificant thing?” He said, “Even if it be a stick of the Arak tree (i.e., the tree from which Miswak sticks are taken)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1431/)* --- ## Hadith #1432 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever among you is appointed by us to a position and he conceals from us even a needle or less, it will amount to misappropriation and he will be called upon to restore it on the Day of Resurrection”. (‘Adi bin ‘Umairah added:) A black man from the Ansar stood up – I can see him still – and said: “O Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment.” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “What has happened to you?” The man replied: “I have heard you saying such and such.” He (ﷺ) said, “I say that even now: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position, he should render an account of everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom, he should take and he should desist from taking what is unlawful”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1432/)* --- ## Hadith #1433 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany On the day (of the battle) of Khaibar, some Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came and remarked: “So-and-so is a martyr and so-and-so is a martyr”. When they came to a man about whom they said: “So-and-so is a martyr,” the Prophet (ﷺ) declared, “No. I have seen him in Hell for a mantle (or cloak) which he has stolen”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1433/)* --- ## Hadith #1434 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Faith in Allah and striving in His Cause (Jihad) are the deeds of highest merit.” A man stood up said: “O Messenger of Allah! Tell me if I am killed in the Cause of Allah, will all my sins be forgiven?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, if you are killed in the Cause of Allah while you are patient, hopeful of your reward and marching forward not retreating.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Repeat what you have said.” The man said: “Tell me if I am killed in the Cause of Allah, will all my sins be remitted?”. He replied, “Yes, if you are martyred while you are patient, hopeful of your reward and march forward without retreating, unless, if you owe any debt, that will not be remitted. Angel Jibril told me that”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1434/)* --- ## Hadith #1435 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do you know who is the bankrupt?” They said: “The bankrupt among us is one who has neither money with him nor any property”. He said, “The real bankrupt of my Ummah would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrection with Salat, Saum and Sadaqah (charity), (but he will find himself bankrupt on that day as he will have exhausted the good deeds) because he reviled others, brought calumny against others, unlawfully devoured the wealth of others, shed the blood of others and beat others; so his good deeds would be credited to the account of those (who suffered at his hand). If his good deeds fall short to clear the account, their sins would be entered in his account and he would be thrown in the (Hell) Fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1435/)* --- ## Hadith #1436 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, I am only a human and the claimants bring to me (their disputes); perhaps some of them are more eloquent than others. I judge according to what I hear from them). So, he whom I, by my judgment, (give the undue share) out of the right of a Muslim, I in fact give him a portion of (Hell) Fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1436/)* --- ## Hadith #1437 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A believer continues to guard his Faith (and thus hopes for Allah’s Mercy) so long as he does not shed blood unjustly”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1437/)* --- ## Hadith #1438 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Many people misappropriate (acquire wrongfully) Allah’s Property (meaning Muslims’ property). These people will be cast in Hell on the Day of Resurrection”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1438/)* --- ## Hadith #1439 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The relationship of the believer with another believer is like (the bricks of) a building, each strengthens the other.” He (ﷺ) illustrated this by interlacing the fingers of both his hands.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1439/)* --- ## Hadith #1440 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever enters our mosque or passes through our market with arrows with him, he should hold them by their heads lest it should injure any of the Muslims”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1440/)* --- ## Hadith #1441 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1441/)* --- ## Hadith #1442 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) kissed his grandson Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali (May Allah bepleased with them) in the presence of Al-Aqra’ bin Habis. Thereupon he remarked: “I have ten children and I have never kissed any one of them.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) looked at him and said, “He who does not show mercy to others will not be shown mercy”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1442/)* --- ## Hadith #1443 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Some bedouins came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked: “Do you kiss your children?” He said, “Yes”. They then said: “By Allah, we do not kiss them.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “I cannot help you if Allah has snatched kindness from your hearts”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1443/)* --- ## Hadith #1444 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is not merciful to people Allah will not be merciful to him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1444/)* --- ## Hadith #1445 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you leads the Salat, he should not prolong it because the congregation includes those who are feeble, ill or old”. One version adds: “those who have to attend to work”) While offering prayers alone, you may pray as long as you like”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1445/)* --- ## Hadith #1446 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sometimes abstain from doing something he wished to do, lest others should follow him and it might become obligatory upon them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1446/)* --- ## Hadith #1447 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited his Companions out of mercy for them, from observing continuous fasting without a break. They said: “But you observe fast continuously”. He replied, “I am not like you. I spend the night while my Rubb provides me with food and drink”..(This means that Allah has bestowed upon him the power of endurance like that of a person who eats and drinks). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1447/)* --- ## Hadith #1448 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I stand up to lead Salat with the intention of prolonging it. Then I hear the crying of an infant and I shorten the Salat lest I should make it burdensome for his mother”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1448/)* --- ## Hadith #1449 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When anyone offers the Fajr (dawn) prayer, in congregation, he is in the Protection of Allah. So let not Allah call him to account, withdrawing, in any respect, His Protection. Because, He will get hold of him and throw him down on his face in the Hell-fire.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1449/)* --- ## Hadith #1450 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim. So he should not oppress him nor should he hand him over to (his satan or to his self which is inclined to evil). Whoever fulfills the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever removes the troubles of his brother, Allah will remove one of his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever covers up the fault of a Muslim, Allah will cover up his fault on the Day of Resurrection”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1450/)* --- ## Hadith #1451 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is a brother to a Muslim. He should neither deceive him nor lie to him, nor leave him without assistance. Everything belonging to a Muslim is inviolable for a Muslim; his honour, his blood and property. Piety is here (and he pointed out to his chest thrice). It is enough for a Muslim to commit evil by despising his Muslim brother.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1451/)* --- ## Hadith #1452 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices by overbidding against one another; do not hate one another; do not harbour malice against one another; and do not enter into commercial transaction when others have entered into that (transaction); but be you, O slaves of Allah, as brothers. A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim; he neither oppresses him nor does he look down upon him, nor does he humiliate him. Piety is here, (and he pointed to his chest three times). It is enough evil for a Muslim to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother-in-faith: his blood, his property and his honour”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1452/)* --- ## Hadith #1453 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No one of you shall become a true believer until he desires for his brother what he desires for himself”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1453/)* --- ## Hadith #1454 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed”. A man enquired: “O Messenger of Allah! I help him when he is oppressed, but how can I help him when he is an oppressor?” He (ﷺ) said, “You can keep him from committing oppression. That will be your help to him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1454/)* --- ## Hadith #1455 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A believer owes another believer five rights: responding to greetings, visiting him in illness, following his funeral, accepting his invitation, and saying ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (May Allah have mercy on you),’ when he says ‘Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah)’ after sneezing”..Muslim’s narration is, “There are six rights of a Muslim upon a Muslim: When you meet him, greet him; when he invites you, respond to him; when he seeks counsel, give him advice; when he sneezes and praises Allah, say to him: ‘May Allah have mercy on you (Yarhamuk-Allah)’; when he is sick, visit him; and when he dies, follow his funeral”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1455/)* --- ## Hadith #1456 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) commanded us to observe seven things and forbade us seven. He ordered us to visit the sick; to follow funeral processions; to respond to a sneezer with ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (May Allah have mercy on you)’ when he says ‘Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah),’ to help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill their oaths, to accept invitation and to promote greeting. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in silver utensils, to use Mayathir (silk carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qassiy (a kind of silk cloth), and to wear fine silk brocade.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1456/)* --- ## Hadith #1457 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah will cover up on the Day of Resurrection the defects (faults) of the one who covers up the faults of the others in this world”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1457/)* --- ## Hadith #1458 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every one of my followers will be forgiven except those who expose (openly) their wrongdoings. An example of this is that of a man who commits a sin at night which Allah has covered for him, and in the morning, he would say (to people): “I committed such and such sin last night,’ while Allah had kept it a secret. During the night Allah has covered it up but in the morning he tears up the cover provided by Allah Himself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1458/)* --- ## Hadith #1459 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a slave-girl commits fornication and this fact of fornication has become evident, she must be given the penalty of (fifty) lashes without hurling reproaches at her; if she does it again, she must be given the penalty but she should not be rebuked. If she does it for the third time, he should sell her, even for a rope woven from hair (i.e., something worthless)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1459/)* --- ## Hadith #1460 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man who had drunk wine was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he asked us to beat him; some struck him with their hands, some with their garments (making a whip) and some with their sandals. When he (the drunkard) had gone, some of the people said: “May Allah disgrace you!” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Do not say so. Do not help the devil against him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1460/)* --- ## Hadith #1461 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is a brother of (another) Muslim, he neither wrongs him nor does hand him over to one who does him wrong. If anyone fulfills his brother’s needs, Allah will fulfill his needs; if one relieves a Muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone covers up a Muslim (his sins), Allah will cover him up (his sins) on the Resurrection Day”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1461/)* --- ## Hadith #1462 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who removes from a believer one of his difficulties of this world, Allah will remove one of his troubles on the Day of Resurrection; and he who finds relief for a hard-pressed person, Allah will make things easy for him on the Day of Resurrection; he who covers up (the faults and sins) of a Muslim, Allah will cover up (his faults and sins) in this world and in the Hereafter. Allah supports His slave as long as the slave is supportive of his brother; and he who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allah makes that path easy, leading to Jannah for him; the people who assemble in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah, learning it and teaching, there descends upon them the tranquillity, and mercy covers them, the angels flock around them, and Allah mentions them in the presence of those near Him; and he who lags behind in doing good deeds, his noble lineage will not make him go ahead.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1462/)* --- ## Hadith #1463 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever a needy person would come to the Prophet (ﷺ), he would turn to those who were present and say, “If you make intercession for him, you will be rewarded, because Allah decreed what He likes by the tongue of His Messenger”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1463/)* --- ## Hadith #1464 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, “It is better for you to go back to your husband.” She asked: “O Messenger of Allah, do you order me to do so.” He replied, “I only intercede” She then said: “I have no need for him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1464/)* --- ## Hadith #1465 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On every joint of man, there is charity, on everyday when the sun rises: doing justice between two men is charity, and assisting a man to ride an animal or to load his luggage on it is charity; and a good word is charity, every step which one takes towards (the mosque for) Salat is charity, and removing harmful things from the way is charity”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1465/)* --- ## Hadith #1466 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘The person who (lies) in order to conciliate between people is not a liar, when he conveys good or says (something) good”..The narration in Muslim added: She said, “I never heard him (she meant the Prophet (ﷺ)) giving permission of lying in anything except in three (things): war, conciliating between people and the conversation of man with his wife and the conversation of a woman with her husband”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1466/)* --- ## Hadith #1467 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard the voices of altercation of two disputants at the door; both the voices were quite loud. One was asking the other to make his debts little (so that he could pay them) and was pleading with him to show leniency to him, whereupon the (other one) said: “By Allah, I will not do that”. Then there came Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to them and said, “Where is he who swore by Allah that he would not do good?” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is me. Now he may do as he desires”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1467/)* --- ## Hadith #1468 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany There was some quarrel among the members of Banu ‘Amr bin ‘Auf. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went with some of his Companions to bring about peace between them and he was detained. The time for Salat approached and Bilal (May Allah be pleased with them) went to Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has got late and it is the time for Salat. Will you lead Salat?” He said: “Yes, if you desire”. Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) proclaimed the Adhan and then pronounced Iqamah. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and commenced As- Salat. (He recited Takbir and the people followed him). In the meantime, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arrived and, passing through the rows, took his stand in the first row. The people started clapping. It was the habit of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) that whenever he started praying, he would never look round. He paid no heed (to the clapping). When the clapping increased, he turned round and saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) beckoned him to continue performing Salat. But Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) raised his hands and praised Allah. Then he retreated, taking his steps backwards. When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that, he went ahead and led Salat. When he finished Salat, he faced the congregation and said, “Why do you clap when something happens during the Salat. Clapping is only for women. If something happens in the course of Salat you should say, Subhan Allah. It is bound to attract attention. And you, Abu Bakr, what prevented you from carrying on with Salat, after I beckoned to do so?” He said, “It was not becoming for the son of Abu Quhafah to lead Salat in the presence of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1468/)* --- ## Hadith #1469 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Shall I not inform you about the people of Jannah? It is every person who is, modest and humble (before Allah), a person who is accounted weak and is looked down upon but if he adjures Allah, Allah will certainly give him what he desires. Now shall I not inform you about the inmates of Hell? It is every violent, impertinent and proud man”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1469/)* --- ## Hadith #1470 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man passed by the Prophet (ﷺ), so he asked a man who was sitting near him, “What is your opinion about this man?” That man replied: “He is one of the noblest men. By Allah he is certainly a proper person for (a girl) being given in marriage if he seeks to marry, and his recommendation is fit to be accepted if he recommends”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remained silent. Then another man passed. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enquired, “What is your opinion about this man?” He replied: “O Messenger of Allah, he is one of the poor Muslims. He is not a proper person (for a girl) to be given in marriage to, and his recommendation would not be accepted if he makes one; if he speaks, he is not to be listened to.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He is better than the former by earthfuls”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1470/)* --- ## Hadith #1471 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There was a dispute between the Hell and Jannah. The Hell said: “The haughty and proud are my inmates.” Jannah said: “The modest and the humble are my residents”. Thereupon, Allah the Exalted and Glorious (addressing Jannah) said: “You are My Mercy, through you I shall show mercy to those whom I wish”. (And addressing the Hell), He said: “You are (the means) of My punishment by which I shall punish such of My slaves as I wish and each one of you would have its fill”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1471/)* --- ## Hadith #1472 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, there will be brought forth a bulky person (person of noteworthy status) whose value to Allah will be less than that of the wing of a mosquito”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1472/)* --- ## Hadith #1473 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A black woman (or probably a young man) used to clean the mosque. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) missed her (or him) and asked about her (or him). He was told that she (or he) had died. He (ﷺ) said, “Why did you not inform me?” (It seemed as if) they (Companions) considered the matter insignificant. Then he (ﷺ) said, “Show me her (or his) grave.” When it was shown to him, he offered (Janazah-funeral) prayer over it and said, “These graves cover those in them with darkness, and Allah illumines them for the inmates as a result of my supplication for them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1473/)* --- ## Hadith #1474 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Many a person with shaggy and dusty hair, dusty and driven away from doors (because of their poverty and shabby clothes) were to swear by Allah (that something would happen), Allah will certainly make it happen”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1474/)* --- ## Hadith #1475 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I stood at the gate of Jannah, and (I saw) that the majority of those who entered it are the poor, and the wealthy were kept confined. The inmates of the Fire had been ordered to (enter) the Fire (Hell), and I stood at the gate of Hell and saw that the majority of its inmates are women”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1475/)* --- ## Hadith #1476 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None spoke in the cradle but only three (persons), Isa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), the second one was the companion of Juraij who was a pious person. Juraij took a secluded monastery for worship and confined himself in it. His mother came to him as he was busy in prayer and she called: ‘Juraij.’ He said: ‘My Rubb, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged in) my prayer.’ He continued with the prayer. She returned and she came on the next day and he was (still) busy in prayer. She called: ‘Juraij.’ And he said: ‘My Rubb, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged) in prayer, and he continued with the prayer,’ and she returned. Then on the next day she again came while he was busy in prayer and called: ‘Juraij.’ And he said: ‘My Rubb, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged) in my prayer.’ And he continued with the prayer. She said: ‘My Rubb, don’t let him die until he has seen the faces of the prostitutes.’ The story of Juraij and that of his meditation and prayer spread amongst Banu Israel. There was a prostitute who had been a beauty personified. She said (to the people): ‘If you like, I can lure him to evil.’ She presented herself to him but he paid no heed (to her). She came to a shepherd who lived near the temple and she offered herself to him. He (the shepherd) had sexual intercourse with her and so she became pregnant. When she gave birth to a baby she said: ‘This is from Juraij.’ So they came and asked Juraij to get down and demolished the temple and began to beat him. He asked them what the matter was. They said: ‘You have committed fornication with this prostitute and she has given birth to a baby from you.’ He said: ‘Where is the baby?’ They brought him (the baby) and then he said: ‘Just leave me so that I should perform prayer.’ He performed prayer and when he finished, he lifted the baby in his stomach and asked him: ‘O boy, who is your father?’ The baby answered: ‘He is such and such a shepherd.’ So, the people turned towards Juraij, kissed him and touched him (for seeking blessing) and said: ‘We are prepared to construct your temple with gold.’ He said, ‘No just, rebuild it with mud as it had been,’ and so they did”. (The Prophet (ﷺ) continued:) “Then there was a baby who was sucking at his mother’s breast when a person dressed in fine garment came on a priceless riding animal’s back. His mother said: ‘O Allah, make my child like this one.’ He (the babe) left sucking and looked at him, and said: ‘O Allah, don’t make me like him.’ He then returned to the breast and resumed sucking.” He (Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: As though I can see Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as he is illustrating the scene of his sucking milk with his forefinger in his mouth and sucking that. He (Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him)) further reported Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, “There happened to pass by them a slave girl who was being beaten and they were saying: ‘You have committed fornication and theft.’ She was saying: ‘Allah is enough for me and He is my Good Protector, and his mother said: ‘O Allah, don’t make my child like her.’ He left sucking looked at her and said: ‘O Allah! Make me like her.’ It was followed by a conversation between the mother and the child. She said: ‘A good looking man happened to pass by and I said: O Allah, make my child like him, and you said: O Allah, don’t make me like him, and there passed a girl while they were beating her and saying: You committed fornication and theft, and I said: O Allah, don’t make my child like her, and you said: O Allah, make me like her.’ The child said: ‘That man was a tyrant, and I said: O Allah don’t make me like him; and they were saying about the girl: You committed fornication, whereas in fact she had not committed that and they were saying: You have committed theft, whereas she had not committed theft, so I said: O Allah, make me like her”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1476/)* --- ## Hadith #1477 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Six of us were with the Prophet (ﷺ) when the infidels said to him: “Drive these ones away, lest they should begin to venture against us”. The six were, myself, Ibn Mas’ud, a man of the Hudhail tribe, Bilal and two other men whose names I don’t know. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) thought what Allah wished him to think, and Allah revealed: “And turn not away those who invoke their Rubb, morning and afternoon seeking His Face.” (6:52). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1477/)* --- ## Hadith #1478 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Sufyan passed by Salman, Suhaib and Bilal and some other Companions (May Allah be pleased with them). They said to him: “Did not the swords of Allah exact their due from the foes of Allah?” Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said to them: “Do you speak like this to the chief of the Quraish and their master?” Then he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and related this to him. He (ﷺ) said, “Abu Bakr, perhaps you have angered them. If so, you have angered your Rubb”. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) went back to them and said: “Brothers, did I offend you?” They replied: “No. May Allah forgive you, brother”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1478/)* --- ## Hadith #1479 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I will be like this in Jannah with the person who takes care of an orphan”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his forefinger and middle finger by way of illustration.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1479/)* --- ## Hadith #1480 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who takes care of an orphan, whether he is his relative or a stranger, will be in Jannah with me like these two”. The narrator, Malik bin Anas raised his forefinger and middle finger for illustration.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1480/)* --- ## Hadith #1481 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A Miskin (needy) is not the one who can be turned away with a date-fruit or two, or a morsel or two. The true Miskin is one who, despite his poverty, abstains from begging”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1481/)* --- ## Hadith #1482 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah.” The narrator said: I think that he (ﷺ) added also: “I shall regard him as the one who stands up (for prayer) without rest and as the one who observes fasts continuously”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1482/)* --- ## Hadith #1483 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The worst food is the food of the marriage banquet from which those are left out who would like to come; and to which those are invited who refuse to come. He who rejects an invitation disobeys Allah and His Messenger”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1483/)* --- ## Hadith #1484 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever supports two girls till they attain maturity, he and I will come on the Day of Resurrection like this”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) joined his fingers illustrating this.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1484/)* --- ## Hadith #1485 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A woman came to me with her two daughters. She asked me (for charity) but she found nothing with me except one date-fruit, so I gave it to her. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out. When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came in, and I narrated to him the story, he said, “He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he is benevolent towards them, they would become protection for him against Hell-fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1485/)* --- ## Hadith #1486 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A poor woman came to me carrying her two daughters. I gave her three date-fruits. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date-fruit and brought that to her mouth to eat, but her daughters asked her that also. She then divided between them the date-fruit that she intended to eat. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who said, ‘Verily, Allah has assured Jannah for her, because of (this act) of her,” or said, “He (SWT) has rescued her from Hell- Fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1486/)* --- ## Hadith #1487 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah, I declare inviolable the rights of two weak ones: the orphans and women”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1487/)* --- ## Hadith #1488 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Sa’d considered himself better than his inferiors, so the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “You are given help and provision because of your weak ones”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1488/)* --- ## Hadith #1489 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Seek among your weak ones, for you are given provision and help only because of the weak amongst you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1489/)* --- ## Hadith #1490 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Take my advice with regard to women: Act kindly towards women, for they were created from a rib, and the most crooked part of a rib is its uppermost. If you attempt to straighten it; you will break it, and if you leave it alone it will remain crooked; so act kindly toward women”..In another narration of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A woman is like a rib, if you attempt to straighten it, you will break it; and if you benefit from her, you will do so while crookedness remains in her”.In another narration of Muslim, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you want to benefit from her, you will benefit from her while crookedness remains in her. If you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1490/)* --- ## Hadith #1491 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).’ (91:12) signifies that a distinguished, wicked and most powerful chief of the people jumped up to kill the she- camel.” Then he (ﷺ) made mention of women and said, “Some of you beat your wives as if they were slaves, and then lie with them at the end of the day”.Then he (ﷺ) admonished them against laughing at another’s passing of wind, saying, “Why does any of you laugh at another doing what he does himself”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1491/)* --- ## Hadith #1492 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A believer must not hate (his wife) believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1492/)* --- ## Hadith #1493 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Amr bin Al-Ahwas Al-Jushami (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying on his Farewell Pilgrimage, after praising and glorifying Allah and admonishing people, “Treat women kindly, they are like captives in your hands; you do not owe anything else from them. In case they are guilty of open indecency, then do not share their beds and beat them lightly but if they return to obedience, do not have recourse to anything else against them. You have rights over your wives and they have their rights over you. Your right is that they shall not permit anyone you dislike to enter your home, and their right is that you should treat them well in the matter of food and clothing”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1493/)* --- ## Hadith #1494 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “What right can any wife demand of her husband?” He replied, “You should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or separate from her except in the house”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1494/)* --- ## Hadith #1495 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The believers who show the most perfect Faith are those who have the best behaviour, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1495/)* --- ## Hadith #1496 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not beat Allah’s bondwomen.” When ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and complained saying: “The women have become very daring towards their husbands,” He (ﷺ) gave permission to beat them. Then many women went to the family of the Messenger of Allah (wives) complaining of their husbands, and he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “Many women have gone round Muhammad’s family complaining of their husbands. Those who do so, that is, those who take to beating their wives, are not the best among you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1496/)* --- ## Hadith #1497 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The world is but a (quick passing) enjoyment; and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious and virtuous woman”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1497/)* --- ## Hadith #1498 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond and he (the husband) spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1498/)* --- ## Hadith #1499 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a woman to observe (voluntary) fasting without the permission of her husband when he is at home; and she should not allow anyone to enter his house without his permission.”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1499/)* --- ## Hadith #1500 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects, the man is a guardian of his family, the woman is a guardian and is responsible for her husband’s house and his offspring; and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1500/)* --- ## Hadith #1501 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a man calls his wife to satisfy his desire, she must go to him even if she is occupied with the oven”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1501/)* --- ## Hadith #1502 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I would have ordered a woman to prostrate herself before her husband”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1502/)* --- ## Hadith #1503 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any woman dies while her husband is pleased with her, she will enter Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1503/)* --- ## Hadith #1504 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whenever a woman harms her husband in this world (that is without any due right), his wife among the (Houris in Jannah) says: ‘You must not harm him. May Allah destroy you! He is only a passing guest with you and is about to leave you to come to us”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1504/)* --- ## Hadith #1505 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I am not leaving behind me a more harmful trial for men than women”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1505/)* --- ## Hadith #1506 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A dinar you spend in Allah’s way, or to free a slave, or as a charity you give to a needy person, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spend on your family”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1506/)* --- ## Hadith #1507 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The most excellent dinar is one that a person spends on his family, and the dinar which he spends on his riding-animal in the way of Allah (in Jihad), and the dinar he spends on his companions in the way of Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1507/)* --- ## Hadith #1508 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “Would I be rewarded for what I spend on Abu Salamah’s sons? For I can’t let them go here and there (to beg people).” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “Spend on them and you will be rewarded for what you spend on them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1508/)* --- ## Hadith #1509 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported in a Hadith included in the chapter of Intention, that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whatever you spend seeking thereby the Pleasure of Allah, will have its reward, even the morsel which you put in the mouth of your wife”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1509/)* --- ## Hadith #1510 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When someone spends on his family seeking his reward for it from Allah, it is counted as a charity from him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1510/)* --- ## Hadith #1511 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Neglecting one’s own dependents is a reason enough for a man to commit a sin”.The narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is enough sin for a person to hold back the due of one whose provision is in his hand”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1511/)* --- ## Hadith #1512 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Two angels descend every morning, and one says: ‘O Allah, give him who spends something, in place of what he spends.’ The other one says: ‘O Allah, give destruction to him who withholds”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1512/)* --- ## Hadith #1513 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The upper hand is better than the lower one (i.e., the spending hand is better than the receiving hand); and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is that which given out of surplus; and he who asks (Allah) to help him abstain from the unlawful and the forbidden, Allah will fulfill his wish; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1513/)* --- ## Hadith #1514 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) was the richest among the Ansar of Al-Madinah and possessed the largest property from palm-trees, and among his possessions what he loved most, was his garden known as Bairuha’ which was opposite the mosque, and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often visited it and drank from its fresh water. When this Ayah was revealed: “By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allah’s reward, i.e., Jannah), unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,” (3:92), Abu Talhah came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Allah says in His Book: ‘By no means shall you attain Al-Birr, unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,’ and the dearest of my property is Bairuha’ so I have given it as Sadaqah (charity) for Allah’s sake, and I anticipate its reward with Him; so spend it, O Messenger of Allah, as Allah guides you.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Well-done! That is profit earning property. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives.” So Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) distributed it among nearest relatives and cousins.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1514/)* --- ## Hadith #1515 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with them) took one of the dates of the Sadaqah (charity) and put it in his mouth, whereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Leave it, leave it, throw it away. Do you not know that we do not eat the Sadaqah (charity)?”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1515/)* --- ## Hadith #1516 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and my hand would wander about in the dish. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah before you start eating), eat with your right hand and eat from what is near to you”. I always followed this way of eating after this incident.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1516/)* --- ## Hadith #1517 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian and responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian of his family; the woman is guardian in her husband’s house and responsible for her wards; a servant is guardian of his master’s property and responsible for his ward. So all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1517/)* --- ## Hadith #1518 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do not let (boys and girls) sleep together”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1518/)* --- ## Hadith #1519 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Teach a boy Salat (the prayer) when he attains the age of seven years, and punish him (if he does not offer it) at ten”..The narration in Abu Dawud is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Order a boy to perform Salat (the prayer) when he is seven years old”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1519/)* --- ## Hadith #1520 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Jibril kept recommending treating neighbours with kindness until I thought he would assign a share of inheritance”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1520/)* --- ## Hadith #1521 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me thus, “O Abu Dharr! Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and and give some of it to your neighbours”..In another narration of Muslim, narrated Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him): My friend, (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) advised me saying, “Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and give some to your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1521/)* --- ## Hadith #1522 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer.” It was asked, “Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “One whose neighbour does not feel safe from his evil”..Another narration of Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He will not enter Jannah whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1522/)* --- ## Hadith #1523 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Muslim women! No one of you should consider insignificant (a gift) to give to her neighbour even if it is (a gift of) the trotters of a sheep”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1523/)* --- ## Hadith #1524 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one should prohibit his neighbour from placing a peg in his wall”. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) added: Now I see you turning away from this (Sunnah), but by Allah, I shall go on proclaiming it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1524/)* --- ## Hadith #1525 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him not harm his neighbour; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day let him speak good or remain silent”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1525/)* --- ## Hadith #1526 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be kind to his neighbour; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him either speak good or remain silent”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1526/)* --- ## Hadith #1527 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I said, “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I have two neighbours, to which of them should I send a present?” He (ﷺ) replied, “To the one whose door is nearer to you”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1527/)* --- ## Hadith #1528 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of companions with Allah is the one who is best to his companions, and the best of neighbours to Allah is the one who is the best of them to his neighbour”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1528/)* --- ## Hadith #1529 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) , “Which of the deeds is loved most by Allah?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Salat at its proper time.” I asked, ”What next?” He (ﷺ) replied, ”Kindness to parents.” I asked, ”What next?” He replied, ”Jihad in the way of Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1529/)* --- ## Hadith #1530 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No son can repay (the kindness shown by his father) unless he finds him a slave and buys him and emancipates him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1530/)* --- ## Hadith #1531 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be hospitable to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain good the ties of blood relationship; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, must speak good or remain silent”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1531/)* --- ## Hadith #1532 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah created all the creatures and when He finished the task of His creation, Ar-Rahm (ties of relationship) said: ‘(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge with You against severing my ties.’ Allah said: ‘That I treat with kindness those who treat you with kindness and sever ties with those who sever ties with you.’ It said: ‘I am satisfied.’ Allah said: ‘Then this is yours”. Then Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Recite this Ayah if you like: ‘Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? Such are they whom Allah has cursed, so that He has made them deaf and blinded their sight”. (47:22,23)..The words in Al-Bukhari are: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah (SWT) says: ‘He who maintains good ties with you, I maintain good ties with him; and he who severs your ties, I sever ties with him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1532/)* --- ## Hadith #1533 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A person came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked, “Who among people is most deserving of my fine treatment?” He (ﷺ) said, “Your mother”. He again asked, ”Who next?” “Your mother”, the Prophet (ﷺ) replied again. He asked, “Who next?” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said again, “Your mother.” He again asked, “Then who?” Thereupon he (ﷺ) said,” Then your father.”In another narration: “O Messenger of Allah! Who is most deserving of my fine treatment?” He (ﷺ) said, “Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then your nearest, then nearest”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1533/)* --- ## Hadith #1534 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced, whose parents, one or both, attain old age during his life time, and he does not enter Jannah (by rendering being dutiful to them)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1534/)* --- ## Hadith #1535 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “I have relatives with whom I try to keep the ties of relationship but they sever relations with me; and whom I treat kindly but they treat me badly, I am gentle with them but they are rough to me.” He (ﷺ) replied, “If you are as you say, it is as if you are feeding them hot ashes, and you will be with a supporter against them from Allah as long as you continue to do so”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1535/)* --- ## Hadith #1536 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who desires ample provisions and his life be prolonged, should maintain good ties with his blood relations”. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1536/)* --- ## Hadith #1537 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) was the richest among the Ansar of Al-Madinah and possessed the largest property; and among his possessions what he loved most was his garden known as Bairuha’ which was opposite the mosque, and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often visited it and drank from its fresh water. When this ayah was revealed: “By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allah’s reward, i.e., Jannah), unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,” (3:92). Abu Talhah came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and said: “Allah says in His Book: ‘By no means shall you attain Al-Birr, unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of that which you love,’ and the dearest of my property is Bairuha’ so I have given it as Sadaqah (charity) for Allah’s sake, and I anticipate its reward with Him; so spend it, O Messenger of Allah, as Allah guides you”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Well-done! That is profitable property. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives.” So Abu Talhah distributed it among his nearest relatives and cousins.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1537/)* --- ## Hadith #1538 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah and said, “I swear allegiance to you for emigration and Jihad, seeking reward from Allah.” He (ﷺ) said, “Is any of your parents alive?” He said, “Yes, both of them are alive.” He (ﷺ) then asked, “Do you want to seek reward from Allah?” He replied in the affirmative. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Go back to your parents and keep good company with them”..In another narration it is reported that a person came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and sought his permission to participate in Jihad. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, “Are your parents alive?” He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet a(ﷺ) said, “(You should) consider their service as Jihad.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1538/)* --- ## Hadith #1539 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The person who perfectly maintains the ties of kinship is not the one who does it because he gets recompensed by his relatives (for being kind and good to them), but the one who truly maintains the bonds of kinship is the one who persists in doing so even though the latter has severed the ties of kinship with him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1539/)* --- ## Hadith #1540 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The bond of relationship is suspending from the Throne, and says: ‘He who keeps good relations with me, Allah will keep connection with him, but whosoever severs relations with me, Allah will sever connection with him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1540/)* --- ## Hadith #1541 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany It has been narrated that Maimuna bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her) had set free a slave-girl without the Prophet’s permission. When her turn came (the Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit his wives in turns), she made mention of that to him saying, “Did you know I have set slave-girl free?” He said, “Have you, indeed?” She replied, “Yes”. He (ﷺ) then remarked, “Had you given her to your maternal uncles, you would have your reward increased”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1541/)* --- ## Hadith #1542 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany My mother came to me while she was still a polytheist, so I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “My mother, who is ill-disposed to Islam, has come to visit me. Shall I maintain relations with her?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, maintain relations with your mother”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1542/)* --- ## Hadith #1543 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told the women that they should give Sadaqah (charity), even if it should be some of their jewellery, I returned to ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud and said, “You are a man who does not possess much, and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has commanded us to give Sadaqah. So go and ask him if giving to you will serve the purpose; otherwise, I shall give it to someone else.” He asked me that I should better go myself. I went and found a woman of the Ansar at the door of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), waiting to ask a similar question as mine. The Prophet (ﷺ) was endowed with dignity, and so we could not go in. When Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) came out to us, we said to him: “Go to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and tell him that there are two women at the door who have come to ask him whether it will serve them to give Sadaqah to their husbands and to orphans who are in their charge, but do not tell him who we are. Bilal (May Allah be pleased with him) went in and asked him, and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him who the women were. When he told him that they were a woman of the Ansar and Zainab, he asked him which Zainab it was, and when he was told it was the wife of ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud, he (ﷺ) said, “They will have a double reward, one for maintaining the ties of kinship and another for Sadaqah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1543/)* --- ## Hadith #1544 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Heraclius asked me, “What does this Prophet (ﷺ) teach you?” I said, “He orders us to worship Allah Alone and not to associate a thing with Him in worship, to discard what our ancestors said, to perform the Salat (prayer), speak the truth, and maintain the ties of kinship”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1544/)* --- ## Hadith #1545 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will soon conquer a land where people deal with Qirat.”And according to another version: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will soon conquer Egypt where Al-Qirat is frequently mentioned. So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies upon you the responsibility because of blood ties or relationship (with them)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1545/)* --- ## Hadith #1546 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When this Verse was revealed: “And warn your tribe (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) of near kindred”. (26:214) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called the Quraish; when they gathered, he said to them: “O sons of ‘Abd Shams; O sons of Ka’b bin Lu’ai, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O sons of Murrah bin Ka’b, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O sons of ‘Abd Manaf, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O sons of ‘Abdul-Muttalib, rescue yourselves from the Fire! O Fatimah, rescue yourself from the Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything except that I would sustain relationship with you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1546/)* --- ## Hadith #1547 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying openly not secretly, “The family of so-and-so (i.e., Abu Talib) are not my supporters. My supporter is Allah and the righteous believing people. But they (that family) have kinship (Rahm) with whom I will maintain good the ties of kinship”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1547/)* --- ## Hadith #1548 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Direct me to a deed which will admit me to Jannah and take me away from the Fire”. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Worship Allah and associate no partner with Him, perform As-Salat, pay Zakat, and maintain the ties of kinship”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1548/)* --- ## Hadith #1549 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When you break fast, you should do it with a date-fruit for there is blessing in it, and if you do not find a date- fruit, break it with water for it is pure.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) added: “Charity towards a poor person is charity, and towards a relation is both charity and maintaining the ties (of kinship)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1549/)* --- ## Hadith #1550 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I had a wife whom I loved but ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) disliked her. He asked me to divorce her and when I refused, ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and mentioned the matter to him. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked me to divorce her.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1550/)* --- ## Hadith #1551 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to me and said, “I have a wife whom my mother commands me to divorce”. I replied him that I had heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “A parent is the best of the gates of Jannah; so if you wish, keep to the gate, or lose it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1551/)* --- ## Hadith #1552 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying: “A mother’s sister is equivalent to (real) mother (in status)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1552/)* --- ## Hadith #1553 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the major sins?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked this question thrice. We said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah. (Please inform us.)”. He said, “Ascribing partners to Allah, and to be undutiful to your parents”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat up from his reclining position and said, “And I warn you against giving forged statement and a false testimony; I warn you against giving forged statement and a false testimony”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1553/)* --- ## Hadith #1554 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “(Of the) major sins are: to ascribe partners to Allah, disobey parents, murder someone, and to take a false oath (intentionally)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1554/)* --- ## Hadith #1555 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is one of the gravest sins to abuse one’s parents.” It was asked (by the people): “O Messenger of Allah, can a man abuse his own parents?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He abuses the father of somebody who, in return, abuses the former’s father; he then abuses the mother of somebody who, in return, abuses his mother”..Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One of the major sins is to curse one’s parents”. It was submitted: “O Messenger of Allah! How can a man curse his own parents?” He (ﷺ) said, “When someone curses the parents of another man who in return abuses the former’s father; and when someone abuses the mother of another man who in return abuses his mother.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1555/)* --- ## Hadith #1556 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1556/)* --- ## Hadith #1557 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah has forbidden you: disobedience to your mothers, to withhold (what you should give), or demand (what you do not deserve), and to bury your daughters alive. And Allah dislikes idle talk, to ask too many questions (for things which will be of no benefit to one), and to waste your wealth”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1557/)* --- ## Hadith #1558 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The finest act of goodness is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1558/)* --- ## Hadith #1559 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) met a bedouin on his way to Makkah, he greeted him, offered him to mount the donkey he was riding and gave him the turban he was wearing on his head. Ibn Dinar said to him: “May Allah make you pious! Bedouins can be satisfied with anything you give them (i.e., what you have given the bedouin is too much). Upon this, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said, the father of this man was one of ‘Umar’s friends whom he loved best, and I heard Messenger of Allah saying, “The finest act of goodness is the good treatment of someone whom one’s father loves”.Another narration goes: When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) set out to Makkah, he kept a donkey with him to ride when he would get tired from the riding of the camel, and had a turban which he tied round his head. One day, as he was riding the donkey, a bedouin happened to pass by him. He (‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar) said, “Aren’t you so-and-so?” The bedouin said, “Yes”. He (‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar) gave him his donkey and his turban and said, “Ride this donkey, and tie this turban round your head”. Some of his companions said, “May Allah forgive you, you gave to this bedouin the donkey which you enjoyed to ride for change, and the turban which you tied round your head”.’Abdullah bin ‘Umar said,”I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘The finest act of goodness is the kind treatment of a person to the loved ones of his father after his death,’ and the father of this person was a friend of ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him).. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1559/)* --- ## Hadith #1560 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were sitting with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a man of Banu Salamah came to him and asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Is there any obedience to parents left that I can show to them after their death?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Yes, to pray for them, to supplicate for their forgiveness, to fulfill their promises after their death, to maintain the ties of kinship which cannot be maintained except through them, and honour their friends.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1560/)* --- ## Hadith #1561 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I never felt jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) as much as I did of Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her), although I have never seen her, but the Prophet (ﷺ) used to mention her very often. Whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would cut it into pieces and send them to the women friends of Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her). When I sometimes said to him: “You treat Khadijah in such a way as if there is no woman on earth except her”. He (ﷺ) would say, “Khadijah was such and such (commending her and speaking well of her), and I had children from her”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1561/)* --- ## Hadith #1562 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I set out along with Jarir bin ‘Abdullah Al-Bajali (May Allah be pleased with him) on a journey and he served me. I said to him: “Don’t do that.” Thereupon, he said, “I have seen the Ansar doing this with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and I swore by Allah, whenever I accompany anyone of the Ansar, I would serve him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1562/)* --- ## Hadith #1563 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I went along with Husain bin Sabrah and ‘Amr bin Muslim to Zaid bin Arqam (May Allah be pleased with them) and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to him, “Zaid, you acquired great merits, you saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), listened to him talking, fought by his side in (different) battles, and offered Salat (prayer) behind him. Zaid, you have indeed earned great merits. Could you narrate to us what you heard from Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” Zaid said, “By Allah! I have grown old and have almost spent up my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so accept what I narrate to you, do not compel me to narrate what I fail to narrate”. He then said, “One day Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up to deliver a Khutbah at a watering place known as Khumm between Makkah and Al-Madinah. He praised Allah, extolled Him, and exhorted (us) and said, ‘Amma Ba’du. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Rubb and I will respond to Allah’s Call, but I am leaving with you two weighty things: the first is the Book of Allah, in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it.’ He exhorted (us to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and then said, ‘The second is the members of my household, I remind you (to be kind) to the members of my family. I remind you (to be kind) to the members of my family. Husain said to Zaid, “Who are the members of his household, O Zaid? Aren’t his wives the members of his family?” Thereupon Zaid said, “His wives are the members of his family. (But here) the members of his family are those for whom Zakat is forbidden”. He asked, “Who are they?” Zaid said, “Ali and the offspring of ‘Ali, ‘Aqil and the offspring of ‘Aqil and the offspring of Ja’far and the offspring of ‘Abbas.” Husain asked, “For all of them the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden?” Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “Yes”..Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I am leaving behind me two weighty things. One of them is the Book of Allah; that is the strong rope of Allah. Whosoever holds firmly to it, will be the guided, and whosoever leaves it goes astray”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1563/)* --- ## Hadith #1564 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “Show reverence to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) by honouring the members of his family.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1564/)* --- ## Hadith #1565 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The person who is best versed in the recitation of the Book of Allah, should lead the prayer; but if all those present are equally versed in it, then the one who has most knowledge of the Sunnah; if they are equal in that respect too, then the one who has emigrated (to Al-Madinah) first, if they are equal in this respect also, then the oldest of them. No man should lead another in prayer where the latter has authority, or sit in his house, without his permission”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1565/)* --- ## Hadith #1566 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would place his hands upon our shoulders when we would form rows for As-Salat (the prayer) and say, “Stand in straight rows and do not differ among yourselves, or else your hearts will differ due to disaccord. Let those be nearest to me who are mature and endowed with understanding (of the religion), then those who are nearest to them in these respects and then those who are nearest to them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1566/)* --- ## Hadith #1567 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let those be nearest to me in Salat (prayer) who are mature and possess (religious) knowledge, then those who are nearest to them in these respects”. He repeated this three times and then added, “Beware of indulging in the loose talks of the markets (when you are in the mosque)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1567/)* --- ## Hadith #1568 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisah bin Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with them) went to Khaibar during the period of the truce (after its conquest) and they separated to perform their duties. When Muhaiyisah returned to `Abdullah bin Sahl, he found him murdered, drenched in his blood. So he buried him and returned to Al-Madinah. Then `Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisah and Muhaiyisah, the two sons of Mas`ud went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend. `Abdur-Rahman, who was the youngest of them all, started talking. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let those older than you speak first.” So he stopped talking and the (other two) spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Will you take an oath whereby you will have the right to receive the blood money of your murdered man?” And mentioned the rest of the Hadith. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1568/)* --- ## Hadith #1569 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany After the battle of Uhud, the Prophet (ﷺ) arranged the burial of two of the martyrs in one grave. In each case he would ask, “Which one of them had learnt more Qur’an by heart?” Whichever was thus pointed out to him, was placed by him first in the Lahd.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1569/)* --- ## Hadith #1570 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It was shown to me in my dream that I was cleaning my teeth with a Miswak and two men came to me, one being older than the other. I gave the Miswak to the younger one, but I was asked to give it to the older, which I did”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1570/)* --- ## Hadith #1571 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is out of reverence to Allah in respecting an aged Muslim, and the one who commits the Qur’an to memory and does not exaggerate pronouncing its letters nor forgets it after memorizing, and to respect the just ruler”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1571/)* --- ## Hadith #1572 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “He is not one of us who shows no mercy to younger ones and does not acknowledge the honour due to our elders”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1572/)* --- ## Hadith #1573 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A begger asked ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) for charity and she gave him a piece of bread. Thereafter, one well-dressed person asked her for charity and she invited him to sit down and served him food. When she was asked about the reason for the difference in treatment, she said: “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed us: ‘Treat people according to their status”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1573/)* --- ## Hadith #1574 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Uyainah bin Hisn came to Al-Madinah and stayed with his nephew Al-Hurr bin Qais who was among those who were close to ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) and had access to his council. The scholarly persons, whether they were old or young, had the privilege of joining his council and he used to consult them. ‘Uyainah said to Al-Hurr: “My dear nephew, you have an access to the Leader of the Believers. Will you obtain permission for me to sit with him?” Al-Hurr asked ‘Umar and he accorded permission. When ‘Uyainah came into the presence of ‘Umar, he addressed him thus: “O son of Al-Khattab, you neither bestow much on us nor deal with us justly.” ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) got angry and was about to beat him when Al-Hurr said: “O Leader of the Believers, Allah has said to his Prophet (ﷺ): ‘Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e., don’t punish them), *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1574/)* --- ## Hadith #1575 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was a boy during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and used to commit to my memory what he said, but I do not narrate what I preserved because there were among us people who were older than me.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1575/)* --- ## Hadith #1576 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a young man honours an older person on account of his age, Allah appoints someone to show reverence to him in his old age”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1576/)* --- ## Hadith #1577 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany After the death of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said to ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) : “Let us visit Umm Aiman (May Allah be pleased with her) as Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit her”. As we came to her, she wept. They (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said to her, “What makes you weep? Do you not know that what Allah has in store for His Messenger (ﷺ) is better than (this worldly life)?” She said, “I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (in the Hereafter) is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come”. This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1577/)* --- ## Hadith #1578 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man set out to visit a brother (in Faith) in another town and Allah sent an angel on his way. When the man met the angel, the latter asked him, “Where do you intend to go?” He said, “I intend to visit my brother in this town.” The angel said, “Have you done any favour to him?” He said, “No, I have no desire except to visit him because I love him for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious.” Thereupon the angel said, “I am a messenger to you from Allah (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1578/)* --- ## Hadith #1579 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “Whosoever visits an ailing person or a brother of his to seek the Pleasure of Allah, an announcer (angel) calls out: ‘May you be happy, may your walking be blessed, and may you be awarded a dignified position in Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1579/)* --- ## Hadith #1580 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one blowing the bellows. The owner of musk would either offer you some free of charge, or you would buy it from him, or you smell its pleasant fragrance; and as for the one who blows the bellows (i.e., the blacksmith), he either burns your clothes or you smell a repugnant smell”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1580/)* --- ## Hadith #1581 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A woman is married for four things: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty or for her piety. Select the pious, may you be blessed!”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1581/)* --- ## Hadith #1582 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Jibril (Gabriel), “What prevents you from visiting us more frequently?” Thereupon was revealed the Ayah: “(The angels say:) ‘And we (angels) descend not except by the Command of your Rubb. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two”. (19:64). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1582/)* --- ## Hadith #1583 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Keep only a believer for a companion and let only a pious eat your food”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1583/)* --- ## Hadith #1584 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Man follows his friend’s religion, you should be careful who you take for friends”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1584/)* --- ## Hadith #1585 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A person will be summoned with the one whom he loves”..Another narration is: The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked; “What about a person who loves a people but cannot be with them?” (i.e., either he cannot attain their lofty position of righteousness or that he has not met with them in this life). He (ﷺ) replied, “A person will be in the company of those whom he loves”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1585/)* --- ## Hadith #1586 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A bedouin came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him, “When will be the Hour (i.e., the Day of Resurrection)?” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “What preparation have you made for it?” He said, “Only the love of Allah and His Messenger.” Then Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will be with those whom you love.”.The narration in Muslim is: The man replied: “I have made no significant preparation with regard to Salat (prayer), Saum (fasting) and Sadaqah (charity) but I love Allah and His Messenger”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1586/)* --- ## Hadith #1587 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah! What do you think of a man who loves some people but does not go any nearer to their position?” He (ﷺ) replied, “A man will be with those whom he loves”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1587/)* --- ## Hadith #1588 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “People are like gold and silver; those who were best in Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance) are best in Islam, if they have religious understanding; and the souls are like recruited soldiers, they get mixed up with those similar with them in qualities and oppose and drift away from those who do not share their qualities”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1588/)* --- ## Hadith #1589 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When delegations from Yemen came to the help of (the Muslim army at the time of Jihad) ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) would ask them, “Is there Owais bin ‘Amir amongst you?” (He continued searching him) until he met Owais (May Allah be pleased with him). He said, “Are you Owais bin ‘Amir?” He said, “Yes”. ‘Umar asked, “Are you from the Qaran branch of the tribe of Murad?” He said, “Yes”. He ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) again said, “Did you suffer from leucoderma and then you were cured from it but for the space of a dirham?” He said, “Yes”. He ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “Is your mother still alive?” He said, “Yes”. He ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘There would come to you Owais bin ‘Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. He would be from Qaran (the branch) of Murad. He had been suffering from leucoderma from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham. He has a mother to whom he is very dutiful. If he were to take an oath in the Name of Allah, Allah would fulfill his oath. And if it is possible for you, ask him to ask forgiveness for you.’ So, ask forgiveness for me”. He Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) did so. ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) then said, “Where do you intend to go?” He said, “To Kufah.” He ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “Let me write a letter for you to its governor,” whereupon he Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “I love to live amongst the poor people”. The following year, a person from among the elite (of Kufah) performed Hajj and he met ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him). ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) asked him about Owais (May Allah be pleased with him). He said, “I left him in a state with meagre means of sustenance in a decayed house.” (Thereupon) ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘There would come to you Owais bin ‘Amir of Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murad, along with the reinforcement of the people of Yemen. He had been suffering from leucoderma which would have been cured but for the space of a dirham. He has a mother to whom he is very dutiful. Were he to swear, trusting Allah, for something, Allah would fulfill his oath. If you can ask him to pray for forgiveness for you, do so”. This man went to Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) and asked him to pray for forgiveness for him. Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) said to him, “You have just returned from a blessed journey, it is you who should pray for forgiveness for me; and did you meet ‘Umar?” The man said, “Yes”. ‘Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) then prayed for forgiveness for him. People became aware of the high status of Owais (May Allah be pleased with him) and he set out following his course.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1589/)* --- ## Hadith #1590 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I sought permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) to perform ‘Umrah. He granted me leave and said, “Dear brother! Do not forget us in your supplications”. (‘Umar added): This is something I would not exchange for the whole world.Another narration is: He (ﷺ) said, “Include us, my dear brother, in your supplications.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1590/)* --- ## Hadith #1591 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit Quba’, either mounted or on foot and would offer two Rak’ah prayer in the mosque there..Another narration is: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit the mosque at Quba’ every Saturday (i.e., every week) either mounted or on foot, and Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) used to do the same thing. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1591/)* --- ## Hadith #1592 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There are three qualities whoever has them, will taste the sweetness of Iman: To love Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) more than anyone else; to love a slave (of Allah) only for (the sake of) Allah; and to abhor returning to infidelity after Allah has saved him from it as he would abhor to be thrown into the fire (of Hell)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1592/)* --- ## Hadith #1593 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Seven are (the persons) whom Allah will give Shade of His Thrown on the Day when there would be no shade other than His Throne’s Shade: A just ruler; a youth who grew up worshipping Allah; a man whose heart is attached to mosques; two persons who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom an extremely beautiful woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer by saying): ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand does not know what the right has given; and a person who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes well up”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1593/)* --- ## Hadith #1594 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah, the Exalted, will say: ‘Where are those who have mutual love for the sake of My Glory? Today I shall shelter them in My Shade when there will be no shade except Mine”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1594/)* --- ## Hadith #1595 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! You will not enter Jannah until you believe, and you shall not believe until you love one another. May I inform you of something, if you do, you love each other. Promote greeting amongst you (by saying As-salamu ‘alaikum to one another)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1595/)* --- ## Hadith #1596 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man set out to visit a brother (in Faith) in another town and Allah sent an angel on his way. When the man met the angel, the latter asked him, “Where do you intend to go?” He said, “I intend to visit my brother in this town”. The angel said, “Have you done any favour to him?” He said, “No, I have no desire except to visit him because I love him for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious.” Thereupon the angel said, “I am a messenger to you from Allah (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love him (for His sake)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1596/)* --- ## Hadith #1597 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said about the Ansar: “Only a believer loves them, and only a hypocrite hates them. Allah loves him who loves them and Allah hates him who hates them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1597/)* --- ## Hadith #1598 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘For those who love one another for the sake of My Glory, there will be seats of light (on the Day of Resurrection), and they will be envied by the Prophets and martyrs”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1598/)* --- ## Hadith #1599 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I once entered the mosque in Damascus. I happened to catch sight of a young man who had bright teeth (i.e., he was always seen smiling). A number of people had gathered around him. When they differed over anything they would refer it to him and act upon his advice. I asked who he was and I was told that he was Mu’adh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with him) The next day I hastened to the mosque, but found that he had arrived before me and was busy in performing Salat. I waited until he finished, and then went to him from the front, greeted him with Salam and said to him, “By Allah I love you.” He asked, “For the sake of Allah?” I replied, “Yes, for the sake of Allah”. He again asked me, “Is it for Allah’s sake?” I replied, “Yes, it is for Allah’s sake.” Then he took hold of my cloak, drew me to himself and said, “Rejoice,! I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘Allah, the Exalted, says: My love is due to those who love one another for My sake, meet one another for My sake, visit one another for My sake and spend in charity for My sake”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1599/)* --- ## Hadith #1600 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a man loves his brother (for Allah’s sake) let him tell him that he loves him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1600/)* --- ## Hadith #1601 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held my hand and said, “O Mu’adh, By Allah, I love you and advise you not to miss supplicating after every Salat (prayer) saying: ‘Allahumma a’inni ‘ala dhikrika wa shukrika, wa husni ‘ibadatika,’ (O Allah, help me remember You, expressing gratitude to You and worship You in the best manner)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1601/)* --- ## Hadith #1602 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man was with the Prophet (ﷺ) when another man passed by and the former said: “O Messenger of Allah! I love this man (for Allah’s sake)”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Have you informed him?” He said, “No”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said, “Tell him (that you love him)”. So he went up to the man and said to him, “I love you for the sake of Allah;” and the other replied, “May Allah, for Whose sake you love me, love you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1602/)* --- ## Hadith #1603 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘I will declare war against him who treats with hostility a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved thing with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (voluntary prayers or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) until I love him, (so much so that) I become his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me something, I will surely give him, and if he seeks My Protection (refuge), I will surely protect him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1603/)* --- ## Hadith #1604 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When Allah loves a slave, calls out Jibril and says: ‘I love so-and-so; so love him’. Then Jibril loves him. After that he (Jibril) announces to the inhabitants of heavens that Allah loves so- and-so; so love him; and the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also love him and then make people on earth love him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1604/)* --- ## Hadith #1605 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ) appointed a man in charge of an army unit who led them in Salat (prayer); he always concluded his recitation with Surat Al-Ikhlas: “Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)): ‘He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad (Allah – the Self-Sufficient). He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none equal or comparable to Him.”‘ (112:1-4) Upon their return to Al-Madinah, they mentioned this to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said, “Ask him why he does so?” He was asked and he said, “This Surah contains the Attributes of Allah, the Gracious, and I love to recite it. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then told them, “Tell him that Allah loves him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1605/)* --- ## Hadith #1606 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who performs the Fajr (dawn) prayer comes under the Protection of Allah, so beware lest Allah questions you about what you owe Him. For if He questions anyone of you and he falls short of fulfilling the duty which he owes Him, He will requite and then throw upon his face into the Hellfire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1606/)* --- ## Hadith #1607 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I have been commanded (by Allah) to fight people until they testify that there is no true god except Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform Salat and pay Zakat. If they do so, they will have protection of their blood and property from me except when justified by Islam, and then account is left to Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1607/)* --- ## Hadith #1608 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who professes La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah), and denies of everything which the people worship besides Allah, his property and blood become inviolable, and it is for Allah to call him to account”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1608/)* --- ## Hadith #1609 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I said, “Tell me, O Messenger of Allah, if I meet an infidel, and we fight together, and he cuts off my hands with his sword, then hides from me behind a tree and (then) says he has submitted himself to Allah. Shall I kill him after he has said it?” He (ﷺ) replied, “Do not kill him.” I submitted, “But O Messenger of Allah, he cut off one of my hands and only then he said it.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then replied, “Do not kill him, for if you do so, he will be in the position in which you were before you killed him (i.e., he will be considered a Muslim and thus his life will be inviolable), and you will be in the position in which he was before he made his testimony (i.e., your life will not be inviolable, for his heirs can ask for Qisas)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1609/)* --- ## Hadith #1610 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us to Huraqat, a tribe of Juhainah. We attacked that tribe early in the morning and defeated them, (then) a man from the Ansar and I caught hold of a man (of the defeated tribe). When we overcame him, he said: ‘La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah).’ At that moment, the Ansari spared him, but I attacked him with my spear and killed him. By the time we went back to Al-Madinah, news had already reached Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said to me, “O Usamah, did you kill him after he professed La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah)?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! He professed it only to save his life.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) repeated, “Did you kill him after he had professed La ilaha illallah?” He went on repeating this to me until I wished I had not embraced Islam before that day (so that I would have not committed this sin)..Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Did you kill him in spite of his professing La ilaha illallah?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! He said out of fear of our arms.” He (ﷺ) said, “Why did you not cut his heart open to find out whether he had done so sincerely or not?” He continued repeating it until I wished that I had embraced Islam only that day. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1610/)* --- ## Hadith #1611 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dispatched a contingent of the Muslims to a tribe of the polytheists. The two sides met (in combat) at one place. A man among the polytheists was so dashing that, whenever he intended to kill a man from Muslims, he killed him. Amongst the Muslims, too, was a man looking forward to (an opportunity of) his (polytheist’s) unmindfulness. He (the narrator) said: We talked that he was Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him). When he raised his sword, he (the soldier of the polytheists) uttered: “La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah).” But he (Usamah bin Zaid) killed him. When the good news of victory reached Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he asked him (about the events of the battle), and he informed him about the man (Usamah) and what he had done. He (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) sent for him and asked him why he had killed him. He (Usamah) said, “O Messenger of Allah, he struck the Muslims and killed such and such of them.” And he named some of them. (He continued): “I attacked him and when he saw the sword he said: ‘La ilaha illallah.”‘ Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Did you kill him?” He (Usamah) replied in the affirmative. The Messenger of Allah then remarked, “What would you do with regard to (the utterance): La ilaha illallah, when it comes (before you) on the Day of Resurrection?” He (Usamah) said, “O Messenger of Allah! Beg forgiveness for me”. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “What would you do with regard to (the utterance): La ilaha illallah, when it comes (before you) on the Day of Resurrection?” He (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) added nothing to it but kept repeating, “What would you do with regard to (the utterance): La ilaha illallah, when it comes (before you) on the Day of Resurrection?”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1611/)* --- ## Hadith #1612 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard ‘Umar bin Al- Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported saying: “In the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) some people were called to account through Revelation. Now Revelation has discontinued and we shall judge you by your apparent acts. Whoever displays to us good, we shall grant him peace and security, and treat him as a near one. We have nothing to do with his insight. Allah will call him to account for that. But whosoever shows evil to us, we shall not grant him security nor shall we believe him, even if he professed that his intention is good.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1612/)* --- ## Hadith #1613 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), the truthful and the receiver of the truth informed us, saying, “The creation of you (humans) is gathered in the form of semen in the womb of your mother for forty days, then it becomes a clinging thing in similar (period), then it becomes a lump of flesh like that, then Allah sends an angel who breathes the life into it; and (the angel) is commanded to record four things about it: Its provision, its term of life (in this world), its conduct; and whether it will be happy or miserable. By the One besides Whom there is no true god! Verily, one of you would perform the actions of the dwellers of Jannah until there is only one cubit between him and it (Jannah), when what is foreordained would come to pass and he would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell until he enter it. And one of you would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell, until there is only one cubit between him and Hell. Then he would perform the acts of the dwellers of Jannah until he would enter it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1613/)* --- ## Hadith #1614 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Hell will be brought on that Day (the Day of Resurrection) with seventy thousand bridles; and with every bridle will be seventy thousand angels, pulling it”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1614/)* --- ## Hadith #1615 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The least tortured man on the Day of Resurrection is one underneath whose feet will be placed two live coal, and his brain will be boiling, and he would think that he is the most tortured, while he is the least tortured”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1615/)* --- ## Hadith #1616 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Among the people of Hell are there those who will be emersed in fire to their ankels, some to their knees, some to their waists, and some to their throats”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1616/)* --- ## Hadith #1617 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, “Mankind will stand before Allah, the Rubb of the worlds (on the Day of Resurrection), some of them will stand submerged in perspiration up to half of their ears”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1617/)* --- ## Hadith #1618 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a Khutbah to us the like of which I had never heard from him before. He said, “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much”. Thereupon those present covered their faces and began sobbing..Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard of something about his Companions upon which he addressed them and said, “Jannah and (Hell) Fire were shown to me and I have never seen the like of this day in good and in evil. If you were to know what I know, you would laugh little and weep much”. His Companions experienced such suffering on that day that had no equal. They covered their faces and began to weep. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1618/)* --- ## Hadith #1619 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, the sun will come so close to people that there would be left only a distance of one Meel”. Sulaim bin ‘Amir said: By Allah, I do not know whether he meant by “Meel”, the mile of the distance measure or the stick used for applying antimony powder to the eye. (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is, however, reported to have said:) “The people then will be submerged in perspiration according to their deeds, some up to their ankles, some up to their knees, some up to the waist and some will have the bridle of perspiration (reaching their mouth and nose) and, while saying this Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pointed to his mouth with his hand”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1619/)* --- ## Hadith #1620 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people will perspire on the Day of Resurrection and their perspiration will be seventy cubits down in the earth and it will reach up to their ears (they will be bridled with it)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1620/)* --- ## Hadith #1621 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when we heard a bang. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. “Do you know what this (sound) is?” We said, “Allah and His Messenger know better.” He (ﷺ) said, “That is a stone which was thrown into Hell seventy years before and it has just reached its bottom”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1621/)* --- ## Hadith #1622 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Everyone of you will speak to his Rubb without an interpreter between them. He will look to his right side and will see only the deeds he had previously done; he will look to his left and will see only the deeds he had previously done, and he will look in front of him and will see nothing but Fire (of Hell) before his face. So protect yourselves from Fire (of Hell), even by giving half a date- fruit (in charity)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1622/)* --- ## Hadith #1623 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I see what you do not see and I hear what you do not hear; heaven has squeaked, and it has right to do so. By Him, in Whose Hand my soul is, there is not a space of four fingers in which there is not an angel who is prostrating his forehead before Allah, the Exalted. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little, weep much, and you would not enjoy women in beds, but would go out to the open space beseeching Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1623/)* --- ## Hadith #1624 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Man’s feet will not move on the Day of Resurrection before he is asked about his life, how did he consume it, his knowledge, what did he do with it, his wealth, how did he earn it and how did he dispose of it, and about his body, how did he wear it out.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1624/)* --- ## Hadith #1625 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited, “That Day it (the earth) will reveal its news (about all that happened over it of good or evil).” (99:4). Then he (ﷺ) inquired, “Do you know what its news are?” He was told: “Allah and His Messenger know better”. He said, “Its news is that it shall bear witness against every slave man and woman they did on its back. It will say: ‘You did this and this on such and such day.’ Those will be its news.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1625/)* --- ## Hadith #1626 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “How can I feel at ease when the Angel of the Trumpet, (Israfil) has put his lips to the Trumpet and is waiting for the order to blow it”. He (ﷺ) perceived as if this had shocked his Companions, so he (ﷺ) told them to seek comfort through reciting: ‘Hasbunallah wa ni’mal-Wakil . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1626/)* --- ## Hadith #1627 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “He who is afraid of the pillage of the enemy, sets out in the early part of the night; and he who sets out early, reaches his destination. Be on your guard that the commodity of Allah is precious. Verily the commodity of Allah is Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1627/)* --- ## Hadith #1628 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “The people will be assembled on the Day of Resurrection barefooted, naked and uncircumcised”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Will the men and the women be together on that Day; looking at one another?” Upon this Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Aishah, the matter will be too serious for them to look at one another”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1628/)* --- ## Hadith #1629 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who bears witness that there is no true god except Allah, alone having no partner with Him, that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, that ‘Isa (Jesus) is His slave and Messenger and he (Jesus) is His Word which He communicated to Maryam (Mary) and His spirit which He sent to her, that Jannah is true and Hell is true; Allah will make him enter Jannah accepting whatever deeds he accomplished”..Another narration in Muslim is: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever testifies that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Allah (SWT) saves him from the Fire (of Hell)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1629/)* --- ## Hadith #1630 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Almighty, says: ‘Whosoever does a good deed, will have (reward) ten times like it and I add more; and whosoever does an evil, will have the punishment like it or I will forgive (him); and whosoever approaches Me by one span, I will approach him by one cubit; and whosoever approaches Me by one cubit, I approach him by one fathom, and whosoever comes to Me walking, I go to him running; and whosoever meets Me with an earth-load of sins without associating anything with Me, I meet him with forgiveness like that”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1630/)* --- ## Hadith #1631 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him, “O Messenger of Allah, what are the two imperatives which lead to Jannah or Hell”. He (ﷺ) replied, “He who dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Jannah, and he who dies associating partners with Allah will enter the Fire”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1631/)* --- ## Hadith #1632 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Mu’adh bin Jabal was riding on the beast with the Prophet (ﷺ), when he (ﷺ) said to him, “O Mu’adh!” Mu’adh replied, “Here I am responding to you, and at your pleasure, O Messenger of Allah.” He (ﷺ) again called out, “O Mu’adh.” He (again) replied, “Here I am responding your call, and at your pleasure.” He (Messenger of Allah) addressed him (again), “O Mu’adh!” He replied, “Here I am responding to you, and at your pleasure, O Messenger of Allah.” Upon this he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “If anyone testifies sincerely that there is no true god except Allah, and Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, truly from his heart, Allah will safeguard him from Hell.” He (Mu’adh) said, “O Messenger of Allah, shall I not then inform people of it, so that they may have glad tidings.” He (ﷺ) replied, “Then they will rely on it alone (and thus give up good works altogether).” Mu’adh (May Allah be pleased with him) disclosed this Hadith at the time of his death, to avoid sinning for concealing.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1632/)* --- ## Hadith #1633 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany On the day of the battle of Tabuk, the Muslims were hard pressed by hunger and they asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah, grant us permission to slaughter our camels to eat and use their fat”. He (ﷺ) accorded permission. On this ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) came and said: “O Messenger of Allah, if it is done, we shall suffer from lack of transportation. I suggest you pool together whatever has been left and supplicate Allah to bless it.” Allah will bestow His Blessing upon it. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) agreed and called for leather mat and had it spread out, and asked people to bring the provisions left over. They started doing it. One brought a handful of corn, another brought a handful of dates, a third brought a piece of bread; thus some provisions were collected on the mat. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) invoked blessings, and then said, “Now take it up in your vessels”. Everyone filled his vessel with food, so that there was not left a single empty vessel in the whole camp. All of them ate to their fill and there was still some left over. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any slave who meets Allah, testifying there is no true god except Allah, and that I am His Messenger, without entertaining any doubt about these (two fundamentals), will not be banished from entering Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1633/)* --- ## Hadith #1634 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I used to lead my people at Bani Salim in Salat (prayer) and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it rained, it became difficult for me to cross it for going to their mosque. So I went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “I have weak eyesight and the valley between me and my people flows during the rainy season and it becomes difficult for me to cross it. I wish you to come to my house and offer Salat at a place so that I could reserve that as a Musalla (place for prayer).” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I will do so”. So Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) came to my house the (next) morning after the sun had risen high. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked my permission to enter and I admitted him. He did not sit before saying, “Where do you want us to offer Salat in your house?” I pointed to the place where I wanted him to offer prayers. So Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and we aligned in rows behind him; and he offered two Rak’ah prayer and finished them with Taslim, and we also performed Taslim with him. I detained him for a meal called Khazirah which I had prepared for him. (Khazirah is a special type of dish prepared from barley flour and meat soup). When the neighbours got the news that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in my house, they started coming till a large number of men gathered in my house. One of them said, “What is wrong with Malik, for I do not see him?” One of them replied, “He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Messenger”. On that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Don’t say this. Haven’t you seen that he testified that there is no true god except Allah,’ for Allah’s sake only.” The man replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better, but by Allah, we never saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, “No doubt, whosoever testifies that there is no true god except Allah, seeking by so professing the pleasure of Allah only, Allah will safeguard him against (Hell) Fire.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1634/)* --- ## Hadith #1635 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Some prisoners were brought to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) amongst whom there was a woman who was running (searching for her child). When she saw a child among the captives, she took hold of it, pressed it against her belly and gave it a suck. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do you think this woman would ever throw her child in fire?” We said, “By Allah, she would never throw the child in fire.” Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is more kind to his slave than this woman is to her child”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1635/)* --- ## Hadith #1636 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “When Allah created the creatures, He wrote in the Book, which is with Him over His Throne: ‘Verily, My Mercy prevailed over My Wrath”.Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(Allah wrote) ‘My Mercy dominated My Wrath”.Still another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(Allah wrote) ‘My Mercy surpasses My Wrath”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1636/)* --- ## Hadith #1637 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah has divided mercy into one hundred parts; and He retained with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent down to earth one part. Through this one part creatures deal with one another with compassion, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof over its young lest it should hurt it”..Another narration in Muslim is reported: by Salman Al-Farisi: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah has hundred mercies, out of which one mercy is used by his creation for mutual love and affection. Ninety-nine mercies are kept for the Day of Resurrection.”Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah created one hundred units of mercy on the Day He created the heavens and the earth. Each one of them can contain all that is between the heaven and the earth. Of them, he put one on earth, through which a mother has compassion for her children and animals and birds have compassion for one another. On the Day of Resurrection, He will perfect and complete His Mercy”. (That is He will use all the hundred units of mercy for his slaves on that Day). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1637/)* --- ## Hadith #1638 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious said: ‘A slave committed a sin and he said: O Allah, forgive my sin,’ and Allah said: ‘My slave committed a sin and then he realized that he has a Rubb Who forgives the sins and punishes for the sin.’ He then again committed a sin and said: ‘My Rubb, forgive my sin,’ and Allah (SWT) said: ‘My slave committed a sin and then realized that he has a Rubb Who forgives his sin and punishes for the sin.’ He again committed a sin and said: ‘My Rubb, forgive my sin,’ and Allah (SWT) said: ‘My slave has committed a sin and then realized that he has a Rubb Who forgives the sin or takes (him) to account for sin. I have granted forgiveness to my slave. Let him do whatever he likes”..The last sentence “let him do..”. means, as long he keeps asking for forgiveness after the commission of sins, and repents, Allah will forgive him because repentance eliminates previous sins”. (Editor’s Note) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1638/)* --- ## Hadith #1639 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, were you not to commit sins, Allah would replace you with a people who would commit sins and then seek forgiveness from Allah; and Allah would forgive them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1639/)* --- ## Hadith #1640 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Were you not to commit sins, Allah would create people who would commit sins and ask for forgiveness and He would forgive them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1640/)* --- ## Hadith #1641 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were sitting with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) were also there among the audience. In the meanwhile Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and left us. We waited long for his return: When we were worried about his safety, and got scared, we got up. I, therefore, went out to look for Messenger of Allah and came to a garden which belonged to the Ansar. He (ﷺ) said to me “Go and give glad tidings of Jannah to anyone who testifies ‘La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah),’ being whole-heartedly certain of it”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1641/)* --- ## Hadith #1642 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) recited the Words of Allah, the Exalted, and the Glorious, about Ibrahim (ﷺ) who said: “O my Rubb! They have led astray many among mankind. But whosoever follows me, he verily, is of me”. (14:36) and those of ‘Isa (Jesus) (ﷺ) who said: “If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise”. (5:118). Then he (ﷺ) raised up his hands and said, “O Allah! My Ummah, my Ummah,” and wept; Allah, the Exalted, said: “O Jibril (Gabriel)! Go to Muhammad (ﷺ) and ask him: ‘What makes you weep?” So Jibril came to him and asked him (the reason of his weeping) and the Messenger of Allah informed him what he had said (though Allah knew it well). Upon this Allah said: “Jibril, go to Muhammad (ﷺ) and say: ‘Verily, We will please you with regard to your Ummah and will never displease you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1642/)* --- ## Hadith #1643 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was riding a pillion with the Prophet (ﷺ) on a donkey. He (ﷺ) said, “O Mu’adh, do you know what is the right of Allah upon His slaves, and what is the Right of His slaves upon Allah?” I said: “Allah and His Messenger know better”. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah’s Right upon His slaves is that they should worship Him Alone and associate nothing with Him; and His slaves’ right upon Him is that He should not punish who does not associate a thing with Him.” He (Mu’adh) added: I said to the Messenger of Allah: “Shall I give the glad tidings to people?” He (ﷺ) said, “Do not tell them this good news for they will depend on it alone”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1643/)* --- ## Hadith #1644 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a believer is questioned in the grave, he testifies that, ‘there is no true god except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.’ About him the Words of Allah, the Exalted, are: ‘Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the firm statement (The Testimony of Faith) in this world and the Hereafter)”. (14:27). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1644/)* --- ## Hadith #1645 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When an infidel accomplishes any good deed, he is rewarded for it in this world; and in the case of a Muslim, Allah stores up his good acts for him in the Hereafter and provides him with subsistence in this life due to his obedience.”Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah does not wrong a believer a good deed because he is given blessings for it in this world and will be rewarded for it in the Hereafter. But the infidel is given in the world the reward for good deeds, he has performed for the sake of Allah and when he comes to the Hereafter, there is no good deed for which he can be rewarded”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1645/)* --- ## Hadith #1646 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The five daily Salat (prayers) are like a great river running by your door in which you take a bath five times a day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1646/)* --- ## Hadith #1647 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any Muslim dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah (in worship), perform his funeral prayer, Allah makes them intercede for him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1647/)* --- ## Hadith #1648 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany There were, about forty of us with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a camp when he said, “Aren’t you pleased that you will constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Jannah?” We said, “Yes”. He again said, “Aren’t you pleased that you will constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Jannah?”. We said: “Yes.” Upon this he (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, I hope that you will constitute one-half of the inhabitants of Jannah; and the reason is that only Muslims will be admitted into Jannah; and you are no more compared to the polytheists than as a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a white ox.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1648/)* --- ## Hadith #1649 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will deliver to every Muslim, a Jew or a Christian and say: ‘This is your ransom from Hell-fire.”‘Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of Resurrection with sins as heavy as a mountain, and Allah would forgive them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1649/)* --- ## Hadith #1650 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “A believer will be brought close to his Rubb on the Day of Resurrection and enveloping him in His Mercy, He (SWT) will make him confess his sins by saying: ‘Do you remember (doing) this sin and this sin?’ He will reply: ‘My Rubb, I remember.’ Then He (SWT) will say: ‘I covered it up for you in the life of world, and I forgive it for you today.’ Then the record of his good deeds will be handed to him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1650/)* --- ## Hadith #1651 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man kissed a woman and he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and made a mention of that to him. It was (on this occasion) that this Ayah was revealed:”And perform As-Salat (Iqamat-As-Salat), at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1651/)* --- ## Hadith #1652 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin liable of ordained punishment. So execute punishment on me”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not ask him about it, and then came the (time for) Salat (prayers). So he performed Salat with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished Salat, the man stood up and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have committed a sin. So execute the Ordinance of Allah upon me”. He (ﷺ) asked, “Have you performed Salat with us?” “Yes”, he replied. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah has forgiven you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1652/)* --- ## Hadith #1653 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is pleased with His slave who eats a meal and praises Him for it; and takes a drink and praises Him for it”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1653/)* --- ## Hadith #1654 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, stretches His Hand during the night so that those who commit sins by day may repent, and He stretches His Hand in the day so that those who commit sins by night may repent. He keeps doing so until the sun rises from the West”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1654/)* --- ## Hadith #1655 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany In the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, I used to think that people who used to worship idols, were deviated and did not adhere to the true religion. Then I heard of a man in Makkah who was preaching a message. So I mounted my camel and went to him. I found that (this man who was) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remained hidden because of the persecution by his people. I had entered Makkah stealthily and when I met him I asked him, “Who are you?” He (ﷺ) said, “I am a Prophet.” I asked; “What is a Prophet?” He said, “Allah has sent me (with a message)”. I asked, “With what has He sent you?” He said, “He sent me to strengthen the ties of kinship, to destroy idols so that Allah alone should be worshipped and nothing should be associated with Him”. I asked, “Who has followed you in this?” He said, “A freeman and a slave”. (At that time only Abu Bakr and Bilal (May Allah be pleased with her) were with him). I said, “I shall follow you”. He said, “You can not do that now. Do you not see my situation and that of the people? Go to your people, and when you hear that my cause has prevailed, come to me”. So I went back to my people, and while I was with my people, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) emigrated to Al-Madinah. I continued to ask people about him till some of my people visited Al- Madinah. On their return, I asked them, “How is that man who has arrived in Al-Madinah faring?” They said, “People are hastening to him. His own people had planned to kill him but did not succeed.” Then I went to Al-Madinah and came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, do you recognize me?” He (ﷺ) said, “Yes, you are the one who met me in Makkah.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of that which Allah has taught you and of which I am unaware. Tell me about Salat first.” He (ﷺ) replied, “Perform the Fajr (morning) Salat, then stop Salat until the sun has risen up to the height of a lance, for when it rises, it rises up between the horns of the devil, and the infidels prostrate themselves before it at that time. Then perform Salat, for Salat is witnessed and angels attend it, until the shadow becomes equal to the length of its object; then stop Salat, for at that time Jahannam (Hell) is heated up. Then pray when the shadow becomes longer, for the prayer is witnessed and angels attend it, until you perform ‘Asr prayer; then stop Salat till sun sets, for it sets between the horns of a devil. At that time the infidels prostrate themselves before it.” I then asked the Messenger of Allah to tell me about Wudu’, and he (ﷺ) said, “When a person begins the Wudu’ and washes his mouth and nose, the sins committed by his face, mouth and nostrils are washed out. Then when he washes his face as commanded by Allah, the sins of his face are washed out with the water from the sides of his beard. Then when he washes his hands up to elbows, the sins of his hands are washed out through his fingers with water. Then he passes his wet hands over his head and the sins of the head are washed out through the ends of his hair with water. Then he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet are washed out through his toes with water. Then, if he stands up for Salat and praises Allah, glorifies Him, proclaims His Greatness as He deserves and devotes his heart wholly to Allah, he emerges sin free as the day he was born”.When ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated this Hadith to Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) a Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), the latter said to him, “Watch what you are saying. O ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah, a man will be getting all of this in one shot?” ‘Amr (May Allah be pleased with him) replied, “O Abu Umamah, I have attained old age, my bones have become dry, my death is approaching and there is no need for me to tell lies concerning Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ). Had I not heard this from the Messenger of Allah only once, twice, thrice (and he counted up to seven) I would never have reported it. Indeed I have heard this frequently”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1655/)* --- ## Hadith #1656 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When Allah intends to show mercy to a people, He collects their Prophet before them and makes him a herald to happiness for them in the Hereafter; and when He intends to destroy a people, He punishes them while their Prophet is alive, and destroys them while he is alive and watches them and makes him witness their destruction because they disbelieved in him and disobeyed his commands”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1656/)* --- ## Hadith #1657 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah says: ‘I am just as My slave thinks of Me when he remembers Me.’ By Allah! Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than one of you who unexpectedly finds in the desert his lost camel. ‘He who comes closer to Me one span, I come closer to him a cubit; and he who comes closer to Me a cubit, I come closer to him a fathom; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1657/)* --- ## Hadith #1658 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying three days before his death: “Let none of you die unless he has good expectations from Allah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1658/)* --- ## Hadith #1659 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘O son of adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of ‘Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of ‘Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earthload of forgiveness.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1659/)* --- ## Hadith #1660 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a believer had full knowledge of the chastisement of Allah, none would covet His Jannah; and were an infidel to know the Mercy Allah has, none would despair of His Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1660/)* --- ## Hadith #1661 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a dead body is placed on a bier and men carry it on their shoulders, if the deceased was pious, it (the corpse) will say: ‘Take me in haste’; but if he was not, it will say (to its bearers): ‘Woe to it. Where are you taking it?’ Everything except man hears its voice. Had a human being heard its voice, he would have surely died”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1661/)* --- ## Hadith #1662 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Jannah is nearer to you than your shoelace, and so is the (Hell) Fire”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1662/)* --- ## Hadith #1663 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: “Recite the Qur’an to me”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite the Qur’an to you, when it has been revealed to you?” He (ﷺ) replied, “I love to hear it recited by others”. So I recited to him a portion from Surat An-Nisa’. When I reached the Ayah:”How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) as a witness against these people?”. (4:41)He (ﷺ) said, “Enough for now”. When I looked at him I saw his eyes were shedding tears.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1663/)* --- ## Hadith #1664 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a Khutbah to us the like of which I had never heard from him before. In the course of the Khutbah, he said: “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much”. Thereupon those present covered their faces and began to sob.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1664/)* --- ## Hadith #1665 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One who weeps out of fear of Allah, will not enter the Hell till milk returns back in the udder; and the dust raised on account of fighting in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never exist together”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1665/)* --- ## Hadith #1666 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Seven people Allah will give them His Shade on the Day when there would be no shade but the Shade of His Throne (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection): And they are: a just ruler; a youth who grew up with the worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom an extremely beautiful woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer and) says: ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand does not know what the right has given; and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes become tearful”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1666/)* --- ## Hadith #1667 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was performing prayers. He was sobbing and his chest sounded like a boiling kettle.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1667/)* --- ## Hadith #1668 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ubayy bin Ka’b (May Allah be pleased with him), “Allah (SWT) has ordered me to recite to you Surat-Al-Baiyyinah (98): ‘Those who disbelieve …”Ubayy (May Allah be pleased with him) asked, “Did He name me?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative. Whereupon Ubayy (May Allah be pleased with him) began to weep.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1668/)* --- ## Hadith #1669 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany After the death of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them): “Let us visit Umm Aiman (May Allah be pleased with him) as Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit her.” As we came to her, she wept. They (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said to her, “What makes you weep? Do you not know that what Allah has in store for His Messenger (ﷺ) is better than (this worldly life)?” She said, “I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (in the Hereafter) is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come.” This reply moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1669/)* --- ## Hadith #1670 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When the illness of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) became serious, he was asked about the leading of Salat and he said, “Ask Abu Bakr to lead Salat.” Whereupon, ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said; “Abu Bakr is very tender hearted. He is bound to be overcome by weeping when he recites the Qur’an.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) repeated, “Ask him (Abu Bakr) to lead Salat”.In another narration: ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: “When Abu Bakr stands in your place, he will not be able to recite the Noble Qur’an to the people on account of weeping.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1670/)* --- ## Hadith #1671 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Food was brought to ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf (May Allah be pleased with him) when he was observing Saum (fast) and he said: “Mus’ab bin ‘Umair (May Allah be pleased with him) was martyred and he was better than me, but only one sheet was available to shroud him. It was so small that when his head was covered; his feet remained uncovered and if his feet were covered, his head remained uncovered. Then the bounties of this world have been bestowed upon us generously. I am afraid that the reward of our good deeds have been awarded to us in this world.” On this he began to sob and left the food untouched.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1671/)* --- ## Hadith #1672 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Nothing is dearer to Allah than two drops and two marks: A drop of tears shed out of fear of Allah and a drop of blood shed in Allah’s way. Regarding the two marks, they are: Marks left in the Cause of Allah and a mark left in observing one of the obligatory act of worship of Allah, the Exalted”.. Al-‘Irbad bin Sariyah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: One day Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered us a very eloquent Khutbah on account of which eyes shed tears and hearts became softened.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1672/)* --- ## Hadith #1673 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (May Allah be pleased with him) to Bahrain to collect (Jizyah). So he returned from Bahrain with wealth. The Ansar got news of it and joined with the Prophet (ﷺ) in the Fajr prayer. When the Prophet (ﷺ) concluded the prayer, they stood in his way. When he saw them, he smiled and said, “I think you have heard about the arrival of Abu ‘Ubaidah with something from Bahrain”. They said, “Yes! O Messenger of Allah!”. He (ﷺ) said, “Rejoice and hope for that which will please you. By Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear that this world will be opened up with its wealth for you as it was opened to those before you; and you vie with one another over it as they did and eventually it will ruin you as it ruined them”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1673/)* --- ## Hadith #1674 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat on the pulpit and we sat around him. He said: “What I am concerned most is the flourishment and the beauty of this world will be available to you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1674/)* --- ## Hadith #1675 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The world is sweet and green (alluring); and verily, Allah is making you to succeed each other, generations after generations in it in order to see how you act. So beware of this world and beware of women”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1675/)* --- ## Hadith #1676 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “O Allah, there is no true life but the life of the Hereafter”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1676/)* --- ## Hadith #1677 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Three (things) follow a dead person: Members of his family, his property and his deeds. Two of them return; and one remains with him. The people and his wealth return; his deeds remain with him”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1677/)* --- ## Hadith #1678 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Among the inmates of Hell, a person who had led the most luxurious life in this world will be brought up on the Day of Resurrection and dipped in the Fire and will be asked: ‘O son of Adam! Did you ever experience any comfort? Did you happen to get any luxury?’ He will reply: ‘By Allah, no, my Rubb.’ And then one of the people of Jannah who had experienced extreme misery in the life of this world will be dipped in Jannah. Then he will be asked: ‘O son of Adam! Did you ever experience any misery? Did you ever encounter difficulty?’ He will say: “By Allah, no my Rubb, I neither experienced misery nor passed through hardship”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1678/)* --- ## Hadith #1679 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “This world (i.e., its pleasures and duration) in comparison with the Hereafter is (similar to the amount of water) one gets when he puts his finger in the sea. Let him then see what it returns with”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1679/)* --- ## Hadith #1680 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was passing through the bazaar with his Companions on his both sides, when he saw a dead skinny lamb. He held its ear and said, “Who of you would like to have it for a dirham”. They replied, “We do not like to get it for nothing, and what shall we do with it?”. Then he (ﷺ) asked, “Would you like to have it for nothing?”. They replied, “Had it been alive, it would have been defective because it is skinny; but when dead it is of no use”. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Truly, the world is more contemptible to Allah than this (the dead lamb) is to you”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1680/)* --- ## Hadith #1681 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was walking with the Prophet on the stony ground in Al-Madinah in the afternoon when Uhud Mount came into sight. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Abu Dharr!” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, here I am responding to you”. He said, “If I had as much gold as the weight of Uhud, it would not please me to have a single dinar out of it with me after the passage of three days, but I would hold back something for the repayment of a debt. I would distribute it among the slaves of Allah like this and like this and like this.” And he (ﷺ) pointed in front of him, and on his right side and on his left side. We then walked a little further and he (ﷺ) said: “The rich would be poor on the Day of Resurrection, except he who spent like this and like this and like this,”. and he pointed as he did the first time. “But such persons are few”. Then he said, “Stay where you are till I come back to you”. He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) walked ahead a little further in the darkness of the night and disappeared from my sight. I heard a loud voice. I said (to myself): “The Messenger of Allah might have met (mishap or an enemy)”. I wished I could go after him but I remembered his commanding me to stay till he came back. So I waited for him; and when he came, I made mention of what I had heard. He asked, “Did you hear it?”. I said, “Yes”. Then he said, “It was Jibril (Gabriel), who came to me and said: ‘He who dies among your Ummah without having associated anything with Allah (in worship) will enter Jannah.’ I said: ‘Even if he committed illicit sexual intercourse or steals?’ He (Jibril) said: ‘Even if he has committed illicit sexual intercourse or steals”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1681/)* --- ## Hadith #1682 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If I had gold equal to Mount Uhud (in weight), it would not please me to pass three nights and I have a thing of it left with me, except what I retain for repayment of a debt”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1682/)* --- ## Hadith #1683 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Look at those who are inferior to you and do not look at those who are superior to you, for this will keep you from belittling Allah’s favour to you.”This is the wording in Sahih Muslim..The narration in Al-Bukhari is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1683/)* --- ## Hadith #1684 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “May he be miserable, the worshipper of the dinar and dirham, and the worshipper of the striped silk cloak. If he is given anything, he is satisfied; but if not, he is unsatisfied”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1684/)* --- ## Hadith #1685 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I saw seventy of the people of the Suffah and none of them had a cloak. They had either a lower garment or a blanket which they suspended from their necks. Some (cloaks) reached halfway down to the legs and some to the ankles; and the man would manage to keep it in his hand to avoid exposing his private parts.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1685/)* --- ## Hadith #1686 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The world is the believer’s prison and the infidel’s Jannah”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1686/)* --- ## Hadith #1687 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my shoulders and said, “Be in the world like a stranger or a wayfarer”.Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) used to say: “When you survive till the evening, do not expect to live until the morning; and when you survive until the morning, do not expect to live until the evening; (do good deeds) when you are in good health before you fall sick, and (do good deeds) as long as you are alive before death strikes”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1687/)* --- ## Hadith #1688 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, guide me to such an action which, if I do Allah will love me and the people will also love me.” He (ﷺ) said, “Have no desire for this world, Allah will love you; and have no desire for what people possess, and the people will love you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1688/)* --- ## Hadith #1689 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) spoke at length regarding the worldly prosperity that people had achieved and said: “I saw that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pass his days in hunger and could not get even degraded dates to fill his stomach”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1689/)* --- ## Hadith #1690 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died when my house was void of any edible thing except for a small quantity of barley I had on a shelf and from which I kept eating it for a long time. Then when I measured what was left of it, it soon finished.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1690/)* --- ## Hadith #1691 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany (When he died) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left neither a dinar nor a dirham nor a male slave nor a female slave, nor anything else except his white riding mule, his weapons and his land which he had given in charity to wayfarers.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1691/)* --- ## Hadith #1692 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We emigrated with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seeking the pleasure of Allah and expecting our reward from Him. Some of us died without enjoying anything of it. Among them was Mus’ab bin ‘Umair (May Allah be pleased with him), who was killed in the battle of Uhud, leaving only a small coloured sheet of wool (which we used as his shroud). When we covered his head with it, his feet were exposed, and when we covered his feet with it, his head was uncovered. So the Prophet (ﷺ) told us to cover his head and to put some Idhkhir (i.e., fragrant grass) over his feet. Others among us enjoy prosperity.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1692/)* --- ## Hadith #1693 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Were this world worth a wing of mosquito, He would not have given a drink of water to an infidel.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1693/)* --- ## Hadith #1694 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily! The world is accursed and what it contains is accursed, except remembrance of Allah and those who associate themselves with Allah; and a learned man, and a learning person.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1694/)* --- ## Hadith #1695 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not crave for property lest you should be absorbed in the desire of worldly life.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1695/)* --- ## Hadith #1696 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were repairing our thatchy hut when Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by and asked us, “What are you doing?” We said, “The thatch had gone weak and we are repairing it.” He (ﷺ) said, “I see the sure thing (death) approaching sooner than this.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1696/)* --- ## Hadith #1697 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily, there is a Fitnah (trial) for every nation and the trial for my nation (or Ummah) is wealth.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1697/)* --- ## Hadith #1698 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is no right for the son of adam except in these (four) things: A house to live in, a cloth to cover therewith his private parts, bread and water.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1698/)* --- ## Hadith #1699 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was reciting (Surat At-Takathur 102):”The mutual rivalry (for hoarding worldly things) preoccupy you. Until you visit the graves (i.e., till you die). Nay! You shall come to know! Again nay! You shall come to know! Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of hoarding, you would not have been occupied in worldly things). Verily, you shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)! And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight! Then (on that Day) you shall be asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!” (102:1-8)(After reciting) he (ﷺ) said, “Son of adam says: ‘My wealth, my wealth.’ Do you own of your wealth other than what you eat and consume, and what you wear and wear out, or what you give in Sadaqah (charity) (to those who deserve it), and that what you will have in stock for yourself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1699/)* --- ## Hadith #1700 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, I love you.” He (ﷺ) said, “Think about what you are saying.” The man repeated thrice, “I swear by Allah that I love you.” He (Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “If you love me, you should be ready for acute poverty; because poverty comes to those who love me, faster than a flood flowing towards its destination.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1700/)* --- ## Hadith #1701 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Two hungry wolves sent in the midst of a flock of sheep are no more destructive to them than a man’s greed for wealth and fame is to his Deen.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1701/)* --- ## Hadith #1702 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slept on a straw mat and got up with the marks left by it on his body. Ibn Mas’ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said, “O Messenger of Allah! Would that you make us spread out a soft bedding for you.” He (ﷺ) replied, “What have I to do with the world? I am like a rider who had sat under a tree for its shade, then went away and left it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1702/)* --- ## Hadith #1703 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The poor will enter Jannah five hundred years before the rich.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1703/)* --- ## Hadith #1704 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I looked into Jannah and saw that most of its dwellers are the poor; and I looked into Hell and saw that most of its inmates were women.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1704/)* --- ## Hadith #1705 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I stood at the gate of Jannah and saw that most of those who enter it were poor, whereas the rich were held back; but those who were destined to go to Hell were ordered to be sent there (immediately).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1705/)* --- ## Hadith #1706 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The most truthful statement a poet has ever made is the saying of Labid: Everything besides Allah is vain.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1706/)* --- ## Hadith #1707 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate to the fill the bread of barley for two successive days until he died..Another narration is: ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: Never did the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) eat to the fill, since their arrival to Al-Madinah, the bread of wheat for three successive nights until his death. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1707/)* --- ## Hadith #1708 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “O son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i.e., three moons in two months, and a fire was not kindled in the house of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). “I (‘Urwah) said, “O my aunt, what were your means of sustenance?” She said; “Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had some Ansar neighbours who had milch animals. They used to send Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) some milk of their (animals) and he gave that to us to drink.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1708/)* --- ## Hadith #1709 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said that he happened to pass by some people who had a roast lamb before them. They invited him, but he declined, saying: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left the world without having eaten his fill with barley bread.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1709/)* --- ## Hadith #1710 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) neither ate on a dining cloth, nor ate soft bread throughout his life..One narration adds: He (ﷺ) never even saw a Samit lamb.Samit is an animal prepared for food by removing its hair by boiling water, and then roasted without being skinned. This type of food is preferred by wealthy people. (Editor’s Note) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1710/)* --- ## Hadith #1711 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I have seen your Prophet (ﷺ) when he did not find enough of even the inferior quality of dates to eat and fill his belly.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1711/)* --- ## Hadith #1712 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had never seen bread made out of fine flour throughout his life, since Allah commissioned him until his death. He was asked, “Did you not have sieves at the time of the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never saw a sieve.” He was asked, “How did you manage to eat barley bread made of unsieved flour?” He said, “We used to ground it and then blew away the husk, and what remained we kneaded into dough.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1712/)* --- ## Hadith #1713 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out (of his house) one day, or one night, and there he met Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) also. He (ﷺ) said, “What made you leave your houses at this hour?” They said, “It is hunger, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, what made you leave, made me also leave, so come along!” And he went along with them to a man from the Ansar, but they did not find him in his house. When the wife of that man saw the Prophet, she said, “You are most welcome.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her, “Where is so-and-so?” She said, “He went to fetch some fresh water for us.” In the meantime, the Ansari came back, saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his two companions and said: “Praise be to Allah, today no one has more honourable guests than I.” He then went out and brought them a bunch of date fruit, having dates, some still green, some ripe, and some fully ripe, and requested them to eat from it. He then took his knife (to slaughter a sheep). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “Do not kill a milch sheep.” So he slaughtered a sheep for them. After they had eaten and drunk to their fill, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them), “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you will certainly be questioned about this treat on the Day of Resurrection. Hunger brought you out of your homes, and you do not return to your homes till you have been blessed with this treat.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1713/)* --- ## Hadith #1714 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Utbah bin Ghazwan, the governor of Basrah, delivered a Khutbah. He praised Allah, glorified Him, then said: “Amma b’adu, verily, the world has been given the news of its end and is running to meet its end swiftly. Nothing is left out of it but a very little amount. Similar to the remainder in a dish whose owner is collecting it to drink; and you are going to move to an abode which knows no end, and you should proceed there with the good before you, for we have been informed (by the Prophet (ﷺ)) that a stone would be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would travel down for seventy years but would not reach its bottom. By Allah, it will be filled (with men and jinn). Do you find it strange? We have been informed (i.e., by the Prophet (ﷺ)) that the distance between two shutters of the gate of Jannah is forty years (distance). And a day would come when it would be fully packed; I was the seventh amongst the seven who had been with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we had nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the sides of our mouth were injured. We found a sheet which we tore into two and divided between myself and Sa’d bin Malik. I made the lower garment with half of it and so did Sa’d. Today, there is none amongst us who has not become the governor of a city, and I seek refuge with Allah that I should consider myself great while I am insignificant to Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1714/)* --- ## Hadith #1715 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) showed us a sheet and a thick lower garment and said to us Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was wearing them when he died.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1715/)* --- ## Hadith #1716 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany By Allah, I am the first Arab who shot an arrow in the Cause of Allah. We fought along with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when our food was only the leaves of Hublah and Samur trees (wild trees) until one of us would defecate like the droppings of sheep.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1716/)* --- ## Hadith #1717 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “O Allah, make the provisions of family of Muhammad (ﷺ) bare subsistence.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1717/)* --- ## Hadith #1718 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany By Allah other than Whom there is none worthy of worship, I used to press my stomach against the earth owing to my hunger; I would tie a stone over it. One day, I was sitting on the way they usually take when the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me. When he saw me he smiled at me and knew my condition and my feelings. He called me and I replied, “At your service, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Follow me.” So I followed him. Having arrived at home, he sought permission and entered. He allowed me in and I, too, entered. He found milk in a bowl and asked, “Where is this from?” He was told that it was a gift for him from so- and-so. He called me and I responded: “At your service, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Go to the people of As-Suffah and usher them in.” He Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) explained: The people of As-Suffah were guests of Islam; they had no family, no property and no relations. When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to receive something in charity, he would send it to them without taking anything from it. When he received a present, he would send for them and share it with them. On this occasion, I disliked to give them anything. I said to myself: “This meagre quantity of milk will not be enough for all the people of As-Suffah! I am more deserving of it than anyone else. By drinking it I may attain some strength. When they come, he will order me to give it to them. I do not expect that anything will be left for me from this milk.” As there was no alternative but to obey Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ). I went and called them. They came and sought permission which was granted. They took their seats. The Prophet (ﷺ) called me and I responded, “At your service, O Messenger of Allah.” He then said, “Take the milk and give it to them.” I took the bowl and gave it to one man who drank his fill and returned it to me, and I gave it to the next and he did the same. I went on doing this till the bowl reached Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). By that time all had taken their fill. He (ﷺ) took the bowl, put it on his hand, looked at me, smiled and said, “Abu Hirr.” I said, “At your service, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Now you and I are left.” I said, “That is true, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Sit down and drink.” I drank, but he went on saying, “Drink some more.” I said, “By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I have no room for it.” He said, “Then give it to me.” So I gave him the bowl. He praised Allah, uttered the Name of Allah and drank the remainder.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1718/)* --- ## Hadith #1719 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I would fall in swoon between the pulpit of (the mosque of) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the chamber of ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) and every passer-by would put his foot on my neck thinking I was insane. I was not insane but I was awfully hungry.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1719/)* --- ## Hadith #1720 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, his armour was mortgaged with a Jew for thirty Sa’ (measures) of barley.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1720/)* --- ## Hadith #1721 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) mortgaged his armour for a quantity of barley, and I took to him some barley bread and rancid fat. I heard him saying: “The family of Muhammad never possessed a measure of wheat from dawn to dusk although they were nine houses (to feed).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1721/)* --- ## Hadith #1722 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I saw seventy of the people of As-Suffah and none of them had a cloak. They had either a lower cloth or a blanket which they suspended from their necks. Some reached half way down to the legs and some to the ankles, and one of them would manage to keep it in his hand to avoid exposing his private parts.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1722/)* --- ## Hadith #1723 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The mattress of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was a piece of tanned skin stuffed with palm fibres.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1723/)* --- ## Hadith #1724 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We were once sitting in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a man from the Ansar came and greeted. As he was leaving, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “O brother of the Ansar, how is my brother Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah?” He replied, “He is well.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Which of you is desirous of visiting him?” Having said this he got up and we followed him. We were ten and odd in number and we had neither shoes nor light boots nor caps nor shirts. We walked on foot through the barren plain till we came to the residence of Sa’d (May Allah be pleased with him). His people made way and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with those who accompanied him went up to him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1724/)* --- ## Hadith #1725 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best of you, are my contemporaries, then those who follow them, then those who will come after them. (‘Imran said, I do not know if he said this twice or thrice). Then, they will be followed by those who will testify but will not be called upon to testify; they will betray the trust, and will not be trusted. They will make vows but will not fulfill them, and obesity will prevail among them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1725/)* --- ## Hadith #1726 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O son of Adam, if you spend the surplus, it will be better for you; and if you retain it, it will be evil for you. You will not be reprimanded for storing what is enough for your need. First of all spend upon those who are your dependents.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1726/)* --- ## Hadith #1727 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever begins the day feeling family security and good health; and possessing provision for his day is as though he possesed the whole world.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1727/)* --- ## Hadith #1728 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Successful is the one who enters the fold of Islam and is provided with sustenance which is sufficient for his day’s needs, and Allah makes him content with what He has bestowed upon him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1728/)* --- ## Hadith #1729 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Happiness is due to him who is guided to Islam and possesses provision that suffices him for his day and remains content.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1729/)* --- ## Hadith #1730 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to bed hungry for several successive nights, nor did his family have a thing for supper for many consecutive nights; and their bread was mostly of barley.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1730/)* --- ## Hadith #1731 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led Salat, some people would fall down from their standing posture out of extreme hunger. They were of the people of As-Suffah. The nomad Arabs would say that they were insane. After concluding Salat, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would turn to them and say, “If you were to know what is in store for you with Allah, the Exalted, you would wish to augment your starvation and lack of provisions.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1731/)* --- ## Hadith #1732 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “No man fills a container worse than his stomach. A few morsels that keep his back upright are sufficient for him. If he has to, then he should keep one-third for food, one-third for drink and one-third for his breathing.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1732/)* --- ## Hadith #1733 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned the life of the world before him. He (ﷺ) said, “Do you not hear? Do you not hear? Simplicity (in life) is part of Faith, simplicity is part of Faith.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1733/)* --- ## Hadith #1734 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us in an expedition under the command of Abu ‘Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) to intercept a caravan of the Quraish. He provided us with a bag of dates, apart from which he found nothing for us. Abu ‘Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) gave each of us one date (every day). He (the narrator) was asked: “What did you do with that?” He said: We sucked that just like a baby and then drank water over that, and it was sufficient for us for the day until night. We beat off leaves with the help of our sticks, then drenched them with water and ate them. We then went to the seaside, when there appeared before us something like a big mound. We came near it and we found that it was a beast called Al-Anbar. Abu ‘Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “It is dead (so it useless for us).” He then said: “No (but it does not matter), we have been sent by Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the way of Allah and you are hard-pressed (on account of the scarcity of food), so you can eat that.” We, three hundred in number, stayed there for a month until we fattened up (having plenty to eat of that fish). He (Jabir) said: I saw how we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of meat equal to a bull or almost like a bull. Abu ‘Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) called thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the cavity of its eye, and he held one of its ribs and raised it erect and then saddled the biggest of the camels we had with us and it passed through it (the arched rib), and we carried large pieces of meat for use in our journey. When we came back to Al-Madinah we went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him about that, whereupon he said, “That was a sustenance Allah had brought forth for you. Do you have any piece of meat left with you, for us to eat.” Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: We sent to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) some of that (meat) and he ate it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1734/)* --- ## Hadith #1735 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The sleeves of the shirt of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reached his wrists.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1735/)* --- ## Hadith #1736 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany On the day of the battle of Al-Khandaq (the Trench), we were digging the trench when a very hard boulder came in our way. The Companions went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him about it. He said, “I will go down the trench to see it.” He stood up and it was noticed that he had tied a stone over his stomach due to intense hunger. We had not tasted anything for three days. He took up a spade and struck the hard rock with it and it turned into sand. I sought his permission to go home, (after reaching home I) said to my wife, “I have seen the Prophet (ﷺ) in a state that I am unable to endure. Have you got anything in the house?” She said, “I have a small quantity of barley and a lamb.” I slaughtered the lamb, ground the barley and put the meat in the cooking pot. Then I went to the Prophet (ﷺ). In the meantime the flour had been kneaded and the meat in the pot was nearly cooked. I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, I have some food, will you come along with one or two Companions?” He asked, “How many men should go there?” I told him the number. He said, “It will be better if they are more in number. Tell your wife not to remove the pot from the hearth nor the bread from the oven till I arrive.” Then he said to the Muhajirun and the Ansar: “Let us go (to eat).” They all rose (and went with him). I went to my wife and said, “Bless you, the Prophet (ﷺ), the Muhajirun, the Ansar and the whole company are coming.” She said, “Did he (ﷺ) ask you?” I replied in the affirmative. (When they arrived) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to his Companions, “Enter, but do not crowd in.” Then he started breaking up the bread and putting meat on it. He would take from the pot and the oven then would cover them up, approach his Companions and hand it over to them. He would then go back and uncover the pot and the oven. He continued to break up the bread and put meat on it till all had eaten to their fill and still some of the food remained. Then he said to my wife, “Eat from it, and send it as a present, for the people have been afflicted with severe hunger.”.Another narration is: Jabir said: When the trench was being dug, I noticed the signs of hunger on the face of the Prophet (ﷺ). I returned to my wife and said to her, “Have you got anything in the house? I have seen the signs of severe hunger on the face of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” She brought out a bag which contained a Sa’ (a measure that equals approximately 3kg.) of barley. We had a lamb which was reared in the home. I slaughtered the lamb and she ground the flour for baking bread. I then cut the meat and put it in the cooking pot. When I was returning to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), my wife said to me, “Do not embarass me before Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions.” (She said this because she thought that the food would not be enough for everyone, for how can very little food cater for a thousand people?) When I came to him, I said to him in a low tone, “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we have slaughtered a small lamb and have ground a Sa’ of barley. Please accompany me with a few of your Companions.” Thereupon he (ﷺ) announced in a loud voice, “O people of the Trench, Jabir has arranged a feast for you, so all of you are welcome.” And addressing me he said, “Do not take the pot off the fire, nor bake the kneaded flour till I arrive.” So I came home and he came ahead of the people. My wife said, “It will be a matter of disgrace for you (because there is not enough food).” I said, “I did only what you told me.” She brought out the kneaded flour and Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spat into it, and invoked the blessing of Allah on it, and then he spat into the cooking pot and invoked the blessing of Allah on it. Then he said, “Call another woman to help bake bread and let her take out from the cooking pot, but do not take it off the fire.” There were about a thousand guests. All of them ate till they left the food and went off. Our pot still bubbled as before and the dough was being baked as before. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1736/)* --- ## Hadith #1737 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) said to (to his wife) Umm Sulaim(May Allah be pleased with her), “I noticed some weakness in the voice of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I feel it was due to hunger. Have you got any food?” She said, “Yes.” So she brought out barley loaves, took off her head covering, in a part of which she wrapped these loaves and then put them beneath my mantle and covered me with a part of it. She then sent me to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I set forth and found Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sitting in the mosque in the company of some people. I stood near them whereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Has Abu Talhah sent you?” I said, “Yes.” Thereupon he said to those who were with him to get up (and follow him). He went forth and so did I, ahead of them until I came to Abu Talhah and informed him. Abu Talhah said, “O Umm Sulaim, here comes Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with the people and we do not have enough (food) to feed them.” She said, “Allah and His Messenger know better.” Abu Talhah went out (to receive him) until he met Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he came forward along with him until they both (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) came in. Then Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O Umm Sulaim, bring forth what you have with you.” So she brought the bread. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded that the bread be broken into small pieces and after Umm Sulaim (May Allah be pleased with her) had squeezed clarified butter out of a butter container and made it just like soup. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited over it what Allah wished him to recite. He then said, “Allow ten guests to come in.” They ate until they had their fill. They then went out. He (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) again said, “Allow ten (more to come in)”, and he (the host) ushered them in. They ate to their fill. Then they went out. He (ﷺ) again said, “Allow ten (more),” until all the people ate to their fill. They were seventy or eighty persons..Another narration is: Anas said: When all had eaten, the remaining food was collected. It was as much as there was in the beginning.Yet another narration is: Anas said: The groups of ten people ate by turn. After eighty persons had eaten, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the family of that house ate, and there was still a quantity left over.Another narration is: Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I visited Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) one day, and found him sitting in the company of his Companions, with a belt tied over his waist. I asked, “Why has Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) tied the belt on his waist?” I was told, “Due to hunger.” I went to Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) the husband of Umm Sulaim (May Allah be pleased with her) and said, “O father, I have seen Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a belt tied over his waist. I asked one of his Companions about the reason of it and he said that it was on account of severe hunger.” Abu Talhah (May Allah be pleased with him) went to my mother and asked, “Have you got anything?” She said, “Yes. I have a piece of bread and some dry dates. Were Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to come alone, we could feed him his fill, but if he comes along with others, there would not be enough food.” Anas then narrated the Hadith in full. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1737/)* --- ## Hadith #1738 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Richness is not the abundance of wealth, rather it is self-sufficiency.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1738/)* --- ## Hadith #1739 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Successful is the one who has entered the fold of Islam and is provided with sustenance which is sufficient for his needs, and Allah makes him content with what He has bestowed upon him.”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1739/)* --- ## Hadith #1740 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I begged Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he gave me; I begged him again and he gave me. I begged him again and he gave me and said, “O Hakim, wealth is pleasant and sweet. He who acquires it with self-contentment, it becomes a source of blessing for him; but it is not blessed for him who seeks it out of greed. He is like one who goes on eating but his hunger is not satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower one.” I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, by Him Who sent you with the Truth I will not, after you, ask anyone for anything till I leave this world.” So Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) would summon Hakim (May Allah be pleased with him) to give his rations, but he would refuse. Then ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) would call him but he would decline to accept anything. So ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said addressing Muslims: “O Muslims, I ask you to bear testimony that I offer Hakim his share of the booty that Allah has assigned for him but he refuses my offer.” Thus Hakim did not accept anything from anyone after the death of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), till he died.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1740/)* --- ## Hadith #1741 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Musa Al- Ash’ari (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “Six of us accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in an expedition. We had one camel with us; we rode it in turn. Our feet got injured and my nails also fell out. We wrapped up our feet in rags; and because of this the campaign came to be known as Dhat-ur-Riqa’ (the Campaign of Rags).” Abu Burdah (May Allah be pleased with him) says: Abu Musa reported this Hadith but regretted having done so. He said, “Would that I had not mentioned it!” He said so because he disliked to disclose anything concerning his deeds.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1741/)* --- ## Hadith #1742 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Some booty or prisoners of war were brought to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he distributed them, giving some men and neglecting others. Then, he was informed that those whom he had not given a thing were displeased. On this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praised Allah and glorified Him and said, “It is a fact that I give to one and overlook another. The one I ignore is dearer to me than the one I give. I give to those in whose hearts I perceive anxiety; others I leave with the richness and contentment that Allah has put in their hearts. One of them is ‘Amr bin Taghlib.” Upon this ‘Amr bin Taghlib said, “By Allah I shall not accept a herd of red camels in exchange for what the Prophet said (about me).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1742/)* --- ## Hadith #1743 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The upper hand is better than the lower one; and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is (the one which is given) out of surplus; and he who wishes to abstain from begging will be protected by Allah; and he who seeks self- sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1743/)* --- ## Hadith #1744 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not be importunate in begging. By Allah! If one of you asks me for something and I give it to him unwillingly, there is no blessing in what I give him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1744/)* --- ## Hadith #1745 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Seven, eight or nine people, including myself, were with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on an occasion when he (ﷺ) remarked, “Would you pledge allegiance to Messenger of Allah?” As we had taken oath of allegiance shortly before, we said, “We have already done so, O Messenger of Allah.” He again asked, “Would you not pledge allegiance to Messenger of Allah?” So we stretched out our hands and said, “We have already made our pledge with you, O Messenger of Allah, on what should we make a pledge with you?” He said, “To worship Allah and not to associate anything with Him, to perform the five (daily) Salat and to obey.” Then he added in a low tone, “And not to ask people for anything.” Thereafter, I noticed that some of these people who were present did not ask anyone to pick up even the whip for them if it fell from their hands. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1745/)* --- ## Hadith #1746 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If one of you would keep begging (of people) until he meets Allah (on the Day of Resurrection) his face will be without a shred of flesh.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1746/)* --- ## Hadith #1747 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany While Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was on his pulpit (in the mosque) delivering a Khutbah (religious talk) about Sadaqah (charity) and begging, he said, “The upper hand is better than the lower hand, the upper hand is the one which gives and the lower hand is the begging one.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1747/)* --- ## Hadith #1748 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who begs to increase his riches is in fact asking only for a live coal. It is up to him to decrease it or increase it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1748/)* --- ## Hadith #1749 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Begging is a cut that a person inflicts upon his face; except for asking a ruler, or under the stress of circumstances from which there is no escape.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1749/)* --- ## Hadith #1750 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who suffers poverty and seeks relief from people, he will not be relieved; but he who seeks relief from Allah Alone, he will be relieved sooner or later.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1750/)* --- ## Hadith #1751 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who guarantees me that he will not beg anything from anyone, I will guarantee him (to enter) Jannah.” I said, “I give you the guarantee.” Then Thauban (May Allah be pleased with him) never begged anything from anyone.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1751/)* --- ## Hadith #1752 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I stood as surety for a debt and came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to seek his help in discharging it. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Wait till we receive charity and I shall give you out of it.” He (ﷺ) added, “O Qabisah, begging is not lawful except for three people. One who has incurred debt (for assuming guarantee), for him begging is permissible till the guarantee is discharged and he should then refrain; a person whose property has been destroyed by a calamity is allowed to beg till he attains self-sufficiency; a person who meets with dire necessity (due to hunger) provided that three men of understanding from his people affirm the genuineness (of his poverty), for him begging is lawful till he attains means of his subsistence. Other than these, O Qabisah, anything received through begging is unlawful, its recipient devours it unlawfully.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1752/)* --- ## Hadith #1753 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A needy person is not the one who goes from door to door, begging and is turned away with a morsel or two or with a date or two. But a needy person is the one who does not have enough to live upon, and neither from his appearance it occurs that he is needy and should be given alms, nor does he himself beg anything from others.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1753/)* --- ## Hadith #1754 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would give me some gift, but I would say: “Give it to someone who needs it more than I.” Thereupon he (ﷺ) would say, “Take it when it comes to you without begging and without greed, and add it to your property. Then use it yourself or give it away in charity. As for the rest, do not covet it.” Salim said: ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar would never ask anything from anyone, nor would he refuse accepting it when it was given to him. . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1754/)* --- ## Hadith #1755 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is far better for you to take your rope, go to the mountain, (cut some firewood) carry it on your back, and sell it and thereby save your face than begging from people whether they give you or refuse.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1755/)* --- ## Hadith #1756 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is better for anyone of you to carry a bundle of wood on his back and sell it than to beg of someone whether he gives him or refuses.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1756/)* --- ## Hadith #1757 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “(Prophet) Dawud (ﷺ) ate only out of that which he earned through his manual work.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1757/)* --- ## Hadith #1758 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(Prophet) Zakariyya (ﷺ) was a carpenter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1758/)* --- ## Hadith #1759 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No food is better to man than that which he earns through his manual work. Dawud (ﷺ), the Prophet of Allah, ate only out of his earnings from his manual work.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1759/)* --- ## Hadith #1760 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1760/)* --- ## Hadith #1761 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked, “Who of you loves the wealth of his heir more than his own wealth?” The Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah! There is none of us but loves his own wealth more.” He (ﷺ) said, “His wealth is that which he has sent forward, but that which he retains belongs to his heir.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1761/)* --- ## Hadith #1762 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Protect yourself from Hell-fire even by giving a piece of date as charity.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1762/)* --- ## Hadith #1763 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never said ‘no’ to anyone who asked him for anything.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1763/)* --- ## Hadith #1764 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Everyday two angels descend and one of them says, ‘O Allah! Compensate (more) to the person who gives (in charity)’; while the other one says, ‘O Allah! Destroy the one who withholds (charity, etc)”.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1764/)* --- ## Hadith #1765 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, says, ‘Spend, O son of Adam, you will also be spent upon.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1765/)* --- ## Hadith #1766 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “Which act in Islam is the best?” He (ﷺ) replied, “To feed (the poor and the needy) and to greet those whom you know and those you do not know.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1766/)* --- ## Hadith #1767 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are forty kinds of virtue, the highest of which is to gift a (milch) she goat. He who practises any of these virtues, expecting its reward (from Allah) and believing on the verity of the promise made for it, will enter Jannah.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1767/)* --- ## Hadith #1768 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “O son of Adam, if you spend the surplus, it will be better for you; and if you retain it, it will be bad for you. You will not be reprimanded for keeping what is enough for your need. Begin with those who are your dependents, and the upper hand (i.e., the one that spends in the way of Allah) is better than the lower hand (i.e., the one that receives charity.)”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1768/)* --- ## Hadith #1769 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked a thing by one who is about to accept Islam, he would give it. A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he gave him a herd of sheep scattered between two mountains. When he returned to his people, he said to them: “O my people! Embrace Islam because Muhammad gives like one who has no fear of poverty.” Some people would embrace Islam only for worldly gains, but soon Islam becomes dearer to them than the world with all what it contains.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1769/)* --- ## Hadith #1770 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) distributed some wealth and I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah! Do you not think that there are other people who are more deserving than these whom you gave.” He (ﷺ) said, “They had, in fact, left no alternative for me except either they should beg of me importunately or they would regard me as a miser; but I am not a miser.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1770/)* --- ## Hadith #1771 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany While I was walking with the Prophet (ﷺ) on his return from the battle of Hunain, a few bedouins caught hold of him and began to demand their shares. They forced him to a tree and someone snatched away his cloak (which got entangled in that thorny tree). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Give my cloak back to me. Were I to have camels equal to the number of these trees, I would have distributed them all among you, and you would not have found me a miser, or a liar, or a coward.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1771/)* --- ## Hadith #1772 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Wealth is not diminished by giving (in charity). Allah augments the honour of one who forgives; and one who displays humbleness towards another seeking the pleasure of Allah, Allah exalts him in ranks.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1772/)* --- ## Hadith #1773 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I swear by Allah for three (qualities) which I am going to tell you about. Remember them well:(1) The wealth of a man will not diminish by Sadaqah (charity).(2) Allah augments the honour of a man who endures an oppression patiently.(3) He who opens a gate of begging, Allah opens a gate of poverty (or he said a word similar to it).”He (ﷺ) also said, “Remember well what I am going to tell you: The world is for four kinds of people. (1) One upon whom Allah has bestowed wealth and knowledge and so he fears his Rubb in respect to them, joins the ties of blood relationship and acknowledges the Rights of Allah on him (and fulfills them); this type will have the best position (in Jannah). (2) One upon whom Allah has conferred knowledge but no wealth, and he is sincere in his intention and says: ‘Had I possessed wealth, I would have acted like so-and-so.’ If that is his intention, his reward is the same as that of the other. (3) One whom Allah has given wealth but no knowledge and he squanders his wealth ignorantly, does not fear Allah in respect to it, does not discharge the obligations of kinship and does not acknowledge the Rights of Allah. Such a person will be in the worst position (in the Hereafter). (4) One upon whom Allah has bestowed neither wealth nor knowledge and he says: ‘Had I possessed wealth, I would have acted like so-and-so (i.e., he would squander his wealth).’ If this is his intention, both will have equal sin.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1773/)* --- ## Hadith #1774 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had slaughtered a sheep and distributed major portions of its meat. Then he (ﷺ) asked, “Is there anything left?” She replied, “Nothing, except the shoulder.” Thereupon he said, “All of it is left except its shoulder.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1774/)* --- ## Hadith #1775 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Do not hoard; otherwise, Allah will withhold from you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1775/)* --- ## Hadith #1776 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “The case of a miserly man and a generous man who gives in charity is similar to that of two persons who are clad in armour from their breasts up to their collar bones. When the generous man gives in charity, his armour expands so much as to cover his fingertips and toes. When the miser intends to spend something the armour contracts and every ring of it sticks to the place where it is (sinks into his flesh). He tries to loosen it but it does not expand.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1776/)* --- ## Hadith #1777 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who gives in charity the value of a date which he legally earned, and Allah accepts only that which is pure, Allah accepts it with His Right Hand and fosters it for him, as one of you fosters his mare, until it becomes like a mountain.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1777/)* --- ## Hadith #1778 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “While a man was walking through a barren land, he heard a voice coming out of a cloud saying: ‘Irrigate the garden of so-and- so.’ Thereupon the cloud drifted in a certain direction and discharged its water over a rocky plain. The streamlets flowed into a channel. This man followed the channel until it reached a garden and he saw the owner of the garden standing in its center, working with his spade spreading the water (changing the course of the water). He asked him: “O slave of Allah, what is your name?” He told his name, which was the same that he heard from the cloud. The owner of the garden then asked him: “O slave of Allah, why did you ask my name?” He replied: “I heard a voice from a cloud which poured down this water saying: ‘Irrigate the garden of so-and-so.’ I would like to know what do you do with it.” He said: “Now that you asked me, I will tell you. I estimate the produce of the garden and distribute one-third of it in charity, I spend one-third on myself and my family and invest one-third back into the garden.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1778/)* --- ## Hadith #1779 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it destroyed those who were before you. It incited them to shed their blood and deem unlawful as lawful.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1779/)* --- ## Hadith #1780 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said; “I am hard pressed by hunger.” He (ﷺ) sent a word to one of his wives who replied: “By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I have nothing except water.” Then he sent the same message to another (wife) and received the same reply. He sent this message to all of them (i.e., his wives) and received the same reply. Then he (ﷺ) said, “Who will entertain this (man) as guest?” One of the Ansar said: “O Messenger of Allah, I will.” So he took him home and said to his wife: “Serve the guest of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”Another narration is: The Ansari asked his wife: “Have you got anything?” She answered: “Nothing, except a little food for the children.” He said: “Keep them busy with something, and when they ask for food put them to sleep. When the guest enters, extinguish the light and give him the impression that we are also eating.” So they sat down and the guest ate and they passed the night hungry. When he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the morning, he said to him, “Allah admired what you did with your guest last night.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1780/)* --- ## Hadith #1781 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The food for two suffices for three; and the food for three suffices for four persons.”.In Muslim, Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The food for one person suffices for two; the food for two suffices for four, and the food for four suffices for eight persons.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1781/)* --- ## Hadith #1782 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Once we were on a journey with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a rider came and began looking right and left. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever has an extra mount should offer it to him who is without it, and whoever has surplus food should give it to him who has nothing;” and he continued mentioning other properties until we thought that none of us had any right to surplus of his own property.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1782/)* --- ## Hadith #1783 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A woman brought a woven piece of cloth to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him: “I have woven this sheet with my own hands for you to wear.” He accepted it as he was in need of it. He later came out wearing it as a lower garment. Someone said: “How nice it is! Kindly give it to me.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Very well.” He remained in our company for some time, then he went back, folded it and sent it to the man. The people said (to that man): “You did not do well. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wore it and he was in need of it, and you asked him for it when you are well aware that he (ﷺ) never refuses a request.” He said: “I swear by Allah that I did not ask it for wearing. I asked him for it so that it might be my shroud after my death.” Sahl (the narrator of this Hadith) said: And in fact it was used as his shroud.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1783/)* --- ## Hadith #1784 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When the Ash’ariyun run short of food in the Jihad or when they are at home in Al-Madinah, they collect all the provisions they have in a sheet and then divide it equally among themselves. They are of me and I am of them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1784/)* --- ## Hadith #1785 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A drink was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he drank some of it. On his right was a boy and on his left were elderly people. He said to the boy, “Would you permit me to give the rest of this drink to these on my left?” The boy said, “O Messenger of Allah, I would certainly not give preference to anyone in anything that might come to me from you.” So he handed over the rest of the drink to him.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1785/)* --- ## Hadith #1786 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “While Ayyub (ﷺ) the Prophet was taking a bath, naked, a large number of gold locusts fell on him. He tried to collect them in a piece of cloth, when he heard his Rubb (Allah) calling him: ‘O Ayyub ! Have I not sufficed you to care for what you see (the worldly possessions)?’ Ayyub (ﷺ) said: ‘Indeed by Your Power, but I can never do away with Your Blessings.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1786/)* --- ## Hadith #1787 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1787/)* --- ## Hadith #1788 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Envy is justified in regard to two types of persons only: a man whom Allah has given knowledge of the Qur’an, and so he recites it during the night and during the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and so he spends from it during the night and during the day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1788/)* --- ## Hadith #1789 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Some of the poor Emigrants came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him, “The wealthy have obtained all high ranks and everlasting bliss.” He asked, “How is that?” They replied: “They offer Salaah as we do, and observe Saum (fasting) as we do, but they give in Sadaqah (charity) and we do not, and they emancipate slaves and we cannot.” He (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not teach you something whereby you will catch up with those who have preceded you and will get ahead of those who follow you, and no one will surpass you unless he does the same as you do?” They said, “Surely, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Say: Subhan Allah, and Allahu Akbar, and praise Him (by saying Al-hamdu lillah) thirty-three times at the end of every Salaah.” They returned to him and said: “Our brothers, the possessors of wealth, having heard what we are doing, have started doing the same.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “This is Grace of Allah which He gives to whom He wishes.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1789/)* --- ## Hadith #1790 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my shoulders and said, “Be in the world like a stranger or a wayfarer.” Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) used to say: When you survive till the evening do not expect to live until the morning; and when you survive till the morning do not expect to live until the evening. While in good health (do good deeds) before you fall sick; and while you are alive (do good deeds) before death strikes.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1790/)* --- ## Hadith #1791 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is the duty of a Muslim who has something which is to be given as a bequest not to have it for two nights without executing a written will.”.In the narration of Muslim it is narrated as ‘three nights’. Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: Since I heard the Messenger of Allah say this, I have never spent a night without having my will with me. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1791/)* --- ## Hadith #1792 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a few lines and said, “One of them represents man and another indicates death; and a man continues like this until the nearest line (i.e., death) overtakes him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1792/)* --- ## Hadith #1793 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) drew up a square and in the middle of it he drew a line, the end of which jutted out beyond the square. Further across the middle line, he drew a number of smaller lines. Then he (ﷺ) said, “The figure represents man and the encircling square is the death which is encompassing him. The middle line represents his desires and the smaller lines are vicissitudes of life. If one of those misses him, another distresses him, and if that one misses him, he falls victim to another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1793/)* --- ## Hadith #1794 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Hasten to do good deeds before you are overtaken by one of the seven afflictions.” Then (giving a warning) he said, “Are you waiting for poverty which will make you unmindful of devotion, or prosperity which will make you corrupt, or a disease which will disable you, or senility which will make you mentally unstable, or sudden death which will take you all of a sudden, or Ad-Dajjal who is the worst expected, or the Hour; and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1794/)* --- ## Hadith #1795 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Remember more often the destroyer of pleasures – death.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1795/)* --- ## Hadith #1796 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When one- third of the night would pass, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would get up and call out, “O people, remember Allah. The Rajifah (i.e., the first Blowing of the Trumpet which will shake the whole universe and thus cause all life to cease) has come, followed by Ar-Radifah (i.e., the second Blowing of the Trumpet which will restore life and thus mark the Resurrection Day). Death has approached with all that it comprises. Death has approached with all that it comprises.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I frequently invoke Allah to elevate your rank. How much of my supplications should I devote to you?” He said, “You may devote as much as you wish.” When I suggested a quarter, he said, “Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase it.” I suggested half, and he said, “Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase.” I suggested two- thirds, and he said, “Do whatever you wish but it will be better for you if you increase it.” I said, “Shall I devote all my supplications invoking Allah to elevate your rank?” He said, “Then you will be freed from your worries and your sins will be forgiven.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1796/)* --- ## Hadith #1797 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “(In the past) I forbade you from visiting graves, but visit them now.” In another narration Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever wants to visit a graveyard, let him do so, because it reminds us of the Hereafter.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1797/)* --- ## Hadith #1798 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany reported Whenever it was her turn to spend with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he used to go to the Baqi’ (graveyard in Al-Madinah) at the last part of night and say, “May you be safe, O abode of the believing people. What you have been promised has come to you. You are tarried till tomorrow and certainly we shall follow you if Allah wills. O Allah, forgive the inmates of the Baqi’-al-Gharqad.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1798/)* --- ## Hadith #1799 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach them (i.e., the Companions) whenever they came out to visit the graveyard to say: “As-salamu ‘alaikum ahlad-diyyari minal- Mu’minina wal-Muslimina, wa inna in sha’ Allahu bikum lahiqun. As ‘alul-laha lana wa-lakumul- ‘afiyyah (May you be safe, O inmates of the abodes of the believers and the Muslims, and if Allah pleases, we shall follow you, we pray to Allah for well-being for ourselves and for you).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1799/)* --- ## Hadith #1800 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by the graves at Al-Madinah. He turned his face towards them and said, “May you be granted safety, O inmates of the graves. May Allah forgive us and you. You have preceded us, and we are to follow.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1800/)* --- ## Hadith #1801 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “None of you should wish for death. If he is righteous, perhaps he may add to (his) good works, and if he is a sinner, possibly he may repent (in case he is given a longer life).” . In Muslim, Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported : Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let none of you wish for death, nor he ask for it before it comes to him, because when he dies, his actions will be terminated; certainly the age of a (true) believer does not add but good.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1801/)* --- ## Hadith #1802 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Let none of you wish for death on account of an affliction that befalls him. If he has no alternative, let him pray: ‘Allahumma ahyine ma kanatil-hayatu khairan li, wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairan li (O Allah! Give my life so long as the life is good for me, and take away my life if death is good for me)’.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1802/)* --- ## Hadith #1803 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I went to visit Khabbab bin Aratt (May Allah be pleased with him) during his illness. He had been cauterized in seven places. He said: “Our companions who have died have left (this world) without having enjoyed the pleasures of the world (in order to get a great full reward in the Hereafter) while we have amassed wealth exceeding our needs for which there is no place to keep except in the earth. Had Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) not prohibited us from longing for death, I would have prayed for it.” Then we visited him again and he was building a wall. He said: “There is a reward in store for a Muslim in respect of everything on which he spends except for something he places in the earth (i.e., something exceeding our needs or essentials).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1803/)* --- ## Hadith #1804 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear, but between them are certain doubtful things which many people do not know. So he who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and his honour blameless. But he who falls into doubtful things falls into that which is unlawful, just as a shepherd who grazes his cattle in the vicinity of a pasture declared prohibited (by the king); he is likely to stray into the pasture. Mind you, every king has a protected pasture and Allah’s involved limits is that which He has declared unlawful. Verily, there is a piece of flesh in the body, if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1804/)* --- ## Hadith #1805 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) found a dry date-fruit lying in the way and said, “Had it not been for fear of being from charity I would have eaten it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1805/)* --- ## Hadith #1806 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Piety is good manner, and sin is that which creates doubt and you do not like people to know of it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1806/)* --- ## Hadith #1807 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I went to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he asked me, “Have you come to inquire about piety?” I replied in the affirmative. Then he said, “Ask your heart regarding it. Piety is that which contents the soul and comforts the heart, and sin is that which causes doubts and perturbs the heart, even if people pronounce it lawful and give you verdicts on such matters again and again.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1807/)* --- ## Hadith #1808 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany “I am not aware that you suckled me, and you did not inform me.” So he (‘Uqbah) rode to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in Al-Madinah and put the matter before him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “How can you continue (to be her husband) after what you have been told?” ‘Uqbah (May Allah be pleased with him) therefore divorced her and she married another man.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1808/)* --- ## Hadith #1809 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I have retained these words of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), “Leave what causes you doubt and turn to what does not cause you doubt.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1809/)* --- ## Hadith #1810 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had a slave who brought him his earnings and Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) would eat from it. One day he brought him something and when Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had eaten some of it, the slave asked him whether he knew where he had got that (food) from, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) asked what it was, and he replied: I acted as a soothsayer for a man in the pre-Islamic period, and not being good at it, I deceived him; today he met me and he rewarded me for that soothsaying what you have eaten. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) put his hand in his mouth and vomited up all that he had eaten.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1810/)* --- ## Hadith #1811 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) fixed the payment amounting to four thousand dirhams for each of the early Emigrants, but for his son, he fixed only three thousand five hundred. He was asked: “He is also an (early) Emigrant, why have you fixed a lesser sum for him?” He said: “It was his father who took him along with him. He is not like one who emigrated by himself.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1811/)* --- ## Hadith #1812 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “No one will attain complete righteousness until he abandons (certain) unobjectionable (but doubtful) things so as to remain on his guard against something objectionable.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1812/)* --- ## Hadith #1813 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah loves a slave who is pious, free of all wants and the unnoticed.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1813/)* --- ## Hadith #1814 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Someone asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Who is the best man?” He (ﷺ) answered, “A believer who strives in the Cause of Allah with his life and his wealth.” The man asked: “Who is the next?” He said, “One who retires into a narrow valley and worships his Rubb.”Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One who fears Allah and safeguards people against his own mischief.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1814/)* --- ## Hadith #1815 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best possession of a Muslim will be a herd of sheep with which he retires to the top of a mountain or places where rain is expected to fall (pastures) so as to safeguard with his faith from tribulation.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1815/)* --- ## Hadith #1816 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every Prophet has tended sheep”. He was asked: “And did you?” He replied, “Yes, I tended them for a few carats for the Makkans.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1816/)* --- ## Hadith #1817 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of people is a man who is holding his horse’s rein in the way of Allah (in Jihad) and is galloping towards the place wherever he hears a call for war or detects a note of danger; he goes on proceeding, seeking martyrdom or death wherever it is expected. And a man who retires with some sheep in a mountainside or a valley. He performs Salat regularly and pays the Zakat, continues worshipping his Rubb, till death overtakes him. He does not interfere in the affairs of the people except for betterment.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1817/)* --- ## Hadith #1818 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah has revealed to me that you should humble yourselves to one another. One should neither hold himself above another nor transgress against another.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1818/)* --- ## Hadith #1819 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Wealth does not diminish by giving Sadaqah (charity). Allah augments the honour of one who forgives; and one who serves another seeking the pleasure of Allah, Allah will exalt him in ranks.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1819/)* --- ## Hadith #1820 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) used to do the same.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1820/)* --- ## Hadith #1821 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A slave-girl of Al-Madinah would take hold of the hand of the Prophet (ﷺ) and take him wherever she desired.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1821/)* --- ## Hadith #1822 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) was asked: “What did Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do inside his house?” She answered: “He used to keep himself busy helping members of his family, and when it was the time for Salat (the prayer), he would get up for prayer.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1822/)* --- ## Hadith #1823 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was delivering a Khutbah and said: “O Messenger of Allah, a stranger (meaning himself) has come to inquire about his Deen. He is quite ignorant about his Deen.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) interrupted his Khutbah and turned to me. Then a chair was brought for him and he sat on it. He started instructing me what Allah had taught him. Then he resumed his Khutbah and completed it.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1823/)* --- ## Hadith #1824 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished eating his food, he would lick his three fingers (i.e., the forefinger, the middle finger and the thumb). He (ﷺ) said, “If anyone of you drops a morsel, he should remove anything harmful from it and then eat it. He should not leave it for Shaitan.” He commanded us to clean out the dish saying, “You do not know in what portion of your food the blessing lies.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1824/)* --- ## Hadith #1825 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Every Prophet has tended sheep.” He was asked: “And did you?” He replied: “Yes, I tended them for a few carats for the Makkans.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1825/)* --- ## Hadith #1826 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If I am invited to a meal consisting of a sheep’s foot or shoulder, I would respond and I would accept as a gift a shoulder or a foot of a sheep.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1826/)* --- ## Hadith #1827 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a she-camel called Al-‘Adba’ which would not allow any other camel to surpass her. A bedouin came riding his camel which outstripped it. The Muslims were much grieved at this. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perceived it and said, “It is Allah’s Way that he lowers whatever raises itself in the world.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1827/)* --- ## Hadith #1828 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who has, in his heart, an ant’s weight of arrogance will not enter Jannah.” Someone said: “A man likes to wear beautiful clothes and shoes?” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is Beautiful, He loves beauty. Arrogance means ridiculing and rejecting the Truth and despising people.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1828/)* --- ## Hadith #1829 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man ate in the presence of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with his left hand. He (ﷺ) said, “Eat with your right hand.” He said: “I cannot.” Thereupon he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, “May you never be able to do that.” It was arrogance that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1829/)* --- ## Hadith #1830 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not inform you about the inmates of Hell? It is every violent, impertinent and proud person.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1830/)* --- ## Hadith #1831 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There was a dispute between Hell and Jannah, and Hell said: ‘The haughty and proud are in me.’ The Jannah said: ‘In me are the weak and the humble.’ Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, judged between them saying: ‘You the Jannah are My Mercy, and through you I shall show mercy to those whom I wish.’ (And addressing the Hell) He said: ‘You are My punishment to punish whom I wish amongst My slaves, and each one of you will have its fill.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1831/)* --- ## Hadith #1832 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at him who trails his lower garment out of pride.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1832/)* --- ## Hadith #1833 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There are three (types of) people to whom Allah will not speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, nor look at them, and they will have a painful punishment. These are: An aged man who commits Zina (illicit sexual act), a ruler who lies, and a proud poor person.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1833/)* --- ## Hadith #1834 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘Honour is My Izar and Pride is My Cloak. Whoever vies with Me regarding one of them, shall be tormented.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1834/)* --- ## Hadith #1835 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “While a man was walking, dressed in clothes admiring himself, his hair combed, walking haughtily when Allah caused the earth to swallow him. Now he will continue to go down in it (as a punishment) until the Day of Resurrection.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1835/)* --- ## Hadith #1836 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Man continues to display haughtiness and arrogance until he is recorded among the arrogant and will be therefore afflicted with what afflicts them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1836/)* --- ## Hadith #1837 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the best of all the people in behaviour.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1837/)* --- ## Hadith #1838 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I never felt any piece of velvet or silk softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), nor did I smell any fragrance more pleasant than the smell of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I served him for ten years, and he never said ‘Uff’ (an expression of disgust) to me. He never said ‘why did you do that?’ for something I had done, nor did he ever say ‘why did you not do such and such’ for something I had not done.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1838/)* --- ## Hadith #1839 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I presented a wild ass to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as a gift but he returned it to me. When he perceived signs of despair on my face, he said, “I have declined to accept it because I am in the state of Ihram.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1839/)* --- ## Hadith #1840 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about virtue and sin, and he said, “Virtue is noble behaviour, and sin is that which creates doubt and you do not like people to know about it.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1840/)* --- ## Hadith #1841 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not indulge in loose talk nor did he like to listen to it. He used to say, “The best of you is the best among you in conduct.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1841/)* --- ## Hadith #1842 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Nothing will be heavier on the Day of Resurrection in the Scale of the believer than good manners. Allah hates one who utters foul or coarse language.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1842/)* --- ## Hadith #1843 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the deed which will be foremost to lead a man to Jannah. He replied, “Fear of Allah and the good conduct.” Then he was asked about indulgence which will admit a man to Hell (Fire) and he answered, “The tongue and the genitals.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1843/)* --- ## Hadith #1844 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The most perfect man in his faith among the believers is the one whose behaviour is most excellent; and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1844/)* --- ## Hadith #1845 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “A believer will attain by his good behaviour the rank of one who prays during the night and observes fasting during the day.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1845/)* --- ## Hadith #1846 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I guarantee a house in Jannah for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right; and I guarantee a home in the middle of Jannah for one who abandons lying even for the sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1846/)* --- ## Hadith #1847 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The dearest and nearest among you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be one who is the best of you in manners; and the most abhorrent among you to me and the farthest of you from me will be the pompous, the garrulous, and Al-Mutafaihiqun.” The Companions asked him: “O Messenger of Allah! We know about the pompous and the garrulous, but we do not know who Al-Mutafaihiqun are.” He replied: “The arrogant people.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1847/)* --- ## Hadith #1848 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ashaj Abdul-Qais (May Allah be pleased with him), “You possess two qualities that Allah loves. These are clemency and tolerance.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1848/)* --- ## Hadith #1849 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah is Forbearer and loves forbearance in all matters.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1849/)* --- ## Hadith #1850 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah is Forbearer and He loves forbearance, and rewards for forbearance while He does not reward severity, and does not give for any thing besides it (forbearance).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1850/)* --- ## Hadith #1851 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whenever forbearance is added to something, it adorns it; and whenever it is withdrawn from something, it leaves it defective.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1851/)* --- ## Hadith #1852 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A bedouin urinated in the mosque and some people rushed to beat him up. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Leave him alone and pour a bucket of water over it. You have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1852/)* --- ## Hadith #1853 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Make things easy and do not make them difficult, cheer the people up by conveying glad tidings to them and do not repulse (them).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1853/)* --- ## Hadith #1854 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who is deprived of forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1854/)* --- ## Hadith #1855 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to give him advice, and he (ﷺ) said, “Do not get angry.” The man repeated that several times and he (ﷺ) replied (every time), “Do not get angry.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1855/)* --- ## Hadith #1856 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Verily Allah has prescribed Ihsan (kindness) for everything. So when you kill, you must make the killing in the best manner; when you slaughter, make your slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife and give ease to his animal (in order to reduce his pain).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1856/)* --- ## Hadith #1857 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) was given a choice between two matters, he would (always) choose the easier as long as it was not sinful to do so; but if it was sinful he was most strict in avoiding it. He never took revenge upon anybody for his own sake; but when Allah’s Legal Bindings were outraged, he would take revenge for Allah’s sake.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1857/)* --- ## Hadith #1858 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Shall I not tell you whom the (Hell) Fire is forbidden to touch? It is forbidden to touch a man who is always accessible, having polite and tender nature.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1858/)* --- ## Hadith #1859 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) “Have you ever experienced a day harder than the day of the battle of Uhud?” He replied, “Indeed, I experienced them (dangers) at the hands of your people (i.e., the disbelievers from amongst the Quraish tribe). The hardest treatment I met from them was on the Day of ‘Aqabah when I went to Ibn ‘Abd Yalil bin ‘Abd Kulal (who was one of the chiefs of Ta’if) with the purpose of inviting him to Islam, but he made no response (to my call). So I departed with deep distress. I did not recover until I arrived at Qarn ath-Tha’alib. There, I raised my head and saw a cloud which had cast its shadow on me. I saw in it Jibril (Gabriel) (ﷺ) who called me and said: ‘Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, heard what your people said to you and the response they made to you. And He has sent you the angel in charge of the mountains to order him to do to them what you wish.’ Then the angel of the mountains called me, greeted me and said: ‘O Muhammad, Allah listened to what your people had said to you. I am the angel of the mountains, and my Rubb has sent me to you so that you may give me your orders. (I will carry out your orders). If you wish I will bring together the two mountains that stand opposite to each other at the extremities of Makkah to crush them in between.”‘ But Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I rather hope that Allah will raise from among their descendants people as will worship Allah the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him (in worship).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1859/)* --- ## Hadith #1860 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never hit anything with his hand neither a servant nor a woman but of course, he did fight in the Cause of Allah. He never took revenge upon anyone for the wrong done to him, but of course, he exacted retribution for the sake of Allah in case the Injunctions of Allah about unlawful acts were violated.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1860/)* --- ## Hadith #1861 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I was walking with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was wearing a Najrani cloak with a very thick border when a bedouin happened to meet him. He took hold of the side of his cloak and drew it violently. I noticed that the violence of jerk had bruised the neck of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The bedouin said: “O Muhammad! Give me out of Allah’s wealth that you possess.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned to him and smiled and directed that he should be given something.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1861/)* --- ## Hadith #1862 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I can see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) look like one of the Prophets of Allah whose people beat and made him bleed while he was wiping the blood from his face and supplicating: “O Allah, forgive my people because they know not.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1862/)* --- ## Hadith #1863 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The strong man is not the one who wrestles, but the strong man is in fact the one who controls himself in a fit of rage.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1863/)* --- ## Hadith #1864 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “I have relatives with whom I try to maintain good relationship but they sever relations with me; whom I treat kindly but they treat me badly, with whom I am gentle but they are rough to me.” He (ﷺ) replied, “If you are as you have said, then it is as though you are feeding them hot ashes and you will not be without a supporter against them from Allah, as long as you do so.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1864/)* --- ## Hadith #1865 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “I join the morning Salat late because of so-and-so who leads it and prolongs it.” (Abu Mas’ud said): I have never seen the Prophet (ﷺ) so angry while giving a speech as he was on that day. He (ﷺ) said, “Some of you create hatred among the people against faith. Whoever leads Salat (the prayer), should make it brief because the congregation includes old men and youngsters and those who have some urgent work to do.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1865/)* --- ## Hadith #1866 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned once from a journey, and saw a curtain which I had hung along a platform with some pictures on it. The colour of his face changed. He tore it up and said, “O ‘Aishah, the most tormented people on the Day of Resurrection are those who contend with Allah in terms of creation.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1866/)* --- ## Hadith #1867 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Quraish were much worried about the case of a Makhzumiyah woman who had committed theft and wondered who should intercede for her with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (so that she would not get punished for her crime). Some said Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) was his beloved and so he may dare do so. So Usamah(May Allah be pleased with him) spoke to him about that matter and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Do you intercede when one of the legal punishments ordained by Allah has been voilated?” Then he got up and addressed the people saying, “The people before you were ruined because when a noble person amongst them committed theft, they would leave him, but if a weak person amongst them committed theft, they would execute the legal punishment on him. By Allah, were Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, to commit the theft, I would have cut off her hand.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1867/)* --- ## Hadith #1868 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) noticed spittle in the mosque in the direction of the Qiblah. The signs of disgust were perceived on his face. Then, he stood up and scraped it away with his own hand and said, “When you stand in Salat, you hold communion with your Rubb and He is between you and the Qiblah. Let no one therefore cast out his spittle in that direction, but only to his left or under his foot.” Then he caught hold a corner of his sheet, spat into it and folded it up and said, “Or he should do like this.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1868/)* --- ## Hadith #1869 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your wards. The ruler is a guardian and responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian and responsible for his family; the woman is a guardian and is responsible for her husbands house and his offspring; and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your wards.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1869/)* --- ## Hadith #1870 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Any slave whom Allah makes him in charge of subjects and he dies while he is not sincere to them, Allah will make Jannah unlawful for him.”.Another narration is: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “He who does not look after his subjects with goodwill and sincerity, will be deprived of the fragrance of Jannah.”A narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A ruler who, having control over the affairs of the Muslims, does not strive diligently for their betterment and does not serve them sincerely, will not enter Jannah with them.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1870/)* --- ## Hadith #1871 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard the the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicating in my house: “O Allah! Treat harshly those who rule over my Ummah with harshness, and treat gently those who rule over my Ummah with gentleness.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1871/)* --- ## Hadith #1872 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Banu Isra’il were ruled by the Prophets. When one Prophet died, another succeeded him. There will be no Prophet after me. Caliphs will come after me, and they will be many.” The Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah, what do you command us to do?” He said, “Fulfill the pledge of allegiance to which is sworn first (then swear allegiance to the others). Concede to them their due rights and ask Allah that which is due to you. Allah will call them to account in respect of the subjects whom He had entrusted to them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1872/)* --- ## Hadith #1873 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I visited ‘Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and said to him: “Dear son, I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘The worst of rulers are those who treat their subjects harshly. Beware, lest you should be one of them.”‘. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1873/)* --- ## Hadith #1874 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I said to Mu’awiyah (bin Abu Sufyan) (May Allah be pleased with them): I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “If Allah invests to someone the affairs of the Muslims and he (i.e., the ruler) ignores their rights, denies their access to him and neglects their needs, Allah will not answer his prayer or realize his hopes and will act towards him with indifference on the Day of Resurrection.” So Mu’awiyah appointed a person to keep a vigil on the necessities of the people and to fulfill them.. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1874/)* --- ## Hadith #1875 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Seven are (the persons) whom Allah will give protection with His Shade* on the Day when there will be no shade except His Shade (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection), and they are: A just ruler; a youth who grew up with the worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached to the mosque; two persons who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom a beautiful and high ranking woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer by saying): ‘I fear Allah’; a person who gives a charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand might not know what the right has given; and a person who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes well up.”.* The Shade of Allah to which this Hadith refers to is the shade of His Throne. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1875/)* --- ## Hadith #1876 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The just will be seated upon pulpits of light.” Those who are fair with regards to their judgement and their family and those who are under them.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1876/)* --- ## Hadith #1877 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The best of your rulers are those whom you love and who love you, and those who supplicate Allah in your favour and you supplicate Allah in their favour. The worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and who hate you; and whom you curse and who curse you.” It was asked (by those who were present): “Should not we oppose them?” He said, “No, as long as they establish Salat; as long as they establish Salat in your midst.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1877/)* --- ## Hadith #1878 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people of Jannah will be of three kinds: A just successful ruler, a man who shows mercy to his relatives, and a pious believer who has a large family and refrains from begging.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1878/)* --- ## Hadith #1879 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is obligatory upon a Muslim to listen (to the ruler) and obey whether he likes it or not, except when he is ordered to do a sinful thing; in such case, there is no obligation to listen or to obey.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1879/)* --- ## Hadith #1880 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Whenever we took a pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to hear and obey, he (ﷺ) would say to us, “As far as you are capable of.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1880/)* --- ## Hadith #1881 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One who withdraws his hand from obedience (to the Amir) will find no argument (in his defense) when he stands before Allah on the Day of Resurrection; and one who dies without having sworn allegiance will die the death of one belonging to the Days of Ignorance.”.Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who dies having defected from obedience (to the Amir) and discards his association with the main body of the (Muslim) community, dies the death of one belonging to the Days of Jahiliyyah.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1881/)* --- ## Hadith #1882 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Hear and obey even if an Abyssinian slave whose head is like a raisin is placed in authority over you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1882/)* --- ## Hadith #1883 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is obligatory upon you to listen and obey the orders of the ruler in prosperity and adversity, whether you are willing or unwilling, or when someone is given undue preference to you.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1883/)* --- ## Hadith #1884 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany We accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey. We halted at a place to take a rest. Some of us began to set right their tents, others began to graze their animals while others were engaged in competing with one another in archery when an announcer of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) announced that people should gather for Salat. We gathered around the Messenger of Allah and he ((ﷺ)) addressed us, saying, “Every Prophet before me was under obligation to guide his followers to what he knew was good for them and to warn the evil thing which he knew. As for this Ummah, it will have sound state and in its early stage of existence; but the last phase of its existence, will be faced with trials and with things you do not recognize. There will be tremendous trials, one after the other, and to each the believer will say, ‘That is it’. Whenever a trial arrives the believer will say: ‘This is going to bring about my destruction.’ When this passes, another calamity will approach and he will say: ‘This surely is going to be my end.’ Whosoever wishes to be removed from the Fire (Hell) and admitted to Jannah should die with faith in Allah and the Last Day; and he should treat others as he wishes to be treated. He who swears allegiance to an Imam, he should give him the pledge in ratification and the sincerity of his heart. He should obey him to the best of his capacity. If another man comes forward as a claimant (when one has already been installed), behead the second.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1884/)* --- ## Hadith #1885 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Salamah bin Yazid Al-Ju’f (May Allah be pleased with him) asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Prophet of Allah! Tell us, what you command us to do if there arises over us rulers who demand of us what is due to them and refuse us what is due to us.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned away from him, but he repeated the same question. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Listen to them and obey them. They are responsible for their obligations and you are accountable for yours.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1885/)* --- ## Hadith #1886 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There will be discrimination after my death and there will be other matters that you will disapprove.” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah! What do you command us to do when we are encountered with such happenings?” He answered, “Give what is due from you and supplicate to Allah for your rights.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1886/)* --- ## Hadith #1887 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whosoever obeys me, obeys Allah; and he who disobeys me, disobeys Allah; and whosoever obeys the Amir (leader), in fact, obeys me; and he who disobeys the Amir, in fact, disobeys me.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1887/)* --- ## Hadith #1888 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If a person notices in his ruler what he dislikes, he should show patience because he who departs from the (Muslim) community a cubit, dies like those who died in the Days of Ignorance.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1888/)* --- ## Hadith #1889 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, “He who insults the rulers Allah will insult him.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1889/)* --- ## Hadith #1890 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Do not ask for position of authority. If you are granted this position without asking for it, you will be helped (by Allah) in discharging its responsibilities; but if you are given it as a result of your request, you will be left alone as its captive. If you take an oath to do something and then find a better alternative, you should adopt the latter and expiate for your oath.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1890/)* --- ## Hadith #1891 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “O Abu Dharr, I see that you are weak and I like for you what I like for myself. Do not rule over (even) two persons, and do not manage an orphan’s property.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1891/)* --- ## Hadith #1892 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Why do you not appoint me to an (official) position?” He (ﷺ) patted me on the shoulder with his hand and said, “O Abu Dharr, you are a weak man and it is a trust and it will be a cause of disgrace and remorse on the Day of Resurrection except for the one who takes it up with a full sense of responsibility and fulfills what is entrusted to him (discharges its obligations efficiently).”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1892/)* --- ## Hadith #1893 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “You will covet for getting a position of authority, but remember that it will be a cause of humiliation and remorse on the Day of Resurrection.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1893/)* --- ## Hadith #1894 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah neither raised up any Prophet nor did He authorize any person with ruling power but for whom there were two types of entourage: one enjoins upon him to do good and incites him to carry it out, and the other enjoins evil and goads him; and the protected (from the bad entourage) is the one whom Allah protects.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1894/)* --- ## Hadith #1895 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When Allah desires good for a ruler, He appoints for him a sincere adviser who will remind him if he forgets and helps him if he remembers. When Allah wishes for him the contrary, He appoints for him a bad adviser who will not remind him if he forgets, nor will he help him if he remembers.”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1895/)* --- ## Hadith #1896 **Book:** The Book of Miscellany I called on the Prophet (ﷺ) with two of my cousins. One of them said to him: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), appoint me governor of some land over which Allah has given you authority.” The other also requested for something of the same nature. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “By Allah we do not appoint someone to this post who seeks it or someone who contends for it.” . *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/riyad-as-salihin-1896/)* ---