# Sahih Muslim - The Book of Faith *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026* **11 hadith** --- ## Hadith #12 **Book:** The Book of Faith | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) stopped for a while and cast a glance upon his companions and then said: He was afforded a good opportunity (or he had been guided well). He (the Holy Prophet) addressing the bedouin said: (Repeat) whatever you have uttered. He (the bedouin) repeated that. Upon this the Apostle (ﷺ) remarked: The deed which can draw you near to Paradise and take you away from Hell is, that you worship Allah and associate none with Him, and you establish prayer and pay Zakat, and do good to your kin. After having uttered these words, the Prophet asked the bedouin to release the nosestring of his she-camel. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-12/)* --- ## Hadith #515 **Book:** The Book of Purification | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whenever you go to the desert, neither turn your face nor turn your back towards the Qibla while answering the call of nature, but face towards the east or the west. Abu Ayyub said: When we came to Syria we found that the latrines already built there were facing towards the Qibla. We turned our faces away from them and begged forgiveness of the Lord. He said: Yes. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-515/)* --- ## Hadith #2642 **Book:** The Book of Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then followed it with six (fasts) of Shawwal. it would be as if he fasted perpetually. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-2642/)* --- ## Hadith #2643 **Book:** The Book of Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying like this. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-2643/)* --- ## Hadith #4742 **Book:** The Book on Government | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih A journey undertaken in the morning or evening (for Jihad) in the way of Allah is better than (anything) on which the sun rises or sets. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-4742/)* --- ## Hadith #5219 **Book:** The Book of Drinks | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih No, but I do not like it because of its odour. He (Abu Ayyub Ansiri) said: Then I also do not like what you do not like. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5219/)* --- ## Hadith #6279 **Book:** The Book of the Merits of the Companions | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih The tribes of Ansar, Muzaina and Juhaina and Ghifar and Ashja’ and those from Banu ‘Abdullah, they are my friends amongst the people and Allah and His Messenger are their protectors. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-6279/)* --- ## Hadith #6371 **Book:** The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih It is not permissible for a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three nights, the one turning one way and the other turning the other way when they meet; the better of the two is one who is the first to give a greeting. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-6371/)* --- ## Hadith #6793 **Book:** The Book of Repentance | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-6793/)* --- ## Hadith #7036 **Book:** The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih ” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and said: It is the Jews who are being tormented in their graves. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-7036/)* --- ## Hadith #7388 **Book:** Introduction | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | **Grade:** Sahih ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’, ‘the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’. Then it seemed that Ibn Abbās was not listening to his Ḥadīth and not reflecting on them, so said: ‘Oh Ibn Abbās, why is it that I see you not listening to my Ḥadīth? I narrate to you on authority of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, however you are not listening’. Ibn Abbās said: ‘Indeed once upon a time we would listen to a man saying, ‘the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’ rushing towards him with our eyes and harkening towards him with our ears; then when the people took the difficult and the docile we no longer took from people except those whom we knew’. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-7388/)* ---