“Should I perform Wudu’ after eating food that I see in the Book of Allah is permissible because fire has touched it?” Abu Hurairah gathered some pebbles and said: “I bear witness (as many times as) the number of these pebbles, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Perform Wudu’ from that which has been touched by fire.'”
“Umm Sulaim came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), teach me some words that I may supplicate with during my prayer.’ He said: ‘Glorify Allah (by saying SubhanAllah) ten times, and praise Him (by saying Alhamdulilah) ten times, and magnify Him (by saying Allahu Akbar) ten times, then ask Him for what you need; He will say: ‘Yes, yes.’
“I went out on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) toward Najd. We confronted the enemy and formed ranks facing them. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and led us in prayer. Some of us stood with him and some of us faced the enemy. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) bowed and those who were with him bowed, and prostrated twice. Then they moved away and took the place of the others, and the other group who had not prayed came and he led them in bowing once and prostrating twice. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said the salam and each of the Muslims stood up and bowed once, and prostrated twice individually.”
“I used to twist the garlands for the sacrificial sheep of the Messenger of Allah.”
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “It was said to the Messenger of Allah: ‘Which woman is best?’ He said: ‘The one who makes him happy when he looks at her, obeys him when he commands her, and she does not go against his wishes with regard to herself nor her wealth.'”
“My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: ‘Do you have any other children besides him?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Treat them equally.'”
“Some people raided the milk camels of the Messenger of Allah . He caught them and had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes gouged out.”
“Any slave who runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood.”
“Any slave who runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood.”
“I was sleeping in the Masjid on a Khmaishah of mine that was worth thirty dirhams, and a man came and stole it from me. The man was caught and taken to the Prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. I came to him and said: “Will you cut off his hand for the sake of only thirty Dirhams? I will sell it to him on credit.” He said:” Why did you not say this before you brought him to me?”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah cursing Al-Mutanammisat, women who have their teeth separated, and women who have tattoos done, those who change the creation of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.”
“The Prophet of Allah took hold of some silk in his right hand, and some gold in his left, then he said: ‘These two are forbidden for the males of my Ummah.'”
“O Commander of the Believers! Forbid us from that which the Messenger of Allah forbade you from.” He said: “He forbade us from Ad-Dubba, Al-Hantam, Al-Ji’ah, and from gold circles (rings), and from wearing silk, and from red Al-Mitharah.”
The Messenger of Allah said to her: “If you go out to ‘Isha’ then do not touch any perfume.”
When the Messenger of Allah supplicated, he would say: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-hammi, wal-hazani, wal-‘ajzi, wal-kasali, wal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wad-dala’id-daini, wa ghalabatir-rijal (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry, grief, incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, difficult debt and being overpowered by men.)”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone has a riding beast which carries him to where he can get sufficient food, he should keep the fast of Ramadan wherever he is when it comes.
‘Abd Allaah bin Masud reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “Listening and Obedience are binding on a Muslim whether he likes or dislikes, so long as he is not commanded for disobedience (to Allaah). If he is commanded to disobedience (to Allaah), no listening and disobedience are binding (on him).
When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception. Abu Dawud said: Only Ma’mar has transmitted this tradition. By this he refers to his statement “War is deception” through this chain of narrators. He narrated it from the tradition of ‘Amr b. Dinar from Jabir, and from the tradition of Ma’mar from Hammam b. Munabbih on the authority of Abu Hurairah.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man giving a dirham as sadaqah (charity) during his life is better than giving one hundred dirhams as sadaqah (charity) at the moment of his death.
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: If any Muslim dies and forty men associate nothing with Allah stand over his bier. Allah will accept them as intercessors for him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The contractual obligation of a slave is three days.
on his father’s authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom is a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.
The Prophet (ﷺ) read the Qur’anic verse: “Thou hast received (full) excuse from me (min ladunni)” and put tashdid (doubling of consonants) on nun (n).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Disagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Medina will come flying forth to Mecca. Some of the people of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. An expeditionary force will then be sent against him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the desert between Mecca and Medina. When the people see that, the eminent saints of Syria and the best people of Iraq will come to him and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. Then there will arise a man of Quraysh whose maternal uncles belong to Kalb and send against them an expeditionary force which will be overcome by them, and that is the expedition of Kalb. Disappointed will be the one who does not receive the booty of Kalb. He will divide the property, and will govern the people by the Sunnah of their Prophet (ﷺ) and establish Islam on Earth. He will remain seven years, then die, and the Muslims will pray over him. Abu Dawud said: Some transmitted from Hisham “nine years” and some “seven years”.
The last hour will not come before you fight with a people whose sandals are of hair, and the Last hour will not come before you fight with a people who have small eyes, short noses, and whose faces look as if they were shields covered with skin.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus (ﷺ). He will descent (to the earth). When you see him, recognise him: a man of medium height, reddish fair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from his head though it will not be wet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He will break the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah. Allah will perish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the Antichrist and will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die. The Muslims will pray over him.
A woman of Ghamid came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have committed fornication. He said: Go back. She returned, and on the next day she came to him again, and said: Perhaps you want to send me back as you did to Ma’iz b. Malik. I swear by Allah, I am pregnant. He said to her: Go back. She then returned and came to him the next day. He said to her: Go back until you give birth to a child. She then returned. When she gave birth to a child, she brought the child to him, and said: Here it is! I have given birth to it. He said: Go back, and suckle him until you wean him. When she had weaned him, she brought him (the boy) to him with something in his hand which he was eating. The boy was then given to a certain man of the Muslims and he (the Prophet) commanded regarding her. So a pit was dug for her, and he gave orders about her and she was stoned to death. Khalid was one of those who were throwing stones at her. He threw a stone at her. When a drop blood fell on his cheeks, he abused her. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Gently, Khalid. By Him in whose hand my soul is, she has reported to such an extent that if one who wrongfully takes extra tax were to repent to a like extent, he would be forgiven. Then giving command regarding her, prayed over her and she was buried.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The fingers are equal. I asked: Ten camels for each? He replied: Yes. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Ja’far transmitted it from Shu’bah, from Ghalib, saying: I heard Masruq b. Aws ; and Isma’il transmitted it, saying: Ghalib al-Tammar transmitted it to me through the chain of Abu al-Walid ; and Hanzlah b. Abi Safiyyah transmitted it from Ghalib through the chain of Isma’il.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone guards a believer from a hypocrite, Allah will send an angel who will guard his flesh on the Day of Resurrection from the fire of Jahannam; but if anyone attacks a Muslim saying something by which he wishes to disgrace him, he will be restrained by Allah on the bridge over Jahannam till he is acquitted of what he said.
Every night when he prophet (May peace be upon him) went to his bed, he joined his hands and breathed into them, reciting into them:”say: he is Allah, One” and say ; I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn and Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men. Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with his hands, beginning with his head, his face and the front of his body, doing that three times.
“Allah’s Messenger vomited so he performed Wudu.” So I met Thawban in a Masjid in Damascus, and I mentioned that to him. He said: ‘He told the truth, I poured the water for his Wudu.”
The Prophet (S) said to Abu Bakr: “I passed by you while you were reciting and your voice was low.” He said: “I let He who, I was consulting hear.” He said: “Raise your voice.” Then he said to Umar: “I passed by while you were reciting and your voice was loud.” So he said: “I repel drowsiness and keep Ash-Shaitan away.” So he said: “Lower your voice.”
“The Prophet would not leave on the Day of Fitr until he ate, and he would not eat on the day of Adha until he prayed.”
“The Messenger of Allah prostrated for it – meaning (in Surat) An-Najm – and so did the Muslims, the idolaters, the Jinns, and the people.”
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him sheep to distribute among his Companions as a sacrifice. “There remained a young male kid or a young billy goat, so I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘Sacrifice it for yourself.'” Waki’ said: “The Jadha’ among sheep is seven or six months.”
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not vow, for the vows does not prevent what is decreed at all, and it only causes the miser to spend (of his wealth).”
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If the people knew what I know about being alone, then a rider would not journey at night.” – meaning alone.
That ‘Abdullah said: “On the Day of Badr when the captives were gathered, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘What do you (people) say about these captives?'” Then he mentioned the story in the lengthy Hadith. There are narrations of this topic from ‘Umar, Abu Ayyub, Anas, and Abu Hurairah This Hadith is Hasan, and Abu ‘Ubaidah did not hear from his father. It has been reported that Abu Hurairah said: “None was more apt to seek council of his Companions than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
“I entered upon Abu Musa while he was eating chicken, and he said: ‘Sit and eat, for indeed I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating it.'” This Hadith is Hasan. This Hadith has been reported through other routes from Zahdam, and we do not know of it except as the narration of Zahdam. (One of the narrators) Abu Al-‘Awwam is ‘Imran Al-Qattan.
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) narrated to us – and he is the truthful and entrusted one: ‘Indeed the creation of one of you is gathered inside his mother in forty days. Then, for a similar period, he is a clot. Then, for a similar period, he is a piece of flesh. Then Allah sends the angel to him to blow the soul into him, and he is ordered to write four (things): To write his provision, his life-span, his works, and whether he will be wretched or happy. By the One besides Whom there is none other worthy of worship! One of you will do deeds of the people of Paradise, until there is between him and it but a forearm span, then he is overcome by what is written for him, and he is sealed off with the deeds of the people of the Fire, so that he enters it. And indeed one of you will do deeds of the people of the Fire, until there is between him and it but a forearm span, then he is overcome by what is written for him, and he is sealed off with the deeds of the people of Paradise, so that he enters it.'” Another chain reports a similar narration.
“Rush to do good deeds. A Fitnah will occur that is like a portion of the dark night, morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning. One of them will sell his religion for goods of the world.”
I asked Abu Ad-Darda about the saying of Allah, Most High: ‘For them are glad tidings in the life of the present world’ so he said: ‘No one other than you asked me about it, except for one man, since I asked the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), he said: ‘No one other than you has asked me about it since it was revealed: This Ayah refers to the righteous dreams which the Muslim sees or which are seen about him.”
“Three shall be on dunes of musk” – it seems to me that he said:- “on the Day of Resurrection. The first and the last of peoples shall envy them: A man who calls to the five every day and night; a man who leads a group of people and they are pleased with him, and a slave who fulfills the right of Allah and the right of his masters.”
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Gather and I shall recite to you one third of the Qur’an.” He said: “So whoever was to gather did so, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out and recited Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad. Then he went back in. Some of them said to each other: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I shall recite to you one third of the Qur’an’ I thought that this was news from the Heavens.” Allah’s Prophet (ﷺ) came out and said: “Indeed I said that I would recite to you one third of the Qur’an, and it is indeed equal to one third of the Qur’an.”
“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was finished at Badr, it was said to him: ‘You have to get the caravan, you can not settle for less than that.’ Al-‘Abbas called out while he was bound up: ‘There is no use.’ He said: ‘For Allah, Most High, has promised you one of the two parties, and He gave you what He promised you.’ He said: ‘He has said the truth.'”
from the Prophet (ﷺ), that he said about this Ayah: ‘Then We gave the Book the as inheritance to such of Our worshipers whom We chose. Then of them are some who wrong themselves, and of them are some who follow a middle course, and of them are some who are, by Allah’s Leave, foremost in good deeds (35:32). He said: “All of these people are of the same rank, and all of them are in Paradise.”
from a man of Rabi’ah who said: “I arrived in Al-Madinah, entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and mentioned the emissary of ‘Ad to him. I said: ‘I seek refuge in Allah from being like the emissary of ‘Ad.’ So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘And what of the emissary of ‘Ad?'” He said: “I said: You have got the one who is informed about it. When ‘Ad suffered from famine they sent Qail and he stayed with Bakr bin Mu’awiyah. He gave him wine to drink and two slave girls to sing for him. Then he went out towards the mountains of Murrah and said: “O Allah! I did not come to You to cure a sick person, nor to ransom a captive! So give water to Your slave as You used to do, and give water to Bakr bin Mu’awiyah along with him.” He said that out of gratitude for the wine which he gave him to drink. So two clouds appeared and it was said to him: “Choose one of them.” So he chose the black one. It was said to him: “Take it as ashes that will leave none in ‘Ad.” So he mentioned that the wind sent upon them was not more than this circle – meaning the circle of a ring – then he recited: “…We sent against them the barren wind; it spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins. (51:41 & 42)”
“The people of Makkah asked the Prophet (ﷺ) for a sign, so the moon was cleft asunder in Makkah two times (meaning two parts), so the following was revealed: ‘The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder, up to his saying: ‘Magic, Mustamir (54:1 & 2)’ meaning ‘Going away.'”
“When we performed prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) we said: ‘Peace be upon Allah from His slaves, peace be upon Jibra’il and Mika’il and so-and-so and so-and- so.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard us and said: ‘Do not say peace (Salam) be upon Allah, for He is As-Salam. When you sit (during prayer) say: At-Tahiyyatu lillahi was-salawatu wat-tayyibatu; as- salamu ‘alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu; as- salamu ‘alayna wa ‘ala ‘ibadillahis-salihin (All compliments, prayers and good words are due to Allah; peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah).” For as you say that it will reach every righteous slave in the heavens and on earth. (Then say:) “Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu (I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger).” (Another chain) with similar wording. (Another chain) that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us the Tashahhud.” And he mentioned similarly.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform Witr and recite: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High.’, ‘Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”.
“I heard ‘Umar bin Khattab say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever sleeps and misses his daily portion of Qur’an, or any part of it, let him read it between the Fajr prayer and the Zuhr prayer, and it will be recorded as if he had read it during the night.”
‘We used to practice coitus interruptus during the time of the Messenger of Allah when the Qur’an was being revealed.”
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about illegitimate children. He said: “Two sandals in which I wage Jihad are better than freeing an illegitimate child.”
“When Walid bin `Uqbah was brought to `Uthman, they had testified against him. He said to ‘Ali: ‘You are close to your uncle’s son, so carry out the legal punishment on him.’ So ‘Ali whipped him. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave forty lashes, and Abu Bakr gave forty lashes, and ‘Umar gave eighty all are Sunnah.’”
“I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have made my camel lean (because of the long journey) and I have worn myself out. By Allah, there is no sand hill on which I did not stand. Have I performed Hajj?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever attended the prayer (i.e., Fajr at Muzdalifah) with us and departed from ‘Arafat, by night or day, may remove the dirt and has completed his Hajj.’”
“The omen is polytheistic deed and anyone of us may think he sees an omen but Allah will dispel it by means of relying upon Him.”
“The most beloved of names to Allah are ‘Abdullah and ‘Abdur-Rahman.”