“Whoever catches up with a Rak’ah of the prayer, then he has caught up with the prayer.”
“Aishah said: ‘Turning around during prayer is something that the Shaitan snatches from one’s prayer.'”
“I used to stay overnight at the Prophet’s (ﷺ) apartment and I used to hear him when he prayed Qiyam at night saying: ‘Subhan Allahi Rabil-Alamin (Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds)’ for a long time, then he said: ‘Subhan Allah wa bi hamdih (Glory and praise be to Allah) for a long time.”
“Al-Hakam said to me: ‘I heard it from him forty years age; Then Al-Hakam said: ‘And Maimum bin Abi Shabib narrated it to me from Muadh bin Jabal.” (Sahih
“The Messenger of Allah commanded me to sleep after praying Witr, to perform Ghusl on Friday and to fast three days of each month.” (Sahih).
He asked ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas about wearing silk. He said: “Ask ‘Aishah.” “So I asked ‘Aishah and she said: ‘Ask ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar.’ So I asked Ibn ‘Umar and he said: ‘Abu Hafs told me, that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever wears silk in this world will have no share in the Hereafter.”
The Prophet said: “The best of prayers for forgiveness is for a person 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, abuw’u laka bidhanbi, wa abuw’u laka bini’matika ‘alayya faghfirli, fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta (O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You have created me and I am Your slave and I am keeping my promise and covenant to You as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I do. I acknowledge Your blessing and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for there is none who can forgive sin except You.)’ If he says this in the morning, believing in it firmly, and dies on that day before evening comes, he will enter Paradise, and if he says it in the evening, believing firmly in it, and dies before morning comes, he will enter Paradise.” Al-Walid bin Tha’labah contradicted him.
What supplication did the Messenger of Allah say the most before he died? She said: “The supplication that he said the most was: ‘Allahumma, inni a’udhu bika min sharri ma ‘amiltu wa min sharri ma lam a’mal ba’d (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done yet.)'”
“I asked ‘Aishah, what was the supplication that the Prophet said the most? She said: ‘The supplication that he said the most was: Allahumma, inni a’udhu bika min sharri ma ‘amiltu wa min sharri ma lam a’mal ba’d (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done yet.)'”
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn Ishaq through a different chain of narrators. This version has the traditional word “a menstrual course” in the phrase “till she is free from a menstrual course”. This is a misunderstanding on the part of the narrator Abu Mu’awiyah. This is correct in the tradition of Abu Sa’id Al Khudri. This version has the additional words “he who believes in Allaah and the Last Day should not ride on a mount belonging to the spoil of Muslims and when he makes it emaciated returns it; he who believes in Allaah and the Last Day should not put on cloth belonging to the spoils of Muslims and when makes it old (shabby) returns it. Abu Dawud said “The word “menstrual course” is not guarded. This is a misunderstanding on the part of Abu Mu’awiyah”
A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while we were with him. She said: Messenger of Allah, my husband, Safwan ibn al-Mu’attal, beats me when I pray, and makes me break my fast when I keep a fast, and he does not offer the dawn prayer until the sun rises. He asked Safwan, who was present, about what she had said. He replied: Messenger of Allah, as for her statement “he beats me when I pray”, she recites two surahs (during prayer) and I have prohibited her (to do so). He (the Prophet) said: If one surah is recited (during prayer), that is sufficient for the people. (Safwan continued:) As regards her saying “he makes me break my fast,” she dotes on fasting; I am a young man, I cannot restrain myself. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said on that day: A woman should not fast except with the permission of her husband. (Safwan said:) As for her statement that I do not pray until the sun rises, we are a people belonging to a class, and that (our profession of supplying water) is already known about us. We do not awake until the sun rises. He said: When you awake, offer your prayer.
I said: Messenger of Allah, to make my atonement complete I should divest myself of my all property as sadaqah (alms) for Allah and His apostle. He said: No. I said: The half of it. He said: No. I said: Then a third of it. He said: Yes. I said: I shall retain the portion I have at Khaybar.
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar used to wear his signet-ring on his left hand.
“I asked Aishah how the recitation of the Prophet (S) was at night. So she said: ‘He would do both of those. Sometimes he was silent with his recitation and sometimes it was audible.’ So I said: ‘All praise is due to Allah, the One who made the matter broad.'”
“The Messenger of Allah would glance toward the right and the left during Salat but he would not turn his neck to look behind him.”
“The Prophet would glance during Salat” and he mentioned a similar narration.
“The Messenger of Allah forbade the person who went to the Gha’it to face the Qiblah. He said: ‘face towards the east or the west.'”
“We did not think anything of the yellowish or brownish discharge.” (Sahih) (Another chain) It was narrated that Umm ‘Atiyyah said: “We did not think that the yellowish or brownish discharge counted for anything.” Muhammad bin Yahya said: “Wuhaib (who narrated the second version) is the better of them with this according to us.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade performing prayer behind one who is engaged in conversation or one who is sleeping.”
“When you come to your dead ones, close their eyes, for the sight follows the soul. And say good things, for the Angels say Amin to what the members of the household say.”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Offer the (funeral) prayer for your children, for they have gone ahead of you (i.e. to prepare your place in Paradise for you).”
“After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had died, Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar: ‘Let us go and visit Umm Ayman as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit her.’ He said: ‘When we reached her she wept.’ They said: ‘Why are you weeping? What is with Allah is better for His Messenger.’ She said: ‘I know that what is with Allah is better for His Messenger, but I am weeping because the Revelation from heaven has ceased.’ She moved them to tears and they started to weep with her.”
Zainab, the wife of Abdullah said: “I asked the Messenger of Allah: ‘Will it be accepted as charity on my part if I spend on my husband and the orphans in my care?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘She will have two rewards, the reward for charity and the reward for upholding ties of kinship.’”
his father said: “A girl came to the Prophet and said: ‘My father married me to his brother’s son so that he might raise his status thereby.’ The Prophet gave her the choice, and she said: ‘I approve of what my father did, but I wanted women to know that their fathers have no right to do that.’ ”
“What differentiates between the lawful and the unlawful is (beating) the Daff and raising the voices (in song) at the time of marriage.”
“I did not know until Zainab burst in on me without permission and she was angry. Then she said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is it enough for you that the young daughter of Abu Bakr waves her hands in front of you?’ Then she turned to me, but I ignored her until the Prophet said: ‘You should say something to defend yourself.’ So I turned on her, (and replied to her) until I saw that her mouth had become dry, and she did not say anything back to me. And I saw the Prophet with his face shining.” (Hasan).
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever takes an oath, and swears, saying: ‘By Al-Lat and Al-Uzza,’ let him say:’La ilaha illallah.’ “
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to Yemen. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you are sending me to judge between them while I am a young man, and I do not know how to judge.’ He struck me on the chest with his hand and said: ‘O Allah, guide his heart and make his tongue steadfast.’ And after that I never doubted in passing judgment between two people.”
the Mother of the Believers Maimunah used to take out loans frequently, and some of her family said: “Do not that,” and they denounced her for that. She said: “No. I heard my Prophet (ﷺ) and my close friend say: ‘There is no Muslim who takes out a loan and Allah(SWT) knows that he intends to pay it back, but Allah(SWT) will pay it back for him in this world.’”
“No one should be given more than ten lashes, except in the case of one of the legal punishments of Allah (SWT).”
“Whoever helps to kill a believer, even with half a world, he will meet Allah (SWT) with (the words) written between his eyes, ‘He has no hope of the mercy of Allah (SWT).”
“Ibn Abbas was asked about one who kills a believer deliberately, then repents, believes, does righteous deeds and follows true guidance. He said: ‘Woe to him can there be any guidance for him? I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: “The killer and his victim will be brought on the day of Resurrection, with slain holding onto the head of his killer, saying: ‘O Lord, ask this one, why did he kill me?” By Allah (SWT), Allah (SWT) the Mighty and Sublime revealed it to your Prophet (ﷺ) then He did not abrogate it after He revealed it.”
“If a person’s relative is killed, he has the choice of two things: He may either have the killer killed, or he may demand the blood money.”
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up on the Day of the conquest of Makkah, on the steps of the Ka’bah. He praised and glorified Allah (SWT), then he said: “Praise is to Allah (SWT) who has fulfilled His promise, granted victory to His slave and defeated the Confederates alone. The one who is killed by mistake is the one who is killed with a whip or a stick; for him the blood money is one hundred camels, of which forty should be pregnant she-camels with their youngs in their wombs. Every custom of Ignorance period, and every blood claim, is beneath these two feet of mine (i.e. is abolished), except for the custodianship of the Ka’bah and the provision of water for the pilgrims, which I confirm still belong to the people to whom they belonged before.”
“Whoever kills out of folly or for tribal motives, using a rock, a whip, or a stick; he must pay the blood money for killing by mistake. Whoever kills deliberately, he is to be killed in retaliation. Whoever tries to prevent that, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and no change nor equitable exchange will be accepted from him.”
It was narrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid, if Allah wills, that the Prophet (ﷺ) wore two coats of mail on the Day of Uhud, one over the other.
“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the food of the Christians and he said: ‘Do not have any doubt about food, (thereby) following the way of the Christians in that.’”
It was narrated from Abu Muhammad, the freed slave of Abu Qatadah (from Abu Qatadah) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) awarded him the spoils of a man whom he killed on the Day of Hunain.
“There should be no prizes for racing except races with camels and horses.”
“When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) finished circumambulating the House, he came to Maqam Ibrahim. ‘Umar said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, this is the Maqam of our father Ibrahim, about which Allah says, “And take you (people) the Maqam (place) of Ibrahim as a place of prayer.’”
“May Allah have mercy on those who shave (their heads).” They said: “And those who cut (their hair), O Messenger of Allah!” He said: “May Allah have mercy on those who shave (their heads).” They said: “And those who cut (their hair), O Messenger of Allah!” He said: “May Allah have mercy on those who shave (their heads).” They said: “And those who cut (their hair), O Messenger of Allah!” He said: “And those who cut (their hair).”
“I asked Ibn ‘Umar about sacrifices and whether they are obligatory. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Muslims after him offered sacrifices, and this is the Sunnah.’” Another chain reports exactly the same.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sacrificed a horned, defectless ram with a black stomach, black feet and black around its eyes.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘At the end of time there will be people who will cut off camels’ humps and sheep’s tails. But what is cut from a living animal is dead.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever lets his lower wrap drag out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.” He ( ‘Atiyyah) said “I met Ibn ‘Umar in Al-Balaat so I mentioned Abu Sa’eed’s hadith from the Prophet (ﷺ). So he said and pointed to his ears ‘My two ears heard it, and my heart preserved it.’ “
“I asked the Prophet(ﷺ) for permission to enter, and he said: ‘Who is that?’ I said: ‘Me’. The Prophet(ﷺ) said ” Me, me?!”
“Whoever plunders openly is not one of us.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told us two Ahadith, one of which I have seen, and I am still waiting for the other. He told us: ‘Honesty was preserved in the roots of men’s hearts’ – (One of the narrators) Tanafisi said: ‘Meaning in the middle of men’s hearts’ – ‘Then the Qur’an was revealed and we learned (it) from the Qur’an and the Sunnah.’ Then he told us about its disappearance, saying; ‘A man will go to sleep and honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain, like spots without color. Then he will go to sleep again and the remainder of the honesty will also be taken away (from his heart) and leaving a trace like a blister, as when an ember touches your foot and raises a blister which has nothing inside.’” Then Hudhaifah picked up a handful of pebbles and rolled them on his leg. He said: “People will engage in business with one another, but there will hardly be any honest persons among them. Then it will be said that in such and such a tribe there is an honest man, and a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, but there will not be even a mustard seed of faith in his heart.” “There was a time when I did not mind dealing with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would prevent him from cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him from cheating. But today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so.”
“I was confused about this Divine Decree (Qadar), and I was afraid lest that adversely affect my religion and my affairs. So I went to Ubayy bin Ka’b and said: ‘O Abu Mundhir! I am confused about the Divine Decree, and I fear for my religion and my affairs, so tell me something about that through which Allah may benefit me.’ He said: ‘If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of His heavens and of his earth, He would do so and He would not be unjust towards them. And if He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be better for them than their own deeds. If you had the equivalent of Mount Uhud which you spent in the cause of Allah, that would not be accepted from you until you believed in the Divine Decree and you know that whatever has befallen you, could not have passed you by; and whatever has passed you by, could not have befallen you; and that if you were to die believing anything other than this, you would enter Hell. And it will not harm you to go to my brother, ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud, and ask him (about this).’ So I went to ‘Abdullah and asked him , and he said something similar to what Ubayy had said, and he told me: ‘It will not harm you to go to Hudhaifah.’ So I went to Hudhaifah and asked him, and he said something similar to what they had said. And he told me: ‘Go to Zaid bin Thabit and ask him.’ So I went to Zaid bun Thabit and asked him, and he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of His heavens and of His earth, he would do so and He would not be unjust towards them. And if He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be better for them than their own deeds. If you had the equivalent of Mount Uhud which you spent in the cause of Allah, that would not be accepted from you until you believed in the Divine Decree and you know that whatever has befallen you, could not have passed you by; and whatever has passed you by, could not have befallen you; and that if you were to die believing anything other than this, you would enter Hell”