Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Purification

“Were it not that it would be too difficult for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use the Siwak at (the time of) every Salah.”

“If a dog drinks from the vessel of one of you, let him wash it seven times.”

“When any one of you performs Wudu’, let him put water in his nose then blow it out.”

“I noticed the Prophet (ﷺ) was not there one night, so I started looking for him with my hand. My hand touched his feet and they were held upright, and he was prostrating and saying: ‘I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot praise You enough, You are as You have praised yourself.'”

“I met a man who accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) as Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), accompanied him for four years. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade any one of us to comb his hair each day, or to urinate in the place where he performs Ghusl, or for a man to perform Ghusl using the leftover water of a women, or a woman to perform Ghusl using the leftover water of a man – they should scoop it out together.'” It is said this is to prevent him from making his physical appearance his main aim.

“I have become Junub and I do not have any water.” ‘Umar said: “Do not pray.” But ‘Ammar bin Yasir said: “O Commander of the Believers! Don’t you remember when you and I were on a campaign and we became Junub and could not find water? You did not pray, but I rolled in the dust and prayed. Then we came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him about that, and he said: ‘It would have been sufficient for you (to do this),’ then the Prophet (ﷺ) struck his hands on the ground and blew on them, then wiped his face and hands with them'” – (one of the narrators) Salamah was uncertain and did not know whether that was up to the elbows or just hands. And ‘Umar said: “We will let you bear the burden of what you took upon yourself.”

“None of you should urinate into standing water and then perform Ghusl or Wudu’ with it.”

“Sa’eed bin Jubair led us in prayer in Jam’. (He prayed) Maghrib, three Rak’ahs with an Iqamah, then he prayed ‘Isha’, two Rak’ahs. Then he mentioned that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar had done that, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had done that.”

“We stayed in the Masjid one night waiting for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to pray ‘Isha’. He came out to us when one-third of the night or more had passed, and he said when he came out: ‘You are waiting for a prayer for which the followers of no other religion are waiting. Were it not that I would impose too much difficulty on my Ummah, I would have led them in prayer at this time.’ Then he commanded the Mu’adhdhin to say the Iqamah and he prayed.”

“Whoever catches up with a Rak’ah of the prayer, then he has caught up with the prayer.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade praying when the sun is rising or setting.

“I heard Mu’awiyah say: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W), when he heard the Mu’adhdhin, repeating what he said.'”

“I heard Ka’b bin Malik telling the story of when he stayed behind from going out on the campaign of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came back in the morning, and when he came back from a journey he would go to the Masjid first and pray two Rak’ahs there, then he would sit to (meet with) the people. When he did that, those who had stayed behind came to him and started giving their excuses, swearing by Allah. There were eighty-odd men, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accepted what they declared and accepted their oaths of allegiance; he prayed for forgiveness for them and left whatever was in their hearts to Allah. Then when I came and greeted him, he smiled as one who is angry, then he said: ‘Come here.’ So I came and sat in front of him, and he said: ‘What kept you behind? Did you not buy a mount?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, if I were to sit before anyone other than you of those who hold high positions in this world, I would find a way to avoid his anger. I am an eloquent man but, by Allah, I know that if I were to tell you a lie today to make you pleased with me, Allah would soon make you angry with me, but if I tell you the truth, it will make you angry with me, but I will still have the hope that Allah may forgive me. I have never been in a better position, physically or financially, than the time when I stayed behind and did not join you.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘This man has spoken the truth. Go away until Allah decides concerning you.’ So I got up and went away.” This is an abridged version of narration. It is this which the author cited the narration for. While the absence of the mention of a thing – in this case prayer – is not a proof that it does not exist.

“When my people came back from the Prophet (ﷺ)they said that he had said: ‘Let the one who recites the Quran most lead you in prayer.’ So they called me and taught me how to bow and prostrate, and I used to lead them in prayer, wearing a torn cloak, and they used to say to my father: ‘Will you not conceal your son’s backside from us?”‘

“We were with Anas and we prayed with one of the Amirs. They pushed us until we stood and prayed between two rows, and Anas started moving backward and said: ‘We used to avoid this at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when some of the people said: ‘Why do you not stop with us to rest awhile, 0 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘I am afraid that you will sleep and miss the prayer.’ Bilal said:’I will wake you up.’ So they lay down and slept, and Bilal leaned back on his mount. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) woke up when the sun had already started to rise, and he said: ‘0 Bilal, what about what you told us?’ He said: ‘I have never slept like that before.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, takes your souls when He wills and sends them back when He wills.’ Stand up 0 Bilal and call the people to prayer.’ Then Bilal stood up and & called the Adhan, and they performed Wudu’ – that is, when the sun had risen (fully) – “then he stood and lead them in prayer.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) started to pray he would pause briefly. I said: ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah, what do you say when you pause briefly between the takbir and reciation?’ He said: ‘I say: Allahuma ba’id bayni wa bayna khatayaya kama ba’adta bayna al-mashriqi wal-maghrib; Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqa ath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas; Allahumma ighsilni min khatayaya bil ma’i wa ath-thalji wal-barad. (O Allah, put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West; O Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed from filth; O Allah, wash away my sins with water and snow and hail).'”

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) started to pray, he would say the takbir, then say: ‘Inna salati wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamati lillahi rabbil-alamin, la sharika lahu, wa bidhalika umirtu wa ana min al-muslimin. Allahummahdini liahsanil-amali wa ahsanil-akhlaqi la yahdi li ahsaniha illa anta wa qini sayy’al-a’mali wa sayy’al-ahaqi la yaqi sayy’aha illa ant. (Indeed my salah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am one of the Muslims. O Allah, guide me to the best of deeds and the best of manners, for none can guide to the best of them but You. And protect me from bad deeds and bad manners, for none can protect against them but You.) “

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When the Imam says Amin, say Amin, for if a person’s Amin coincides with the Amin of the angels, his previous sins will be forgiven.'”

“I followed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was riding, and I placed my hand on his foot and said : O Messenger of Allah, teach me Surah Hud and Surah Yusuf. He said: ‘You will never recite anything greater before Allah than: “Say: I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak.” And “Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind.'”

She heard the Prophet (ﷺ) recite Al-Mursalat in Maghrib.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say when bowing: ‘Subbuhun Quddusun Rabbul-mala’ikati war-ruh (Perfect, Most Holy, is the Lord of the angels and the spirit).'”

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) bowed, he said: “Allahumma laka rak`atu was laka aslamtu wa bika amantu, khasha`a laka sam`i wa basri wa `izami wa mukhi wa `asabi (O Allah, to You I have bowed and to You I have submitted and in You I have believed. My hearing, sight, bones, brain and sinews are humbled before You).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to raise his hands when he started to pray, and when he bowed, and when he stood up, but he did not do that when he prostrated.”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he prostrated, he lowered his knees before his hands, and when he came up he raised his hands before his knees.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) was commanded to prostrate on seven-and he was forbidden to tuck up his hair and garment-on his hands, his knees, the edges of his feet.” Sufyan said: “Ibn Tawus said to us: ‘He put his hand on his forehead and moved it down to his nose and said: This one thing.'”

“Al-Bara’ described the prostration to us. He places his hands on the ground and raised his posterior and said: ‘This is what I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing.”

“I noticed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was missing from bed, so I started to look for him, and I thought that he had gone to one of his concubines. Then my hand fell on him when he was prostrating and saying: “Allahummaghfirli ma asrartu wa ma a’lant (O Allah, forgive me for what (sin) I have concealed and what I have done openly).'”

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated he would say: “Allahumma laka sajadtu wa laka aslamtu wa bika amantu sajada wajhi lilladhi khalaqahu wa sawwarahu fa ahsana suratahu wa shaqqa sam’ahu wa basarahu, tabarak Allahu ahsanul-khaliqin ( O Allah, to You I have prostrated and to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My face has prostrated to the One Who created it and shaped it and shaped it well, and brought forth its hearing and sight. Blessed be Allah the best of Creators.)”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach us the tashahhud just as he would teach us a surah of the Quran: “Bismillah, wa billahi. At-tahiyyatu lillahi was-salawatu wat-tayyibat, as-salamu ‘alaika ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As-salamu ‘alaina wa ‘ala ‘ibad illahis-salihin, ashahdu an la illaha ill-Allah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluhu. A’sal Allahal-jannah wa a’udhu Billahi min an-nar (Allah compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah (SWT) and his blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah (SWT). I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. I ask Allah for Paradise and I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire).’

“In the first two rak’ahs the Prophet (ﷺ) was as if he were on stones heated by fire.”

“I used to come to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was praying, and I would greet him with Salam, he would return my greeting. Then I came to him when he was praying, and he did not return my greeting. When he said the Taslim, he pointed to the people and said: “Allah (SWT) has decreed that in the prayer you should not speak except to remember Allah (SWT), and it is not appropriate for you, and that you should stand before Allah (SWT) with obedience.'”

“We used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: ‘Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered one of the afternoon prayers with five (rak’ahs), and it was said to him: “Has something been added to the prayer?” He said: ‘Why are you asking?’ They said: ‘You prayed five.’ He said: ‘I am only human, I forget as you forget, and I remember as you remember.’ Then he prostrated twice then ended his prayer.

His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever prays Qiyam during Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins.”

“Whoever goes to his bed intending to get up and pray qiyam at night, then sleep overwhelms him until morning, will have recorded that which he intended and his sleep is a charity given to him by his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime.”

“The Messenger of Allah died while he was between my chest and my chin, and I never disliked the agony of death for anyone after I saw the Messenger of Allah.”

A similar report was narrated from Ad-Dahhak bin Qais Ad-Dimashqi.

“When one of you dies, he is shown his place morning and evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise then he is one of the people of Paradise, and if he is one of the people of Hell. It is said: ‘This is your place, until Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, raises you up on the Day of Resurrection.”‘

“The soul of the belevier is (like a bird) flying among the trees of Paradise, until Allah, the Mighty and sublime, sends it back to his body on the Day of Resurrection.” (Da ‘if)

: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days).'”

“When the Messenger of Allah died, and Abu Bakr became the Khalifah after him, and some of the ‘Arabs reverted to disbelief. ‘umar said to Abu Bakr: ‘How can you fight the people when the Messenger of allah said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship but Allah). Whoever says La ilaha illah, his wealth and his life safe from me, unless he deserves a legal punishment justly, and his reckoning will be with Allah?”‘ Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘I will fight anyone who separates prayer and Zakah; Zakah is the compulsory right to be taken from wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me a rope that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah, I will fight them for wiholding it.’ ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘By Allah, it was as if I saw that Allah has opened the heart of Abu Bakr for fighting, and I knew that I was the truth.”‘

“When people brought their Zakah to him, the Messenger of Allah would say: ‘O Allah, send salah upon the family of so-and-so,’ My father brought his Sadaqah to him and he said: ‘O Allah, send Salah upon the family of Abu Awfa.”‘

“At the time of the Messenger of Allah we used to give a Sa’ of dates, or a Sa’ of barley, or a Sa’ of cottage cheese, and we did not give anything else.”

“A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which kind of charity is best? He said: ‘Giving charity when you are in good health, and feeling stingy, hoping for a long life and fearing poverty.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever seeks refuge with (the name of) Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks of you in (the name of) Allah, give him; whoever seeks protection with (the name of Allah, give him protection. Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate, and if you cannot, then supplicate for him until you think that you have repaid him.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘if one of you were to carry a bundle of firewood on his back and sell it, that would be better than asking a man who may or may not give him something.”‘

“Salim told me that his father said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say the Talbiyah: “Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaika La sharika laka Labbaik. Innal-hamda wan-ni’mata laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak (Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty, You have no partner).” ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar used to say: “The Messenger of Allah used to pray two Rak’ahs in Dhul-Hulaifah, then when his she-camel stood up straight with him at the Masjid of Dhul-Hulaifah, he would enter Ihram saying these words.”

“I used to twist the garlands for the Hadi of the Messenger of Allah. Then he would not avoid anything that the Muhrim avoids.”

“The Muhrim should not get or propose marriage.”

“Abayah bin Rafi’ met me when I was walking to Friday prayers, and he said: ‘Rejoice, for these steps you are taking are in the cause of Allah. I heard Abu ‘Abs say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Anyone whose feet become dusty in the cause of Allah, he will be forbidden to the Fire.'”

“Whoever fights in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, for the length of time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise is guaranteed for him. Whoever asks Allah to be killed (in Jihad) sincerely, from his heart, then he dies or is killed, he will have the reward of a martyr. Whoever is wounded or injured in the cause of Allah, it will come on the Day of Resurrection bleeding the most it ever bled, but its color will be like saffron, and its fragrance will be like musk. Whoever is wounded in the cause of Allah, upon him is the seal of the martyrs.”

“There is no soul on Earth that dies, and is in a good position before Allah, that would like to come back to you, even if it had all this world, except the one who is killed (in the cause of Allah); he wishes that he could come back and be killed again.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A man from among the people of Paradise will be brought and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will say: “O son of Adam, how do you find your place (in Paradise)?” He would say: “O Lord, it is the best place.” He will say: “Ask and wish (for whatever you want).” He would say: “I ask You to send me back to the world so that I may be killed in Your cause ten time” – because of what be sees of the virtue of martyrdom.'”

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “A man proposed to a woman from among the Ansar and the Messenger of Allah said to him: ‘Have you seen her?’ He said: ‘No.’ So he told him to look at her.”

“The conditions that are most deserving of fulfillment are those by means of which the private parts become permitted to you.”

“O Messenger of Allah, marry my sister, the daughter of Abu Sufyan.” She said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Would you like that?’ I said: ‘Yes; I do not have you all to myself and I would like to share this goodness with my sister.’ The Prophet said: ‘Your sister is not permissible for me (to marry).’ I said: ‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we have been saying that you want to marry Durrah bint Abi Salamah.’ He said: ‘The daughter of Umm Salamah?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘By Allah, even if she were not my stepdaughter who is in my care, she would not be permissible for me (to marry), because she is the daughter of my brother through breast-feeding. Thuwaibah breastfed Abu Salamah and I. So do not offer your daughters or sisters to me in marriage.'”

“I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: ‘Where are you going?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father’s wife, and he has commanded me to strike his neck (kill him) and seize his wealth.'”

“The pen has been lifted from three: From the sleeper until he wakes up, from the minor until he grows up, and from the insane until he comes back to his senses or recovers.”

“Ibn ‘Abbas and Abu Hurairah were asked about the woman whose husband dies when she is pregnant. Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘(She should wait) for the longer of the two periods.’ Abu Hurairah said: ‘When she gives birth it becomes permissible for her to marry.’ Abu Salamah went to Umm Salamah and asked her about that, and she said: ‘Subai’ah Al-Aslamiyyah gave birth half a month after her husband died, and two men proposed to her. One was young and one was old, and she was inclined toward the young one. So the old one said: It is not permissible for you to marry. Her family was not there, and he hoped that if he went to her family they would marry her to him. She went to the Messenger of Allah and he said: It is permissible for you to marry, so marry whomever you want.'”

I heard ‘Aishah say: “The Prophet used to stay with Zainab bint Jahsh and drink honey at her house. Hafsah and I agreed that if the Prophet came to either of us, she would say: ‘I detect the smell of Maghafir (a nasty-smelling gum) on you. Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He went to one of them and she said that to him. He said: ‘No, rather I drank honey at the house of Zainab bint Jahsh, but I will never do it again.’ Then the following was revealed: ‘O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you’ up to: ‘If you two turn in repentance to Allah’ -‘Aishah and Hafsah- ‘And (remember) when the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives.’ refers to him saying: ‘No, rather I drank honey.'”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that ‘Umar had vowed -during the Jahiliyyah- to spend a day in ‘Itikaf. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he commanded him to perform the ‘Itikaf.

It was narrated from Rafi’ bin Khadij that the Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land.

O son of Al-Akwa, you have turned on your heels (i.e., deserted Islam) by staying in the desert with the Bedouins.” He said: “No; the Messenger of Allah gave me permission to stay in the desert with the Bedouins.

the Messenger of Allah said: “When two people meet to engage in trade, the transaction between them is not binding until they separate, unless they have chosen to concluded the transaction.

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If any one of you sells a sheep or a milch- camel, let him not refrain from milking it.” (Sahih )

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade meeting traders on the way, until one enters the market with them?” Abu Usamah acknowledged it and said: Yes.

the Messenger of Allah sold a drinking bowl and a blanket (for a horse of camel) to the highest bidder ‘

“At the time of the Messenger of Allah, a man suffered loss of some fruit that he had purchased, and his debts increased. “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Give him charity.’ So the people gave him charity, but that was not enough to pay off his debts. ‘The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Take what you find, but you have no right to more than that.”‘ (meaning his creditors).

“A man has more right to his own wealth when he finds it, and the buyer should pursue the one who sold it to him.”

“The fingers are the same.”

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah , a daughter of mine is going to get married. She got sick and her hair fell out. Is there any sin on me if I give her hair extensions?” He said: “Allah has cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the one who has that done.”

A man asked the Messenger of Allah : “The (command to perform) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in the saddle, and if I tie him, I fear that he may die. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?” He said: “Do you think that if he owed a debt you would pay it off for him?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “Then perform Hajj on behalf of your father.”

He was riding behind the Messenger of Allah , when a man came and said: “O Messenger of Allah, my mother is an old woman; if I put her on a mount she cannot sit firmly, and if I tie her, I fear that I may kill her.” He said: “Do you think that if your mother owed a debt you would pay it off for her?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “Then perform Hajj on behalf of your mother.”

“A man came to the Prophet and said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, my father is an old man and cannot perform Hajj. If I put him on a mount he cannot sit firm. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?’ He said: ‘Perform Hajj on behalf of your father.'”

“The Prophet said: ‘I disavow what Khalid has done,’ twice.”

“I heard Mus’ab bin Sa’d say, concerning his father: ‘He used to teach us five things that the Messenger of Allah used to recite in his supplication, and say: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-bukhli, wa a’udhu bika minal-jubni, wa a’udhu bika an uradda ila ardhalil-‘umuri, wa a’udhu bika min ‘adhabil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice, and I seek refuge in You from reaching the age of senility, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave.)”

When the Messenger of Allah traveled, he would say: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min wa’tha’is-safari, wa kabatil-munqalabi, wal-hawri ba’dal-kawri, wa da’watil-mazlumi, wa su’il-munzari fil-ahli wal-mali wal-walad (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the hardships of travel and the sorrows of return, from loss after plenty, from the supplication of the one who has been wronged, and seeing some calamity befall my family or wealth or child.)”

The Prophet used to seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the grave and the tribulation of the Dajjal, and he said: “You will be tried in your graves.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: “A’udhu billahi min ‘adhabi jahannama, wa a’udhu billahi min ‘adhabil-qabri, wa a’udhu billahi min sharril-masihid-dajjali, wa a’udhu billahi min sharri fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat (I seek refuge with Allah from the torment of Hell, and I seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of the Dajjal, and I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of the trials of life and death.)'”

“I entered the Masjid and the Messenger of Allah was there, so I came and sat before him and he said: ‘O Abu Dharr, seek refuge with Allah from the evils of the devils among the Jinn and mankind.’ I said: ‘Are there devils among mankind?’ He said: ‘Yes.'”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Anyone who incites a woman against her husband or a slave against his master is not one of us.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone does not abandon falsehood and action is accordance with it, Allah has no need that he should abandon his food and drink. The narrator Ahmad (b. Yunus) said: I learnt the chain of narrators from Ibn Abi Dhi’b, and a man by his side made me understand the tradition. I think he was his cousin.

When one of you receives an invitation (for a meal), he should accept it. If he isn to fasting, he should eat, and if he is fasten, he should pray. Hisham said: The word salat means to pray (for him to Allah). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Hafs b. Ghiyath from Hisham.

Ibn ‘Umar reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “A banner will be hoisted for a treacherous man on the Day of Judgment, it will then be announced. This is a treachery of so and so, son of so and so.

AbutTufayl said: Fatimah came to AbuBakr asking him for the inheritance of the Prophet (ﷺ). AbuBakr said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If Allah, Most High, gives a Prophet some means of sustenance, that goes to his successor.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to make a vow. He said: It has not effect against fate, it is only from the miserly that it is means by which something is extracted. Musaddad said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A vow does not avert anything (i.e. has no effect against fate).

“He (the Prophet) purchased a calf from a caravan, but he had no money with him. He then sold it with some profit and gave the profit in charity to the poor and widows of Banu ‘Abd al-Muttalib. He then said: I shall not buy anything after this but only when I have money with me.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade sale of fruits for a number of years. One of the two narrators (Abu al-Zubair and Sa’id b. Mina’) mentioned the words “sale for years” (bai’ al-sinin instead of al-mu’awamah).

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert ; and leave people alone, Allah will give them provision from one another.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The price paid for a dog, the price given to a soothsayer, and the hire paid to a prostitute are not lawful.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If you dispute over a pathway, leave the margin of seven yards.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who does not accept an invitation which he receives has disobeyed Allah and His Apostle, and he who enters without invitation enters as a thief and goes out as a raider. Abu Dawud said: Aban bin Tariq is unknown.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man should put on sandals while standing.

It is part of the Sunnah that when a man sits down, he should take off his sandals and place them at his side.

There is no harm in fastening the hair with silk or woollen threads. Abu Dawud said: It appears that he held the view that what is prohibited is the adding of the hair of women. Abu Dawud said: Ahmad (b. hanbal) used to say: There is no harm in tying the hair with silk or woollen threads.

I swear by Allah, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The happy man is he who avoids dissensions: happy is the man who avoids dissensions; happy is the man who avoids dissensions: but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance.

The last hour will not come before rising of the sun in its place of setting. When it rises (there) and the people see it, those who are on it (the earth) will believe. This is the time of which the Qur’anic verse says: “. . .no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then, if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith.”

It is not fitting for a servent to say that I (The Prophet) is better than Jonah son of Matta.

I said : Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) what happens to the offspring of believers ? He replied : They are joined to their parents. I asked : Messenger of Allah! Although they have done nothing ? He replied : Allah knows best what they were doing. I asked : what happens to the offspring of polytheists, Messenger of Allah ? he replied! They are joined to their parents. I asked : Although they have done nothing? He replied : Allah knows best what they were doing.

I heard the Prophet(ﷺ) say: Those who go to Paradise will eat in it and drink.

The most serious breach of trust in Allah’s sight is that a man who has intercourse with his wife, and she with him, spreads her secret.

AbuKhirash heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If one keeps apart from his brother for a year, it is like shedding his blood.

The Aposlte of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade giving four names to our slaves : Aflah (successful), Yasar (wealth), Naf(beneficial) and Rabah (profit).

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: it is a bad riding-beast for a man (to say) za’ama (they asserted). Abu DAwud said : This Abu ‘Abd Allah is Hudhaifah.

Because it has recently been with its Lord.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than the former; and if he kills it with the third blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, less than the former.

“The Prophet performed Wudu two time (for each limb).”

the Prophet said: “Jibril came to me and he said: ‘O Muhammad! When you perform wudu then perform Nadh.'”

the Prophet said: “When one of you leads the people in prayer then let him be brief, for indeed here are among them the young and the old, the weak and the ill. When one of you prays alone, then let him pray as he wishes.”

“When Allah’s Messenger would raise his head from bowing he would say: (Sami Allahi liman hamidal. Rabba na lakal-hamd, mil’as-samawati wa mil’al-ardi wa mil’a ma bainahuma wa mil’a ma shi’ia min shay’in ba’d) ‘Allah listens to those who praise Him. O our Lord! And to You is the praise that fills the heavens and fills the earth, and fills what is between them, and fills whatever there is beyond that You will.’ He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Abi Awfa, Abu Juhaifa, and Abu Sa’eed.

the Prophet said; “Is it that one of you intends to kneel in his Salat with the kneeling of the camel?”

“The Prophet (S) stood for the Zuhr prayer, and he had a sitting to perform, so when he completed his Salat, he performed two prostrations, saying the Takbir for each prostration. So he was sitting before saying the Salam, and the people prostrated with him in place of the sitting he forgot.”

the Prophet said: “The best day that the sun has risen upon is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he entered Paradise, and on it, he was expelled from it. And the Hour will not be established except on Friday.”

The Prophet said: “When one of you is invited (to a meal) and he is fasting, then let him said: ‘Indeed I am fasting.'”

The Prophet said: “A woman may not fast a day – other than in the month of Ramadan – while her husband is present, except with his permission.”

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whichever person becomes bankrupt, and a man finds his particular merchandise with him, then he is more deserving of it than others. There are narrations on this topic from Samurah and Ibn ‘Umar. The Hadith of Abu Hurairah is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge and it is the view of Ash-Shafi’i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge said that he is just like one of the debtors. This is the view of the people of Al-Kufah.

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Ours is not a bad example: The one who takes back his gift is like the dog who takes back his vomit.” On this topic, there is the narration from Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: “It is not lawful for anyone that has given a gift to take it back, except for a father who gives something to his son.”

From Zaid bin Thabit that the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited Al-Muhalaqah and Al-Muzabanah, except that he permitted those practice Al-‘Araya to sell it for a like estimation. There are narrations on this topic from Abu Hurairah and Jabir. The Hadith if Zaid bin Thabit: This is how Muhammad bin Ishaq reported this Hadith. Ayyub, ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Umar, and Malik bin Anas reported it from Nafi’, from ‘Ibn Umar: “The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited Al-Muhalaqah and Al-Muzabanah.” With this chain of narration, it has been reported from Ibn ‘Umar, from Zaid bin Thabit, from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he permitted Al-‘Araya in cases less that five Wasq. This is more correct than the narration of Muhammad bin Ishaq.

“A man from Hadramawt and a man from Kindah came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The Hadrami said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! This person took some land of mine.’ The Kindi said:’It is my land, It is in my possession, and he has no right to it.’ So the Prophet (ﷺ) said to the Hadrami:’Do you have proof?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then you will have the oath.’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! This man is a liar, it makes not difference what he takes an oath for, he is not ashamed of doing anything!’ He said: ‘There is nothing you deserve from him except that.’ He said: So the man was left to take an oath for it, and in the meantime, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If he takes an oath to wrongfully consume it, He will meet Allah while He is angry with him.”

That ‘Abdur Rahman bin ‘Awf and Az-Zubair bin Al-‘Awwam complained of lice to the Prophet (ﷺ) during a battle that they participated in. So he permitted them to wear silk shirts. He (Anas) said: “I saw them wearing them.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih

“A sheep died so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to its owners: ‘Why dont you remove its skin, then tan it so you can have something useful from it.” There are narrations on this topic from Salamah bin Al-Muhabbaq, Maimunah, and ‘Aishah. The Hadith of Ibn ‘Abbas is Hasan Sahih. Similar to this has been reported through other routes from Ibn ‘Abbas from the Prophet (ﷺ). And it has been related from Ibn ‘Abbas from Maimunah, from the Prophet (ﷺ), and, it has been related from him from Sawdah. I heard Muhammad saying the Hadith of Ibn ‘Abbas from Maimunah from the Prophet (ﷺ) were correct. And he said: “It implies that it was reported from Ibn ‘Abbas from Maimunah from the Prophet (ﷺ), and that Ibn ‘Abbas reported it from the Prophet (ﷺ), and he did not mention Maimunah in it.” This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge, and it is the view of Sufyan At-Thawri, Ibn Al-Mubarak, Ash-Shafi’i, Ahmad, and Ishaq.

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) put on a Qamis he began with the right side. Others have reported this Hadith from Shu’bah with this chain, but they dod narrate it in Marfu’ form, only ‘Abdus-Samad narrated it Marfu’.

“Teach me something that is not too much for me so that, perhaps, I may abide by it.” He (S.A.W) said: “Do not get angry.” He repeated that (the request) a number of times, each time he replied: ‘Do not get angry.”

“The Prophet (S.A.W) cauterized As’ad bin Zurarah for Shawkah.”

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not precede the Jews and the Christians with the Salam. And if one of you meets them in the path, then force them to its narrow portion.”

from Al-Bara (regarding): And do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it (2:267) – he said: “It was revealed about us, the people of the Ansar who were date-palm owners. A man would bring the amount of dates that he would from his date-palms, either a lot or a little. A man would bring a cluster or two and hang it in the Masjid. The people of As-Suffah did not have food, so one of them would go up to the cluster and hit it with his stick, and unripe and ripe dates would fall, and he would eat. Some people did not hope for good, so a man would bring a cluster with pitless and hard dates, and a cluster with damaged dates, and hang it. So Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: O you who believe! Spend of the good things which you have earned, and of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it (2:267). They said: ‘If one of you were given similar to what he gave, he would take it except bashfully with your eyes closed.’ So after that, one of us would bring the best that we had.”

“A man from Banu Sulaim who had some sheep with him, passed by some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He gave Salam to them and they said: ‘He did not give Salam except to protect himself.’ So they attacked him, killed him, and took his sheep. They went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with them, and Allah, Most High, revealed: O you who believe! When you go in the cause of Allah, verify and say not to anyone who greets you: “You are not a believer (4:94).”

“One morning, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was prevented from coming to us for Salat As-Subh, until we were just about to look for the eye of the sun (meaning sunrise). Then he came out quickly, had the Salat prepared for. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the Salat, and he performed his Salat in a relatively quick manner. When he said the Salam, he called aloud with his voice saying to us: ‘Stay in your rows as you are.’ Then he turned coming near to us, then he said: ‘I am going to narrate to you what kept me from you this morning: I got up during the night, I performed Wudu and prayed as much as I was able to, and I dozed off during my Salat, and fell deep asleep. Then I saw my Lord, Blessed and Most High, in the best of appearances. He said: ‘O Muhammad!’ I said: ‘My Lord here I am my Lord!’ He said: ‘What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?’ I said: ‘I do not know Lord.’ And He said it three times.” He said: “So I saw Him place His Palm between my shoulders, and I sensed the coolness of His Fingertips between my breast. Then everything was disclosed for me, and I became aware. So He said: ‘O Muhammad!’ I said: ‘Here I am my Lord!’ He said: ‘What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?’ I said: ‘In the acts that atone.’ He said: ‘And what are they?’ I said: ‘The footsteps to the congregation, the gatherings in the Masajid after the Salat, Isbagh Al-Wudu during difficulties.’ He said: ‘Then what else?’ I said: ‘Feeding others, being lenient in speech, and Salat during the night while the people are sleeping.’ He said: ‘Ask.’ I said: ‘O Allah! I ask of you the doing of the good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, loving the poor, and that You forgive me, and have mercy upon me. And when You have willed Fitnah in the people, then take me without the Fitnah. And I ask You for Your love, the love of whomever You love, and the love of the deeds that bring one nearer to Your love.'” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed it is true, so study it and learn it.”

“A man among us would be known by two or three names. He would be called by one that perhaps he disliked, so this Ayah was revealed: Nor insult with nicknames (49:11).”

Mu’awiyah came out to the Masjid and said: “What has caused you to gather for this sitting.” They said: “We gathered so that we may remember Allah.” He said, “By Allah, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?” They said, “By Allah, nothing caused us to gather for this sitting except for that.” He said: “Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, and there was no one in the position I was from the Messenger of Allah who narrates less Ahadith from him than me. Indeed the Messenger of Allah came out upon a circle of his Companions and said: ‘what has caused you to gather for this sitting?’ They said: ‘We have gathered for this sitting to remember Allah, and praise Him for His having guided us to Islam, and having bestowed blessings upon us.’ So he said: ‘By Allah, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?’ He said: ‘Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, verily Jibra’il came to me and informed me that Allah boasts of you to the angels.’”

“O Allah, in Your Name I die and I live (Allāhumma bismika amūtu wa aḥyā).” And when he would wake, he would say: “Allah praise is due to Allah who revived my soul after causing its death and to Him is the resurrection (Al-ḥamdulillāh, alladhī aḥyā nafsī ba`da mā amātahā wa ilaihin-nushūr).”

“The Messenger of Allah passed by two graves, and he said: ‘They are being punished but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them is being punished because of urine, and the other is being punished because of backbiting.'”

She and the Messenger of Allah used to take a bath from a single vessel.

“Men and women used to perform ablution from a single vessel during the time of the Messenger of Allah.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Jibril taught me (how to perform) the ablution, and he ordered me to sprinkle water underneath my garment, lest a drop of urine leak out after the ablution.'” (Da’if) Other chains with similar wording.

The Messenger of Allah performed ablution, then he turned inside out the woolen garment that he was wearing and wiped his face with it.

He asked his sister Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet: “Did the Messenger of Allah ever offered prayer in a garment in which he had sexual intercourse?” She said: “Yes, if there was nothing noxious on it.”

Mahmud bin Rabi’ remembered that the Prophet spat into a bucket from a well that belonged to them.

The Messenger of Allah forbade making lost-and-found announcements in the mosque.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘On Friday there is a time of the day during which no person asks Allah for something but He will give him what he asks for.’” It was said: ‘When is that time?’ He said: ‘When the Iqamah for prayer (is called), until the prayer ends.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Night prayers are to be offered two by two, and Witr is one Rak’ah.’ I said: ‘What do you think if I become drowsy and I want to sleep?’ He said: ‘Put “what do you think” up there with that star? (i.e., don’t think about it at all).’ I raised my head and saw As- Simak.* He repeated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘Night prayers are to be offered two by two, and Witr is one Rak’ah, before dawn.’” * Here, As-Simak refers to a star or stars, either Arcturus (As-Simak Ar-Ramih) or Spica, also called Alpha Virginis (As-Simak Al-A’zal).

“Allahumma inni a’udhu biridaka min sakhatika, wa a’udhu bimu’afatika min ‘uqubatika, wa a’udhu bika minka, la uhsi thana’an ‘alaika, Anta kama athnaita ‘ala nafsika (O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and I seek refuge in Your forgiveness from your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate Your praise, You are as You have praised Yourself).”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in the ‘Eid prayer “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.” and “Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming?”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever prays twenty Rak’ah between Maghrib and ‘Isha’, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.’”

“Why did you not tell me?” Then he said to his Companions: “Line up in rows to pray for her,” and he offered the funeral prayer for her.

“A man died whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit, and they buried him at night. When morning came, they told him. He said: ‘What kept you from telling me?’ They said: ‘It was night and it was dark, and we did not like to cause you any inconvenience.’ Then he went to the grave and offered the funeral prayer for him.”

“I had a wife whom I loved, but my father hated her. ‘Umar mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he ordered me to divorce her, so I divorced her.”

“If that happens, I will be a Jew.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘That is guaranteed.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man who was selling food. He put his hand in it and saw that there was something wrong with it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘He is not one of us who cheats.”‘

“Ubadah bin Samit and Mu’awiyah happened to meet, either in a church or in a synagogue. ‘Ubadah bin Samit narrated to them and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us from selling silver for silver, gold for gold, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, and dates for dates.’I one of them said: “And salt for salt,” but the other did not say it. “And he commanded us to sell wheat for barley, or barley for wheat, hand-to-hand, however we wished.”

“I passed by some palm trees with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he saw some people pollinating the trees. He said: ‘What are these people doing?’ They said: ‘They are taking something from the male part (of the plant) and putting it in the female part.’ He said: ‘I do not think that this will do any good.’ News of that reached them, so they stopped doing it, and their yield declined. News of that reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: ‘That was only my thought. If it will do any good, then do it. I am only a human being like you, and what I think may be right or wrong. But When I tell you: “Allah (SWT) says,” I will never tell lies about Allah (SWT).’ ”

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled concerning the irrigation of palm trees from streams, that the higher ground should be irrigated before the lower, and that the water should be allowed to reach the ankles, then released to flow the nearest lower ground, and so on, until all the fields were watered or until the water ran out.

“I heard ‘Atiyyah Al-Qurazi say: Here I am still among you,’ ”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for the price of a shield.

“Whoever equips a warrior in the cause of Allah, he will have a reward like his, without that detracting from the warrior’s reward in the slightest.”

“I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Can we cook in the vessels of the idolaters?’ He said: ‘Do not cook in them.’ I said: ‘What if we need them and cannot find anything else?’ He said: ‘Wash them well, then cook and eat.’”

“I fought a man and killed him, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) awarded me his spoils.”

I heard Ibn ‘Abbas say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “This Stone will be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be given two eyes with which to see, and a tongue with which to speak, and it will bear witness for those who touched it in sincerity.”

“There are five vermin that might be killed whether one is in or outside the sacred precincts: the snake, the speckled crow, the mouse, the vicious dog, and the kite.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A man has no one to blame but himself, if he goes to bed with a smell emanating from his hand.’”

“Whoever wants to be cupped, let him seek out the seventeenth, nineteenth or twenty-first (of the month); and let none of you allow his blood to rage so that it kills him.”

“The evil eye is real.”

“The best house among the Muslims is a house in which there is an orphan who is treated well. And the worst house among the Muslims is a house in which there is an orphan who is treated badly.”

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: “When anyone of you wants to go to bed, let him undo the edge of his Izar (waist wrap) and dust of his bed with it, for he does not know what came to it after him. Then let him lie down on his right side and say: ‘Rabbi bika wada’tu janbi wa bika arfa’uhu, fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima hafizta bihi ‘ibadikaas-salihin (O Lord, by Your leave I lie down and by Your leave I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy on it, and if You should return my soul then protect it as You protect Your righteous slaves).”

“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who had been stabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept and Mu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Is there some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, the best of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any of these reasons. But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me some advice and I wish that I had followed it. He (ﷺ) said: “There may come a time when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all you will need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause of Allah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’”

“Shall I not tell you about the people of Paradise? Every weak and oppressed one. Shall I not tell you about the people of Hell? Every harsh, haughty and arrogant one.”

“The poor Muhajirun will enter Paradise before the rich, the equivalent of five hundred years.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The family of Muhammad has only a Mudd of food,’ or ‘The family of Muhammad does not have even a Mud of food.’”

“The Messenger of Allah was given a gift of a length of silk fabric. The people started passing it around to one another. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Are you admiring this?’ They said: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The handkerchief of Sa’d bin Mu’adh in Paradise is better than this.'”