Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of ar-Ruqba

“‘Umra (a gift given for life) is permissible.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If one enters a horse with two others when he is not certain that it cannot be beaten, it is not gambling; but when one enters a horse with two others when he is certain it cannot be beaten, it is gambling.

Ibn ‘Awn said “I asked Muhammad about the portion of the prophet(ﷺ) and safi. He replied “A portion was taken for him along with the Muslims, even if he did not attend (the battle) and safi (special portion) was taken from the fifth before everything.”

I saw (this tradition) in the writing of my maternal uncle from ‘Aqil, from Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never failed to utter these supplications in the evening and in the morning: O Allah, I ask Thee for security in this world and in the Hereafter: O Allah! I ask Thee for forgiveness and security in my religion and my worldly affairs, in my family and my property; O Allah! conceal my fault or faults (according to Uthman’s version), and keep me safe from the things which I fear; O Allah! guard me in front of me and behind me, on my right hand and on my left, and from above me: and I seek in Thy greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below me.” AbuDawud said: Waki’ said: That is to say, swallowing by the earth.

“Any Muslim man who frees a Muslim man, then it is his salvation from the Fire – each of his limbs suffices for a limb of himself. And any Muslim man that frees two Muslim women, then are his salvation from the Fire – each of their limbs suffices for a limb of himself. And any Muslim woman that frees a Muslim woman, then she is her salvation from the Fire – each of her limb suffices for a limb of herself.”

“Paradise and the Fire debated. Paradise said: ‘The weak and the poor shall enter me,’ and the Fire said: ‘The tyrants and the proud shall enter me.’ So He said to the Fire: ‘You are My Punishment, I take vengeance through you from whom I will,’ and He said to Paradise: ‘You are My Mercy I show mercy through you to whom I will.'”

He heard the Prophet saying: “When one of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, so let him praise Allah for it, and speak concerning what he saw. And when he sees other than that of what he dislikes, then it is from Shaitan, so let him seek refuge in Allah from its evil, and not mention it to anyone for, surely, it shall not harm him.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “The key to prayer is purification, its opening is to say Allahu Akbar and its closing is to say As-salamu ‘alaikum.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever purifies himself in his house, then comes to the Quba’ Mosque and offers one prayer therein, will have a reward like that for ‘Umrah.”

“Whoever denies a Verse of the Qur’an, it is permissible to strike his neck (i.e., execute him) Whoever says, Lailaha illallahu wahduhu la sharika lahu, wa anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasuluhu (None has the right to be worshiped but Allah (SWT) alone, and Muhammad (ﷺ) is His slave and Messenger), no one has any was of harming him, unless he (does something which) deserves a legal punishment, and it is carried out on him.”

“Whoever learns about the stars, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter).”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah will continue to plant new people in this religion and use them in His obedience.”

“When ‘Adi bin Hatim came to Kufah, we came to him with a delegation of the Fuqaha of Kufah and said to him: ‘Tell us of something that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ He said: ‘I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: “O ‘Adi bin Hatim, enter Islam and you will be safe.” I said, “What is Islam?” He said: “To testify to La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and to believe in all the Divine Decrees, the good of them and the bad of them, the sweet of them and the bitter of them.”