Sahih Muslim — The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship

We were in Arafa that there happened to pass Umar b. Abd al-‘Aziz and he was the Amir of Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of him. I said to my father: Father, I think that Allah loves Umar b. Abd al- ‘Aziz. He said: How is it? I said: It is because of the love in people’s heart for him. Thereupon he said: By One Who created your father, I heard Abu Huraira narrating from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith like one transmitted on the authority of Suhail.

“I said to Ata: ‘I heard that you pray twelve rak’ahs before Jumu’ah. What did you hear concerning that?’ He said: ‘I was told that Umm Habibah bin Abi Sufyan said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs during the day and night, apart from the prescribed prayers, Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise.'”

“Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs during the night and day apart from the prescribed prayers, Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise.”

“We went out with the Messenger of Allah and we were young men who could not afford anything. He said: ‘O young men, you should get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and protecting one’s chastity. Whoever cannot afford it should fast, for it will be a restraint Wija, for him.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, Allah will separate between his face and the fire by (a distance of) seventy autumns in return for that day.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, Allah, the mighty and sublime, will separate his face from the fire by (a distance of)seventy autumns.”‘

“Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, Allah will separate his face from the fire by (a distance of) seventy years.”

Allah, Most High, has decreed Hajj for you. Al-Aqra’ bin Habis At-Tamimi said: “Every year, O Messenger of Allah?” But he remained silent, then he said: “If I said yes, it would become obligatory, then you would not hear and obey. Rather it is just one Hajj.”

“A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him for permission to go for Jihad. He said: ‘Are your parents alive?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then strive for their sake.'”

“O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is best?” He said: “One who strives with himself and his wealth in the cause of Allah.” He said: “Then who, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Then a believer (isolating himself) in one of the mountain passes, who fears Allah and spares the people his evil.”

“in the year of Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed the people, while leaning against his mount. He said: ‘Shall I not tell you of the best of the people and the worst of the people? Among the best of the people is a man who strives in the cause of Allah on the back of his horse, or on the back of his camel, or on his own two feet, until death comes to him. And among the worst of the people, is an immoral man (Fajir) who reads the Book of Allah but he does not refrain from doing anything bad because of it.'”

“Allah will never combine the dust in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and the smoke of Hell, in the lungs of a Muslim man, and Allah will never combine faith in Allah, and stinginess in the heart of a Muslim man.”

“Whatever a Verse do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it.” and “And when We change a Verse in place of another -and Allah knows best what He sends down” (Al-Nahl 16:101) and “Allah blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the Mother of the Book.” The first thing that was abrogated in the Qur’an was the Qiblah. And He said: “And divorced women shall wait (as regards their marriage) for three menstrual periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in Allah and the Last Day.” “And their husbands have better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation.” -that is because when a man divorced his wife, he had more right to take her back, even if he had divorced her three times. Then (Allah) abrogated that and said: “The divorce is twice, after that, either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness.”

“We used to pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, the he said: ‘In as much as you can.”‘

“When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: ‘In as much as you can”.

Ibn ‘Abbas said “I did not see anything more resembling to minor sins than what Abu Hurairah reported from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said “Allaah has decreed for the children of Adam a share in adultery, he will get it by all means, the adultery of eyes is looking; the adultery of tongue is speaking; the soul desires and has a passion; the private parts confirms or falsifies it.”

Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying “If anyone who means to have intercourse with his wife says “In the name of Allaah, O Allaah, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from what You hast provided us.” It will be ordained that no devil will ever harm the child born to them.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell.

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “There are Camels which belong to devils and there are houses which belong to devils. As for the Camels of the devils, I have seen them. One of you goes out with his side Camels which he has fattened neither riding any of them nor giving a lift to a tired brother when he meets. As regard the houses of the devils, I have not seen them. The narrator Sa’id says “I think they are those cages (Camel litters) which conceal people with brocade.”

Malik said “’Umar expelled the Jews of Najran and Fadak.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who washes the dead should take a bath, and he who carries him should perform ablution.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Allah’s curse to be on the Jews, they made the graves of their Prophets mosques.

‘Amr said: In the rights (of the people).

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate or drank, he said: “Praise be to Allah Who has given food and drink and made it easy to swallow, and provided an exit for it.

He recited Surat al-Fatihah over him for three days morning and evening. Whenever he finished it, he collected some of his saliva and spat it out, and he seemed as if he were set free from a bond. They gave him something as payment. He then came to the Prophet (ﷺ). He then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect as Musaddad narrated.

If anyone emancipates a slave who has property, the property of the slave belongs to him except that the master makes a stipulation.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The angels do not enter a house which contains a picture, a dog, or a man who is impure by sexual defilement.

The Prophet (ﷺ) had sikkah with which he perfumed himself.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah will not gather two swords upon this community: Its own sword and the sword of its enemy.

On his father’s authority, said that his grandfather reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, mentioning the tradition similar to the one transmitted by Ali. This version adds: The most distant of them gives protection as from all, those who are strong among them send back (spoil) to those who are weak among them, and their expeditions sending it back to those who are at home.

I do not know whether Tubba was accursed or not, and ‘Uzair (Azra was a prophet or not).

I heard Abu Hurairah recite this verse : “Allah doth command you to render back your trusts to those to whom they are due” up to “For Allah is he who heareth and seeth all things”. He said : I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) putting his thumb on his ear and finger on his eye. Abu Hurairah said : I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) reciting this verse and putting his fingers. Ibn Yunus said that al-Muqri said. “Allah hears and sees” means that Allah has the power of hearing and seeing. Abu Dawud said: This is a refutation of the Jahmiyyah.

Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him.

I was sitting with my father and there was also a boy with him. He got up and then returned. So my father mentioned a tradition on the authority of Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying: If anyone gets up from where he has been sitting and comes back to it, he has most right to it.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not allowable for a Muslim to keep apart from his brother for more than three days, for one who does so and dies will enter Hell.

I heard AbulQasim (ﷺ) who spoke the truth and whose word was verified say: Mercy is taken away only from him who is miserable.

A speaker gave sermon before the prophet (May peace be upon him). He said : he who obeys Allah and his Prophet will follow the right course, and he who disobeys them. He (The prophet) said: get up; he said: go away, a bad speaker you are.

And through the same chain of transmitters the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one rises in the morning, one should say: “We have reached the morning, and in the morning the dominion belongs to Allah, the Lord of the universe. O Allah! I ask Thee for the good this day contains, for conquest, victory, light, blessing and guidance during it; and I seek refuge in Thee from the evil it contains and the evil contained in what comes after it.” In the evening he should say the equivalent.

Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name.

One day when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting, his foster-father came forward. He spread out of a part of his garment and he sit on it. Then his mother came forward to him and he spread out the other side of his garment and she sat on it. Again , his foster-brother came forward. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood for him and seated him before himself.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us when I was a boy among the boys. He saluted us and took me by my hand. He then sent me with some message. He himself sat in the shadow of a wall, or he said: near a wall until I returned to him.

Allah’s Messenger said: “When a Muslim, or believer, performs Wudu’, washing his face, every evil that he looked at with his eyes leaves with the water – or with the last drop of water, or an expression similar to that – and when he washes his hands, every evil he did with his hands leaves with the water – or with the last drop of water – until he becomes free of sin.”

the Prophet said: “Protect the heels from the Fire!”

Allah’s Messenger said: “There no Wudu except for a sound or a smell.”

Allah’s Messenger said: “When one of you is in the Masjid, and he senses wind between his buttocks then he should not exit until he hears a sound or smells an odor.”

Allah’s Messenger said: “The best rows for the men are the first of them, and the worst are the last of them. And the best rows for the women are the last of them, and the worst are the first of them.”

“When the Prophet (S) did not pray at night because he was prevented from it by sleep or being sleepy then he would pray twelve Rak’ah during the daytime.”

Allah’s Messenger said: “Whoever among you is to pray after the Friday prayer, then let him pray four.”

the Messenger of Allah said: “Deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday, and I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “There are two joys for the fasting person: the joy when he breaks his fast, and the joy of when he meets his Lord.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “The best scent is the perfume of musk.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “Publicize this marriage, and hold it in the Masjid, and beat the Duff for it.”

” Allah is with the judge as long as he is not unjust. So when he is unjust, He leaves him and he is attended by Shaitan.”

That he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “The punishment of the Sahir is a strike of the sword.”

“I brought a Jadha’ sheep to Al-Madinah (for sale) but it remained with me. I saw Abu Hurairah and I asked him about it, so he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “The best male” – or – “female Udhiyah is that from the Jadha’ sheep.” He said: “So the people took note of that (they became interested in buying).”

“It has not reached me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave the Nafl during every expedition, but it has been conveyed to me that he gave the Nafl in some of them. That is according to the discretion of the Imam during the beginning of the division of the spoils or the end of it.” Ibn Mansur said: “I said to Ahmad: ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) gave the Nafl when he divided the fourth, after the Khumus, and when he was returning (he gave) the third from the Khumus.’ So he said: ‘The Khumus is taken, and then the Nafl is given from what remains, nothing beyond this.”” This Hadith is (understood) as Ibn Musayyab said: “The Nafl is from te Khumus.” Ishaq said as he said.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to go to battle with Umm Sulaim, and other women with her, from the Ansar, who would give water and attend to the wounded.” There is something on this topic from Ar-Rabi’ bin Mu’awwidh. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Indeed a woman grants (assurances of protection) to a people” – meaning it is to be honored – “from the Muslims.” There is something on this topic from Umm Hani, and this Hadith is Hasan Gharib. I asked Muhammad and he said: “This Hadith is Sahih. Kathir bin Ziad heard from Al-Walid bin Rabah, and Al-Walid bin Rabah heard from Abu Hurairah, and he is Muqarib (average) in Hadith.

From Abu Salamah, from Jabir bin Abdullah about the statement of Allah, most High: Allah was pleased with the believers when they gave the pledge to you under the tree (48:18). that Jabir said: “We pledged to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that we would not flee, and we did not pledge to him for death.” There are narration on this topic from Salamah bin Al-Akwa’, Ibn ‘Umar, ‘Ubadah, and Jarir bin ‘Abdullah. This Hadith is been reported from ‘Eisa bin Yunus, from Al-Awza’i, from Yahya bin Abi Kathir who said: “Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said” and he did not mention Abu Salamah on it.

“I entered upon ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab. (Then) Uthman bin ‘Affan, Az-Zubair, ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Awf, and Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas entered. Then ‘Ali and Al-‘Abbas came disputing. ‘Umar said to them: ‘ I ask you, by Allah the One by Whose Will the heavens and the earth are maintained, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “We are not inherited from, what we leave is charity?” They said: ‘Yes.’ ‘Umar said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, Abu Bakr said: “I am the caretaker of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)” So you and he went to Abu Bakr and you sought your inheritance from the son of your brother, and he sought the inheritance of his wife from her father. So Abu Bakr said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “We are not inherited from, what we leave is charity.” And Allah knows that he is truthful, innocent, instructing and following the truth.'” There is a lengthy story along with the Hadith. And this Hadith is Hasan Sahih Gharib as a narration of Malik bin Anas.

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever asks Allah to be killed in His cause sincerely from his heart, Allah shall give him the reward of martyrdom. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

From Mujahid from Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited instigating fights between beasts.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited having images in the house, and he prohibited making them.” He said: There are narrations on this topic from ‘Ali, Abu Talhah, ‘Aishah, Abu Hurairah, and Abu Ayyub. The Hadith of Jabir is a Hasan Sahih Hadith.

“The sleeves of (the shirt) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) were to the wrist.” This Hadith is Hasan Gharib.

“Two traits are not combined in a believer: Stinginess and bad manners.”

: “Hospitality is for three days, and his reward is a day and a night, and whatever is spent on him after that is charity. And it is not lawful for him (the guest) to stay so long as to cause him harm.”

“When the slave (of Allah) lies, the angel goes a mile away from him because of the stench of what he has done.”Yahya said: “(I asked) ‘Abdur-Rahim bin Harun if he approved of it,and he said ‘Yes’.”

“When one of you visits the ill, then reassure him regarding his lifespan. Indeed that will not repel anything, but it will comfort his soul.”

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed the space in Paradise taken up by a whip, is better than the world and what is in it. Recite if you wish: ‘And whoever is moved away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (3:185).'”

“I said to ‘Umar : ‘Allah said: That you shorten the Salat if you fear and the people are safe (4:101).’ So ‘Umar said: ‘I wondered about that just as you have wondered. So I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: “It is charity which Allah has given to you, so accept His charity.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The Ma’idah was sent down from the Heavens with bread and meat. And they were commanded to not be deceitful with it and hide it for tomorrow. So they were deceitful with it and they hid it, so it was raised up in the morning. Then they were transformed into monkeys and pigs.'”

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed, he who does not ask Allah, he gets angry with him.”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when urinating. But I saw him, one year before he died, facing the Qiblah (while urinating).”

“For the Subh prayer on Fridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite ‘Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation…’ and ‘Has there not been over man…’”

“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.”.

“The believer dies with sweat on his brow.”

“Do not bury your dead at night unless you are forced to.”

“Whenever a man brought Sadaqah to the Messenger of Allah, he would bless him. I brought him the Sadaqah of my wealth and he said: ‘Allhumma, salli ala ali abi awfa(O Allah! Send blessing upon the family of Abu Awfa).’ ”

“No woman asks for divorce when it is not absolutely necessary, but she will never smell the fragrance of paradise, although its fragrance can be detected from a distance of forty years’ travel. “

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave Barirah the choice.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The Muslim is the brother of another Muslim, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to sell his brother goods in which there is a defect, without pointing that out to him.”‘

Zaid, Abu ‘Ayyash, the freed slave of Bani Zuhrah, told him that he asked Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas about buying wheat with barley. Sa’d said to him: “Which of them is better?” He said: “Wheat.” He told him not to do that and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) being asked about buying fresh dates with dried dates, and he said: ‘Do fresh dates decrease in weight when they become dry?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ So he told them not to do that.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon me when I was unwell. He said: ‘Do you intend to perform Hajj this year?’ I said: ‘I am sick, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Go for Hajj and say: “I will exit Ihram from the point where I am prevented.’”

It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman performed Hajj Ifrad (Single Hajj).

“I asked the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) about a lost camel that comes to my cisterns that I have prepared for my own camels – will I be rewarded if I give it some water to drink? He said: Yes, in every living being there is reward.'”

“If a man makes an excuse to his bother and he does not accept it, he will bear a burden of sin like that of the tax-collector.” A hadith similar to the above has been narrated through a chain differing from the first at the 4th level of narrators.

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘I saw my head was cut off and I saw it rolling away.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Satan goes to one of you and terrifies him, then he tells people of that the next morning.’”

“Woe to the most wealthy except those who do such and such with the money, and such and such” – four things, (pointing) to his right, to his left, in front of him and behind him.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grains or a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”