“O my son! If you saw us when we were with the Prophet(s.a.w) and the sky poured upon us, you would think that our smell was the smell of sheep.” The meaning of this Hadith is that their garments were of wool, so when the rain fell upon them, the smell coming from their clothes […]
From Abu Hamzah, (who said): “From Ibrahim An-Nakha’i who said: ‘All buildings and concerns for them will be against you.’ I said: ‘What do you think about what one can not do without?’ He said: ‘There is no reward for that nor harm.’”
“Whoever leaves(valuable) dress out of humility to Allah while he is able to (afford it), Allah will call him before the heads of creation on the Day of Judgement so that he can chose whichever Hulal of faith he wishes to wear.” The meaning of his saying: “Hulal of faith” is the garments of Paradise […]
“All expenditures are in Allah’s Cause, except for buildings, for there is no good in it.”
“We went to visit Khabbab who had himself cauterized in seven places on his body. He said: ‘I have been ill for so long, and if it was not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: “None of you should wish for death” then I would have wished for it, and he said: […]
“A man belched in the presence of the Prophet(s.a.w), so he said: ‘Restain your belching from us. For indeed those who are filled most in the world will be the hungriest on the Day of Judgement.’”
“Indeed I have feared for the sake of Allah, such that no one has feared, and I have been harmed for the sake of Allah, such that no one has been harmed. Thirty days and nights have passed over me, and there was no food with Bilal and I forced something with a liver to […]
“Someone narrated to me that he heard ‘ali bin abi Talib saying: ‘I went out on a cold day from the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). I had taken a tanned skin, si I tore it in the middle, and out it over my neck, and wrapped my mid-section, fastening it with a […]
Abu ‘Uthman An-Nahdi narrated from Abu Hurairah that they (the Companions) were suffering from hunger so the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) gave them each a date.”
“The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) dispatched us, and there were three-hundred of us. We were carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Then our provisions ran out such that each man among us could eat only a date per day.” It was said to him: “O Abu ‘Abdullah! How could one date be enough for a […]