The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts

Book 55 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

96 hadith Hadith 7233–7328 Sunni
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The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts

Sahih Muslim

96 hadith Hadith 7233–7328 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts is book 55 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 96 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 38 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas, Anas, Abdullah, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli.

Hadith in This Book 96 hadith

1 7233 Sahih
The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.
2 7234 Sahih
Who amongst you would like to have this for a dirham? They said: We do not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use to us. He said: Do you wish to have it (free…
3 7235 Sahih
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) narrating a hadith like this with a slight variation of wording.
4 7236 Sahih
I came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as he was reciting:" Abundance diverts you" (cii. 1). He said: The son of Adam claims: My wealth, my wealth. And he (the Holy Prophet) said: O son of…
5 7237 Sahih
I went to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). The rest of the hadith is the same.
6 7238 Sahih
A servant says, My wealth. my wealth, but out of his wealth three things are only his: whatever he eats and makes use of or by means of which he dresses himself and it wears out…
7 7239 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-'Ala' b. 'Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of transmitters.
8 7240 Sahih
Three things follow the bier of a dead man. Two of them come back and one is left with him: the members of his family, wealth and his good deeds. The members of his family and…
9 7241 Sahih
I think you have heard about the arrival of Abu `Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said: Allah's Messenger, yes, it is so. Thereupon he said: Be happy and be hopeful of that…
10 7242 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri as reported by Yunus with a slight variation of wording.
11 7243 Sahih
How would you be, O people, when Persia and Rome would be conquered for you? `Abd ar-Rahman b `Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and we would express our gratitude…
12 7244 Sahih
When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in regard…
13 7245 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
14 7246 Sahih
Look at those who stand at a lower level than you but don't look at those who stand at a higher level than you, for that is better-suited that you do not disparage Allah's…
15 7247 Sahih
There were three persons in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the other bald-headed and the third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He sent an angel who came to…
16 7248 Sahih
I seek refuge with Allah from the mischief of this rider. And as he got down he said to him: You are busy with your camels and your sheep and you have abandoned people who are…
17 7249 Sahih
By Allah, I am the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow in the cause of Allah and we used to go with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and there was no food for us to eat but only…
18 7250 Sahih
" One amongst us would relieve himself as the goats do without anything mixing with its excrement."
19 7251 Sahih
'Utba b. Ghazwan delivered us a sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then said: Now coming to the point, verily the world has been given the news of its end and that too…
20 7252 Sahih
Khalid b. 'Umair reported and he had seen the pre-Islamic days also, that 'Uqba b. Ghazwan delivered this address and he was the governor of Basra. The rest of the hadith is the…
21 7253 Sahih
I heard Uqba b. Ghazwan as saving: I found myself as the seventh amongst the seven who had been along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). We had nothing to eat but the leaves of hubla (a…
22 7254 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Judgment? He said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is no cloud over it? They…
23 7255 Sahih
We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when he smiled, and said: Do you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and His Messenger, know best. Thereupon he said: It was because…
24 7256 Sahih
O Allah, make for the family of Muhammad the provision which is a bare subsistence.
25 7257 Sahih
0 Allah, provide for the, family of Muhammad their subsistence, and in the narration transmitted on the authority of 'Amr (the words are):" O Allah, provide us subsistence"
26 7258 Sahih
'Umara b. al-Qa'qa' reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters but instead of the word" qut" (bare subsistence) there has been used the word" Kafaf" (adequate means…
27 7259 Sahih
Never had the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) eaten to the fill since their, arrival in Medina with the bread of wheat for three successive nights until his (Holy Prophet's) death.
28 7260 Sahih
Never did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eat to his fill the bread of wheat for three successive days until he had run the course of his life.
29 7261 Sahih
Never did the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) eat to the fill the bread of barley for two successive days until Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died.
30 7262 Sahih
Never could the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) (afford to eat to the fill) the bread of wheat beyond three days (successively).
31 7263 Sahih
Never could the family of Muhammad (may peace. be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for three (successive days) until he ran the course of his life.
32 7264 Sahih
Never could the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for two days successively. Even (out of these two days) one (was such wherein he could get) only a date.
33 7265 Sahih
We the family of Muhammad (ﷺ) used to spend (the whole) month in which we (did not need to) kindle the fire as (we had nothing to cook) ; we had only dates and water (to fill our…
34 7266 Sahih
" We used to spend-" And he did not make a mention of the family of Muhammad (ﷺ), and Abu Kuraib made this addition to his hadith which was transmitted on the authority of Ibn…
35 7267 Sahih
`A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died (in such a state) that there had been nothing in my wooden tub which a living being could afford to eat but a handful of barley. I…
36 7268 Sahih
Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Allah's…
37 7269 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died (in a state) that it never happened that he could eat to his fill the bread with olive oil twice during a day.
38 7270 Sahih
'A'isha reported this hadith through other chains of transmitters also (and the words are) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died (in a state) when the people could afford to eat only…
39 7271 Sahih
water and dates.
40 7272 Sahih
" We could not afford to eat to the fill even dates and water."
41 7273 Sahih
By Him in Whose Hand is my life and Ibn 'Abbad also said: By One in Whose hand is the life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) could not afford to provide adequate food to his…
42 7274 Sahih
I saw Abu Huraira point with his finger many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) could not eat to his fill and provide his…
43 7275 Sahih
Don't you eat and drink according to your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your Prophet (ﷺ) (at times) could not find even an inferior quality of the dates with which he could…
44 7276 Sahih
" You are not satisfied with the qualities of dates and butter."
45 7277 Sahih
I heard Nu'man deliver an address in which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention of what had fallen to the lot of people out of the material world and he said: I saw Allah's…
46 7278 Sahih
I heard that a person asked 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As and heard him saying: Are we not amongst the destitute of the emigrants? Abdullah said to him: Have you a spouse with whom you…
47 7279 Sahih
Do not enter but weepingly (the habitations) of these people who had been punished by (Allah), and in case you do not feel inclined to weep, then do not enter (these habitations)…
48 7280 Sahih
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported that 'Abdullah b. Umar said: We were passing along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) through the habitations of Hijr, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Do not…
49 7281 Sahih
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the people encamped along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the valley of Hijr, the habitations of Thamud, and they quenched their thirst from the…
50 7282 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
51 7283 Sahih
One who makes efforts (for earning to be spent) on a widow and the destitute is like a striver in the cause of Allah, and I think he also said: He is like one who constantly…
52 7284 Sahih
One who looks after the orphan whether he is his relative or not, I and he would be together in Paradise like this, and Malik (explained it) with the gesture by drawing his index…
53 7285 Sahih
You discuss it very much whereas I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who builds a mosque-- and the narrator Bukair said: I think he also said: (for) seeking the…
54 7286 Sahih
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.
55 7287 Sahih
" Allah would build for him a house in Paradise."
56 7288 Sahih
While a person was in the wilderness he heard a voice from the cloud (commanding it thus): Irrigate the garden of so and so. (After that the clouds slinked aside and poured water…
57 7289 Sahih
" I earmark one-third for the poor, the needy and the wayfarers."
58 7290 Sahih
I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates with…
59 7291 Sahih
If anyone wants to have his deeds widely publicised, Allah will publicise (his humiliation). And if anyone makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds) Allah will make a display of…
60 7292 Sahih
He who wants to publicise (his deeds), Allah will publicise (his humility), and he who makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds), Allah will make a display of him.
61 7293 Sahih
" I did not hear anyone saying besides him that it was Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who had said so."
62 7294 Sahih
I heard from Jundub, but I did not hear him say this: "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying this."
63 7295 Sahih
Abu Sufyan reported like that as as-Saduq al-Amin al-Walid b. Harb narrated with the same chain of transmitters.
64 7296 Sahih
The servant speaks words for which he is sent down to the Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.
65 7297 Sahih
The servant speaks words that he does not understand its repercussions but he sinks down in Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.
66 7298 Sahih
Why don't you visit 'Uthman and talk to him? Thereupon he said: Do you think that I have not talked to him but that I have made you hear? By Allah. I have talked to him (about…
67 7299 Sahih
I was in the company of Usama b. Zaid that a person said: What prevents you to visit Uthman and talk to him for what he does? The rest of the hadith is the same.
68 7300 Sahih
All the people of my Ummah would get pardon for their sins except those who publicise them. And (it means) that a servant should do a deed during the night and tell the people in…
69 7301 Sahih
So and so sneezed and you said: May Allah have mercy upon you. I also sneezed but you did not utter these words for me. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: That person praised…
70 7302 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
71 7303 Sahih
I visited Abu Musa, as he was in the house of the daughter of Fadl b. 'Abbas. I sneezed but he did not respond to it (by saying): Allah may have mercy upon you. Then she sneezed…
72 7304 Sahih
A person sneezed in his presence and he said to him: May Allah have mercy upon you. And he then sneezed for the second time and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: He is suffering…
73 7305 Sahih
The yawning as from the devil. So when one of you yawns he should try to restrain it as far as it lies in his power.
74 7306 Sahih
When one of you yawns, he should keep his mouth shut with the help of his hand, for it is the devil that enters therein.
75 7307 Sahih
When one of you yawns, he should try to restrain it with cue help of his hand since it is the Satan that enters therein.
76 7308 Sahih
The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. When one of you yawns while engaged in prayer, he should try to restrain so…
77 7309 Sahih
Abu Said al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters.
78 7310 Sahih
The Angels were born out of light and the Jinns were born out of the spark of fire and Adam was born as he has been defined (in the Qur'an) for you (i. e. he is fashioned out of…
79 7311 Sahih
A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I think (that it 'underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don't you see when…
80 7312 Sahih
Did you hear it from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? Thereupon he said: Has Torah been revealed to me?
81 7313 Sahih
The believer does not allow to be stung twice from one (and the same) hole. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
82 7314 Sahih
Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to…
83 7315 Sahih
Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, you have broken the neck of your friend-he said this twice. If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say:…
84 7316 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, no person is more excellent than he after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend,…
85 7317 Sahih
his hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation of wording.
86 7318 Sahih
You killed him, or you sliced the back of a person.
87 7319 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of those who shower too much praise.
88 7320 Sahih
What is the matter with you? And he said: Verily, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: When you see those who shower (undue) praise (upon others), throw dust upon their faces.
89 7321 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Miqdad through another chain of transmitters.
90 7322 Sahih
It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing my mouth with miswak and two persons began to contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was older than the other. I gave…
91 7323 Sahih
Listen to me, inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer,…
92 7324 Sahih
Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from me except the Qur'an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for there is no harm in it and he who…
93 7325 Sahih
There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should teach…
94 7326 Sahih
I and my father set out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the Companions of the Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet…
95 7327 Sahih
Send your son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my father in…
96 7328 Sahih
Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for thirteen dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration of Uthman b. 'Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b. Malik) drew…