What is Hadith?
This is a body of Authentic literature that
comprises the sayings, teachings, behaviour etc.
of the last and final Messenger to Mankind
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muslims
try to emulate the character of the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) in their daily lives and use the
hadith as a key source to that end. The Qur'an
together with hadith constitute the two most
authoritative sources for moral, ethical and
spiritual guidance for Muslims. Below are a
number of the Sayings of the Messenger of God,
Muhammad (peace be upon him). We will try and
post a new Hadith every week God Willing.
The Messenger of God(may
peace be upon him) said:
"There is a polish for
everthing that takes away rust; and the polish
for the heart is remembrance of God."
( Bukhari )
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him)
said:
"Among those not
graced with God's glance on the Day of
Judgment are a severer of bonds of kin and an
obnoxious neighbor"
The above Hadith was
narrated Ad-Daylami.
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"Good companions
and bad companions are like sellers of musk
and the furnace of the smithy. You lose
nothing from the musk seller, whether you buy
some or smell or are imbued with its
fragrance. The furnace of the smithy, on the
other hand, burns your house and your clothes,
or you get a noxious odor."
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever would
be glad to have his livelihood expanded and
his life prolonged should maintain family
ties"
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"Two qualities
are never coupled in a believer: miserliness
and immorality"
The above Hadith
was narrated Al-Bukhari.
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"A man from
among those who were before you was called to
account. Nothing in the way of good was found
for him except that he used to have dealings
with people and, being well-to-do, he would
order his servants to let off the man in
straitened circumstances [from repaying his
debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that God
said: We are worthier than you of that (of
being so generous). Let him off."
The above Hadith was
related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
God (mighty and
sublime be He) said:
"O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me
and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what
you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of
Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of
the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness
of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam,
were you to come to Me with sins nearly as
great as the earth and were you then to face
Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring
you forgiveness nearly as great at it."
The above Hadith
was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn
Hanbal.
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
God (mighty and sublime be He) said:
"Spend (on
charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on
you."
The above Hadith was related by Al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim).
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"Gentleness
never accompanies anything without enhancing
it, nor is it ever removed from anything
without demeaning it"
The above Hadith was
narrated by Al-Bayhaqi.
The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"Practice humility
until no one oppresses or belittles another"
The above Hadith was
narrated by Muslim.
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Exchange gifts,
and mutual love arises; shake hands, and enmity
will fall away"
The above Hadith was
narrated by Ibn 'Asakir.
Prophet Muhammad (peace
and blessings be upon him) said:
''Cleanliness is
half of iman* and (the words) al-Hamdulillah
(Praise to God) fills the scale and (the words)
Subhanallah wa'l-hamdullilah (Glory be to God,
Praise be to God) fill up what is between the
heavens and the earth. Prayer is light. Charity
is a proof. Endurance is brightness. The Quran
is a proof for you or against you. All men go
out early in the morning and sell themselves,
thereby setting themselves free or destroying
themselves."
The above Hadith
was reported on the authority of Abu Malik al-'Ash'ari
* Iman
is usually
translated as faith. In another hadith, related
by Muslim (No.57) Iman is described as 'having
more than seventy branches, the highest of which
is saying 'La ilah ill Allah' (there is no god
but the One God) and the lowest of which is
removing a harmful obstacle from the path. And
modesty is part of Iman.
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever pleases
his parents has pleased God, and whoever angers
them has angered God"
The above Hadith
was narrated by Ibn An-Najjar.
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever would be
glad to have his livelihood expanded and his
life prolonged should maintain family ties"
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever has the
following four characteristics is a pure
munafiq (hypocrite). And whoever has one of the
following four characteristics will have one of
the
characteristics of hypocrisy:
Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.
Whenever he speaks, he lies.
Whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it.
And whenever he argues he behaves very badly."
The above Hadith
was narrated by 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr in Sahih
Bukhari and Muslim
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"A man from among
those who were before you was called to account.
Nothing in the way of good was found for him
except that he used to have dealings with people
and, being well-to-do, he would order his
servants to let off the man in straitened
circumstances [from repaying his debt]. He (the
Prophet p.b.u.h) said that God said: We are
worthier than you of that (of being so
generous). Let him off."
The above Hadith was
related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Keep God in mind
wherever you are; follow a wrong with a right
that offsets it; and treat people courteously"
The above Hadith
was narrated by At-Tirmithi.
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"The example of
the one who remembers his Lord (God) in
comparison with the one who does not remember
his Lord is that of the living and the dead."
The above Hadith
was narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 8
chapter 68 p278
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever faults
his brother for some wrong shall not die before
doing it himself"
The above
Hadith was narrated by At-Tirmithi.
The Messenger of God (may
peace be upon him) said:
'The similitude of
believers in regard to mutual love, affection,
fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb
of it aches, the whole body aches, because of
sleeplessness and fever.'
The above hadith was
related by Nu'man b. Bashir in Sahih Muslim Book
032, No. 6258
On the coming of dawn the The Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) used to say in his
prayers:
"O Allah (God),
illuminate my heart with light, and my eyes with
light and my ears with light and let there be
light on my right and light on my left. Let there
be light above me and light below me, let there be
light in front of me and light behind me. O Allah,
make me a light"
The above hadith was related in Sahih al-Bukhari
Vol. 8 p. 221-2
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"To acquire some
useful knowledge is of greater merit than to
perform a hundred devotional prayers voluntarily."
The above Hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Veiling the faults
of the faithful is akin to restoring life to the
dead"
The above Hadith was narrated by At-Tabarani.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
God the Almighty has said:
"The son of Adam
denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he
reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As for
his denying Me, it is his saying: He [God] will
not remake me as He made me at first * and the
initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than
remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his
saying: God has taken to Himself a son, while I am
the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor
was I begotten, and there is none comparable to
Me."
*
i.e. bring me back to life
after death
The above hadith Qudsi was related by al-Bukhari
(also by an-Nasa'i)
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
'When Allah decreed
the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His
book which is laid down with Him: My mercy
prevails over my wrath.'
The above hadith was related by Muslim (also by
al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
'Allah (God) the
Exalted and Majestic said: Every act of the son of
Adam is for him, except fasting. It is
(exclusively) meant for Me and I (alone) will
eward it. Fasting is a shield. When any one of you
is fasting on a day, he should neither indulge in
obscene language, nor raise the voice; or if
anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him he
should say: I am a person fasting. By Him, in
Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the breath of
the observer of fast is sweeter to Allah on the
Day of judgment than the fragrance of musk. The
one who fasts has two (occasions) of joy, one when
he breaks the fast he is glad with the breaking of
(the fast) and one when he meets his Lord he is
glad with his fast.'
Sahih Muslim Book 006, Number
2566.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
'Whoever does a good
act so people can hear about it, God will make
them hear about it. And whoever does an act so
that people can see him, God will make them see
him.'*
* The
implication of the hadith is that God will not
accept the action.
The above Hadith was narrated on the authority of
Ibn 'Abbas in Bukhari and Muslim.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever fails to
care for our youth, respect our aged, enjoin
right, and denounce wrong is not counted among us"
The above Hadith was narrated by Imam Ahmad.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"The most virtuous
behavior is to engage those who sever relations,
to give to those who withhold from you, and to
forgive those who wrong you"
The above Hadith was narrated by At-Tabarani.
The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"Abandon desire for
this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire
for others' goods, and people will love you."
The above Hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah.
It is reported that the Messenger of God (may peace
be upon him) said:
"By Him in Whose Hand
is my soul*! To take your rope and gather firewood
on your back is better for you than that you come to
a man to whom God has given some of His favour and
ask him, so the man gives to you or refuses."
* This sentence is an oath, meaning "By God"
Malik's Muwatta, Book 58: Number 58.2.10
It is reported that the Messenger of God (may peace
be upon him) said:
''The one who cuts
family ties will not enter the Garden'
Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Jubair bin
Mutim
Ibn Mas'ud , may Allah be pleased with him, said:
'We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah,
upon him be peace. He left us to fulfill a need. We
saw a red bird with two chicks. We caught the two
chicks at which the mother became very upset, at
which point the Messenger, upon him be peace, came
(and reprimanded us) saying:
'Who has tormented this bird by (taking) her
chicks?'
'Return them to their mother.'
Sahih Hadith (Hadith No. 2669), Abu Dawud
It is reported that the Messenger of God (may peace
be upon him) said:
"Never is a believer stricken with discomfort,
hardship, illness, grief or even with mental worry
except that his/her sins are expiated thereby"
The above Hadith was related in Sahih Muslim,
Book 032, Number 6242
It is reported that the Messenger of God (may peace
be upon him) said:
"Do you know who is
the one who is bankrupt? They (the Companions of the
Holy Prophet) said: A bankrupt man amongst us is one
who has neither dirham* with him nor wealth. He (the
Holy Prophet) said: The bankrupt of my community
would be he who would come on the Day of
Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakat** but
(he would find himself bankrupt on that day as he
would have exhausted his funds of virtues) since he
hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny***
against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth of
others and shed the blood of others and beat others,
and his virtues would be credited to the account of
those who suffered at his hand. And if his good
deeds fall short to clear the account, then the sins
of those who suffered at his hand would be entered
in his account and he would be thrown in the
Hell-Fire"
*
A "dirham" is a currency unit.
**
"Zakat" is the act of giving
out of your wealth in charity.
***
"Calumny" is the act of
uttering false charges or misrepresentations
maliciously calculated to damage another's
reputation.
The above Hadith was related in Sahih Muslim,
Book 032, Number 6251. ( The Book of Virtue, Good
Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab
Al-Birr was-Salat-I-wa'l-Adab)
The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
If God has loved a
servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace)
and says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He
(the Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then
he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: God loves
So-and-so, therefore love him. And the inhabitants
of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then
acceptance is established for him on earth. And if
God has abhorred a servant [of His], He calls
Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so, therefore abhor
him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out
to the inhabitants of heaven: God abhors So-and-so,
therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So
they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for
him on earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari,
Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"God, the Majestic and
Mighty, shall say on the Day of Judgment: 'O son of
man! I was ill and you did not visit me ' He will
reply: 'O my Lord! How could I visit You and You are
the Lord of the Worlds?' God shall say: 'Did you not
know that My slave, so-and-so, was ill and you did
not visit him? If you had visited him, you would
have found Me with him. O son of man! I asked you
for food and you did not give it to me.' He will
reply: 'O my Lord! How could I give You food and You
are the Lord of the Worlds?' God shall say: 'Did you
not know that My slave, so-and-so, asked you for
food and you did not give it to him? Did you not
know that if you had given the food, you would have
found that with Me? O son of man! I asked you to
quench My thirst and you did not.' he will say: 'O
my Lord! How could I quench Your thirst and You are
the Lord of the Worlds?' God shall say: 'My slave,
so-and-so, asked you to quench his thirst and you
did not. If you had given him to drink, you would
have found that with Me.' "
The above Hadith was related in "Sahih
Muslim".
The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"When a person dies
the benefit of his/her deeds ends, except three: a
continuous charity, knowledge from which benefit is
derived, or a pious child praying to God for
him/her."
The above Hadith was related by
Muslim & Ahmad.
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may God be
pleased with him) from the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
is that among the sayings he relates from his Lord
(may He be glorified) is that He said:
'O My servants, I have
forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it
forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one
another.
O My servants, all of you are astray except for
those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I
shall guide you.
O My servants, all of you are hungry except for
those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall
feed you.
O My servants, all of you are naked except for those
I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall
clothe you.
O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I
forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I
shall forgive you.
O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as
to harm Me, and will not attain benefiting Me so as
to benefit Me.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as
pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you,
that would not increase My kingdom in anything.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as
wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of
you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up
in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to
give everyone what he requested, that would not
decrease what I have, any more than a needle
decreases the sea if put into it.
O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up
for you and then recompense you for, so let him who
finds good praise Allah and let him who finds other
than that blame no one but himself.'
The above Qudusi Hadith was related by Muslim
(also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
"Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
said: 'You will not
enter Paradise until you have faith, and you will not
have faith until you love each other. Shall I direct
you to something which if you fulfill you will love
one another? Spread the salutation of peace amongst
yourselves"
The above Hadith was reported in Sahih
Muslim (Book 001, Number 0096)
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said:
"A man was walking
on a road when he became very thirsty. He found a
well and went into it and drank and came out.
There was a dog panting and eating earth out of
thirst. The man said, 'This dog has become as
thirsty as I was.' He went down into the well and
filled his shoe and then held it in his mouth
until he climbed out and gave the dog water to
drink. Allah thanked him for it and forgave him."
They said (The Prophet's companions), "Messenger
of Allah, do we have a reward for taking care of
beasts?" He said, "There is a reward for service
to every living creature."
The above Hadith was narrated by Abu Hurayra in "Maalik's
Muwatta. Version 1.03. Book 49, Number 49.10.23.
Sahih Muslim (5777) and Sahih al Bukhari (Vol. 3,
no.551 & no.646)
Some people from the Ansar* asked Allah's Apostle
(to give them something) and he gave to everyone
of them, who asked him, until all that he had was
finished. When everything was finished and he had
spent all that was in his hand, he said to them:
'"(Know) that if I
have any wealth, I will not withhold it from you
(to keep for somebody else); And (know) that he
who refrains from begging others (or doing
prohibited deeds), Allah (God) will make him
contented and not in need of others; and he who
remains patient, Allah will bestow patience upon
him, and he who is satisfied with what he has,
Allah will make him self-sufficient. And there is
no gift better and vast (you may be given) than
patience."
*Means
"helpers". These were the people of Madinah who
responded to the Prophet's call to Islam.
The above Hadith was narrated by Abu Sa`id
in the "Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By
Imam Al Bukhari"
The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be
upon him) said:
He will not enter
Paradise whose neighbor is not secure from his
wrongful conduct.
The above Hadith was narrated by Abu Huraira in "Sahih
Muslim"
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said,
"Free the captives,
feed the hungry and pay a visit to the sick."
The above Hadith was narrated by Abu Musa in the
"Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam Al
Bukhari"
Umar ibn Khattab (Allah be pleased with him)
narrated:
``As we sat one day with the Messenger of Allah
(peace and blessings upon him), a man with pure
white clothing and jet black hair came to us,
without a trace of traveling upon him, though none
of us knew him. He sat down before the Prophet (pbuh)
bracing his knees against his, and resting his
hands on his legs, said:
`Muhammad, tell me
about Islam.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
`Islam is to testify there is no god but Allah and
that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and to
perform the prayer, give zakat, fast in Ramadan,
and perform the pilgrimage to the House if you can
find a way.' He said: `You have spoken the truth,'
and we were surprised that he should ask and then
confirm the answer. Then he said: `Tell me about
true faith (iman), ' and the Prophet answered: `It
is to believe in Allah, His angels, His inspired
Books, His messengers, the Last Day, and in
destiny, its good and evil.'' You have spoken the
truth,' he said, `Now tell me about the perfection
of faith (ihsan), ' and the Prophet answered: `It
is to worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you
see Him not, He nevertheless sees you.' `Tell me
of the Hour,' said the visitor, and he was told:
`The one questioned knows no more about it than
the questioner.' 'Then tell me of its portents,'
he said, and the Prophet replied: 'That the slave
woman shall give birth to her mistress, and that
you shall see barefoot, naked, penniless shepherds
vying in constructing high buildings.' Then the
visitor left. I waited a while, and the Prophet
said to me, `Do you know, `Umar, who was the
questioner?' and I replied, `Allah and His
messenger know best.' He said, `It was Angel
Gabriel (the Angel), who came to you to teach you
your religion ' ''
(Sahih Muslim (y-92), 1.37-38).
"The Prophet said thrice:
"Should I inform you
about the greatest of the great sins?" They said,
"Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "To join others
in worship with Allah and to be undutiful to one's
parents." The Prophet then sat up after he had
been reclining (on a pillow) and said, "And I warn
you against giving a false witness, and he kept on
saying that warning 'till we thought he would not
stop."
The above Hadith was narrated by
Abu Bakra in the "Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version
1.07 - By Imam Al Bukhari"
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said:
"Give (in charity)
and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give
you in a limited amount; and do not withhold your
money lest Allah should withhold it from you."
The above Hadith was narrated by
Asma in the "Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 -
By Imam Al Bukhari"
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said:
"Every Muslim has to
give in charity". The people asked, "O Allah's
Prophet! If someone has nothing to give, what will
he do?" He said, "He should work with his hands
and benefit himself and also give in charity (from
what he earns)." The people further asked, "If he
cannot find even that?" He replied, "He should
help the needy who appeal for help." Then the
people asked, "If he cannot do that?" He replied,
"Then he should perform good deeds and keep away
from evil deeds and this will be regarded as
charitable deeds."
The above Hadith was narrated by
Abu Burda from his father from his grandfather in
the "Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam
Al Bukhari"
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said:
“Show mercy, so that you will be shown mercy.”
The Prophet also said:
“If you reach the morning don’t expect the
evening; And if you reach the evening don’t expect
the morning.” On the Authoroty of Abu Abbas
Abdullah, son of Abbas: One day I was behind the
Prophet (peace be upon him) and he said to me:
“Young man, I shall teach you some words of
Advise. Be mindful of Allah (God), and Allah will
protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will
find him in front of you. If you ask, ask of
Allah. If you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know
that if the nation were to gather together to
benefit you with anything, it will benefit you
only with something Allah had already prescribed
for you. And that if they gather together to harm
you with anything, they would harm you only with
something Allah had already prescribed for you.
The pens had been lifted and the pages have dried”
"Charity is incumbent on each person every day. It
is acting justly between two persons, saying a
good word, every step you take towards prayer,
removing a harmful thing, and showing the way"
"He is not a true believer who eats his fill while
his neighbour is hungry"
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