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Introduction
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Sahih al-Bukhari |
(d. 256 A.H. = 870 A.D.) |
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Sahih Muslim |
(d. 261 A.H. = 875 A.D.) |
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Sunan Ibn Majah |
(d. 273 A.H. = 887 A.D.) |
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Sunan Abu Dawud |
(d. 275 A.H. = 888 A.D.) |
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Jami al-Tirmidhi |
(d. 279 A.H. = 892 A.D.) |
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Sunan al-Nisai |
(d. 303 A.H. = 915 A.D.) |
A.H. = After Hegira A.D. = Anno Domini
"In preparing their collections, these Traditions obviously used a critical technique to decide what they would include and what they should reject. Bukhari, for example, examined 600,000 traditions of which he excepted only 7,397. There purpose was to assemble a body of traditions which would serve as a rule of life for practising Muslims, so their primary interest was in selecting such traditions as would give clear guidance concerning what Muslims belief and practice should be, what things were permissible and approved, and what were not permissible and disapproved."
(Shariah: The Islamic Law. by Abdur Rahman I. Doi:54)
It should be quite evident from the above cited paragraph that the task of compiling ahadith was by no means simple. Although the most painstaking techniques had been employed to decide which ahadith should be included and which should be rejected there were found grounds for classification of ahadith. The ahadith are therefore classified in the following manner:
1.Sahih: These are the genuine Traditions so declared after applying all tests.
2.Hasan: These are the fair Traditions although inferior in the matter of authenticity to the Sahih.
3. Daif: These are the weak traditions which are not so very reliable."
(Ibid:57).
Before I proceed, I wish to explain the meanings of isnad and matn as the understanding of these words is considered profitable for the reader. A hadith consists of two parts. The chain of transmitters comprises one part while the message within the hadith completes it. The former is known as isnad while the latter is matn. Continuing with the classification of ahadith, the daif ahadith are divided further:
a The Mu'allaq Traditions: These are those Traditions in which one or two transmitters are omitted in the beginning of the Isnad.
b. The Maqtu Traditions: These are those Traditions which are reported by a Tabi'i, a man of second category after the Prophet.
c. The Munqati Traditions: These are the broken Traditions.
d. The Mursal Traditions: These are the incomplete Traditions in the Isnad of which a companion (Sahabi) is omitted, e.g. A Tabi'i says, the Prophet said....
e. The Musahhaf Traditions: These are the traditions which have a mistake in words or letters of the Isnad or the Matn e.g. Hasan is written as Hashan.
f. The Shadh Traditions: These are the traditions with a reliable chain of reporters but their meanings are contrary to other similarly attested Traditions narrated by the majority of the contemporary transmitters.
g. The Maudu Traditions: These are the fabricated and untrue Traditions."
(Ibid:57).
I have now presented a very short introduction to the background of ahadith. I would most strongly recommend the interested reader to read the book "Shariah: The Islamic Law" by Abdur Rahman I. Doi. It is a book which I have used extensively and found most interesting and informative. The same author has also published a book which is titled "Non-Muslims under Shariah", another informative book which I would recommend.
Lastly I would like to thank the people concerned in providing me with the facility for distributing this collection. Without their help, time, and effort, I am quite certain that this work would not have come to the notice of so many people in so many places. May Allah give them peace and bless them all. Amen.
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A Muslim and Pakistani student
Oslo, Norway
Wa akhiro dawaana unilhamdolillah Rabb-i-il alaamin.
Ramdhan 1414
January 1994.
1. Islam is based on five things: the testimony that there is no god
but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
is His servant and messenger, the observance of the prayer, the payment
of Zakat, the pilgrimage, and the fast during Ramadan.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
2. The Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe,
and the Emigrant is he who abandons what God has prohibited.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
3. None of you believes till I am dearer to him than his father, his
child and all mankind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
4. He who is not trustworthy has no Faith, and he who does not keep his
Covenant has no religion.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
5. What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed
grieves you, you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs (the
peace of) your heart, give it up.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
6. The major sins are associating other objects of worship with God,
disobedience to parents, murder, and deliberate perjury.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
7. There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies,
when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays
his trust.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
8. Avoid the seven noxious things.(1) Associating anything with God,
(2) magic,(3) killing one whom God has declared inviolate without a just
cause, (4) devouring usury, (5) consuming the property of an orphan, running
back from the battlefield and, (7) slandering chaste women who are believers
but indiscreet.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
9. Four characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer
hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic
of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust,
when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously
and when he quarrels he abuses.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
10. When a man dies no further reward is recorded for his actions, with
three exceptions: Sadqa which continues to be supplied, or knowledge from
which benefit continues to be reaped, or the prayers of a good son to
his dead father.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
11. If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer,
God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection;
if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the
way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults
of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God
helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path
in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
12. He who goes out in search of knowledge is in God's path till he returns.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
13. The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
14. The one who would have the worst position in God's sight on the Day
of Resurrection would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
15. A man is granted supplication provided he does not ask for anything
sinful or for breaking ties of relationship.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
16. You have two characters which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
17.Nothing but supplication averts the decree, and nothing but righteousness
increases life.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
18.People will not sit remembering God without the angels surrounding
them, mercy covering them, peace descending on them.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
19.He who remembers his Lord and he who does not are like the living
and dead.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
20.Hadhrat Jaabir (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "The distinguishing factor between kufr
and Imaan is the deliberate neglect of Salaat."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
21.He who does a good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings,
and I [God] shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an
equivalent reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws
the length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near
him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall draw the
length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking I shall come
to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of the size of the earth,
but has not associated anything with Me, I shall meet him a similar amount
of forgiveness.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
22.Hadhrat Jaabir (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "Salaat is the key to Jannat."
(Darami).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
23.Hadrhat Abdulah Ibn Qart (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that
Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The first act about which one
will be questioned on the Day of Qiyammah will be Salaat. If Salaat is
found to be proper, other acts will pass as proper. But, if Salaat is
found there to be despoiled, then all other acts too will fail."
(Tibrani, Ausat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
24.Hadhrat Hanzalah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard
Muhammad say: "Whoever guards the five Salaat while believing that
the Salaat is the Right of Allah, will enter Jannat."
(Ahmad).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
25.Hadhrat Bareedah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "The subject of pledge which exists between
the people and us (the Ambiyaa) is Salaat. Thus, whoever neglects Salaat
has become a kaafir (i.e. in terms of practical life, not in terms of
Imaan)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
26.A time will come to mankind when man will not care whether what he
gets comes from a lawful or an unlawful source.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
27.Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "Will there remain any impurity on a person
who baths five times a day in a river flowing in front of his house?"
The people said: "No impurity will remain on him." Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "This is the effect of the five Salaat.
By means of it, Allah Ta'ala purifies the performer of all sins."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
28.Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Bin Amr Bin Al-A's (Allah be pleased with him)
narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Salaat on the Day
of Qiyaamah, will be a light, a proof and a means of salvation for the
one who guarded it. He who neglects Salaat, will have no light, no proof
and no salvation (from the direction of Salaat) He (the one who neglects
Salaat) will be in the company of Qaroon, Fir'oun, Haamaan and Ubay Ibn
Khalf on the Day of Qiyaamah."
(Ahmad, Darami, Baihaqi, Shu'bul Imaan).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
29.No body which has been nourished with what is unlawful will enter
paradise.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
30.Flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful will not enter paradise,
but hell is more fitting for all flesh which has grown out of what is
unlawful.
(Ahmad, Darimi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
31.The truthful and trusty merchant is associated with the prophets,
the upright and the martyrs.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
32.If anyone buys a garment for ten dirhams among which one is unlawfully
acquired, God most high will not accept prayer from him as long as he
wears it.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
33.He who begs the property of others to increase his own is asking only
for live coals, so let him ask little as much.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
34.It is better for one of you to take a rope, bring a load of firewood
on his back, and sell it, God thereby preserving his self respect, than
that he should beg from people whether they give him anything or refuse
him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
35.If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee
him paradise.
(Abu Dawud, Nasa'i).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
36.If you spend (to help others), O son of Adam! I [God] shall spend
on you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
37.It is better for a man to give a dirham as Sadqa during his lifetime
than to give a hundred at the time of his death.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
38.Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your
brother with a cheerful face.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
39.Sadqa given to a poor man is just Sadqa, but when given to a relative
it serves a double purpose, being both Sadqa and a connecting link.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
40.If anyone keeps goods till the price rises, he is a sinner.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
41.He who brings goods for sale is blessed with good fortune, but he
who keeps them till the price rises is accursed.
(Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
42.If anyone withholds grain for forty days thereby desiring a high price,
has renounced God and God has renounced him.
(Razin).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
43.The man who withholds goods is evil. If God lowers prices he is grieved,
and if He raises then he is happy. (Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
44.He who grants a respite to one who is in straightened circumstances
or who remits his debt, will be saved by God from the anxieties of the
Day of Resurrection.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
45.If anyone accepts others belongings meaning to pay back, God will
pay back for him, but if anyone accepts them meaning to squander them,
God will on that account destroy his property.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
46.Every fault but a debt will be forgiven to a martyr.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
47.A believer's soul is attached to his debt till it is paid.
(Shafi'i, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
48.Gold is to be paid by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley
by barley, dates by dates and salt by salt, like for like, payment being
made on the spot. If anyone gives more or asks for more, he has dealt
in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
49.A time is coming to mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain
and if he does not receive it, some of its vapour will reach him.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
50.A dirham which a man knowingly receives in usury is more serious (a
crime) than thirty-six acts of fornication.
(Ahmad, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
51.When a man makes a loan to another, he must not accept a present.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
52.Even though usury be much it leads in the end to penury.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
53.Young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it
keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality,
but those who cannot, should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a
means of suppressing sexual desire.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
54.The whole world is to be enjoyed, but the best thing in the world
is a pious woman.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
55.When a man marries, he has fulfilled half of the religion, so let
him fear Go regarding the remaining half.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
56.After fear of God, a believer gains nothing better for him than a
good wife who obeys him if he gives her a command, pleases him if he looks
at her, is true to him if he adjures her to do something, and is sincere
towards him regarding her person and his property if he is absent.
(Ibn Majah.)
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
57.When a woman observes the five time of prayers, fasts during Ramadan,
preserves her chastity, and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of
the gates of paradise she wishes.
(Abu Nu'aim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
58.A believer must not hate his wife, and if he is displeased with one
bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with one that is good in her.
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam by. Imran Muhammad).
59.Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have
best disposition and are kindest to their families.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
60.If any woman asks her husband for divorce without some strong reason,
the odour of paradise will be forbidden for her.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
61.The lawful thing God hates most is divorce.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
62.God has created nothing on the face of the earth more dearer to Him
than emancipation, and God has created nothing on the face of the earth
more hateful to Him than divorce.
(Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
63.The one who will be dearest to God and nearest to Him in the station
on the Day of Resurrection will be a just imam and the one who will be
most hateful to God on the Day of Resurrection, and will receive the severest
punishment will be a tyrannical imam.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
64.A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the
Creator.
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
65.Do not ask for any high office, for if you are given it after asking,
you will be left to discharge it yourself; if you are given it without
asking you will be helped to discharge it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
66.He who has been ruler over ten people, will be brought in the Day
of Resurrection, shackled till justice loosens his chains or tyranny brings
him to destruction.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
67.The most excellent jihad is when one speaks a true word in the presence
of a tyrannical ruler.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
68.As you will be so will you have rulers put over you.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
69.No judge must give judgement between two people when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
70.If anyone who seeks the office of Qadi among Muslims till he gets
it and his justice prevails over tyranny, will go to paradise; but the
man whose tyranny prevails over justice will go to hell.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
71.God is with the Qadi as long as he is not tyrannical, but when he
is tyrannical, He departs from him and the devil attaches himself to him.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
72.If anyone swears a firm oath, acting wickedly thereby, and appropriates
by it property belonging to a Muslim, God will be very angry when he meets
Him on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
. 73.The man who is most hateful to God is the one who quarrels and disputes
most. (Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
74.If anyone claims what is not his, he does not belong to us, and let
him come to his seat in hell. (Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
75.A believer will continue to find ample scope in his religion as long
as he does not kill anyone unlawfully. (Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
76.Shedding of blood will be the first matter about which judgement will
be given on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
77.If anyone kills a man who had made a covenant (anyone who belongs
to a Non-Muslim community with whom a treaty of peace has been made, or
a member of protected communities) will not experience the fragrance of
paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
78.God may forgive every sin, except in the case of one who dies a polytheist,
or one who purposely kills a believer.
(Abu Dawud, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
79.The passing away of the world would mean less to God than the murder
of a Muslim man.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
80.He who throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be thrown
down in the fire of hell and remain in it for ever and ever; he who sips
poison and kills himself will have his poison in his hand will sip it
for ever and ever in the fire of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
81.An unmarried man who commits fornication, should receive hundred lashes
and be banished for a year.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
82.If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does
it and the one to whom it is done.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
83.Fornication will not appear among any people without their being punished
by famine, and bribery will not appear among any people without their
being punished by terror.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
84.God Who is glorious will not look at a man who has intercourse with
a man or a woman through the anus.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
85.None of you must point a weapon at his brother for he does not know
whether the devil may draw it out while it is in his hand as a result
of which he will fall into a pit of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
86.If anyone points a piece of iron at his brother, the angels curse
him till he puts it down, even if he is his brother who has the same father
and mother.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
87.I [Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)] forbade that
a sword which has been drawn should be handed to anyone.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
88.He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he
who believes in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours;
and he who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or
keep silent.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
89.It is part of the Sunna that a man should accompany his guest to the
door of the house.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
90.He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest. Provisions
for the road are what will serve for a day and night; hospitality extends
for three days; what goes beyond that is Sadqa; and it is not allowable
that a guest should stay till he makes himself encumbrance.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
91.Eat together and not separately, for the blessings is associated with
the company.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
92.Mention God's name, eat with your right hand and eat from what is
next to you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
93.When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand and when he
drinks he should drink with his right hand.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
94.I do not eat reclining.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
95.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never expressed
disapproval of food; if he desired it he ate it and if he disliked it
he left it alone.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
96.God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to
breathe three times in the course of a drink.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
97.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade that
a man should drink standing.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
98.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade breathing
or blowing into a vessel.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
99.Do not leave a fire burning in your houses while you are asleep.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
100.Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captive.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
101.When you visit an invalid tell him to make a supplication for you,
for his supplication is like of the angels.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
102.A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation,
visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have
mercy on you' when one sneezes.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
103.There are six good qualities which one believer should display to
another; he should visit him when he is ill, be present when he dies,
accept his invitation when he gives one, salute him when he meets him,
say 'God have mercy on you' when he sneezes and act sincerely towards
him whether he is absent or present.
(Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
104.One who is riding should salute one who is walking, one who is walking
should salute one who is sitting and a small company should salute a large
one.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
105.The God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed
a mixed company of Muslims, polytheists who worshipped idols and Jews
and he gave them a salutation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
106.Those who are nearest to God are they who are first to give a salutation.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
107.When you go into your family, sonny, give a salutation. It will be
a blessing both to you and to your family.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
108.A man must not make another get up from his place and then occupy
it himself, but you should spread out and make room.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
109.If anyone gets up from where he has been sitting and comes back,
he has no right to it.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
110.It is not allowable for a man to come in between two people without
their permission.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
111.One who cuts ties of relationship will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
112.The Lord's good pleasure results from a father's good pleasure, and
the Lord's displeasure results from the father's displeasure.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
113."Messenger of God, who is most deserving of friendly care from
me?" He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your
mother." He asked who came next, and He (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next
and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your
mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) replied, "Your father."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
114."What rights can parents demand from their children?" He
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "They are your
paradise and your hell."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
115.By Him in Whose hand my soul is, a man does not believe till he likes
for his brother what he likes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
116.Those who are merciful have mercy shown them by the Compassionate
One, if you show mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who is in heaven
will show mercy to you.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
117.A Muslim is a Muslim's brother; he does not wrong him or abandon
him. If anyone cares for his brother's need, God will care for his need;
if anyone removes his brother's anxiety, God will remove from him one
of the anxieties of the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone conceals a
Muslim's secret, God will conceal his secret on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
118.He does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our young ones
and respect to our old ones, who does not recommend what is reputable
and prohibit what is disreputable.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
119.The best house among the Muslims is the one which contains an orphan
who is well treated, and the worst house among the Muslims is the one
which contains an orphan who is badly treated.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
120.The believer is not the one who eats his fill when the neighbour
beside him is hungry.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
121.All creatures are God's children, and those dearest to God are the
ones who treat His children kindly.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
122.Touch an orphan's head and feed the poor.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
123.If anyone guarantees me what is between his jaws and what is between
his legs (i.e. he should not commit fornication), I shall guarantee him
paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
124.Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is
infidelity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
125.It is not fitting for an eminently truthful man to be a reviler.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
126.A mischief maker will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahma
127.Adhere to truth, for truth leads to good deeds and good deeds leads
him who does them to paradise. Falsehood is wickedness and wickedness
leads to hell.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad
128.The great liar is not the one who puts things right between people,
says what is good, and promotes what is good.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
129.Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh
thereby! Woe to him! Woe to him!
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
130.Do you know the thing which most commonly brings people into paradise?
It is fear to God and good character. Do you know what most commonly brings
people to hell? It is the hollow things; the mouth and the private parts.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
131.Sufyan bin Abdullah ath Thaqafi told when he asked God's messenger
what he feared most for him, he took hold of his tongue and said, "This."
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
132.None of my companions must tell me anything about anyone, for I like
to come out to you with no ill-feelings.
(Abu-Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
133.Coarse talk does not come into anything without disgracing it, and
modesty does not come into anything without adorning it.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
134.If you guarantee me six things on your part, I shall guarantee you
paradise: speak the truth when you talk, keep a promise when you make
it, when you are trusted with something fulfil your trust, avoid sexual
immorality, lower your eyes and restrain your hand from injustice.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
135.The one who is most honourable in God's estimation is the pious.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
136.Do not eulogize me as the Christians eulogized the son of Mary, I
am just His servant, so say, 'God's servant and His messenger.'
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
137.God has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts
over another, or oppresses another.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
138.Wathila b. al-Asqa told that he asked God's messenger what party
spirit was and he replied. "You help your people in wrongdoing.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
139.It is not allowable for a man to keep apart from his brother for
more than three days, the one turning away and the one turning away when
they meet. The better of the two is the one who is first to give a greeting.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
140.Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
141.Accursed is he who harms a believer, or acts deceitfully towards
him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
142.To harbour good thoughts (about a brother) is a part of well-conducted
worship.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
143.He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
144.Righteousness is good character, and sin is that which revolves in
your heart and which you do not want people to know.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
145.I have been sent to perfect good character.
(Muwatta, Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
146.Among the best of you [are they] who have the best character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
147.Modesty is part of faith and faith is in paradise, but obscenity
is part of hardness of heart and hardness of heart is in hell.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
148.O God as Thou hast made my form beautiful so make my character beautiful.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
149.The believers whose faith is most perfect are those who have the
best character.
(Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
150.God will not show mercy to him who does not show mercy to others.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
151."If anyone cares for two girls till they grow up, he and I will
come on the Day of Resurrection thus," and he joined fingers.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
152."I and the one who takes responsibility for an orphan, whether
his own kin or of others, will be in paradise thus," and he pointed
his forefinger and the middle finger with a slight space between them.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
153."Believers are to one another like a building whose parts support
one other." He then interlaced his fingers.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
154.A good or bad companion is like one who carries musk and one who
blows the bellow. The one who carries musk may give you some, or you may
buy some from him, or you may feel a fragrance from him; but the one who
blows the bellows might burn your clothing, or you may feel a bad smell
from him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
155.A believer is not stung twice from the same hole.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
156.You have two characters which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
157. For one who does not stumble and no sage who does not have experience.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
158.Consider how a matter will turn out; than if you think its issue
will be good carry on with it, but if you fear going astray hold back
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
159. A good way of acting, a good manner of conduct and moderation are
twenty-fifth part of prophecy.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
160. When a man tells something and then departs it is trust. (What he
told should be treated confidential).
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
161. When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property
and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
162. Seek me among you weak ones, for you are given provision from God,
God will be satisfied with few good deeds from him.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
163. God loves His poor, believing servant who refrains from begging
and yet has children. (Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
164. O God, grant me life as a poor man, cause me to die as a poor man,
and resurrect me in the company of the poor.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
165. Abu Dharr said: My friend ordered me to observe seven things. He
ordered me to love the poor and be near them; he ordered me to consider
my inferior and not consider my superior; he ordered me to join ties of
relationship even when relatives are at a distance; he ordered me not
to ask anyone for anything; he ordered me to speak the truth even when
it is bitter; he ordered me not to fear for God's sake reproach anyone
may cast on me; and he ordered me to repeat often, "There is no might
and no power except in God," for these words are a part of the treasure
under the throne.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
166. The son of Adam becomes decrepit, but two things remain young in
him: avidity for property and avidity for life.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
167. When you go into your family, sonny, give a salutation. It will
" The first thing which effects the well-being of this people is
firm belief and asceticism, and the first thing which affects its corruption
is niggardliness and (useless) hope. (Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
168. God loves the pious rich man who is inconspicuous.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
169. God does not look at your forms and possessions, but He looks at
your hearts and your deeds.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
170. When a man prays publicly in a good manner and prays secretly in
a good manner, God most high says, "This is My servant indeed."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
171.The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the
one who controls himself when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
172. He is a bad man who is proud and puts on airs and forgets the Most
Great and Sublime One.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
173.He who has in his heart as much faith as a grain of mustard seed
will not enter hell, and he who has in his heart as much pride as a grain
of mustard seed will not enter paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
174.When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down.
If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
175.Abu Huraira reported God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) as telling that Moses' son Imran said, "My Lord, who
is the greatest of Thy servant in Thy estimation?" and received the
reply, "The one who forgives when he is in a position of power.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
176.Seventy thousand of my people will enter paradise without being taken
to account. They are those who do not use spells or take omens, but put
their trust in their Lord.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
177.The strong believer is better and dearer to God than the weaker believer.
In all that is good be eager for what benefits you, seek help in God,
and be not too weak to do so.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
178.Abu Dharr reported God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) as saying he knew a verse which would suffice men if they
would but apply it, "For him who fears God He will appoint a way
out and He will give him provision from an unimagined source.
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
179.Young man, if you are mindful about God He will be mindful of you,
and if you are mindful of God you will find Him before you. When you ask
for anything ask it from God, and if you seek help seek in God. Know that
if the people were to unite to do you some benefit they could benefit
you only with what God had recorded for you and that if they were to unite
to do you some injury they could injure you only with what God had recorded
for you. The pens are withdrawn and the pages are dry.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
180.God grants a respite to the oppressor, but when He finally seizes
him, He will not let him escape.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
181.Beware of the plea of the oppressed, for he asks God most high only
for his due, and God does not keep one who has a right from receiving
what is due.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
182.If anyone walks with an oppressor to strengthen, knowing that he
is an oppressor, he has gone forth from Islam.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
183.Do not be a people without a will of your own saying: If others treat
well you will also treat well and if they do wrong we will do wrong; but
accustom yourselves to do good if people do good and do not do wrong if
they do evil.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
184.Oppression will produce excessive darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
185.He who has done a wrong affecting his brother's honour, or anything
else, must ask for his forgiveness for it now before he will have neither
dinar or dirham. If he has any good deed to his credit it would be out
of his credit that the measure of his wrongdoing would be deducted, but
if he has done no good deeds it will be taken from the other's evil deeds
and laid upon him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
186.If people knew what I know about the dangers of being alone, no rider
would travel alone at night.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
187.God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) did not come to his family during the night, but was accustomed to
enter only in the morning or in the evening.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
188. God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) used to arrive from a journey only in the daytime during the forenoon,
and that when he arrived he went first to the mosque where he prayed two
Raka's, after which he sat in it and gave audience to the people.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
189. God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) used to keep to the rear when travelling and urge on the weak. He
would take some up behind him and would make supplication for them all.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
190. The Lord of the people on a journey is their servant, (NOTE
1) and he who precedes them in service will
not be preceded by them on account of any deed but martyrdom.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
191. Anas said: I served the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) for ten years and he never said to me, "Shame!" or
"Why you do such and such?" or "Why did you not do such
and such."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
192. Jabir said that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) was asked for anything, he never said, "No."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
193. A'isha said: God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) used to patch his sandals, sew his garments and conduct himself as
anyone of you did in his house. (Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
194. Anas told that when a man had asked the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) for enough sheep to fill the valley between two
mountains and had been given them, went to his people and said, "Accept
Islam, my people, for I swear By God that Muhammad gives gifts to such
an extent that there is no fear of poverty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
195. Anas said: God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) was one of the men in character. One day he sent me to do something,
and I said, "I swear by God that I will not go." But in my heart
I felt I should go to do what God's messenger (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) has commanded me, so I went out and came upon some
boys who were playing in the street. All of a sudden God's messenger (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had come up behind caught me by
the back of the neck, and when I looked at him he was laughing. He said,
"Did you go where I ordered you, little Anas?" "Yes, I
am on my way, messenger of God." (Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
196. Abu Huraira told that when God's messenger (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) was asked to invoke curse on the polytheists he
replied, "I was not sent as one given to cursing; I was sent only
as a mercy."
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
197. Al-Aswad told that he asked A'isha what the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) use to do in his house, she replied that he used
to engage himself in Mihna i.e. the service of his family, and when the
time for prayer came, he went out to prayer.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
198. Jabir b. Samura said God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) was far from talkative. (He spoke only when he had a good
reason for doing so).
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
199.If anyone of you sees something objectionable, he should change it
with his hand, but if he cannot, he should change it with his tongue,
and if he cannot he should do it in his heart, that being the weakest
form of faith.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
200. Anas told that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) shook hands with a man, he did not withdraw his hand till
the other did so, and he was not seen to put forward his knees in front
of one with whom he was sitting.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
201. Hind, son of Khadija from her former husband, says about the Prophet
(peace be upon him): "Kind of heart, he was nice and sweet-tempered.
He never liked to displease or cause offence to anybody. He thanked even
for trifling favours. He took whatever food was placed before him, without
making any adverse remark. He never got angry for anything concerning
his own person, nor did he think of taking revenge or letting down anybody,
but if anyone opposed what was just and right, he used to get sore and
helped the right cause with all his might." I [Muhammad (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him)] forbade that a sword which has "
It is not allowable for a man to keep apart from his brother for more
than three days, the one turning away and the on"
(Tirmidhi). (Muhammad The Ideal Prophet. by Sayyid Suliman Nadwi).
202.Abdullah b. al-Harith b. Jaz said he had not seen no one more given
to smiling than God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him).
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
203. Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his
mother's belly for forty days in the form of a seed, then he is a clot
of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period,
then there is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into
him and who is commanded about four matters (NOTE
2) to write down his means of livelihood,
his life span, his actions, and whether happy or unhappy. By Allah, other
than Whom there is no god, verily one of you behaves like the people of
Paradise until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and that
which has been written overtakes him and so he behaves like the people
of Hell-fire and thus enters it; and one of you behaves like the people
of Hell-fire until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and
that which has been written overtakes him and so he behaves like the people
of Paradise and thus enters it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
204.Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which
he intended. Thus he whose migration (NOTE
3) was for Allah and His Messenger, and he
whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman
in marriage was for that he for which he migrated.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
205.He who innovates something in which this matter of ours that is not
of it will have it rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
206.He who does an act which our matter is not [in agreement] with, will
have it rejected.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
207. The believers whose faith " None of you [truly] believes until
he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
208. There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
209.Hazrat Umar (Allah be pleased with him) said: One day while we were
sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) there appeared
before us a man whose clothes were exceedingly white and whose hair was
exceedingly black; no signs of journeying were to be seen on him and none
of us knew him. He walked and sat down by the Prophet (peace be upon him).
Resting his knees against his and placing the palm of his hands on his
thigh, he said: O Muhammad, tell me about Islam. The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said: Islam is to testify that there is no god but
Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to perform the prayers,
to pay the zakat (NOTE 4) ,
to fast in Ramadan, and to make the pilgrimage to the House (NOTE
5) if you are able to do so. He said: You
have spoken rightly, and we were amazed at him asking him and saying that
he had spoken right. He said: Then tell me about iman (NOTE
6) . The Prophet (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him ) said: It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His
books, His messengers and the Last Day, and to believe in divine destiny,
both the good and evil thereof. He said: You have spoken rightly. He said:
Then tell me about ihsan (NOTE 7) ,
The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said:
It is to worship Allah as though you are seeing Him, and while you see
Him not yet truly He sees you. He said then tell me about the Hour (NOTE
8) , The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
The one questioned about it knows no better than the questioner. He said:
Tell me about its signs. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl
will give birth to her mistress (NOTE 9) and
that you will see the barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing in
constructing lofty buildings. Then he took himself off and I stayed for
a time. Then the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon)
said: O Umar, do you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and hid
Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It was Gabriel,
who came to you to teach you your religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
210.That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is plain
and between the two if them are doubtful matters about which not many
people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard
to his religion and his honour, but he who falls into doubtful matters
falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around
the sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary,
and truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there
is a morsel of flesh which, if diseased, all of it is diseased. Truly
it is the heart.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
211.What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to
do], do as much of it as you can. It was only their excessive questioning
and their disagreeing with their Prophets that destroyed those who were
before you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
212.Leave that which makes you in doubt for that which does not make
you doubt.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
213.Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which
does not concern him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
214.Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good
deed and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
215.Purity is half of faith. Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fills
the scales, and Subhana 'llah [How far is Allah from every imperfection]
and Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fill that which is between heaven
and earth. Prayer is light; charity is a proof; patience is illumination;
and the Quran is an argument for or against you. Everyone starts his day
and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
216.I have been ordered to fight (NOTE 10)
against people until they testify that there
is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and until
he perform the prayers and pay the zakat, and if they do so, they will
have gained protection from me for their lives (NOTE
11) and property, unless [they do acts that
are punishable] in accordance with Islam, and their reckoning will be
with Allah the Almighty.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
217.Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency in all things. Thus, if you
kill, kill well; and if you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each one of
you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
218.There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
219. Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is good.
Allah has commanded the Messengers, and the Almighty has said: "O
ye Messengers! Eat of the good things and do right." (NOTE
12) And Allah has said: "O ye who
believe ! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you."
(NOTE 13) Then
the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned [the case of] a man who, having
journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty and who spreads out his hands
to the sky [saying]: O Lord! O Lord! - while his food is unlawful, his
drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful, and he is nourished unlawfully,
so how can he be answered!
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
220.Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy (NOTE
14) are: If you feel no shame, then do as
you wish. (NOTE 15)
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
221.None of you [truly] believes until his inclination is in accordance
with what I ((Muhammad), may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him ) have brought.
(Kitab al-Hujja).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
222.Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers
in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
223.Allah the Almighty has laid down religious duties, so do not neglect
them; He has set boundaries, so do not overstep them; He has prohibited
some things, so do not violate them; about some things He was silent out
of compassion for you, not forgetfulness, so seek not after them.
(Daraqutni)
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
224.Each person's every joint must perform a charity every day they comes
up: to act justly between two people is a charity; to help a man with
his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it is
a charity; a good word is a charity; every step you take to prayers (i.e.
on your way to the mosque) is a charity and removing a harmful thing from
the road is a charity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
225.The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in one
of three [instances]: the married person commits adultery; a life for
life; and one who forsakes his religion and abandons the community.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
226.Were people to be given in accordance with their claim, men would
claim the fortunes and lives (NOTE 16) of
[other] people, but the onus of proof is on the claimant and the taking
of an oath is the incumbent upon him who denies.
(Al-Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
227.Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that
the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "A man who harms a Muslim and
deceives him, is accursed."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
228.Allah has pardoned for me my people for [their] mistakes and [their]
forgetfulness and for what they have done under duress.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
229.Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained
it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and has not done it,
Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he intended
it and has done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good
deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he has intended
a bad deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a
full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes
it down as one bad deed.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by . Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
230.Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another; do
not hate one another; do not turn away from one another; and do not undercut
one another, but be you. O servants of Allah, brothers. A Muslim is the
brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him, he
neither lies to him nor does he hold him in contempt. Piety is right here-and
the Prophet (peace be upon him) pointed to his breast three times. It
is evil enough for a man to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. The whole
of a Muslim for another is inviolable: his blood, his property and his
honour.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
231.Some of the Companions (NOTE 17)
of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet:(peace
be upon him) O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made off with the
rewards: they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give away
in charity the superfluity of their wealth. The Prophet (peace be upon
him) said: Has not Allah made things for you to give away in charity?
Truly every tasbiha (NOTE 18)
is a charity every takbira (NOTE 19)
is a charity, every tahmida (NOTE 20)
is a charity and every tahlia (NOTE 21)
is a charity; to enjoin a good action is a charity, to forbid an evil
action is a charity and in a sexual act each of you there are a charity.
They said: O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfils his sexual desire
will he have some reward for that? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
Do you [not] think that were he to act upon it unlawfully he wold be sinning?
Likewise, if he has acted upon it lawfully he will have a reward.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
232.Allah the Almighty has said: Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of
Mine, I shall be at war with him. My servant does not draw near to Me
with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have imposed
upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory
works so that I shall love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with
which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hands with which he
strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of
Me, I would surely give it to him; and were he to ask me for refuge, I
would surely grant him it.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
233.The son of Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) use to say:
At evening do not expect [to live till] morning, and at morning do not
expect [to live till] evening. Take from your health for your illness
and from your life for your death (NOTE 22).
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
234.A man came to the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which,
if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me. The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: Renounce the world and Allah will love you,
and renounce what people possess and people will love you.
(Ibn Majah).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
235.The halal is that which Allah has made lawful in His Book
and haram is that which He has forbidden, and that concerning which
He is silent He has permitted as a favour to you.
(Reported in Al-Hakim, classified as sahih (sound), and quoted
by al-Bazzar).(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
236.I have been sent with what is straight and easy.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
237.Allah has prescribed certain obligations for you, so do not neglect
them; He has defined certain limits, so do not transgress them; He has
prohibited certain things, so do not do them; and He has kept silent concerning
other things out of mercy for you and not because of forgetfulness, so
do not ask questions concerning them.
(Daraqutni).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
238.Any innovation in our matter (worship) which is not part of it must
be rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
239.If anyone amasses wealth through haram means and then gives charity
from it, there is no regard for him and the burden of sins remains.
(Ibn Khazimah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
240.A group of people will make people's intoxications halal by giving
it other names.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
241.A hadith qudsi (NOTE 23):
They prohibited to people what I had made lawful for I created people
upright (hunafah). Then the evil ones came to them and led them astray
from their religion and commanded them to associate with Me that for which
I had sent down any authority.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
242.A time will come when people will devour usury, calling it "trade."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
243.Avoid three abominable acts (that is, the one who does them is cursed
by Allah and by the people): defecating in streams, defecating on roadways,
and defecating in shaded places.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Hakim, and classified as sahih by Baihaqi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
244.Actions will be judged by intentions, and everyone will be recompensed
according to what he intended.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
245.Its water (the sea's) is pure and its dead are halal.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
246.By Allah, if Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I
would have her hand cut off.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
247.If a person earns property through haram means and gives charity,
it will not be accepted (by Allah): if he spends it there will be no blessing
on it; and if he leaves it behind (at his death) it will be his provision
in the Fire. Indeed Allah Ta'ala does not obliterate one bad deed by another
bad deed, but He does cancel out a bad deed by a good deed. An unclean
thing does not wipe away another unclean thing.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
248.Allah has ordained kindness (or excellence) in everything. If killing
is to be done, do it in the best manner, and when you slaughter, do it
in the best manner by first sharpening the knife, and putting the animal
at ease.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
249.If someone kills a sparrow for sport, the sparrow will cry out on
the Day of Judgement, 'O Lord! That person killed me in vain! He did not
kill me for any useful purpose.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
250.Any part cut off a living animal is dead flesh.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
251.Whoever kills a sparrow or anything bigger than that without a just
cause, Allah will hold him accountable on the Day of Judgement. The listeners
asked, O Messenger of Allah, what is a just cause? He replied, That he
will kill it to eat, not simply to chop off its head and then throw it
away.
(Nisai, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
252.When you set your dog (for the chase), mention the name of Allah,
if he catches the game, and you reach it while it is still alive, cuts,
its throat.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
253.If you send your dog after the game, and it eats part of it, you
should not eat of it, for the dog has hunted for itself and not for you;
but if you send the dog and it kills the game without eating it, you can
eat it, as it has caught it for its master.
(Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
254.Every intoxicant is khamr (NOTE 24)
and every khamr is haram.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
255.Khamr is that which befogs the mind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
256.Of that which intoxicates in a large amount, a small amount is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
257.If a bucketful intoxicates, a sip of it is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
258.Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a table
at which khamr is consumed.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi ).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
259.If someone stockpiles grapes during harvest time and holds them in
order to sell to a Jew or Christian or anyone else (even if he be a Muslim)
who produces khamr, he will be leaping into the Fire with his eyes open.
(Tabarani, Hafiz).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
260.Truly Allah has cursed khamr and has cursed the one who produces
it, the one for whom it is produced, the one who drinks it, the one who
serves it, the one who carries it, the one for whom it is carried, the
one who sells it, the one who earns from the sale of it the one who buys
it, and the one for whom it is bought.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
261.Allah has sent down the disease and the cure, and for every disease
there is a cure. So take medicine but do not use anything haram as medicine.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
262.Cleanse yourself, for Islam is cleanliness.
(Ibn Hayyan).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
263.Cleanliness invites towards faith, and faith leads its possessor
to the Garden.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
264.If you can afford it, it is befitting that you wear garments other
than your working clothes to Friday prayer.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
265.Do not wear silk, for those who wear it in this life shall not wear
it in the Hereafter.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
266.This is the dress [referring to a silken garment] of a man who has
no character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
267.On the day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at the person who
trails his robe behind him out of pride.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
268.On the day of Resurrection, Allah will clothe the one who wears garments
of fame with garments of humiliation.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. better than the questioner. He said: Tell me about its signs. The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl will give birth to her
mistress (NOTE 9) and that you
will see the barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing in constructing
lofty buildings. Then he took himself off and I stayed for a time. Then
the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon) said: O Umar,
do you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and hid Messenger know
best. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It was Gabriel, who came to
you to teach you your religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
269."Anyone who has an atom of pride in his heart will not enter
the Garden." A man then asked, "What about the one who likes
to wear a handsome robe and good shoes?" The Prophet (peace be upon
him) replied, "Surely Allah is beautiful and loves beauty."
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
270.Pride is to reject the truth and to view other people with contempt.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
271.Whoever eats or drinks from gold or silver utensils, is indeed filling
his stomach with the fire of hell.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
272.Assuredly the angels do not enter a house in which there are statues
or figures.
(Bukhari, Muslim, wording is from Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
273.Among the people receiving the harshest punishment on the Day of
Resurrection will be the makers of figures/the imitators of Allah's creation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
274.On the Day of Resurrection, the makers of a figure will be asked
to breathe a spirit into it, and he will never be able to do so.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
275.Do not glorify me in the same manner as the Christians glorify Jesus,
son of Mary, but say, "He is a slave of Allah and His Messenger.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
276.hadith qudsi
Who does greater wrong than he who desires to create the like of what
I create? Let them create an atom! Let them create a grain of barley!
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
277.Do not stand up as the Persians do, some people honouring the others.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
278.Do not make of my grave a site for festivals.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
279.O Lord, do not let my grave be made into an idol to be worshipped.
(Malik).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
280.Charity is halal neither for the rich nor for the able-bodied.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
281.He who begs without need is like a person holding a burning coal
in his hand.
(Baihaqi, Ibn Khazimah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
282.O people, say what you said previously or part of it, and do not
let Satan mislead you. I am Muhammad, a slave of Allah and His Messenger.
I do not like your raising my status above the status which Allah, the
Mighty and Glorious, has given me.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
283.Whoever keeps a dog except for hunting, guarding cattle and crops
will lose one large measure (qirat) of his reward everyday.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
284.A person keeps on begging until he meets Allah (on the Day of Resurrection)
with no flesh on his face.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
285.Anyone who begs from people in order to increase his wealth will
have his face scratched on the Day of Resurrection, and will eat burning
stones from hell; so let him reduce it (his punishment) or let him increase
it as he pleases.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
286.Begging is similar to scratching the flesh off your face; so if someone
wants to save his face he should avoid it, except for asking from the
ruler or asking in case of dire need.
(Abu Dawud, Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
287.It is better that a person should take a rope and bring a bundle
of wood on his back to sell so that Allah may preserve his honour, than
that he should beg from people, (regardless of) whether they give to him
or refuse him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
288.When a Muslim plants a plant or cultivates a crop, no bird or human
being eats from it without its being accounted for as a (rewardable) charity
for him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
289.When a Muslim plants a plant, anything eaten of it or stolen from
it, until the Day of Resurrection, is accounted as charity for him.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
290.If anyone plants a tree, patiently protects it and looks after it
until it bears fruit, Allah the Mighty and Glorious will count as charity
for him anything for which its fruits are used.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
291.If you deal in usury, calling it by other names, and hang onto the
tails of cows, being satisfied with cultivation and ceasing to perform
jihad, (NOTE 25)
Allah will inflict a disgrace upon you which will not be removed until
you return to your religion.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
292.Allah did not send a prophet without his having tended sheep. They
asked, 'You too, O Messenger of Allah? He [Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him)] replied, 'Yes, I tended sheep for wages for the people of Makkah.'
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
293.No one earns his food better than the one who worked with his hands,
and the prophet of Allah, David earned his food by working with his hands.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
294.Ibn Abbas said, "David was a maker of coats of mail and shields,
Adam was a farmer, Noah a carpenter, Idris a tailor, and Moses a shepherd.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
295.An honest and trustworthy merchant will be with the martyrs on the
Day of Resurrection.
(Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
296. An honest and trustworthy merchant will be with the prophets, the
truthful, and the martyrs.
(Hakim, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
297.Merchants will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection as wicked
people, with the exception of those who fear Allah, do righteous deeds,
and are truthful.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
298.Woe to the rulers, the leaders, and the trustees! On the Day of Resurrection
some people will wish that they could be suspended between heaven and
earth rather than having had the burden of their responsibilities.
(Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
299.Merchants beware of lying.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
300.On the Day of Resurrection Allah will not look at three (kinds of)
persons nor purify them. One of them is the person who swears (to the
truth) while lying about his merchandise.
(Muslim and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
301.A dirham of riba (NOTE 26)
which a person consumes knowingly is worse than committing zina thirty-six
times.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
302.There are three classes of judges, one of whom will be in the Garden
and the other two in the Fire. The one who will be in the Garden is a
man who knew the truth and judged accordingly. The one who knew the truth
but misjudged and the one who judged for the people in the ignorance will
be in the Fire.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
303.He who seeks the office of a judge, collecting recommendations, is
left to himself, but for him who is compelled to accept it, Allah sends
an angel to guide him.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
304.A person does not reach the rank of the God fearing (muttaqeen) until
he abandons what is harmless out of fear that it may be harmful.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
305.Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must never be in privacy with woman without there being a mahrem (of hers) with her, for otherwise Satan will be the third person (with them). (Ahmad). (The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
306.Beware of entering where women are. A man from the Ansar asked, "O
Messenger of Allah, what about the in-laws?". He (peace be upon him)
replied, The in-laws is death."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
307.The man's uncle is like his father.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
308.The eyes also commit zina, and their zina is the lustful
look.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
309."Ali, (Ali ibn Abu Talib) do not let a second look follow the
first. The first look is allowed to you but not the second."
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
310.A man should not look at the awrah (NOTE
27) of the another man, nor a woman of a
woman, nor should a man go under one cloth with another man, nor a woman
with another woman.
(Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
311.At first the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited people
from going to public baths, but later allowed men to enter them wearing
a lower garment.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
312.Do not prevent the bond-maids of Allah from (going to) Allah's mosques.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
313.Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not enter the public
bath without a lower garment (to cover his private parts), and whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day must not let his wife go to the public
bath.
(Nisai, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
314."Beware of a building called the Public Bath." Some people
said, "O Messenger of Allah, it certainly removes dirt and benefits
the sick." He (peace be upon him) then said, "Then whoever enters
should cover his nakedness.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
315.The woman who perfumes herself and passes through a gathering is
an adulteress.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
316.A woman who removes her clothes (i.e. goes naked) outside her husband's
house tears down the veil (hijab) between herself and her Lord.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
317.Allah has permitted you [the women] to go out for your needs.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
318.If someone's wife asks his permission to go to the mosque, he should
not deny it to her.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
319.Among lawful things divorce is most hated by Allah.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
320.What is haram by reason of genealogy is haram by reason of fosterage.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
321.Young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for
it keeps you from looking at women (lit., lowers your gaze) and preserves
your chastity; but those who cannot should fast, for it is a means of
cooling sexual passion.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
by. Yusuf Qar