Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 97

The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) sent Mu'adh to Yemen.

When the Prophet (PbUH) sent Mu`adh to Yemen, he said to him, "You are going to a nation from the people
of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If they
learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one
night. And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is to
be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take from
them Zakat but avoid the best property of the people."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Mu`adh! Do you know what Allah's Right upon His slaves is?" I said, "Allah
and His Apostle know best." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in
worship with Him (Allah). Do you know what their right upon Him is?" I replied, "Allah and His
Apostle know best." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Not to punish them (if they do so).

A man heard another man reciting (in the prayers): 'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One."
(112.1) And he recited it repeatedly. When it was morning, he went to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed him
about that as if he considered that the recitation of that Sura by itself was not enough. Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is equal to one-third of the Qur'an."

The Prophet (PbUH) sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his companions in the
prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Sura 112): 'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the
One." ' (112.1) When they returned (from the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet. He said (to
them), "Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so because it mentions the
qualities of the Beneficent and I love to recite it (in my prayer)." The Prophet; said (to them), "Tell
him that Allah loves him."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to mankind."

We were with the Prophet (PbUH) when suddenly there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters
who was asking him to come and see her son who was dying. The Prophet (PbUH) said (to the messenger),
"Go back and tell her that whatever Allah takes is His, and whatever He gives is His, and everything
with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world). So order her to be patient and hope for Allah's
reward." But she sent the messenger to the Prophet (PbUH) again, swearing that he should come to her. So the
Prophet got up, and so did Sa`d bin 'Ubada and Mu`adh bin Jabal (and went to her). When the child
was brought to the Prophet (PbUH) his breath was disturbed in his chest as if it were in a water skin. On that
the eyes of the Prophet (PbUH) became flooded with tears, whereupon Sa`d said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
What is this?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is mercy which Allah has put in the heart of His slaves, and
Allah bestows His mercy only on those of His slaves who are merciful (to others)."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "None is more patient than Allah against the harmful and annoying words He hears
(from the people): They ascribe children to Him, yet He bestows upon them health and provision .

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The keys of the unseen are five and none knows them but Allah: (1) None knows
(the sex) what is in the womb, but Allah: (2) None knows what will happen tomorrow, but Allah; (3)
None knows when it will rain, but Allah; (4) None knows where he will die, but Allah (knows that);
(5) and none knows when the Hour will be established, but Allah."

`Aisha said, "If anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen his Lord, he is a liar, for Allah says: 'No
vision can grasp Him.' (6.103) And if anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen the Unseen, he is a
liar, for Allah says: "None has the knowledge of the Unseen but Allah."

We used to pray behind the Prophet (PbUH) and used to say: "As-Salamu 'Al-Allah. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah
himself is As-Salam (Name of Allah), so you should say: 'at-Tahiyatu lil-laihi was- sala-watu wattaiyibatu,
as-sallamu 'Alasia aiyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahrmatu-l-lahi wa barak-atuhu, As-salamu 'alaina
wa 'ala 'ibaldi-l-lahi as-salihin. Ashhadu an la ilaha il-lallah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan
`Abduhu wa rasuluhu."'

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allah will hold the whole earth and fold the heaven
with His right hand and say, 'I am the King: where are the kings of the earth?" '

The Prophet (PbUH) used to say, "I seek refuge (with YOU) by Your 'Izzat, None has the right to be
worshipped but You Who does not die while the Jinns and the human beings die."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "(The people will be thrown into Hell ( Fire) and it will keep on saying, 'Is there any
more?' till the Lord of the worlds puts His Foot over it, whereupon its different sides will come close
to each other, and it will say, 'Qad! Qad! (enough! enough!) By Your 'Izzat (Honor and Power) and
YOUR KARAM (Generosity)!' Paradise will remain spacious enough to accommodate more people
until Allah will create some more people and let them dwell in the superfluous space of Paradise. "

The Prophet (PbUH) used to invoke Allah at night, saying, "O Allah: All the
Praises are for You: You are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth.
All the Praises are for You; You are the Maintainer of the Heaven and
the Earth and whatever is in them. All the Praises are for You; You
are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. Your Word is the Truth,
and Your Promise is the Truth, and the Meeting with You is the Truth,
and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth, and the
Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and I believe
in You and I depend upon You, and I repent to You and with You (Your
evidences) I stand against my opponents, and to you I leave the
judgment (for those who refuse my message). O Allah! Forgive me my
sins that I did in the past or will do in the future, and also the
sins I did in secret or in public. You are my only God (Whom I
worship) and there is no other God for me (i.e. I worship none but
You)."

Narrated Sufyan:

(regarding the above narration) that the Prophet (PbUH) added, "You are the
Truth, and Your Word is the Truth."

We were with the Prophet (PbUH) on a journey, and whenever we ascended a high place, we used to say,
"Allahu Akbar." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Don't trouble yourselves too much! You are not calling a deaf or
an absent person, but you are calling One Who Hears, Sees, and is very near." Then he came to me
while I was saying in my heart, "La hawla wala quwwatta illa billah (There is neither might nor power
but with Allah)." He said, to me, "O `Abdullah bin Qais! Say, 'La hawla wala quwwata illa billah
(There is neither might nor power but with Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise." Or said,
"Shall I tell you of it?"

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said to the Prophet (PbUH) "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Teach me an invocation with which I
may invoke Allah in my prayers." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Say: O Allah! I have wronged my soul very
much (oppressed myself), and none forgives the sins but You; so please bestow Your Forgiveness
upon me. No doubt, You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Gabriel called me and said, 'Allah has heard the statement of your people and what
they replied to you.'"

As-Salami: Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to teach his companions to perform the prayer of Istikhara for each
and every matter just as he used to teach them the Suras from the Qur'an He used to say, "If anyone of
you intends to do some thing, he should offer a two rak`at prayer other than the compulsory prayers,
and after finishing it, he should say: O Allah! I consult You, for You have all knowledge, and appeal
to You to support me with Your Power and ask for Your Bounty, for You are able to do things while I
am not, and You know while I do not; and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah If You know It
this matter (name your matter) is good for me both at present and in the future, (or in my religion), in
my this life and in the Hereafter, then fulfill it for me and make it easy for me, and then bestow Your
Blessings on me in that matter. O Allah! If You know that this matter is not good for me in my
religion, in my this life and in my coming Hereafter (or at present or in the future), then divert me
from it and choose for me what is good wherever it may be, and make me be pleased with it." (See
Hadith No. 391, Vol. 8)

The Prophet (PbUH) frequently used to swear, "No, by the One Who turns the hearts."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah has ninety-nine Names, one-hundred less one; and he who memorized
them all by heart will enter Paradise." To count something means to know it by heart.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "When anyone of you goes to bed, he should dust it off thrice with the edge of his
garment, and say: Bismika Rabbi Wada`tu janbi, wa bika arfa'hu. In amsakta nafsi faghfir laha, wa in
arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfaz bihi 'ibadaka-s-salihin."

When the Prophet (PbUH) went to bed, he used to say, "Allahumma bismika ahya wa amut." And when he woke up in the mornings he used to say, "Al-hamdu li l-lahi al-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilaihi-nnushur."

When the Prophet (PbUH) went to bed at night, he used to say: "Bismika namutu wa nahya." And when he got
up in the morning, he used to say, "Al hamdu li l-lahi al-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana, wa ilaihi-nnushur."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual relation (sleep) with his wife,
says: Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna ashShaitan, wa Jannib ash-Shaitana ma razaqtana, Satan would
never harm that child, should it be ordained that they will have one. (Because of that sleep).

I asked the Prophet, "I send off (for a game) my trained hunting dogs; (what is your verdict
concerning the game they hunt?" He said, "If you send off your trained hunting dogs and mention the
Name of Allah, then, if they catch some game, eat (thereof). And if you hit the game with a mi'rad (a
hunting tool) and it wounds it, you can eat (it).

The people said to the Prophet (PbUH) , "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Here are people who have recently embraced
Islam and they bring meat, and we do not know whether they had mentioned Allah's Name while
slaughtering the animals or not." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You should mention Allah's Name and eat."

The Prophet (PbUH) slaughtered two rams as sacrifice and mentioned Allah's Name and said, "Allahu-Akbar"
while slaughtering).

That he witnessed the Prophet (PbUH) on the Day of Nahr. The Prophet (PbUH) offered prayer and then delivered a
sermon saying, "Whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before offering prayer, should slaughter another
animal in place of the first; and whoever has not yet slaughtered any, should slaughter a sacrifice and
mention Allah's Name while doing so."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by Allah."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent ten persons to bring the enemy's secrets and Khubaib Al-Ansari was one of them.
'Ubaidullah bin 'Iyad told me that the daughter of Al-Harith told him that when they gathered (to kill
Khubaib Al Ansari) he asked for a razor to clean his pubic region, and when they had taken him
outside the sanctuary of Mecca in order to kill him, he said in verse, "I don't care if I am killed as a
Muslim, on any side (of my body) I may be killed in Allah's Cause; for that is for the sake of Allah's
very Self; and if He will, He will bestow His Blessings upon the torn pieces of my body." Then Ibn
Al-Harith killed him, and the Prophet (PbUH) informed his companions of the death of those (ten men) on the
very day they were killed.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah, and for that reason He
has forbidden shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) And there is none who likes to
be praised more than Allah does." (See Hadith No. 147, Vol. 7)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book--and He wrote (that) about
Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne--'Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.'"

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah says: 'I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he
thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if He remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I
too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a
group that is better than they; and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and
if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he
comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "

when this Verse:--'Say (O Muhammad!): He has Power to send torments on you from above,' (6.65)
was revealed; The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I take refuge with Your Face." Allah revealed:-- '..or from
underneath your feet.' (6.65) The Prophet (PbUH) then said, "I seek refuge with Your Face!" Then Allah
revealed:--'...or confuse you in party-strife.' (6.65) Oh that, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is easier."

Ad-Dajjal was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah is not hidden from
you; He is not one-eyed," and pointed with his hand towards his eye, adding, "While Al-Masih Ad-
Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a protruding grape."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah did not send any prophet but that he warned his nation of the one-eyed liar
(Ad-Dajjal). He is one-eyed while your Lord is not one-eyed, The word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is written
between his two eyes."

That during the battle with Bani Al-Mustaliq they (Muslims) captured some females and intended to
have sexual relation with them without impregnating them. So they asked the Prophet (PbUH) about coitus
interrupt us. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "It is better that you should not do it, for Allah has written whom He is
going to create till the Day of Resurrection." Qaza'a said, "I heard Abu Sa`id saying that the Prophet (PbUH)
said, 'No soul is ordained to be created but Allah will create it."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same way (as they
are gathered in this life), and they will say, 'Let us ask someone to intercede for us with our Lord that
He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Then they will go to Adam and say, 'O Adam! Don't you
see the people (people's condition)? Allah created you with His Own Hands and ordered His angels to
prostrate before you, and taught you the names of all the things. Please intercede for us with our Lord
so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Adam will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking'
and mention to them the mistakes he had committed, and add, "But you d better go to Noah as he was
the first Apostle sent by Allah to the people of the Earth.' They will go to Noah who will reply, 'I am
not fit for this undertaking,' and mention the mistake which he made, and add, 'But you'd better go to
Abraham, Khalil Ar-Rahman.'
They will go to Abraham who will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and mention to them the
mistakes he made, and add, 'But you'd better go to Moses, a slave whom Allah gave the Torah and to
whom He spoke directly' They will go to Moses who will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and
mention to them the mistakes he made, and add, 'You'd better go to Jesus, Allah's slave and His
Apostle and His Word (Be: And it was) and a soul created by Him.' They will go to Jesus who will
say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, but you'd better go to Muhammad whose sins of the past and the
future had been forgiven (by Allah).' So they will come to me and I will ask the permission of my
Lord, and I will be permitted (to present myself) before Him. When I see my Lord, I will fall down in
(prostration) before Him and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then it will
be said to me, 'O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you
will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will then raise
my head and praise my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me, and then I will intercede.
Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit whom I will admit
into Paradise.
I will come back again, and when I see my Lord (again), I will fall down in prostration before Him,
and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then He will say, 'O Muhammad!
Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your request);
and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will then praise my Lord with certain praises
which He has taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind
of people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into Paradise, I will return again, and when I see
my Lord, I will fall down (in prostration) and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes,
and then He will say, 'O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and ask,
for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will
then praise my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will
allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into
Paradise. I will come back and say, 'O my Lord! None remains in Hell (Fire) but those whom Qur'an
has imprisoned therein and for whom eternity in Hell (Fire) has become inevitable.' "
The Prophet (PbUH) added, "There will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha illal-lah,' and has
in his heart good equal to the weight of a barley grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire)
everyone who says: ' La ilaha illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a wheat grain.
Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha illal-lah,' and has in his heart
good equal to the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah's Hand is full, and (its fullness) is not affected by the continuous
spending, day and night." He also said, "Do you see what He has spent since He created the Heavens
and the Earth? Yet all that has not decreased what is in His Hand." He also said, "His Throne is over
the water and in His other Hand is the balance (of Justice) and He raises and lowers (whomever He
will)." (See Hadith No. 206, Vol. 6)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the whole Earth by His Hand, and
all the Heavens in His right, and then He will say, 'I am the King." Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
said," Allah will grasp the Earth...' "

A Jew came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "O Muhammad! Allah will hold the heavens on a Finger, and the
mountains on a Finger, and the trees on a Finger, and all the creation on a Finger, and then He will
say, 'I am the King.' " On that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and then
recited:--
'No just estimate have they made of Allah such as due to him....(39.67) `Abdullah added: Allah's
Apostle smiled (at the Jew's statement) expressing his wonder and belief in what was said.

A man from the people of the scripture came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "O Abal-Qasim! Allah will hold
the Heavens upon a Finger, and the Earth on a Finger and the land on a Finger, and all the creation on
a Finger, and will say, 'I am the King! I am the King!' " I saw the Prophet (PbUH) (after hearing that), smiling
till his premolar teeth became visible, and he then recited: -- 'No just estimate have they made of Allah
such as due to him... (39.67)

Sa`d bin 'Ubada said, "If I saw a man with my wife, I would strike him (behead him) with the blade of
my sword." This news reached Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who then said, "You people are astonished at Sa`d's
Ghira. By Allah, I have more Ghira than he, and Allah has more Ghira than I, and because of Allah's
Ghira, He has made unlawful Shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) done in open
and in secret. And there is none who likes that the people should repent to Him and beg His pardon
than Allah, and for this reason He sent the warners and the givers of good news. And there is none
who likes to be praised more than Allah does, and for this reason, Allah promised to grant Paradise (to
the doers of good)." `Abdul Malik said, "No person has more Ghira than Allah."

The Prophet (PbUH) said to a man, "Have you got anything of the Qur'an?" The man said, "Yes, such-andsuch
Sura, and such-and-such Sura," naming the Suras.

While I was with the Prophet (PbUH) , some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O
Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us
(something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen!
Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for we have come
to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet (PbUH) said
"There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then
created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came to me and
said, 'O `Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was
beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the
gathering). "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The Right (Hand) of Allah Is full, and (Its fullness) is not affected by the
continuous spending night and day. Do you see what He has spent since He created the Heavens and
the Earth? Yet all that has not decreased what is in His Right Hand. His Throne is over the water and
in His other Hand is the Bounty or the Power to bring about death, and He raises some people and
brings others down." (See Hadith No. 508)

Zaid bin Haritha came to the Prophet (PbUH) complaining about his wife. The Prophet (PbUH) kept on saying (to
him), "Be afraid of Allah and keep your wife." Aisha said, "If Allah's Messenger (PbUH) were to conceal
anything (of the Qur'an he would have concealed this Verse." Zainab used to boast before the wives of
the Prophet (PbUH) and used to say, "You were given in marriage by your families, while I was married (to
the Prophet) by Allah from over seven Heavens." And Thabit recited, "The Verse:-- 'But (O
Muhammad) you did hide in your heart that which Allah was about to make manifest, you did fear the
people,' (33.37) was revealed in connection with Zainab and Zaid bin Haritha."

The Verse of Al-Hijab (veiling of women) was revealed in connection with Zainab bint Jahsh. (On the
day of her marriage with him) the Prophet (PbUH) gave a wedding banquet with bread and meat; and she used
to boast before other wives of the Prophet (PbUH) and used to say, "Allah married me (to the Prophet (PbUH) in the
Heavens."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "When Allah had finished His creation, He wrote over his Throne: 'My Mercy
preceded My Anger.'

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle offers prayers perfectly and fasts (the
month of) Ramadan then it is incumbent upon Allah to admit him into Paradise, whether he emigrates
for Allah's cause or stays in the land where he was born." They (the companions of the Prophet) said,
"O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Should we not inform the people of that?" He said, "There are one-hundred
degrees in Paradise which Allah has prepared for those who carry on Jihad in His Cause. The distance
between every two degrees is like the distance between the sky and the Earth, so if you ask Allah for
anything, ask Him for the Firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise,
and at its top there is the Throne of Beneficent, and from it gush forth the rivers of Paradise."

I entered the mosque while Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was sitting there. When the sun had set, the Prophet (PbUH) said,
"O Abu Dharr! Do you know where this (sun) goes?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He
said, "It goes and asks permission to prostrate, and it is allowed, and (one day) it, as if being ordered
to return whence it came, then it will rise from the west." Then the Prophet (PbUH) recited, "That: "And the
sun runs on its fixed course (for a term decreed)," (36.38) as it is recited by `Abdullah.

Abu Bakr sent for me, so I collected the Qur'an till I found the last part of Surat-at-Tauba with Abi
Khuza`ima Al-Ansari and did not find it with anybody else. (The Verses are): -- 'Verily, there has
come to you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves..(till the end of Surat Bara'a) (i.e., at-
Tauba).' (9.128-129)

Yunus also narrated as above.

The Prophet (PbUH) used to say at the time of difficulty, 'La ilaha il-lallah Al-`Alimul-Halim. La-ilaha illallah
Rabul- Arsh-al-Azim, La ilaha-il-lallah Rabus-Samawati Rab-ul-Ard; wa Rab-ul-Arsh Al-
Karim.' (See Hadith No. 356 and 357, Vol. 8)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The people will fall unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, then suddenly I will
see Moses holding one of the pillars of the Throne." Abu Huraira said: The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I will be the
first person to be resurrected and will see Moses holding the Throne."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "(A group of) angels stay with you at night and
(another group of) angels by daytime, and both groups gather at the
time of the 'Asr and Fajr prayers. Then those angels who have stayed
with you overnight, ascend (to Heaven) and Allah asks them (about you)