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) ---- and He knows everything about you. "In what state did you leave
My slaves?' The angels reply, 'When we left them, they were praying,
and when we reached them they were praying.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If somebody gives in charity something equal to
a date from his honestly earned money ----for nothing ascends to Allah
except good---- then Allah will take it in His Right (Hand) and bring
it up for its owner as anyone of you brings up a baby horse, till it
becomes like a mountain." Abu Huraira said: The Prophet. said,
"Nothing ascends to Allah except good."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to say at the time of difficulty, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,
the Majestic, the Most Forbearing. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the
Tremendous Throne. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the Heavens and the
Lord of the Honourable Throne. (See Hadith No. 357, Vol. 8)

When `Ali was in Yemen, he sent some gold in its ore to the Prophet. The Prophet (PbUH) distributed it
among Al-Aqra' bin H`Abis Al-Hanzali who belonged to Bani Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari,
'Alqama bin 'Ulatha Al-`Amiri, who belonged to the Bani Kilab tribe and Zaid AI-Khail at-Ta'i who
belonged to Bani Nabhan. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He gives to the
chiefs of Najd and leaves us!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I just wanted to attract and unite their hearts (make
them firm in Islam)." Then there came a man with sunken eyes, bulging forehead, thick beard, fat
raised cheeks, and clean-shaven head, and said, "O Muhammad! Be afraid of Allah! " The Prophet (PbUH)
said, "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Allah). He trusts me over the people of the earth,
but you do not trust me?" A man from the people (present then), who, I think, was Khalid bin Al-
Walid, asked for permission to kill him, but the Prophet (PbUH) prevented him. When the man went away, the
Prophet said, "Out of the offspring of this man, there will be people who will recite the Qur'an but it
will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game,
and they will kill the Muslims and leave the idolators. Should I live till they appear, I would kill them
as the Killing of the nation of 'Ad."

I asked the Prophet (PbUH) regarding the Verse:--'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term decreed for
it.' (36.28) He said, "Its fixed course is underneath Allah's Throne."

We were sitting with the Prophet (PbUH) and he looked at the moon on the night of the full-moon and said,
"You people will see your Lord as you see this full moon, and you will have no trouble in seeing Him,
so if you can avoid missing (through sleep or business, etc.) a prayer before sunrise (Fajr) and a prayer
before sunset (`Asr) you must do so." (See Hadith No. 529, Vol. 1)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You will definitely see your Lord with your own eyes."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came out to us on the night of the full moon and said, "You will see your Lord on the
Day of Resurrection as you see this (full moon) and you will have no difficulty in seeing Him."

On the authority of Abu Huraira: The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?"
They said, "No, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." He said, "Do you have any
difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?" They said,
"No, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." He said, "So you will see Him, like that.
Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say,
'Whoever worshipped something (in the world) should follow (that
thing),' so, whoever worshipped the sun will follow the sun, and
whoever worshiped the moon will follow the moon, and whoever used to
worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow those deities.
And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or its
hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim is in doubt.) Allah will come
to them and say, 'I am your Lord.' They will (deny Him and) say, 'We
will stay here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will
recognize Him.' So Allah will come to them in His appearance which
they know, and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'You are our
Lord,' so they will follow Him.

Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)' I and my followers will
be the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day
except the Apostles. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day
will be, 'O Allah, save! Save!' In Hell (or over The Bridge) there
will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa'dan (thorny plant). Have you
seen As-Sa'dan? " They replied, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!" He said, "So
those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa'dan, but none knows how big
they are except Allah. Those hooks will snap the people away according
to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be destroyed)
because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the
hooks (and fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then
relieved. When Allah has finished His Judgments among the people, He
will take whomever He will out of Hell through His Mercy. He will then
order the angels to take out of the Fire all those who used to worship
none but Allah from among those whom Allah wanted to be merciful to
and those who testified (in the world) that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. The angels will recognize them in the Fire by
the marks of prostration (on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat
up all the human body except the mark caused by prostration as Allah
has forbidden the Fire to eat the mark of prostration. They will come
out of the (Hell) Fire, completely burnt and then the water of life
will be poured over them and they will grow under it as does a seed
that comes in the mud of the torrent.

Then Allah will finish the judgments among the people, and there will
remain one man facing the (Hell) Fire and he will be the last person
among the people of Hell to enter Paradise. He will say, 'O my Lord!
Please turn my face away from the fire because its air has hurt me and
its severe heat has burnt me.' So he will invoke Allah in the way
Allah will wish him to invoke, and then Allah will say to him, 'If I
grant you that, will you then ask for anything else?' He will reply,
'No, by Your Power, (Honor) I will not ask You for anything else.' He
will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allah will demand.

So Allah will turn his face away from Hell (Fire). When he will face
Paradise and will see it, he will remain quiet for as long as Allah
will wish him to remain quiet, then he will say, 'O my Lord! Bring me
near to the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say to him, 'Didn't you give
your promises and covenants that you would never ask for anything more
than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam's son! How
treacherous you are!' He will say, 'O my lord,' and will keep on
invoking Allah till He says to him, 'If I give what you are asking,
will you then ask for anything else?' He will reply, 'No, by Your
(Honor) Power, I will not ask for anything else.'

Then he will give covenants and promises to Allah and then Allah will
bring him near to the gate of Paradise. When he stands at the gate of
Paradise, Paradise will be opened and spread before him, and he will
see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he will remain quiet as long
as Allah will wish him to remain quiet, and then he will say, O my
Lord! Admit me into Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Didn't you give your
covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than
what you had been given?' Allah will say, 'Woe on you, O Adam's son!
How treacherous you are! '

The man will say, 'O my Lord! Do not make me the most miserable of
Your creation,' and he will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will
laugh because of his sayings, and when Allah will laugh because of
him, He will say to him, 'Enter Paradise,' and when he will enter it,
Allah will say to him, 'Wish for anything.' So he will ask his Lord,
and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allah Himself will
remind him to wish for certain things by saying, '(Wish for)
so-and-so.' When there is nothing more to wish for, Allah will say,
'This is for you, and its equal (is for you) as well."

'Ata' bin Yazid added: Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri who was present with Abu
Huraira, did not deny whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira
said that Allah had said, "That is for you and its equal as well," Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri said, "And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira!" Abu
Huraira said, "I do not remember, except his saying, 'That is for you
and its equal as well.'" Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri then said, "I testify
that I remember the Prophet (PbUH) saying, 'That is for you, and ten times as
much.' ' Abu Huraira then added, "That man will be the last person of
the people of Paradise to enter Paradise."

We said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of
Resurrection?" He said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun
and the moon when the sky is clear?" We said, "No." He said, "So you
will have no difficulty in seeing your Lord on that Day as you have no
difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon (in a clear sky)." The
Prophet then said, "Somebody will then announce, 'Let every nation
follow what they used to worship.' So the companions of the cross will
go with their cross, and the idolators (will go) with their idols, and
the companions of every god (false deities) (will go) with their god,
till there remain those who used to worship Allah, both the obedient
ones and the mischievous ones, and some of the people of the
Scripture. Then Hell will be presented to them as if it were a mirage.
Then it will be said to the Jews, "What did you use to worship?' They
will reply, 'We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.' It will be
said to them, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son.
What do you want (now)?' They will reply, 'We want You to provide us
with water.' Then it will be said to them 'Drink,' and they will fall
down in Hell (instead). Then it will be said to the Christians, 'What
did you use to worship?'

They will reply, 'We used to worship Messiah, the son of Allah.' It
will be said, 'You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son.
What: do you want (now)?' They will say, 'We want You to provide us
with water.' It will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall down
in Hell (instead). When there remain only those who used to worship
Allah (Alone), both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it
will be said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the people have
gone?' They will say, 'We parted with them (in the world) when we were
in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one
proclaiming, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship,' and
now we are waiting for our Lord.' Then the Almighty will come to them
in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He
will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.'
And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be
said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?'
They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then uncover His Shin
whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will
remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and
for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but
their backs will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not
be able to prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." We,
the companions of the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! What is the
bridge?'

He said, "It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and
(Hooks like) a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the
other and has thorns with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in
Najd and is called As-Sa'dan. Some of the believers will cross the
bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as
lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will be
safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some
scratches, and some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last person
will cross by being dragged (over the bridge)." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You
(Muslims) cannot be more pressing in claiming from me a right that has
been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in interceding with
Almighty for their (Muslim) brothers on that Day, when they see
themselves safe.

They will say, 'O Allah! (Save) our brothers (for they) used to pray
with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.' Allah will say,
'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal
to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.' Allah will forbid the Fire to burn
the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of them
in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the middle of their
legs. So they will take out those whom they will recognize and then
they will return, and Allah will say (to them), 'Go and take out (of
Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one
half Dinar.' They will take out whomever they will recognize and
return, and then Allah will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in
whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of an atom (or a
smallest ant), and so they will take out all those whom they will
recognize." Abu Sa'id said: If you do not believe me then read the
Holy Verse:--

'Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a smallest
ant) but if there is any good (done) He doubles it.' (4.40) The
Prophet added, "Then the prophets and Angels and the believers will
intercede, and (last of all) the Almighty (Allah) will say, 'Now
remains My Intercession. He will then hold a handful of the Fire from
which He will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and
they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called
the water of life.

They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows.
You have noticed how it grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how
the side facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the
shade is white. Those people will come out (of the River of Life) like
pearls, and they will have (golden) necklaces, and then they will
enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say, 'These are
the people emancipated by the Beneficent. He has admitted them into
Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without sending
forth any good (for themselves).' Then it will be said to them, 'For
you is what you have seen and its equivalent as well.'"

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The believers will be kept (waiting) on the Day of
Resurrection so long that they will become worried and say, "Let us
ask somebody to intercede far us with our Lord so that He may relieve
us from our place.

Then they will go to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of the
people. Allah created you with His Own Hand and made you reside in His
Paradise and ordered His angels to prostrate before you, and taught
you the names of all things will you intercede for us with your Lord
so that He may relieve us from this place of ours? Adam will say, 'I
am not fit for this undertaking.' He will mention his mistakes he had
committed, i.e., his eating off the tree though he had been forbidden
to do so. He will add, 'Go to Noah, the first prophet sent by Allah to
the people of the Earth.' The people will go to Noah who will say, 'I
am not fit for this undertaking' He will mention his mistake which he
had done, i.e., his asking his Lord without knowledge.' He will say
(to them), 'Go to Abraham, Khalil Ar-Rahman.' They will go to Abraham
who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking. He would mention
three words by which he told a lie, and say (to them). 'Go to Moses, a
slave whom Allah gave the Torah and spoke to, directly and brought
near Him, for conversation.'

They will go to Moses who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking. He will mention his mistake he made, i.e., killing a
person, and will say (to them), 'Go to Jesus, Allah's slave and His
Apostle, and a soul created by Him and His Word.' (Be: And it was.)
They will go to Jesus who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking
but you'd better go to Muhammad the slave whose past and future sins
have been forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me, and I will ask
my Lord's permission to enter His House and then I will be permitted.
When I see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him, and He will
leave me (in prostration) as long as He will, and then He will say, 'O
Muhammad, lift up your head and speak, for you will be listened to,
and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for
anything) for it will be granted:' Then I will raise my head and
glorify my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me. Allah
will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people) I
will take them out and make them enter Paradise." (Qatada said: I
heard Anas saying that), the Prophet (PbUH) said, "I will go out and take
them out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and then I will
return and ask my Lord for permission to enter His House and I will be
permitted.

When I will see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him and He
will leave me in prostration as long as He will let me (in that
state), and then He will say, 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak,
for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted, and ask, your request will be granted.' " The Prophet (PbUH)
added, "So I will raise my head and glorify and praise Him as He has
taught me. Then I will intercede and He will put a limit for me (to
intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out and let
them enter Paradise." (Qatada added: I heard Anas saying that) the
Prophet said, 'I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let
them enter Paradise, and I will return for the third time and will ask
my Lord for permission to enter His house, and I will be allowed to
enter.

When I see Him, I will fall down in prostration before Him, and will
remain in prostration as long as He will, and then He will say, 'Raise
your head, O Muhammad, and speak, for you will be listened to, and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask, for your
request will be granted.' So I will raise my head and praise Allah as
He has taught me and then I will intercede and He will put a limit for
me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out
and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada said: I heard Anas saying that)
the Prophet (PbUH) said, "So I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire)
and let them enter Paradise, till none will remain in the Fire except
those whom Quran will imprison (i.e., those who are destined for
eternal life in the fire)." The narrator then recited the Verse:-- "It
may be that your Lord will raise you to a Station of Praise and
Glory.' (17.79) The narrator added: This is the Station of Praise
and Glory which Allah has promised to your Prophet.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a tent and said to them, "Be patient till you
meet Allah and His Apostle, and I will be on the lake-Tank (Al-Kauthar).

Whenever the Prophet (PbUH) offered his Tahajjud prayer, he would say, "O Allah, our Lord! All the praises
are for You; You are the Keeper (Establisher or the One Who looks after) of the Heavens and the
Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is
therein. You are the Truth, and Your saying 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. O Allah! I
surrender myself to You, and believe in You, and I put my trust in You (solely depend upon). And to
You I complain of my opponents and with Your Evidence I argue. So please forgive the sins which I
have done in the past or I will do in the future, and also those (sins) which I did in secret or in public,
and that which You know better than I. None has the right to be worshipped but You."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "There will be none among you but his Lord will speak to him, and there will be
no interpreter between them nor a screen to screen Him."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "(There will be) two Paradises of silver and all the utensils and whatever is therein
(will be of silver); and two Paradises of gold, and its utensils and whatever therein (will be of gold),
and there will be nothing to prevent the people from seeing their Lord except the Cover of Majesty
over His Face in the Paradise of Eden (eternal bliss).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whoever takes the property of a Muslim by taking a false oath, will meet Allah
Who will be angry with him." Then the Prophet (PbUH) recited the Verse:-- 'Verily those who purchase a
small gain at the cost of Allah's Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter,
neither will Allah speak to them, nor look at them.' (3.77)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "(There are) three (types of persons to whom) Allah will neither speak to them on
the Day of Resurrections, nor look at them (They are):--(1) a man who takes a false oath that he has
been offered for a commodity a price greater than what he has actually been offered; (2) and a man
who takes a false oath after the `Asr (prayer) in order to grab the property of a Muslim through it; (3)
and a man who forbids others to use the remaining superfluous water. To such a man Allah will say on
the Day of Resurrection, 'Today I withhold My Blessings from you as you withheld the superfluous
part of that (water) which your hands did not create.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Time has come back to its original state which it had when Allah created the
Heavens and the Earth, the year is twelve months, of which four are sacred; (and out of these four)
three are in succession, namely, Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijja and Muharram, and (the fourth one) Rajab
Mudar which is between Jumad (Ath-Tham) and Sha'ban." The Prophet (PbUH) then asked us, "Which month
is this?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle know (it) better." He kept quiet so long that we thought he
might call it by another name. Then he said, "Isn't it Dhul-Hijja?" We said, "Yes." He asked "What
town is this?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle know (it) better.' Then he kept quiet so long that we
thought he might call it by another name. He then said, "Isn't it the (forbidden) town (Mecca)?" We
said, "Yes." He asked, "What is the day today?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle know (it) better.
Then he kept quiet so long that we thought that he might call it by another name. Then he said, "Isn't it
the Day of An-Nahr (slaughtering of sacrifices)?" We said, "Yes." Then he said, "Your blood (lives),
your properties," (the sub narrator Muhammad, said: I think he also said): "..and your honor) are as
sacred to one another like the sanctity of this Day of yours, in this town of yours, in this month of
yours.
You shall meet your Lord and He will ask you about your deeds. Beware! Don't go astray after me by
striking the necks of one another. Lo! It is incumbent upon those who are present to inform it to those
who are absent for perhaps the informed one might comprehend it (understand it) better than some of
the present audience." Whenever the sub-narrator Muhammad mentioned that statement, he would
say, "The Prophet (PbUH) said the truth.") And then the Prophet (PbUH) added, "No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's
Message to you! No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message to you?"

A son of one of the daughters of the Prophet (PbUH) was dying, so she sent a person to call the Prophet. He
sent (her a message), "What ever Allah takes is for Him, and whatever He gives is for Him, and
everything has a limited fixed term (in this world) so she should be patient and hope for Allah's
reward." She then sent for him again, swearing that he should come. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) got up, and so did
Mu`adh bin Jabal, Ubai bin Ka`b and 'Ubada bin As-Samit. When he entered (the house), they gave
the child to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) while its breath was disturbed in his chest. (The sub-narrator said: I think
he said, "...as if it was a water skin.") Allah's Messenger (PbUH) started weeping whereupon Sa`d bin 'Ubada
said, "Do you weep?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah is merciful only to those of His slaves who are
merciful (to others).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Paradise and Hell (Fire) quarrelled in the presence of their Lord. Paradise said, 'O
Lord! What is wrong with me that only the poor and humble people enter me ?' Hell (Fire) said, I have
been favored with the arrogant people.' So Allah said to Paradise, 'You are My Mercy,' and said to
Hell, 'You are My Punishment which I inflict upon whom I wish, and I shall fill both of you.'" The
Prophet added, "As for Paradise, (it will be filled with good people) because Allah does not wrong any
of His created things, and He creates for Hell (Fire) whomever He will, and they will be thrown into
it, and it will say thrice, 'Is there any more, till Allah (will put) His Foot over it and it will become full
and its sides will come close to each other and it will say, 'Qat! Qat! Qat! (Enough! Enough! Enough!)
.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Some people who will be scorched by Hell (Fire) as a punishment for sins they
have committed, and then Allah will admit them into Paradise by the grant of His Mercy. These
people will be called, 'Al-JahannamiyyLin' (the people of Hell).

A Jewish Rabbi came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "O Muhammad! Allah will put the Heavens on one
finger and the earth on one finger, and the trees and the rivers on one finger, and the rest of the
creation on one finger, and then will say, pointing out with His Hand, 'I am the King.' "On that Allah's
Apostle smiled and said, "No just estimate have they made of Allah such as due to Him. (39.67)

Once I stayed overnight at the house of (my aunt ) Maimuna while the Prophet (PbUH) was with her, to see
how was the night prayer of Allah s Apostle Allah's Messenger (PbUH) talked to his wife for a while and then
slept. When it was the last third of the night (or part of it), the Prophet (PbUH) got up and looked towards the
sky and recited the Verse:-- 'Verily! In the creation of the Heavens and the Earth....there are indeed
signs for the men of understanding.' (3.190)
Then He got up and performed the ablution, brushed his teeth and offered eleven rak`at. Then Bilal
pronounced the Adhan whereupon the Prophet (PbUH) offered a two-rak`at (Sunna) prayer and went out to
lead the people in Fajr (morning compulsory congregational prayer.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "When Allah created the creations, He wrote with Him on His Throne: 'My
Mercy has preceded My Anger."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) the true and truly inspired, narrated to us, "The creation of everyone of you starts with
the process of collecting the material for his body within forty days and forty nights in the womb of
his mother. Then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period (40 days) and then he becomes
like a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then an angel is sent to him (by Allah) and the angel is
allowed (ordered) to write four things; his livelihood, his (date of) death, his deeds, and whether he
will be a wretched one or a blessed one (in the Hereafter) and then the soul is breathed into him. So
one of you may do (good) deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise so much that there is nothing
except a cubit between him and Paradise but then what has been written for him decides his behavior
and he starts doing (evil) deeds characteristic of the people of Hell (Fire) and (ultimately) enters Hell
(Fire); and one of you may do (evil) deeds characteristic of the people of Hell (Fire) so much so that
there is nothing except a cubit between him and Hell (Fire), then what has been written for him
decides his behavior and he starts doing (good) deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and
ultimately) enters Paradise." (See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 4)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Gabriel, what prevents you. from visiting us more often than you do?" Then this
Verse was revealed:--'And we angels descend not but by Command of your Lord. To Him belongs
what is before us and what is behind us..' (19.64) So this was the answer to Muhammad.

While I was walking with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in one of the fields of Medina and he was walking leaning
on a stick, he passed a group of Jews. Some of them said to the others, "Ask him (the Prophet) about
the spirit." Others said, "Do not ask him." But they asked him and he stood leaning on the stick and I
was standing behind him and I thought that he was being divinely inspired. Then he said, "They ask
you concerning the spirit say: The spirit, its knowledge is with My Lord. And of knowledge you (O
men!) have been given only a little." ...(17.85) On that some of the Jews said to the others, "Didn't we
tell you not to ask?"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah guarantees to the person who carries out Jihad for His Cause and nothing
compelled him to go out but the Jihad in His Cause, and belief in His Words, that He will either admit
him into Paradise or return him with his reward or the booty he has earned to his residence from
where he went out." (See Hadith No. 555).

A man came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "A man fights for pride and haughtiness another fights for
bravery, and another fights for showing off; which of these (cases) is in Allah's Cause?" The Prophet (PbUH)
said, "The one who fights that Allah's Word (Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause." (See
Hadith No. 65, Vol. 4)

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Some people from my followers will continue to be victorious over others
till Allah's Order (The Hour) is established." (See Hadith No. 414)

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "A group of my followers will keep on following Allah's Laws strictly and
they will not be harmed by those who will disbelieve them or stand against them till Allah's Order
(The Hour) will come while they will be in that state."

The Prophet (PbUH) stood before Musailama (the liar) who was sitting with his companions then, and said to
him, "If you ask me for this piece (of palm-leaf stalk), even then I would not give it to you. You
cannot avoid what Allah has ordained for you, and if you turn away from Islam, Allah will surely ruin
you! "

While I was walking in company with the Prophet (PbUH) in one of the fields of Medina, the Prophet (PbUH) was
reclining on a palm leave stalk which he carried with him. We passed by a group of Jews. Some of
them said to the others, "Ask him about the spirit." The others said, "Do not ask him, lest he would
say something that you hate." Some of them said, "We will ask him." So a man from among them
stood up and said, 'O Abal-Qasim! What is the spirit?" The Prophet (PbUH) kept quiet and I knew that he was
being divinely inspired. Then he said: "They ask you concerning the Spirit, Say: The Spirit; its
knowledge is with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little." (17.85)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah guarantees (the person who carries out Jihad in His Cause and nothing
compelled him to go out but Jihad in His Cause and the belief in His Word) that He will either admit
him into Paradise (Martyrdom) or return him with reward or booty he has earned to his residence from
where he went out."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whenever anyone of you invoke Allah for something, he should be firm in his
asking, and he should not say: 'If You wish, give me...' for none can compel Allah to do something
against His Will."

That one night Allah's Messenger (PbUH) visited him and Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said to
them, "Won 't you offer (night) prayer?.. `Ali added: I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Our souls are in the
Hand of Allah and when He Wishes to bring us to life, He does." Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went away
when I said so and he did not give any reply. Then I heard him on leaving while he was striking his
thighs, saying, 'But man is, more quarrelsome than anything.' (18.54)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The example of a believer is that of a fresh green plant the leaves of which
move in whatever direction the wind forces them to move and when the wind becomes still, it stand
straight. Such is the similitude of the believer: He is disturbed by calamities (but is like the fresh plant
he regains his normal state soon). And the example of a disbeliever is that of a pine tree (which
remains) hard and straight till Allah cuts it down when He will." (See Hadith No. 546 and 547, Vol.
7).

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) while he was standing on the pulpit, saying, "The remaining period of your
stay (on the earth) in comparison to the nations before you, is like the period between the `Asr prayer
and sunset. The people of the Torah were given the Torah and they acted upon it till midday, and then
they were worn out and were given for their labor, one Qirat each. Then the people of the Gospel were
given the Gospel and they acted upon it till the time of the `Asr prayer, and then they were worn out
and were given (for their labor), one Qirat each. Then you people were given the Qur'an and you acted
upon it till sunset and so you were given two Qirats each (double the reward of the previous nations)."
Then the people of the Torah said, 'O our Lord! These people have done a little labor (much less than
we) but have taken a greater reward.' Allah said, 'Have I withheld anything from your reward?' They
said, 'No.' Then Allah said, 'That is My Favor which I bestow on whom I wish.' "

I, along with a group of people, gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH). He said, "I take your
Pledge on the condition that you (1) will not join partners in worship with Allah, (2) will not steal, (3)
will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, (4) will not kill your offspring, (5) will not slander, (6) and
will not disobey me when I order you to do good. Whoever among you will abide by his pledge, his
reward will be with Allah, and whoever commits any of those sins and receives the punishment in this
world, that punishment will be an expiation for his sins and purification; but if Allah screens him, then
it will be up to Allah to punish him if He will or excuse Him, if He will."

Allah's Prophet Solomon who had sixty wives, once said, "Tonight I will have sexual relation (sleep)
with all my wives so that each of them will become pregnant and bring forth (a boy who will grow
into) a cavalier and will fight in Allah's Cause." So he slept with his wives and none of them
(conceived and) delivered (a child) except one who brought a half (body) boy (deformed). Allah's
Prophet said, "If Solomon had said; 'If Allah Will,' then each of those women would have delivered a
(would-be) cavalier to fight in Allah's Cause." (See Hadith No. 74 A, Vol. 4).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) entered upon a sick bedouin in whom he went to visit and said to him, "Don't worry,
Tahur (i.e., your illness will be a means of cleansing of your sins), if Allah Will." The bedouin said,
"Tahur! No, but it is a fever that is burning in the body of an old man and it will make him visit his
grave." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Then it is so."

When the people slept till so late that they did not offer the (morning) prayer, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah
captured your souls (made you sleep) when He willed, and returned them (to your bodies) when He
willed." So the people got up and went to answer the call of nature, performed ablution, till the sun
had risen and it had become white, then the Prophet (PbUH) got up and offered the prayer.

"A man from the Muslims and a man from the Jews quarrelled, and the Muslim said, "By Him Who
gave superiority to Muhammad over all the people!" The Jew said, "By Him Who gave superiority to
Moses over all the people!' On that the Muslim lifted his hand and slapped the Jew. The Jew went to
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and informed him of all that had happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet (PbUH)
said, "Do not give me superiority over Moses, for the people will fall unconscious on the Day of
Resurrection, I will be the first to regain consciousness and behold, Moses will be standing there,
holding the side of the Throne. I will not know whether he has been one of those who have fallen
unconscious and then regained consciousness before me, or if he has been one of those exempted by
Allah (from falling unconscious)." (See Hadith No. 524, Vol. 8)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Ad-Dajjal will come to Medina and find the angels guarding it. If Allah will,
neither Ad-Dajjal nor plague will be able to come near it."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "For every Prophet there is one invocation which is definitely fulfilled by Allah,
and I wish, if Allah will, to keep my that (special) invocation as to be the intercession for my
followers on the Day of Resurrection."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself (in a dream) standing by a well. I drew from
it as much water as Allah wished me to draw, and then Ibn Quhafa (Abu Bakr) took the bucket from
me and drew one or two buckets, and there was weakness in his drawing----may Allah forgive him!
Then `Umar took the bucket which turned into something like a big drum. I had never seen a powerful
man among the people working as perfectly and vigorously as he did. (He drew so much water that)
the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there. (See Hadith No.
16, Vol. 5)

Whenever a beggar or a person in need of something came to the Prophet (PbUH) , he used to say (to his
companions), "Intercede (for him) and you will be rewarded for that, and Allah will fulfill what He
will through His Apostle's tongue."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "None of you should say: 'O Allah! Forgive me if You wish,' or 'Bestow Your
Mercy on me if You wish,' or 'Provide me with means of subsistence if You wish,' but he should be
firm in his request, for Allah does what He will and nobody can force Him (to do anything).

That he differed with Al-Hurr bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari about the companion of Moses, (i.e.,
whether he was Kha,dir or not). Ubai bin Ka`b Al-Ansari passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him
saying, 'My friend (Hur) and I have differed about Moses' Companion whom Moses asked the way to
meet. Did you hear Allah's Messenger (PbUH) mentioning anything about him?" Ubai said, "Yes, I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "While Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites a man came to him and
asked, 'Do you know Someone who is more learned than you (Moses)?' Moses said, 'No.' So Allah
sent the Divine inspiration to Moses:--
'Yes, Our Slave Khadir is more learned than you' Moses asked Allah how to meet him ( Khadir) So
Allah made the fish as a sign for him and it was said to him, 'When you lose the fish, go back (to the
place where you lose it) and you will meet him.' So Moses went on looking for the sign of the fish in
the sea. The boy servant of Moses (who was accompanying him) said to him, 'Do you remember
(what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget to tell you (about) the fish.
None but Satan made me forget to tell you about it' (18.63) Moses said:
'That is what we have been seeking." Sa they went back retracing their footsteps. (18.64). So they both
found Kadir (there) and then happened what Allah mentioned about them (in the Qur'an)!' (See 18.60-
82)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If Allah will, tomorrow we will encamp in Khaif Bani Kinana, the place where
the pagans took the oath of Kufr (disbelief) against the Prophet. He meant Al-Muhassab. (See Hadith
No. 659, Vol. 2)

The Prophet (PbUH) besieged the people of Ta'if, but he did not conquer it. He said, "Tomorrow, if Allah will,
we will return home. On this the Muslims said, "Then we return without conquering it?" He said,
'Then carry on fighting tomorrow." The next day many of them were injured. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If
Allah will, we will return home tomorrow." It seemed that statement pleased them whereupon Allah's
Apostle smiled.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "When Allah ordains something on the Heaven the angels beat with their wings in
obedience to His Statement which sounds like that of a chain dragged over a rock. His Statement:
"Until when the fear is banished from their hearts, the Angels say, 'What was it that your Lord said?'
'They reply, '(He has said) the Truth. And He is the Most High, The Great. " (34.23)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah never listens to anything as He listens to the Prophet (PbUH) reciting Qur'an in a
pleasant sweet sounding voice." A companion of Abu Huraira said, "He means, reciting the Qur'an
aloud."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam!' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik
wa Sa`daik! ' Then a loud Voice will be heard (Saying) 'Allah Commands you to take out the mission
of the Hell Fire from your offspring.' "

I never felt so jealous of any woman as I felt of Khadija, for Allah ordered him (the Prophet (PbUH) ) to give
Khadija the glad tidings of a palace in Paradise (for her).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel, saying, 'Allah loves so and so, O
Gabriel love him' So Gabriel would love him and then would make an announcement in the Heavens:
'Allah has loved so and-so therefore you should love him also.' So all the dwellers of the Heavens
would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth." (See Hadith No. 66,
Vol. 8)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "There are angels coming to you in succession at night, and others during the
day, and they all gather at the time of `Asr and Fajr prayers. Then the angels who have stayed with
you overnight ascend (to the heaven) and He (Allah) asks them though He perfectly knows their
affairs. 'In what state have you left my slaves?' They say, 'When we left them, they were praying and
when we came to them they were praying.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, Gabriel came to me and gave me the glad tidings that anyone who died without
worshipping anything besides Allah, would enter Paradise. I asked (Gabriel), 'Even if he committed
theft, and even if he committed illegal sexual intercourse?' He said, '(Yes), even if he committed theft,
and even if he Committed illegal sexual intercourse."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O so-and-so, whenever you go to your bed (for sleeping) say, 'O Allah! I have
surrendered myself over to you and have turned my face towards You, and leave all my affairs to You
and depend on You and put my trust in You expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment.
There is neither fleeing from You nor refuge but with You. I believe in the Book (Qur'an) which You
have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent.' If you then die on that night,
then you will die as a Muslim, and if you wake alive in the morning then you will receive the reward."
(See Hadith No. 323, Vol. 8)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said on the Day of (the battle of) the Clans, "O Allah! The Revealer of the Holy Book,
The Quick Taker of Accounts! Defeat the clans and shake them."

(regarding the Verse):-- 'Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110) This Verse
was revealed while Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was hiding himself in Mecca, and when he raised his voice while
reciting the Qur'an, the pagans would hear him and abuse the Qur'an and its Revealer and to the one
who brought it. So Allah said:--
'Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110) That is, 'Do not say your prayer so
loudly that the pagans can hear you, nor say it in such a low tone that your companions do not hear
you.' But seek a middle course between those (extremes), i.e., let your companions hear, but do not
relate the Qur'an loudly, so that they may learn it from you.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah said: "The son of Adam hurts Me by abusing Time, for I am Time; in My
Hands are all things and I cause the revolution of night and day.' " (See Hadith No. 351, Vol. 6)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah said: The Fast is for Me and I will give the reward for it, as he (the one who
observes the fast) leaves his sexual desire, food and drink for My Sake. Fasting is a screen (from Hell)
and there are two pleasures for a fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at
the time when he will meet his Lord. And the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better in
Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 128, Vol. 3).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Once while Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath in a naked state. Suddenly a great
number of gold locusts started falling upon him and he started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord
called him, 'O Job! Didn't I make you rich enough to dispense with what you see now?' Job said, 'Yes,
O Lord! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.'

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Every night when it is the last third of the night, our Lord, the Superior, the
Blessed, descends to the nearest heaven and says: Is there anyone to invoke Me that I may respond to
his invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone asking
My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?. " (See Hadith No. 246,Vol. 2)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but will be the foremost on the Day of
Resurrection." The narrators of this Hadith said: Allah said (to man), 'Spend (in charity), for then I
will compensate you (generously).' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said that Gabriel said, "Here is Khadija coming to you with a dish of food or a tumbler
containing something to drink. Convey to her a greeting from her Lord (Allah) and give her the glad
tidings that she will have a palace in Paradise built of Qasab wherein there will be neither any noise
nor any fatigue (trouble)." (See Hadith No. 168, Vol. 5)

the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah said, "I have prepared for My righteous slaves (such excellent things) as no
eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart can ever think of.' "

Whenever the Prophet (PbUH) offered the night (Tahajjud) prayer, he used to say, "O Allah! All the Praises
are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. And all the Praises are for You; You are
the Keeper of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Lord of the Heavens
and the Earth and whatever is therein. You are the Truth, and Your Promise is the Truth, and Your
Speech is the Truth, and meeting You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth and Hell (Fire) is the
Truth and all the prophets are the Truth and the Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender to You, and
believe in You, and depend upon You, and repent to You, and in Your cause I fight and with Your
orders I rule. So please forgive my past and future sins and those sins which I did in secret or in
public. It is You Whom I worship, None has the right to be worshipped except You ." (See Hadith No.
329,Vol. 8)

Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah regarding the narrating of
the forged statement against `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, when the slanderers said what they said
and Allah revealed her innocence. `Aisha said, "But by Allah, I did not think that Allah, (to confirm
my innocence), would reveal Divine Inspiration which would be recited, for I consider myself too
unimportant to be talked about by Allah through Divine Inspiration revealed for recitation, but I hoped
that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) might have a dream in which Allah would reveal my innocence. So Allah
revealed:-- 'Verily! Those who spread the slander are a gang among you...' (The ten Verses in Suratan-
Nur) (24.11-20)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah says, "If My slave intends to do a bad deed then (O Angels) do not write
it unless he does it; if he does it, then write it as it is, but if he refrains from doing it for My Sake, then
write it as a good deed (in his account). (On the other hand) if he intends to go a good deed, but does
not do it, then write a good deed (in his account), and if he does it, then write it for him (in his
account) as ten good deeds up to seven-hundred times.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah created the creation, and when He finished from His creation the Rahm
(womb) got up, and Allah said (to it). "Stop! What do you want? It said; "At this place I seek refuge
with You from all those who sever me (i.e. sever the ties of Kinship.)" Allah said: "Would you be
pleased that I will keep good relation with the one who will keep good relation with you, and I will
sever the relation with the one who will sever the relation with you. It said: 'Yes, 'O my Lord.' Allah
said (to it), 'That is for you.'' And then Abu Huraira recited the Verse:-- "Would you then if you were
given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship." (47.22)

It rained (because of the Prophet's invocation for rain) and the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah said, 'Some of My
slaves have become disbelievers in Me, and some others, believers in Me.'"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah said, 'If My slaves loves the meeting with Me, I too love the meeting with
him; and if he dislikes the meeting with Me, I too dislike the meeting with him.' " (See Hadith No.
514, Vol. 8)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Allah said, 'I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able to do for him
what he thinks I can do for him). (See Hadith No. 502)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "A man who never did any good deed, said that if he died, his family should burn
him and throw half the ashes of his burnt body in the earth and the other half in the sea, for by Allah,
if Allah should get hold of him, He would inflict such punishment on him as He would not inflict on
anybody among the people. But Allah ordered the sea to collect what was in it (of his ashes) and
similarly ordered the earth to collect what was in it (of his ashes). Then Allah said (to the recreated
man ), 'Why did you do so?' The man replied, 'For being afraid of You, and You know it (very well).'
So Allah forgave him."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "If somebody commits a sin and then says, 'O my Lord! I have sinned,
please forgive me!' and his Lord says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sins).' Then he remains without committing
any sin for a while and then again commits another sin and says, 'O my Lord, I have committed
another sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives
sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sin). Then he remains without
Committing any another sin for a while and then commits another sin (for the third time) and says, 'O
my Lord, I have committed another sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that
he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for it I therefore have forgiven My slave (his sin), he
can do whatever he likes."

The Prophet (PbUH) mentioned a man from the people of the past or those who preceded you. The Prophet (PbUH)
said a sentence meaning: Allah had given him wealth and children. When his death approached, he
said to his sons, "What kind of father have I been to you?" They replied, "You have been a good
father." He told them that he had not presented any good deed before Allah, and if Allah should get
hold of him He would punish him.' "So look!" he added, "When I die, burn me, and when I turn into
coal, crush me, and when there comes a windy day, scatter my ashes in the wind." The Prophet (PbUH)
added, "Then by Allah, he took a firm promise from his children to do so, and they did so. (They burnt
him after his death) and threw his ashes on a windy day. Then Allah commanded to his ashes. "Be,"
and behold! He became a man standing! Allah said, "O My slave! What made you do what you did?"
He replied, "For fear of You." Nothing saved him then but Allah's Mercy (So Allah forgave him).

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "On the Day of Resurrection I will intercede and say, "O my Lord! Admit
into Paradise (even) those who have faith equal to a mustard seed in their hearts." Such people will
enter Paradise, and then I will say, 'O (Allah) admit into Paradise (even) those who have the least
amount of faith in their hearts." Anas then said: As if I were just now looking at the fingers of Allah's
Apostle.

We, i.e., some people from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik, and we went in company with
Thabit Al-Bunnani so that he might ask him about the Hadith of Intercession on our behalf. Behold,
Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coincided with his Duha prayer. We asked permission to enter
and he admitted us while he was sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, "Do not ask him about anything
else first but the Hadith of Intercession." He said, "O Abu Hamza! There are your brethren from Basra
coming to ask you about the Hadith of Intercession." Anas then said, "Muhammad talked to us saying,
'On the Day of Resurrection the people will surge with each other like waves, and then they will come
to Adam and say, 'Please intercede for us with your Lord.' He will say, 'I am not fit for that but you'd
better go to Abraham as he is the Khalil of the Beneficent.' They will go to Abraham and he will say,
'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to Moses as he is the one to whom Allah spoke directly.' So
they will go to Moses and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to Jesus as he is a soul
created by Allah and His Word.' (Be: And it was) they will go to Jesus and he will say, 'I am not fit for
that, but you'd better go to Muhammad.'
They would come to me and I would say, 'I am for that.' Then I will ask for my Lord's permission, and
it will be given, and then He will inspire me to praise Him with such praises as I do not know now. So
I will praise Him with those praises and will fall down, prostrate before Him. Then it will be said, 'O
Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for your will be granted
(your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my
followers! My followers!' And then it will be said, 'Go and take out of Hell (Fire) all those who have
faith in their hearts, equal to the weight of a barley grain.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him
with the same praises, and fall down (prostrate) before Him. Then it will be said, '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 say, 'O Lord, my followers! My followers!' It
will be said, 'Go and take out of it all those who have faith in their hearts equal to the weight of a
small ant or a mustard seed.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and
fall down in prostration before Him. It will be said, '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 say, 'O Lord, my followers!' Then He will say, 'Go and take out
(all those) in whose hearts there is faith even to the lightest, lightest mustard seed. (Take them) out of
the Fire.' I will go and do so."'
When we left Anas, I said to some of my companions, "Let's pass by Al-Hasan who is hiding himself
in the house of Abi Khalifa and request him to tell us what Anas bin Malik has told us." So we went to
him and we greeted him and he admitted us. We said to him, "O Abu Sa`id! We came to you from
your brother Anas Bin Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercession the like of which I
have never heard." He said, "What is that?" Then we told him of the Hadith and said, "He stopped at
this point (of the Hadith)." He said, "What then?" We said, "He did not add anything to that." He said,
Anas related the Hadith to me twenty years ago when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he
forgot or if he did not like to let you depend on what he might have said." We said, "O Abu Sa`id ! Let
us know that." He smiled and said, "Man was created hasty. I did not mention that, but that I wanted
to inform you of it.
Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet (PbUH) added, 'I then return for a fourth time
and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him me the same as he '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 say, 'O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoever said,
'None has the right to be worshiped except Allah.' Then Allah will say, 'By my Power, and my
Majesty, and by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I will take out of Hell (Fire) whoever said:
'None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' ''

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The person who will be the last one to enter Paradise and the last to come out of
Hell (Fire) will be a man who will come out crawling, and his Lord will say to him, 'Enter Paradise.'
He will reply, 'O Lord, Paradise is full.' Allah will give him the same order thrice, and each time the
man will give Him the same reply, i.e., 'Paradise is full.' Thereupon Allah will say (to him), 'Ten times
of the world is for you.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "There will be none among you but his Lord will talk to him, and there will be
no interpreter between him and Allah. He will look to his right and see nothing but his deeds which he
has sent forward, and will look to his left and see nothing but his deeds which he has sent forward, and
will look in front of him and see nothing but the (Hell) Fire facing him. So save yourself from the
(Hell) Fire even with half a date (given in charity)." Al-A`mash said: `Amr bin Murra said, Khaithama
narrated the same and added, '..even with a good word.' "

A priest from the Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will place
all the heavens on one finger, and the Earth on one finger, and the waters and the land on one finger,
and all the creation on one finger, and then He will shake them and say. 'I am the King! I am the
King!'" I saw the Prophet (PbUH) smiling till his premolar teeth became visible expressing his amazement and
his belief in what he had said. Then the Prophet (PbUH) recited: 'No just estimate have they made of Allah
such as due to Him (up to)...; High is He above the partners they attribute to Him.' (39.67)

A man asked Ibn `Umar, "What have you heard from Allah's Messenger (PbUH) regarding An-Najwa?" He said,
"Everyone of you will come close to His Lord Who will screen him from the people and say to him,
'Did you do so-and-so?' He will reply, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say, 'Did you do so-and-so?' He will
reply, 'Yes.' So Allah will question him and make him confess, and then Allah will say, 'I screened
your sins in the world and forgive them for you today.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Adam and Moses debated with each other and Moses said, 'You are Adam who
turned out your offspring from Paradise.' Adam said, "You are Moses whom Allah chose for His
Message and for His direct talk, yet you blame me for a matter which had been ordained for me even
before my creation?' Thus Adam overcame Moses."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The believers will be assembled on the Day of Resurrection and they will say,
'Let us look for someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of
ours.' So they will go to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of mankind, and Allah created you
with His Own Hands and ordered the Angels to prostrate before you, and He taught you the names of
all things; so please intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us.' Adam will say, to them,
'I am not fit for that,' and then he will mention to them his mistake which he has committed.' "

The night Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was taken for a journey from the sacred mosque (of Mecca) Al-Ka`ba:
Three persons came to him (in a dreamy while he was sleeping in the Sacred Mosque before the
Divine Inspiration was revealed to Him. One of them said, "Which of them is he?" The middle
(second) angel said, "He is the best of them." The last (third) angle said, "Take the best of them." Only
that much happened on that night and he did not see them till they came on another night, i.e. after
The Divine Inspiration was revealed to him. (Fath-ul-Bari Page 258, Vol. 17) and he saw them, his
eyes were asleep but his heart was not----and so is the case with the prophets: their eyes sleep while
their hearts do not sleep. So those angels did not talk to him till they carried him and placed him
beside the well of Zamzam. From among them Gabriel took charge of him. Gabriel cut open (the part
of his body) between his throat and the middle of his chest (heart) and took all the material out of his
chest and `Abdomen and then washed it with Zamzam water with his own hands till he cleansed the
inside of his body, and then a gold tray containing a gold bowl full of belief and wisdom was brought
and then Gabriel stuffed his chest and throat blood vessels with it and then closed it (the chest). He
then ascended with him to the heaven of the world and knocked on one of its doors.
The dwellers of the Heaven asked, 'Who is it?' He said, "Gabriel." They said, "Who is accompanying
you?" He said, "Muhammad." They said, "Has he been called?" He said, "Yes" They said, "He is
welcomed." So the dwellers of the Heaven became pleased with his arrival, and they did not know
what Allah would do to the Prophet (PbUH) on earth unless Allah informed them. The Prophet (PbUH) met Adam over
the nearest Heaven. Gabriel said to the Prophet, "He is your father; greet him." The Prophet (PbUH) greeted
him and Adam returned his greeting and said, "Welcome, O my Son! O what a good son you are!"
Behold, he saw two flowing rivers, while he was in the nearest sky. He asked, "What are these two
rivers, O Gabriel?" Gabriel said, "These are the sources of the Nile and the Euphrates."
Then Gabriel took him around that Heaven and behold, he saw another river at the bank of which
there was a palace built of pearls and emerald. He put his hand into the river and found its mud like
musk Adhfar. He asked, "What is this, O Gabriel?" Gabriel said, "This is the Kauthar which your Lord
has kept for you." Then Gabriel ascended (with him) to the second Heaven and the angels asked the
same questions as those on the first Heaven, i.e., "Who is it?" Gabriel replied, "Gabriel". They asked,
"Who is accompanying you?" He said, "Muhammad." They asked, "Has he been sent for?" He said,
"Yes." Then they said, "He is welcomed.'' Then he (Gabriel) ascended with the Prophet (PbUH) to the third
Heaven, and the angels said the same as the angels of the first and the second Heavens had said.
Then he ascended with him to the fourth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended with
him to the fifth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended with him to the sixth Heaven
and they said the same; then he ascended with him to the seventh Heaven and they said the same. On
each Heaven there were prophets whose names he had mentioned and of whom I remember Idris on
the second Heaven, Aaron on the fourth Heavens another prophet whose name I don't remember, on
the fifth Heaven, Abraham on the sixth Heaven, and Moses on the seventh Heaven because of his
privilege of talking to Allah directly. Moses said (to Allah), "O Lord! I thought that none would be
raised up above me."
But Gabriel ascended with him (the Prophet) for a distance above that, the distance of which only
Allah knows, till he reached the Lote Tree (beyond which none may pass) and then the Irresistible, the
Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and came closer till he (Gabriel) was about two bow lengths
or (even) nearer. (It is said that it was Gabriel who approached and came closer to the Prophet. (Fate
Al-Bari Page 263, 264, Vol. 17). Among the things which Allah revealed to him then, was: "Fifty
prayers were enjoined on his followers in a day and a night."
Then the Prophet (PbUH) descended till he met Moses, and then Moses stopped him and asked, "O
Muhammad ! What did your Lord en join upon you?" The Prophet (PbUH) replied," He enjoined upon me to
perform fifty prayers in a day and a night." Moses said, "Your followers cannot do that; Go back so
that your Lord may reduce it for you and for them." So the Prophet (PbUH) turned to Gabriel as if he wanted
to consult him about that issue. Gabriel told him of his opinion, saying, "Yes, if you wish." So Gabriel
ascended with him to the Irresistible and said while he was in his place, "O Lord, please lighten our
burden as my followers cannot do that." So Allah deducted for him ten prayers where upon he
returned to Moses who stopped him again and kept on sending him back to his Lord till the enjoined
prayers were reduced to only five prayers.
Then Moses stopped him when the prayers had been reduced to five and said, "O Muhammad! By
Allah, I tried to persuade my nation, Bani Israel to do less than this, but they could not do it and gave
it up. However, your followers are weaker in body, heart, sight and hearing, so return to your Lord so
that He may lighten your burden."
The Prophet (PbUH) turned towards Gabriel for advice and Gabriel did not disapprove of that. So he ascended
with him for the fifth time. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Lord, my followers are weak in their bodies, hearts,
hearing and constitution, so lighten our burden." On that the Irresistible said, "O Muhammad!" the
Prophet replied, "Labbaik and Sa`daik." Allah said, "The Word that comes from Me does not change,
so it will be as I enjoined on you in the Mother of the Book." Allah added, "Every good deed will be
rewarded as ten times so it is fifty (prayers) in the Mother of the Book (in reward) but you are to
perform only five (in practice)."
The Prophet (PbUH) returned to Moses who asked, "What have you done?" He said, "He has lightened our
burden: He has given us for every good deed a tenfold reward." Moses said, "By Allah! I tried to
make Bani Israel observe less than that, but they gave it up. So go back to your Lord that He may
lighten your burden further." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O Moses! By Allah, I feel shy of returning too
many times to my Lord." On that Gabriel said, "Descend in Allah's Name." The Prophet (PbUH) then woke
while he was in the Sacred Mosque (at Mecca).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, "O the people of Paradise!" They will say,
'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik, and all the good is in Your Hands!' Allah will say, "Are you
satisfied?' They will say, 'Why shouldn't we be satisfied, O our Lord as You have given us what You
have not given to any of Your created beings?' He will say, 'Shall I not give you something better than
that?' They will say, 'O our Lord! What else could be better than that?' He will say, 'I bestow My
Pleasure on you and will never be angry with you after that.' "

Once the Prophet (PbUH) was preaching while a bedouin was sitting there. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A man from
among the people of Paradise will request Allah to allow him to cultivate the land Allah will say to
him, 'Haven't you got whatever you desire?' He will reply, 'yes, but I like to cultivate the land (Allah
will permit him and) he will sow the seeds, and within seconds the plants will grow and ripen and (the
yield) will be harvested and piled in heaps like mountains. On that Allah will say (to him), "Take, here
you are, O son of Adam, for nothing satisfies you.' "On that the bedouin said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Such man must be either from Quraish or from Ansar, for they are farmers while we are not." On that
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) smiled .

I asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH) "What is the biggest sin in the sight of Allah?" He said, "To set up rivals unto
Allah though He alone created you." I said, "In fact, that is a tremendous sin," and added, "What
next?" He said, "To kill your son being afraid that he may share your food with you." I further asked,
"What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."

Two person of Bani Thaqif and one from Quarish (or two persons from Quraish and one from Bani
Thaqif) who had fat bellies but little wisdom, met near the Ka`ba. One of them said, "Did you see that
Allah hears what we say? " The other said, "He hears us if we speak aloud, but He does not hear if we
speak in stealthy quietness (softly)." The third fellow said, "If He hears when we speak aloud, then He
surely hears us if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly)." So Allah revealed the Verse:--
'And you have not been screening against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins
should testify against you..." (41.22)

Ibn `Abbas said, "How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have
Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in
its pure undistorted form?"

`Abdullah bin `Abbas said, "O the group of Muslims! How can you ask the people of the Scriptures
about anything while your Book which Allah has revealed to your Prophet contains the most recent
news from Allah and is pure and not distorted? Allah has told you that the people of the Scriptures
have changed some of Allah's Books and distorted it and wrote something with their own hands and
said, 'This is from Allah, so as to have a minor gain for it. Won't the knowledge that has come to you
stop you from asking them? No, by Allah, we have never seen a man from them asking you about that
(the Book Al-Qur'an ) which has been revealed to you.

Sa`id bin Jubair reported from Ibn `Abbas (regarding the explanation of the Verse: 'Do not move your
tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith) . He said, "The Prophet (PbUH) used to undergo great
difficulty in receiving the Divine Inspiration and used to move his lips.' Ibn `Abbas said (to Sa`id), "I
move them (my lips) as Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to move his lips." And Sa`id said (to me), "I move my
lips as I saw Ibn `Abbas moving his lips," and then he moved his lips. So Allah revealed:--
'(O Muhammad!) Do not move your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. It is for
Us to collect it and give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it. (i.e., to collect it in your chest and
then you recite it).' (75.16-17) But when We have recited it, to you (O Muhammad through Gabriel)
then follow you its recital.' (75.18) This means, "You should listen to it and keep quiet and then it is
upon Us to make you recite it."
The narrator added, "So Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to listen whenever Gabriel came to him, and when
Gabriel left, the Prophet (PbUH) would recite the Qur'an as Gabriel had recited it to him."

regarding the explanation of the Verse:-- '(O Muhammad!) Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in
a low tone.' (17.110) This Verse was revealed while Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was hiding himself at Mecca. At
that time, when he led his companions in prayer, he used to raise his voice while reciting the Qur'an;
and if the pagans heard him, they would abuse the Qur'an, its Revealer, and the one who brought it. So
Allah said to His Prophet: "Neither say your prayer aloud. i.e., your recitation (of Qur'an) lest the
pagans should hear (it) and abuse the Qur'an" nor say it in a low tone, "lest your voice should fail to
reach your companions, "but follow a way between." (17.110)

The Verse:-- '(O Muhammad!) Neither say your prayer aloud nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110) was
revealed in connection with the invocations.

Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'Whoever does not recite Qur'an in a nice voice is not from
us,' and others said extra," (that means) to recite it aloud."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Not to wish to be the like of except the like of two men: a man whom Allah has
given the Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of the night and the hours of the day, in which case
one may say, "If I were given the same as this man has been given, I would do the same as he is
doing.' The other is a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, in which
case one may say, 'If I were given the same as he has been given, I would do the same as he is doing."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Not to wish to be the like of except the like of two (persons): a man whom Allah
has given the knowledge of the Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of the night and the hours of
the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it (in Allah's Cause) during the hours
of the night and during the hours of the day."

Our Prophet has informed us our Lord's Message that whoever of us is martyred, will go to Paradise.

Whoever tells you that the Prophet (PbUH) concealed something of the Divine Inspiration, do not believe
him, for Allah said: 'O Apostle Muhammad! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you
from your Lord, and if you do it not, then you have not conveyed His Message.' (5.67)

A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Which sin is the biggest in Allah's Sight?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "To set
up rivals unto Allah though He Alone created you." That man said, "What is next?" The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"To kill your son lest he should share your food with you.'' The man said, "What is next?" The
Prophet said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." Then Allah
revealed in confirmation of that: "And those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor kill such
life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever
does this shall receive the punishment..... (25.68)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Your stay (in this world) in comparison to the stay of the nations preceding you,
is like the period between `Asr prayer and the sun set (in comparison to a whole day). The people of
the Torah were given the Torah and they acted on it till midday and then they were unable to carry on.
And they were given (a reward equal to) one Qirat each. Then the people of the Gospel were given the
Gospel and they acted on it till `Asr Prayer and then they were unable to carry on, so they were given
la reward equal to) one Qirat each. Then you were given the Qur'an and you acted on it till sunset,
therefore you were given (a reward equal to) two Qirats each. On that, the people of the Scriptures
said, 'These people (Muslims) did less work than we but they took a bigger reward.' Allah said (to
them). 'Have I done any oppression to you as regards your rights?' They said, "No." Then Allah said,
'That is My Blessing which I grant to whomsoever I will.' "

A man asked the Prophet (PbUH) "What deeds are the best?" The Prophet (PbUH) said: (1) To perform the (daily
compulsory) prayers at their (early) stated fixed times, (2) To be good and dutiful to one's own
parents. (3) and to participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause."

`Amr bin Taghlib said, "Some property was given to the Prophet (PbUH) and he gave it to some people and
withheld it from some others. Then he came to know that they (the latter) were dissatisfied. So the
Prophet said, 'I give to one man and leave (do not give) another, and the one to whom I do not give is
dearer to me than the one to whom I give. I give to some people because of the impatience and
discontent present in their hearts, and leave other people because of the content and goodness Allah
has bestowed on them, and one of them is `Amr bin Taghlib." `Amr bin Taghlib said, "The sentence
which Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said in my favor is dearer to me than the possession of nice red camels."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "My Lord says, 'If My slave comes nearer to me for a span, I go nearer to him for a
cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit, I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms;
and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "

Perhaps the Prophet (PbUH) mentioned the following (as Allah's Saying): "If My slave comes nearer to Me for
a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit; I go nearer to him for
the span of outstretched arms. (See Hadith No. 502)

The Prophet (PbUH) said that your Lord said, "Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is for Me, so I
will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the mouth of a fasting person, is better in
Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 584)

The Prophet (PbUH) said that his Lord said: "It does not befit a slave that he should say that he is better than
Jonah (Yunus) bin Matta.

Mu'awiya bin Qurra reported that `Abdullah bin Al-Maghaffal Al-Muzani said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, riding his she-camel and reciting Surat-al-Fath (48) or part of
Surat-al-Fath. He recited it in a vibrating and pleasant voice. Then Mu'awiya recited as `Abdullah bin
Mughaffal had done and said, "Were I not afraid that the people would crowd around me, I would
surely recite in a vibrating pleasant voice as Ibn Mughaffal did, imitating the Prophet." I asked
Muawiya, "How did he recite in that tone?" He said thrice, "A, A , A."

Abu Sufyan bin Harb told me that Heraclius called for his translator and then asked for the letter of the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH), and the former read it (thus):

"In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Merciful. (This letter is) from Muhammad bin 'Abdullah, to Heraclius. "...O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you that we worship none but Allah..." (V.3:64)

The people of the Scripture used to read the Torah in Hebrew and explain it to the Muslims in Arabic.
Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Do not believe the people of the Scripture, and do not disbelieve them, but
say, 'We believe in Allah and whatever has been revealed...' (3.84)

A Jew and Jewess were brought to the Prophet (PbUH) on a charge of committing an illegal sexual
intercourse. The Prophet (PbUH) asked the Jews, "What do you (usually) do with them?" They said, "We
blacken their faces and disgrace them." He said, "Bring here the Torah and recite it, if you are
truthful." They (fetched it and) came and asked a one-eyed man to recite. He went on reciting till he
reached a portion on which he put his hand. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Lift up your hand!" He lifted his hand
up and behold, there appeared the verse of Ar-Rajm (stoning of the adulterers to death). Then he said,
"O Muhammad! They should be stoned to death but we conceal this Divine Law among ourselves."
Then the Prophet (PbUH) ordered that the two sinners be stoned to death and, and they were stoned to death,
and I saw the man protecting the woman from the stones. (See Hadith No. 809, Vol. 8)

that he heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Allah does not listen to anything as He listens to the recitation of
the Qur'an by a Prophet who recites it in attractive audible sweet sounding voice."

(when the slanderers said what they said about her): I went to my bed knowing at that time that I was
innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by Allah, I never thought that Allah would
reveal in my favor a revelation which would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be
talked about by Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited. So Allah revealed the ten Verses
(of Surat-an-Nur). 'Those who brought a false charge........' (24.11-20)

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) reciting Surat at-Tin waz Zaitun (By the Fig and the Olive) in the `Isha' prayer and
I have never heard anybody with a better voice or recitation than his.

The Prophet (PbUH) was hiding himself in Mecca and used to recite the (Qur'an) in a loud voice. When the
pagans heard him they would abuse the Qur'an and the one who brought it, so Allah said to His
Prophet: 'Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.' (17.110)

that Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri said to him, "I see that you like sheep and the desert, so when you are
looking after your sheep or when you are in the desert and want to pronounce the Adhan, raise your
voice, for no Jinn, human being or any other things hear the Mu`adh-dhin's voice but will be a witness
for him on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Sa`id added, "I heard this from Allah's Messenger (PbUH)."

The Prophet (PbUH) used to recite the Qur'an with his head in my lap while I used to be in my periods (having
menses).

I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), I listened to
his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in a way that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had not taught me. I was
about to jump over him while He was still in prayer, but I waited patiently and when he finished his
prayer, I put my sheet round his neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who has taught you this Sura which
I have heard you reciting?" Hisham said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) taught it to me." I said, "You are telling a
lie, for he taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!" Then I started leading
(dragged) him to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said (to the Prophet), " I have heard this man reciting Surat-al-
Furqan in a way that you have not taught me." The Prophet (PbUH) said: "(O `Umar) release him! Recite, O
Hisham." Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "It was revealed like
this." Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Recite, O `Umar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon
he said, "It was revealed like this," and added, "The Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven
different ways, so recite of it whichever is easy for you ." (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6)

I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Why should a doer (people) try to do good deeds?' The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has
been created.'

While the Prophet (PbUH) was in a funeral procession, he took a stick and started scraping the earth with it
and said, "There is none of you but has his place assigned either in Hell or in Paradise." They (the
people) said, "Shall we not depend upon that (and give up doing any deeds)?' He said, " Carry on
doing (good deeds) for everybody will find it easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined
place for which he has been created ." (And then the Prophet (PbUH) recited the Verse):-- 'As for him who
gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah...' (92.5)

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has
written): My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book) is written with Him over the Throne."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying: "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written): "My Mercy has preceded my Anger.' And that is written with Him over the Throne." (see Hadith 3194)

There were good relations and brotherhood between this tribe of Jurm and the Ash`ariyyin. Once,
while we were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari, there was brought to him a meal which contained
chicken meat, and there was sitting beside him, a man from the tribe of Bani Taimul-lah who looked
like one of the Mawali. Abu Musa invited the man to eat but the man said, "I have seen chicken eating
some dirty things, and I have taken an oath not to eat chicken." Abu Musa said to him, "Come along,
let me tell you something in this regard. Once I went to the Prophet (PbUH) with a few men from Ash`ariyyin
and we asked him for mounts. The Prophet (PbUH) said, By Allah, I will not mount you on anything; besides I
do not have anything to mount you on.' Then a few camels from the war booty were brought to the
Prophet, and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the group of Ash`ariyyin?' So he ordered for five
fat camels to be given to us and then we set out. We said, 'What have we done? Allah's Messenger (PbUH) took
an oath that he would not give us anything to ride and that he had nothing for us to ride, yet he
provided us with mounts. We made Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forget his oath! By Allah, we will never be
successful.' So we returned to him and reminded him of his oath. He said, 'I have not provided you
with the mount, but Allah has done so. By Allah, I may take an oath to do something, but on finding
something else which is better, I do that which is better and make the expiation for my oath.' "

The delegates of `Abdul Qais came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "The pagans of the tribe of Mudar
intervene between you and us therefore we cannot come to you except in the Holy months. So please
order us to do something good (Religious deeds) by which we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)
and we may inform our people whom we have left behind to observe it." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I order
you to do four things and forbid you from four things: I order you to believe in Allah. Do you know
what is meant by belief in Allah? It is to testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah,
to offer prayers perfectly, to give Zakat, and to give Al-Khumus (one-fifth of the war booty) (in
Allah's Cause). And I forbid you four things, (i.e., Do not drink alcoholic drinks) Ad-Dubba, An-
Naqir, (pitched water skins), Az-Zuruf, Al-Muzaffat and Al--Hantam (names of utensils used for the
preparation of alcoholic drinks)." (See Hadith No. 50, Vol. 1)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The painter of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it
will be said to them, Make alive what you have created.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The painters of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it
will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have created."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Allah said, 'Who are most unjust than those who try to create something
like My creation? I challenge them to create even a smallest ant, a wheat grain or a barley grain.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'The example of a believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron (a citrus fruit)
which is good in taste and good in smell. And the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date
which has a good taste but no smell. And the example of an impious person who recites the Qur'an is
that of Ar-Rihana (an aromatic plant) which smells good but is bitter in taste. And the example of an
impious person who does not recite the Qur'an is that of a colocynth which is bitter in taste and has no
smell."

Some people asked the Prophet (PbUH) regarding the soothsayers. He said, "They are nothing." They said, "O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Some of their talks come true." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "That word which happens to be
true is what a Jinn snatches away by stealth (from the Heaven) and pours it in the ears of his friend
(the foreteller) with a sound like the cackling of a hen. The soothsayers then mix with that word, one
hundred lies."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Qur'an but it will
not exceed their throats and who will go out of (renounce) the religion (Islam) as an arrow passes
through the game, and they will never come back to it unless the arrow, comes back to the middle of
the bow (by itself) (i.e., impossible). The people asked, "What will their signs be?" He said, "Their
sign will be the habit of shaving (of their beards). (Fath-ul-Bari, Page 322, Vol. 17th)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "(There are) two words which are dear to the Beneficent (Allah) and very light (easy) for the tongue (to say), but very heavy in weight in the balance. They are: ''Subhan Allah wa-bi hamdihi'' and ''Subhan Allah Al-`Azim."

(see Hadith 6682).