Sunan Ibn Majah: Chapter 37

“Indifference towards this world does not mean forbidding
what is permitted, or squandering wealth, rather indifference towards
this world means not thinking that what you have in your hand is more
reliable than what is in Allah’s Hand, and it means feeling that
the
reward for a calamity that befalls you is greater than that which
the
calamity makes you miss out on.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘If you
see a man who has been given indifference with regard to this world
and who speaks little, then draw close to him for he will indeed
offer
wisdom.’”

“A man came to the
Prophet (PbUH) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, show me a deed
which,
if I do it, Allah will love me and people will love me. The
Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) said: “Be indifferent towards this world,
and Allah
will love you. Be indifferent to what is in people’s
hands, and they
will love you.”

“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who had
been
stabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept and
Mu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Is
there some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, the
best of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any of
these reasons. But the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) gave me some advice
and I wish that I had followed it. He (PbUH) said: “There may come a
time when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all you
will need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause of
Allah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’”

“Salman felt sick and
Sa’d
came to visit him, and when he saw him he wept. Sa’d said to him:
‘Why are you weeping, my brother? Are you not a Companion of the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH)? Are you not? Are you not?’ Salman said:
‘I
am only weeping for one reason: I am not weeping because of
longing
for this world or for dislike of the Hereafter. But the
Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) gave me some advice and I think that I have
transgressed.’
He said: ‘What was his advice to you?’ He said:
‘He advised me that
something like the provision of a rider is
sufficient for anyone of
you, and I think that I have transgressed
that. As for you, O Sa’d,
fear Allah when you pass a verdict, and
when you distribute (spoils of
war), and when you decide to do
anything.’”

“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. I
said:
‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except for
something
he asked.’ So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked me
about some things
we heard from the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say:
“Whoever is focused
only on this world, Allah will confound his
affairs and make him fear
poverty constantly, and he will not get
anything of this world except
that which has been decreed for him.
Whoever is focused on the
Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs
for him and make him feel
content with his lost, and his provision
and worldly gains will
undoubtedly come to him.”

“I heard your Prophet (PbUH) say: ‘Whoever
focuses all
his concerns on one thing, the Hereafter, Allah will
relieve him or
worldly concerns, but whoever has disparate concerns
scattered among a
number of worldly issues, Allah will not care in
which of its valleys
he died.’”

“I do not know except that he attributed it to the
Prophet (PbUH)” – “Allah says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself
to My
worship, and I will fill your heart with contentment and take
care of
your poverty; but if you do not do that, then I will fill
your heart
with worldly concerns and will not take care of your
poverty.’”

“I heard the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) say: ‘The likeness of this world in comparison to the
Hereafter is that of anyone of you dipping his finger into the sea:
let him see what he brings forth.’”

“The Prophet (PbUH) lay down on a
reed mat, and it left marks on his skin. I said: ‘May my father and
mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! If you had told us
we would have provided you with something that would save you this
trouble.’ The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘What is there
between
myself and the world? This world and I are just like a rider
who stops
to rest beneath the shade of a tree then goes and leaves
it.’”

“We were with the Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its
leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is
worthless
to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this
world is more
worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its
owner. If this
world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the
disbeliever would
not have a drop to drink from it.’”

“I was riding with the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) when he came across a dead lamb that had been thrown
out.’ He
said: ‘Don’t you think that this is worthless to its
owners?’ It was
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, it is because it is
worthless that they
have thrown it out, - or words to that effect. He
said: ‘By the One in
Whose Hand is my soul, this world is more
worthless to Allah than this
is to its owners.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) saying:
‘This
world is cursed and what is in it is cursed, except the
remembrance
of Allah (dhikr) and what is conducive to that, or one who
has
knowledge or who acquires knowledge.’”

“This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the
disbeliever.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
took
hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this
world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider
yourself as one of the people of the graves.’”

“Shall I not tell you about the kings of Paradise?’ I
said:
‘Yes.’ He said: ‘A weak and oppressed man who wears tattered
clothes and is not paid any heed. If he swears (an oath) by Allah,
Allah fulfills it.’”

“Shall I
not tell you about the people of Paradise? Every weak and
oppressed
one. Shall I not tell you about the people of Hell? Every
harsh,
haughty and arrogant one.”

“The
one who most deserved to be envied, un my view, is the one
who has
the least burden, who prays a great deal and finds joy in
prayer, and
who is unknown among people and is not paid any heed. His
provision
will be sufficient, he will be content with it, his death
will come
quickly, his estate will be small and his mourners will be
few.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Simplicity is part
of
faith.’”

“Shall I not tell you of the best of you?” They
said:
“Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The best of you
are those who,
when they are seen, Allah the Mighty, the Majestic, is
remembered.”

“A man passed by
the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and the Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘What do
you
say about this man?’ They said: ‘We agree with your opinion
concerning
him. We say: He is one of the noblest of people. If he
proposes
marriage, his proposal deserves to be accepted; and if he
intercedes,
his intercession deserves to be accepted; and if he
speaks, he
deserves to be listened to.’ The Prophet (PbUH) remained
silent, and
another man passed by. The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘What do
you think
about this man?’ We said: ‘By Allah, O Messenger of
Allah, this is one
of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he
does not deserve to
get married; and if he intercedes, his
intercession does not deserve
to be accepted; and if he speaks, he
does not deserve to be listened
to.’ The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘This
one is better than an earthful of
(men like) the other man.’”

“Allah loves His believing slave who is poor, does not beg
and has many children.”

“The poor believers will enter Paradise half a day – five
hundred
years – before the rich.’”

“The poor Muhajirun will enter Paradise before the
rich,
the equivalent of five hundred years.”

“The poor Muhajirun
complained to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) about that with which
Allah
had favored the rich over them. He said: ‘O poor people,
shall I not
give you the glad tidings that the poor believers will
enter Paradise
half a day, five hundred years, before the rich?’”

“Ja’far bin Abu Talib used to
like the poor; he would sit with them and talk to them, and they
would
talk to him. And the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) gave him the
Kunyah of
Abul-Masakin (Father of the Poor).”

“Love the poor, for I
heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say in his supplication: ‘O
Allah,
cause me to live poor and cause me to die poor, and gather me
among
the poor (on the Day of Resurrection).’”

“And turn not
away
those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon...” up to His
saying: “...and thus become of the unjust.” [6:52] He said:
“Aqra’ bin
Habis At-Tamimi and ‘Uyainah bin Hisn Al-Fazri came
and found the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) with Suhaib, Bilal, ‘Ammar
and Khabbab,
sitting with some of the believers who were weak (i.e.,
socially).
When they saw them around the Prophet (PbUH) they looked
down on them.
They took him aside and said: ‘We want you to sit
with us along, so
that the ‘Arabs will recognize our superiority.
If the delegations of
the Arabs come to you we will feel ashamed if
the Arabs see us with
these slaves. So, when we come to you, make
them get up from your
presence, then when we have finished, sit with
them if you wish.’ He
said: ‘Yes.’ They said: ‘Write a
document for us (binding you to
that).’ So he called for a piece of
paper and he called ‘Ali to write,
and we were sitting in a corner.
Then Jibra’il (as), came down and
said: “And turn not away those
who invoke their Lord, morning and
afternoon seeking His Face. You
are accountable for them in nothing,
and they are accountable for you
in nothing, that you may turn them
away, and thus become of the
unjust.” [6:52] Then he mentioned Aqra’
bin Habis and ‘Uyaynah
bin Hisn, then he said: “Thus We have tried
some of them with
others, that they might say: ‘Is it these (poor
believers) whom
Allah has favored from amongst us?’ Does not Allah
know best those
who are grateful.” [6:53] Then he said: “When those
who believe
in Our Ayat come to you, say: Salamun ‘Alaykum (peace be
on you);
your Lord has written (prescribed) mercy for Himself”.”
[6:54] He
said: “Then we got so close to him that our knees were
touching
his, and the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) was sitting with us.
When he
wanted to get up, he stood up and left us. Then Allah
revealed: “And
keep yourself patiently with those who call on their
Lord morning and
afternoon, seeking His Face; and let not your eyes
overlook them,”
– and do not sit with the nobles – “desiring the pomp
and
glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We
have made heedless of Our remembrance,” – meaning ‘Uyainah and
Aqra’ –
“and who follows his own lusts, and those affair
(deeds) has been
lost” [18:28] He said: ‘May they be doomed.’
He said: ‘May ‘Uyainah
and Aqra’ be doomed.’ Then he made the
parable for them of two men and
the parable of this world. Khabbab
said: “We used to sit with the
Prophet (PbUH) and if the time came
for him to leave, we would get up
and leave him, then he would
leave.”

“This Verse was revealed concerning
us
six: Myself, Ibn Mas’ud, Suhaib, ‘Ammar, Miqdad and Bilal. The
Quraish said to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH): ‘We do not want to
join
them, send them away.’ Thoughts of that entered the heart of
the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) as much as Allah willed, then Allah
revealed:
“And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning
and afternoon
seeking His Face. You are accountable for them in
nothing, and they
are accountable for you in nothing, that you may
turn them away, and
thus become of the unjust.” [6:52]

“Woe to the most wealthy except those who do such and
such
with the money, and such and such” – four things, (pointing)
to his
right, to his left, in front of him and behind him.

“The
wealthiest will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection,
except
those who do such and such with their money, and earn it from
good
sources.”

“The wealthiest will be the lowest, except one who does such and
such,’ three things.”

“I
would
not like to have (the equivalent of) Uhud in gold, then a third
night
comes to me and I have anything of it left, except something
that I
set aside to pay off a debt.”

“O Allah, whoever believes in my and knows that
what I have brought is the truth from You, decrease his wealth and
his
children, and make the meeting with You dear to him, and hasten
his
death. Whoever does not believe in me and does not know that what
I
have brought is the truth from You, increase his wealth and his
children and make his life long.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
sent me to a man whom he was talking to lend him a she-camel (for
milking) and to be returned, but he refused. Then he sent me to
another man, who sent a she-camel to him. When the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) saw it, he said: ‘O Allah, bless it and bless the one who
sent it.’”
Nuqadah said: "I said to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH): 'And for the one who brought it.' He said: 'And (bless) the one who brought it.' Then he ordered that it should be milked and it yielded plenty of milk. The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: 'O Allah, increase the wealth of so-and-so,' meaning the first one who did not give a camel; 'and give so-and-so provision day by day,' meaning the one who had sent the she-camel."

“Wretched is the slave of the Dinar and the slave of the Dirham,
and the slave of velvet and the slave of the Khamisah.* If he is
given, he is pleased and if he is not given, he does not fulfill (his
oath of allegiance).”

“Wretched
is the slave of the Dinar, the slave of the Dirham and the
slave of
the Khamisah. He is wretched and will be thrown (into Hell)
on his
face, and if he is pricked with a thorn may find no relief.”

“Richness is not an abundance of worldly goods, rather richness
is
contentment with one’s lot.”

“He has succeeded who is guided to Islam and is
granted sufficient provision and is content with it.”

“O
Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad
sufficient for
them.”

“There
is no rich man or poor man but he will wish on the Day of
Resurrection that he had been given the bare minimum of provision.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Whoever
among
you wakes up physically healthy, feeling safe and secure within
himself, with food for the day, it is as if he acquired the whole
world.’”

“Look
at
those who are beneath you and do not look at those who are above
you,
for it is more suitable that you should not consider as less the
blessing of Allah.”

“Allah does not look at your forms or your wealth, rather
He
looks at your deeds and your hearts.”

“We, the family of Muhammad (PbUH),
would stay for a month during which no fire would be lit (for
cooking)
and we had only dates and water.”

“There would come a
month when no smoke was seen in any of the households of the family
of Muhammad (PbUH).
I said: "What did you eat?" She said: "The two black ones - dates and water." But we had neighbors among the Ansar, sincere neighbors, who had domestic sheep, and they used to send some of their milk to us. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: "And they were nine households."

“I heard ‘Umar bin
Khattab say: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) writhing with
hunger
during the day, and he could not even find the worst of dates
with
which to fill his stomach.’”

“I heard the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul
of
Muhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grains
or a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”

“The Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘The family of Muhammad has only a Mudd of
food,’
or ‘The family of Muhammad does not have even a Mud of
food.’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) came to us and we stayed for three nights without having
anything to eat.”

“One day some hot food was
brought
to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), and he ate. Then when he had
finished he said: ‘Praise is to Allah, no hot food has entered my
stomach since such and such a time.’”

“The bed of the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) was made of leather, stuffed with fibers of date-palm trees.”

It was
narrated from ‘Ata’ bin Sa’ib from his father, from ‘Ali that
the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) came to ‘Ali and Fatimah, when they
were
covered with a Khamil belonging to them. And a Khamil is a white
velvet made of wool. The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) had given this to
them as a wedding gift, along with a pillow stuffed with Idhkhir* and
a water skin.

“I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
when
he was (sitting) on a reed mat. I sat down and (saw that) he was
wearing a waist wrap, and there was no other barrier between him and
the mat but his waist wrap, and the reed mat had made marks on his
side. And I saw a handful of barley, nearly a Sa’, and some acacia
leaves, in a corner of the room, and a skin hanging up. My eyes
flowed
with tears, and he said: ‘Why are you weeping, O son of
Khattab?’ I
said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, why should I not weep?
This mat has made
marks on your side, and this is all you have
accumulated, I cannot see
anything other than what I see (here),
while Chosroes and Caesar live
among fruits and rivers. You are the
Prophet of Allah and His Chosen
One, and this is what you have
accumulated.’ He said: ‘O son of
Khattab, does it not please you
(to know) that (these things) are for
us in the Hereafter and for
them in this world?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”

“The daughter of the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) was permitted to me as a bride, and our bed on the night
when
she was presented to me, was no more than the hide of a ram.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) used
to enjoin charity, then one of us would go out and carry goods for
others until he earned a Mudd, but one of them nowadays has one
hundred thousand (Dinar or Dirham).”
Shaqiq said: "It was as if he was hinting that this was he himself."

“Utbah bin Ghazwan delivered a
sermon on the pulpit and said: ‘I saw myself the seventh of seven
with
the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), and we did not have any food to
eat
except the leaves of trees, until our gums hurt.’”

“Then the Prophet (PbUH) gave me seven dates,
one date for each man.”

“When the following was reveled: “Then on that Day you
shall be
asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!
[102:8]
Zubair said: ‘What delights shall we be asked about? It is
only the
two black ones, dates and water.’ He said: ‘It is going
to happen.’”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) sent us, three hundred me, carrying our provisions on our
necks. Our provisions ran out until there would be for (every) man
among us one date (a day).” Then it was said: “O Abu ‘Abdullah,
how
can one date satisfy a man?” He said: “When we no longer had
it, we
realized how much it was worth. Then we came to the sea and
found a
whale that had been thrown up by the sea, and we ate from it
for
eighteen days.”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) passed by us when we were fixing a hut of ours, and said: ‘What
is this?’ I said: ‘It is a hut of ours that has fallen into
disrepair.’ The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘The matter (of
death)
may come sooner than that.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) passed
by a
dome-shaped structure at the door of a man among the Ansar and
said:
‘What is this? ‘They said: ‘A dome that was built by
so-and-so.’
The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘All wealth that
is like this
(extravagant) will bring evil consequences to its owner
on the Day of
Resurrection.’ News of that reached the Ansari, so he
demolished it.
Then the Prophet (PbUH) passed by (that place) later on
and did not see
it. He asked about it and was told that its owner had
demolished it
because of what he had heard from him. He said: ‘May
Allah have mercy
on him, may Allah have mercy on him.’”

“I had built a house to shelter
me
from the rain and the sun, during the time of Allah’s Messenger
(PbUH), and no creature of Allah helped me in building it.”

“We came to Khabbab
to
visit him (when he was sick), and he said: ‘I have been sick for a
long time, and were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
say: “Do not wish for death,” I would have wished for it.’ And
he
said: “A person will be rewarded for all his spending, except
for
(what he spends) on dust,” or he said, “on building.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say: ‘If you were
to
rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be given
provision like the birds: They go out hungry in the morning and come
back with full bellies in the evening.”

“We entered upon the Prophet (PbUH) when he was doing something,
so
we helped him with it. Then he said: ‘Do not despair of provision
so long as your heads are still moving, for a person’s mother bears
him red with raw skin, then Allah provides for him.’”

“The heart of the son of Adam has an inclination towards
every
desirable thing, so whoever follows all of those inclinations,
Allah
will not care which one will cause his doom. And whoever relies
upon
Allah, Allah will protect him from the pain of scattered
inclinations.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
say: ‘No one of you should die except thinking positively of
Allah.’”

“The stronger believer is better and more beloved to Allah than
the
weak believer, although both are good. Strive to seek that which
will
benefit you and do not feel helpless. Is something overwhelms
you,
then say: Qadarullah, wa ma sha’a fa’al (It is the decree of
Allah and what He wills He does). And beware of (saying) ‘If only,’
for ‘If only’ opens the door to Satan.”

“A
wise word is the lost property of the believer, so wherever
he finds
it, he has more right to it.”

“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘Two blessings which many people squander: Good health
and
free time.’”

“A man came to the Prophet (PbUH)
and
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, teach me but make it concise.’ He
said: ‘When you stand to pray, pray like a man bidding farewell. Do
not say anything for which you will have to apologize. And give up
hope for what other people have.’”

“The likeness of the one who sits and listen to wisdom then only
speaks of the bad things that he had heard, is that of a man who
comes
to a shepherd and says: “O shepherd, give me one of your
sheep to
slaughter,” and (the shepherd) says: “Go and grab the
ear of the best
of them.” Then he goes and grabs the ear of the
sheepdog.’”

“No
one will enter Paradise who has pride in his heart equal to
the
weight of a grain of mustard seed, and no one will enter Hell who
has
faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed.”

“Allah, the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness My
robe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, I
shall throw him into Hell.’”

“Allah the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness My
robe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, I
shall throw him into Hell.”

“Whoever humbles himself one degree for the sake of Allah, Allah
will raise him in status one degree, and whoever behaves arrogantly
towards Allah one degree, Allah will lower him in status one degree,
until He makes him among the lowest of the low.”

“If a female slave among
the
people of Al-Madinah were to take the hand of the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH), he would not take his hand away from hers until she had
taken
him wherever she wanted in Al-Madinah so that her needs may be
met.”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
used to visit the sick, attend funerals, accept the invitations
of
slaves and ride donkeys. On the day (of the battle) of Quraizah and
Nadir, he was riding a donkey. On the day of Khaibar he was riding a
donkey that was bridled with palmfibers and beneath him was a
packsaddle made of palmfibers.”

“Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble
towards one another so that none of you boasts to another.”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) was more modest than a virgin in her chamber. If he
disliked
something, that could be seen in his face.”

“Every
religion has its distinct characteristic, and the distinct
characteristic of Islam is modesty.”

“Every religion has its distinct characteristic, and the
distinct
characteristic of Islam is modesty.’”

“Among the words that people learned from the
earlier Prophets are: ‘If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.’”

“Modesty is part of faith, and faith will be in Paradise.
Obscenity
in speech is part of harshness and harshness will be in
Hell.’”

“There
is never any obscenity in a thing, but it mars it, and there is
never
any modesty in a thing, but it adorns it.”

“Whoever restrains his anger when
he
is able to implement it, Allah will call him before all of creation
on the Day of Resurrection, and will give him his choice of any houri
that he wants.”

“We were sitting with the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) and he said: ‘The delegations of ‘Abdul-Qais have
come to
you,’ and no one had seen anyone. While we were like that,
they came
and alighted. They came to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and
Ashajj
‘Ansari was left behind. He came afterwards, and halted at
the
halting-place, made his she-camel kneel down, and changed of his
traveling clothes, then he came to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH). The
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said to him: ‘O Ashajj, you have two
characteristics that Allah likes: Forbearance and deliberation.’ He
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, was I born with them or are they
acquired?’ He said: ‘No, rather it is something that you were
born
with.’”

“You have two characteristics that Allah likes:
Forbearance
and modesty.”

“There is no gulp that brings greater reward with Allah than a
gulp
of anger that a man swallows (suppresses), seeking thereby the
Face
of Allah.”

“I
see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The
heaven
is creaking and it should creak, for there is no space in it
the
width of four fingers but there is an angel there, prostrating to
Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and
weep much, and you would never enjoy women in your beds, and you
would
go out in the streets, beseeching Allah.’”

“If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”

“Lest
they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term
was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of
them were rebellious.” [57:16]

“Do not laugh a lot, for laughing a lot deadens the heart.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) said to me:
‘Recite Qur’an to me,’ so I recited Surat An-Nisa’ to him,
and when I
reached (the Verse): “How (will it be) then, when We
bring forth from
each nation a witness and We bring you as a witness
against these
people?” [4:41] I looked at him, and his eyes were
filled with tears.”

“We were with the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) at a funeral, and he sat at the edge of the grave weeping,
until
the ground became wet. Then he said: ‘O my brothers, prepare
yourselves for something like this.’”

‘Weep, and if you cannot weep then pretend to weep.”

“There is no believing slave who sheds tears, even if
they
are like the head of a fly, out of fear of Allah, and they roll
down
his cheeks, but Allah will forbid him to the Fire.”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
‘And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also
do
other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear.” [23:60] Is
this the
one who commits adultery, steals and drinks alcohol?’ He
said: ‘No, O
daughter of Abu Bakr’ – O daughter of Siddiq –
rather it is a man who
fasts and gives charity and prays, but he
fears that those will not be
accepted from him.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
say: ‘Deeds are like vessels. If the lower part is good then
the upper
part will be good, and if the lower part is bad then the
upper part
will be bad.’”

“If a person prays in public and does it well, and he prays in
secret and does it well, then Allah says: ‘This man is truly My
slave.’”

“Be moderate and adhere to moderation, for there is no one among
you who will be saved by his deeds.” They said: “Not even you, O
Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Not even me. Unless Allah
encompasses
me with mercy and grace from Him.”

“Allah says: ‘I am the Most Self-Sufficient and I have no need
for an associate. Thus he who does an action for someone else’s
sake
as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him
whom he
associated with Me.’”

“When Allah
assembles the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, a day
concerning which there is no doubt, a caller will cry out: ‘Whoever
used to associate anyone else in an action that he did for Allah, let
him seek his reward from someone other than Allah, for Allah is so
self-sufficient that He has no need of any associate.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
came
out to us when we were discussing Dajjal (False Christ) and said:
‘Shall I not tell you of that which I fear more for you than
Dajjal?’
We said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Hidden polytheism, when a
man stands to pray
and makes it look good because he sees a man
looking at him.’”

“The thing that I fear most for my nation is associating
others
with Allah. I do not say that they will worship the sun or the
moon
or idols, but deeds done for the sake of anyone other than Allah,
and
hidden desires.”

“Whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and
whoever wants to be seen, Allah will show him (i.e., make known to
the
people his true motives and intentions).”

“Whoever
wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and
whoever wants
to be seen, Allah will show him (i.e., expose his real
motives).”

“There is no (permissible) envy except in two cases: A
man
whom Allah has given wealth and caused him to dispose of it in a
proper manner, and a man to whom Allah has given wisdom, and he acts
in accordance with it and teaches it (to others).”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘There is no envy except in two cases. A man to whom
Allah has given (knowledge of) the Qur’an, so he recites it night
and
day, and a man to whom Allah has given wealth, so he spends it
night
and day.’”

“Envy
consumes good deeds just as fire consumes wood, and charity
extinguishes bad deeds just as water extinguishes fire. Prayer is the
light of the believer and fasting is a shield against the Fire.”

“There is no sin more deserving that Allah hasten the punishment
in
this world, in addition to what is stored up for him in the
Hereafter
– than injustice and severing the ties of kinship.”

“The most quickly rewarded of good
deeds are kindness and upholding the ties of kinship, and the most
quickly punished evil deeds are injustice and severing the ties of
kinship.”

“It is sufficient evil for a man to look down on his Muslim
brother.”

“Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble towards one
another and should not wrong one another.”

“A
person will not reach the status of being one of those who have piety
until he refrains from doing something in which there is no sin, for
fear of falling into something in which there is sin.”

“It was said to the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH): ‘Which of the people is best?’ He said:
‘Everyone who is pure of heart and sincere in speech.’ They said:
‘Sincere in speech, we know what this is, but what is pure of
heart?’
He said: ‘It is (the heart) that is pious and pure, with
no sin,
injustice, rancor or envy in it.’”

“O
Abu Hurairah, be cautious, and you will be the most devoted
of people
to Allah. Be content, and you will be the most grateful of
people to
Allah. Love for people what you love for yourself, and you
will be a
(true) believer. Be a good neighbor to your neighbors, and
you will
be a (true) Muslim. And laugh little, for laughing a lot
deadens the
heart.”

“There is no wisdom like reflection, and no honor like good
manners.”

“Being honorable is wealth and noble character is piety.’

“I
know a word – (one of the narrators) ‘Uthman said: “a Verse”
– which if all the people followed it, it would suffice them.”
They
said: “O Messenger of Allah, which Verse?” He said: “And
whosoever
fears Allah, He will make a way out for him.” [65:2]

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) addressed us in Nabawah” or
Banawah – he (one of the narrators) said: “Nabawah is near Ta’if”
–
“And said: ‘Soon you will be able to tell the people of
Paradise from
the people of Hell.’ They said: ‘How O Messenger of
Allah?’ He said:
‘By praise and condemnation. You are Allah’s
witnesses over one
another.’”

“A man came to the
Prophet
(PbUH) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, how can I know, when I
have
done something good, that I have done well, and if I have done
something bad, that I have done a bad deed?’ The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘If your neighbors say that you have done something
good,
then you have done well, and if they say that you have done
something
bad, then you have done something bad.’”

“A man said to the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH): ‘How can I know when I have done well and when I have
done something bad?’ The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘If you hear your
neighbors saying that you have done well, then you have done well,
and
if you hear them saying that you have done something bad, then
you
have done something bad.’”

“The people of Paradise are those whose ears Allah fills with
the
praise of people when they are listening, and the people of Hell-
fire
are those whom He fills their ears with condemnation when they
are
listening.”

“I said to the Prophet (PbUH): ‘(What
do
you say about when) a man does a deed for the sake of Allah, and
people love him for it?’ He said: ‘That is the immediate glad
tidings
of the believer.’”

“A man said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, I do a good deed, then others find out about it and that
pleases me.’ He said: ‘You will have two rewards, the reward for
doing
it in secret and the reward for doing it openly (so that others
may
follow your example).’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) say: ‘Actions are but by the intention and every man will
have
but that which he intended. So he whose emigration was for Allah
and
His Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger.
But he
whose emigration was for some worldly benefit or to take some
woman in
marriage, his emigration was for that which he migrated.”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘The likeness of this nation is that of four people:
A
man to whom Allah gives wealth and knowledge, so he acts according
to
his knowledge with regard to his wealth, spending it as it should
be
spent; a man to whom Allah gives knowledge, but he does not give
him
wealth, so he says: “If I had been given (wealth) like this one, I
would have done what (the first man) did.” The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘They will be equal in reward. And a man to whom Allah
gives wealth but does not give knowledge, so he squanders his wealth
and spends it in inappropriate ways; and a man to whom Allah gives
neither knowledge nor wealth, and he says: “If I had (wealth) like
this one, I would do what (the third man) did.” The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘They are equal in their burden (of sin).’”

A
similar report (as above) was narrated from Ibn Abu Kabshah, from
his
father, from the Prophet (PbUH).

“People will be resurrected (and judged) according to their
intentions.”

“People
will be gathered (on the Day of Resurrection) according to
their
intentions.”

“Do you know what this is?” They said:
“Allah and
His Messenger know best.” He said: “Man is the line
in the middle, and
these lines to his side are the sicknesses and
problems that assail
him from all places. If one misses him, another
will befall him. The
square is his life span, at his neck; and the
line outside it is (his)
hope.”

“This is
the son
of Adam, and this is his life span at his neck,’ then he
spread his
hand in front of him and said: ‘And there is his hope.”

“The heart of an old man is young in the love of two things:
Love
of life and much wealth.”

“The son
of Adam grows old but two things remain young in him: His
craving for
wealth and his craving for a long life.”

“If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would love to
have a third along with them. Nothing could satisfy him except dust.
And Allah accepts the repentance of the one who repents.”

“The ages of (the people in) my nation will be between sixty and
seventy, and few of them will exceed that.”

“By the One Who took his (PbUH)
soul, he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting
down. And the most beloved of deeds to him was a righteous deed which
a person persists in doing, even if it is something small.”

“There was a woman with me, and
the
Prophet (PbUH) entered upon me and said: ‘Who is that?’ I said:
‘So-and-so; she does not sleep,’” – she mentioned her
excessive
praying. “The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘Keep quiet. You
should do what you
are able to, for by Allah, Allah does not get
tired (of giving reward)
but you get tired.’” She said: “The
most beloved of religious deed to
him was that in which a person
persists.”

“We
were with the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and we spoke of Paradise
and
Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went
to
my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then
I
remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and
said: ‘I have become a hypocrite!’ Abu Bakr said: ‘We all do
that.’”
So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet (PbUH),
who said: “O
Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the
angels would
shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O
Hanzalah,
there is a time for this and a time for that.”

“Take
on
only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is
that which is done consistently, even if it is little.”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) passed by a man who was praying on a rock, and he went
towards
Makkah and stayed a while, then he left and found the man
still
praying as he had been. He stood up and clasped his hands, then
said:
“O people, you should observe moderation,” three times, “for
Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired.”

“We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
will we be taken to task for what we did in the Ignorance period?’
The
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Whoever does good in Islam
(i.e.,
after becoming a Muslim) he will not be taken to task for what
he did
in the Ignorance period, but whoever does evil (i.e., after
entering
Islam) he will be taken to task for both the former and the
latter.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said
to
me: ‘O ‘Aishah, beware of (evil) deeds that are regarded as
insignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah. (i.e.
accountability).”

“When the believer commits sin, a black spot appears on his
heart.
If he repents and gives up that sin and seeks forgiveness, his
heart
will be polished. But if (the sin) increases, (the black spot)
increases. That is the Ran that Allah mentions in His Book: “Nay!
But
on their hearts is the Ran (covering of sins and evil deeds)
which
they used to earn.” [83:14]

“I
certainly
know people of my nation who will come on the Day of
Resurrection
with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, but Allah
will make
them like scattered dust.” Thawban said: “O Messenger of
Allah,
describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not
become of
them unknowingly.” He said: “They are your brothers and from
your
race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people
who,
when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allah.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) was asked:
‘What most admits people to Paradise?’ He said: ‘Piety and good
manners.’ And he was asked: ‘What most leads people to Hell?’
He said:
‘The two hollow ones: The mouth and the private part.’”

“Allah
rejoiced more over the repentance of anyone of you, then you rejoice
over your lost animal when you find it.”

“If
you
were to commit sin until your sins reach the heaven, then you were
to
repent, your repentance would be accepted.”

“Allah rejoices more over the repentance of His slave, than a
man
who loses his mount in a barren land, and he searches for it until
he
gets tired and covers his face with his garment, and while he is
like
that, he heard the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he
lifts the garment from his face and there is his mount.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘The one who repents from sin
is
like one who did not sin.’”

“Every
son of Adam commits sin, and the best of those who commit sin
are
those who repent.’”

“I entered with my father upon
‘Abdullah, and I heard him say: ‘The messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said:
“Regret is repentance.” My father said: ‘Did you hear the
Prophet
(PbUH) say: “Regret is repentance?” He said: ‘Yes.’”

“Allah accepts the repentance of His slave so long as the death
rattle
has not yet reached his throat.”

“And perform prayers at the two ends
of
the day and in some hours of the night. Verily, the good deeds
remove
the evil deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful.”
[11:114] The man
said: “O Messenger of Allah, is this (the Verse)
just for me?” He
said: “It is for whoever acts upon it among my
nation.”

“A
man went to extremes in committing sins. When death came to
him, he
left instructions to his sons, saying: ‘When I die, burn me,
then
grind me into powder, then scatter me in the wind and in the sea,
for
by Allah, if my Lord has power over me, He will subject me to a
punishment that He has never subjected anyone to.’ So they did that
to
him, then (Allah) said to the earth: ‘Return what you have
taken,’ and
there he was, standing. He said to him: ‘What made
you do what you
have done?’ He said: ‘Fear of You, O Lord.’ So
He forgave him because
of that (fear).”

“A
woman entered Hell because of a cat which she tied up and did
not
feed, or let it loose to eat of the vermin of the earth, until it
died.”

“Allah the Blessed and Exalted says: ‘O My slaves, all of you
are
sinners except those whom I have saved. So ask Me for forgiveness,
I
will forgive you. Whoever among you knows that I have the power to
forgive and asks Me to forgive by My power, I will forgive him. All
of
you are astray except those whom I guide. Ask Me for guidance and
I
will guide you. All of you are poor except those whom I enrich
(make
independent of means). Ask of Me and I will grant you
provision. Even
if your living and your dead, your first and your
last, your fresh and
your dry, were all as pious as the most pious
among My slaves, that
would not increase my dominion as much as a
gnat’s wing, and if they
were to be as evil as the most evil among
My slaves, that would not
detract from My dominion as much as a
gnat’s wing. Even if your living
and your dead, your first and your
last, your fresh and your dry, were
to join together and each of them
were to ask for all that he wishes
for, that would only detract from
My dominion as much as if one of you
were to pass by the edge of the
sea and dip a needle in it and
withdraw it. That is because I am the
Most Generous, Majestic. I give
with a word; when I will something,
all I do is say to it “Be!” – and
it is.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said: ‘Frequently remember the destroyer of pleasures,’ meaning
death.”

“I was with the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) and a man from among the Ansar came to him and greeted the
Prophet (PbUH) with Salam. Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
which
of the believers is best?’ He said: ‘He who has the best
manners among
them.’ He said: ‘Which of them is wisest?’ He
said: ‘The one who
remembers death the most and is best in
preparing for it. Those are
the wisest.’”

“The wise man is the one who takes account of
himself
and strives for that which is after death. And the helpless
man is
the one who follows his own whims then indulges in wishful
thinking
about Allah.”

“How do you feel?” He said: “I have
hope
in Allah, O Messenger of Allah, but I fear my sins.” The
Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) said: “These two things (hope and fear) do
not coexist in
the heart of a person in a situation like this, but
Allah will give
him that which he hopes for and keep him safe from
that which he
fears.”

“Angels
come to the dying person, and if the man was righteous, they
say:
‘Come out, O good soul that was in a good body, come out
praiseworthy and receive glad tidings of mercy and fragrance and a
Lord Who is not angry.’ And this is repeated until it comes out,
then
it is taken up to heaven, and it is opened for it, and it is
asked:
‘Who is this?’ They say: ‘So-and-so.’ It is said:
‘Welcome to the good
soul that was in a good body. Enter
praiseworthy and receive the glad
tidings of mercy and fragrance and
a Lord Who is not angry.’ And this
is repeated until it is brought
to the heaven above which is Allah.
But if the man was evil, they
say: ‘Come out O evil soul that was in
an evil body. Come out
blameworthy, and receive the tidings of boiling
water and the
discharge of dirty wounds,’ and other torments of
similar kind, all
together. And this is repeated until it comes out,
then it is taken
up to heaven and it is not opened for it. And it is
asked: ‘Who is
this?’ It is said: ‘So-and-so.’ And it is said: ‘No
welcome
to the evil soul that was in an evil body. Go back
blameworthy, for
the gates of heaven will not be opened to you.’ So it
is sent back
down from heaven, then it goes to the grave.”

“If the appointed time of death of anyone of you is in a certain
land, some need will cause him to go there, then when he reaches the
furthest point that it is decreed he will reach, Allah takes (his
soul). And on the Day of Resurrection the earth will say: ‘My Lord,
this is what You entrusted to me.’”

“Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever
hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him.” It was said to him:
“O
Messenger of Allah, does hating to meet Allah mean hating to
meet
death? For all of us hate death.” He said: “No. Rather that
is only at
the moment of death. But if he is given the glad tidings
of the mercy
and forgiveness of Allah, he loves to meet Allah and
Allah loves to
meet him; and if he is given the tidings of the
punishment of Allah,
he hates to meet Allah and Allah hates to meet
him.”

“None of
you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls
him. If
he must wish for death, let him say: ‘O Allah, keep me alive
so
long as living is good for me and cause me to die when death is
good
for me.’”

“There is no part of man that will not disintegrate, apart from
a
single bone at the base of the coccyx, from which he will be
recreated on the Day of Resurrection.”

“When ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan stood beside a grave, he would
weep
until his beard became wet. It was said to him: ‘You remember
Paradise
and Hell, and you do not weep, but you weep for this?’ He
said: ‘The
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: “The grave is the first
stage of the
Hereafter. Whoever is delivered from it, what comes
after it is
easier. If he is not delivered from it, then what comes
after it is
harder.’” He said that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said: “I have
never seen any horrible scene but the grave is more
horrible.”

“The
dead
person ends up in his grave, then the righteous man is made to
sit up
in his grave with no fear or panic. Then it is said to him:
‘What
religion did you follow?’ He said: ‘I was in Islam.’ It is said
to him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘Muhammad the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH). He brought us clear signs from Allah and we believed
him.’ It
is said to him: ‘Have you seen Allah?’ He says: ‘No
one is able to see
Allah.’ Then a window to Hell is opened for him,
and he sees it, parts
of it destroying others. Then it is said to
him: ‘Look at what Allah
has saved you from.’ Then a window to
Paradise is opened to him, and
he looks at its beauty and what is in
it. It is said to him: ‘This is
your place.’ And it is said to
him: ‘You had certain faith and you
died in that state, and in that
state you will be resurrected if Allah
wills.’ And the evil man is
made to sit up in his grave with fear and
panic. It is said to him:
‘What religion did you follow?’ He says: ‘I
do not know.’ It
is said to him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘I heard
the people
saying something and I said it too.’ Then a window to
Paradise is
opened to him, and he looks at its beauty and what is in
it. It is
said to him: ‘Look at what Allah has diverted away from
you.’
Then a window to Hell is opened for him, and he sees it, parts
of it
destroying others, and it is said to him: ‘This is your place.
You
were doubtful; in this state you died and in this state you will
be
resurrected, if Allah wills.’”

“Allah
will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands
firm.”
[14:27] This has been revealed concerning the torment of the
grave.
It will be said to him: ‘Who is your Lord?’ He will say: ‘My
Lord is Allah, and my Prophet is Muhammad.’ This is what Allah
says:
Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that
stands firm
in this world (i.e. they will keep on worshipping Allah
Alone and none
else), and in the Hereafter (i.e., at the time of
questioning in the
grave).’” [14:27]

“When
anyone
of you dies, he is shown his place morning and evening. If he
is one
of the people of Paradise, then he will be shown his seat in
Paradise, and if he is one of the people of Hell, then he will be
shown his seat in Hell. And it is said: ‘This is your place until
you
are raised on the Day of Resurrection.’”

“The
believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise,
until
it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is
resurrected.”

“When the
deceased
enters the grave, the sun is made to appear as if it is
setting. He
sits up, wipes his eyes and says: ‘Let me pray.’”

“The two who are entrusted with the Trumpet have two horns in
their
hands, waiting until they will be commanded (to blow them).”

“A Jewish man said in the
marketplace of Al-Madinah: ‘By the One Who chose Musa above all of
mankind.’ An Ansari man raised his hand and slapped him. He said:
‘How
dare you say this when the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) is among
us?’
Mention of that was made to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), and
he said:
‘Allah says: “And the trumpet will be blown, and all who
are in the
heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away,
except him whom
Allah wills. Then it will be blown a second time, and
behold they will
be standing, looking on (waiting).” [39:68] I will
be the first one to
raise his head, and I will see Musa holding on to
one of the pillars
of the Throne, and I do not know whether he will
have raised his head
before me, or he will be one of those whom Allah
exempts. And whoever
says that I am better than Yunus bin Matta, he
is lying.”

“I heard the Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) say on the pulpit: ‘The Compeller (Al-Jabbar) will
seize His heavens and His earths in His Hand’ – and he clenched
his
hand and started to open and close it – ‘Then He will say: “I
am the
Compeller, I am the King. Where are the tyrants? Where are the
arrogant?” And the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) was leaning to his
right
and his left, until I could see the pulpit shaking at the
bottom, and
I thought that it would fall along with the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH).”

‘Aishah said: “I said: ‘O Messenger
of Allah, how will the people be gathered on the Day of
Resurrection?’
He said: ‘Barefoot and naked.’ I said: ‘And
the women?’ He said: ‘And
the women.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, will we not feel
embarrassed?’ He said: ‘O ‘Aishah, the
matter will be too serious for
them to look at one another.’”

“The people will be presented (before Allah) three times
on
the Day of Resurrection. The first two times will be for disputes
and
excuses, and the third time will be when the scrolls (of deeds)
fly
into their hands; some will take it in the right hand and some in
the
left.”

“The Day
when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.”
[83:6] One of them will stand in his sweat up to halfway up his
ears.”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH): “On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth
and
so will be the heavens.” [14:48] – where will the people be
on that
Day?’ He said: ‘On the Sirat (the Bridge across
Hell-fire).’”

“The
Sirat will be placed across Hell, on thorns like the thorns of Sa’dan
plant.* Then the people will cross it. Some will pass over safe and
sound, some will be detained, and some will fall in headfirst.”

“I hope that no
one of those who witnessed (the battle of) Badr and (Treaty)
Hudaybiyah will enter Hell, if Allah wills.” I said: “O Messenger
of Allah, doesn’t Allah say “There is not one of you but will
pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord, a decree which must be
accomplished?” [19:71] He said: “Have you not heard that He says:
‘Then We shall save those who use to fear Allah and were dutiful to
Him. And We shall leave the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to their
knees (in Hell)?’” [19:72]

“You will come to me with radiant faces, hands and feet from the
traces of ablution. This is the characteristic sign of my nation
which
does not belong to anyone else.”

“We were with the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) in a tent, and he said: ‘Will it not please you to be
one
quarter of the people of Paradise?’ We said: ‘Yes.’ He
said: ‘Will it
not please you to be one third of the people of
Paradise?’ We said:
‘Yes.’ He said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand
is my soul, I hope that you
will be half of the people of Paradise.
For no one will enter Paradise
but a Muslim soul, and among the
people of polytheism you are like a
white hair on the hide of a black
bull, or like a black hair on the
hide of a red bull.’”

“A
Prophet will come accompanied by two men, and a Prophet will
come
accompanied by three, and (some will come) with more or less than
that. It will be said to him: ‘Did you convey the message to your
people?’ And he will say: ‘Yes.’ Then his people will be called
and it
will be said: ‘Did he convey the message to you?’ They
will say: ‘No.’
Then it will be said: ‘Who will bear witness
for you?’ He will say:
‘Muhammad and his nation.’ So the nation
of Muhammad will be called
and it will be said: ‘Did this man
convey the message?’ They will say:
‘Yes.’ He will say: ‘How
did you know that?’ They will say: ‘Our
Prophet told us that the
Messengers had conveyed the message, and we
believed him.’ This is
what Allah says: “Thus We have made you, a just
(and the best)
nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the
Messenger
(Muhammad (PbUH)) be a witness over you.’” [2:143]

“We came back (from a
campaign) with the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and he said: ‘By the
One
in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no person who
believes
then stands firm, but he will be causes to enter Paradise. I
hope that
they will not enter it until you and those who are
righteous among
your offspring will enter it and take up your
dwelling places therein.
And my Lord has promised me that seventy
thousand of my nation will
enter Paradise without being brought to
account.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say:
‘My Lord has promised me that seventy thousand of my nation will
enter
Paradise without being brought to account or punished. With
every
thousand will be (another) seventy thousand, and three handfuls
of my
Lord, the Glorified.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘On the Day of
Resurrection, we will complete seventy nations, of whom we are the
last and the best.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say: ‘You
complete
seventy nations, of which you are the best and dearest to
Allah.’”

“The people of Paradise are one hundred and
twenty
ranks, eighty from this nation and forty from all other
nations.”

“We are
the
last of the nations, and the first to be brought to account. It
will
be said: ‘Where is the unlettered nation and its Prophet?’ So we
are the last and the first.”

“The Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) said: ‘When Allah gathers all creatures on the Day of
Resurrection, permission will be given to the nation of Muhammad to
prostrate, so they will prostrate to Him for a long time. Then it
will
be said: “Raise your heads, for a certain number of you will
go to
Hell-fire and these will be your ransom from Hell.”*

“This nation has been granted mercy (in the Hereafter) and its
torment (in this world) is at the hands of one another. When the Day
of Resurrection comes, each Muslim man will be given a man from among
the idolaters and it will be said: ‘This is your ransom from the
Fire.’”

“Allah
has
one hundred (degrees of) mercy, of which He has shared one between
all of creation, by virtue of which you show mercy and compassion
towards one another and the wild animals show compassion towards
their
young. And He has kept back ninety-nine (degrees of) mercy by
virtue
of which He will show mercy to His slaves on the Day of
Resurrection.”

“On the day when He created the heavens and the earth, Allah
created one hundred (degrees of) mercy, of which He placed one on
earth, by virtue of which mothers show compassion to their children
and animals as well as the birds show compassion to one another. And
He kept back ninety-nine (degrees of) mercy. When the Day of
Resurrection comes, Allah will complete this mercy.”

“When Allah created the universe, He decreed for Himself: ‘My
mercy prevails over My wrath.’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) passed by me when I was riding a donkey, and said: ‘O Mu’adh,
do
you know what Allah’s right over His slaves is and what His
slaves’
right over Allah is?’ I said: ‘Allah and His Messenger
know best.’ He
said: ‘The right of Allah over His slaves is that
they should worship
Him and not associate anything with Him. And the
right of the slaves
over Allah, if they do that, is that He should
not punish them.’”

“We were with the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) on one of his campaigns. He passed by some people and
said: ‘Who are these people?’ They said: ‘We are Muslims.’
There was a
woman putting wood in her oven, and a son of hers was
with her. When
the flames got higher, she moved him away. She came to
the Prophet
(PbUH) and said: ‘Are you the Messenger of Allah?’ He
said: ‘Yes.’ She
said: ‘May my father and mother be ransomed
for you. Is not Allah the
Most Merciful of those who show mercy?’
He said: ‘Yes indeed.’ She
said: ‘Is not Allah more Merciful
than a mother to her child?’ He
said: ‘Yes indeed.’ She said:
‘A mother would not throw her child into
the fire.’ The Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) lowered his head and wept.
Then he looked up at her
and said: ‘Allah does not punish any of His
slaves except those who
are defiant and rebellious, who rebel against
Allah and refuse to
say: La ilaha illallah.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said: “No one will enter Hell except one who is doomed.” It was
said:
“O Messenger of Allah, who is the one who is doomed?” He
said: “The
one who never does any act of obedience (towards Allah)
and who never
omitted any act of sin.”

“He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind
should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not
take
any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives
(sins).”
[74:56] Then he said: “Allah says: ‘I am the One Who
deserves to be
feared, so no other god should be appointed alongside
Me. Whoever
avoids appointing another god alongside Me, I am the One
Who should
forgive him.”

“A man from my nation will be called before all of creation
on the Day
of Resurrection, and ninety-nine scrolls will be spread
out for him,
each one extending as far as the eye can see. Then Allah
will say: “Do
you deny anything of this?” He will say: “No, O
Lord.” He will say:
“Have My recording scribes been unfair to
you?” Then He will say:
“Apart from that, do you have any good
deeds?” The man will be
terrified and will say: “No.” (Allah)
will say: “Indeed, you have good
deeds with Us, and you will not be
treated unjustly this Day.” Then a
card will be brought out on
which is written Ash-hadu an la ilaha
illallah wa anna Muhammadan
‘abduhu wa rasuluhu (I bear witness that
none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is
His slave and Messenger).
He will say: “O Lord, what is this card
compared with these
scrolls?” He will say: “You will not be treated
unjustly.” Then
the scrolls will be placed in one side of the Balance
and the card in
the other. The scrolls will go up (i.e., be light) and
the card will
go down (i.e., will weigh heavily).”

“I
have a Cistern, (as large as the distance) between the Ka’bah
and
Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (It is) whiter than milk, and its
vessels
are the number of the stars. I will be the Prophet with the
most
followers on the Day of Resurrection.”

“My
Cistern is wider than the distance between Ailah and ‘Aden.
By the
One in Whose Hand is my soul, its vessels are more numerous
than the
number of stars, and it is whiter than milk and sweeter than
honey.
By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I will drive men away from
it as
a man drives strange camels away from his cistern.” It was said:
“O
Messenger of Allah, will you recognize us?” He said: “Yes, you
will
come to me with radiant faces, hands and feet, because of the
traces
of ablution, and this is not for anyone but you.”

“Umar bin
‘Abdul-‘Aziz
sent for me and I came to him upon the riding animal
prepared for
swift mail delivery. When I came to him, he said: ‘We
have caused
you some trouble O Abu Sallam.’ He said: ‘Yes, by Allah, O
Commander of the Believers!’ He said: ‘By Allah, we did not want
to
cause you any hardship, but there is a Hadith which I have heard
that
you narrate from Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH), concerning the Cistern, and I wanted to hear it directly
from
you.’ He said: “I said: ‘Thawban, the freed slave of the
Messenger of
Allah (PbUH), told me that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said: “My
Cistern is (wider than) the distance between Ailah and
‘Aden. It is
whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and its cups
are as many as
the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it will
never feel thirst
again. The first ones who come to drink from it
will be the poor
Muhajirin, with dirty clothes and disheveled hair,
who do not marry
refined women and for whom no doors are opened.”
‘Umar wept until his
beard became wet, then he said: ‘But I have
married refined women and
doors have been opened for me. Certainly I
will not wash the clothes
that are on my body until they become dirt,
and I will not comb my
hair until it becomes disheveled.’”

“The
distance between the two ends of my Cistern is like the distance
between San’a and Al-Madinah,’ or ‘between Al-Madinah and
‘Amman.’”

‘One can see in
it (the
Cistern) jugs of gold and silver, like the number of stars in
the
sky.”

“Peace
be
upon you, abode of believing people. We will join you soon, if
Allah
wills.” Then he said: “Would that we could see our brothers.”
They said: “O Messenger of Allah, are we not your brothers?” He
said:
“You are my Companions. My brothers are those who will come
after me.
I will reach the Cistern ahead of you.” They said: “O
Messenger of
Allah, how will you recognize those of your nation who
have not yet
come?” He said: “If a man has a horse with a blaze
on its forehead and
white feet, don’t you think that he will
recognize it among horses
that are deep black in color?” They said:
“Of course.” He said: “On
the Day of Resurrection they will
come with radiant faces, hands, and
feet, because of the traces of
ablution.” He said: “I will reach the
Cistern ahead of you.”
Then he said: “Men will be driven away from my
Cistern just as
stray camels are driven away. And I will call to them:
‘Come here!’
But it will be said: ‘They changed after you were gone,
and they
kept turning on their heels.’ So I will say: “Be off with
you!”

“Every Prophet had a prayer that was answered, and every Prophet
offered this prayer in this world. But I am saving my prayer so that
I
can intercede for my nation, and it reaches every one of them who
dies
not associating anything with Allah.”

“I
am the leader of the sons of Adam, and it is no boast. I will
be the
first one for whom the earth will be split open on the Day of
Resurrection, and it is no boast. I will be the first to intercede
and
the first whose intercession will be accepted, and it is no
boast. The
banner of praise will be in my hand on the Day of
Resurrection, and it
is no boast.”

“As for the people of Hell, who are its people (i.e., its
permanent
residents), they will neither die nor live therein. But
there are
some people who will be punished with fire because of their
sins,
whom it will kill, then when they have become like coal,
permission
will be granted for intercession for them. They will be
brought,
group by group, and scattered on the banks of the rivers of
Paradise.
It will be said: ‘O people of Paradise, pour water on them.’
Then
they will grow like seeds carried by a flood (i.e., quickly).” A
man among the people said: It is as if the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
has been in the desert.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
say: ‘My intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be for
those
among my nation who committed major sins.’”

“I was given the choice between being admitted to
Paradise,
and I chose intercession, because it is more general and
more
sufficient. Do you think it is for the pious? No, it is for the
impure sinners.”

“The believers will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection,
inspired or worried.” – Sa’eed was not sure – “And they
will say: ‘If we seek someone to intercede for us with our Lord, we
may find relief from our situation.’ So they will go to Adam and
will say: ‘You are Adam, the father of mankind. Allah created you
with His Hand and His angels prostrated to you. Intercede for us with
your Lord, that He might grant us relief from our situation.’ He
will say: ‘I am not the one,’ and he will mention to them and
complain of the sin that he committed. He will feel too shy to do
that (and will say): ‘Rather go to Nuh, for he is the first
Messenger whom Allah sent to the people of earth.’ So they will go
to him, but he will say: ‘I am not the one,’ and he will mention
of how he asked of Allah that of which he had no knowledge.* He will
feel too shy to do that (and will say): ‘Rather go to the Close
Friend of the Most Merciful, Ibrahim.’ So they will go to him and
he will say: ‘I am not the one. Rather go to Musa, a slave to whom
Allah spoke and to whom He gave the Torah.’ So they will go to him
and he will say: ‘I am not the one,’ and he will mention how he
killed a soul, not in retaliation for murder (and will say): ‘Rather
go to ‘Isa, the slave of Allah and His Messenger, the Word of Allah
and a spirit created by Him.’ So they will go to him, but he will
say: ‘I am not the one. Rather go to Muhammad, a slave whose past
and future sins Allah forgave.’ So they will come to me and I will
go with them.” – There was a similar report from Hasan who added
(the Prophet (PbUH) said:) And I will walk between two rows of the
believers.” Then he went back to the Hadith of Anas. – And he
said: “And I will ask my Lord for permission and permission will be
given to me. When I see Him I will fall down prostrating, and I will
be left as long as Allah wills to leave me. Then it will be said:
‘Get up, O Muhammad. Speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be
given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted.’ I will
praise Him with praise that He will teach me, then I will intercede,
and a limit will be set. Then they will be admitted to Paradise, and
I will come back a second time. When I see Him I will fall down
prostrating, and I will be left as long as Allah wills to leave me.
Then it will be said: ‘Get up, O Muhammad. Speak, you will be
heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be
accepted.’ I will praise Him with praise that He will teach me,
then I will intercede, and a limit will be set. Then they will be
admitted to Paradise, and I will come back a third time. When I see
Him I will fall down prostrating, and I will be left as long as Allah
wills to leave me. Then it will be said: ‘Get up, O Muhammad.
Speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your
intercession will be accepted.’ I will praise Him with praise that
He will teach me, then I will intercede, and a limit will be set.
Then they will be admitted to Paradise, and I will come back a fourth
time and will say: ‘O Lord, there is no one left except those who
are detained by the Qur’an.’” **

“Three will intercede on the Day of Resurrection: The
Prophets, then the scholars, then the martyrs.”

“When the Day of Resurrection comes, I
will be
the leader of the Prophets and the one who addresses them, and
the
one among them who will agree to intercede, and it is no boast.”

“Some
people will be brought forth from Hell by my intercession, who
will
be called Al-Jahannamiyyin (those who came out of Hell).”

“More than (the members of the tribe of) Banu
Tamim
will enter Paradise through the intercession of a man from
among my
nation.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, besides you?”
He said:
“Besides me.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said:
‘Do you know what choice my Lord gave me on this night?’ We said:
‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘He gave me the
choice
between admitting half of my nation to Paradise and
intercession, and
I chose intercession.’ We said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, pray that we
will be among its people (the people for whom you
will intercede).’ He
said: ‘It is for every Muslim.’”

“This fire of yours is one-seventieth part of the fire of Hell.
Were it not that its heat has been reduced by water twice, you would
not have been able to benefit from it. And it is praying to Allah,
asking Allah not to return it (to its original level of heat).”

“The Fire complained to its Lord and said: ‘O Lord, parts of me
have consumed other parts.’ So He gave it two occasions to exhale,
one
in winter and one in summer. The intense cold that you feel (in
winter) is part of its severe frost (Zamharir) and the intense heat
that you feel in summer is part of its hot wind (Samum).”

“The
Hell-Fire was kindled for one thousand years and turned white. Then
it
was kindled for another thousand years and it turned red. Then it
was
kindled for another thousand years and it turned black. So it is
black
like the darkest night.”

“On the Day of Resurrection the disbeliever who lived the most
luxurious will be brought, and it will be said: ‘Dip him once in
Hell.’ So he will be dipped in it, then it will be said to him: ‘O
so-
and-so, have you every enjoyed any pleasure?’ He will say: ‘No,
I have
never enjoyed any pleasure.’ Then the believer who suffered
the most
hardship and trouble will be brought and it will be said:
‘Dip him
once in Paradise.’ So he will be dipped in it and it
will be said to
him: ‘O so-and-so, have you ever suffered any
hardship or trouble?’ He
will say: ‘I have never suffered any
hardship or trouble.’”

“The disbeliever will be made huge so much so that his molar
will
be bigger than (Mount) Uhud, and the size of his body in relation
to
his molar will be like the size of the body of anyone of you in
relation to his molar.”

“I was with Abu Burdah one night, and
Harith
bin Uqaish entered upon us. Harith told us that night that the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Among my nation are some by whose
intercession more (than the members of the tribe of) Mudar will enter
Paradise, and among my nation are some who will be made huge for the
Fire until they fill one of its corners.’”

“The people of Hell will be made to weep and they will weep
until
they run out of tears. Then they will weep blood until something
like
trenches appear on their faces, and if ships were placed in them
they
would float.”

“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and die
not
except as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqum
were to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of the
people of this world, so how about those who have no food other than
it (i.e. Zaqqum)?’”

“The
Fire
will consume all of the son of Adam except the mark of
prostration.
Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark of
prostration.’”

‘Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and made to
stand
on the Sirat (the Bridge over Hell). It will be said: “O people
of
Paradise!” And they will look. Anxious and afraid lest they be
brought out of the place they are in. Then it will be said: “O
people
of Hell!” and they will look, hoping that they will be
brought out of
the place they are in. Then it will be said: “Do you
know what this
is?” They will say: “Yes, this is Death.” Then
the command will be
given for it to be slaughtered on the Sirat, and
it will be said to
both groups: “It is eternal wherever you are,
and there will never be
any death therein.”

“Allah says: ‘I have prepared for My righteous slaves that which
no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mind
of man.’”

“A
hand span in Paradise is better than the earth and everything
on it.”

“A place the size of a whip in Paradise is better than this
world
and everything in it.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say:
‘Paradise has one hundred grades, each of which is as big as the
distance between heaven and earth. The highest of them is Firdaws and
the best of them is Firdaws. The Throne is above Firdaws and from it
spring forth the rivers of Paradise. If you ask of Allah, ask Him for
Firdaws.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said one day to
his
Companions: ‘Who will strive hard with sincerity for Paradise? For
there is nothing like Paradise. By the Lord of the Ka’bah, it is
sparkling light, sweet basil waving in the breeze, a lofty palace, a
flowing river, abundant ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and many fine
garments, in a palace of eternal abode, in ease and luxury, in
beautiful, strongly-built, lofty houses.’ They said: ‘We will
strive
heard for it, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Say: In
sha’ Allah (if
Allah wills).’ Then he mentioned Jihad and
encouraged them to engage
in it.”

“The first group to enter Paradise will enter with (faces) like
the
moon in the night when it is full. Then those who follow them will
be
shining with a light brighter than the brightest star in the sky.
They will not urinate or defecate, or blow their noses or spit. Their
combs will be of gold, their sweat will be musk, their braziers (receptacle for holding live coals for burning incense) will
be pearls and their wives will be houris. Their form will be that of
a
single man, the form of their father Adam, sixty forearm’s length
tall.’”

“Kauthar is a river in Paradise whose banks are of gold and its
bed
is of rubies and pearls. Its soil is more fragrant than musk, its
water is sweeter than honey and whiter than snow.”

“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travel
for one hundred years and never leave it.”
"Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'"

“I supplicate Allah to bring you and I together in the marketplace
of Paradise,” Sa’eed said: “Is there a marketplace there?” He
said: “Yes. The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) told me that when the
people of Paradise enter it, they will take their places according to
their deeds, and they will be given permission for a length of time
equivalent to Friday on earth, when they will visit Allah. His Throne
will be shown to them and He will appear to them in one of the
gardens of Paradise. Chairs of light and chairs of pearls and chairs
of rubies and chairs of chrysolite and chairs of gold and chairs of
silver will be placed for them. Those who are of a lower status than
them, and none of them will be regarded as insignificant, will sit on
sandhills of musk and camphor, and they will not feel that those who
are sitting on chairs are seated better than them.”

Abu Hurairah said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord?’ He said: ‘Yes. Do you dispute that you see the sun and the moon on the night when it is full?’ We said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Likewise, you will not dispute that you see your Lord, the Glorified. There will be no one left in that gathering with whom Allah does not speak face to face, until He will say to a man among you: “Do you not remember, O so-and-so, the day you did such and such?” And He will remind him of some of his sins in this world. He will say: “O Lord, have You not forgiven me?” He will say: “Yes, it is by the vastness of My forgiveness that You have reached the position you are in.” While they are like that, a cloud will cover them from above and will rain down on them perfume the like of whose fragrance they have never smelled before. Then He will say: “Get up and go to the honor that has been prepared for you, and take whatever you desire.” So we will go to a marketplace surrounded by the angels, in which there will be such things as eyes have never seen, ears have never heard and it has not entered the heart of man. Whatever we desire will be carried for us. Nothing will be bought or sold therein. In that marketplace the people of Paradise will meet one another. A man of elevated status will meet those who are of lower status than him, but none shall be regarded as insignificant, and he will be dazzled by the clothes that he sees on him. He will not finish the last of his conversation before better clothes appear on him. That is because no one should be sad there.’”
“He said: ‘Then we will go back to our homes where we will be met by our wives, and they will say: ‘Welcome. You have come looking more handsome and with a better fragrance than when you left us.’ And we will say: ‘Today we sat with our Lord, the Compeller, the Glorified, and we deserve to come back as we have come back.’” (Da’if)

“There is no one whom Allah will admit to Paradise but Allah
will
marry him to seventy-two wives, two from houris and seventy from
his
inheritance from the people of Hell, all of whom will have
desirable
front passages and he will have a male member that never
becomes
flaccid (i.e., soft and limp).’”

“When the believer wants a child in Paradise, he will
be
conceived and born and grown up, in a short while, according to
his
desire.”

“I know the last of the people of Hell who will be
brought forth from it, and the last of the people of Paradise to be
admitted to Paradise. (It is) a man who will emerge from Hell
crawling, and it will be said to him: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ He
will come to it and it will be made to appear to him as if it is
full.’ Allah will say: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ He will come to
it and it will appear to him as if it is full. So he will say: ‘O
Lord, I found it full.’ Allah will say: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’
He will come to it and it will be made to appear to him as if it is
full. So he will say: ‘O Lord, I found it full.’ Allah will say:
‘Go and enter Paradise, for you will have the like of the world and
ten times more, or you will have ten times the like of the world.’
He will say: ‘Are You mocking me, or are You laughing at me, when
You are the Sovereign?’”
He said: "And I saw the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) smiling so broadly that his molar teeth could be seen."
And he used to say: "This is the lowest of the people of Paradise in status."

“Whoever asks for Paradise, three times, Paradise will say: “O
Allah, admit him to Paradise.” And whoever asked to be saved from
Hell, three times, Hell will say: “O Allah, save him from Hell.”

“There is no one among you who does not have two abodes: An
abode
in Paradise and an abode in Hell. If he dies and enters Hell,
the
people of Paradise inherit his abode. This is what Allah says:
‘These
are indeed the inheritors.’” [23:10]