MAJOR SINS &
SIGNS OF HYPOCRISY
KNOWLEDGE
SUPPLICATIONS (DUA)
REMEMBRANCE OF
ALLAH
THOSE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BEG
SPENDING
HOARDING
INSOLVENCY AND RESPITE
USURY
MARRIAGE
RIGHTS OF WIVES
DIVORCE
THE OFFICES OF RULER AND QADI (QAZI)
THE CONDUCT OF A QADI (QAZI)
CASES AND DEPOSITIONS
RETALIATION
PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS
CARE ABOUT WEAPONS
HOSPITALITY
MANNERS OF EATING
MANNERS OF DRINKING
VISITING THE SICK
SALUTATIONS
STANDING UP
GOODNESS AND THE CEMENTING OF RELATIONSHIP
GUARDING AGAINST SLANDER AND ABUSE
BOASTING AND PARTY-SPIRIT
GENTLENESS MODESTY AND GOOD CHARACTER
TENDERNESS AND MERCY TOWARDS PEOPLE
LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF GOD
CIRCUMSPECTION AND DELIBERATION IN AFFAIRS
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE POOR AND THE PROPHET'S LIVELIHOOD
HOPE AND AVIDITY
HYPOCRISY AND OSTENTATION
ANGER AND PRIDE
TRUST IN GOD AND ENDURANCE
OPPRESSION
MANNERS OF TRAVELLING
THE PROPHET'S (SAWS) CHARACTER
HALAL AND HARAM
SLAUGHTERING
INTOXICANTS
CLOTHING AND ADORNMENT
ETHICS
SAHIH AL-BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE)
MARRIAGE
THE BOOK OF BELIEF (FAITH)
THE SPLITTING OF THE MOON IN TWO PIECES
AL-MIRAJ
WOMEN IN ISLAM
THE PRAYER (SALAT)
ALMSGIVING (ZAKAT) STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM
THE TRUE QUALITY OF A GOOD WIFE
HOW ESSENTIAL IS HIJAB (VEIL)
WEALTH AND WOMEN ARE A GREAT TRIAL
HUSBAND-WIFE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
ACQUISITION OF AND IMPARTING DEENI KNOWLEDGE
TAKING SPECIAL CARE TO FULFIL THE RIGHTS OF MUSLIMS
FASTING
HAJJ
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
ABSTAINING FROM SIN
RECITING AND TEACHING THE QUR'AN MAJEED
Introduction to Ahadith
It goes without saying that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
has left us with two powerful sources for the improvement of the
individual, the society and for the nations, those are: the Holy
Quran and ahadith. The Quran was revealed to the Last Messenger
(peace be upon him) through the angel Gabriel. The ahadith show
us the diversities a single person can have, and the ways these
diversities may be used to produce an optimal performance, where
the performance is exemplary for future generations. This was one
of the main tasks of the Last Messenger (peace be upon him), to
guide humanity on the right path.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) was a son, a husband, a father, an advisor, a warrior,
a leader, a judge and most important of all, he was the Seal of
the Prophets - the last messenger of Allah. A man with such a character
and such a vast field of responsibility is indeed deserving of biographical
study, and through the ages, biographical researches have been carried
out. The collection of ahadith is the result of these researchers.
The study of ahadith is a science itself. To mention some branches
within the study of ahadith, there is the science of Asma'ul Rijal
(the science of study of the life-history of 500,000 narrators),
the science of Mustalih al-Hadith (the science of classifying a
hadith as authentic or weak), the science of Gharib al-hadith (the
study of the linguistic origins of the difficult words used in ahadith).
I have mentioned only three different sciences though this list
can extend to over 100. This again indicates the immense importance
of ahadith and the importance of understanding them.
The main source
of ahadith can be found in six sahihs. These six sahihs are:
Sahih al-Bukhari
(d. 256 A.H. = 870 A.D.)
Sahih Muslim
(d. 261 A.H. = 875 A.D.)
Sunan Ibn Majah
(d. 273 A.H. = 887 A.D.)
Sunan Abu Dawud
(d. 275 A.H. = 888 A.D.)
Jami al-Tirmidhi
(d. 279 A.H. = 892 A.D.)
Sunan al-Nisai
(d. 303 A.H. = 915 A.D.)
A.H. = After Hegira A.D. = Anno Domini
"In preparing
their collections, these Traditions obviously used a critical technique
to decide what they would include and what they should reject. Bukhari,
for example, examined 600,000 traditions of which he excepted only
7,397. There purpose was to assemble a body of traditions which
would serve as a rule of life for practising Muslims, so their primary
interest was in selecting such traditions as would give clear guidance
concerning what Muslims belief and practice should be, what things
were permissible and approved, and what were not permissible and
disapproved."
(Shariah: The Islamic Law. by Abdur Rahman I. Doi:54)
It should be quite
evident from the above cited paragraph that the task of compiling
ahadith was by no means simple. Although the most painstaking techniques
had been employed to decide which ahadith should be included and
which should be rejected there were found grounds for classification
of ahadith. The ahadith are therefore classified in the following
manner:
1.Sahih: These
are the genuine Traditions so declared after applying all tests.
2.Hasan: These are the fair Traditions although inferior in the
matter of authenticity to the Sahih.
3. Daif: These are the weak traditions which are not so very reliable."
(Ibid:57).
Before I proceed,
I wish to explain the meanings of isnad and matn as the understanding
of these words is considered profitable for the reader. A hadith
consists of two parts. The chain of transmitters comprises one part
while the message within the hadith completes it. The former is
known as isnad while the latter is matn. Continuing with the classification
of ahadith, the daif ahadith are divided further:
a The Mu'allaq
Traditions: These are those Traditions in which one or two transmitters
are omitted in the beginning of the Isnad.
b. The Maqtu Traditions: These are those Traditions which are reported
by a Tabi'i, a man of second category after the Prophet.
c. The Munqati Traditions: These are the broken Traditions.
d. The Mursal Traditions: These are the incomplete Traditions in
the Isnad of which a companion (Sahabi) is omitted, e.g. A Tabi'i
says, the Prophet said....
e. The Musahhaf Traditions: These are the traditions which have
a mistake in words or letters of the Isnad or the Matn e.g. Hasan
is written as Hashan.
f. The Shadh Traditions: These are the traditions with a reliable
chain of reporters but their meanings are contrary to other similarly
attested Traditions narrated by the majority of the contemporary
transmitters.
g. The Maudu Traditions: These are the fabricated and untrue Traditions."
(Ibid:57).
I have now presented
a very short introduction to the background of ahadith. I would
most strongly recommend the interested reader to read the book "Shariah:
The Islamic Law" by Abdur Rahman I. Doi. It is a book which
I have used extensively and found most interesting and informative.
The same author has also published a book which is titled "Non-Muslims
under Shariah", another informative book which I would recommend.
Lastly I would
like to thank the people concerned in providing me with the facility
for distributing this collection. Without their help, time, and
effort, I am quite certain that this work would not have come to
the notice of so many people in so many places. May Allah give them
peace and bless them all. Amen.
A Muslim and Pakistani
student
Oslo, Norway
Wa akhiro dawaana
unilhamdolillah Rabb-i-il alaamin.
Ramdhan 1414
January 1994.
FAITH (IMAN)
1.
Islam is based
on five things: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and
that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His
servant and messenger, the observance of the prayer, the payment
of Zakat, the pilgrimage, and the fast during Ramadan.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
2.
The Muslim is
he from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the Emigrant
is he who abandons what God has prohibited.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
3.
None of you believes
till I am dearer to him than his father, his child and all mankind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
4.
He who is not
trustworthy has no Faith, and he who does not keep his Covenant
has no religion.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
5.
What is Faith?
When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you,
you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs (the peace
of) your heart, give it up.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
MAJOR SINS AND
SIGNS OF HYPOCRISY
6.
The major sins
are associating other objects of worship with God, disobedience
to parents, murder, and deliberate perjury.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
7.
There are three
signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes
a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
8.
Avoid the seven
noxious things.(1) Associating anything with God, (2) magic,(3)
killing one whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause,
(4) devouring usury, (5) consuming the property of an orphan, running
back from the battlefield and, (7) slandering chaste women who are
believers but indiscreet.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
9.
Four characteristics
constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite, and anyone
who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy
till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when
he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously
and when he quarrels he abuses.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
KNOWLEDGE
10.
When a man dies
no further reward is recorded for his actions, with three exceptions:
Sadqa which continues to be supplied, or knowledge from which benefit
continues to be reaped, or the prayers of a good son to his dead
father.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
11.
If anyone removes
(one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove
(one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one
smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way
for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults
of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next.
God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues
a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him
a path to paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
12.
He who goes out
in search of knowledge is in God's path till he returns.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
13.
The search of
knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
14.
The one who would
have the worst position in God's sight on the Day of Resurrection
would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
SUPPLICATIONS
(DUA)
15.
A man is granted
supplication provided he does not ask for anything sinful or for
breaking ties of relationship.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
16.
You have two characters
which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
17.
Nothing but supplication
averts the decree, and nothing but righteousness increases life.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
REMEMBRANCE OF
ALLAH
18.
People will not
sit remembering God without the angels surrounding them, mercy covering
them, peace descending on them.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
19.
He who remembers
his Lord and he who does not are like the living and dead.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
20.
Hadhrat Jaabir
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "The distinguishing factor between kufr and Imaan
is the deliberate neglect of Salaat."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
21.
He who does a
good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings, and I [God]
shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an equivalent
reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws the
length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near
him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall
draw the length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking
I shall come to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of
the size of the earth, but has not associated anything with Me,
I shall meet him a similar amount of forgiveness.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
22.
Hadhrat Jaabir
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Salaat is the key to Jannat."
(Darami).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
23.
Hadrhat Abdulah
Ibn Qart (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "The first act about which one will be questioned
on the Day of Qiyammah will be Salaat. If Salaat is found to be
proper, other acts will pass as proper. But, if Salaat is found
there to be despoiled, then all other acts too will fail."
(Tibrani, Ausat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
24.
Hadhrat Hanzalah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard Muhammad say:
"Whoever guards the five Salaat while believing that the Salaat
is the Right of Allah, will enter Jannat."
(Ahmad).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
25.
Hadhrat Bareedah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "The subject of pledge which exists between the
people and us (the Ambiyaa) is Salaat. Thus, whoever neglects Salaat
has become a kaafir (i.e. in terms of practical life, not in terms
of Imaan)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
26.
A time will come
to mankind when man will not care whether what he gets comes from
a lawful or an unlawful source.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
27.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Will there remain any impurity on a person who
baths five times a day in a river flowing in front of his house?"
The people said: "No impurity will remain on him." Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "This is the effect of the five Salaat.
By means of it, Allah Ta'ala purifies the performer of all sins."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
28.
Hadhrat Abdur
Rahmaan Bin Amr Bin Al-A's (Allah be pleased with him) narrates
that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Salaat on the Day
of Qiyaamah, will be a light, a proof and a means of salvation for
the one who guarded it. He who neglects Salaat, will have no light,
no proof and no salvation (from the direction of Salaat) He (the
one who neglects Salaat) will be in the company of Qaroon, Fir'oun,
Haamaan and Ubay Ibn Khalf on the Day of Qiyaamah."
(Ahmad, Darami, Baihaqi, Shu'bul Imaan).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
29.
No body which
has been nourished with what is unlawful will enter paradise.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
30.
Flesh which has
grown out of what is unlawful will not enter paradise, but hell
is more fitting for all flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful.
(Ahmad, Darimi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
31.
The truthful and
trusty merchant is associated with the prophets, the upright and
the martyrs.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
32.
If anyone buys
a garment for ten dirhams among which one is unlawfully acquired,
God most high will not accept prayer from him as long as he wears
it.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
THOSE WHO ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO BEG
33.
He who begs the
property of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals,
so let him ask little as much.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
34.
It is better for
one of you to take a rope, bring a load of firewood on his back,
and sell it, God thereby preserving his self respect, than that
he should beg from people whether they give him anything or refuse
him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
35.
If anyone guarantees
me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him paradise.
(Abu Dawud, Nasa'i).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
SPENDING
36.
If you spend (to
help others), O son of Adam! I [God] shall spend on you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
37.
It is better for
a man to give a dirham as Sadqa during his lifetime than to give
a hundred at the time of his death.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
38.
Do not consider
any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your brother with
a cheerful face.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
39.
Sadqa given to
a poor man is just Sadqa, but when given to a relative it serves
a double purpose, being both Sadqa and a connecting link.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
HOARDING
40.
If anyone keeps
goods till the price rises, he is a sinner.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
41.
He who brings
goods for sale is blessed with good fortune, but he who keeps them
till the price rises is accursed.
(Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
42.
If anyone withholds
grain for forty days thereby desiring a high price, has renounced
God and God has renounced him.
(Razin).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
43.
The man who withholds
goods is evil. If God lowers prices he is grieved, and if He raises
then he is happy. (Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
INSOLVENCY AND
RESPITE
44.
He who grants
a respite to one who is in straightened circumstances or who remits
his debt, will be saved by God from the anxieties of the Day of
Resurrection.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
45.
If anyone accepts
others belongings meaning to pay back, God will pay back for him,
but if anyone accepts them meaning to squander them, God will on
that account destroy his property.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
46.
Every fault but
a debt will be forgiven to a martyr.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
47.
A believer's soul
is attached to his debt till it is paid.
(Shafi'i, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
USURY
48.
Gold is to be
paid by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley,
dates by dates and salt by salt, like for like, payment being made
on the spot. If anyone gives more or asks for more, he has dealt
in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
49.
A time is coming
to mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain and if he
does not receive it, some of its vapour will reach him.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
50.
A dirham which
a man knowingly receives in usury is more serious (a crime) than
thirty-six acts of fornication.
(Ahmad, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
51.
When a man makes
a loan to another, he must not accept a present.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
52.
Even though usury
be much it leads in the end to penury.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
MARRIAGE
53.
Young men, those
of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from
looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality, but
those who cannot, should devote themselves to fasting, for it is
a means of suppressing sexual desire.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
54.
The whole world
is to be enjoyed, but the best thing in the world is a pious woman.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
55.
When a man marries,
he has fulfilled half of the religion, so let him fear Go regarding
the remaining half.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
56.
After fear of
God, a believer gains nothing better for him than a good wife who
obeys him if he gives her a command, pleases him if he looks at
her, is true to him if he adjures her to do something, and is sincere
towards him regarding her person and his property if he is absent.
(Ibn Majah.)
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
RIGHTS OF WIVES
57.
When a woman observes
the five time of prayers, fasts during Ramadan, preserves her chastity,
and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of the gates of paradise
she wishes.
(Abu Nu'aim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
58.
A believer must
not hate his wife, and if he is displeased with one bad quality
in her, then let him be pleased with one that is good in her.
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam by. Imran Muhammad).
59.
Among the believers
who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition
and are kindest to their families.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
DIVORCE
60.
If any woman asks
her husband for divorce without some strong reason, the odour of
paradise will be forbidden for her.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
61.
The lawful thing
God hates most is divorce.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
62.
God has created
nothing on the face of the earth more dearer to Him than emancipation,
and God has created nothing on the face of the earth more hateful
to Him than divorce.
(Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
THE OFFICES OF
RULER AND QADI (QAZI)
63.
The one who will
be dearest to God and nearest to Him in the station on the Day of
Resurrection will be a just imam and the one who will be most hateful
to God on the Day of Resurrection, and will receive the severest
punishment will be a tyrannical imam.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
64.
A creature is
not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the Creator.
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
65.
Do not ask for
any high office, for if you are given it after asking, you will
be left to discharge it yourself; if you are given it without asking
you will be helped to discharge it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
66.
He who has been
ruler over ten people, will be brought in the Day of Resurrection,
shackled till justice loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to
destruction.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
67.
The most excellent
jihad is when one speaks a true word in the presence of a tyrannical
ruler.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
68.
As you will be
so will you have rulers put over you.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
THE CONDUCT OF
A QADI (QAZI)
69.
No judge must
give judgement between two people when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
70.
If anyone who
seeks the office of Qadi among Muslims till he gets it and his justice
prevails over tyranny, will go to paradise; but the man whose tyranny
prevails over justice will go to hell.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
71.
God is with the
Qadi as long as he is not tyrannical, but when he is tyrannical,
He departs from him and the devil attaches himself to him.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
CASES AND DEPOSITIONS
72.
If anyone swears
a firm oath, acting wickedly thereby, and appropriates by it property
belonging to a Muslim, God will be very angry when he meets Him
on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
73.
The man who is
most hateful to God is the one who quarrels and disputes most. (Bukhari,
Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
74.
If anyone claims
what is not his, he does not belong to us, and let him come to his
seat in hell. (Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
RETALIATION
75.
A believer will
continue to find ample scope in his religion as long as he does
not kill anyone unlawfully. (Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
76.
Shedding of blood
will be the first matter about which judgement will be given on
the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
77.
If anyone kills
a man who had made a covenant (anyone who belongs to a Non-Muslim
community with whom a treaty of peace has been made, or a member
of protected communities) will not experience the fragrance of paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
78.
God may forgive
every sin, except in the case of one who dies a polytheist, or one
who purposely kills a believer.
(Abu Dawud, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
79.
The passing away
of the world would mean less to God than the murder of a Muslim
man.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
80.
He who throws
himself from a mountain and kills himself will be thrown down in
the fire of hell and remain in it for ever and ever; he who sips
poison and kills himself will have his poison in his hand will sip
it for ever and ever in the fire of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS
81.
An unmarried man
who commits fornication, should receive hundred lashes and be banished
for a year.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
82.
If you find anyone
doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it and the one
to whom it is done.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
83.
Fornication will
not appear among any people without their being punished by famine,
and bribery will not appear among any people without their being
punished by terror.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
84.
God Who is glorious
will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman
through the anus.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
CARE ABOUT WEAPONS
85.
None of you must
point a weapon at his brother for he does not know whether the devil
may draw it out while it is in his hand as a result of which he
will fall into a pit of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
86.
If anyone points
a piece of iron at his brother, the angels curse him till he puts
it down, even if he is his brother who has the same father and mother.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
87.
I [Muhammad (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him)] forbade that a sword which
has been drawn should be handed to anyone.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
HOSPITALITY
88.
He who believes
in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes
in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours; and he
who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or
keep silent.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
89.
It is part of
the Sunna that a man should accompany his guest to the door of the
house.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
90.
He who believes
in God and the Last Day should honour his guest. Provisions for
the road are what will serve for a day and night; hospitality extends
for three days; what goes beyond that is Sadqa; and it is not allowable
that a guest should stay till he makes himself encumbrance.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
91.
Eat together and
not separately, for the blessings is associated with the company.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
MANNERS OF EATING
92.
Mention God's
name, eat with your right hand and eat from what is next to you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
93.
When any of you
eats, he should eat with his right hand and when he drinks he should
drink with his right hand.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
94.
I do not eat reclining.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
95.
The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) never expressed disapproval
of food; if he desired it he ate it and if he disliked it he left
it alone.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
MANNERS OF DRINKING
96.
God's messenger
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to breathe three
times in the course of a drink.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
97.
The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade that a man should drink
standing.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
98.
The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade breathing or blowing
into a vessel.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
99.
Do not leave a
fire burning in your houses while you are asleep.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
VISITING THE SICK
100.
Feed the hungry,
visit the sick and free the captive.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
101.
When you visit
an invalid tell him to make a supplication for you, for his supplication
is like of the angels.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
102.
A Muslim has five
duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the
sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy
on you' when one sneezes.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
SALUTATIONS
103.
There are six
good qualities which one believer should display to another; he
should visit him when he is ill, be present when he dies, accept
his invitation when he gives one, salute him when he meets him,
say 'God have mercy on you' when he sneezes and act sincerely towards
him whether he is absent or present.
(Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
104.
One who is riding
should salute one who is walking, one who is walking should salute
one who is sitting and a small company should salute a large one.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
105.
The God's messenger
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed a mixed company
of Muslims, polytheists who worshipped idols and Jews and he gave
them a salutation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
106.
Those who are
nearest to God are they who are first to give a salutation.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
107.
When you go into
your family, sonny, give a salutation. It will be a blessing both
to you and to your family.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
STANDING UP
108.
A man must not
make another get up from his place and then occupy it himself, but
you should spread out and make room.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
109.
If anyone gets
up from where he has been sitting and comes back, he has no right
to it.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
110.
It is not allowable
for a man to come in between two people without their permission.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
GOODNESS AND THE
CEMENTING OF RELATIONSHIP
111.
One who cuts ties
of relationship will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
112.
The Lord's good
pleasure results from a father's good pleasure, and the Lord's displeasure
results from the father's displeasure.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
113.
"Messenger
of God, who is most deserving of friendly care from me?" He
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother."
He asked who came next, and He (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next
and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your
mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your father."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
114.
"What rights
can parents demand from their children?" He (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) replied, "They are your paradise and
your hell."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
115.
By Him in Whose
hand my soul is, a man does not believe till he likes for his brother
what he likes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
116.
Those who are
merciful have mercy shown them by the Compassionate One, if you
show mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who is in heaven will
show mercy to you.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
117.
A Muslim is a
Muslim's brother; he does not wrong him or abandon him. If anyone
cares for his brother's need, God will care for his need; if anyone
removes his brother's anxiety, God will remove from him one of the
anxieties of the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone conceals a Muslim's
secret, God will conceal his secret on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
118.
He does not belong
to us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our
old ones, who does not recommend what is reputable and prohibit
what is disreputable.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
119.
The best house
among the Muslims is the one which contains an orphan who is well
treated, and the worst house among the Muslims is the one which
contains an orphan who is badly treated.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
120.
The believer is
not the one who eats his fill when the neighbour beside him is hungry.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
121.
All creatures
are God's children, and those dearest to God are the ones who treat
His children kindly.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
122.
Touch an orphan's
head and feed the poor.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
GUARDING AGAINST
SLANDER AND ABUSE
123.
If anyone guarantees
me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs (i.e. he
should not commit fornication), I shall guarantee him paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
124.
Reviling a Muslim
is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
125.
It is not fitting
for an eminently truthful man to be a reviler.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
126.
A mischief maker
will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahma
127.
Adhere to truth,
for truth leads to good deeds and good deeds leads him who does
them to paradise. Falsehood is wickedness and wickedness leads to
hell.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad
128.
The great liar
is not the one who puts things right between people, says what is
good, and promotes what is good.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
129.
Woe to him who
tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby! Woe
to him! Woe to him!
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
130.
Do you know the
thing which most commonly brings people into paradise? It is fear
to God and good character. Do you know what most commonly brings
people to hell? It is the hollow things; the mouth and the private
parts.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
131.
Sufyan bin Abdullah
ath Thaqafi told when he asked God's messenger what he feared most
for him, he took hold of his tongue and said, "This."
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
132.
None of my companions
must tell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you
with no ill-feelings.
(Abu-Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
133.
Coarse talk does
not come into anything without disgracing it, and modesty does not
come into anything without adorning it.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
134.
If you guarantee
me six things on your part, I shall guarantee you paradise: speak
the truth when you talk, keep a promise when you make it, when you
are trusted with something fulfil your trust, avoid sexual immorality,
lower your eyes and restrain your hand from injustice.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
BOASTING AND PARTY-SPIRIT
135.T
he one who is
most honourable in God's estimation is the pious.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
136.
Do not eulogize
me as the Christians eulogized the son of Mary, I am just His servant,
so say, 'God's servant and His messenger.'
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
137.
God has revealed
to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts over another,
or oppresses another.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
138.
Wathila b. al-Asqa
told that he asked God's messenger what party spirit was and he
replied. "You help your people in wrongdoing.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
DISCARDING AND
SEVERING OF THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP
139.
It is not allowable
for a man to keep apart from his brother for more than three days,
the one turning away and the one turning away when they meet. The
better of the two is the one who is first to give a greeting.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
140.
Avoid envy, for
envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
141.
Accursed is he
who harms a believer, or acts deceitfully towards him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
142.
To harbour good
thoughts (about a brother) is a part of well-conducted worship.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
GENTLENESS MODESTY
AND GOOD CHARACTER
143.
He who is deprived
of gentleness is deprived of good.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
144.
Righteousness
is good character, and sin is that which revolves in your heart
and which you do not want people to know.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
145.
I have been sent
to perfect good character.
(Muwatta, Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
146.
Among the best
of you [are they] who have the best character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
147.
Modesty is part
of faith and faith is in paradise, but obscenity is part of hardness
of heart and hardness of heart is in hell.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
148.
O God as Thou
hast made my form beautiful so make my character beautiful.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
149.
The believers
whose faith is most perfect are those who have the best character.
(Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
TENDERNESS AND MERCY TOWARDS PEOPLE
150.
God will not show
mercy to him who does not show mercy to others.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
151.
"If anyone
cares for two girls till they grow up, he and I will come on the
Day of Resurrection thus," and he joined fingers.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
152.
"I and the
one who takes responsibility for an orphan, whether his own kin
or of others, will be in paradise thus," and he pointed his
forefinger and the middle finger with a slight space between them.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
153.
"Believers
are to one another like a building whose parts support one other."
He then interlaced his fingers.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF GOD
154.
A good or bad
companion is like one who carries musk and one who blows the bellow.
The one who carries musk may give you some, or you may buy some
from him, or you may feel a fragrance from him; but the one who
blows the bellows might burn your clothing, or you may feel a bad
smell from him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
CIRCUMSPECTION AND DELIBERATION IN AFFAIRS
155.
A believer is
not stung twice from the same hole.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
156.
You have two characters
which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
157.
For one who does
not stumble and no sage who does not have experience.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad.
by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
158.
Consider how a
matter will turn out; than if you think its issue will be good carry
on with it, but if you fear going astray hold back
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
159.
A good way of
acting, a good manner of conduct and moderation are twenty-fifth
part of prophecy.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
160.
When a man tells
something and then departs it is trust. (What he told should be
treated confidential).
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE POOR AND THE PROPHET'S LIVELIHOOD
161.
When one of you
looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance,
he should look at someone who is inferior to him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
162.
Seek me among
you weak ones, for you are given provision from God, God will be
satisfied with few good deeds from him.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
163.
God loves His
poor, believing servant who refrains from begging and yet has children.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
164. O God, grant
me life as a poor man, cause me to die as a poor man, and resurrect
me in the company of the poor.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
165.
Abu Dharr said:
My friend ordered me to observe seven things. He ordered me to love
the poor and be near them; he ordered me to consider my inferior
and not consider my superior; he ordered me to join ties of relationship
even when relatives are at a distance; he ordered me not to ask
anyone for anything; he ordered me to speak the truth even when
it is bitter; he ordered me not to fear for God's sake reproach
anyone may cast on me; and he ordered me to repeat often, "There
is no might and no power except in God," for these words are
a part of the treasure under the throne.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
HOPE AND AVIDITY
166.
The son of Adam
becomes decrepit, but two things remain young in him: avidity for
property and avidity for life.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
167.
When you go into
your family, sonny, give a salutation. It will " The first
thing which effects the well-being of this people is firm belief
and asceticism, and the first thing which affects its corruption
is niggardliness and (useless) hope. (Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
168.
God loves the
pious rich man who is inconspicuous.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
HYPOCRISY AND OSTENTATION
169.
God does not look
at your forms and possessions, but He looks at your hearts and your
deeds.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
170.
When a man prays
publicly in a good manner and prays secretly in a good manner, God
most high says, "This is My servant indeed."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
ANGER AND PRIDE
171.
The strong man
is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls
himself when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
172.
He is a bad man
who is proud and puts on airs and forgets the Most Great and Sublime
One.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
173.
He who has in
his heart as much faith as a grain of mustard seed will not enter
hell, and he who has in his heart as much pride as a grain of mustard
seed will not enter paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
174.
When one of you
becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves
him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
175.
Abu Huraira reported
God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as telling
that Moses' son Imran said, "My Lord, who is the greatest of
Thy servant in Thy estimation?" and received the reply, "The
one who forgives when he is in a position of power.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
TRUST IN GOD AND ENDURANCE
176.
Seventy thousand
of my people will enter paradise without being taken to account.
They are those who do not use spells or take omens, but put their
trust in their Lord.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
177.
The strong believer
is better and dearer to God than the weaker believer. In all that
is good be eager for what benefits you, seek help in God, and be
not too weak to do so.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
178.
Abu Dharr reported
God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying
he knew a verse which would suffice men if they would but apply
it, "For him who fears God He will appoint a way out and He
will give him provision from an unimagined source.
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
179.
Young man, if
you are mindful about God He will be mindful of you, and if you
are mindful of God you will find Him before you. When you ask for
anything ask it from God, and if you seek help seek in God. Know
that if the people were to unite to do you some benefit they could
benefit you only with what God had recorded for you and that if
they were to unite to do you some injury they could injure you only
with what God had recorded for you. The pens are withdrawn and the
pages are dry.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
OPPRESSION
180.
God grants a respite
to the oppressor, but when He finally seizes him, He will not let
him escape.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
181.
Beware of the
plea of the oppressed, for he asks God most high only for his due,
and God does not keep one who has a right from receiving what is
due.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
182.
If anyone walks
with an oppressor to strengthen, knowing that he is an oppressor,
he has gone forth from Islam.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
183.
Do not be a people
without a will of your own saying: If others treat well you will
also treat well and if they do wrong we will do wrong; but accustom
yourselves to do good if people do good and do not do wrong if they
do evil.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
184.
Oppression will
produce excessive darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
185.He who has
done a wrong affecting his brother's honour, or anything else, must
ask for his forgiveness for it now before he will have neither dinar
or dirham. If he has any good deed to his credit it would be out
of his credit that the measure of his wrongdoing would be deducted,
but if he has done no good deeds it will be taken from the other's
evil deeds and laid upon him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
MANNERS OF TRAVELLING
186.
If people knew
what I know about the dangers of being alone, no rider would travel
alone at night.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
187.
God's messenger,
Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not come
to his family during the night, but was accustomed to enter only
in the morning or in the evening.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
188.
God's messenger,
Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to arrive
from a journey only in the daytime during the forenoon, and that
when he arrived he went first to the mosque where he prayed two
Raka's, after which he sat in it and gave audience to the people.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
189.
God's messenger,
Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to keep
to the rear when travelling and urge on the weak. He would take
some up behind him and would make supplication for them all.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
190.
The Lord of the
people on a journey is their servant, and he who precedes them in
service will not be preceded by them on account of any deed but
martyrdom.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
THE PROPHET'S
(PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM ) CHARACTER
191.
Anas said: I served
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for ten years
and he never said to me, "Shame!" or "Why you do
such and such?" or "Why did you not do such and such."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
192.
Jabir said that
when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
was asked for anything, he never said, "No."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
193.
A'isha said: God's
messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to patch
his sandals, sew his garments and conduct himself as anyone of you
did in his house. (Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
194.
Anas told that
when a man had asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) for enough sheep to fill the valley between two mountains
and had been given them, went to his people and said, "Accept
Islam, my people, for I swear By God that Muhammad gives gifts to
such an extent that there is no fear of poverty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
195.
Anas said: God's
messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was one of
the men in character. One day he sent me to do something, and I
said, "I swear by God that I will not go." But in my heart
I felt I should go to do what God's messenger (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) has commanded me, so I went out and came upon
some boys who were playing in the street. All of a sudden God's
messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had come
up behind caught me by the back of the neck, and when I looked at
him he was laughing. He said, "Did you go where I ordered you,
little Anas?" "Yes, I am on my way, messenger of God."
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
196.
Abu Huraira told
that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) was asked to invoke curse on the polytheists he replied, "I
was not sent as one given to cursing; I was sent only as a mercy."
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
197.
Al-Aswad told
that he asked A'isha what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) use to do in his house, she replied that he used to
engage himself in Mihna i.e. the service of his family, and when
the time for prayer came, he went out to prayer.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
198.
Jabir b. Samura
said God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
was far from talkative. (He spoke only when he had a good reason
for doing so).
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
199.
If anyone of you
sees something objectionable, he should change it with his hand,
but if he cannot, he should change it with his tongue, and if he
cannot he should do it in his heart, that being the weakest form
of faith.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
200.
Anas told that
when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
shook hands with a man, he did not withdraw his hand till the other
did so, and he was not seen to put forward his knees in front of
one with whom he was sitting.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
201.
Hind, son of Khadija
from her former husband, says about the Prophet (peace be upon him):
"Kind of heart, he was nice and sweet-tempered. He never liked
to displease or cause offence to anybody. He thanked even for trifling
favours. He took whatever food was placed before him, without making
any adverse remark. He never got angry for anything concerning his
own person, nor did he think of taking revenge or letting down anybody,
but if anyone opposed what was just and right, he used to get sore
and helped the right cause with all his might." I [Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)] forbade that a sword
which has " It is not allowable for a man to keep apart from
his brother for more than three days, the one turning away and the
on"
(Tirmidhi). (Muhammad The Ideal Prophet. by Sayyid Suliman Nadwi).
202.
Abdullah b. al-Harith
b. Jaz said he had not seen no one more given to smiling than God's
messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
203.
Verily the creation
of each one of you is brought together in his mother's belly for
forty days in the form of a seed, then he is a clot of blood for
a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period, then there
is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into him and
who is commanded about four matters to write down his means of livelihood,
his life span, his actions, and whether happy or unhappy. By Allah,
other than Whom there is no god, verily one of you behaves like
the people of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between
him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so
he behaves like the people of Hell-fire and thus enters it; and
one of you behaves like the people of Hell-fire until there is but
an arm's length between him and it, and that which has been written
overtakes him and so he behaves like the people of Paradise and
thus enters it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
204.
Actions are but
by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended.
Thus he whose migration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he
whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some
woman in marriage was for that he for which he migrated.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
205.
He who innovates
something in which this matter of ours that is not of it will have
it rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
206.
He who does an
act which our matter is not [in agreement] with, will have it rejected.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
207.
The believers
whose faith " None of you [truly] believes until he wishes
for his brother what he wishes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
208.
There should be
neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
209.
Hazrat Umar (Allah
be pleased with him) said: One day while we were sitting with the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) there appeared before us
a man whose clothes were exceedingly white and whose hair was exceedingly
black; no signs of journeying were to be seen on him and none of
us knew him. He walked and sat down by the Prophet (peace be upon
him). Resting his knees against his and placing the palm of his
hands on his thigh, he said: O Muhammad, tell me about Islam. The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Islam is to testify
that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah, to perform the prayers, to pay the zakat, to fast in Ramadan,
and to make the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to do so.
He said: You have spoken rightly, and we were amazed at him asking
him and saying that he had spoken right. He said: Then tell me about
iman. The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His
messengers and the Last Day, and to believe in divine destiny, both
the good and evil thereof. He said: You have spoken rightly. He
said: Then tell me about ihsan, The Prophet (may the blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him ) said: It is to worship Allah as though
you are seeing Him, and while you see Him not yet truly He sees
you. He said then tell me about the Hour, The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: The one questioned about it knows no better than
the questioner. He said: Tell me about its signs. The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: The slave-girl will give birth to her mistress
and that you will see the barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing
in constructing lofty buildings. Then he took himself off and I
stayed for a time. Then the Prophet (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon) said: O Umar, do you know who the questioner was?
I said: Allah and hid Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: It was Gabriel, who came to you to teach you your
religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
210.
That which is
lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is plain and between
the two if them are doubtful matters about which not many people
know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard
to his religion and his honour, but he who falls into doubtful matters
falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures
around the sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king
has a sanctuary, and truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions.
Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh which, if diseased,
all of it is diseased. Truly it is the heart.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
211.
What I have forbidden
to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it
as you can. It was only their excessive questioning and their disagreeing
with their Prophets that destroyed those who were before you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
212.
Leave that which
makes you in doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
213.
Part of someone's
being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does not concern
him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
214.
Fear Allah wherever
you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe
it out, and behave well towards people.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
215.
Purity is half
of faith. Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fills the scales,
and Subhana 'llah [How far is Allah from every imperfection] and
Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fill that which is between
heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is a proof; patience
is illumination; and the Quran is an argument for or against you.
Everyone starts his day and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing
it or bringing about its ruin.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
216.
I have been ordered
to fight against people until they testify that there is no god
but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and until
he perform the prayers and pay the zakat, and if they do so, they
will have gained protection from me for their lives and property,
unless [they do acts that are punishable] in accordance with Islam,
and their reckoning will be with Allah the Almighty.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
217.
Verily Allah has
prescribed proficiency in all things. Thus, if you kill, kill well;
and if you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each one of you sharpen
his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
218.
There should be
neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
219.
Allah the Almighty
is good and accepts only that which is good. Allah has commanded
the Messengers, and the Almighty has said: "O ye Messengers!
Eat of the good things and do right." And Allah has said: "O
ye who believe ! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided
you." Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned [the case
of] a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty and
who spreads out his hands to the sky [saying]: O Lord! O Lord! -
while his food is unlawful, his drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful,
and he is nourished unlawfully, so how can he be answered!
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
220.
Among the words
people obtained from the First Prophecy are: If you feel no shame,
then do as you wish.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
221.
None of you [truly]
believes until his inclination is in accordance with what I ((Muhammad),
may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) have brought.
(Kitab al-Hujja).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
222.
Righteousness
is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul
and which you dislike people finding out about.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
223.
Allah the Almighty
has laid down religious duties, so do not neglect them; He has set
boundaries, so do not overstep them; He has prohibited some things,
so do not violate them; about some things He was silent out of compassion
for you, not forgetfulness, so seek not after them.
(Daraqutni)
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
224.
Each person's
every joint must perform a charity every day they comes up: to act
justly between two people is a charity; to help a man with his mount,
lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it is a charity;
a good word is a charity; every step you take to prayers (i.e. on
your way to the mosque) is a charity and removing a harmful thing
from the road is a charity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
225.
The blood of a
Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in one of three [instances]:
the married person commits adultery; a life for life; and one who
forsakes his religion and abandons the community.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
226.
Were people to
be given in accordance with their claim, men would claim the fortunes
and lives of [other] people, but the onus of proof is on the claimant
and the taking of an oath is the incumbent upon him who denies.
(Al-Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
227.
Hadhrat Abu Bakr
Siddique (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: "A man who harms a Muslim and deceives him,
is accursed."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
228.
Allah has pardoned
for me my people for [their] mistakes and [their] forgetfulness
and for what they have done under duress.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
229.
Allah has written
down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained it [by saying
that] he who has intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah
writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he intended
it and has done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten
good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he
has intended a bad deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down
with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and
has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by . Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
230.
Do not envy one
another; do not inflate prices one to another; do not hate one another;
do not turn away from one another; and do not undercut one another,
but be you. O servants of Allah, brothers. A Muslim is the brother
of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him, he neither
lies to him nor does he hold him in contempt. Piety is right here-and
the Prophet (peace be upon him) pointed to his breast three times.
It is evil enough for a man to hold his brother Muslim in contempt.
The whole of a Muslim for another is inviolable: his blood, his
property and his honour.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
231.
Some of the Companions
of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet:(peace
be upon him) O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made off with
the rewards: they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they
give away in charity the superfluity of their wealth. The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: Has not Allah made things for you to give
away in charity? Truly every tasbiha is a charity every takbira
is a charity, every tahmida is a charity and every tahlia is a charity;
to enjoin a good action is a charity, to forbid an evil action is
a charity and in a sexual act each of you there are a charity. They
said: O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfils his sexual desire
will he have some reward for that? The Prophet (peace be upon him)
said: Do you [not] think that were he to act upon it unlawfully
he wold be sinning? Likewise, if he has acted upon it lawfully he
will have a reward.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
232.
Allah the Almighty
has said: Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I shall be
at war with him. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything
more loved by Me than the religious duties I have imposed upon him,
and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory
works so that I shall love him. When I love him, I am his hearing
with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hands with
which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
[something] of Me, I would surely give it to him; and were he to
ask me for refuge, I would surely grant him it.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
233.The son of
Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) use to say: At evening
do not expect [to live till] morning, and at morning do not expect
[to live till] evening. Take from your health for your illness and
from your life for your death.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
234.
A man came to
the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him )
and said: O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I
do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me. The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Renounce the world and Allah will
love you, and renounce what people possess and people will love
you.
(Ibn Majah).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
HALAL AND HARAM
235.
The halal is that
which Allah has made lawful in His Book and haram is that which
He has forbidden, and that concerning which He is silent He has
permitted as a favour to you.
(Reported in Al-Hakim, classified as sahih (sound), and quoted by
al-Bazzar).(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
236.
I have been sent
with what is straight and easy.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
237.
Allah has prescribed
certain obligations for you, so do not neglect them; He has defined
certain limits, so do not transgress them; He has prohibited certain
things, so do not do them; and He has kept silent concerning other
things out of mercy for you and not because of forgetfulness, so
do not ask questions concerning them.
(Daraqutni).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
238.
Any innovation
in our matter (worship) which is not part of it must be rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
239.
If anyone amasses
wealth through haram means and then gives charity from it, there
is no regard for him and the burden of sins remains.
(Ibn Khazimah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
240.
A group of people
will make people's intoxications halal by giving it other names.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
241.A hadith qudsi
They prohibited to people what I had made lawful for I created people
upright (hunafah). Then the evil ones came to them and led them
astray from their religion and commanded them to associate with
Me that for which I had sent down any authority.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
242.
A time will come
when people will devour usury, calling it "trade."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
243.
Avoid three abominable
acts (that is, the one who does them is cursed by Allah and by the
people): defecating in streams, defecating on roadways, and defecating
in shaded places.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Hakim, and classified as sahih by Baihaqi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
244.
Actions will be
judged by intentions, and everyone will be recompensed according
to what he intended.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
245.
Its water (the
sea's) is pure and its dead are halal.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
246.
By Allah, if Fatimah,
the daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I would have her hand cut
off.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
247.
If a person earns
property through haram means and gives charity, it will not be accepted
(by Allah): if he spends it there will be no blessing on it; and
if he leaves it behind (at his death) it will be his provision in
the Fire. Indeed Allah Ta'ala does not obliterate one bad deed by
another bad deed, but He does cancel out a bad deed by a good deed.
An unclean thing does not wipe away another unclean thing.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
SLAUGHTERING
248.
Allah has ordained
kindness (or excellence) in everything. If killing is to be done,
do it in the best manner, and when you slaughter, do it in the best
manner by first sharpening the knife, and putting the animal at
ease.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
249.
If someone kills
a sparrow for sport, the sparrow will cry out on the Day of Judgement,
'O Lord! That person killed me in vain! He did not kill me for any
useful purpose.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
250.
Any part cut off
a living animal is dead flesh.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
251.
Whoever kills
a sparrow or anything bigger than that without a just cause, Allah
will hold him accountable on the Day of Judgement. The listeners
asked, O Messenger of Allah, what is a just cause? He replied, That
he will kill it to eat, not simply to chop off its head and then
throw it away.
(Nisai, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
252.
When you set your
dog (for the chase), mention the name of Allah, if he catches the
game, and you reach it while it is still alive, cuts, its throat.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
253.
If you send your
dog after the game, and it eats part of it, you should not eat of
it, for the dog has hunted for itself and not for you; but if you
send the dog and it kills the game without eating it, you can eat
it, as it has caught it for its master.
(Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
INTOXICANTS
254.
Every intoxicant
is khamr and every khamr is haram.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
255.
Khamr is that
which befogs the mind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
256.
Of that which
intoxicates in a large amount, a small amount is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
257.
If a bucketful
intoxicates, a sip of it is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
258.
Whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a table at which khamr
is consumed.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi ).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
259.If
someone stockpiles
grapes during harvest time and holds them in order to sell to a
Jew or Christian or anyone else (even if he be a Muslim) who produces
khamr, he will be leaping into the Fire with his eyes open.
(Tabarani, Hafiz).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
260.Truly Allah
has cursed khamr and has cursed the one who produces it, the one
for whom it is produced, the one who drinks it, the one who serves
it, the one who carries it, the one for whom it is carried, the
one who sells it, the one who earns from the sale of it the one
who buys it, and the one for whom it is bought.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
261.
Allah has sent
down the disease and the cure, and for every disease there is a
cure. So take medicine but do not use anything haram as medicine.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
CLOTHING AND ADORNMENT
262.
Cleanse yourself,
for Islam is cleanliness.
(Ibn Hayyan).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
263.Cleanliness
invites towards faith, and faith leads its possessor to the Garden.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
264.
If you can afford
it, it is befitting that you wear garments other than your working
clothes to Friday prayer.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
265.
Do not wear silk,
for those who wear it in this life shall not wear it in the Hereafter.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
266.
This is the dress
[referring to a silken garment] of a man who has no character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
267.
On the day of
Resurrection, Allah will not look at the person who trails his robe
behind him out of pride.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
268.
On the day of
Resurrection, Allah will clothe the one who wears garments of fame
with garments of humiliation.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. better than the questioner. He said: Tell me about its
signs. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl will
give birth to her mistress and that you will see the barefooted
naked, destitute herdsmen competing in constructing lofty buildings.
Then he took himself off and I stayed for a time. Then the Prophet
(may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon) said: O Umar, do
you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and hid Messenger
know best. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It was Gabriel,
who came to you to teach you your religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
269.
"Anyone who
has an atom of pride in his heart will not enter the Garden."
A man then asked, "What about the one who likes to wear a handsome
robe and good shoes?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied,
"Surely Allah is beautiful and loves beauty."
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
270.
Pride is to reject
the truth and to view other people with contempt.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
271.
Whoever eats or
drinks from gold or silver utensils, is indeed filling his stomach
with the fire of hell.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
272.
Assuredly the
angels do not enter a house in which there are statues or figures.
(Bukhari, Muslim, wording is from Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
273.
Among the people
receiving the harshest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will
be the makers of figures/the imitators of Allah's creation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
274.
On the Day of
Resurrection, the makers of a figure will be asked to breathe a
spirit into it, and he will never be able to do so.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
275.
Do not glorify
me in the same manner as the Christians glorify Jesus, son of Mary,
but say, "He is a slave of Allah and His Messenger.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
276.hadith qudsi
Who does greater wrong than he who desires to create the like of
what I create? Let them create an atom! Let them create a grain
of barley!
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
277.
Do not stand up
as the Persians do, some people honouring the others.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
278.
Do not make of
my grave a site for festivals.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
279.
O Lord, do not
let my grave be made into an idol to be worshipped.
(Malik).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
280.
Charity is halal
neither for the rich nor for the able-bodied.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
281.
He who begs without
need is like a person holding a burning coal in his hand.
(Baihaqi, Ibn Khazimah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
282.
O people, say
what you said previously or part of it, and do not let Satan mislead
you. I am Muhammad, a slave of Allah and His Messenger. I do not
like your raising my status above the status which Allah, the Mighty
and Glorious, has given me.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
283.
Whoever keeps
a dog except for hunting, guarding cattle and crops will lose one
large measure (qirat) of his reward everyday.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
284.
A person keeps
on begging until he meets Allah (on the Day of Resurrection) with
no flesh on his face.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
285.
Anyone who begs
from people in order to increase his wealth will have his face scratched
on the Day of Resurrection, and will eat burning stones from hell;
so let him reduce it (his punishment) or let him increase it as
he pleases.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
286.
Begging is similar
to scratching the flesh off your face; so if someone wants to save
his face he should avoid it, except for asking from the ruler or
asking in case of dire need.
(Abu Dawud, Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
287.
It is better that
a person should take a rope and bring a bundle of wood on his back
to sell so that Allah may preserve his honour, than that he should
beg from people, (regardless of) whether they give to him or refuse
him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
288.
When a Muslim
plants a plant or cultivates a crop, no bird or human being eats
from it without its being accounted for as a (rewardable) charity
for him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
289.
When a Muslim
plants a plant, anything eaten of it or stolen from it, until the
Day of Resurrection, is accounted as charity for him.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
290.
If anyone plants
a tree, patiently protects it and looks after it until it bears
fruit, Allah the Mighty and Glorious will count as charity for him
anything for which its fruits are used.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
291.
If you deal in
usury, calling it by other names, and hang onto the tails of cows,
being satisfied with cultivation and ceasing to perform jihad, Allah
will inflict a disgrace upon you which will not be removed until
you return to your religion.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
292.
Allah did not
send a prophet without his having tended sheep. They asked, 'You
too, O Messenger of Allah? He [Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)]
replied, 'Yes, I tended sheep for wages for the people of Makkah.'
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
293.
No one earns his
food better than the one who worked with his hands, and the prophet
of Allah, David earned his food by working with his hands.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
294.
Ibn Abbas said,
"David was a maker of coats of mail and shields, Adam was a
farmer, Noah a carpenter, Idris a tailor, and Moses a shepherd.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
295.
An honest and
trustworthy merchant will be with the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection.
(Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
296.
An honest and
trustworthy merchant will be with the prophets, the truthful, and
the martyrs.
(Hakim, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
297.
Merchants will
be raised up on the Day of Resurrection as wicked people, with the
exception of those who fear Allah, do righteous deeds, and are truthful.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
298.
Woe to the rulers,
the leaders, and the trustees! On the Day of Resurrection some people
will wish that they could be suspended between heaven and earth
rather than having had the burden of their responsibilities.
(Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
299.
Merchants beware
of lying.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
300.
On the Day of
Resurrection Allah will not look at three (kinds of) persons nor
purify them. One of them is the person who swears (to the truth)
while lying about his merchandise.
(Muslim and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
301.
A dirham of riba
which a person consumes knowingly is worse than committing zina
thirty-six times.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
302.
There are three
classes of judges, one of whom will be in the Garden and the other
two in the Fire. The one who will be in the Garden is a man who
knew the truth and judged accordingly. The one who knew the truth
but misjudged and the one who judged for the people in the ignorance
will be in the Fire.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
303.
He who seeks the
office of a judge, collecting recommendations, is left to himself,
but for him who is compelled to accept it, Allah sends an angel
to guide him.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
304.
A person does
not reach the rank of the God fearing (muttaqeen) until he abandons
what is harmless out of fear that it may be harmful.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
305.
Whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day must never be in privacy with woman without
there being a mahrem (of hers) with her, for otherwise Satan will
be the third person (with them). (Ahmad). (The Lawful and Prohibited
in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
306.
Beware of entering
where women are. A man from the Ansar asked, "O Messenger of
Allah, what about the in-laws?". He (peace be upon him) replied,
The in-laws is death."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
307.
The man's uncle
is like his father.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
308.The eyes also
commit zina, and their zina is the lustful look.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
309.
"Ali, (Ali
ibn Abu Talib) do not let a second look follow the first. The first
look is allowed to you but not the second."
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
310.
A man should not
look at the awrah of another man, nor a woman of a woman, nor should
a man go under one cloth with another man, nor a woman with another
woman.
(Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
311.
At first the Messenger
of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited people from going to public
baths, but later allowed men to enter them wearing a lower garment.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
312.
Do not prevent
the bond-maids of Allah from (going to) Allah's mosques.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
313.
Whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day must not enter the public bath without
a lower garment (to cover his private parts), and whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day must not let his wife go to the public
bath.
(Nisai, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
314.
"Beware of
a building called the Public Bath." Some people said, "O
Messenger of Allah, it certainly removes dirt and benefits the sick."
He (peace be upon him) then said, "Then whoever enters should
cover his nakedness.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
315.
The woman who
perfumes herself and passes through a gathering is an adulteress.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
316.
A woman who removes
her clothes (i.e. goes naked) outside her husband's house tears
down the veil (hijab) between herself and her Lord.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
317.
Allah has permitted
you [the women] to go out for your needs.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
318.
If someone's wife
asks his permission to go to the mosque, he should not deny it to
her.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
319.
Among lawful things
divorce is most hated by Allah.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
320.
What is haram
by reason of genealogy is haram by reason of fosterage.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
321.
Young men, those
of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from
looking at women (lit., lowers your gaze) and preserves your chastity;
but those who cannot should fast, for it is a means of cooling sexual
passion.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
322.
Three matters
should not be delayed: salat when its time comes, burial when the
funeral has arrived, and the marriage of a single woman when a man
of equal status has proposed.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
323.
There are three
who have a right to help from Allah: the slave whose master has
agreed to his buying his freedom when he wishes to pay the sum,
and the one who fights in the cause of Allah.
(Ahmad, Nisai, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
324.
I [Al-Mughira
ibn Shu'bah] asked for a woman in marriage and Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) asked me whether I had looked at her. When I
replied that I had not, he said, "Then look at her, for it
may produce love between you." I went to her parents and informed
them of the Prophet's advice. They seemed to disapprove of the idea.
Their daughter heard the conversation from her room and said, "If
the Prophet has told you to look at me, then look." I looked
at her, and subsequently married her.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah Ibn Hibban, Darimi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
325.
When someone with
whose religion and character you are satisfied asks for your daughter
in marriage, accede to his request. If you do not do so there will
be corruption and great evil on the earth.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
326.
Anyone who has
two wives and does not treat them equally will come on the Day of
Resurrection dragging one part of his body which will be hanging
down.
(Ibn Habban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
327.
If it were not
for the fear of retaliation on the Day of Resurrection, I would
have beaten you [his servant] with this miswak (tooth-cleaning stick).
(Ibn Sa'd).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
328.
There are three
(persons) whose salat does not rise even a single span above their
heads; a man leading a congregational salat while the people hate
him, a woman passing the night while her husband is angry with her,
and two quarrelling brothers.
(Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
329.
Whoever wants
to take an oath should take it in the name of Allah or keep silent.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
330.
Anyone who swears
by (anything) other than Allah has committed shirk.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
331.
If any woman asks
her husband for a divorce without some strong reason, the fragrance
of the Garden will be forbidden for her.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
332.
If someone claims
a person as his father with the knowledge that he is not his father,
the Garden will be forbidden to him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
333.
The one who claims
descent from someone other than his (real) father, and the slave
who attaches himself to someone other than his (real) master, are
cursed by Allah, His angels, and the people, Allah will accept neither
repentance nor ransom from such person on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
334.
Wasting the sustenance
of his dependents is sufficient sin for a man.
(Abu Dawud, Nisai, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
335.
Each one of you
is a caretaker (ra'iy) and is responsible for those under his care.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
336.
Allah will ask
every caretaker (ra'iy) about the people under his care, and the
man will be asked concerning the people of his household.
(Ahmad, Nisai and Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
337.
The Prophet (peace
be upon him) was asked: "What is the greatest sin?" He
(peace be upon him) replied, "To ascribe divinity to someone
else other than Allah, when He is the One Who created you."
What next?" the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked, "To
kill your child out of fear that it will share your food,"
he (peace be upon him) replied.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
338.
When one of you
asks for a woman in marriage, if he is able to look at what will
induce him to marry her, he should do so.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil
Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
339.
Hadhrat Ibn Mas'ood
(Allah be pleased with him) and Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased
with him) narrate the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"There will dawn a time over people when the destruction of
a man will be at the hands of his wife, parents, and children. They
will humiliate him because of his poverty and will make such demands
which will induce him to engage in such activities (to gain more
money) which will finally destroy his Deen."
(Baihaqi)
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
340.
Verily, Allah
sent Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with truth
and He sent down the Book upon him and the verse of stoning was
included in what was sent down to him. We recited it, retained in
our memory and understood it. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) awarded the punishment of stoning to death
(to the married adulterer and adulteress) and after him, we also
awarded the punishment of stoning to death. I am afraid that, with
the lapse of time, the people (may forget it) and may say: We do
not find the punishment of stoning to death in the Book of Allah,
and thus go astray by abandoning this duty prescribed by Allah.
Stoning to death is a duty laid down in Allah's Book for married
men and women who commit adultery when proof is established.
(Muslim).
(The Penal Law of Islam by Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi).
341.
Abdullah b. Umar
reported that a Jew and a Jewess were brought to Allah's Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had committed adultery.
Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came
to the Jews and said: What do you find in Torah for one who commits
adultery? They said: We darken their faces and make them ride on
the donkey with their faces turned to the opposite direction (and
their backs touching each other) and then they are taken round (the
city). He said: Bring the Torah if you are truthful. They brought
it and recited it until when they came to the verse pertaining to
stoning, the person who was reading placed his hand on the verse
pertaining to stoning, and read (only that which was) between his
hands and what was subsequent to that. Abdullah b. Salam who was
at that time with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) said: Command him (the reciter) to lift his hand.
He lifted his hand and there was, underneath that, the verse pertaining
to stoning. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) pronounced judgement about both of them and they were stoned.
Abdullah b. Umar said: I was one of those who stoned them, and I
saw him (the Jew) protecting her (the Jewess with his body).
(Muslim).
(The Penal Law of Islam by Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi).
342.
Allah the Almighty
has said: O son Of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of
Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not
mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky
and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you.
O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great
as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner
to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.
(Tirmidhi).
(From: Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
ETHICS
343.
The Prophet (peace
be upon him) use to say: "The best of you are those who have
the best morals.
(Bukhari)
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
344.
Mu'aviyah ibn
Jahimah reported, Jahimah came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I intend that I should enlist
in the fighting force and I have come to consult thee. He said "Hast
thou a mother?" He said, "Yes." He said: "Then
stick to her, for paradise is beneath her two feet.
(Nisai).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
345.
Abu Huraira said,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The most
perfect of the believers in faith is the best of them in moral excellence,
and the best of you are the kindest of you to their wives.
(Tirmidhi).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
346.
Aswad said, I
asked A'isha, "What did the Prophet (peace be upon him) do
when in his house? She said, he served his wife, meaning that he
did work for his wife.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
347.
Anas said, The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Help thy brother
whether he is the doer of wrong or wrong is done to him." They
(his companions) said, "O Messenger of Allah! We can help a
man to whom wrong is done, but how could we help him when he is
the doer of wrong?" He said: "Take hold of his hands from
doing wrong."
(Bukhari).
Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
348.
Anas said reported,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Do not hate
one another and be not jealous of one another and do not boycott
one another, and be servants of Allah (as) brethren; and it is not
lawful for a Muslim that he should sever his relations with his
brother for more than three days."
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
349.
A'isha reported,
The Jews came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "Death
overtake you! may Allah curse you and may Allah's wrath descend
on you. He (the Prophet) said: "Gently, O A'isha! Be courteous,
and keep thyself away from roughness. (Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
350.Ibn Abbas
said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "He
is not of us who does not show mercy to our little ones and respect
to our great ones.
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
SAHIH AL-BUKHARI
(THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE)
351.
Narrated Anas
Ibn Masud (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon
him) used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable
time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering
us with sermons and knowledge all the time).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
352.
The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: Whomsoever Allah intends to do good, He gives
right understanding of religion, and knowledge is maintained only
through teaching."
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
353.
Abu Huraira said,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The word
of wisdom is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds
it he has a better right to it."
(Tirmidhi).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
354.Narrated Abdullah
bin Masud (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon
him) said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases.
(1) (The first is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he
spends it righteously; (2) (the second is) the one whom Allah has
given wisdom (the Holy Quran) and he acts according to it and teaches
it to others."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
355.
Narrated Abu Wail
(Allah be pleased with him): Abdullah used to give religious talk
to the people on every Thursday. Once a man said, "O Aba Abdur-Rahman!
(By Allah) I wish if you could preach us daily." He replied,
"The only thing which prevents me from doing so, is that I
hate to bore you, and no doubt I take care of you in preaching by
selecting a suitable time just as the Prophet (peace be upon him)
used to do with us, for fearing of making us bored."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
356.Narrated Abu
Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon
him) said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the
death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and afflictions
will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What
is Harj O Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) ?" He replied
by beckoning with his hand indicating "killing."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
357.
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)
said: "From among the potents of the Hour are (the following):
1.Religious knowledge
will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men). 2.(Religious)
ignorance will prevail. 3.Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be
very common). 4.There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual
intercourse.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari
Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
358.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him) There is none among the companions of
the Prophet (peace be upon him) who has narrated more Hadiths than
I except, Abdullah bin Amr (bin Al-As) who used to write them and
I never did the same.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
359.
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him): Whenever the Prophet (peace be upon
him) spoke a sentence (said something), he used to repeat it thrice
so that the people could understand it properly from him and whenever
he asked permission to enter, (he knocked the door) thrice with
greeting.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
360.
Narrated Abu Musa
(Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
"The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has
sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of which
was fertile soil that absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation
and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and
held the rain water and Allah benefited the people with it and they
utilized it for drinking, making their animals drink from it and
for irrigation of the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it
was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation
(then the land did not give any benefits). The first is the example
of the person who comprehends Allah's religion and gets benefit
(from the knowledge) which Allah has revealed through me (the Prophet)
and learns and then teaches others. The last example is that of
person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's guidance
revealed through me (He is like the barren land)."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
361.
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him): I will narrate to you a Hadith and
none other than I will tell you about after it. I heard Allah's
Apostle (peace be upon him) saying:
1.Religious knowledge
will decrease (by the death of religious learned men).
2.(Religious) ignorance will prevail.
3.There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
4.Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number
so much that fifty women will be looked after by one man.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari
Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
362.
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him): The fact which stops me from narrating
a great number of Hadiths to you is that the Prophet (peace be upon
him) said: "Whoever tells a lie against me intentionally, then
(surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
363.
Narrated Salama
(Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Prophet (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon) him) saying, "Whoever (intentionally)
ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy
his seat in Hell-fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
364.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): I said: O Allah's Apostle (peace be
upon him) !, "Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain
your intercession in the Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Apostle
(may the blessings and peace of Allah be) upon him) said: O Abu
Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me about it before
you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest
person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection
will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart
"None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
365.
Umar bin Abdul
Aziz wrote to Abu Bakr bin Hazm, "look for the knowledge of
Hadith and get it written, as I am afraid that religious knowledge
will vanish and the religious learned men will pass away (die).
Do not accept anything save the Hadiths of the Prophet may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him). Circulate knowledge and teach the
ignorant, for knowledge does not vanish except when it is kept secretly
(to oneself).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
366.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: "The fornication of the eyes is to look with
lust; the fornication of the tongue is to speak lustful things;
the fornication of the hands is to touch with lust; the fornication
of the feet is to walk towards lust; the fornication of the heart
is to desire evil;..."
(Muslim)
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
367.
Narrated Abdullah
bin Amr bin Al As (Allah be pleased with him): I heard Allah's Apostle
(peace be upon him) saying: "Allah does not take away the knowledge
by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it
away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of
the (religious learned men) remains, people will take as their leaders
ignorant persons who when consulted will give their verdict without
knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead people astray."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
368.
Abu Huraira said,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "People are
like mines of silver and gold; the more excellent of them in the
days of Ignorance are the more excellent of them in Islam when they
attain knowledge.
(Muslim, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
369.
Narrated Abdullah
(Allah be pleased with him): While I was going with the Prophet
(peace be upon him) through the ruins of Medina and he was reclining
on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said
to the others; Ask him ( the Prophet (peace be upon him)) about
the spirit. Some of them said that they should not ask him that
question as he might give a reply which would displease them. But
some of them insisted on asking, and so on of them stood up and
asked, "O Aba-l-Qasim! What is the spirit?" The Prophet
(peace be upon him) remained quiet. I thought he was being inspired
Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the Prophet (while being
inspired) was over. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said, "And
they ask you (O Muhammad (peace be upon him) ) concerning the spirit
- Say: The spirit - its knowledge is with my Lord. And of knowledge
you have been given but little." (17:85).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
MARRIAGEE
370.
Jabir said, the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When one of you
asksa woman in marriage, then if he is able that he should look
into what invites him to have her in marriage, he should do it.
(Abu Dawud).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
371.
Ibn Abbas said,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed a ram each
in the case of Hassan and Hussain. (Abu Dawud,
Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
372.
Abu Huraira reported,
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "A woman is married on
account of four things; on account of her wealth, on account of
(the nobility) of the family, and her beauty, and on account of
her character.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
373.Ai'sha said,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Make the
marriage publicly known, and perform it in mosques and beat at it
with duff.
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
374.
Ibn Umar reported,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When one
of you is invited to a marriage feast, he should go to it.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
375.
Ali reported,
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade temporary marriage
with women, and the eating of domestic asses, on the day of Khaibar.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
376.
Umm Kurz said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: "In
the case of a boy, two goats, and in the case of a girl, one goat
(should be sacrificed).
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
THE BOOK OF BELIEF (FAITH)
377.
Narrated Abu Musa
(Allah be pleased with him): Some people asked Allah's Apostle,
(peace be upon him) "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is
a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming
the Muslims with his tongue and hands."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
378
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
"Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have
the sweetness (delight) of faith: 1.The one to whom Allah and his
Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. 2.Who loves a person
and he loves him only for Allah's sake. 3.Who hates to revert to
Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
379.
Narrated Anas
(Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
"Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith and hatred for the Ansar
is a sign of hypocrisy.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
380.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever establishes
the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping
to attain Allah's rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins
will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
381.
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "I was shown the Hell-fire
and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful."
It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they
ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, they are ungrateful to their husbands
and are ungrateful for the favours and the good (charitable deeds)
done to them. If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of
them and then she sees something in you (not of her liking), she
will say, 'I have never received any good from you.'"
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
382.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever establishes
the prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere
faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off)
all his past sins will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
383.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever observes fasts
during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to
attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
384.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "If anyone of you improves
his religion then his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven
hundred times for each good deed and a bad deed will be recorded
as it is."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
385.
Narrated Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his
religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should
not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive
the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by
worshipping in the mornings, afternoons and during the last hours
of the nights."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
386.
Narrated Umar
(bin Al-Khattab) (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (peace
be upon him) said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention
and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle (peace be upon him)
then his emigration was for Allah and his Apostle (peace be upon
him). And whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman
to marry, his emigration was what he emigrated for."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
387.
O my people! You
have certain rights over your wives and so have your wives over
you. They are the trust of Allah in your hands, So you must treat
them with kindness.
(Muslim).
(The Living thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad by. Muhammad Ali).
388.
Narrated Umar
bin Al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him). Once a Jew said to me,
"O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy Book
which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed
to us, we would have taken that day (on which it was revealed) as
a day of celebration." Umar bin Al-Khattab (Allah be pleased
with him) asked, "Which is that verse?" The Jew replied,
"This day
I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon
you, And have chosen for you Islam as your religion." (5:3)
Umar (Allah be
pleased with him) replied, "No doubt, we know when and where
this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him) . It
was Friday and the Prophet (peace be upon him) was standing at Arafat
(i.e. the Day of Hajj)."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
THE SPLITTING
OF THE MOON IN TWO PIECES
389.
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (Allah be pleased with him): The people of Mecca asked
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) to show them a miracle. So he
showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw
the Hira mountain.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 5).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
AL-MIRAJ
Ascension of the Prophet (peace be upon him) to the heavens).
390.
Narrated Anas
bin Malik from Malik bin Sa'sa'a (Allah be pleased with him) that
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) described to them his Night
Journey saying, "While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr,
suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to here."
I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "It means from his throat
to his pubic area," or said, "from the top of the chest."
The Prophet (peace be upon him) further said, "He then took
out my heart. Then a gold tray full of Belief was brought to me
and my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief) and then returned
to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than
a mule and bigger than a donkey, was brought to me." (on this
Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?" I (i.e.
Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet (peace be upon him)
said, "The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the
farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried
on it, and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.
When he asked for the gate to be opened it was asked, 'Who is it?'
Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?'
Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has Muhammad been called?'
Gabriel replied in affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed.
What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I
went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there.
Gabriel said (to
me), 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted
him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
o pious son and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me till
we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened.
It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked,
'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the affirmative. Then
it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The
gate was opened, and when I went over the second heaven, there I
saw Yaya (i.e. John) and Isa (i.e. Jesus), who were cousins of each
other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them
your greetings.' So I greeted them and both of them returned my
greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and
pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven
and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?'
Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?'
Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed.
What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I
went over the third heaven, there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to
me), 'This is Joseph; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him
and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me
to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was
asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who
is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it
was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The
gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I
saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.'
So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You
are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended
with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened.
It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked,
'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it
was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The
gate was opened, and when I went over the fifth heaven, there I
saw Harun (i.e. Aron) Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Aron; pay him
your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings
to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.'
Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for
its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied,
'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied
in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent
visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went (over the sixth
heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Moses;
pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings
to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.'
When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked, 'What makes
you weep?' Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent
(as Prophet) a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in
greater numbers than my followers.' Then Gabriel ascended with me
to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was
asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who
is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was
said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' So when
I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said
(to me), 'This is your father; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted
him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
o pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha
(i.e. the Lote Tree of the farthest limit). Behold! Its fruits were
like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves
were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the
Lote Tree of the farthest limit.' Behold! There ran four rivers,
two were hidden and two were visible. I asked, 'What are these two
kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied, 'As for the hidden rivers,
they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile
and the Euphrates.' Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (i.e.the Sacred House)
was shown to me and a container full of wine and another full of
milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk.
Gabriel remarked, 'This is the Islamic religion which you and your
followers are following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me:
They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses
who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I
have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said, 'Your
followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have
tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani
Israil (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reducing your
followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers
for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as
he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah and He reduced
ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I
went back and Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day.
When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went
back to Allah was ordered to observe five prayers a day. When I
came back to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied,
'I have been ordered to observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your
followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got
an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level
best with Bani Israil, so go back to your Lord and ask for reducing
your followers' burden.' I said, 'I have requested so much of my
Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to
Allah's order.' When I left, I head a voice saying, 'I have passed
My Order and have reduced the burden of My Worshippers.'"
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 5).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
WOMEN IN ISLAM
391.
Reported from
Anas b. Malik, the Prophet said: "Girls are models of affection
and sympathy and a blessing to the family. If a person has one daughter,
God will screen him from the fire of hell owing to his daughter;
if he has two daughters, God will admit him to paradise; if he has
three, God will exempt him from the obligation of charity and Jehad."
(Kanz al-Ummal:277).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
392.
Abu Hurairah says,
"The Prophet of God said that if a person has three daughters
whom he provides for and brings up, God will surely reward him with
paradise."
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
393.According
to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, the Prophet is reported to have said; "If
a daughter is born to a person and he brings her up, gives her a
good education and trains her in the arts of life, I shall myself
stand between him and hell-fire.
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
394.
Ibn Abbas reported
that a virgin grown-up girl came to the Prophet of Allah and narrated
that her father had given her in marriage to a person whom she disliked.
The Prophet gave her option.
(Abu Dawud).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
395.
Khansa' b. Khidham
reported that her father gave her in marriage, after she had became
a widow. She disliked it and came to the Prophet. He annulled the
marriage.
(Bukhari).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
396.
According to Ayeshah,
the Prophet's wife, he said about women: "They are like pleasing
roses."
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
397.
Man is the ruler
in his home. He will be held responsible for the conduct of his
dependents, and woman is the ruler in her husband's home. She will
also be held responsible for the conduct of her dependents.
(Bukhari).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
398.
A person who has
a female slave in charge and takes steps to give her a sound education
and trains her in arts and culture, and then frees her and marries
her, he will be doubly rewarded.
(Sahih Bukhari, Kitab al-Nikah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
399.
A report from
Bahz b. Hakim states: I inquired the Prophet (peace be upon him)
about hi teaching in respect of women. He replied: "Feed them
as you feed yourselves, clothe them as you clothe yourselves, and
do not beat or scold them."
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
400.
According to a
report from Abdullah b. 'Umar, the Prophet (peace be upon him) declared:
"The whole world is a thing to be made use of and the best
thing in the world is a virtuous wife."
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
401.
Ayeshah praised
the women of Ansar for their spirit of enquiry and learning, saying,
'How praiseworthy are the women of Ansar that their modesty does
not prevent them from attempts at learning and the acquisition of
knowledge.'
(Sahih Muslim Kitab al Tahrat).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
402.
Umar, the Second
Caliph, says, 'When a person marries a woman, and the woman stipulates
that she would not be taken out of the town or city, of her residence,
it is necessary for the husband to abide by the stipulation.'
(Tirmidhi p. 385).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
403.
Ali, the Fourth
Caliph, say: 'The conditions laid down by God take precedence over
the conditions set by man.'
(Ahmad).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
404.
A report from
Ibn Abbas states that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'A previously
married woman is more a guardian for herself than her guardian and
a virgin should be asked permission about herself, and her permission
is her silence.'
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
405.
Abu Hurairah reports
that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'A grown-up girl shall
be asked permission about herself. If she is silent, it is her permission;
and if she declines, there shall be no compulsion on her.'
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
406.
Ibn Abas reported
that the Prophet (peace be upon him) declared: 'Those women are
adulteresses who marry themselves without the presence of witnesses.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
407.
Ibn Umar says:
'Uthman b. Mazu'um left behind a young daughter. My uncle, Qudamah,
married her to me, and did not even consult her. When the girl came
to know this, she disliked this marriage and she wished to marry
Mughirah b. Shu'bah. So she was married to Mughirah.
(Ibn Majah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
408.
Ayeshah, says,
'A girl came and stated that her father had given her in marriage
to his nephew and she disliked him. I told her to wait till the
Prophet arrived. When the Prophet came, I told him the full story
of the girl. He at once sent for the father of the girl and enquired
whether the facts stated were true, after which he told the girl
the she was at liberty to choose or repudiate her husband. The girl
replied that she chose to retain her marriage, and she wanted only
to know whether women had the rights in the matter.'
(Nasai).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
409.
Ayeshah said,
the Prophet (peace be upon him) of God declared: 'Marriage of a
woman is invalid without there being a guardian.'
(Tirmidhi Kitab al-Nikah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
410.
Ayeshah, the wife
of the Prophet (peace be upon him), reports: The Prophet (peace
be upon him) of God said: 'The best of you is he who is best to
his wife.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
411.
A report from
Abu Hurairah says: 'No believer should be angry towards his wife.
If some of her qualities are displeasing, there will be many other
qualities worth appreciation.'
(Nail al-Autar).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
412.
The Angel of God
advised me so many times about women that I became convinced that
it is not lawful for a man to divorce his wife, except when she
commits adultery.
(Irshad al-Muhtaj, Huquq al-Azwaj).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
413.
According to a
report from Anas b Malik, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
'Girls are models of affection and sympathy and a blessing to the
family. If a person has one daughter, God will screen him from the
fire of hell owing to his daughter; if he has two daughters, God
will admit him to Paradise; if he has three, God will exempt him
from the obligations of charity and Jihad.
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
THE PRAYER (SALAT)
414.
According to Utham,
may God be pleased with him, the blessed Prophet (peace be upon
him) said: 'To perform the late evening Prayer, (Isha), in congregation
is equivalent to spending half the night in vigil, while to perform
the dawn Prayer, (Fajr), in congregation is like keeping vigil throughout
the night.
(Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
415.
Said the Prophet,(peace
be upon him): 'The five set Prayers may be compared to a stream
of fresh water, flowing in front of your house, into which you plunge
five times each day. Do you think that would leave any dirt on your
body?' When they replied: 'None at all!' The Prophet, on him be
peace, said: 'Indeed the five Prayers remove sins, just as water
removes dirt.'
(Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
416.
Said the Prophet,
(peace be upon him): 'On the Day of Resurrection, three people will
find themselves on the ridge of black musk. They will have no reckoning
to fear, nor any cause for alarm while human accounts are being
settled. First, a man who recites the Quran to please God, Great
and Glorious is He, and who leads the Prayer to people's satisfaction.
Second, a man who gives the Call to Prayer in a Mosque, inviting
people to God, Great and Glorious is He, for the sake of His good
pleasure. Third, a man who has a hard time making a living in this
world, yet is not distracted from the work of the Hereafter.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
ALMSGIVING (ZAKAT)
417.
Said the Prophet
(peace be upon him): 'The most meritorious form of Almsgiving is
the effort to help a poor man, made in secret, by one who is himself
of little means.'
(Ahmad).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
418.
Seven will God
shade on the day when there will be no shade but the shade of His
Throne: one of them is a man who offers Alms without his left hand
knowing what his right hand has given.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
419.
Blessed is the
servant who spends out of the wealth he has earned without sin.
(Ibn Adi, Bazzar).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated
by Muhtar Holland).
STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM
420.
Act kindly towards
women, for they were created from a rib and the most crooked part
of the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it you will
break it, if you leave it alone it will remain crooked: so act kindly
towards women.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
421.
Paradise lies
under the feet of the mother.
(Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
422.
Advice and warning
rendered by Hazrat Umar, the second caliph: "Beware! don't
make a heavy dower of women. Had it been a cause of honour in the
world and piety near Allah, the Holy Prophet would have been the
first about it. I did not know whether the Holy Prophet married
any of his wives and got his daughters married for more than 12
auqiahs.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Daud, Nasai, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
THE TRUE QUALITY
OF A GOOD WIFE
423.
Thauban reported
that the Messenger of Allah said: "The best of the property
is a remembering tongue (about Allah), and a grateful heart and
a believing wife who helps him in his faith."
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
424.
Hazrat Aishah
(R.A.) told that Allah's Messenger said to her, "If you wish
to join me (in the Hereafter), be satisfied with worldly things
to the extent of a rider's provision, avoid sitting with the rich,
and do not consider a garment worn out till you patch it."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
425.
Hadrat Anas reported
that the Holy Prophet had said: "For the woman her husband
is Paradise as well as Hell."
(Ahmad, Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
426.
Imran bin Hussain
reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "The perfume used by
men should have an odour, but no colour, and the perfume used by
women should have colour but no odour."
(Abu Daud).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
427.
Abu Musa reported
Allah's Messenger as saying, "Every eye is adulterous (when
it cast glances with lust on strange women) and when a woman perfumes
herself and passes a company, she is such and such." -meaning
adulterous.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
428.
Hadrat Aisha reports
that she asked the Holy Prophet whose right was greatest on the
woman and the Holy Prophet said: Husband's. Then she asked: Whose
right was the greatest on man and the Holy Prophet said: His mother's.
(Bazaz, Hakim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
429.
Hadrat Ibn Umar
reported that the Holy Prophet had said: "Allah would not like
even to look at the woman who is not thankful to her husband."
(Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
430.
Hazrat Aisha (Allah
be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger Of Allah said:
" When a wife spends food of her house without spoiling there
is for her its reward for what she gives away and there is also
a reward for her husband for what he earns, and the like (reward)
for the storekeeper - none of them diminishing aught from the reward
of another."
(Bukhari).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
431.
A hadith related
by Hadrat Anas says that the Holy Prophet observed: "When the
following five evils shall creep into my Ummah, it will then be
destroyed:
(i) invoking curses
on one another (ii) use of liquor on large scale (iii) wearing of
silken clothes (iv)increased number of dancing girls and their frequent
entertainment shows in large gatherings. (v)when man shall engage
in sexual intercourse with males and women shall engage in sexual
acts with other females i.e. sodomy and homosexuality."
(Baihaqi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
HOW ESSENTIAL
IS HIJAB (VEIL)
432.
Ibn Masud reported
the Messenger of Allah as saying: "A woman is an object of
concealment for when she goes out the devil presents her in alluring
looks before men."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
433.
There are three
types of eyes whom hell fire will not touch - the eye which keeps
itself shut from the things forbidden by Allah, the eye which guards
the frontiers of Islam and remains open to keep vigil over it and
the eye which constantly sheds tears out of Allah's fear.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
434.
The fornication
of the eyes consists of looking, of ears in hearing, of the tongue
in speech, of the hand in violence and of the foot in walking. The
heart lusts and wishes and the private parts accord with that or
reject it.
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
WEALTH AND WOMEN
ARE A GREAT TRIAL
435.
Abu Huraira reported
that the Messenger of Allah said: "Wealth is not in vast riches
but wealth is in self-contentment."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
436.
Two hungry wolves
do not do so much havoc to a flock of sheep as greed and desire
do to one's religion.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
437.
Abu Umama reported
that the Prophet as saying, "The most enviable of my friends
in my estimation is a believer with little property who finds pleasure
in prayer, who performs the worship of his Lord well, who obeys
Him in secret, who is obscure among men, who is not pointed out
by people, and whose provision is bare sufficiency with which he
is content." He then snapped his fingers and said, "His
death will come speedily, the women who bewail him will be few and
what he leaves will be little."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
438.
Umar reported
the Prophet saying, "Whenever a man is alone with a woman the
devil makes a third."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
439.
Do not call on
women in the absence of their husbands, because Satan might be circulating
in any one of you like blood.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
440.
Abu Said a-Khudri
reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "the world is sweet and
verdant, and Allah having put you in it in your turn watches how
you act; so fear the world and fear women, for the trial of the
Bani Israel had to do with woman."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
HUSBAND-WIFE SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP
441.
Ibn Abbas (Allah
be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon
him) said: "If anyone amongst you intends to go to his wife
he should say: In the name of Allah, O Allah, ward us against Satan
and keep away the Satan from the one that you have bestowed upon
us, and if He has ordained a male child for them, Satan will never
be able to harm him."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
442.Abu Said a-Khudri
reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "The most important of
the trusts in the sight of Allah in the Day of Judgement is that
a man goes to his wife and she goes to him (and the breach of trust
is) that he should divulge her secret."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
443.
Abu Dharr reported
that the Messenger of Allah told his companions that "...in
man's sexual intercourse (with his wife) there is Sadqa (charity)."
They (the companions) said: Messenger of Allah, is there a reward
for him who satisfied his sexual passion among us? He said: Tell
me, if he were to devote it to something forbidden, would it not
be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to devote it to something
lawful, he should have a reward."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
444.
Hazrat Aisha (Allah
be pleased with her) said: "I never looked at (or, I never
saw) Allah's Messenger's private parts."
(Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
445.
Ibn Abbas reported:
"It was revealed to the Messenger of Allah: your wives are
a tilth for you. So come to your tilth as you like; come from the
front and back, and guard against the rectum and menstruation."
(Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
ACQUISITION OF
AND IMPARTING DEENI KNOWLEDGE
446.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "The noblest charity is that a Muslim acquires
some knowledge (of the Deen) then imparts it to a brother Muslim."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).
447.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "no one has given his children anything
better than adab (which in this context refers to Denni knowledge)."
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).
448.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "O Abu Zarr (a Sahaabi) if you go anywhere
to learn one ayaat of the Qur'aan, it is better for you than a hundred
rakaats (Nafal) Salaat; if you go anywhere to acquire one law of
the knowledge (of Deen), it is better for you than performing a
thousand rakaats (Nafal) Salaat, irrespective of whether you practised
on it (the knowledge) or not."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).
TAKING SPECIAL
CARE TO FULFIL THE RIGHTS OF MUSLIMS
449.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "On the Day of Qiyaamah, the one in the vilest of
conditions will be a two-faced person. He says one thing (in favour)
of one person and then another thing (in regard to the same affair)
to another person."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
450.
Hadhrat Sufyaan
Ibn As'ad Khadrami (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he
heard Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: "Indeed it is an act
of the greatest abuse of trust if you tell a Muslim brother something
which is false while he believes that you are telling him the truth."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
451.
Hadhrat Muaaz
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Whoever taunts a brother (Muslim) with a sin (which
the Muslim has committed), will not die until he (the taunter) commits
the same sin."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
452.
Hadhrat Abdur
Rahman Ibn Ghanam and Asma Bint Yazeed (Allah be pleased with them)
narrate that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The worst
among the servants of Allah are those who gossip and create rifts
between friends."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
453.
Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Do not unnecessarily dispute with a brother (Muslim)
nor joke with him in such a way which displeases him. Do not promise
him something which you cannot fulfil."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
454.
Hadhrat Zaid bin
Arqam (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that according to Muhammad
(peace be upon him) one who has the intention of fulfilling a promise
but fails because of some real reason is not guilty of sin.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
455.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Despising a Muslim is a sufficient evil in a man."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
456.
All things of
a Muslim are sacred and to be honoured by other Muslims. His life,
property and honour must be respected.
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
457.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Every man is a mirror to his brother (Muslim)."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
458.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "A Mu'min (Believer) is the repository of love.
There is no goodness in a man who does not have love for anyone
nor does anyone love him."
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
459.
Hadhrat Anas (Allah
be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him)
said: "He who fulfils a need of a person in order to give him
pleasure, has given me pleasure; whoever has given me pleasure has
given Allah pleasure, He will give him Jannat."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
460.
Hadhrat Anas (Allah
be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him)
said: "Seventy three acts of pardon (Maghfirat) are recorded
for a person who aids a man in difficulty. Of these (seventy three
pardons) one is sufficient for the rectification of all his affairs.
The other seventy two will serve as means for the acquisition of
lofty stages in the Aakhirah."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
461.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Whenever a Muslim visits a sick brother (Muslim)
or merely goes to meet his brother, then Allah says: 'You are holy;
your walking is holy; you have arranged your abode in Jannat.'"
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
462.
Hadhrat Abu Ayyub
Ansaari (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "It is not lawful for a Muslim to sever
his ties with another Muslim for more than three days, in such a
way that when they meet, the one who turns his face one way and
the one other turns his face the other way. The better of these
two is the one who makes Salaam first."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
463.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "refrain from suspicion. The worst of lies is suspicion
(thinking ill of others on mere supposition). Do not pry into the
private affairs of others. Do not bid a higher price (for any object
of sale) with the intention to deceive (and not to buy). Do not
have jealousy for one another nor entertain malice for each other.
Do not scandal (gheebat). Fear Allah! All servants (of Allah) should
live like brothers."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
464.
Hadhrat Abu Bakr
Siddique (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "A man who harms any Muslim and deceives
him, is accursed."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
FASTING
465.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "Allah Ta'Ala has ordained fasting in Ramadhan
compulsory, and I have decreed (by the command of Allah) wakefulness
at night (i.e. Taraweeh, etc.) Sunnat. Whoever in the state of Imaan
and the belief of thawaab fasts in Ramadhan and stays awake at night
(i.e. for taraweeh), emerges from sin, purified as the day when
his mother gave birth to him."
(Nisai).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
466.
Hadhrat Abu bin
Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be
upon him) said: "Fasting and the Qu'ran will intercede on behalf
of one on the Day of Qiyaamah. The Fast will proclaim: 'O Allah!
I prevented him from eating at carnal desire. Therefore for my sake
accept my intercession on his behalf.' The Qu'ran will proclaim:
'I prevented him from sleep. Therefore accept my intercession on
his behalf.' The intercession of both will be accepted."
(Ahmad, Tibrani, Hakim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
467
Hadhrat Ibn Umar
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates, in a lengthy hadith, that
Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Fasting is exclusively
for Allah Ta'ala. The thawaab of it (being limitless) no one knows
besides Allah Ta'ala."
(Tibrani, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
468.
Hadhrat Abu Saeed
Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "The doors of the Heavens are opened up
on the first night of Ramadhan. Not a single Door (among the Doors
of Heaven) is then closed until the last night of Ramadhan. For
every Salaat performed (this refers to Taraweeh Salaat) during the
nights of Ramadhan, Allah Ta'ala records one and a half thousand
good deeds for every Sajdah (of the Salaat). And, for the fasting
person, Allah Ta'ala creates in Jannat a mansion of red Ya'koot
(a precious stone in Jannat). This mansion will have seven thousand
entrances. (So huge will these entrances be that in each entrance
will be located) a palace of gold adorned with red Ya'koot. When
the Muslims fast the first day if Ramadhan, Allah Ta'ala forgives
all his sins committed from the first of the previous Ramadhan.
Daily (i.e. during Ramadhan) from the time of Fajr Salat until sunset,
seventy thousand Malaaikah supplicate for his forgiveness. In return
for every Sajdah which he (the fasting person) makes, of any Salat,
whether during the day or night, he will obtain (such a wonderful)
tree (so huge) that a horseman will take five hundred years to pass
under its shade."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
469.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "Fasting is a shield and a powerful fortress."
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
470.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Keep fasting and you will remain healthy."
(Tibrani).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
471.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Every person has a zakaat (to pay) and the zakaat
of the body is fasting."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
472.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) in a lengthy hadith, narrates that Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "I swear by That Being in Whose possession
is the life of Muhammad! The odour of the mouth of a fasting person
is sweeter to Allah Ta'ala than the fragrance of musk."
(Bukhari).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
HAJJ
473.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Allah Ta'ala accepts the dua of one who performs
Hajj and Umrah and if he seeks forgiveness. Allah Ta'ala forgives
him."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
474.
Hadhrat Aisha
(Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Making Tawaaf of Baitullah, to walk between Safa
and Marwah and to pelt stones (at the Jimmar) have been ordained
for establishing the remembrance of Allah Ta'ala."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
475.
Hadhrat Aabis
Bin Rabeeah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once Hadhrat
Umar (Allah be pleased with him) after kissing Hajr-e-Aswad (the
Black Stone) said: "I know you are a stone. You can neither
benefit me nor harm anyone. If I did not see Muhammad (peace be
upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
476.
Hadhrat Ibn Mas'ood
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "Unite
Hajj and Umrah (during Hajj period). Both (acts of Ibaadat) eliminate
poverty and sins in a similar way in which the impurities of gold,
silver and iron are eliminated. The reward of Hajj which was performed
correctly is nothing other that Jannat."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
477.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Whoever sets out for Hajj, Umrah or Jihad but dies
on the journey (before being able to render these obligations),
Allah Ta'ala records for him the thawaab of the ghazi (one who returns
victorious from the Jihaad field) and the thawaab of one who has
performed the Hajj and Umrah."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
478.
Hadhrat Ibn Umar
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "The
one who after Hajj visits me after my death (i.e. the Holy Raudah)
is like one who has visited me while I was alive."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
479.
Hadhrat Abdullah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "The seeking of a halal earning is the (next) Fardh
(duty) after the Fardh (Salat)."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
480.
Hadhrat Mugheerah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "Allah Ta'ala detests that you destroy wealth (i.e.
by means of wasting)."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
481.
Hadhrat Abu Khimari
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates a lengthy hadith in which Muhammad
(peace be upon him) said: "The world is of four (types) of
persons, (one among the four) is a man whom Allah Ta'ala granted
wealth as well as understanding of the Deen. He fears his Raab and
is kind (and renders service) to his relatives. And, in regard to
the wealth he follows the commands of Allah and discharges rights.
This man is the noblest..."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
ABSTAINING FROM
SIIN
482.
Hadhrat Ka'b Bin
Malik (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "Two
hungry wolves let loose in a flock of sheep do not cause so much
damage to the flock as does the love of wealth and vanity to one's
Deen."
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
483.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "When a Mum'in sins, a black spot forms on his heart.
If he makes isitighfaar and taubah, the black mark is removed and
his heart is purified. If he increases his sin, the black mark increases.
This is the corrosion of the heart spoken by Allah Ta'ala (in the
Qur'an)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
484.
Hadhrat Abdullah
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) cursed the taker and giver of bribery.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
485.
Hadhrat Anas Bin
Malik (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "Should I not show you your sickness and
its remedy? Your sickness is sinning and your remedy is to seek
forgiveness (istighfaar)."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
486.
Hadhrat Ibn Abaas
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "When khiyaanat (abuse of trust) becomes rampant
in a people, Allah Ta'ala overwhelms their hearts with fear. A nation
perpetrating injustice will be overpowered by its enemies."
(Malik).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
487.
Hadhrat Thaubaan
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) said: "There will soon come a time when all nations (of
the kufaar) will unite against you ( Muslims)..." Someone asked:
"Will we be less in numbers at that time?" Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: 'In fact, you will be numerous, but useless...Allah
Ta'ala will remove your respect and your fears from the hearts of
your enemies (who will then despise you) and Allah will instil weakness
in your hearts." Someone asked: 'What is the cause of the weakness?'
Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Love of the world and detestation
for Maut."
(Abu Dawud, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
488.
Hadhrat Anas (Allah
be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him)
said: "The hearts too become corroded (by means of sin). Its
polish is istighfaar."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
489.
Hadhrat Thu'baan
(Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon
him) cursed the agent who arranged the bribe as well.
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
490.
Hadhrat Abdullah
Ibn Mas'ood (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "A sincere repenter of sins is like one
who has not committed sins."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
RECITING AND TEACHING
THE QUR'AN MAJEED
491.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "He who recites the Qur'an well and clearly
is equal in rank to the Angels who record creation's deeds. These
Angels are gracious, honourable and of lofty rank. He who finds
difficulty in reciting the Qur'an will obtain a double reward."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
492.
A person whose
breast is devoid of the Qur'an (i.e. has not learnt anything of
the Qur'an Majeed) is like a desolate house.
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
493.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "A person who recites one harf (letter)
of the Qur'an, obtains one virtue; each virtue multiplies to ten
virtues. I am not saying that (ALM) is one harf. But, Alif in it
is one harf; the Laam in it is one harf and the Meem in it is one
harf."
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
494.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "On the day of Qiyaamah a crown of such
brilliance will be placed on the heads of the parents of one who
learnt the Qur'an and practised on its laws, that its glitter will
outshine the brilliance of the sun which penetrates your houses.
What then do you think will be the position of the one who himself
learnt the Qur'an and acted in accordance with it?"
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
495.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "He who recites the Qur'an, memorizes it,accepts
its halal (lawful things) as halal and haram (forbidden things)
as haram (i.e. his beliefs in these matters are correct), Allah
Ta'ala will enter him to Jannat and accept his intercession on behalf
of ten such persons of his family upon whom entry into Janhannum
has become incumbent (i.e. Allah Ta'ala will forgive them because
of his intercession)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
496.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "Continue reciting the Qur'an because on
the Day of Qiyaamah it will appear as an intercessor for the reciter."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
497.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "He who listens to even a single aayat (being
recited by another) obtains such a virtue which perpetually multiplies
(it increases in thawaab continuously). The one who recited the
aayat will on the Day of Qiyaamah find the recited aayat in the
form of a Noor (which will be of greater value and significance
than the virtue which accrued to the one who had listened to the
recitation)."
(Ahmad).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
498.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "The best of you are those who learn the
Qur'an and teach it."
(Bukhari).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
499.
Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "On the Day of Qiyaamah the Qur'an will
petition Allah to cloak the one who had recited it with garments
of honour and respect. A crown of honour will then be placed on
the head of the reciter. The Qur'an will then petition Allah Ta'ala
to shower His pleasure on the reciter. Allah will then become pleased
with him. The reciter will then be asked to recite the Qur'an, thereby
attaining higher ranks of elevation. In reward for each aayat a
virtue will accrue to him."
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Khuzaimah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
500.
Continue climbing
(higher and higher in rank) with your recitation in the same way
as you recited with care and concern on earth. Your abode (of residing)
is located (at that rank attained) with the last aayat recited.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ibn Habbaan).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
