Hadith

BISMILLAH HIR REHMAN NIR RAHIM
This is the book of the Islamic scholar Yahia bin Sharaful-Deen An-Nawawi ( ). The book
is now known as “An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths”. This is a popular small book in which
the author gathered forty two of the sayings of prophet Muhammed salla Allah u alihi wa
sallam.
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said : I heared the messenger of
Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam say :
“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, his migration was for Allah and
His messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve
some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage,
his migration was for that for which he migrated.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim
Also on the authority of Omar, who said :
One day while we were sitting with the messenger of Allah
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 up and sat down by the prophet.
Resting his knees against his and placing the palms of his
hands on his thighs, he said: “O Muhammad, tell me about
Islam”. The messenger of Allah 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 Ramadhan, 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 rightly. He said: “Then tell
me about eman. “He 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 the evil
thereof.” He said:” You have spoken rightly”. He said: ”
Then tell me about ehsan.” He 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”. He said: “The one questioned about it knows no
better than the questioner.” He said: “Then tell me about its
signs.” He said: “That the slave-girl will give birth to her
mistress and that you will see the barefooted, naked,
destitute herdsman competing in constructing lofty
buildings.” Then he took himself off and I stayed for a
time. Then he said: “O Omar, do you know who the
questioner was?” I said: “Allah and His messenger know
best”. He said: “He was Jebreel (Gabriel), who came to you
to teach you your religion.”
narrated by Muslim
On the authority of Ibn Omar, the son of Omar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be
pleased with both, who said : I heard the messenger of Allah say :
“Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there
is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger
of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the zakat, making
the pilgrimage to the House, and fasting in Ramadan.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abdullah bin Masud, who said : the messenger of Allah,
and he is the truthful, the believed narrated to us :
“Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together
in his mother’s belly for forty days in the form of 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 over takes him and so he behaves like the people of
Hell-fire and thus he 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 over
takes him and so he behaves like the people of Paradise and
thus he enters it.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Aishah, who said : The messenger of Allah said:
“He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is
not of it will have it rejected.”
narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
And in one version by Muslim it reads :
“He who does an act which our matter is not [in agreement]
with will have it rejected.”
On the authority of Al-Numan bin Basheer, who said : I heared the messenger
of Allah say :
“That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is
plain and between the two of 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 honor, but he who falls into doubtful matters falls into
that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures
around a 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 it be whole, all the body is whole and which, if it
be diseased, all of it is diseased. Truly it is the heart.”
narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Tamim Al-Dari that the prophet said:
“Religion is sincerity”. We said: “To whom?” He said: “To
Allah and His Book, and His messenger, and to the leaders
of the Muslims and their common folk”.
narrated by Muslim
Abdullah bin Omar narrated that the messenger of Allah said:
“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 they 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.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : I heared the messenger of Allah say :
“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.”
related bu Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the messenger of Allah said :
“Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is
good. Allah has commanded the faithful to do that which he
commanded the messengers, and the Almighty has said: “O
ye messengers ! Eat of the good things and do right”. And
Allah the Almighty has said : “O ye who believe! Eat of the
good things wherewith We have provided you”
Then he mentioned [the case of] a man who, having
journeyed far, is disheveled 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 !”
related by Muslim
On the authority of Al-Hasan bin Ali, the grandson of the messenger of Allah,
who said : I memorized from the messenger of Allah his saying :
“Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not
make you doubt.”
narrated by Termithi and Nasaee, and Tirmithi said it is true and fine hadith.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : The messenger of Allah said :
“Part of someone’s being a good Muslim is his leaving
alone that which does not concern him.”
fine hadith narrated by Termithi and others
On the authority of Anas bin Malik, the servant of the messenger of Allah, that
the prophet said :
“None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother
what he wishes for himself.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim
Abdullah bin Masud narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
“The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than
in one of three [instances] : the married person who
commits adultery; a life for a life; and one who forsakes his
religion and abandons the community.”
it was related by Bukhari and Muslim
Abu Hurairah narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
“Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either
speak good or keep silent, and let him who believes in
Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbors, and
let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous
to his guest.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : a man said to the prophet :
“Counsel me”. He said : ” Do not become angry”. The man
repeated [his request] several times, and he said: “Do not
become angry “.
narrated by Bukhari
Abu Yaala Shaddad bin Aws said that the messenger of Allah said :
“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.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah, and Muadh bin Jabal that
the messenger of Allah said :
“Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed
with a good one and it will wipe it out, and behave well
towards people.”
Tirmithi narrated the hadith and said it was fine, and in another version, said
ture and fine
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, who said : One day I was behind the
prophet and he said to me:
“Young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice] : Be
mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of
Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask
of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if
the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with
anything, it would benefit you only with something that
Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather
together to harm you with anything, they would harm you
only with something Allah had already prescribed for you.
The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.”
narrated by Termithi, who said it is true and fine hadith
In a version other than that of Tirmithi it reads:
“..Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. Get
to know Allah in prosperity and He will know you in
adversity. Know that what has passed you by was not going
to befall you; and that what has befallen you was not going
to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience,
relief with affliction, and ease with hardship.”
Uqbah bin Amre Al-Ansari narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
“Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy
are : If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.”
It was related by Bukhari.
On authority of Sufian bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him said:
I said: “O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about
Islam which I can ask of no one but you”. He said:” Say:’ I
believe in Allah’, and thereafter be upright.”
related by Muslim.
Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Ansari narrated that :
A man asked the messenger of Allah :
“Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast
in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is lawful and treat as
forbidden that which is forbidden, and do nothing further, I
shall enter Paradise ?”
He said: “Yes.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ashari said that the
messenger of Allah said:
“Purity is half of faith. alhamdu-lillah [Praise be to Allah]
fills the scales, and subhana-Allah [How far is Allah from
every imperfection] and alhamdu-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.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dharr Al-Ghafari, of the prophet is that among the
sayings he relates from his Lord is that He said:
“O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself
and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress
one another.
O My servants, all of you are astray except for those I have
guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you. O
My servants, all of you are hungry except for those I have
fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My
servants, all of you are naked except for those I have
clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O
My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all
sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you.
O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to
harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to
benefit Me. O my servants, were the first of you and the
last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to become
as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that
would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the
human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the
most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not
decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the
first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the
jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request of
Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, that
would not decrease what I have, any more than a needle
decreases the sea if put into it.
O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up for you
and then recompense you for, so let him who finds good
praise Allah, and let him who finds other than that blame no
one but himself.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dharr :
Some of the companions of the messenger of Allah said :”
O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made of with the
rewards, they pray as we pray they fast as we fast, and they
give away in charity the superfluity of their wealth.” He
said:” Has not Allah made things for you to give away in
charity ? every tasbih is a charity, every takbir is a charity,
every tahmid is a charity, and every tahlil is a charity, to
enjoin a good action is a charity, to forbid an evil action is a
charity, and in the sexual act of each of you there is a
charity.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, when one of us
fulfils his sexual desire will he have some reward for that?”
He said: “Do you not think that were he to act upon it
unlawfully he would be sinning ? Likewise, if he has acted
upon it lawfully he will have a reward.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The messenger of Allah said :
“Each person’s every joint must perform a charity every day
the sun 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 is a charity and
removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim.
On the authority of Al-Nawwas bin Samaan, that the prophet said:
“Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that
which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people
finding out about.”
related by Muslim.
And on the authority of Wabisa bin Mabad, may Allah be pleased with him,
who said:
I came to the messenger of Allah and he said: “You have
come to ask about righteousness ?” . I said:” Yes.” He said:
“Consult your heart. Righteousness is that about which the
soul feels tranquil and the heart feels tranquil, and
wrongdoing is that which wavers in the soul and moves to
and from in the breast even though people again and again
have given you their legal opinion [in its favor].”
a good hadith transmetted from the Musnads of the two Imams, Ahmed bin
Hanbal and Al-Darimi, with a good chain of authorities.
On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Erbadh bin Sariah, who said :
The messenger of Allah gave us a sermon by which our
hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We
said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this is a
farewell sermon, so counsel us.” He said: “I counsel you to
fear Allah and to give absolute obedience even if a slave
becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives [long]
will see great controversy, so you must keep to my sunnah
and to the sunnah of the rightly-guided Khalifahs – cling to
them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented matters, for
every invented matter is an innovation and every
innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in
Hell-fire.”
related by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was a fine and true
Hadith.
On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal, who said:
I said: “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will
take me into Paradise and will keep me away from Hell
fire.” He said: “You have asked me about a major matter,
yet it is easy for him for whom Allah Almighty makes it
easy. You should worship Allah, associating nothing with
Him, you should perform the prayers, you should pay the
zakat, you should fast in Ramadan, and you should make
the pilgrimage to the House.” Then he said:” Shall I not
show you the gates of goodness ? Fasting [which] is a
shield, charity [which] extinguishes sin as water
extinguishes fire; and the praying of a man in the depth of
night.” Then he recited :
“Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear
and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them.
No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a
reward for what they used to do”. (quran, verse)
Then he said: ” Shall I not tell you of the peak of the
matter, its pillar, and its topmost part?” I said: “Yes, O
Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The peak of the matter is
Islam; the pillar is prayer; and its topmost part is jihad.”
Then he said: “Shall I not tell you of the controlling of all
that ?” I said:” Yes, O Messenger of Allah”, and he took
hold of his tongue and said: “Restrain this.” I said: “O
Prophet of Allah, will what we say be held against us ?” He
said: “May your mother be bereaved of you, Muadh ! Is
there anything that topples people on their faces – or he said
on their noses into Hell-fire other than the jests of their
tongues ?”
related by Al-Tirmithi, who said it was a fine and true hadlth.
On the authority of Jurthum bin Nashir that the messenger of Allah said :
“Allah the Almighty has laid down religious duties, so do
not neglect them. He has set boundaries, so do not over step
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.”
a fine hadith related by Al-Daraqutni and others.
On the authority of Sahl bin Saad Al-Saedi, who said :
A man came to the prophet 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.” He said:
“Renounce the world and Allah will love you, and renounce
what people possess and people will love you.”
a fine Hadith related by Ibn Majah and others with good chains of authorities.
On the authority of Saad bin Malik Al-Khudari, that the messenger of Allah
said :
“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni and others
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah said:
“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 incumbent upon him who denies.”
a fine hadith related by Al-Baihaqi and others
On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khurdari, who said: I heard the messenger of
Allah say:
“Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it
with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his
tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart;
and that is the weakest of faith.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the messenger of Allah said :
“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 he 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 Muslim is
inviolable: his blood, his property, and his honor.”
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said:
“Whosoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah
will remove from him one of the grief’s of the Day of
Judgment. Whosoever alleviates [the lot of] a needy person,
Allah will alleviate [his lot] in this world and the next.
Whosoever shields a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this
world and the next. Allah will aid a servant [of His] so long
as the servant aids his brother. Whosoever follows a path to
seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a
path to Paradise. No people gather together in one of the
houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it
among themselves, without tranquility descending upon
them, mercy enveloping them, the angels surrounding
them, and Allah making mention of them amongst those
who are with Him. Whosoever is slowed down by his
actions will not be hastened forward by his lineage.”
related by Muslim in these words.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of Allah, among the sayings
he relates from his Lord is :
“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 has
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.”
related by Bukhari and Muslim in their two sallies
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
Allah the Almighty has said: “Who so ever 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 hand 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.”
related by Bukhari.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of Allah said:
“Allah has pardoned for me my people for [their] mistakes
and [their] forgetfulness and for what they have done under
duress.”
a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah,Al-Baihqi, and others.
On the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, who said: The messenger of Allah took
me by the shoulder and said:
“Be in the world as though you were a stranger or a
wayfarer.”
The son of Omar used 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.”
related by Bukhari
On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas, who said :
The messenger of Allah, said:
“None of you [truly] believes until his inclination is
accordance with what I have brought.”
a fine and true hadith which we have transmitted from the book of Hujjah with
a sound chain of authorities.
On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah say:
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 its.”
related by Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith.