AHADITH QUDSI
Hadith Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) as revealed to him by Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of Hadith which are Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to the Prophet but to Allah Almighty.
Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah (PBUH). It is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through revelation or in dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it in his own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to it because, besides being revealed, it is His wording."
(From http://www.islamworld.net/40.html)
Superiority of Monotheism
1) Narrated Abû Dhar 
: Allâh’s Messenger 
said that Allâh said: He who comes with a good deed, its reward will be ten like that or even more. And he who comes with vice, his reward will be only one like that, or I can forgive him. He who draws close to Me a hand’s span, I will draw close to him an arm’s length. And whoever draws near Me an arm’s length, I will draw near him a fathom’s length. And whoever comes to Me walking, I will go to him running. And whoever faces Me with sins nearly as great a the earth, I will meet him with forgiveness nearly as great as that, provided he does not worship something with me.
(This Hadith is sound and reported by Muslim, Ibn Mâjah and Ahmed in his Musnad).
2) Narrated Abû Sa’îd Al-Khudri , : Allâh’s Messenger said: None of you will have Argued for his right in the world more vehemently than the believers who will do with their Lord about their brethren who were admitted into Hell. The Prophet added: They will say: O Lord! Our brethren used to offer prayers with us, observe fast with us and perform pilgrimage (Hajj) with us. But You cast them into fire. The Prophet further said: Allâh will say: Go and bring out whoever you know from among them. The Prophet said: the believers will come to them and recognize them by face. Some of them will be them and recognize them by face. Some of them will be those the fire would have seized up to half of their shanks and some of them up to their ankles. They will bring them and say: O Lord! We have taken out those for whom you gave us order. Then the Prophet said: Allâh will say: Bring out whoever has in his heart any belief weighing a Dinâr (a coin). Then He will say: Take out whoever has in his heart the belief weighing half a Dinâr until He will say: Take out whoever has in his heart the belief that equals the weight of an atom.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Nasa’I and Ibn Mâjah).
After narrating this Hadîth, Abû Sa’îd said: He who does not accept it as true should read this verse:
“Verily, Allâh forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allâh in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin”.
(4:48)
Hazardousness of Shirk(joining partners with Allâh)
3) Narrated Abû Huraira that Prophet Muhammad said: On the Day of Resurrection, Ibrâhim (Abraham) will see his father Azar (in such a pitiable condition) that his face will be dark and covered with dust. Then Ibrâhim will remind him: Did I not warn you against denying me? His father will reply: Today I will not deny you. Then, Ibrâhim will say: O Lord! You have promised not to disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection. So what will be more disgraceful to me than my wretched father. Allâh will say: I have forbidden Paradise for disbelievers. Then it will be said: O Ibrâhim, Look! What is underneath your feet? He will look and see his father as a Hyena besmeared with dirt caught by the legs and thrown into Hell.
Due to infidelity, Azar will not be forgiven inspite of his son Ibrahim’s intercession for him and he will be transformed into an animal and cast into Hell. It also proves that the pagans whoever they are by kinship, will be forbidden from entering Paradise for ever. They will remain in Hell and suffer the agonies of torment which they had been frightened of by the Messengers of Allah at different times.
4) Narrated Anas bin Mâlik on the authority of the Prophet , who said: Allâh will say to the least tormented person among the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection: Do you have any thing on earth, that you would give as a ransom (to protect yourself against the torment of Fire)? He will say: Yes. Then Allâh will say: While you were in the backbone of Adam, I had demanded you much less than that, i.e. to associate nothing with Me; but you declined and worshipped others besides Me.
a. (This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
b. this Hadith concluded that a believer with his sins covering the entire globe will be forgiven so long as he does not associate partners to Allah.
Warning against hypocrisy
5) Narrated Mahmud bin Labid ; Allâh’s Messenger said: the most dreadful thing which I fear about you is minor polytheism. The companions asked: what is the minor polytheism? He said: It is hypocrisy; and he added that on the Day of Judgment, when rewarding people for their deeds, Allâhwill say to the hypocrites: Go to those for the sake of whom you used to perform good deeds; and see whether you can get any reward from them.
(This Hadîth is sound and mentioned in Musnad Ahmad).
6)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: Among all partners, I am the most dispensable with association. So anyone who performs a deed in which he ascribes to Me others; I will abandon him and his act of polytheism.
(This Hadîis sound and reported by Muslim).
Shirk (polytheism) is a sin tht if its doer dies without repentance, he will never be forgiven. Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, Allah has forbidden Paradise for him; and the Fire will be his abode.
One whose intention is not pure will deserve Hell.
Purity of intention is essential in all deeds
7)Narrated Abû Huraira : I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: The first of the people whose case will be decided on the Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a martyr. He will be brought forth. Allâh will make him know about His blessings (which He had bestowed on him in the world). The man will acknowledge them. Then Allâh will ask him: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought in Your way until I died as a martyr. Allâh will remark: You are lying. You fought so that you may be called a brave warrior. Then orders will be passed against him. So he will be dragged along on his face and cast into Hell.
Second will be a man who studied (religious) knowledge. Then he taught it to others and recited the Qur’ân. He will be brought (for Judgment). Allâh will remind him of His favours (showered on him in the world). He will admit them (having enjoyed them in his life). Then Allâh will ask him: What did you do with them? He will reply: I acquired knowledge and imparted it and also recited the Qur’ân for Your sake. Allâh will observe: You have told a lie, for you got knowledge to be renowned as a scholar; and you recited the Qur’ân according to the rules). Then orders will be passed against him. So he will be dragged along on his face and thrown into Hell.
Third will be a man to whom Allâh had made abundantly rich and granted him every kind of wealth. He will be brought for Judgment. Allâh will let him know about his gifts conferred upon him in the world. He will recognize them. Then Allâh will inquire: What did you with them? He will say: I left no way in which you like money to be spent without spending in it for your sake. Allâh will say: You are lying. You did so to be described as generous (in the society); (It means you got your reward in the world according to your intention). Now you deserve nothing in the Hereafter except Hell). So orders will be passed against him and he will be hurled into Hell.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim and Nasa’i)
The purity of intention is behind any deed. If you spend for show, there is no reward. Eventually, if one loves another for something worldly this shall not count in the Hereafter. But love for the sake of Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is great virtue in the Hereafter. Such love can be a Muslim’s love to learn from him or to take as a companion for good deeds, without any worldly considerations, once there is something worldly, the intention is not pure.
Superiority of the believers in the Oneness of Allâh and the punishment of Jews and Christians
8)Narrated Abû Mûsa : Allâh’s Messenger said: On the Day of Resurrection , my Ummah (nation) will be gathered into three groups, one sort will enter Paradise without rendering an account (of their deeds). Another sort will be reckoned an easy account and admitted into Paradise. Yet another sort will come bearing on their backs heaps of sins like great mountains. Allâh will ask the angels though He knows best about them: Who are these people? They will reply: They are humble slaves of yours. He will say: Unload the sins from them and put the same over the Jews and Christians; then let the humble slaves get into Paradise by virtue of My Mercy.
(This Hadîth is sound and mentioned in Mustadrak of Hâkim).
Superiority of those who neither treat with amulet, nor get themselves branded nor take omens
9)Narrated Ibn Mas’ûd that Prophet Muhammad said: On the Day of Resurrection nations will be brought. When I see my nation (Ummah) I will be amazed at their multitudes and (distinguished) from. They will have filled up the plain lands as well as the mountains. Allâh will ask me: Are you satisfied? I will say: Yes, O my Lord: He will say: Along with these (people), seventy thousand persons (i.e., so many) will enter Paradise without rendering an account. They will be those who neither cure themselves with Ruqya (recitations) nor get themselves branded (cauterized), nor take omens but they instead repose trust in their Lord. Upon this, ‘Ukkasha said: Supplicate Allâh (that He makes me one among them), the Prophet said: O Allâh! Make him one of them. Another prson said: Invoke a blessing for me too (that Allâh makes me one among them). The Prophet said: ‘Ukkasha has preceded you in this matter.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ibn Hibbân in his book)
An amulet is something worn around the neck for protection against evil spirits or spell.
Broadness of Allâh’s Mercy
10)Narrated Abû Huraira that Prophet Muhammad who said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: My mercy has preceded (excelled) my wrath.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
An example of Allâh’s Mercy on his slaves
11)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh says: Whenever My slave intends to do a bad deed, (I say to the deeds recording angels): Do not record it against him until he (actually) commits it. If he has done so, write it down exactly as one in his record book. But if he refrains from it for My sake, write down this as a virtue in his favour. And when he intends to do a good deed, but does not actually do it, write it as a virtue for him. And if he puts it into practice, write its reward for him. And if he puts it into practice, write its reward equal to, from ten to seven hundred times (in his account).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri, Muslim and Tirmidhi).
This above Hadith briefly describes that Allâh, if He likes, can forgive even the most sinner person believing in Oneness of Allâh and the Prophethood of Muhammad . But it doesn’t mean that every one should take it as a cover and involve himself intentionally in evils relying on the Mercy of Allâh. A good Muslim who has in his heart fear of Allâh, should perform righteous deeds and avoid sins as per commands laid down in the Qur’ân and Hadith.
Warning to those who loose hope in the Mercy of Allâh
12)Narrated Abû Huraira : I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: There were two fraternal persons among the Children of Israel. One of them was engrossed in committing sins while the other was devoted to worship. The devotee used to see his fellow committing sin and advise him: Desist from doing so. One day when he found his fellow committing sin. He said to him: Avoid it. His fellow said: Leave me alone. Have you been sent out as a vigilant on me. The devotee said: By Allâh, He will neither forgive you nor admit you to Paradise. When they died, they were gathered before the Lord of the worlds. Allâh asked the devotee: Were you assured of knowing Me or were you having power over what was in My Hands? Then He said to the sinner: Go and enter Paradise by My Mercy; and ordered the angels about the devotee: Lead him to Hell.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Abû Dâ’ud in his Sunan).
After narrating the Hadîth, Abû Huraira commented: By Him in Whose Hand my soul is: One word spoken by the devotee ruined his good deeds in the world as well as in the Hereafter.
This Hadith signifies that no body should claim whether one would enter Paradise o step into Hell because the verdict here, is for Allah Who is All-Omnipotent over every thing, will decide whatever He likes. A righteous person is required to do good and avoid evil for the sake of Allah only and advise others with the same. He should not say such words as to challenge the authority of Allah. Moreover, it is wrong to feel desperate from the Mercy of Allah.
13 Narrated Jundub that Allâh’s Messenger stated that a person said: By Allâh! Allâh will not forgive so-and-so (person). Thereupon Allâh, the Exalted, remarked: Who is he who swears by Me (and says) that I will not forgive so-and-so (listen!) Verily I have forgiven so-and-so and nullified your deeds, or as the Messenger said.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim and also mentin in Mu’jam At-Tabrâni Al-Kabî).
This Hadith teaches in the politeness needed by a Muslim towards Allah said that one should not involve himself in matters that are left for Allah to decide i.e. nobody can know who will go to Hell and who will enter Paradise.
Fear of Allâh
14)Narrated Abû Sa’id Al-Khudri <img src="images/r-a.gif" alt="Razi-Allah" width="22" height="15">: He quoted Prophet Muhammad as saying to his Companions that: a man from among the early people or from those before you had said a word, i.e. Allâh had blessed him with wealth and sons. When death approached him, he asked his sons: How was I being as a father? They replied: You were the best father. He said: I didn’t save or perform my good deeds for Allâh. If Allâh takes possession of me, He will punish me. So, look! When I am dead, burn me until I become coal then crush me well and scatter (my ashes in the air) on a stormy day. The Prophet said: He took a covenant from his sons (and died). They did according to his will and spread his ashes in the air on a stormy day. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: Be and there he was embodied before Him. Allâh, the exalted, asked him: O my slave! What induced you to do what you did. He replied: It was Your fear (so that I may not appear before You). The Prophet added: Allâh, the Exalted rewarded him with His Mercy; the Prophet said second time: Allâh did not punish him.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
This man was a believer in the Power of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ to resurrect, and punish. His such belief and fear caused him to make that will which led him to Allah’s forgiveness.
He who loves to meet Allâh (by way of death like martyurs) Allâh too loves to meet him
15)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said that Allâh the Exalted observed: If My slave meet Me, I too hate to meet him.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri in his Nasa’i).
This Hadith shows that a Muslim when he thinks of death he hopes to enter Paradise. So he likes death more or less. But disbelievers fear death because they do not have belief nor hope for Paradise. The believer who likes Paradise also likes death to meet Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ. As a result, Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ likes meeting him, too.
Allâh screens the believer in the world as well as in the Hereafter
16)Narrated Safwan bin Muhriz Al-Mazini : While I was on my way along with Ibn ‘Umar taking (holding up) his hand in mine. Suddenly a man appeared to him and said: What did you hear Allâh’s Messenger saying about confidential talk (secret conversation)? He said: I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: (On the Day of Resurrection) Allâh will draw near to a believer and put His forgiveness over him and screen him (his sins) then Allâh will say: Do you know such and such sin? Do you know such and such? He will say: Yes, my Lord! This conversation will continue) until Allâh will make him confess his sins, and thinks that he is ruined. Then Allâh will say: I concealed them (your sins in the world) and I do forgive you today. Then he will be given the record book containing his good deeds. As regards, the infidels and hypocrites, the witnesses will say: These are the people who have disbelieved their Lord. Behold! Allâh’s Curse is upon transgressors.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâi, Muslim and Ibn Mâjah).
Allah’s ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ mercy can be seen in this world. An evidence of this is that he covers the sinners though He is All-Mighty and All-Knowing. A further evidence is that he also forgives the same sins in the Hereafter. He ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ may also uncover you as a penalty in this world. So one should always care that Allâh is watching him.
Superiority of the believer
17)Narrated Abû Huraira : The Prophet said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: Indeed a believer is in every good place with Me. He praises Me even when I take out his soul from between his sides.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Musnad Ahmad).
This Hadith highlights that Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ appreciates the suffering of the believer when he dies and appreciates that much more fr the one who though suffering the death, caused by Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ, still attributes all praise to Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ.
Devil’s promptings
18)Narrated Anas bin Mâlik : Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: Your followers will still remain saying: What is that? What is that? Until they say: it is Allâh who has created the creation then who created Allâh?
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
The devil plays a role in making people disbelievers by such questions about Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ. Before we deal with such questions of the devil which nobody can answer, let us ask ourselves a question: Do we know every thing about the creatures so that we ask about the Creator. The creature can never know how to answer a question of this type about Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ. Allah created us but Allah’s existence is evident for all of us; His existence was all by Himself. The “How” of this matter is beyond the perception of the human mind so it is a pointless question to ask, but the devil aims at making people go astray. If you have any such whisperings of the devil, you can ask Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ to protect you and say: “I believe in Allah and His Messenger”.
Prohibition of Pride and Vanity
19)Narrated Abû Sa’îAl-Khudri and Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: Glory is Allah’s loin cloth and pride is His cloak. Allâh says: He who contends with Me in regard to them, I will torment him.
Pride and Glory are qualities of Allah SWT so, a Muslim should always be humble and should not attach these qualities to himself whatsoever.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim, Mâjah and Abû Dâ’ud).
Prohibition of Abusing Time
20)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing the time whereas I am Myself the time. In My Hand lay all the things and I am the one who causes the revolution of the day and night.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri, Abû Dâ’ud and Nasa’i).
Once Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ causes the day and night and controls time abusing time is a bad deed that should not happen. Precisely abusing time is not permissible in Islam.
Son of Adam tells a lie against his Lord and abuses him
21)Narrated Abû Huraira : the Prophet said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: The son of Adam disbelieves in Me though he ought not and he abuses Me though he has no right for that. As for his disbelieving in Me, it is his statement that He will not be resurrected as was created, though his recreation is easier to Me than the first creation. As for his abusing Me, it is his say that Allâh has a son, but I am the one, the Everlasting. Neither I have begotten nor have been begotten nor do I have any match.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Nasa’i).
Making associates to Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is in a way, calling Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ by bad names. Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is the One and the only God.
Everybody will do according to his destiny
22)Abdur-Rahman bin Qatada As-Salami said: I heard the Prophet saying: Allâh created Adam, took his progeny from his back and said: These will go to Hell and these will go to Paradise. Somebody said, the narrator added: O Messenger of Allâh, what shall we do then? The Prophet said: You will do according to your destiny.
(This Hadîth is good and narrated by Ahmad).
Allâh is the All-Knower, so He took every body to Hell or Paradise as per His Knowledge of what will happen in the future, in other words, one’s destiny was known to Allâh but to him it is absolutely unknown.
Superiority of disbelief in Stars
23)Abû Huraira narrated, the Prophet said: Allâh said: whenever I bestow something on my slaves some of them turn as blasphemers and say: The planets and by the planets.
(This Hadîth is sound and narrated by Muslim and Nasa’i).
This Hdith highlights the wrong attribution the disbelievers make to the endowments of Allâh e.g. they think tht such things and gifts are caused by the stars and planets. What a wrong belief!
Discouragement of Desparation
24)Abû Huraira said: Allâh’s Messenger passed while some of his Companions were laughing. He said to them: if you know what I know you should laugh very little and weep a lot. Then Jibrael came to him and said: Allâh says to you: Do not make my slaves feel desparate (from my mercy). Then the Prophet came back and said to us: Be hopeful, be happy.
(The chain of narrators is sound and narrated by Ibn Hiban).
There is always hope as far as we believe that the mercy of Allâh supercedes His anger.
Paradise is surrounded with hardships whereas Hell is encompassed with lusts
25)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: When Allâh created Paradise, He ordered Jibrael: Go and see it. So he went and saw it. Then he returned and said: O Lord, By Your glory! Who hears of it would love entering it. Then He encompassed it with unpleasant things (hardships of worship) and said: O Jibrael! Go (again) and see it. So he went away to look at it. Then he came back and said: O Lord, By Your glory! I fear that no one will enter it. The Prophet said: When Allâh created Hell, He said: O Jibrael, go and see it. So he went and saw it. Then he turned up and said: O Lord, By Your glory! No one who hears of it will enter it. So he encompassed it with lusts (worldy desires) and said: O Jibrael! Go back and see it. He went again to see it and came back saying: O Lord, By Your glory! I fear that no one will escape from entering it.
(This Hadîth is fair and reported by Abû Dâ’ud, Tirmidhi, Nasa’I, Ahmad in Musnad and Al-Hâkim in Mustadrak).
Allah has promised to give Paradise in reward to those who do good deeds for His sake. But man is misguided by the Satan and worldly lusts which cause him to do bad deeds that lead to Hell. He who undergoes hardships in the cause of Allah; these hardships will lead him to the enternal abode of pleasures.
Some of what Allâh has prepared for His righteous slaves
25)Narrated Abû Huraira the Prophet said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: I had prepared for My righteous slaves what no eye has seen nor any ear has heard nor any human mind has realized (nor it has occurred to any human heart).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri, Muslim, Tirmidhi and Ibn Mâjah).
Later on Abû Huraira said: Recite if you wish: No sould knows about the joy of eyes (pleasure) which has been hidden for them.
What Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ has prepared for the believers in Jannah (Paradise) is beyond and description, imagination or perception. What we read of that in the Noble Qur’ân is only what the human brain can perceive. But Jannah is beyond all that.
Allâh’s pleasure for the inhabitants of Paradise
26)Narrated Abû Sa’îd Al-Khudri : Prophet Muhammad said: Verily, Allâh will address the inhabitants of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: We do respond and are at Your pleasure; and goodness rests in Your Hand. He will ask them: Are you satisfied? They will say: Why should we not be satisfied, O Lord! While You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation? Then He will say; Would you not like Me to grant you something better than that? They will say: O Lord! What is better than that? He will say: I will never be angry with you afterwards.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim ).
Inhabitants of Paradise will be given pursuit
27)Narrated Abû Huraira that the Prophet was narrating a Hadîth while a Bedouin was in his company: One of the inhabitants of Paradise will seek permission from his Lord for cultivation. Allâh will ask him: What do you wish? He will reply in affirmative and say: But I like to cultivate (the land). (When the man is permitted) he will soon sow the seeds. The plants will grow up, get ripe and h ready for harvesting. Then the yield will develop into conglobation like huge mountains then Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will say: O son of Adam! Nothing can satisfy you. At this, the Bedouin remarked: O Allâh’s Messenger! This man must be either from Quraish (i.e. an emigrant) or an Ansari (resident of Al-Madina) because they are cultivators whereas we are not (on hearing it) Allâh’s Messenger laughed.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri).
The last to enter Paradise
28)Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin mas’ûd : Allâh’s Messenger said: The last entrant to Paradise would be a man who walks once and stumbles once and be burnt by the fire once. When he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He who has saved me from you and has given me what He gave nobody in the earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him. So he will say: O my Lord! Bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water. Allâh SWT would say: O son of Adam! If I grant you this, you will demand Me something else. He will say: No, my Lord. He promised that he would ask for nothing else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees that the man would not have patience over it. So He will make him near it. Then he will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Afterwards, a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him. So he will say: O my Lord! Bring me near this tree. So that I may drink its water and take shelter in its shade. I shall not ask you for anything other than that. Allâh will say: O son of Adam! Did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me for anything else. He will reply: Probably I shall ask for nothing if you bring me near it. And he promised Him that he would not ask Him for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He knows that he would not keep his word. Anyhow, He would bring him near to the tree. The man will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Then a tree more beautiful than the first two would be raised up at the gate of Paradise. He will say: O Lord! Please make me near to this tree so that I may enjoy its shade and drink its water. I shall not ask You anything else. His Lord would excuse him as the temptation of which he could not resist. So He will make him near this tree. When He would bring him near it, he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! Admit me to it. Allâh would say: O son of Adam! What will bring an end to your demands to Me? Will it please you if I give you the (whole) world and a similar one along with it? The man will say: are you mocking at me, though you are the Lord of the worlds?
Narrating this Hadîth Ibn Mas’ûd laughed and asked (the hearers); Why don’t you ask me what I am laughing at. They said: Why do you laugh? He said: In the same way Allâh’s Messenger also laughed (when he said this Hadith, and (the Companions) asked: Why do you laugh, O Messenger of Allâh? He replied: On account of the laughter of the Lord of the worlds when the desirous of Paradise said: Are you mocking at me though you are the Lord of the worlds? At this, Allah will remark: I am not mocking at you, but I am All-Capable to do whatever I wish.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
This Hdith highlights the fact that the last entrant to Paradise will undergo various phases. It also shows the aspect of human nature that man is not contended with one thing but always desires better than that is available to him.
29)Narrated Abû Dhar : Allâh’s Messenger said: I know the last of the dwellers of Hell to come out and the last of the people of Paradise to enter. He is a man who would be brought before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Then Allâh will command the angels: Ask him about the minor sins and hide the major ones. Then it will be said to him: On such and such day you did that and that sin; and on such and such day you committed that and that bad deed. The Prophet added: it will be said to him: in place of every evil deed, you will be granted one good deed. The Prophet continued. The sinner would say: My Lord! I have done things which I do not find here. The narrator said: indeed I saw the Messenger of Allâh laugh until his premolar teeth were visible. (because the sinner was forgiven.)
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Trimdhi).
This is how Allah would cover a sinner with His Mercy. Even his minor sins would be so great that he will feel so ashamed of them that he will not be able to ask Allah Paradise.
Superiority of martyrs
30)Narrated Masrûq: We asked ‘Abdullâh bin Mas’ûd about this verse:
“Think not of those who have been killed in the way of Allâh as dead; rather they are alive with their Lord being provided with sustenance:. (3:169)
He (Abdullâh bin Mas’ûd said: We asked the Prophet the meaning of this verse. So he explained it like this:
Their souls are inside some green birds beside lanterns suspended from the Divine Throne roaming freely in Paradise wherever they like. Then they take shelter at those lanterns. Once their Lord looked at them and said: do you want anything else? They said: What more shall we want? We roam freely in Paradise as we like. Allâh asked them the same question three times. When they felt that they would not be spared from being asked, they said: O Lord! We like You to put back our souls into our bodies so tht we may be killed in Your way once again. As Allâh saw that they had not wish, they would be let for joy in heaven.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri).
A shaheed is a martyr who fought for the sake of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ and was killed. His grade in Paradise is next to a siddiq i.e. one who was a forerunner and first to believe in His Prophet. (e.g. Abu Bakr ). The grades are: Prophet then the Siddiqun then the martyrs, then the righteous ones. This Hadith alongwith No.41,42 and 43 highlight the graces Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ shall bestow on the mayrs in the Hereafter and even in their graves before resurrection.
31)Narrated Anas : Allâh’s Messenger said: A man from among people of Paradise will be brought forward. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will ask im: O Son of Adam! How did you find your home? He will reply; O my Lord! It is the best home, then Allâh will say: I would ask You to send me back to the world in order to be killed in Your way ten times. (This is because of the superiority of the martyrdom and the high position which martyrs would be made to occupy in heaven)
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Nasa’i).
32)Narrated Ibn ‘Umar Prophet qouted his Lord ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ as saying: Whoever of My slaves comes out of fight in My way seeking My pleasure, I guarantee him that I will compensate his suffering with reward and booty (during his lifetime) and if he dies, I would forgive him, have mercy on him and let him enter Paradise.
(This Hadîth is fairly sound and reported in Musnad Ahmad). Trimdhi).
A soldier who fights in the way of Allah will be best rewarded by Allah in this world as well as in the Hereafter.
Reason of revelation of Allâh’s Statement on martyrs
33)Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs : Allâh’s Messenger said: When your brethren were killed as martyrs in the battle of Uhud, Allâh put their souls into some green birds which arrived at the rivers of Paradise, ate from its fruits and took shelter beside lanterns, made of gold, and suspended in the shade of the Divine Throne. When they enjoyed eating, drinking and sleeping, they said: Who will convey to our brethren on earth that: we are alive in Paradise where we are provided with sustenance, so that they would neither renounce fighting in the way of Allâh nor retreat at the time of war. Allâh the Glorified said: I shall inform them of you. The Prophet said: So Allâh revealed this verse:
“Don’t consider those killed in the way of Allâh as dead, rather they are alive with their Lord being provided with sustenance”. (3:169)
(This Hadîth is good and reported in Sunan Abi Dâ’ud).).
Some attributes of the Inhabitants of Paradise and Hell
34)A ‘Ilyâd bin Himâr Al-Mujashi’I narrated that one day Allâh’s Messenger said in his speech: Behold! Indeed Allâh has commanded me to inform you of what you are unfamiliar with; and what He has taught me today; every wealth, I have conferred upon a slave is lawful. Indeed I have created My slaves being true in Faith; but the satans approached them and turned them away from their religion and what had been permissible declared as forbidden for them. Further the satans ordered them to make partners with me for which I have revealed no evidence. Verily, Allâh looked at the people on earth and hated both Arabs and non-Arabs-except a few people of the Scripture. Allâh added: I have sent you as a Prophet to the people so that I may test you and test the believers through you and revealed to you a book that water cannot erase. So you should read it while asleep and awake. The Prophet said: Indeed Allâh has ordered me to burn (the disbelievers of) Quraish (the Prophet’s tribe of Makkah). So I said: O Lord! They would crush my head like bread. Allâh said: Drive them out as they drove you out of your city. Fight them, We shall support you. Spend (money in the cause of Allâh), We will spend on you. Send an army, We will send five like that. Fight with your followers against those who deny you. He said: The inhabitants of Paradise are three kinds of people: First is a powerful, just, almsgiver, and a successful man, second is a kind, tender-hearted man towards every relative and Muslim. Third is a decent father to many children. He also said: Dwellers of Hell are of five types: First is a weak-follower man who has no sense to avoid the evil or work for family or wealth. Second is a dishonest man whose greed is well-known to people, even for minor things. Third is a man who will betray you about your family and wealth at both the ends of the day. He also mentioned a miser or a liar and a person who uses bad words.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Muslim).
In this Hadith the Prophet SAWS said that Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ did not like the Arabs and non-Arabs except a few remnants of the peoples of the Books. This is meant for the period before the Message of Muhammad , but after the Message the previous Books were rendered invalid by the Noble Qur’ân, and the peoples of the Books (Christians and Jews) should have believed in Prophet Muhammad. Otherwise their belief in the invalidated and superceded Books will not be accepted by Allah SWT unlike what many people would think.
35)Narrated Abû Huraira : The Prophet said: Once Paradise and Hell argued with one another. Hell said: I have been given preference by the oppressors and tyrants. Paradise said: What is the matter with me that only weak and humble people enter me. Allâh SWT said to the Paradise: You are My mercy. I will bestow mercy through you on whom I wish from among My slaves. And He said to Hell: Rather you are My torment. I will torment by you whom I wish from among My slaves. The Prophet added: Each of them will take its capacity. As for Hell, it will not be filled until Allah puts down His glorified foot in it. Then it will say: Enough! Enough! Enough! At that time all its parts will be filled up. Allâh will not treat unjustly any one of His creation. As regards Paradise, Allâh will create other creations to fill it. (Being All-Merciful)
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
On Doomsday, Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ fills Hell by putting His Foot (a foot that suits his Glory and no human brain can perceive). As for Paradise he fills it by a new creation. This Hadith reveals that the mercy of Allah supercedes His anger, as He will not fill Paradise, too, by putting His Foot.
Worthlessness of this world
36)Narrated Anas, that Allâh’s Messenger said: One of the most miserable people in the world will be brought from among the people of Paradise. Allâh will say (to the angels): Dip him once in Paradise. So they will dip him once in it. Then Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will ask him: Did you ever face any distress or a thing you hate. He would say; No, by Your Glory! Never did I face anything unpleasant. Then one of the most affluent people of the world will be brought from Hell. Allâh will command (the angels: ) Dip him once in it. Then He will ask him: O son of Adam! Did you ever enjoy and comfort? (that is, a dip in Hell can make one forget the meaning of comfort).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musnad Ahmad).
A person who led a life of ease and plenty in this world.
Some Scenes of Resurrection
37)Narrated Abû Sa’îd Al-Khudri that the Prophet said Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will call: O Adam! He will say: I respond to Your Call; I am obedient of Your Orders; and goodness rests in Your Hand. Allâh will say: Bring forth the group for Hell. Adam will ask: Who are the people doomed to Hell? Allâh will say: They are nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every one thousand. The Prophet said: At this juncture every child would turn grey-haired and every pregnant would miscarry due to the dread of the moment and you would see people as drunk while they would not actually be. They torment of Allâh would be grievous enough to make them so. Then the Companions asked: O Allâh’s Messenger Who would be that single person among us? He said: Be happy! When one is selected (for Paradise) from among you, one thousand from Gog and Magog would be sent to Hell. Then he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! I hope you will constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise. We exclaimed ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺭ(Allâh is All-Great). He said: I anticipate you would be one-third of the people of Paradise. Again we shouted ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺭ , He said: I expect you would be half of the people of Paradise. Again we exclaimed ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺭ , He further said: Despite, You would be just like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black one (i.e. your number compared with the non-Muslims will be very small but in Paradise you will be the majority).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
The Ummah (natin) of Prophet Muhammad is the best of all nations. Though they are the last they will be the first to enter Paradise by virtue of the Grace of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ which will bestowed on him as the Most Honoured Prophet, and his nation.
38)Narrated Abû Huraira : Once the Companions of the Prophet asked him: O Allâh’s Messenger! Will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection? He said: do you feel any difficulty in seeing the sun at noon when it is not cloudy. They said: No. He further said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the moon at the night of full moori when there is no cloud. They said: No. Thereupon he said: By Him who holds my life! You will not face any difficulty in seeing Allah as much as seeing one of them. The Prophet added: Then Allâh would sit for judgment upon the slaves and would say: O so-and-so! Did I not honour you and make you a chief and provide you a spouse and subdue for you horses and camels and offered you an opportunity to rule over your subjects and take one-fourth of booty. The slave would say, Yes. The Prophet said: Allâh would say: Did you not think that you would meet me? He would say: No. thereupon, Allâh would say: I overlook you today as you forgot me. Then the second person will be brought (for judgment). Allâh would say: O so-and-so! Did I not honour you and make you the chief and make you a pair and subdue for you horses and camels and offered you an opportunity to rule over your subjects and take one-forth of booty. He would say: Yes, my Lord! Then he would say: did you not think that you would meet Me. The slave would say: No. at this moment Allâh would say: Well, I overlook you today as you forgot Me. Then the third one would be brought for judgment. Allâh would ask him the same thing. At this, the slave would say: O my Lord! I believed in You and Your Book and Your Messengers. Also, I performed prayers, observed fast and gave charity. Then he would speak in good terms like this. Allâh would say: Well. The Prophet added: Then, it would be said to him: Now, we will bring our witnesses to you. Then man will think: Who will bear witness upon me. Then, his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his thighs, flesh and bones: Speak. So his thighs, flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds. This is because he will not be able to make any excuse for himself. He would be a hypocrite whom Allâh would be angry with.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim and Abû Dâ’ud).
39)Narrated Anas bin Mâlik : We were in the company of Allâh’s Messenger when he laughed and said: Do you know why I laughed? The narrator said: We said: Allâh and His Messenger know best. Then the Prophet said: I laughed at the talk of the slave to his Lord on the Day of Resurrection as he would say: O my Lord! Have You not guaranteed me protection against injustice? The Prophet said: Allâh would say: Yes. The Prophet added: Then the slave would say: Today I do not allow any witness against me except a witness of my own self. Then the Prophet said: Allâh would say: Today only yourself and the noble recording angels would be witnesses to you. Then the Prophet said: Then his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his limbs: Speak. The Prophet added: they would speak of his deeds. He said: Then he would be made free to talk. The Prophet said: He would say to his limbs: Woe and curse be upon you. For only your sake I was contending.
this Hadith shows the controversial nature of man. Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ being All-Knower of this, will make man’s own body parts witnesses for him.
Statement of Allâh: “All the earth is in His possession on the Day of Resurrection”
40)Narrated Abû Huraira : I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: Allâh would grasp the whole planet of the heavens will be in His Right Hand. Then He will say: I am the king. Where are the monarchs of the earth?
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
Acording to Islamic creed Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is Unique in His Names and Attributes. These Attributes cannot be perceived by the human mind e.g. in this Hadith the Prophet said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will hold the earth and roll the heavens by His Right Hand. As we believe that Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is All-Mighty, All-Knower, All-Hearer and that His Powers are uncountable and beyond any measurement, we have to believe that He holds, on the Day of Resurrection, the earth and the heaven as mentioned by the Prophet .
Question about the worldly pleasure on the Day of Resurrection
41)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: First of the things a slave will be questioned about on the Day of Judgment will be the gift of Allah. It would be said to him: Did we not give you a healthy body, and did we not saturate you with cold water.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Tirmidhi).
To appreciate such a drink, can you imagine a healthy man when he is so thirsty then finds water!
Compassion of Allâh’s Messenger on his Ummah
42)Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs : The tribe of Quraish said to the Prophet : Supplicate your Lord that He transforms (the rocks of) Safa into gold. Then we would believe in you. He (the Prophet invoked Allah (to this effect). Then Jibrael came to him and said: Your Lord ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ conveys His greetings to you and says: If you wish, I shall transform Safa into gold but those who disbelieve after that will suffer a punishment so severe that nobody in the worlds would suffer, or if you wish, I can open for them the door of repentance andmercy. The Prophet said: Rather, the door of repentance and mercy.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musand Ahmad).
Prophet Muhammad so kind and humane by the blessings of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ , used to invoke Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ for his Companions. He also used to go to the Baqi ‘where most of his Companions had been buried in Al-Madina and ask Allah to make them rest in peace. He even did this at times very late at nights. What a kind-hearted Prophet he was
43)Narrated Ubâda bin As-Sâmit : One day the Companions did not the Prophet them. (Normally) when they caqmped, they wuld lodge him in the middle (of them). They were anxious and thinking that Allah might have selected some other Companions for him. Suddenly, they saw him coming towards them and exclaimed ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺮ (Allâh is All-Great) and they said: O Allâh’s Messenger! We feared that Allâh ﺘﺒﺎﺮﮎﻭﺘﻌﺎﻠﻰ must have selected for you some Companions other than ourselves. Allâh’s Messenger said: No. Rather you are my companions in this world and the Hereafter. Indeed Allâh, the Almighty, awakened me and said: O Muhammad! Verily, I have neither sent any Prophet nor a Messenger without a wish to which I respond and that I now grant you too. So O Muhammad! You should also ask Me something which would be given to you. The Prophet said: My wish is an intercession for my followers on the Day of Resurrection., Abû Bakr asked: O Allâh’s Messenger! What is intercession? He (the Prophet) said: I will say; O Lord! My intercession is the pledge I have kept with you. Thereupon, the Lord will say: Yes. Then my Lord ﺘﺒﺎﺮﮎﻭﺘﻌﺎﻠﻰ will take out the rest of my followers from Hell and admit them into Paradise.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musand Ahmad).
Fever and other diseases lessen sins
44)Narrated Abû Huraira that with Allâh’s Messenger once he visited a patient suffering from fever. Allâh’s Messenger said to the patient: Rejoice with the good news that Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ says: I shall afflict My faithful slave in the world with My fire (fever) so that he may be saved from his share of fire in the Hereafter.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ahmad in his Musand, Ibn Mâjah and Trimidhi).
A faithful slave who suffers from fever and other diseases in the world will be accordingly forgiven some sins in the Hereafter.
When a slave falls sick, reward will be recorded for him according to what he was doing in the state
(When a slave is sick, he gets reward to his credit according to the deeds he was doing when he was healthy)
45)Narrated Uqba bin Aamir : The Prophet saying: Allâh said: Every deed of a day is sealed up. When a believer falls ill, the angels say: O our Lord! Your slave so-and-so has fallen ill. The Lord ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ says: Note down to his credit the same deeds, he was doing before illness, until he heals up or dies.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ahmad in his Musand).
One who is deprived of his eyesight and remains patient, Allâh’s reward for him will be Paradise
46)Narrated Anas bin Mâlik : I heard the Prophet saying: Allâh said: If I deprive My slave of his two beloved things (i.e. his eyes) and he remains patient, I will let him enter Paradise in compensation for them.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri).
The Mercy of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is unlimited. Loss of sight in this world is reckoned and the compensation in the Hereafter is Paradise.
Intimidation against committing suicide
47)Narrated Jundub bin ‘Abdullâh : Allâh’s Messenger said: Among the nations before you was a man who got a wound and was impatient. He took a knife and cut his hand. Blood did not cease to flow until he died. Allâh the Exalted said: My slave hurried to bring death upon himself. So I will not allow him to enter Paradise.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
Suicide is prohibited in Islam. You may say ‘I am free to kill myself. No, you do not have this right as you are a slave of Allah. Your death is not to be caused by yourself. Nor should you kill somebody else. Both suicide and homicide are unacceptable in Islam. Any murderer is a big sinner who should also be killed, as a penalty in this world and Hell is what he deserves in the Hereafter. Even he who commits suicide will be punished by Hell.
Sin of the one who murders unjustly
48)Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin Mas’ûd on the authority of the Prophet : (On the Day of Judgment) a man will come holding the hand of another man and say: O Lord! It is he who killed me. Allâh will say: Why did you kill him? He will say: I killed him so that glory may be established for so-and-so person. Allâh will say: Indeed glory is not his. (So the killer will bear the sin).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Nasa’i).
Superiority of Dhikr (remembrance) and becoming close to Allâh by way of righteous deeds and good faith in Him
49)Narrated Abû Huraira : The Prophet said: Allâh ﺘﻌﺎﻠﻰ says: I am in accordance with the thoughts of My slave about Mr; and I am with him, when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his heart, I also remember him in My heart. If he remembers Me in a group, I remember him in a better group (i.e. angels). If he draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw near him by a cubit. If he draws near Me by a cubit, I draw near him by the space covered by two hands. If he walks towards Me, I go to him running.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
50)Narrated Abû Huraira : that the Prophet stated: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ observed: I am with My slave when he remembers me and moves his lips (with remembrance).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musnad Ahmed).
Repetition of Allah’s chants and His virtues for example: Subhân Allah, Allâh, Al-Hamdu Lillah, and Allahu Akbar
51)(One day) Abû Huraira and Abû Sa’id were sitting with Allâh’s Messenger who said: When a slave says: ﻻﺍﻠﻪﺍﻻﺍﷲﻭﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺮ i.e., There is no God but Allâh amd Allâh is the Most-Great. Allâh remarks: My slave has spoken the truth. Indeed, there is no god except Me and I am All-Great. When he says: ﻻﺍﻠﻪﺍﻻﺍﷲi.e., there is no God but Allâh and He is the only One. Allâh remarks: My slave has spoken the truth. Indeed, there is no God except Me and I am the One. When he says: ﻻﺍﻠﻪﺍﻻﺍﷲﻭﺤﺪﻩﻻﺸﺮﻴﻚﻠﻪ i.e., There is no God but Allâh and there is no associate with Him. Allâh remarks: My slave has spoken the truth. There is no God except Me and I have no partner. When he says: ﻻﺍﻠﻪﺍﻻﺍﷲﻠﻪﻠﻪﺍﻠﻠﻤﻠﻚﻭﻠﻪﺍﻠﺤﻤﺪ.i.e., There is no God but Allâh. To Him belongs the sovereignty and to Him is due all praise. Allâh remarks: My slave has spoken the truth. There is no God except Me. To Me belongs the kingdom and to Me is due all praise. When he says: ﻻﺍﻠﻪﺍﻻﺍﷲﻠﻭﻻﺤﻭﻻﻭﻻﻘﻭﺓﺍﻻﺒﺎﷲ i.e., There is no God but Allâh and there is no power or might except with Him. Allâh remarks: My slave has spoken the truth. There is no God except Me and the power and might belong to Me.
(Its chain of narratirs is sound and reported by Ibn Mâjah, Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibbân).
In Islam, remembrance of Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is very much recommended, anywhere, any time, and in any condition________Such words: ﺴﺒﺤﺎﻦﺍﷲ ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺮ ﺍﻠﺤﻤﺪﺍﷲ ﺍﻠﺤﻤﺪﺍﷲ are very easy to pronounce but very valuable in reward.
Superiority of the company of pious people
52)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ has some angels who roam about the streets in search of people mentioning Allâh’s Names. When they find such a gathering, they call one another saying: Come to the object of yur pursuit. The Prophet added: The angels surround them with their wings up to the lowest heaven (skyu of the world). He further added: (When the people in the gathering disperse, the angels ascend to the heaven). Their Lord, who knows best about the people, asks them: What do my slaves say? The angels reply: They were glorifying You (by repeating the words “Allah is the All-Glorified” ﺴﺒﺤﺎﻦﺍﷲ ), exalting You (by repeating the words “Allah is All-Great” ﺍﷲﺍﻜﺒﺮ ), praqising You (by repeating the words “All praise be to Allah” ﺍﻠﺤﻤﺪﺍﷲ ), and dignifying You. He asks them: Have they seen Me? The angels reply: No, by Allâh. O Lord! They haven’t seen You (at all). He asks: How would it be if they saw Me? The angels reply: if they saw You, they would worship You more devotedly, dignify You more fervently and exalt You more sincerely. Then angels reply: if they saw You, they would worship You more devotedly, dignify You more fervently and exalt You more sincerely. Then Allâh asks them: What do they ask Me? The angels reply: they ask You Paradise. He asks them: Have they seen it? The angels reply: No, by Allâh, they have not seen it. He asks: How would it be, if they saw it? The angels reply: If they saw it, they would crave for it eagerly, seek after it vigorously and desire it ardently. He asks: From what do they seek My protection? The angels reply: (They seek your protection) from Hell. He asks: Have they seen it? The angels reply: No, by Allâh, O Lord! They haven’t see it (at all). He asks: How would it be, if they saw it. The angels reply: if they saw it, theyu would fear it extremely and flee from it hastily. Then Allâh says (to the angels): I make you witness that I have forgiven them. Allâh’s Messenger added: One of the angels would say: O Lord! Among them was so-and-so (a much sinning slave) who was not actually included in the gathering but he happened to came there for some need (and sat down with them). Allâh would remark: Anyhow, they were all sitting together, so their companion will not be reduced to misery (i.e. they were sitting together and glorifying Allâh, so he who sits with them will not suffer but get forgiveness as a reward for his association with the people remembering Allâh).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
Continuous inducement for repentance and seeking Allâh’s forgiveness
53)Narrated Abû Huraira : I heard Prophet Muhammad saying that: a sin was committed by one of the slaves or may be he said, that: one of the slaves committed a sin, or he said, a sin committed by me. So please forgive me. His Lord would say: does My slave know that he has a Lord who can forgive him and (if He likes) can punish him. Anyhow, I have forgiven My slave.
No sooner does the time elapse as much as Allâh wishes, than is another sin committed by him or he commits another sin. He says: O my Lord! I have committed a sin, or a sin was committed by me. So please forgive it. Allâh will observe: Does My slave know that he has a Lord who can forgive him and (if He likes) punish him too. Anyhow, I have forgiven him again. No sooner does the time elapse as much as Allâh wishes, than is another sin committed by him or he commits another sin. He says: O my Lord! I have committed another sin, or sometimes he says another sin is committed by me, or sometimes he says another sin is committed by me. So please forgive it. Allâh will remark: Does My slave know that he has a Lord who can forgive him and (if He likes) can punish him too. Anyhow, I have forgiven him for the third time. So let him do whatever he wishes.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
This is an example of Allah’s mercy on His believers. If a believer happens to commit a sin, he should repent hoping for the forgiveness of Allah but, continuous pursuit of evils intentionally will not be fruitful in his favour because Allah has gifted every man with discretion to differentiate between good and evil. So one should be faithful to Allah and follow the example of Prophet Muhammad in all his deeds.
54)Narrated Abû Sa’îd Al-Khudri : I heard Prophet Muhammad saying: The devil said to his Lord: By Your Glory and Majesty! As long as the progency of Adam exists on earth, I shall continuously misguide them. At this Allâh remarked: By My Glory and Majesty! As long as they seek My forgiveness, I will go on to pardon them.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ahmad in his Musnad).
To fight the Satan we should always perform the obligatory worshipping deeds timely e.g. Prayers, Zakat, Fasting etc. Besides, remembrance of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is the best way out from the Satan traps.
Sign of Allâh’s love for His slave
55)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: When Allâh loves a person, He calls Jibrael and says (to him): I love so-and-so, therefore you should also love him. The Prophet added: So, Jibrael begins to love him. Then he makes an announcement in the heaven saying: Allâh loves so-and-so, therefore you should also love him. Then the inhabitants of heaven (the angels) would love him. He ( ) added: Thus acceptance is established for him on earth (i.e. that person becomes popular among the people). When Allâh dislikes any slave He calls Jibrael and says to him: I hate so- and-so, therefore you should also hate him. Then he calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: Allâh hates so-and-so, therefore you should also hate him. Thus hatred is established for him on earth (i.e., then hatered prevails against him among the people).
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim and Tirmidhi).
Exhortation for developing mutual love and mercy among the Muslims
56)Narrated Abû Huraira : that Allâh’s Messenger said: Indeed Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam! I fell ill but you visited Me not. He will say: How could I visit You while You are the Lord of the worlds? Allâh will say: Did you not know that My slave so-and-so was sick but you visited him not? Did you not know that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him? O son of Adam! I asked you for food but yuou fed Me not. The slave will say: O Lord! How could I feed You whereas You are the Lord of the worlds? Allâh will say: Do you not know that such and such slave of Mine asked you for food but you did not feed him. Did you not know that if you had fed him, you would surely have found that with Me. O son of Adam! I asked you to give Me a drink but you gave Me not a drink. The slave will say: O Lord! How should I give You a drink while You are the Lord of the worlds? Allâh will say: My slave so-and-so asked you to give him a drink but you gave him no drink. Had you provided him a drink, you would have surely found the reward for doing so with Me.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
As Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ loves the believers, He commands them to love eac h other and feel the responsibility toward the poor, the starving, the naked etc. this is in addition to the compulsory Zakat, for more reward.
Superiority of the one who granted a grave period to an insolvent
57)Narrated Abû Mas’ûd : Allâh’s Messenger said: A man from among those who were before you was called to account by Allâh on the Day of Resurrection. No good was found in his account except that he used to mix with people and being a rich man, used to lend money to the people and order his servants to let off the men who are unable to repauy debt. The Prophet said: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said to the angels: We are worthier than him of that generosity. So let him off.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
Leave the one who is not in a position to repay his debt due to poor income.
58)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: A man never did good deeds. Rather, he used to lend money to people and advise his servants: take from the solvent and leave the insolvent and forgive him. Perhaps Allâh may forgive us. When he died, Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ asked him: Accept from the solvent and leave the one who is unable to repay. May Allâh forgive us, then Allâh the Exalted remarked: I have forgiven you.
(This Hadîth is good and reported by Nasa’i).
This wealthy man used to overlook his loans to the poor for the sake of Allah ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ ,therefore, his reward was forgiveness in the Hereafter.
Merit of Love for the sake of Allâh
59)Narrated Abû Huraira : Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh will say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love one another for My glory’s sake. Today I will shelter them in My shade, today there is no shade but only My shade.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Muslim).
Equity, justice and social equity are the obligatory principles of Islam.
60)Narrated Ubâda bin As-Sâmit : I heared Allâh’s Messenger quoting his Lord ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ Who said: My love is established for those who love one another for My sake; and My love is established for those who spend money for My sake; and My love is established for those who visit one another for My sake. (In fact) those who love one another for the sake of Allâh will be at pulpits of light in the shade of Allâh’s Throne on a day when there is no shade but His shade.
(This Hadîth is sound through all its channels and reported in Musand Ahmad).
61)Narrated Mu’âda bin Jabal : He said: I heared Allâh’s Messenger saying: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: For those who love one another for the sake of My glory there will be pulpits of light for which the Prophets and martyrs will envy them (on the Day of Resurrection).
(This Hadîth is good and reported by Tirmidhi).
The merits of one who accepts the Will of Allâh at the death of one’s son or a brother
62)Narrated Abû Huraira : that Allâh’s Messenger said: Allâh the Exalted says: I have nothing to give but Paradise as a reward to My believer-slave who, if I cause his son or brother to die, he bears it patiently for My reward.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri).
63)Narrated some Companions of the Prophet that they heard the Prophet saying: On the Day of Resurrection, it would be said to the children: Get into Paradise. The Prophet said: They will say: O Lord! (We shall not enter Paradise) unless our fathers and mothers enter (with us). The Prophet added: They will be brought. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ will say: What is the matter that they are reluctant to go to Paradise? The children will say: But what about our fathers and mothers! Allâh will say: Enter Paradise you and your parents.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musnad).
64)Narrated Abû Umama quoting the Prophet who said: Allâh ﺴﺒﺎﻧﮫﻭﺘﻌﺎﻠﻰ says: Son of Adam! If you bear the first calamity (affliction) patiently for recompense, I shall not agree for you a reward less than Paradise.
65)Narrated Abû Mûsa Al–Ashari : Allâh’s Messenger said: When the son of a slave dies, Allâh says to His angels, though He knows best: You have taken away the sould of My slave’s son. They say: Yes. Allâh says: You have taken out the fruit of his heart. They say: Yes. Then Allâh says: What did My slave say? They say: He praised You and read the words:
Allâh says (to the angels): Construct for My slave a house in Paradise (as a reward) and name it the “The House of Praise:.
(Albani declared this Hadîth as good. It is reported by Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban).
These Ahadith (plural of Hadith) highlight the superiority of patience over the loss of a beloved person (a son or brother). As we believe that the dead will be met in Jannah (Paradise) and that there is another eternal life, we should show Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ our servitude and patience and hope to meet in Jannah, unlike the disbeliever who exaggerates at such a loss, because they are hopeless, and do not expect another life.
66)Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin Amr bin Al–Aas that Allâh’s Messenger said: Do you know the first of Allâh’s creation to enter Paradise? They said: Allâh and His Messenger know best. He said: The first of Allâh’s creation to enter Paradise will be the poor and the emigrants through whom the boundaries are guarded and calamities are prevented. Their condition is that when anyone of them dies, his wish remains in his chest unfulfilled. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ says to whom He likes from among the angels: Go to them and greet them. The angels say: We are inhabitants of Your heaven and are the choicest of Your creation and still You want us to go and offer greetings to them? Allâh says: Indeed they are the slaves who worship Me alone and associate none with Me (in any form of worship). Through them the boundaries are guarded and calamities are prevented. When anyone of them is dead, his wish remains in his chest unfulfilled. He said: So the angels will come to them and enter upon them from each door saying:
“Salâmun ‘Alaikum (peace be upon you) for that you perservered in patience! Excellent indeed in the final home (of yours)!
(This Hadîth is considered sound by others, and reported Musnad Ahmad).
Poverty is sometimes a virtue. You live simple, and your reckoning will be simple and easy. More wealth means that you have to justify how you gained it and where you spent it.
Superiority of spending on good works and enjoining that
67)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: Spend, O son of Adam! And I shall spend on you.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
This Hadith signifies that a faithful believer should spend money in Allah’s cause as ordained by Him. Consequently Allah will spend on him and bestow him with His favours in the world.
68)Narrated ‘Abi bin Hâtim : I was (sitting) with Allâh’s Messenger. There came to him two men. One of them was complaining of poverty while the other was complaining against brigandage. Allâh’s Messenger said: As for brigandage, it will be a short time before a caravan sets out from Makkah (on a journey) without security guards. As regards poverty, he Hour will not be established until anyone of you goes around with his charity but fails to find any due recipients of it. Then one of you will stand before Allâh. There will be no screen between Allah and him, nor will be there an interpreter to translate for him. Allâh will ask him: Did I not grant you wealth? He will say: Yes. Then he will look at his right side and will see nothing except Fire. Then he will look to his left side and will see nothing but Fire. The Prophet added: So let each of you protect himself against Hell even if with half a date, or, if not available, with a kind word.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri).
The precept of this Hadith is that soon there will be so good peace and law and order to the extent that a caravan from Makkah on a journey to San’â (Yemen) will not need escorts against robbers. Further, the people will prosper economically to the extent that no body will accept charity. This Hadith also implies that on the Day of Resurrection where there will be nothing to intervene between Allah and his slave, a believer will be asked about his beliefs, deeds and wealth. So a believer should act in pursuance of Islam and protect himself against Fire by either half a date or a kind word to please people.
Nothing but sand can satisfy fully the belly of Son of Adam
69)Narrated Abû Wâqid Al-Laithi : We used to visit the Prophet to hear anything revealed to him. One day he said to us: Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ said: Verily, We have bestowed (the believers) with fortune in order to offer prayers and pay Zakât (as per rules). But if the son of Adam had one valley of money he would wish for the second. If he had two valleys, he would wish for the third, So, nothing except soil can fill up the belly of the son of Adam. But Allâh will forgive the one who repents to Him.
(This Hadîth is good and reported in Musnad Ahmad).
Superiority of making ablution at night (i.e. praying)
70)Narrated Uqba bin Aamir : I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: One of my followers gets up at night pushing himself to perform ablution (for prayer). On him there are several knots of the Satan. When he washes his hands, a knot loosens. When he washes his face, another knot loosens. When he passes his wet hands over his head, yet another knot loosens. When he washes his legs, the last knot loosens. Then Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ says to those beyond the eyes (angels): Look at this slave of Mine who cures his inner-self and asks Me forgiveness. So, what he asks is given to him.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ibn Hibban and Ahmad in his Musnad).
This Hadith shows that wealth is given to a Muslim so that he may perform prayers perfectly and pay the annual charges known as Zakat in Islam. But the human being is so greedy that he knows no extent to his desires. He goes on collecting wealth until the last breath.
Superiority of supplication at night
71)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: In the last third of every night our Lord descends to the lowermost heaven and says: Who is calling Me, so that I may answer him? Who is asking Me so that I may grant him? Who is seeking forgiveness frorr Me, so that I may forgive him..
(This Hadîth is sound and reported in Musnad of Abû Ya’la).
Late at night when people get much busy with worldly pleasures. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ gives the believers an opportunity, or say, an answer hour if they can fight sleep and invoke Allah for whatever they need. In another Hadith in this book, Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ is said to descend to the lowest heaven saying: Who asks My forgiveness so that I forgive him, and who wants something so that I grant it to him.
Our Lord (Allah) wonders at two men
72)Narrated Ibn Mas’ûd : The Prophet said: Our Lord ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ wonders at two men: One is he who got out of his bed and quitted from among his family and tribesmen to perform prayers. Our Lord says: O My angels! Look at this slave of Mine who got up from his bed and quitted from among his tribesmen to offer prayers desiring what is available with Me and fearing what is with Me. Second is he who fought in Allâh’s cause and got defeated along with his fellow fighters. But he knew what punishment he will suffer in case of fleeing from the battlefield and what reward he will get in returning to the battlefield. So he returned (and fought against Allâh’s enemies) until he was killed desiring what is with Me and awing from what is with Me. Allâh ﻋﺰﻭﺠﻞ says to his angels (wonderingly): Look at My slave who returned (to the battlefield) hoping for what is with Me and fearing what is with Me until his blood was shed.
(This Hadîth is good and reported by Ahmad, Abû Dâud, Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim).
Allah’s wonder is meant for His admiration and appreciation of the fightyers’ premeditation and patience to die for the sake of Allah. Getting up at night and praying is not also an easy thing; only real devotees can do that, let alsone those who leave the Dawn prayers and sleep.
Superiority of Voluntary prayers
73)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: First of the deeds for which a slave will be called to account (on the Day of Resurrection) will be his (obligatory) prayers. If they are complete (he has prospered and succeeded), otherwise Allâh will say (to the angels): See whether there are any (voluntary) prayers of My slave. If any, Allâh will say: Complete his obligatory prayers with them.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ahmed in his Musnad, Abû Dâ’ud and Ibn Hibban).
On the Day of Resurrection, a believer will be first held accountable for his obligatory prayers. If they are in order, he has succeeded. If they are wanting, the angels will be commanded to check his voluntary prayers, if any, they will make for the loss in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his acts will be judged.
Merits of raising the (Adhân) prayer-call
74) Narrated Uqba bin Aamir : I heard Allâh’s Messenger saying: Your Lord wonders at a shepherd who on the peak of a mountain pronounces Adhân for prayers and offers them. Then Allâh says (to the angels): Look at this slave of Mine who calls for prayer and performs it all by himself. He fears Me. So I have forgiven My slave and admitted him to Paradise.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Abû Dâ’ud, Nasa’I and Ibn Hibban).
This Hadith shows that calling for prayer and praying all by yourself is recommended, if you travel alone or say be assigned to a job alone.
Superiority of Fajr and Asr Prayers
75)Narrated Abû Huraira that Allâh’s Messenger said: Some angels come to you in succession by night and some others come to you by day. They meet together at the time of Dawn (Fahr) and Afternoon (Asr) prayers. Then those who passed the night with you, ascend to heaven. There Allâh asks them though He knows best about them: in what state did you leave My slaves? The angels reply: When we left them, they were offering prayers and when we reached them, they were offering prayers.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Bukhâri and Muslim).
The most important prayers are the Dawn (Fajr) and Afternoon (Asr) ones. Perhaps because one has to fight tendency for sleep and rest at these times. Asr prayer is mostly the mid-prayer Allâh asserted in the Qur’ân:
“Guard strictly the (five) prayers especially, the mid-prayer (Asr)..” (2:238)
Superiority of staying in the mosque from Maghrib (Evening) prayer to ‘Ishâ’ (Night) prayer
76)Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin Amr: Once we performed Maghrib (Evening) prayer along with Allâh’s Messenger,then some people left while some others stayed behind in the mosque. Shortly afterwards, Allâh’s Messenger came fast in a state that he was panting violently and his knees were uncovered. He said excitedly: Be happy. This is your Lord who has opened a gate of the heavens. He talked to the angels proudly about you and said: Look at these slaves of Mine. They have just finished one obligatory prayer and are now waiting for the next.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ibn Mâjah and Ahmad in his Musnad).
Waiting for a prayer, having performed the first is a great deed, the reward of which is greater ten times or more, if you wait voluntarily for that.
Superiority of performance of four Rak’at at the forenoon
77)Narrated Narrated Abû Huraira’im bin Hammar Al-Ghatfani that Allâh’s Messenger saying: Allâh said: O son of Adam! Don/t feel short of performing four Rak’at (prayer) at the forenoon. (If you do so) I will safeguard you (against the Satan) for the rest of the day.
(This Hadîth is sound and reported by Ahmad in his Musnad and Abû Dâ’ud and Ibn Hibban).
Voluntary prayers are mostly preferable at the night, but the Prophet used to perform two (Raka’) by day in the forenoon. This is known to be the Duha prayer. It can also be four Raka’ or more; six or eight if you like.