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A few hadith to think about

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

1. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'This
world is the prison of the believer and the paradise of the unbeliever.'
[Muslim]

2. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'The Fire
is surrounded by indulgence (pleasures) of appetites and Jannah is
surrounded by things people dislike.' [Agreed upon]

3. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, (PBUH), said, 'A man follows the
religion of his close friend, so each of you should be very careful about
whom he takes as a close friend.' [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]

4. Sahl ibn Sa'd reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Anyone
who safeguards for My sake what is between his jaws and what is between his
legs, I will safeguard Jannah for him.' [Agreed upon)

5. Anas reported that the Prophet, (PBUH), said, 'None of you can truly be
said to believe until he wants for his brother what he wants for himself.'
[Agreed upon]

'The metaphor of the believers in their mutual love, mercy and affection is
that of the body. When one limb of it complains, the rest of the body
collapses with sleeplessness and fever.' [Agreed upon]

7. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'The
strong man is not the one who throws people in wrestling. The strong man is
the one who has control of himself when he is angry.' [Agreed upon]

8. Jarir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah said, 'If
someone does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.'
[Agreed upon]

9. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib said, 'I memorised from the
Messenger of Allah, (PBUH): 'Abandon anything that gives you doubt for what
gives you no doubt. Truthfulness is peace of mind and lying is doubt.'
[At-Tirmidhi]

10. Abu Umama Sudayy ibn 'Ajlan al-Bahili said, 'I heard the Messenger of
Allah, (PBUH), speaking in the Hajj of Farewell. He said, 'Fear Allah, pray
your five prayers, fast your month, pay the zakat on your property and obey
your leaders and you will enter Jannah of your Lord.' [at-Tirmidhi]

11. Jabir also reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'No
Muslim plants something without what is eaten from it being sadaqa for him.
Even what is stolen from it is sadaqa for him. And no one visits it without
that being sadaqa for him.' [Muslim]

12. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'All of
my community will enter Jannah except those who refuse.' He was asked, 'Who
are those who refuse, Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Those who obey me will
enter Jannah and those who disobey me refuse.' [al-Bukhari]

13. Abu Hurayra, reported that the Prophet, (PBUH), said, 'Whoever has done
an injustice to his brother with regard to his honour or anything else
should seek to be absolved by him before the day when there will be neither
dinar nor dirham. If he has right actions, they will be taken from him to
counterbalance the injustice he did, and if he does not have any good
actions, some of the bad actions of his friend will be taken and he will be
made to carry them.' [al-Bukhari]

14. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Anyone
who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbour. Anyone
who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who
believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or be silent.' [Agreed
upon]

15. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Anyone who
desires the expansion of his provision or to have the best of his life
prolonged, should maintain ties of kinship (blood-relationships).'' [Agreed
upon]

16. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported: 'The Prophet, (PBUH), said, 'A person who
maintains ties of kinship is not someone who only does so with those who
maintain ties with him. A person who maintains ties of kinship is someone
who restores them when they have been cut off.'' [al-Bukhari]

17. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'It is
better for one of you to take a rope and carry firewood on his back than for
him to go to a man to beg from him who then gives to him or refuses to.'
[Agreed upon]

18. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Which of
you loves the property of his heir more than he loves his own property?'
They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, there is none of us who does not love his
own property more.' He said, 'His property is what he sends ahead (i.e.
gives in the way of Allah), and the property of his heir is what he keeps
back (i.e. the property he will leave if he died tomorrow).' [al-Bukhari)

19. Abu Mas'ud 'Uqba ibn 'Amr al-Ansari al-Badri reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Anyone who shows the way to something good has the
same reward as the person who does it.' [Muslim]

20. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Anyone
who calls people to guidance has the same reward as that received by those
who follow it, without that decreasing their reward in any way. Anyone who> calls people to misguidance, is attributed with wrong actions the same as> those who follow it, without that decreasing their wrong actions in any
way.' [Muslim]

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