Hadiths of the Week

Are You With Us? ~ March 20th, 2007

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

"Whoever fails to care for our youth, respect our aged, enjoin right,
and denounce wrong is not counted among us."
 (Imam Ahmad)

Major forms of Sins in the eyes of Allah ~ February 5, 2007

Abdullah ibn Amr related that the Messenger of Allah said:
"The major sins are to believe that Allah has partners, to disobey
one's parents, to commit murder, and to bear false witness."
(Bukhari, Muslim)

Observing Fast on Ashura ~ January 29th, 2007

Abu Qatadah, may God be pleased with him, reported: The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about
observing As-Saum (the fast) on the tenth day of Muharram, and he
replied:

"It is an expiation for the sins of teh previous year." (Muslim)

Opression ~ January 22nd, 2007

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever has oppressed another person concerning his reputation or anything else, he should beg him to forgive him before the Day of Resurrection when there will be no money (to compensate for wrong deeds), but if he has good deeds, those good deeds will be taken from him according to his oppression which he has done, and if he has no good deeds, the sins of the oppressed person will be loaded on him."  

The Obligation of Loving All Muslims ~ January 15, 2007

"None of you truly believes (in Allah and in His religion) until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself" (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Patiene ~ October 3, 2006

Abu Sa'id and Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with them, reported that the prophet, may the blessings and peace of God be upon him and his family, said:
"Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the prick of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience."

(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Relocating ~March 13-20, 2006
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Whoever decides to relocate solely to study sacred knowledge is forgiven even before setting out." {Tirmidhi}

Two Great Things ~ February 20-27, 2006
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said towards the end of his life,

"O people! I am a mortal and the messenger of my Lord* will soon come to me and I will respond. I leave you two great things. The first is the Book of God which contains guidance and light. So take the Book
of God and cling firmly to it.

And the [other is] the People of my House. I remind you by God to respect the People of my House. I remind you by God to respect the People of my House**." {Bukhari}

*i.e. The Angel of Death

**The commentary says that the People of the House are the children
 of Ali (the Prophet's son-in-law), the family of Ja'far
 (the Prophet's cousin), and the family of 'Abbas (the Prophet's
 uncle), may God be pleased with them all.

Fasting Ashura ~ February 6-13, 2006
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said regarding fasting the 10th of Muharram*,
 "Whoever fasts that day will be forgiven all the sins of the previous year." {Muslim}

Traveler ~ Januray 30-February 5, 2006
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "What have I got to do with the material world? The example of the material world and I is that of a traveler - traveling in the afternoon heat, he stopped to rest under the shade of a tree for some moments. Then, he rose and left it.”                       {Ahmad, Tirmidhi}

Best of People ~Januray 9-16, 2006
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "All of the Children of Adam make mistakes, and the best of those who make mistakes are those who repent."

Loving Allah and His Messenger ~ December 20-27, 2005
A man asked the Prophet peace be upon him about the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment)
saying, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His
Messenger." The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "You will be with those whom you love."

Contentment ~ December 12-19, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Consider well contentment, for it is a treasure without end." {At-Tabarani}

The Blessings of the Muhammadan Nation ~ December 5-11, 2005
This is a very long hadith, but this is an AMAZING hadith.
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Wahb ibn Munabbih, may God show him His, said (narrating a hadith):

When Moses, upon whom be peace, read the Tablets, he found mentioned in them the merits of the nation of Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him, and said: "O Lord! Which is this mercy-given nation that I find in the Tablets?" God answered: "It is the nation of Ahmad*, whose people are content with whatever little provision I give them, and I am content with whatever little good works they do. I make each one of them enter the Garden by his testimony that La ilaha illa'Llah."

And Moses said: "I find in the Tablets a nation of people who shall be resurrected and assembled on the Day of Rising with their faces like full moons. Let them by my nation!" But God replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad; I shall gather them resurrected on the Day of Rising, when their foreheads and limbs shall be blazing white from their wudu-ablutions and their prostrations."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose clothes are on their backs** and whose swords are on their shoulders, people of certitude and dependance [tawakkul]; they glorify God from minaret-tops, and they continue to seek to fight for every righteous cause, until they do battle against the Dajjal. Let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation for whom the [whole] earth is a place of worship and ritually pure, and for whom booty is lawful; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who fast the month of Ramadan for You, and whom You then forgive all they had done before; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who go on pilgrimage to the Inviolable House for Your sake, whose longing for it is never exhausted, whose weeping is long and tumultuous, whose talbiya is clamorous; let them be my nation!" But He said:"They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "What will You give them for that?" And God said: "I shall grant them more forgiveness, and shall allow them to intercede for those who come after them."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who ask forgiveness for their sins; when they raise their food to their mouths it does not reach their stomachs before they are forgiven; they start [eating] with Your Name and end with Your praise; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation whose members will be the foremost on the Day of Rising, but are the last to be created; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose gospels are held within their breasts and they recite them; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people among whom, when one of them intends a good deed but does not perform it, it is written as one good deed for him, while if he does perform it, it is written as ten to seven hundred times its worth; let them be my nation!" But God said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation among whom, when one of them intends a sin but does not commit it, it is not recorded against him, while if he does commit it, it is written as a single sin; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation who are the best of people, who exort to good and forbid evil; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who will be resurrected and brought on the Day of Rising as three groups. One group shall enter the Garden without reckoning, another's reckoning will be easy, and another will be rigorously judged, then made to enter the Garden; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

Moses said: "O Lord! You have spread out all this goodness for Ahmad and his nation; let me be a member of his nation!" But God told him: "O Moses! I have chosen and preferred you over other people with My Message and My Speech; take what I have given you, and be one of the thankful."

{Taken from Imam Al-Haddad's book "The Lives of Man"}
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*In previous scriptures the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was referred to as
Ahmad, both names which have very similar meanings and come from the same root. So when
this hadith mentions Ahmad, it means the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

**i.e. What they wear is all they have

Sacred Knowledge ~November 28-December 4, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Pursue knowledge even to China, for its pursuance is the sacred duty of every Muslim."                       {Bukhari & Muslim}

Du'a ~ November 21-27, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "There is nothing more dear to God, Most High, than a servant making du'a (supplications/prayers) to Him." {At-Tirmidhi}

Remembering God ~ November 14-20, 2005
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said that God, Most High, Has said,

"I am as My servant thinks I am, and I am with him* when he makes mention [or
remembers] Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to
Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in
an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw
near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at
speed."

Extra Fasts ~November 7-13, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days from Shawwal* it is as if they fasted the entire year.” {Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, & Ibn Majah}

Ramadan Hadiths of the Day ~ October 6-November 4th, 2005

Ramadan ~ October 3-10, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "When Ramadan comes, the gates of the Garden are opened, the gates of the Fire are closed and the devils are chained up."

Calling to God ~ September 19-25, 2005
The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him said,"By God, if God were to guide one person (to Him) through you it would be better for you than the best brand of camels." {Bukhari}

Charity ~ September 19-25, 2005
The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, "God, Exalted is He, said, 'Spend on charity, Son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.'" {Bukhari, Muslim}

Smile ~ September 12-18, 2005
Abdullah ibn Harith said that he never saw anyone smile more than the Messenger of God, peace be upon him. {Tirmidhi}

Intercession ~ September 6-11, 2005
 The Messenger of God, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him said, "There is for every Messenger a (special) supplication with which he would pray. I wish I could reserve my supplication for intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection." {Muslim}

Conceit ~ August 22-28, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Conceit eats good works just as fire eats firewood." {Al-Haddad} 

Loving the Prophet ~ August 15-21, 2005
 The Messenger of God, may peace and blessings be upon him, said: "None of you becomes a believer until I am dearer to him than his children, his parents and all mankind*." {Bukhari and Muslim}

Part of Imam Nawawi's 40 hadith ~ July 25-31, 2005
Abu Hurairah (ra) reported the Prophet (saws) 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." {Muslim}

Loving God and His Messenger ~ July 4-10, 2005
Anas reported that a Bedouin said to the Messenger of God, may God bless
him and grant him peace, "When will the Hour come?" The Messenger of God, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked, "How have you prepared for it?" He
said, "With love of God and His Messenger." He replied, "You will be with the
one you love." {Muslim}

Hadith ~ June 27-July3, 2005
Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Visit the sick, feed the hungry, and set captives free."
{Bukhari}

Sincere Brotherhood/Sisterhood ~ June 6-12, 2005
The Messenger of God, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him,
said, "Three practices will keep sincere your brother's love for you: greeting
him when you see him; making room for him in gatherings; and calling him by the
most endearing of names." {Bayhaqi}

A Bit Unorthodox ~ May 30-June 5, 2005
Below is an excerpt from "The Sunna as Primordiality" by Sh. Abdal-Hakim Murad.

      Here is a condensed recollection, a kind of verbal icon, of that Prophetic
beauty. It is paraphrased from a passage by Imam al-Ghazali, in Book 19 of his
Revival of the Religious Sciences, Ihya Ulum al-Din:

      ‘The Messenger of God (s) was the mildest of men, but also the bravest and
most just of men. He was the most restrained of people; never touching the hand
of a woman over whom he did not have rights, or who was not his mahram. He was
the most generous of men, so that never did a gold or silver coin spend the
night in his house. If something remained at the end of the day, because he had
not found someone to give it to, and night descended, he would go out, and not
return home until he had given it to someone in need. From what Allah gave him
[...] he would take only the simplest and easiest foods: dates and barley,
giving anything else away in the path of Allah. Never did he refuse a gift for
which he was asked. He used to mend his own sandals, and patch his own clothes,
and serve hi s family, and help them to cut meat. He was the shyest of men, so
that his gaze would never remain long in the face of anyone else. He would
accept the invitation of a freeman or a slave, and accept a gift, even if it
were no more than a gulp of milk, or the thigh of a rabbit, and offer something
in return. He never consumed anything given in sadaqa. He was not too proud to
reply to a slave-girl, or a pauper in rags. He would become angered for his
Lord, never for himself; he would cause truth and justice to prevail even if
this led to discomfort to himself or to his companions.

      ‘He used to bind a stone around his waist out of hunger. He would eat what
was brought, and would not refuse any permissible food. If there was dates
without bread, he would eat, if there was roast meat, he would eat; if there
was rough barley bread, he would eat it; if there was honey or something sweet,
he would eat it; if there was only yogurt without even bread, he would be quite
satisfied with that.

      ‘He was not sated, even with barley-bread, for three consecutive days,
until the day he met his Lord, not because of poverty, or avarice, but because
he always preferred others over himself.

      ‘He would attend weddings, and visit the sick, and attend funerals, and
would often walk among his enemies without a guard. He was the most humble of
men, and the most serene, without arrogance. He was the most eloquent of men,
without ever speaking for too long. He was the most cheerful of men. He was
afraid of nothing in the dunya. He would wear a rough Yemeni cloak, or a woolen
tunic; whatever was lawful and was to hand, that he would wear. He would ride
whatever was to hand: sometimes a horse, sometimes a camel, sometimes a mule,
sometimes a donkey. And at times he would walk barefoot, without an upper
garment or a turban or a cap. He would visit the sick even if they were in the
furthest part of Madina. He loved perfumes, and disliked foul smells.

      ‘He maintained affectionate and loyal ties with his relatives, but without
preferring them to anyone who was superior to them. He never snubbed anyone. He
accepted the excuse of anyone who made an excuse. He would joke, but would never
say anything that was not true. He would laugh, but not uproarously. He would
watch permissible games and sports, and would not criticise them. He ran races
with his wives. Voices would be raised around him, and he would be patient. He
kept a sheep, from which he would draw milk for hi s family. He would walk
among the fields of his companions. He never despised any pauper for his
poverty or illness; neither did he hold any king in awe simply because he was a
king. He would call rich and poor to Allah, without distinction.

      ‘In him, Allah combined all noble traits of character; although he neither
read nor wrote, having grown up in a land of ignorance and deserts in poverty,
as a shepherd, and as an orphan with neither father nor mother. But Allah
Himself taught him all the excellent qualities of character, and praiseworthy
ways, and the stories of the early and the later prophets, and the way to
salvation and triumph in the Akhira, and to joy and detachment in the dunya,
and how to hold fast to duty, and to avoid the unnecessary. May Allah give us
success in obeying him, and in following his sunna. Amin ya rabb al-alamin.‘

Knowledge ~ May 23-29, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, "To acquire some useful knowledge is of greater merit than to perform a hundred devotional prayers voluntarily." {Ibn Majah}

Humility ~ May 16-22, 2005
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Practice
humility until no one oppresses or belittles another." {Muslim}

God's Love ~ April 25-31, 2005
The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
"When God loves a servant, He calls out Gabriel and says: `I love
so-and-so; so love him.' Then Gabriel loves him. After that he (Gabriel)
announces to the inhabitants of heavens that God loves so-and-so, so love
him, and the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also love him and then
make people on earth love him." {Al-Bukhari and Muslim}