‘Ubadah ibn Nusayy reported: Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, stopped at the door of Mu’waiyah, but he remained unavailable due to being occupied by some matter. It
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Abu Ishaq reported: Al-Harith al-Hamdani, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Fasting the month of patience, Ramadan, and fasting three days each month removes disorders within the chest.” Mujahid
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Ibn ‘Abdul Barr reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “There is no one among the children of Adam who was created without envy. Whoever restrains it
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Rabia’ ibn Sulayman reported: Imam al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on upon him, said, “If you find something in my writings that contradict the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah,
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Al-Hasan reported: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “After the passing of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, we looked for what we were commanded and
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Ibrahim ibn Yazid reported: Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “People will continue being granted intercession on the Day of Resurrection until even the chief
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Ibn Muflih reported: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Supplication is a proportional punishment. Whoever supplicates against the one who wronged him, he has not
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Al-Tha’labi reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Excellence is that you are good to the one who is evil to you, for only doing good to
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Salih reported: A man mentioned Al-Hajjaj or others to his father, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah be pleased with him, saying, “Let him be cursed!” Ahmad said, “I do not
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Al-Sha’bi reported: Jesus the son of Mary, upon him be peace, would say, “Verily, goodness is not that you are good to the one who is good to you, for
Mu’awiyah ibn Qurrah reported: Abu Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Learn sacred knowledge before it is taken away, for knowledge is taken away by the disappearance of
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‘Awf ibn Abi Jamilah reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “It is part of charity to learn sacred knowledge, and then teach it to the people.”
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Abu Talib al-Makki reported: Thabit al-Bunani, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I suffered with the Quran for twenty years, then I enjoyed it for twenty years.” Source: Qūt
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Zaydan reported: ‘Utabah al-Ghulam, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I suffered with prayer for twenty years, then I enjoyed it for twenty years.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 10/10 Imam
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Ayyub reported: Abu Qilabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “People never innovate a heresy except that they make the sword lawful by it.” Source: Muṣannaf ‘Abd al-Razzāq 18660
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Ibn Abi ‘Azrah reported: A man in the time of Umar said to his wife, “I adjure you by Allah, do you love me?” She said, “As you adjured me
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Abu Salih reported: Regarding the Almighty’s statement, “Remember when the Prophet had once confided something to one of his wives” (66:3), Al-Dahhak said, “He had secretly confided in Hafsah, the daughter
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Al-Walid ibn Muslim reported: Abu Rawwad, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The Muslims would supplicate at the arrival of Ramadan: O Allah, the month of Ramadan has come.
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Ibn Sirin reported: No one after the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was as cautious with what he did not know than Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased
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Ibn ‘Awn reported: I entered the home of Al-Qasim, may Allah be pleased with him, at the upper part of Mecca in his house, and I saw a canopy inside
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