Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “None of the people rebel against the ruler by as much as a handspan and die but that he will have died a death of ignorance.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1849 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ …
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Thawban reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Soon the nations will be summoned to you just like one is invited to a feast.” It was said, “Will we be few in that day?” The Prophet said, “No, rather, you will be many in that day, but you will be …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be a tribulation in which the one asleep is better than one lying down, the one lying down is better than the one sitting, the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, when should we abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When there appears among you the same as the nations which came before you.” We said, “O Messenger of Allah, what appeared among the …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty said: I have created My creatures with tongues as sweet as honey and hearts as bitter as aloes. I swear by Myself, I will surely decree a tribulation for them that will leave even the forbearing among them deranged. Do …
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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to seek refuge from these at the end of prayer, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from cowardice. I seek refuge in You from returning to the feebleness of old age. I seek refuge in You from the …
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‘Amir reported: Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, was asked, “Which trial is the worst?” Hudhayfah said, “It is when good and evil are before you and you do not know which of them to follow.” Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 37569 عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ حُذَيْفَةُ رضي الله عنه أَيُّ الْفِتْنَةِ أَشَدُّ قَالَ …
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Abdur Rahman ibn Khanbash reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Gabriel came to me and he said: O Muhammad, speak! I said: What should I say? Gabriel said: Say, I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, dispersed, and shaped, …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If Allah puts the Muslim servant to trial in his body, Allah says: Record his righteous deeds for him that he used to do. If he is healed, it is his cleansing and purification. If his soul is taken, he will be …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: Mu’adh ibn Jabal used to pray with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Then, he returned to his people and led them in prayer. Mu’adh prayed the evening prayer and recited Surat al-Baqarah, until a man left the prayer and Mu’adh was critical of him. The news reached the …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: I never prayed behind an Imam who prayed so lightly, yet so perfectly as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He would hear a child crying and lighten the prayer, fearing it would put his mother to trial. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 676 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari عَنْ …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The False Messiah will come and he will be forbidden from entering the boundary of Medina. He will descend upon some of the salty barren areas around Medina. On that day, a man among the best of the people will …
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Abu Salih reported: Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Some women are clothed but naked, inclining to evil and seducing with it. They will not enter Paradise, nor smell its fragrance, even though it can be found from a distance of five hundred years of travel.” Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 1694 Grade: Sahih (authentic) …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no believing servant but that he has a sin he habitually commits from time to time, or a sin abiding over him that he does not abandon until he departs the world. Verily, the believer was created to be tested, repenting …
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Mu’awiyah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, nothing remains in the world but trials and tribulations. The parable of one of your deeds is that of a vessel. If the top of the vessel is pleasant, the rest of it will be pleasant. If the top is malignant, the rest …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: We were gathered around the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he mentioned tribulations, saying, “If you see that people have disordered their commitments, diminished their trusts, and are as jumbled as this,” and he interlaced his fingers. I stood to come near him and I said, …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Arguing over the Quran is an act of unbelief.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4603 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi Al-Munawi said, “Meaning, one doubts it contains the word of Allah, or indulges the debate over whether it is new or ancient, or …
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Uthman ibn Salih reported: Al-Hasan ibn Dhakwan, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Do not sit with young boy singers, for their appearance is like that of women. They are an even greater temptation than young virgin girls.” Source: Dhamm al-Malāhī 140 Ibn Taymiyyah said, “Looking at the face of a beardless youth with …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disability, sloth, cowardice, senility, and miserliness. I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave and from the trials of life and death.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6367, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim …
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Abdur Rahman ibn Yazid reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The righteous will disappear and the people of doubts will remain.” They said, “O Abu Abdur Rahman, who are the people of doubts?” Ibn Mas’ud said, “People who do not enjoin good and do not forbid evil.” In another narration, Ibn …
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