Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “You must have good character and observe long periods of silence. By the One in whose hand is my soul, no behaviors are as beautifying as these two.” Source: Musnad al-Bazzār 7001 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَنَسِ …
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Abu Umamah reported: I was beside the camel of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of liberation. The speech of the Prophet was beautiful and most excellent, among which he said, “Whoever embraces Islam from the people of the two Books will have his reward twice. He will …
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Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him said, “Islam is beautified by two qualities: modesty and tolerance for the sake of Allah and not for anyone one else.” Source: al-Tamhīd li-Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr 13/318 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Ishbili عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there were three among the children of Israel whom Allah Almighty intended to test: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. He sent an angel to them and he came to the leper, saying: What would you love …
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Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, among the people who recite the Quran with the best voice are those who, when you hear them, you consider them in awe of Allah.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 1339 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ …
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Ubayy ibn Ka’b reported: In regards to the saying of Allah Almighty, “As your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their progeny and He made them testify against themselves: Am I not your Lord?” (7:172). Adam, upon him be peace, looked at his progeny and he saw the rich and the …
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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, this Quran has descended with sadness. If you recite it, then weep. If you cannot weep, then feign weeping. Recite in a melodious tone, for whoever does not use a pleasant voice is not one of us.” Source: …
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Abu Huraira reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to Abu Musa while he was sitting in a gathering, “Remind us of our Lord.” Abu Musa would recite to him in a melodious tone as he sat in the gathering. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 7196 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut …
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Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah listens more intently to a man reciting the Quran aloud in a beautiful voice than an employer of singers listens to his singers.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 1340 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Taymiyyah عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ …
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Al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib reported: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, reciting in the evening prayer, “By the fig and the olive,” (95:1). I have not heard a voice more beautiful than his. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 769, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 464 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عن …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the wives of Paradise will sing for their husbands with the most beautiful voices no one has ever heard. Among their singing is: We are fine and beautiful women, wives of a noble people looked upon with the eyes of …
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Rifa’ah ibn Rafi’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, make faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make unbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to us, and make us among the rightly-guided. O Allah, let us pass away as Muslims, live as Muslims, and …
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Ibn Abbas reported: A woman would pray behind the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most beautiful of all people. Some men would come early to be in the first row, so as not to gaze at her. Some of them would come late to be in the last …
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Jabir ibn Samurah reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a clear night while he was wearing a red cloak. I turned my sight between him and the moon and, to me, he was more handsome and beautiful than the moon. Source: al-Shamā’il al-Muḥammadīyah 9 Grade: Sahih (authentic) …
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Abu Udhaynah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The best of your women are loving, fertile, suitable, and comforting, if they fear Allah. The worst of your women unveil their beauty, take pride in their appearance, and they are hypocrites. None of them will enter Paradise except as rarely …
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Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The people of Paradise will enter Paradise with smooth and hairless skin, kohl upon their eyes, at thirty or thirty-three years of age.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2545 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Tirmidhi عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ …
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Abu Lubabah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “He is not one of us who does not recite the Quran in a pleasant voice.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1471 Grade: Jayyid (very good) according to Al-Nawawi عن أبي لبابة قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ مِنَّا …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah does not listen to anything as he does to the beautiful voice of a prophet, reciting the Quran aloud pleasantly.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7544, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 792 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عَنْ أَبِي …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O people, fear Allah and be graceful in seeking provision, for a soul will never die until it finishes its provision. If it is slow coming, fear Allah and be graceful in seeking provision. Take what is lawful and leave …
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Abu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the Holy Spirit inspired in my mind that a soul will never die until it finishes its term and consumes its provision. Thus, be graceful in seeking provision and let not one of you allow the delay of provision to …
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