Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Fulfilling the trust and maintaining family ties will be sent to stand on the sides of the bridge over Hell, left and right, then the first of you will pass over it like lightning.” I said, “May my father and mother …
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Al-Qaddah reported: Whenever death was mentioned in front of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, he would tremble like a bird and weep until his tears ran through his beard. Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 5/316 عَنْ الْقَدَّاح أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ رحمه الله كَانَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ الْمَوْتُ انْتَفَضَ انْتِفَاضَ الطَّيْرِ وَبَكَى …
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Buraydah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Learn Surat al-Baqarah, for adhering to it is blessed, leaving it is sorrow, and the sorcerers cannot defeat it. Learn al-Baqarah and Ali ‘Imran, for they are both the brightly illuminated chapters coming on the Day of Resurrection as if they were …
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Al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, when the believer is ready to depart the world and is facing the Hereafter, angels from heaven descend with bright faces, as if their faces were the sun, with them are the shrouds and perfumes of Paradise, until they sit from …
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Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, left us behind and no bird flaps with its wings but that he had given us some knowledge about it. Abu Hatim said, “It means by his commands, his prohibitions, his stories, his actions, and his permissions, peace and blessings be upon …
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Zayd ibn Khalid reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not disparage the rooster, as it wakes you up for prayer.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5101 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُوقِظُ …
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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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Ka’b ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the souls of martyrs are in green birds, hanging from the fruit of Paradise, or the trees of Paradise.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1641 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ …
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Ibn Kathir reported: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about the existence of the Creator. Ahmad said, “Consider an impenetrable fortress without any doors or exits. The outside is like white silver and the inside is like shimmering gold. It is built like this until its walls crack and …
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Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Five animals are harmful and are lawful to kill while in a state of pilgrimage or otherwise: a snake, a speckled crow, a rat, a biting dog, and a kite.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1198 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ …
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Aisha reported: We had a curtain that had pictures of birds upon it. Whenever a visitor entered, he would find them in front of him. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me, “Change this, for every time I enter I am reminded of the worldly life.” In another narration, …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was the best of people in character. I had a brother who was called Abu ‘Umayr. When the Prophet would come and see him, he said, “What has the little sparrow done?” And he would play with him. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī …
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Sharid reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever kills so much as a sparrow unjustly, it will plead to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, saying: O Lord, he killed me unjustly, and he did not kill be for any beneficial purpose.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 5894 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn …
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Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If someone kills so much as a sparrow, or anything larger, without a just cause, Allah Almighty will ask him about it on the Day of Resurrection.” It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is a just cause?” The …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to …
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Abu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Recite the Quran, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for its reciters. Recite the two brightly illuminated chapters, Surat al-Baqarah and Ali Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds, or …
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Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If you were to rely upon Allah with reliance due to Him, He would provide for you just as He provides for the birds. They go out in the morning with empty stomachs and return full.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2344 …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “People whose hearts are like the hearts of birds will enter Paradise.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2840 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim Al-Nawawi said, “It is interpreted to mean they are those who rely upon Allah, or those who have soft hearts.” Source: Riyāḍ …
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Anas bin Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim plants a tree or sows a seed and then a bird, or a human, or an animal eats from it but that it is charity for him.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2320, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1553 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed …
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