‘Abis al-Ghifari reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Hasten to do good deeds before six signs: foolish leaders, proliferation of enforcement, bribery in judgment, bloodshed is taken lightly, family ties are severed, and a generation are brought up treating the Quran as musical instruments; they put forth one of …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah wonders at people who enter Paradise in chains.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2848 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari Ibn al-Jawzi said, “It means they are taken prisoner and restrained, but when they recognize the rightness of Islam, they embrace it willingly and …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah has overlooked for my nation their honest mistakes, forgetfulness, and what they are forced into doing.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 2045 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ عَنْ …
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Anas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever seeks to be a judge and asks others to intercede so he can have it, he will be left to himself. Whoever is forced into it, Allah will send down an angel to direct him.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1324 Grade: Hasan (fair) according …
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Salamah ibn al-Muhabbiq reported: A man had intercourse with the servant girl of his wife, so the matter was referred to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet said, “If she had done so willingly, then she belongs to him and he must pay the likes of her price. If he had …
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At-Tabari reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, made peace with the people of Jerusalem at Al-Jabiya and therein he wrote a single covenant for every village besides Jerusalem: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. This is what is granted of security by the servant of Allah, Umar, the …
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Mu’awiya reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not be persistent in begging. By Allah, if one of you asks me for something and I bring out what he asked for and give it to him unwillingly, there is no blessing in it.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1038 Grade: Sahih …
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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The Prophet never forced the religion upon anyone, but rather he only fought those who waged war against him and fought him first. As for those who made peace with him or conducted a truce, then he never fought them and he never compelled them to …
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Ibn Shihab reported: The Caliph Abdul Malik ibn Marwan judged that a woman who was raped must be paid her dowry by the one who raped her. Malik said, “The issue among us concerning the man who rapes a woman, whether she is a virgin or not, is that he must pay her dowry if …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would present himself to people and he said, “Is there a man who can take me to his people? Verily, the Quraysh have prevented me from preaching the word of my Lord.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2925 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albanii عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ …
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Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say there is no God but Allah. If they say there is no God but Allah, then they will be granted protection from me for their lives and property, except by right …
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Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Malik ibn Anas, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: When Abu Ja’far Al-Mansur performed the pilgrimage, he called me, so I entered upon him and he spoke to me and he asked me questions and I replied. Then he said, “I am determined to have several copies made of these …
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Aisha reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, should women be asked for their consent before marriage?” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Yes.” I said, “Indeed, sometimes a virgin is too shy to speak when asked.” The Prophet said, “Her silence is her consent.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6946, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1420 …
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Khansa bint Khidam reported: Her father gave her in marriage when she was a divorcee, but she disliked her marriage. She came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he annulled their marriage. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5138 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari Ibn Hajar said, “Annulment of the marriage, …
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Jabir reported: Abdullah ibn Ubayy would say to his servant girl, “Go earn us something from prostitution.” Then, Allah Almighty revealed, “Do not compel your slave girls to prostitution if they desire chastity, seeking thereby the interests of worldly life. If someone compels them, Allah is forgiving and merciful to them after their compulsion.” (24:33) …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to a man, “Embrace Islam.” The man said, “I find that I dislike it.” The Prophet said, “Embrace Islam, even if you dislike it.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 12061 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ …
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Abu Musa reported: A man asked the Prophet, “A man may fight to be courageous, another may fight for zeal, and another may fight to show off. Which of these is fighting in the way of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “He who fights to raise the word …
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Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah has pardoned my nation for their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and what they are coerced into doing.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 2043 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When one of you calls upon Allah, let him be determined in the supplication and he should not say, ‘O Allah, give me if You will,’ for there is no one to coerce Allah.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6338, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2678 …
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