Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Satan has a snout like that of a dog positioned over the son of Adam, reminding him of his lusts and his pleasures, bringing him vain hopes and bringing his whisperings to incite doubt in his Lord. When the …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear. Thus, leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Ṣaghīr lil-Ṭabarānī 32 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ …
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Abu Zumayl reported: I asked Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, saying, “What is this I find in my chest?” Ibn Abbas said, “If you find any doubt within yourself, then recite the verse: He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He has knowledge of all things.” …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever has the weight of an atom of faith in his heart will be taken out of the Hellfire.” Abu Sa’id said, “Thus, whoever is in doubt, let him recite the verse: Verily, Allah does no wrong even the weight of an …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I bear witness there is no God but Allah and I am the Messenger of Allah. A servant who meets Allah testifying to these two statements, without any doubt, will not be barred from Paradise.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 27 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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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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Maymunah reported: People had doubts about the fasting of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Arafat. She sent him a cup of milk while he was standing on the plain and he drank from it while the people were looking at him. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1888, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1124 …
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Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not ask about three people: a man who competes for the robe of Allah Almighty, for His robe is grandeur and His garment is might, a man who doubts in the matter of Allah, and one who despairs of …
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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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Al-Tabari reported: Abu Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Goodness is in peace of mind and evil is in doubt. Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt.” Source: Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī 67:15 عن الطبري وَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ رضي الله عنه الْخَيْرُ فِي طُمَأْنِينَةٍ وَالشَّرُّ فِي رِيبَةٍ فَذَرْ مَا يُرِيبُكَ …
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Asma’ bint Abi Bakr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It has been revealed to me that you will be put to trial in the grave, similar to the trial of the False Messiah. As for the believer or Muslim, he will say: Muhammad came to us with clear …
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Abu Sa’id reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If one of you doubts his prayer and does not know how much he has prayed, whether three or four cycles (raka’at), then let him put aside his doubt and act upon what he is certain of; then, perform two prostrations …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “We are more likely to doubt than Abraham, when he said: Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. Allah said: Do you not have faith? Abraham said: Of course, but rather to put my heart at rest.” (2:260) …
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Ibrahim al-Nakha’i reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “That I relax the legal punishments is more beloved to me than applying them with doubts.” Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 27926 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Sakhawi عَنْ إبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رضي الله عنه لَئِنْ أُعَطِّلُ الْحُدُودَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ أَحَبُّ …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Avoid applying legal punishments as long as you find an excuse to avoid them.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 2545 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Suyuti Al-Suyuti said, “A principle of law states that legal punishments are suspended by doubts.” Source: al-Ashbāh …
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Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are three persons you will not be asked about: a man who separates from the community and disobeys his leader and dies in a state of disobedience, a servant who abandons his master and then dies, and a woman …
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‘Atiyyah al-Sa’di reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The servant will not reach the level of the truly righteous until he leaves harmless things due to caution they might be harmful.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2451 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Tirmidhi عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ السَّعْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …
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‘Imran ibn Husayn reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever hears news of the False Messiah, let him flee from him. By Allah, a man will go to him considering himself a believer, but will instead follow him because of doubts he will present.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4319 …
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Abu Umamah reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, “What is faith?” The Prophet said, “If you are happy with your good deeds and saddened by your bad deeds, you are a believer.” The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is sin?” The Prophet said, “If something …
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Mughira ibn Shu’ba reported: When I came to Najran, the Christian monks asked me, “You recite the verse, ‘O sister of Aaron,’ (19:28) but Moses was born long before Jesus by many years.” When I came back to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I asked him about it and he …
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