Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Abu Hanifa, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The stories and gatherings of the scholars are more beloved to me than a great deal of law, for they have the best manners and character.” Source: Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm 582 عن ابن عبد البر عَنْ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ رحمه الله قَالَ الْحِكَايَاتُ عَنِ …
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Bishr ibn al-Harith reported: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The reasonable person is not one who merely recognizes good and evil. Rather, the reasonable person is only one who follows good when he sees it and avoids evil when he sees it.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 12893 عن بشر بن الحارث …
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Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Malik ibn Anas, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I am only a human being. I make mistakes and I am correct, so investigate my opinions. Whatever agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, take it. Whatever does not agree with them, abandon it.” Source: Jāmiʻ Bayān al-ʻIlm wa Faḍlihi …
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Yunus ibn Abdul ‘Ala reported: I said to Al-Shafi’i, may Allah be pleased with him, “Our companion Layth ibn Sa’d would say: If you see a man walking on water, do not be amazed by him until he shows that he follows the command of the Book and the Sunnah.” Al-Shafi’i said, “Even less, may …
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Salim reported: A man from Syria asked Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, about continuing after Umrah to Hajj. Ibn Umar said, “It is lawful.” The man said, “But your father prohibited it.” Ibn Umar said, “Is the command to follow my father or the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be …
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Aslam al-Qibti reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch, when a command or prohibition of mine comes to him and he says: I do not know, we only follow what we find in the Book of Allah.” Source: Sunan …
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Ali ibn Abi Talib reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would pray four cycles before afternoon prayer, separating them with the invocation of peace upon the favored angels and those who follow them among the Muslims and believers. Al-Tirmidhi said, “Ibrahim ibn Ishaq preferred not to separate the four before afternoon prayer, …
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‘Abis ibn Rabi’ah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, came to the black stone and he kissed it. Umar said, “Verily, I know you are only a stone with no power to harm or benefit me. Were it not that I saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kiss …
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Hudhayfah reported: We were sitting with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Verily, I do not know how much longer I will remain with you. After me, follow these two,” and the Prophet pointed to Abu Bakr and Umar. Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3663 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ رَضِيَ …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, recited the verse, “It is He who revealed the Book to you, in which are decisive verses that are the foundation of the Book, and others are ambiguous. As for those in whose hearts is deviance, they follow what is ambiguous from it, …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, recited the saying of Allah Almighty about Abraham, upon him be peace, “My Lord, the idols have misled many people, so whoever follows me is part of me,” (14:36). And the words of Jesus, upon him be peace, “If You punish them, they …
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‘Alqamah reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever would like to look at the testament upon which is the seal of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, let him recite these verses: Say: Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden, that you not associate any partners with …
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Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I have left you with two matters which will never lead you astray, as long as you hold to them: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of his Prophet.” Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 1661 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Abdul Barr عَنْ مَالِك أَنَّ …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “What comes over my nation will surely be what came over the children of Israel, step by step until if one of them fornicated with his mother, one from my nation would do the same. Verily, the children of Israel …
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Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Pray as you have seen me praying. When the time of prayer arrives, let one of you announce the call to prayer for you and then let the older of you leader the prayer.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5662, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 674 Grade: Muttafaqun …
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Abu Ja’far reported: When Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, heard a tradition from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he never added to it and he never fell short of it. Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 4 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رضي …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “You will surely follow the path of those before you, step by step and inch by inch. If they entered a lizard hole, you would follow.” We said, “O Messenger of Allah, do you mean the Jews and Christians?” The …
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Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, drew a line in the sand with his hand and he said, “This is the straight path of Allah.” Then, the Prophet drew lines to the right and left, saying, “These are other paths, and there is no path among them but that …
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Al-‘Irbad ibn Sariyah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed with us one day. Then, he faced us and delivered an eloquent sermon that brought tears to our eyes and hearts were shaken by it. It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, it is as if this is a farewell …
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Jundab ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is killed under the banner of blind following, who calls to tribalism or supports tribalism, then he has died upon ignorance.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1850 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ جُنْدَبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ …
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