‘Iyad al-Ansari reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the declaration, ‘There is no God but Allah,’ has a noble status with Allah. It […]
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Ibn Abbas reported: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, dispatched his armies, he would say, “Go forth in the name of Allah and fight in
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‘Amr ibn al-Hamiq reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whenever a man promises safety for another man’s life and then kills him, I disavow
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Yahya ibn Sa’id reported: Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, dispatched armies to Syria and he said, “I give you ten instructions: Do not kill a woman, nor
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Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no undermining the sales of one another, nor undermining the marriages of one another.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ
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Thabit ibn al-Hajjaj reported: Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up among the people and praised and thanked Allah, then he said, “No doubt, do not kill
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever performs our prayer, faces our direction of prayer, and eats our slaughtered animals, they
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Isra’il Abi Musa reported: Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “What is Islam? It is that you surrender your heart to Allah Almighty, and that every Muslim
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Abu Huraira reported: The tribe of Al-Harith ibn ‘Amir had purchased Khubayb, may Allah be pleased with him, as a slave since he had killed Al-Harith during the battle of
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Aswad ibn Sari’ reported: I came with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and participated in the battle with him. I engaged in the skirmish that
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Ma’mar reported: Some residents of the peninsula told me that some people had embraced Islam, but it was not long until they became apostates. Maymun ibn Mihran wrote to Umar
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Yahya ibn Yahya reported: I wrote to Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, asking him about the verse, “Fight in the way of Allah those who
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Abu Salamah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “By Allah, if one of you were to give a gesture of safety to an idolater and
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‘Urwah ibn Ruwaym reported: I saw Abu Umamah al-Bahili, may Allah be pleased with him, greet with peace whomever he would meet among the Muslims and non-Muslim citizens. Abu Umamah
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Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad reported: He said, “O Messenger of Allah, if I confront an unbeliever and we fight each other and he severs one of my hands with his sword,
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Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever seeks refuge with you in the name of Allah, grant him refuge. Whoever asks you
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Ali ibn Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Medina is sacred from the mountain unto the end. Whoever innovates a heresy in
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Ibn Asakir reported: When Sa’d passed by Abu Sufyan with the banner of the Prophet on the day Mecca was liberated, he announced, “O Abu Sufyan! Today is a day
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Ibn Abbas reported: Abdullah ibn Sa’d ibn Abi Sarh would write for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, but the devil deceived him and he joined
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Nu’aym ibn Mas’ud reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, speaking to those who were reading the letter of the false prophet Musaylimah the
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