Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, when the Jews greet you, they say death be upon you, so say: And upon you.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6529 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari Ibn al-Qayyim said, “Some of the scholars said it was permissible to initiate the …
Hadith on Greetings: Responding to peace greetings or insults Read More »
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not make the prophets better than one another.” In another narration, the Prophet said, “Do not say that anyone is better than Jonah son of Mata, upon him be peace.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2281, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2374 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed …
Hadith on Prophets: Do not say a prophet is better than another Read More »
Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delayed the evening prayer, then he later came out to the mosque to find people waiting for the prayer. The Prophet said, “Are there none among the people of these religions remembering Allah at this hour besides you?” Then, Allah revealed these …
Hadith on Ahl Kitab: Among People of the Book are righteous believers Read More »
‘Afw ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Jews split into seventy-one sects, one of them is in Paradise and seventy are in the Hellfire. The Christians split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one are in the Hellfire and one of them is in Paradise. By the One in …
Hadith on Ummah: Only the Jama’ah will go to Paradise Read More »
Anas ibn Malik reported: A Jewish man passed by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Death be upon you!” The Prophet replied, “And upon you.” The Prophet then said to his companions, “Do you know what he said? He said: Death be upon you.” They said, “O Messenger …
Hadith on Patience: The Prophet does not harm those who insult him Read More »
Anas ibn Malik reported: Safiyyah hared that Hafsa referred to her as, “Daughter of a Jew!” So Safiyyah started crying. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered while she was crying and he said, “What makes you cry?” Safiyyah said, “Hafsa said about me that I am a daughter of Jew.” The Prophet …
Hadith on Pride: The Prophet rebukes Hafsa for insulting Safiyyah Read More »
‘Iyad ibn Himar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, my Lord has commanded me to teach you what you do not know, from what he has taught me this day, ‘All wealth I bestowed upon them is lawful. I have created all of My servants inclined to worship, …
Hadith on Fitrah: Humans born to worship, but Satan leads astray Read More »
Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, placed my chin on his shoulder so I could watch the Abyssinians playing until I felt tired and turned away. The Prophet said, “That the Jews may know that there is flexibility in our religion. Verily, I have been sent with a natural, lenient religion.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad …
Hadith on Fun: So the Jews know there is leniency in Islam Read More »
Anas ibn Malik reported: A Jewish woman came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with a poisoned sheep, and he ate from it. She was brought to him and he asked her about it. She said, “I want to kill you.” The Prophet said, “Allah has given you no authority over …
Hadith on Pardon: The Prophet forgives woman who poisoned him Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No child is born but that he is upon natural instinct. His parents make him a Jew, or a Christian, or Magian. As an animal delivers a child with limbs intact, do you detect any flaws?” Then, Abu Huraira recited the verse, “The …
Hadith on Fitrah: Every child born to believe in Allah Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “We are the last nation but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. They were given the book before us and we were given it after them. They disagreed about this day of Friday and Allah guided. Tomorrow is for the …
Hadith on Jumu’ah: Allah guides us to congregate on Friday Read More »
Abu Musa reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of Muslims, Jews, and Christians is that of a man who employed laborers to work for him from morning until night. They worked until the middle of the day and they said: We are not in need of your reward. The …
Hadith on Religions: Parable of Jews, Christians, and Muslims Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: None of the Jews or Christians heard of me but that they loved me. I desired for my mother to be upon Islam but she refused. I told her again but she refused again. I went to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and I said, “Supplicate to Allah for …
Hadith on Parents: Abu Huraira wins his mother to Islam Read More »
Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: A man from the Jews said, “O leader of the believers, there is a verse you recite in your book and, had it been revealed to us as Jews, we would have taken that day as a celebration.” Umar said, “Which verse is it?” The man recited the verse, “Today I …
Hadith on Arafat: This day I have completed your religion Read More »
Jabir reported: My father owed some dates to a Jew, but he was killed on the day of Uhud and he left behind two gardens. The dates owed to the Jew would take up everything in the two gardens. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Will you take half this year and …
Hadith on Blessings: These bounties you will be asked about Read More »
Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said during his illness from which he did not recover, “Allah has cursed the Jews and Christians, who have taken the graves of their prophets as places of worship.” Aisha said, “Were it not for that, his grave would have been in a …
Hadith on Idolatry: Those who made graves into places of worship Read More »
‘Adi ibn Hatim reported: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while I had a crucifix of gold around my neck. The Prophet said, “O ‘Adi! Remove this idol from yourself!” I heard him reciting the verse in Surat al-Tawbah, “They have taken their priests and rabbis as lords besides Allah.” …
Hadith on Tawhid: Some Jews and Christians take their leaders as gods Read More »
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 …
Hadith on Bid’ah: Muslims make same mistakes as previous nations Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: Two people, one Jewish and the other Muslim, fell into dispute and began to abuse one another. The Muslim said, “By the one who has chosen Muhammad above the worlds!” And the Jew said, “By the one who has chosen Moses above the worlds!” Then the Muslim slapped the face of the …
Hadith on Musa: Do not make Muhammad superior to Moses Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “By the one in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, none from this nation of Jews and Christians hears of me, and then dies without having faith in my message, but that he will be an inhabitant of Hellfire.” Source: …
Hadith on Faith: People of the Book who hear of Muhammad Read More »