Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever listens to a verse from the Book of Allah Almighty will have a multiplied reward. Whoever recites a verse will have a light on the Day of Resurrection.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 8494 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Suyuti عَنْ أَبِي …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Never is a servant struck by worry or grief but let him say, ‘O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your decision over me has …
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Sa’id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say, “O Allah, I ask You by the light of Your Face, which shines over the heavens and the earth, that you place me within Your fortress, Your protection, Your guardianship, and under Your shadow.” Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 29539 …
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Ibn Umar reported: He passed by a bedouin on a journey and the bedouin’s father had been a friend of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. Ibn Umar said to the bedouin, “Are you not his son?” The bedouin said, “Of course.” Ibn Umar ordered that he be given a donkey from his entourage, …
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Ibn Qudamah reported: Malik ibn Dinar, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about the reason for his repentance and he said: I was an officer and I was given to drinking wine. When half the night had passed in the month of Sha’ban, which was Friday night, I became drunk from wine and …
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Buraydah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Learn Surat al-Baqarah, for adhering to it is blessed, leaving it is sorrow, and the sorcerers cannot defeat it. Learn al-Baqarah and Ali ‘Imran, for they are both the brightly illuminated chapters coming on the Day of Resurrection as if they were …
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Abdullah ibn Hind reported: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Verily, faith begins like a fragment of white in the heart. Each time faith increases in magnitude, it increases that brightness. When he completes his faith, the entire heart is brightened. Verily, hypocrisy begins like a fragment in the heart. Each time hypocrisy …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the believer in his grave is within a green meadow. His grave welcomes him with seventy cubits of space and it is illuminated for him like the full moon on a clear night. Do you know why this verse was …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When the deceased is buried in his grave, two black and blue angels come to him. One of them is called Munkar and the other is called Nakir. They will both say: What do you say about this man? He will …
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Bakr ibn Abdullah reported: Talq ibn Habib, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Godfearing righteousness is to act in obedience to Allah upon a light from Allah, hoping in the mercy of Allah. Godfearing righteousness is to abandon disobedience to Allah upon a light from Allah, fearing the punishment of Allah.” Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq …
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Ibn Abbas reported: He spent the night with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he woke up. The Prophet cleansed his teeth, performed ablution, the call to prayer was announced, and he went out for the prayer while he was saying, “O Allah, place light in my heart and light …
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Shaqiq reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say often in his supplications, “Our Lord, set things right between us and guide us to the path of Islam. Save us from darkness and bring us to the light. Keep obscenities away from us, the outward and inward among them. Bless …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The angels were created from light, the jinn were created from a mixture of fire, and Adam was created as has been described for you.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2996 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …
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Jundub ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of the scholar who teaches people virtue but forgets himself, is that of a lamp giving people light while it burns itself.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 1681 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ …
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Abu Malik al-Ashari reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O people, listen, understand, and know that Allah Almighty has servants who are neither prophets, nor martyrs, yet the prophets and martyrs admire them for their position and closeness to Allah.” A man among the bedouins of a distant land came and …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah will have an audience on the Day of Resurrection, sitting on the right side of His Throne, and both sides are honored as the right. They will be upon pulpits of light and there will be light upon their faces, yet …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: A man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “O Messenger of Allah, instruct me.” The Prophet said, “You must fear Allah, for it is the sum of all good. You must wage jihad in the way of Allah, for it is the …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, bring our hearts together, reconcile between us, guide us to ways of peace, and deliver us from darkness into light. Keep us away from immorality, outwardly and inwardly, and bless us in our hearing, our seeing, our hearts, …
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Ibn al-Mubarak reported: Ja’far ibn Sulaiman, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Concern about the world is a darkness in the heart, and concern about the Hereafter is a light in the heart.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Ibn Abī Dunyā 543 عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ رحمه الله قَالَ هَمُّ الدُّنْيَا ظُلْمَةٌ فِي الْقَلْبِ …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty created His creation in darkness and He cast over them His light. Whoever is touched by that light is guided, and whoever misses it is led astray. Thus, I say the pens have been dried upon the …
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