Al-Qayrawani reported: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The prophetic Hadith cause misguidance, except for the scholars of Fiqh.” Source: al-Jāmi’ fī al-Sunan wal-Ādāb 1/118 عن القيرواني قال سفيان بن عيينة رحمه الله الحديث مَضِلَّة إلا للفقهاء 1/118 الجامع في السنن والآداب والمغازي والتاريخ
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah will not let my nation agree upon misguidance. The hand of Allah is over the united community.” Al-Tirmidhi said, “The interpretation of the united community, according to the scholars, are the people of Fiqh, knowledge, and Hadith.” Source: Sunan …
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Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’i reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to them one day and he said, “Rejoice! Do you not witness that there is no God but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah?” They said yes. The Prophet said, “Verily, this Quran is a rope. One …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I asked my Lord a question I wish I had not asked. I said: O Lord, there were messengers before me, among them those for whom you subordinated the wind and among them those who resurrected the dead. Allah said: Did …
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‘Ammar ibn Yasar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, by Your knowledge of the Unseen and Your power over the creation, give me life as long as You know life is good for me and take me away if You know passing is better for me. O …
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Hisham ibn ‘Amir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim to boycott another Muslim for longer than three nights. Verily, they are both diverting from the truth as long as they are divided. The first of them to return will have his sin …
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Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman reported: The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about good, but I would ask about evil for fear it would overtake me. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, we were in ignorance and evil and Allah sent us this good. Will there be evil …
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Umm Salamah reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, how often you supplicate saying: O Turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Umm Salamah, there is no human but that his heart is between the fingers of Allah. Whoever …
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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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Al-Qurtubi reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Do not say: O Allah, fortify me from trials. Indeed, not one of you returns to his family and children but that it is included among the trials. Rather, say: O Allah, I seek refuge in you from trials of misguidance.” Source: Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī …
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Abu Barzah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, among what I fear most for you are seductive temptations in your stomachs and passions, and the misguidance of whims.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 19787 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ مِمَّا …
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Jubayr ibn Mut’am reported: We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Do you not bear witness that there is no God but Allah without any partner, that I am the messenger of Allah, and that the Quran has come from Allah?” We said, “Of course.” The Prophet said, …
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Abu Idris reported: Mu’adh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I warn you of the deviation of the wise man, for Satan can speak a word of misguidance through the wise man and the hypocrite can speak the truth. Thus, accept the truth for upon the truth is light.” They said, “How …
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Umm Salamah reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, will you not teach me a supplication with which I can pray for myself?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Say: O Allah, Lord of the Prophet Muhammad, forgive my sins, remove the anger in my heart, and protect me from …
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Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Narrate to people only what they can understand. Do you want them to deny Allah and his messenger?” Abu Hisham said, “I never narrated anything people did not understand but that it led them astray.” Source: Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm 615 عن ابن …
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Umm Salamah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would say when leaving the house, “In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah. O Allah, we seek refuge in you from misstepping or being led astray, from wronging or being wronged, from abusing or being abused.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3427 Grade: Sahih …
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Al-Awza’i reported: Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If you see people meeting in secret for their religion to the exclusion of the public, then know that they are establishing misguidance.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 5/388 عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ رحمه الله إِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا يَتَنَاجَوْنَ فِي …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When you see my nation afraid to tell the oppressor that he is an oppressor, they have been forsaken.” Source: Musnad Ahmad 6784 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ahmad Shakir عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …
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Suhayb reported: When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, intended to enter a town, he would say, “O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and what they overshadow, Lord of the seven earths and what they cover, Lord of the devils and who they lead astray, Lord of the winds and what they …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would praise Allah in his sermon, as He deserves to be praised, and then he would say, “Whomever Allah guides, no one can lead him astray. Whomever Allah sends astray, no one can guide him. The truest word is the Book …
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