Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Learn the Quran and use it to ask Allah for Paradise before people learn it to ask for the world. Verily, the Quran is learned for three reasons: a man who uses it to boast, a man who uses it …
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Sahl ibn Sa’d reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us while we were reciting the Quran to each other. The Prophet said, “All praise is due to Allah! The Book of Allah is one. Among you are those with brown skin, white skin, and black skin. Continue …
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Umm Salamah reported: She said, “O Messenger of Allah, Hisham ibn al-Mughirah used to feed the hungry, entertain the guest, uphold family ties, and free captives. Were Islam to have reached him, he would have embraced it. Will he be rewarded for any of it?” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Recite the Quran and seek Allah through it before some people come who merely sharpen its form as if it were an arrow, seeking reward in the world and not in the Hereafter.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 14855 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Our Lord will reveal His shin and every believing man and woman will prostrate to Him, but there will remain those who prostrated in the world for ostentation and respectability. They will try to prostrate, but their back will be as stiff …
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Ka’b ibn ‘Ujrah reported: A man passed by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah saw his endurance and vigor. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, if only this man was in the way of Allah!” The Prophet said, “If he goes out striving for his …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not acquire knowledge to impress the scholars, nor to argue with the fools, and do not seek the best seat in the gathering by it. Whoever does so, then to the Hellfire, the Hellfire!” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 254 Grade: Sahih …
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Damrah ibn Habib reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The voluntary prayer of a man in his house is greater than his voluntary prayer in front of people, just as the congregational prayer is better than the prayer of a man alone.” Source: Muṣannaf ‘Abd al-Razzāq 4835 Grade: Sahih …
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Suhayb ibn al-Nu’man reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The voluntary prayer of a man in his house is better than his prayer where people can see him, just as the prescribed prayers are better than the voluntary prayers.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 7322 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to …
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Al-Hasan reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say, “O Allah, make my deeds righteous, make them purely for Your sake, and do not let anyone else have a share of them.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 617 عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنه كَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَمَلِي صَالِحًا وَاجْعَلْهُ …
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Abu Talib al-Makki reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I was deprived of the night prayer for five months because of a sin I committed.” It was said, “What was it?” Sufyan said, “I saw a man weeping and I said to myself: This one is showing off.” Source: Qūt al-Qulūb …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Seek refuge in Allah from the pit of sorrow.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is the pit of sorrow?” The Prophet said, “It is a valley in Hell from which Hell itself seeks refuge one hundred times a day.” …
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Ubay ibn Ka’b reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Give glad tidings to this nation of honor, victory, and stability. Yet, whoever does a deed of the Hereafter for the sake of the world, he will have no share of it in the Hereafter.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 20717 Grade: Sahih (authentic) …
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Ibn Ghanam reported: Shaddad ibn Aws, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Verily, what I fear most for you people is what I heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, of hidden lusts and idolatry.” ‘Ubadah ibn al-Samit and Abu Darda said, “May Allah forgive! Did not the Prophet …
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Abdullah ibn Zayd reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, what I fear most for you after me is ostentation and hidden lusts,” meaning adultery. Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 6320 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani عن عبد الله بن زيد أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ …
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Abu Wa’il reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever acts to show off, Allah will show him off. Whoever acts to be heard, Allah will make him heard. Whoever lengthens himself to aggrandize himself, Allah will debase him. Whoever humbles himself reverently, Allah will raise him. Whoever was extravagant in the …
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Jundub reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever acts to be heard, Allah will make him heard. Whoever acts to show off, Allah will show him off. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6134, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2987 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim Al-Nawawi said, “The scholars …
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Al-Bukhari reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “If you intend to mention the faults of your companions, then remember your own faults.” Source: al-Adab al-Mufrad 328 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Bukhari Ibn Qudamah said, “Beware of being preoccupied with rectifying others before you rectify yourself. Busy yourself with rectifying your …
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Muhammad ibn Sa’d reported: Abu Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Seek refuge in Allah from the reverence of hypocrisy.” It was said, “What is the reverence of hypocrisy?” Abu Darda said, “It is that you see the body in reverence, but the heart is not reverent.” Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 6474 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ …
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Abu Nu’aym reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “You must be honest in all things. Beware of lying and treachery and sitting with those who commit them; it will all be a burden of sin. Beware, my brother, of ostentation in words and deeds, as it is a form of idolatry. …
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