Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the firmest handle of faith is loyalty for the sake of Allah, enmity for the sake of Allah, love for the sake of Allah, and hatred for the sake of Allah.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 11537 Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi …
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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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‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “One who recites the Quran publicly is like one who gives charity publicly, and one who recites privately is like one who gives charity privately.” Al-Tirmidhi said, “According to the scholars, the meaning is that private recital protects a man …
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Abu Bakr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “One is not a stubborn sinner if he sincerely seeks forgiveness from Allah, even if he were to do it seventy times in a day.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3559 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn Muflih عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ …
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Abdur Rahman ibn ‘Awf reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, there are three I would swear an oath upon. Charity does not decrease wealth, so give in charity. No servant forgives wrongdoing, by which he seeks the countenance …
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Usamah ibn Sharik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whatever Allah hates for you to do, then do not do it in private.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 1873 Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi (fair due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلى …
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Zayd ibn Thabit reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are three qualities by which malice cannot enter the heart of a Muslim: sincere deeds for Allah, good will to the leaders of the Muslims, and keeping to the united community. Verily, their call to Islam is protected behind …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever says there is no God but Allah sincerely, he will be admitted into Paradise.” Source: al-Du’ā’ li-Ṭabarāni 1478 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا …
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Ubayy ibn Ka’b reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, taught us to say when we entered the morning, “We have entered the morning upon the pure nature of Islam, the word of sincerity, the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and the religion of our …
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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas reported: On the day Mecca was liberated, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, granted general amnesty to all of the people except for four men and two women. They were ‘Ikramah ibn Abi Jahl, Abdullah ibn Khatal, Maqis ibn Subabah, and Abdullah ibn Sa’d. As for ‘Ikramah, …
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Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: I asked Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, about His saying, “Repent to Allah with sincere repentance,” (66:8). Umar said, “It is a servant who repents from a sin and never commits it again.” Source: Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī 23/107 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Hajar عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Shall I not tell you about the best of your men?” We said, “Of course, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet said, “The Prophet is in Paradise, the truthful are in Paradise, the martyrs are in Paradise, the child who dies is …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The one murdered will come with the scalp and head of his killer in his hand on the Day of Resurrection, his jugular vein flowing with blood and saying: O Lord! This one has killed me! And he will draw near to the …
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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 Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him, “O Abu Huraira, go forth and whomever you meet who testifies with conviction in his heart that there is no God but Allah, give him the glad tidings of Paradise.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 31 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I bear witness there is no God but Allah and I am the Messenger of Allah. A servant who meets Allah testifying to these two statements, without any doubt, will not be barred from Paradise.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 27 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, make what is within me better than my outward appearance and make my outward appearance righteous. O Allah, I ask You for the righteousness of what You give to people of property, family, and children without being misguided …
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Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “While three men were walking, they were overcome by rain and took refuge in a cave in a mountain. A boulder fell over the mouth of their cave, blocking them inside. One of them said to the others, ‘Look at …
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Ibn ‘Alawiyyah reported: Yahya ibn Mu’adh, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Piety has two types: outward piety and inward piety. As for the external, it is to not make any movement but for the sake of Allah. As for the internal, it is to not allow anything into the heart besides Allah Almighty.” …
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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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