Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are two practices no Muslim man preserves but that he will enter Paradise. Surely, they are both easy yet few act upon them. Glorify Allah at the end of every prayer ten times, praise Him ten times, and exalt …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah has not forbidden matters but that He knows you will be tempted towards them. Thus, I have taken it upon myself to prohibit you lest you fall into the Hellfire just like the falling of a moth or …
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Al-Munaydhir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever says when he awakens in the morning, ‘I am pleased with Allah as a Lord, with Islam as a religion, and with Muhammad as a prophet,’ then I am responsible for him and I will surely take him by the hand …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever says when he retires to his bed, ‘There is no God but Allah alone without any partners, to Him belong the dominion and praise and He is powerful over all things, there is no movement or might but in Allah, glory be …
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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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Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, a dream will come to pass in the manner it is interpreted. The parable of this is a man who raises his foot until he places it down. Thus, if one of you sees a dream, let him not speak about …
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Ibn Abbas reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “O Messenger of Allah, I saw while I was sleeping night as if I were praying behind a tree. I prostrated and the tree prostrated along with me. I heard it saying: O Allah, write a reward …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be a tribulation in which the one asleep is better than one lying down, the one lying down is better than the one sitting, the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better …
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Nafi’ reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in his dream on the night he was killed the following morning. The Prophet said, “O Uthman, break your fast with us tonight.” Then, he was killed while he was fasting. Source: Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah lil-Bayhaqī 7/48 Grade: …
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Shaddad ibn Aws reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim retires to his bed, reciting a chapter from the Book of Allah, but that Allah entrusts him to the care of an angel. Nothing will approach to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī …
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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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Al-Rabia’ ibn Sulayman reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I have not satiated myself for sixteen years, as I have cast fullness aside. For satiety puts heaviness in the body, hardens the heart, causes loss of intelligence, induces sleepiness, and weakens the performance of the worshiper.” Source: Ādāb al-Shāfiʻī wa Manāqibuh 1/78 …
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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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Ali reported: Fatimah complained about blisters on her hands from working the millstone and she asked for a servant. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Shall I not tell you what is better than you ask for? When both of you lay down to sleep, exalt Allah thirty-four times, glorify Allah thirty-three …
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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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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When one of you gets up from his bed and then returns to it, let him brush it off with the end of his garment three times, for he does not know what came to it after him. When he lies …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If one of you is frightened by a dream during sleep, let him say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger, His punishment, and the evil of His servants, from the insinuations of devils and …
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Al-Bara’ reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, if he intended to sleep, he would put his right hand under his cheek and say, “O Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 18631 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ …
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Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When a man retires to his bed, an angel and a devil rush to him. The angel says: End your day with good! The devil says: End your day with evil! If he remembers Allah and then falls sleep, the angel will …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, if he wanted to sleep while he was in a state of major ritual impurity, he would perform ablution. If he wanted to eat or drink, he would first wash his hands and then eat or drink. Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 258 Grade: Sahih …
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