Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Inspire your dying to declare there is no God but Allah, for whoever says there is no God but Allah as his last words at death, he will enter Paradise in time regardless of what he had committed beforehand.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ …
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Muhammad al-Kattani reported: Abu Sa’id al-Khazzaz, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Ruminating on a past moment is to lose a second moment.” Source: al-Zuhd al-Kabīr lil-Bayhaqī 480 عن حَمَّد بْن عَلِيٍّ الْكَتَّانِي قال قال أبو سَعِيدٍ الْخَزَّاز رحمه الله الِاشْتِغَالُ بِوَقْتٍ مَاضٍ تَضْيِيعُ وَقْتٍ ثَانٍ 480 الزهد الكبير للبيهقي فصل آخر في قصر …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Hour will not be established until time passes rapidly, such that a year is like a month, a month is like a week, a week is like a day, a day is like an hour, and an hour is …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do good deeds in the time that you have and take advantage of the moments of gentle breeze from the mercy of Allah. Verily, Allah has moments of gentle breeze from his mercy that he sends upon whomever he wills …
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‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from an evil day, from an evil night, from an evil moment, from an evil companion, and from an evil neighbor in the final abode.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 17/294 Grade: Hasan …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Fasting the month of patience, Ramadan, and three days from every month is like fasting the entire year.” Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 2408 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرُ الصَّبْرِ …
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Abu Madinah reported: Whenever two men among the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would meet, they would not part until one of them recited to the other, “By the time, surely mankind is in loss,” (103:1) and the other would bid him farewell with peace. Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ 5120 Grade: Sahih …
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Abu Burdah reported: Abdullah ibn Umar said to me, “Have you heard anything narrated by your father from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about the special moment on Friday?” I said, “Yes. I heard him narrate that the Messenger of Allah said: It is the moment between the beginning of …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned the day of Friday and he said, “In it is an hour in which no Muslim stands to pray and ask Allah for something but that he will be given it,” and he indicated with his hand that the time is very …
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Uthman reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim attends a prescribed prayer and performs its ablution, reverence, and bowing in the best manner, but that it will be an expiation for his previous sins as long as he did not commit a major sin, and this applies at all …
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Abdullah ibn al-Sa’ib reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would pray four cycles after the decline of the sun before noon prayer and he would say, “Verily, there is an hour in which the gates of heaven are opened and I love that my good deeds ascend during it.” Source: …
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Abu Qatadah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about fasting the day of Arafat and he said, “It will expiate the sins of the previous and upcoming years.” Then, the Prophet was asked about fasting the day of Ashura and he said, “It will expiate the sins of the past year.” …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are no days greater and more beloved to Allah than these ten days of Dhul Hijjah, so increase in them your declaration of the oneness of Allah, your exaltation of Him, and your praise of Him.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 5446 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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Abu Khirash al-Sulami reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever boycotts his brother for a year, it is as if he has shed his blood.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4915 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi عَنْ أَبِي خِرَاشٍ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ مَنْ هَجَرَ أَخَاهُ سَنَةً فَهُوَ كَسَفْكِ دَمِهِ …
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Abu Salamah reported: Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “I had to make up some fasts I missed during the month of Ramadan, but I was unable to do so until the month of Sha’ban as I was busy with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1950, …
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Thawban reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Fasting the month of Ramadan is like ten months of fasting and fasting six days of Shawwal is like two months of fasting. Thus, they are like fasting for a year.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah 2115 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ …
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Abu Ayyub reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, it will be as if he has fasted for the entire year.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1164 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your riches before your poverty, your free time before your work, and your life before your death.” Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 9767 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are two blessings which many people waste: health and free time.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6412 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah Almighty said: The son of Adam abuses me. He curses time and I am time, for in my hand are the night and day.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4549, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2246 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and …
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