Ibn Abbas reported: On the day the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, buried Sa’d ibn Mu’adh, he was sitting over his grave and he said, “If anyone were to be saved from the trial of the grave, it would have been Sa’d ibn Mu’adh. He was given a mighty squeezing, but then he …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Soon there will come a time in which the people are sifted and only the dregs of humanity remain, their covenants and trusts are disordered, and they are set against each other.” They said, “How should we be, O Messenger …
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Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trials and punishment of the Hellfire, from the trials and punishment of the grave, from the evil of the trials of wealth, and from the evil of the trials of poverty. O Allah, I …
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Abu al-‘Ala’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah will put His servant to trial in what He gives him. Whoever is content with what Allah has apportioned for him, then Allah will bless him in it and expand it. Whoever is not content, he will never be …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, a man may have a rank with Allah that he does not achieve by his good deeds. Thus, Allah continues to put him to trial with what he hates until he reaches the rank destined for him.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn …
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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas reported: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Shall I not tell you of something by which a man among you can supplicate to relieve the hardships or trials of the world when they descend?” They said, “Of course!” The Prophet …
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Abu Bakr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Afflictions, diseases, and sadness in the world are a recompense for sins.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 8/119 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَصَائِبُ وَالْأَمْرَاضُ وَالْأَحْزَانُ فِي الدُّنْيَا جَزَاءٌ 8/119 …
Hadith on Sins: Believers recompensed in the world for their sins Read More »
Abu Malik al-Ash’ari reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah has protected you from three calamities: that your Prophet supplicate against you and thus you all perish, that the people of falsehood prevail over the people of truth, and that you would unite upon misguidance.” Source: Sunan Abī …
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Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No believing man or woman, nor Muslim man or woman, is afflicted with illness but that Allah will curtail some of their sins.” Source: al-Adab al-Mufrad 508 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ …
Hadith on Trials: Expiation of sins due to sickness Read More »
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The most severely tested are the prophets and then the righteous. One of them would be tested with poverty until he could find nothing to cover himself but a cloak. One of them would rejoice in a trial just as …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Woe to the Arabs for an evil tribulation approaching like darkest part of the night! A man will wake up as believer but by evening will be an unbeliever. People will sell their religion for some pitiful gains in the world. …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there were three among the children of Israel whom Allah Almighty intended to test: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. He sent an angel to them and he came to the leper, saying: What would you love …
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Zayd ibn Thabit reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, this nation will be put to trial in their graves. Were it not that you would stop burying each other, I would have called upon Allah to make you hear the punishment of the grave as I hear it.” Then, the …
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Abu al-Tufayl reported: It was said to Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, “Who are the dead among the living?” Hudhayfah said, “Those who do not recognize good in their hearts and do not reject evil in their hearts.” Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 37577 عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ قِيلَ لِحُذَيْفَةَ رضي الله عنه …
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Ibn ‘Asakir reported: ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, may Allah be pleased with him, said to his son, “My son, memorize what I instruct you: a just leader is better than abundant rain, a predatory lion is better than an oppressive leader, and an oppressive and tyrannical leader is better than an everlasting tribulation.” Source: Tārīkh Dimashq …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, no prophet came before me but that it was a duty upon him to guide his nation to what he knew was good for them and to warn them of what he knew was evil for them. This nation …
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Thawban reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Soon the nations will be summoned to you just like one is invited to a feast.” It was said, “Will we be few in that day?” The Prophet said, “No, rather, you will be many in that day, but you will be …
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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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Anas ibn Malik reported: It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, when should we abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When there appears among you the same as the nations which came before you.” We said, “O Messenger of Allah, what appeared among the …
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Jubayr ibn Mut’im reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty will put His servant to trial by illness until his every sin is expiated.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 1548 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ …
Hadith on Trials: Allah expiates sins with disease and sickness Read More »