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039.023 Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message

in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeating (its teaching in

various aspects): the skins of those who fear their Lord tremble thereat;

then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration of Allah's

praises. Such is the guidance of Allah: He guides therewith whom He

pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have none to guide.

May Allah Blessed Those people with His Mercy and Grace,

Whosoever read this collections of Hadiths and Seek Allah Mercy and Grace on

The compiler of this collection that is: Mohammad Sajjad bin Mohammad Sulaiman.




Preface

All praises be to ALLAH, the lord of universe and creator of

every living thing that exist in our knowledge and that is beyond our

knowledge. May ALLAH bestow his grace and mercy on his beloved

messenger Muhammad and his companions and his followers who

accepted his message and declare the unity of ALLAH and religion as

ISLAM with the submission of their will towards the almighty Allah.

The following compilation comprises a collection of Verse from

the Holy Book Al-Quran, The direct words of ALLAH that are reveal to

our messenger of ALLAH (Muhammad). It is a message that is given

to human-kind as a guide to get peace in life and hereafter.

Human beings are too smarts in making decision for any kind

of purposes that get them in action. Nowadays we are well equipped

with Computers, Books of all topics, and wisdom of great people that

contributed to our progression and advancement of daily life.

There are two different versions of human exists! One who is

too sentimental and the other ruthless, both of these agree upon

some supernatural forces and some kind of eternal power that exist

somewhere in their knowledge. These supernatural forces play some

kind of roles in our day to day life in positive or negative ways.

One of the existing groups of human believes that there is one

very powerful entity that creates, that destroy, and that has power

to do anything. The other group think for every event that takes

place with them or on their surrounding are just happen without

anybody involvements. It is just a matter of co-incidents. From very

long time people taught different things about these matters, some

people also ignore this matter as just useless topic and it is just

waste of time.

Coming to the point, the very first question that we have to answer

at this crucial moment is “WHO AM I?”

Related the above question, there are other questions such as:

1. Who am I?

2. Who created me?

3. What are the gifted things available with me that make me

distinct to other surrounding spices?

4. If I born to my parents, then who created the first human?

5. Who created all that exist in our surroundings?

6. Why I need to conform that there is some existence that

controls my whole life according to its own desire nature?

7. What is religion, how the religion got themselves establish

in this world?

8. If agreed to one religion, how to conform it is the true

religion that I should adapt and follow till my last breathe?




9. Every religion claims that! there is one supreme power

called as GOD, what is the concept of God, and how to

identify a GOD?

10. How should I trace my self and Identify who am I?

All the above questions are very much less as compare to a list

of such highly complicated collection that arise in our day to day life.

Such type of question usually encounters us on many

occasions but simply we get it ignored. Take it seriously and try to

answer the first question itself.

Who am I? Can you just imagine what it actually means? This

self centric question need to answer in volumes of books and it is not

going to convince anyone. If this question is posed to the creator of

the universe and all that exists within it, what will be the outcome;

could it be ambiguous or it could be convincing one.

Let us see what the holy Al-Quran has to say:

1. 020.014 "Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So

serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for

celebrating My praise.

2. 002.028 How can ye reject the faith in Allah? - seeing

that ye were without life, and He gave you life; then will

He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life; and

again to Him will ye return.

3. 002.029 It is He Who hath created for you all things that

are on earth; moreover His design comprehended the

heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the seven

firmaments; and of all things He hath perfect

knowledge.

4. 002.030 Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will

create a vicegerent on earth." They said: "Wilt Thou

place therein one who will make mischief therein and

shed blood? - whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and

glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye

know not."

5. 015.028 Behold! Thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about

to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded

into shape;

6. 015.029 "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion)

and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in

obeisance unto him."




7. 032.009 But He fashioned him in due proportion, and

breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave

you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and

understanding): little thanks do ye give!

8. 032.010 And they say: "What! When we lie, hidden and

lost, in the earth, shall we indeed be in a Creation

renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting with their Lord.

9. 025.054 It is He Who has created man from water: then

has He established relationships of lineage and

marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).

10. 040.067 It is He Who has created you from dust then

from a sperm-drop, then from a leech-like clot; then

does he get you out (into the light) as a child: then lets

you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; then lets

you become old,- though of you there are some who die

before;- and lets you reach a Term appointed; in order

that ye may learn wisdom.

11. 040.068 It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He

decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is.

12. 057.028 O ye that believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His

Messenger, and He will bestow on you a double portion

of His Mercy: He will provide for you a Light by which ye

shall walk (straight in your path), and He will forgive you

(your past): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

13. 003.006 He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He

pleases. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might,

the Wise.

The above mention Verses of Al-Quran according to Muslim

community: it is words of God and that are reveal to his Messenger

Muhammad (pbuh), now this book is available in every corner of

world, and it is kept as original as it is been reveal, without any

modification and it is never been alter by any one and it is going to

be so till the last day of this existence of world.

Read the above verses carefully, try to understand what

actually they means to you, Did you ever heard of such type of

sentences(verses) in any book, or from any person. They are unique

to Al-Quran, there is no such thing exists anywhere because these




are the command of ALLAH, that are reveal in the form of words so

that the slaves of Allah can submit their will to the almighty.

Each verse of Al-Quran has its own understanding; it has the

power to melt down a ruthless heart to drops of water.

All the above Thirteen Verses of Al-Quran will deliver you a

great message of Guidance so that you will find the Straight path to

travel and achieve real success in this existing world and hereafter.

For further answer and in depth understanding for the above

questions you can contact to us at

[email protected].

I am always grateful to the almighty, because he has chosen

his humble servant to serve this honourable work to make a

collection of Hadiths of his beloved messenger Muhammad (pbuh). It

is a unique collection of FORTY Hadiths of the holy prophet

Muhammad (pbuh). There selection is done randomly, each Hadith

represent a purpose. Try to understand it in depth.

All the collection of Hadiths are taken from Bukhari, Muslim,

and Muwtah-e-Imam Malik. Kindly read them with clean body so

that you will purify your soul also.

Yours’ Believer Brother,




A collection of Hadiths of Prophets Muhammad (pbuh)

By

Professor Mohammad Sajjad

Hadith no: 1

Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar: Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the

following) five (principles):

1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and

Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.

2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully

and perfectly.

3. To pay Zakat. (i.e. obligatory charity)

4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)

5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.

Hadith no: 2

Narrated By Malik bin Sasaa: The Prophet said, "While I was at the House

in a state midway between sleep and wakefulness, (an angel recognized

me) as the man lying between two men. A golden tray full of wisdom and

belief was brought to me and my body was cut open from the throat to the

lower part of the abdomen and then my abdomen was washed with Zam-

Zam water and (my heart was) filled with wisdom and belief. Al-Buraq, a

white animal, smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought

to me and I set out with Gabriel. When I reached the nearest heaven.

Gabriel said to the heaven gate-keeper, 'Open the gate.' The gatekeeper

asked, 'Who is it?' He said, 'Gabriel.' The gate-keeper,' Who is

accompanying you?' Gabriel said, 'Muhammad.' The gate-keeper said, 'Has

he been called?' Gabriel said, 'Yes.' Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What

a wonderful visit his is!' Then I met Adam and greeted him and he said,

'You are welcomed O son and a Prophet.' Then we ascended to the second

heaven. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel said, 'Gabriel.' It was said, 'Who is

with you?' He said, 'Muhammad' It was asked, 'Has he been sent for?' He

said, 'Yes.' It was said, 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful visit his is!"

Then I met Jesus and Yahya (John) who said, 'You are welcomed, O brother

and a Prophet.' Then we ascended to the third heaven. It was asked, 'Who

is it?' Gabriel said, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is with you? Gabriel said,

'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been sent for?' 'Yes,' said Gabriel. 'He is

welcomed. What a wonderful visit his is!' (The Prophet added:). There I

met Joseph and greeted him, and he replied, 'You are welcomed, O brother

and a Prophet!' Then we ascended to the 4th heaven and again the same

questions and answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I

met Idris and greeted him. He said, 'You are welcomed O brother and

Prophet.' Then we ascended to the 5th heaven and again the same

questions and answers were exchanged as in previous heavens. there I met

and greeted Aaron who said, 'You are welcomed O brother and a Prophet".




Then we ascended to the 6th heaven and again the same questions and

answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met and

greeted Moses who said, 'You are welcomed O brother and. a Prophet.'

When I proceeded on, he started weeping and on being asked why he was

weeping, he said, 'O Lord! Followers of this youth who was sent after me

will enter Paradise in greater number than my followers.' Then we

ascended to the seventh heaven and again the same questions and

answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met and

greeted Abraham who said, 'You are welcomed o son and a Prophet.' Then

I was shown Al-Bait-al-Ma'mur (i.e. Allah's House). I asked Gabriel about it

and he said, This is Al Bait-ul-Ma'mur where 70,000 angels perform prayers

daily and when they leave they never return to it (but always a fresh batch

comes into it daily).' Then I was shown Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. a tree in the

seventh heaven) and I saw its Nabk fruits which resembled the clay jugs of

Hajr (i.e. a town in Arabia), and its leaves were like the ears of elephants,

and four rivers originated at its root, two of them were apparent and two

were hidden. I asked Gabriel about those rivers and he said, 'The two

hidden rivers are in Paradise, and the apparent ones are the Nile and the

Euphrates.' Then fifty prayers were enjoined on me. I descended till I met

Moses who asked me, 'What have you done?' I said, 'Fifty prayers have

been enjoined on me.' He said, 'I know the people better than you, because

I had the hardest experience to bring Bani Israel to obedience. Your

followers cannot put up with such obligation. So, return to your Lord and

request Him (to reduce the number of prayers.' I returned and requested

Allah (for reduction) and He made it forty. I returned and (met Moses) and

had a similar discussion, and then returned again to Allah for reduction and

He made it thirty, then twenty, then ten, and then I came to Moses who

repeated the same advice. Ultimately Allah reduced it to five. When I came

to Moses again, he said, 'What have you done?' I said, 'Allah has made it

five only.' He repeated the same advice but I said that I surrendered (to

Allah's Final Order)'" Allah's Apostle was addressed by Allah, "I have

decreed My Obligation and have reduced the burden on My slaves, and I

shall reward a single good deed as if it were ten good deeds."

Hadith no: 3

Narrated By 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas : Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that

Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a

caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria,

Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when Allah's Apostle had truce

with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions

went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them in the court and

he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his

translator who, translating Heraclius's question said to them, "Who

amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet?"

Abu Sufyan replied, "I am the nearest relative to him (amongst the group)."

Heraclius said, "Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his

companions stand behind him." Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his




translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to

me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that if I told a lie they (my

companions) should contradict me." Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah! Had I

not been afraid of my companions labelling me a liar, I would not have

spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me about

him was:

'What is his family status amongst you?'

I replied, 'He belongs to a good (noble) family amongst us.'

Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same

(i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?'

I replied, 'No.'

He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?'

I replied, 'No.'

Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?'

I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.'

He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day by day)?'

I replied, 'They are increasing.'

He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion

become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?'

I replied, 'No.'

Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim

(to be a Prophet)?'

I replied, 'No. '

Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?'

I replied, 'No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will

do in it.' I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except

that.

Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?'

I replied, 'Yes.'

Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?'




I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.'

Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?'

I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship

anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said.

He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good

relations with our Kith and kin.'

Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you

about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble

family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families amongst their

respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you

claimed such a thing, your reply was in the negative. If the answer had

been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man was following

the previous man's statement. Then I asked you whether anyone of his

ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it had been in

the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take back

his ancestral kingdom.

I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he said

what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a

person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah.

I, then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor. You

replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the Apostle

have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether

his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were

increasing, and in fact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in all

respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after

embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your

reply was in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its

delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you

whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the

Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You

replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to

worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to worship idols and

ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and to be chaste. If what you have

said is true, he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I

knew it (from the scriptures) that he was going to appear but I did not

know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him definitely, I

would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him, I would certainly

wash his feet.' Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah's

Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who

forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as

follows: "In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is)

from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler

of Byzantine. Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. Furthermore I

invite you to Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will be safe, and Allah

will double your reward, and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will




be committing a sin by misguiding your Arisiyin (peasants). (And I recite to

you Allah's Statement:)

'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we

worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him,

and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then, if they

turn away, say: Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have

surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).

Abu Sufyan then added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech and had

read the letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we

were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of

Ibn-Abi-Kabsha) (the Prophet Muhammad) has become so prominent that

even the King of Bani Al-Asfar (Byzantine) is afraid of him. Then I started to

become sure that he (the Prophet) would be the conqueror in the near

future till I embraced Islam (i.e. Allah guided me to it)."

The sub narrator adds, "Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of ilya' (Jerusalem)

and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn An-Natur

narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya' (Jerusalem), he got up

in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was

in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied, 'At

night when I looked at the stars, I saw that the leader of those who practice

circumcision had appeared (become the conqueror). Who are they who

practice circumcision?' The people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody

practices circumcision, so you should not be afraid of them (Jews).

'Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country.'

While they were discussing it, a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to

convey the news of Allah's Apostle to Heraclius was brought in. Having

heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the people to go and see whether

the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people, after seeing him,

told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then asked him about the

Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice circumcision.'

(After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the 'Arabs had

appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was as

good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. (a town in

Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his

friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the

Prophet and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all

the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they

assembled, he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he

came out and said, 'O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek

right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of

allegiance to this Prophet (i.e. embrace Islam).'

(On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the gates of the

palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius realized their




hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing Islam,

he ordered that they should be brought back in audience.

(When they returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the

strength of your conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated

before him and became pleased with him, and this was the end of

Heraclius's story (in connection with his faith).

Hadith no: 4

Narrated By Abu Huraira: One day while the Prophet was sitting in the

company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is

faith?" Allah's Apostle replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the)

meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection." Then he

further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To worship Allah

Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the compulsory

charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan." Then

he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To

worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of

devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he

further asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle

replied, "The answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I

will inform you about its portents.

1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.

2. When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with

others in the construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five

things which nobody knows except Allah.

The Prophet then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone) is the knowledge of

the Hour..." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the Prophet asked his

companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then the Prophet

said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion." Abu

'Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of faith.

Hadith no: 5

Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim made

his will and counselled his son, saying, "My son! Sit with the learned men

and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts with the light of

wisdom as Allah gives life to the dead earth with the abundant rain of the

sky."

Hadith no: 6

Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddlq came to the residence of my

father ('Azib) and bought a haudaj from him and said to 'Azib: Send your

son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry

it (for him). So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr)

my father in order to fetch its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu




Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on the night when you set out on a

journey along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said:

We set out during the night and went on walking until it was noon, and the

path was vacant and so none passed by that (until) there appeared

prominently before us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun

did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I then went to the

rock and levelled the ground with my hands at the place where the Holy

Prophet (may peace be upon him) would take rest under its shade. I then

set the bedding and said: Allah's Messenger, go to sleep and I shall keep a

watch around you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a

shepherd moving towards that rock with his flock and he intended what

we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and said to him: Young boy, to

which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from Medina. I said, is

there any milk in the udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took

hold of a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be

free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking his hand upon the

other (to give an indication) how he did that. He milked the goat for me in

a wooden cup which he had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I

kept water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to Allah's

Apostle (may peace be upon him) and did not like to awaken him from

sleep but he was accidentally startled from the sleep. I poured water upon

the milk (till It was cold) and I said: Allah's Messenger, take this milk. He

then took It and I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not

the time to march on? I said: Of course. So he marched on after the sun

had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been

walking on soft, level ground. I said: Allah's Messenger, we are about to be

overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with

us. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) cursed him and his

horse sank into the earth. I think he also said: I know you have hurled curse

upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an oath that I shall turn

everyone away who would come in search of you. So he (Allah's

Messenger) supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to

everyone he met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he diverted

everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise.

Al-Bara' reported: Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for thirteen

dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration of Uthman

b. 'Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b. Malik) drew near Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him), and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his

camel sank in the earth up to the belly and he jumped from that and said:

Muhammad, I am fully aware of It that it is your doing. Supplicate Allah

that He should rescue me from it in which I am (pitchforked) and I give you

a solemn pledge that I shall keep this as a secret from all those who are

coming after me. Take hold of an arrow out of it (quiver) for you will find

my camels and my slaves at such and such place and you can get whatever

you need (on showing this arrow). He (the Holy Prophet) said: I don't need

your camels. And we (the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr) came to Medina

during the night and the people began to contend as to where Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) should reside and he encamped in the

tribe of Najjar who were related to 'Abd ul-Muttalib from the side of




mother. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) honoured them, then

people climbed upon house-top and women also and boys scattered in the

way, and they were all crying: Muhammad, Messenger of Allah,

Muhammad, Messenger of Allah.

Hadith no: 7

'Ubadab. Walid b. Samit reported: I and my father set out in search of

knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the

Companions of the Holy Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet

Abu Yasar, a Companion of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)

and there was a young man with him who carried the record of letters with

him and there was a mantle prepared by the tribe of Ma'afiri upon him.

And his servant too had a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My father said to him:

My uncle, I see the signs of anger or that of agony on your face. He said:

Yes, such and such person, the son of so and so, of the tribe of Harami

owed me a debt. I went to his family, extended salutations and said:

Where is he? They said: He is not here. Then came out to me his son who

was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him: Where is your father? He

said: No sooner did he hear your sound than he hid himself behind my

mother's bedstead. I said to him: Walk out to me, for I know where you

are. He came out. I said to him: What prompted you to hide yourself from

me? He said: By God, whatever I would say to you would not be a lie. By

Allah, I fear that I should tell a lie to you and in case of making promise

with you I should break it, as you are the Companion of Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him). The fact is that I was hard up in regard to

money. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do

you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by

Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. Then he brought his promissory note and

he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and said: Make payment when you

find yourself solvent enough to pay me back; if you are not, then there is

no liability upon you. These two eyes of mine saw, and he (Abu'I-Yasar)

placed his fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of mine heard and my

heart retained, and he pointed towards his heart that Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him) said: He who gives time to one who is financially

hard up (in the payment of debt) or writes off his debt, Allah will provide

him His shadow. I said to him: My uncle, if you get the cloak of your

servant and you give him your two clothes, or take his two clothes of

Ma'afir and give him your cloak, then there would be one dress for you and

one for him.

He wiped my head and said: O Allah, bless the son of my brother. O, son of

my brother, these two very eyes of mine saw and these two ears of mine

listened to and this heart of mine retained this, and he pointed towards the

heart that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Feed them

(the servants) and clothe them (the servants) what you wear, and if I give

him the goods of the world, it is easy for me than this that he should take

my virtues on the Day of Resurrection. We went on till we came to Jabir b.

Abdullah in the mosque and he was busy in observing prayer in one cloth

which he had joined at its opposite ends. I made my way through the




people till I sat between him and the Qibla and I said: May Allah have

mercy upon you. Do you observe prayer with one cloth on your body

whereas your mantle is lying at your side? He pointed me with his hand

towards my breast just like this and he separated his fingers and bent them

in the shape of a bow. And (he said): I thought that a fool like you should

come to me so that he should see me as I do and he should then also do

like it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to us in this very

mosque and he had in his hand the twig of the palm-tree and he saw

mucus towards the Qibla of the mosque and he erased it with the help of

the twig. He then came to us and said: Who amongst you likes that Allah

should turn His face away from him? We were afraid. He then again said:

Who amongst you likes that Allah should turn His face away from him? We

were afraid. He again said: Who amongst you likes that Allah should turn

His face away from him? We said: Allah's Messenger, none of us likes it.

And he said: If one amongst you stands for prayer, Allah, the Exalted and

Glorious, is before him he should not spit in front of him, or on his right

side, but should spit on his left side beneath his left foot and if he is

impelled to do so all of a sudden (in spite of himself) he should then spit in

his cloth and fold it in some part of it. (and he further said: ) Bring some

sweet-smelling thing. A young man who belonged to our tribe stood up,

went and brought scent in his palm. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon

him) took that and applied it to the end of that twig and then touched the

place where there had been mucus. Jabir said: This is why you should apply

scent to your mosques.

It is reported on the same authority: We set out along with Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) on an expedition of Batn Buwat. He

(the Holy Prophet) was in search of al-Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani. (We had so

meagre equipment) that five. six or seven of us had one camel to ride and

so we mounted it turn by turn. Once there wan. the turn of an Ansari to

ride upon the camel. He made it kneel down to ride over it (and after

having. mounted it), he tried to raise it up but it hesitated. So he said. May

there be curse of Allah upon you! Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) said: Who is there to curse his camel? He said: Allah's

Messenger, it' is I. Thereupon he said: Get down from the camel and let us

not have in our company the cursed one. Don't curse your own selves, nor

your children. nor your belongings. There is the possibility that your curse

may synchronies with the time when Allah is about to confer upon you

what you demand and thus your prayer may be readily responded.

It is reported on the same authority: We set out on an expedition along

with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) until it was evening, and

we had been near a. water reservoir of Arabia. Allah's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) said: Who would be the person who would go ahead

and set right the reservoir and drink water himself and serve us with it?

Jabir said: I stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, it is I who am ready to do

that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Who is

the person to accompany Jabir? And then Jabbar b. Sakhr stood up. So we

went to that well and poured in that tank a bucket or two of water and

plastered it with clay and then began to fill it (with water) until it was filled




to the brim. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the first who

appeared before us, and he said: Do you (both) permit me to drink water

out of it? We said: Yea, Allah's Messenger. He led his camel to drink water

and it drank. He then pulled its rein and it stretched its legs and began to

urinate. He then took it aside and made it kneel down at another place and

then came to the tank and performed ablution. I then got up and

performed ablution like the ablution of Allah's Messenger (may peace be

upon him), and Jabbar b. Sakhr went in order to relieve himself and Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) got up to observe prayer and there

was a mantle over me. I tried to invert its ends but it was too short (to

cover my body easily). It had its borders. I then inverted it (the mantle) and

drew its opposite ends and then tied them at my neck. I then came and

stood upon the left side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He

caught hold of me and made me go round behind him, until he made me

stand on his right side. Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came. He performed ablution

and then came and stood on the left side of Allah's Messenger (may peace

be upon him). Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) caught

hold of our hands together, pushed us back and made us stand behind him.

Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) began to look upon me

with darting looks, but I did not perceive that. After that I became aware of

it and he pointed with the gesture of his hand that I should wrap my loin-

cloth. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had finished the

prayer, he said: Jabir! I said: Allah's Messenger, at thy beck and call. He

said: When the cloth around you is inadequate, then tie the opposite ends

but when it is small, tie it over the lower body.

Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition with Allah's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) and the only means of sustenance for every person

amongst us was only one date for a day and we used to chew it. And we

struck the leaves with the help of our bow and ate them until the sides of

our mouths were injured. It so happened one day that a person was

overlooked and not given a date. We carried that person and bore witness

to the fact that he had not been given that date so he was offered that and

he got up and received that.

Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition along with Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him) until we got down at a spacious valley and Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) went to relieve himself. I followed

him with a bucket full of water and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon

him) looked about and he found no privacy but two trees at the end of the

valley and Allah's Messenger (may. peace be upon him) went to one of

them and took hold of one of its twigs and said: Be thou under my control

by the permission of Allah, and so it came under his control like the camel

who has its nosestring in the hand of its rider, and then he came to the

second tree and took hold of a twig and said: Be thou under my control

with the permission of Allah, and it came under his control, and when he

came in the middle of the two trees he joined together the two twigs and

said: join with the permission of Allah. Jabir said: I was afraid lest Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) should be aware of my nearness and

go still farther. And Muhammad b. Abbad has used the word" faitab'd" and




I began to talk to myself. And as I saw, I suddenly found Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him) before me and the two trees were separated and

each one of them was standing at its place. I saw Allah's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) standing for a short time, nodding his head towards

right and left. Isma'il pointed towards the right and left with the help of his

head (in order to demonstrate how the Holy Prophet had pointed). Then he

(the Holy Prophet) came to me and said: Jabir did you see my place where I

was standing? I said: Allah's Messenger, yes. He then said: Then you should

go to those two trees and cut a twig from each of them and go to that place

with them where I was standing and stand there where I was standing and

place a twig on the right and a twig on the left. Jabir said: I set out and took

hold of a stone and broke it and sharpened it and then I came to those

trees and cut a twig from each one of them.

I then came dragging them until I stood at the place where Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) had been standing and placed a twig

on the right and a twig on the left. Then I met him and said: Allah's

Messenger, I have done that, but (kindly) explain to me the reason for it.

Thereupon he said: I passed by two graves the occupants of which had

been undergoing torment. I liked to make intercession for them so that the

might be relieved of this torment y as long as these twigs remain fresh.

Jabir said: We came back to the (camp of the) army and Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him) said: Jabir, call people for performing wudu. I

cried: Come and perform wudu, come and perform wudu, come and

perform wudu. I said: Allah's Messenger, there is not even a drop of water

in the army camp, and there. was a person who used to cool the water for

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the old water-skin which

kept hanging by the twig. He asked me to go to such and such Ansari and

ask him to see if there was any water in that skin. I went to him and cast a

glance in it but did not find anything but a drop in the mouth of that water-

skin and if I were to draw that, the water-skin's,. dried part would suck it

up. I came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's

Messenger, I have not found anything in it but a drop of water in the

mouth of the water-skin and now if I were to draw that, it would be

absorbed. He said: Go and bring that to me. I brought that to him. He took

hold of it -and began to utter something which I could not understand and

then pressed it with his hand and gave that to me and said: Jabir, announce

for the tub to be brought. So I announced that the tub of the army (be

brought). It was brought accordingly and I placed it before him (the Holy

Prophet). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) placed

his hands in the tub like this: with his fingers stretched out, and then he

placed his fingers at the bottom of the tub and said: Jabir, take it (that

waters-skin) and pour water over me, by reciting Bismillah, and I poured

water and I said: Bismillah, and found water sprouting out between the

fingers of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then that tub

gushed forth until it was filled up and the Messenger (may peace be upon

him) said: Jabir, make an announcement to the effect: He who needs water

should take that. Jabir said: The people came and got water until they were

all satiated. I said: Is there anyone left who wants to get it? And Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) then lifted up his hand from that tub




and it was still full. Then the people made a complaint to Allah's Messenger

(may peace be upon him) about hunger and he said: May Allah provide you

food! We came to the bank of the ocean and the ocean was tossing and it

threw out a big animal and we lit fire and cooked it and took it until we had

eaten to our heart's content. Jabir said: I and such and such five persons

entered Its socket and nobody could see us until we had come out, and we

took hold of one of its ribs and twisted it into a sort of arch, then we called

the tallest of the persons of the army and the hugest of the camels of the

army and it had the big saddle over it, and it could easily pass through it

without the rider having need to bend down.

Hadith no: 8

Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) thus

said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he

(the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some

young boy to me so that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to

him a young man so that he should train him (in magic). And on his way (to

the magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there. He (the

young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was impressed by it. It

became his habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and set

there and he came to the magician (late). He (the magician) beat him

because of delay. He made a complaint of that to the monk and he said to

him: When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had

detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you should say: The

magician had detained me. It so happened that there came a huge beast

(of prey) and it blocked the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said:

I will come to know today whether the magician is superior or the monk is

superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if the affair of the monk is

dearer to Thee than the affair of the magician, cause death to this animal

so that the people should be able to move about freely. He threw that

stone towards it and killed it and the people began to move about (on the

path freely). He (the young man) then came to that monk and Informed

him and the monk said: Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair

has come to a stage where I find that you would be soon put to a trial, and

in case you are put to a trial don't give my clue. That young man began to

treat the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he in fact began to

cure people from (all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king who

had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and

said: If you cure me all these things collected together here would be

yours. Be said: I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you

affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate Allah to cure you.

He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and he came to the king

and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him: Who

restored your eyesight? He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that

your Lord is One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah, so he

(the king) took hold of him and tormented him till he gave a clue of that

boy. The young man was thus summoned and the king said to him: O boy,

it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in

your magic that you cure the blind and those suffering from leprosy and




you do such and such things. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is

Allah Who cures, and he (the king) took hold of him and began to torment

him. So he gave a clue of the monk. The monk was thus summoned and it

was said to him: You should turn back from your religion. He, however,

refused to do so. He (ordered) for a saw to be brought (and when it was

done) he (the king) placed it in the middle of his head and tore it into parts

till a part fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought and it was

said to him: Turn back from your religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the

saw was placed in the midst of his head and it was torn till a part fell down.

Then that young boy was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from

your religion. He refused to do so and he was handed over to a group of his

courtiers. And he 'said to them: Take him to such and such mountain; make

him climb up that mountain and when you reach its top (ask him to

renounce his faith) but if he refuses to do so, then throw him (down the

mountain). So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he

said: O Allah, save me from them (in any way) Thou likest and the

mountain began to quake and they all fell down and that person came

walking to the king. The king said to him: What has happened to your

companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them. He again handed him

to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carry him in a small boat

and when you reach the middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce) his

religion, but if he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the

water).

So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from them and what they

want to do. It was quite soon that the boat turned over and they were

drowned and he came walking to the king, and the king said to him: What

has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from

them, and he said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I ask

you to do. And he said: What is that? He said: You should gather people in

a plain and hang me by the trunk (of a tree). Then take hold of an arrow

from the quiver and say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the worlds; then

shoot an arrow and if you do that then you would be able to kill me. So he

(the king) called the people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to the

trunk of a tree, then he took hold of an arrow from his quiver and then

placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In the name of Allah, the Lord

of the young boy; he then shot an arrow and it bit his temple. He (the boy)

placed his hands upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and he died

and the people said: We affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we

affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the

Lord of this young man. The courtiers came to the king and it was said to

him: Do you see that Allah has actually done what you aimed at averting.

They (the people) have affirmed their faith in the Lord. He (the king)

commanded ditches to be dug at important points in the path. When these

ditches were dug, and the fire was lit in them it was said (to the people):

He who would not turn back from his (boy's) religion would be thrown in

the fire or it would be said to them to jump in that. (The people courted

death but did not renounce religion) till a woman came with her child and

she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the child said to her: 0 mother,

endure (this ordeal) for it is the Truth.




Hadith no: 9

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)

said: A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it,

but I think (that it 'underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed

the shape of rats. Don't you see when the milk of the camel is placed

before them, these do not drink and when the milk of goat is placed before

them, these do drink. Abu Huraira said: I narrated this very hadith to Ka'b

and he said: Did you hear this from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon

him)? I (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He said this again and again, and I said:

Have I read Torah? This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of

Ishaq with a slight variation of wording.

Hadith no: 10 Narrated Ibn Masud:

I was with the Prophet at one of the farms of Medina while he was leaning

on a date palm leaf-stalk. He passed by a group of Jews and some of them

said to the other, Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit. Some others said,

“Do not ask him, lest he should tell you what you dislike” But they went up

to him and said, “O Abal Qasim! Inform us bout the spirit.” The Prophet

stood up for a while, waiting. I realized that he was being Divinely Inspired,

so I kept away from him till the inspiration was over. Then the Prophet

said, “(O Muhammad) they ask you regarding the spirit, Say: The spirit its

knowledge is with my Lord (i.e., nobody has its knowledge except Allah)”

(17.85)

Hadith no: 11 Narrated Mu’adh bin Jabal:

The Prophet said, “O Mu’adh! Do you know what Allah’s Right upon His

slaves is?” I said, “Allah and His Apostle know best.” The Prophet said, “To

worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah). Do

you know what their right upon Him is?” I replied, “Allah and His Apostle

know best.” The Prophet said, “Not to punish them (if they do so).”

Hadith no: 12 Narrated Ibn Umar:

The Prophet said, “The keys of the unseen are five and none knows them

but Allah: (1) None knows what is in the womb, but Allah: (2) None knows

what will happen tomorrow, but Allah; (3) None knows when it will rain,

but Allah; (4) None knows where he will die, but Allah (knows that); (5) and

none knows when the Hour will be established, but Allah.”




Hadith no: 13

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:

The Prophet used to invoke Allah at night, saying, “O Allah: All the Praises

are for You: You are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises

are for You; You are the Maintainer of the Heaven and the Earth and

whatever is in them. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the

Heavens and the Earth. Your Word is the Truth, and Your Promise is the

Truth, and the Meeting with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth,

and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth, and the Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I

surrender myself to You, and I believe in You and I depend upon You, and I

repent to You and with You (Your evidences) I stand against my opponents,

and to you I leave the judgment (for those who refuse my message). O

Allah! Forgive me my sins that I did in the past or will do in the future, and

also the sins I did in secret or in public. You are my only God (Whom I

worship) and there is no other God for me (i.e. I worship none but You).”

Hadith no: 14

Narrated Abbas bin Malik:

Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah’s Apostle described to them his Night

Journey saying, “While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone

came to me and cut my body open from here to here.” I asked Al-Jarud

who was by my side, “What does he mean?” He said, “It means from his

throat to his pubic area,” or said, “From the top of the chest.” The Prophet

further said, “He then took out my heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was

brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief) and

then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller

than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me.” (On this Al-

Jarud asked, “Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?” I (i.e. Anas) replied in the

affirmative). The Prophet said, “The animal’s step (was so wide that it)

reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal’s sight. I was

carried on it, and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest

heaven. When he asked for the gate to be opened, it was asked, ‘Who is

it?’ Gabriel answered, ‘Gabriel.’ It was asked, ‘Who is accompanying you?’

Gabriel replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has Muhammad been called?’

Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, ‘He is welcomed. What

an excellent visit his is!’ The gate was opened, and when I went over the

first heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel said (to me). ‘This is your father,

Adam; pay him your greetings.’ So I greeted him and he returned the

greeting to me and said, ‘You are welcomed, O pious son and pious

Prophet.’ Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second

heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, ‘Who is it?’

Gabriel answered, ‘Gabriel.’ It was asked, ‘Who is accompanying you?’

Gabriel replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel

answered in the affirmative. Then it was said, ‘He is welcomed. What an

excellent visit his is!’ The gate was opened. When I went over the second

heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and ‘Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were cousins

of each other. Gabriel said (to me), ‘These are John and Jesus; pay them




your greetings.’ So I greeted them and both of them returned my greetings

to me and said, ‘You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.’

Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate

to be opened. It was asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Gabriel.’ It was

asked, ‘Who is accompanying you?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was

asked, ‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was

said, ‘He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is!’ The gate was opened,

and when I went over the third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to

me), ‘This is Joseph; pay him your greetings.’ So I greeted him and he

returned the greeting to me and said, ‘You are welcomed, O pious brother

and pious Prophet.’ Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven

and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel

replied, ‘Gabriel’ It was asked, ‘Who is accompanying you?’ Gabriel replied,

‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel replied in the

affirmative. Then it was said, ‘He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit his

is!’

The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw

Idris. Gabriel said (to me), ‘This is Idris; pay him your greetings.’ So I

greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, ‘You are

welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.’ Then Gabriel ascended

with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was

asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Gabriel.’ It was asked. ‘Who is

accompanying you?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has he

been called?’ Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is

welcomed, what an excellent visit his is! So when I went over the fifth

heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me). This is Aaron;

pay him your greetings.’ I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me

and said, ‘You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.’ Then

Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be

opened. It was asked. ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Gabriel.’ It was asked,

‘Who is accompanying you?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was asked,

‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, ‘He is

welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!’ When I went (over the sixth

heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),’ This is Moses; pay him

your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and

said, ‘You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.’ When I left

him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked him, ‘What makes you weep?’

Moses said, ‘I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a

young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than

my followers.’ Then Gabriel ascended with me to the seventh heaven and

asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel replied,

‘Gabriel.’ It was asked,’ Who is accompanying you?’ Gabriel replied,

‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel replied in the

affirmative. Then it was said, ‘He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his

is!’ So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham.

Gabriel said (to me), ‘This is your father; pay your greetings to him.’ So I

greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, ‘You are

welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.’ Then I was made to ascend to

Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its

fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves




were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, ‘This is the Lote Tree of

the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden

and two were visible, I asked, ‘What are these two kinds of rivers, O

Gabriel?’ He replied,’ As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers in

Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.’ Then Al-

Bait-ul-Ma’mur (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container

full of wine and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought

to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked, ‘This is the Islamic religion which

you and your followers are following.’ Then the prayers were enjoined on

me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who

asked (me), ‘What have you been ordered to do?’ I replied, ‘I have been

ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.’ Moses said, ‘Your followers cannot

bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and

I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord

and ask for reduction to lessen your followers’ burden.’ So I went back, and

Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he

repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah

and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the

same, I went back to Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a

day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went

back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day. When I came

back to Moses, he said, ‘What have you been ordered?’ I replied, ‘I have

been ordered to observe five prayers a day.’ He said, ‘Your followers

cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got an experience of

the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go

back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your follower’s burden.’ I

said, ‘I have requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am

satisfied now and surrender to Allah’s Order.’ When I left, I heard a voice

saying, ‘I have passed My Order and have lessened the burden of My

Worshipers.”

Hadith no: 15

Narrated Masruq:

‘Abdullah bin Masud was mentioned before Abdullah bin ‘Amr who said,

“That is a man I still love, as I heard the Prophet saying ‘Learn the recitation

of Quran from four from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud --he started with him—

Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudaifa, Mu’adh bin Jabal and Ubai bin Ka’b.”

Hadith no: 16

Narrated Abu Huraira:

A man came to the Prophet. The Prophet sent a messenger to his wives (to

bring something for that man to eat) but they said that they had nothing

except water. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “Who will take this (person) or

entertain him as a guest?” An Ansar man said, “I.” So he took him to his

wife and said to her, “Entertain generously the guest of Allah’s Apostle “

She said, “We have got nothing except the meals of my children.” He said,

“Prepare your meal, light your lamp and let your children sleep if they ask




for supper.” So she prepared her meal, lighted her lamp and made her

children sleep, and then stood up pretending to mend her lamp, but she

put it off. Then both of them pretended to be eating, but they really went

to bed hungry. In the morning the Ansari went to Allah’s Apostle who said,

“Tonight Allah laughed or wondered at your action.” Then Allah revealed:

“But give them (emigrants) preference over themselves even though they

were in need of that And whosoever is saved from the covetousness Such

are they who will be successful.” (59.9)

Hadith no: 17

Narrated Sahl bin Sad:

Allah’s Apostle said, “Tomorrow I will give the flag to a man with whose

leadership Allah will grant (the Muslim) victory.” So the people kept on

thinking the whole night as to who would be given the flag. The next

morning the people went to Allah’s Apostle and every one of them hoped

that he would be given the flag. The Prophet said, “Where is Ali bin Abi

Talib?” The people replied, “He is suffering from eye trouble, O Allah’s

Apostle.” He said, “Send for him and bring him to me.” So when ‘Ali came,

the Prophet spat in his eyes and invoked good on him, and be became

alright as if he had no ailment. The Prophet then gave him the flag. ‘Ali

said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall I fight them (i.e. enemy) till they become like

us?” The Prophet said, “Proceed to them steadily till you approach near to

them and then invite them to Islam and inform them of their duties

towards Allah which Islam prescribes for them, for by Allah, if one man is

guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you, it would be

better for you than (a great number of) red camels.”

Hadith no: 18

Narrated Said bin Jubair:

I said to Ibn Abbas, “Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of

Al-Khadir was not Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some

other Moses.” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah’s enemy (i.e. Nauf) has told a lie.

Ubai bin Ka’b told us that the Prophet said, ‘Once Moses stood up and

addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the most learned man

amongst the people. He said, ‘I.’ Allah admonished him as he did not

attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said to him, ‘Yes, at

the junction of the two seas there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned

than you.’ Moses said, ‘O my Lord! How can I meet him?’ Allah said, ‘Take a

fish and put it in a large basket and you will find him at the place where

you will lose the fish.’ Moses took a fish and put it in a basket and

proceeded along with his (servant) boy, Yusha ‘bin Nun, till they reached

the rock where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept, and the

fish, moving out of the basket, fell into the sea. It took its way into the sea

(straight) as in a tunnel. Allah stopped the flow of water over the fish and it

became like an arch (the Prophet pointed out this arch with his hands).




They travelled the rest of the night, and the next day Moses said to his boy

(servant), ‘Give us our food, for indeed, we have suffered much fatigue in

this journey of ours.’ Moses did not feel tired till he crossed that place

which Allah had ordered him to seek after. His boy (servant) said to him,

‘Do you know that when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish,

and none but Satan caused me to forget to tell (you) about it, and it took

its course into the sea in an amazing way?.’ So there was a path for the fish

and that astonished them. Moses said, ‘That was what we were seeking

after.’ So, both of them retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock.

There they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him

and he replied saying, ‘How do people greet each other in your land?’

Moses said, ‘I am Moses.’ The man asked, ‘Moses of Bani Israel?’ Moses

said, ‘Yes, I have come to you so that you may teach me from those things

which Allah has taught you.’ He said, ‘O Moses! I have some of the

Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught me, and which you do not

know, while you have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has

taught you and which I do not know.’ Moses asked, ‘May I follow you?’ He

said, ‘But you will not be able to remain patient with me for how can you

be patient about things which you will not be able to understand?’ (Moses

said, ‘You will find me, if Allah so will, truly patient, and I will not disobey

you in aught.’) So, both of them set out walking along the sea-shore, a boat

passed by them and they asked the crew of the boat to take them on

board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and so they took them on board

without fare. When they were on board the boat, a sparrow came and

stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice into the

sea. Al-Khadir said to Moses, ‘O Moses! My knowledge and your

knowledge have not decreased Allah’s Knowledge except as much as this

sparrow has decreased the water of the sea with its beak.’ Then suddenly

Al-Khadir took an adze and plucked a plank, and Moses did not notice it till

he had plucked a plank with the adze. Moses said to him, ‘What have you

done? They took us on board charging us nothing; yet you I have

intentionally made a hole in their boat so as to drown its passengers.

Verily, you have done a dreadful thing.’ Al-Khadir replied, ‘Did I not tell you

that you would not be able to remain patient with me?’ Moses replied, ‘Do

not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do not be hard upon me for

my fault.’ So the first excuse of Moses was that he had forgotten. When

they had left the sea, they passed by a boy playing with other boys. Al-

Khadir took hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like this.

(Sufyan, the sub narrator pointed with his fingertips as if he was plucking

some fruit.) Moses said to him, “Have you killed an innocent person who

has not killed any person? You have really done a horrible thing.” Al-Khadir

said, “Did I not tell you that you could not remain patient with me?’ Moses

said “If I ask you about anything after this, don’t accompany me. You have

received an excuse from me.’ Then both of them went on till they came to

some people of a village, and they asked its inhabitant for wood but they

refused to entertain them as guests. Then they saw therein a wall which

was just going to collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with

his hands). (Sufyan, the sub-narrator, pointed with his hands, illustrating

how Al-Khadir passed his hands over the wall upwards.) Moses said,

“These are the people whom we have called on, but they neither gave us




food, nor entertained us as guests, yet you have repaired their wall. If you

had wished, you could have taken wages for it.” Al-Khadir said, “This is the

parting between you and me, and I shall tell you the explanation of those

things on which you could not remain patient.” The Prophet added, “We

wished that Moses could have remained patient by virtue of which Allah

might have told us more about their story. (Sufyan the sub-narrator said

that the Prophet said, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he had

remained patient, we would have been told further about their case.”)

Hadith no: 19

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet said, “Allah will say to that person of the (Hell) Fire who will

receive the least punishment, ‘If you had everything on the earth, would

you give it as a ransom to free yourself (i.e. save yourself from this Fire)?’

He will say, ‘Yes.’ Then Allah will say, ‘While you were in the backbone of

Adam, I asked you much less than this, i.e. not to worship others besides

Me, but you insisted on worshipping others besides me.’

Hadith no: 20


Allah’s Apostle said, “A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing

by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of

thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out

some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that.”

Hadith no: 21


The Prophet said, “When you hear the crowing of cocks, ask for Allah’s

Blessings for (their crowing indicates that) they have seen an angel. And

when you hear the braying of donkeys, seek Refuge with Allah from Satan

for (their braying indicates) that they have seen a Satan.”

Hadith no: 22

Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:

I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The reward of deeds depends upon the

intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has

intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to

marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”




Hadith no: 23

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn

Ibrahim ibn al Harith at-Taymi from Abu Hazim at-Tammar from al Bayadi

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

came out to the people while they were praying and their voices were

raised in the recitation. He said, "When you pray you are talking

confidentially to your Lord. So look to what you confide to Him, and do not

say the Qur'an out loud so that others hear it."

Hadith no: 24

Narrated Masruq:

We came upon ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud and he said

“O people! If somebody knows something, he can say it, but if he does not know

it, he should say, “Allah knows better,’ for it is a sign of having knowledge to say

about something which one does not know, ‘Allah knows better.’ Allah said to His

Prophet: ‘Say (O Muhammad ! ) No wage do I ask of You for this (Quran) nor am I

one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist).’ (38.86)

Now I will tell you about Ad-Dukhan (the smoke), Allah’s Apostle invited the

Quraish to embrace Islam, but they delayed their response. So he said, “O Allah!

Help me against them by sending on them seven years of famine similar to the

seven years of famine of Joseph.” So the famine year overtook them and

everything was destroyed till they ate dead animals and skins. People started

imagining to see smoke between them and the sky because of severe hunger.

Allah said:

‘Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly

visible, covering the people. . . This is painful torment.’ (44.10-11) (So they

invoked Allah) “Our Lord! Remove the punishment from us really we are

believers.” How can there be an (effectual) reminder for them when an Apostle,

explaining things clearly, has already come to them? Then they had turned away

from him and said: ‘One taught (by a human being), a madman?’ ‘We shall indeed

remove punishment for a while, but truly, you will revert (to disbelief).’ (44.12-

15) Will the punishment be removed on the Day of Resurrection?” ‘Abdullah

added, “The punishment was removed from them for a while but they reverted

to disbelief, so Allah destroyed them on the Day of Badr. Allah said:

‘The day We shall seize you with a mighty grasp. We will indeed (then) exact

retribution.” (44.16)

Hadith no: 25

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the night

prayer and the morning prayer. If they were to know the blessings they

have in store, they would have come to them, even though crawling, and I




thought that I should order the prayer to be commenced and command a

person to lead people in prayer, and I should then go along with some

persons having a fagot of fuel with them to the people who have not

attended the prayer (in congregation) and would burn their houses with

fire.

Hadith no: 26

Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the woman, the

horse and the abode.

Hadith no: 27

Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas:

Allah’s Apostle wrote to Caesar and invited him to Islam and sent him his

letter with Dihya Al-Kalbi whom Allah’s Apostle ordered to hand it over to

the Governor of Busra who would forward it to Caesar. Caesar as a sign of

gratitude to Allah, had walked from Hims to Ilya (i.e. Jerusalem) when

Allah had granted Him victory over the Persian forces. So, when the letter

of Allah’s Apostle reached Caesar, he said after reading t, ‘Seek for me any

one of his people! (Arabs of Quraish tribe) if present here, in order to ask

him about Allah’s Apostle. At that time Abu Sufyan bin Harb was in Sham

with some men frown Quraish who had come (to Sham) as merchants

during the truce that had been concluded between Allah’s Apostle; and the

infidels of Quraish. Abu Sufyan said, Caesar’s messenger found us

somewhere in Sham so he took me and my companions to Ilya and we

were admitted into Ceasar’s court to find him sitting in his royal court

wearing a crown and surrounded by the senior dignitaries of the Byzantine.

He said to his translator. ‘Ask them who amongst them is a close relation to

the man who claims to be a prophet.” Abu Sufyan added, “I replied, ‘I am

the nearest relative to him.’ He asked, ‘What degree of relationship do you

have with him?’ I replied, ‘He is my cousin,’ and there was none of Bani

Abu Manaf in the caravan except myself. Caesar said, ‘Let him come

nearer.’ He then ordered that my companions stand behind me near my

shoulder and said to his translator, ‘Tell his companions that I am going to

ask this man about the man who claims to be a prophet. If he tells a lie,

they should contradict him immediately.” Abu Sufyan added, “By Allah !

Had it not been shameful that my companions label me a liar, I would not

have spoken the truth about him when he asked me. But I considered it

shameful to be called a liar by my companions. So I told the truth. He then

said to his translator, ‘Ask him what kind of family does he belong to.’ I

replied, ‘He belongs to a noble family amongst us.’ He said, ‘Have anybody

else amongst you ever claimed the same before him? ‘I replied, ‘No.’ He

said, ‘Had you ever blamed him for telling lies before he claimed what he

claimed? ‘ I replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Was anybody amongst his ancestors a

king?’ I replied, ‘No.’ He said, “Do the noble or the poor follow him?’ I

replied, ‘It is the poor who follow him.’ He said, ‘Are they increasing or

decreasing (day by day)?’ I replied,’ They are increasing.’ He said, ‘Does

anybody amongst those who embrace his (the Prophet’s) Religion become




displeased and then discard his Religion?’ I replied, ‘No. ‘ He said, ‘Does he

break his promises? I replied, ‘No, but we are now at truce with him and

we are afraid that he may betray us.” Abu Sufyan added, “Other than the

last sentence, I could not say anything against him. Caesar then asked,

‘Have you ever had a war with him?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘What was the

outcome of your battles with him?’ I replied, ‘The result was unstable;

sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.’ He said, ‘What does he

order you to do?’ I said, ‘He tells us to worship Allah alone, and not to

worship others along with Him, and to leave all that our fore-fathers used

to worship. He orders us to pray, give in charity, be chaste, keep promises

and return what is entrusted to us.’ When I had said that, Caesar said to his

translator, ‘Say to him: I ask you about his lineage and your reply was that

he belonged to a noble family. In fact, all the apostles came from the

noblest lineage of their nations. Then I questioned you whether anybody

else amongst you had claimed such a thing, and your reply was in the

negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought

that this man was following a claim that had been said before him. When I

asked you whether he was ever blamed for telling lies, your reply was in

the negative, so I took it for granted that a person who did not tell a lie

about (others) the people could never tell a lie about Allah. Then I asked

you whether any of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the

negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that

this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom. When I asked you

whether the rich or the poor people followed him, you replied that it was

the poor who followed him. In fact, such are the followers of the apostles.

Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You

replied that they were increasing. In fact, this is the result of true faith till it

is complete (in all respects). I asked you whether there was anybody who,

after embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion;

your reply was in the negative. In fact, this is the sign of true faith, for

when its cheerfulness enters and mixes in the hearts completely, nobody

will be displeased with it. I asked you whether he had ever broken his

promise. You replied in the negative. And such are the apostles; they never

break their promises. When I asked you whether you fought with him and

he fought with you, you replied that he did, and that sometimes he was

victorious and sometimes you. Indeed, such are the apostles; they are put

to trials and the final victory is always theirs. Then I asked you what he

ordered you. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah alone and

not to worship others along with Him, to leave all that your fore-fathers

used to worship, to offer prayers, to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep

promises, and to return what is entrusted to you. These are really the

qualities of a prophet who, I knew (from the previous Scriptures) would

appear, but I did not know that he would be from amongst you. If what

you say should be true, he will very soon occupy the earth under my feet,

and if I knew that I would reach him definitely, I would go immediately to

meet Him; and were I with him, then I would certainly wash his feet.’ “ Abu

Sufyan added, “Caesar then asked for the letter of Allah’s Apostle and it

was read. Its contents were:--

“In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful (This letter

is) from Muhammad, the slave of Allah, and His Apostle, to Heraculius, the




Ruler of the Byzantine. Peace be upon the followers of guidance. Now

then, I invite you to Islam (i.e. surrender to Allah), embrace Islam and you

will be safe; embrace Islam and Allah will bestow on you a double reward.

But if you reject this invitation of Islam, you shall be responsible for

misguiding the peasants (i.e. your nation). O people of the Scriptures!

Come to a word common to you and us and you, that we worship. None

but Allah, and that we associate nothing in worship with Him; and that

none of us shall take others as Lords besides Allah. Then if they turn away,

say: Bear witness that we are (they who have surrendered (unto

Him)..(3.64)

Abu Sufyan added, “When Heraclius had finished his speech, there was a

great hue and cry caused by the Byzantine Royalties surrounding him, and

there was so much noise that I did not understand what they said. So, we

were turned out of the court. When I went out with my companions and

we were alone, I said to them, ‘Verily, Ibn Abi Kabsha’s (i.e. the Prophet’s)

affair has gained power.

This is the King of Bani Al-Asfar fearing him.” Abu Sufyan added, “By Allah, I

remained low and was sure that his religion would be victorious till Allah

converted me to Islam, though I disliked it”.

Hadiths no: 28

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from Abbad ibn

Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, told him that she had heard the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say before he died, while

he was leaning on her breast and she was listening to him, "O Allah, forgive

me and have mercy on me and join me with the highest company."

Hadith no: 29 Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet got up amongst us and mentioned Al Ghulul, emphasized its

magnitude and declared that it was a great sin saying, “Don’t commit

Ghulul for I should not like to see anyone amongst you on the Day of

Ressurection, carrying over his neck a sheep that will be bleating, or

carrying over his neck a horse that will be neighing. Such a man will be

saying: ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Intercede with Allah for me,’ and I will reply, ‘I

can’t help you, for I have conveyed Allah’s Message to you Nor should I like

to see a man carrying over his neck, a camel that will be grunting. Such a

man will say, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Intercede with Allah for me, and I will say,

‘I can’t help you for I have conveyed Allah’s Message to you,’ or one

carrying over his neck gold and silver and saying, ‘O Allah’s Apostle!

Intercede with Allah for me,’ and I will say, ‘I can’t help you for I have

conveyed Allah’s Message to you,’ or one carrying clothes that will be

fluttering, and the man will say, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Intercede with Allah for

me.’ And I will say, ‘I can’t help you, for I have conveyed Allah’s Message to

you.”




Hadith no: 30


sayings: A person suffered from intense thirst while on a journey, when he

found a well. He climbed down into it and drank (water) and then came out

and saw a dog lolling its tongue on account of thirst and eating the

moistened earth. The person said: This dog has suffered from thirst as I had

suffered from it. He climbed down into the well, filled his shoe with water,

then caught it in his mouth until he climbed up and made the dog drink it.

So Allah appreciated this act of his and pardoned him. Then (the

Companions around him) said: Allah's Messenger, is there for us a reward

even for (serving) such animals? He said: Yes, there is a reward for service

to every living animal.

Hadith no: 31


saying: He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light

to carry and pleasant in odour.

Hadith no: 32 Narrated Abu Dhar:

The Prophet said, “Gabriel said to me, ‘Whoever amongst your followers

die without having worshipped others besides Allah, will enter Paradise (or

will not enter the (Hell) Fire).” The Prophet asked. “Even if he has

committed illegal sexual intercourse or theft?” He replied, “Even then.”

Hadith no: 33

Abu Huraira reported: I love to see fetters but I hate necklace (in a dream),

for fetters signifies one's steadfastness in religion, and he also reported

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The vision of a

believer is forty-sixth part of Prophecy.

Hadith no: 34


Allah’s Apostle said, “If one says one-hundred times in one day: “None has

the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no partners, to

Him belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has power

over all things (i.e. Omnipotent)”, one will get the reward of manumitting

ten slaves, and one-hundred good deeds will be written in his account, and

one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his account, and

on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan,

and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done more than

that which he has done.”




Hadith no: 35 Narrated Anas:

When ‘Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he

came to him and said, “I am going to ask you about three things which

nobody knows except a prophet: What is the first portent of the Hour?

What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise? Why does a

child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle”

Allah’s Apostle said, “Gabriel has just now told me of their answers.”

‘Abdullah said, “He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the angels, is the enemy

of the Jews.” Allah’s Apostle said, “The first portent of the Hour will be a

fire that will bring together the people from the east to the west; the first

meal of the people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-

liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual

intercourse with his wife and gets discharge first, the child will resemble

the father, and if the woman gets discharge first, the child will resemble

her.” On that ‘Abdullah bin Salam said, “I testify that you are the Apostle of

Allah.” ‘Abdullah bin Salam further said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The Jews are

liars, and if they should come to know about my conversion to Islam before

you ask them (about me), they would tell a lie about me.” The Jews came

to Allah’s Apostle and ‘Abdullah went inside the house. Allah’s Apostle

asked (the Jews), “What kind of man is ‘Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?”

They replied, “He is the most learned person amongst us, and the best

amongst us, and the son of the best amongst us.” Allah’s Apostle said,

“What do you think if he embraces Islam (will you do as he does)?” The

Jews said, “May Allah save him from it.” Then ‘Abdullah bin Salam came

out in front of them saying, “I testify that None has the right to be

worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.”

Thereupon they said, “He is the evilest among us, and the son of the evilest

amongst us,” and continued talking badly of him.

Hadith no: 36

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)

said: When Allah loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: Verily, I so and

so; you should also love him, and then Gabriel begins to love him. Then he

makes an announcement in the heaven saying: Allah loves so and so and

you also love him, and then the inhabitants of the Heaven (the Angels) also

begin to love him and then there is conferred honour upon him in the

earth; and when Allah is angry with any servant He calls Gabriel and says: I

am angry with such and such and you also become angry with him, and

then Gabriel also becomes angry and then makes an announcement

amongst the inhabitants of heaven: Verily Allah is angry with so-and so, so

you also become angry with him, and thus they also become angry with

him. Then he becomes the object of wrath on the earth also.

Hadith no: 37


that he heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Allah willed to test three Israelis who

were a Leper, a blind man and a bald-headed man. So, he sent them an




angel who came to the leper and said, ‘What thing do you like most?’ He

replied, “Good color and good skin, for the people have a strong aversion

to me.’ The angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given

a good color and beautiful skin. The angel asked him, ‘What kind of

property do you like best?’ He replied, ‘Camels (or cows).’ (The narrator is

in doubt, for either the leper or the bald-headed man demanded camels

and the other demanded cows.) So he (i.e. the leper) was given a pregnant

she-camei, and the angel said (to him), ‘May Allah bless you in it.’

The angel then went to the bald-headed man and said, ‘What thing do you

like most?’ He said, ‘I like good hair and wish to be cured of this disease, for

the people feel repulsion for me.’ The angel touched him and his illness

was cured, and he was given good hair. The angel asked (him), ‘What kind

of property do you like bests’ He replied, ‘Cows,’ The angel gave him a

pregnant cow and said, ‘May Allah bless you in it.’ The angel went to the

blind man and asked, ‘What thing do you like best?’ He said, ‘(I like) that

Allah may restore my eye-sight to me so that I may see the people.’ The

angel touched his eyes and Allah gave him back his eye-sight. The angel

asked him, “What kind of property do you like best?’ He replied, ‘Sheep.’

The angel gave him a pregnant sheep. Afterwards, all the three pregnant

animals gave birth to young ones, and multiplied and brought forth so

much that one of the (three) men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and

one had a herd of cows filling a valley, and one had a flock of sheep filling a

valley. Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper,

went to the leper and said, I am a poor man, who has lost all means of

livelihood while on a journey. So none will satisfy my need except Allah

and then you. In the Name of Him Who has given you such nice color and

beautiful skin, and so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so that I

may reach my destination. The man replied, ‘I have many obligations (so I

cannot give you).’ The angel said, ‘I think I know you; were you not a leper

to whom the people had a strong aversion? Weren’t you a poor man, and

then Allah gave you (all this property).’ He replied, ‘(This is all wrong), I got

this property through inheritance from my fore-fathers’ The angel said, ‘If

you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before. ‘

Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a bald man, went

to the bald man and said to him the same as he told the first one, and he

too answered the same as the first one did. The angel said, ‘If you are

telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before.’

The angel, disguised in the shape of a blind man, went to the blind man

and said, ‘I am a poor man and a traveler, whose means of livelihood have

been exhausted while on a journey. I have nobody to help me except Allah,

and after Him, you yourself. I ask you in the Name of Him Who has given

you back your eye-sight to give me a sheep, so that with its help, I may

complete my journey’ The man said, ‘No doubt, I was blind and Allah gave

me back my eye-sight; I was poor and Allah made me rich; so take anything

you wish from my property. By Allah, I will not stop you for taking anything

(you need) of my property which you may take for Allah’s sake.’ The angel

replied, ‘Keep your property with you. You (i.e 3 men) have been tested

and Allah is pleased with you and is angry with your two companions.”

Hadith no: 38




Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon

him) who is the most truthful (of the human beings) and his being truthful

(is a fact) said: Verily your creation is on this wise. The constituents of one

of you are collected for forty days in his mother's womb in the form of

blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood in another period of forty

days. Then it becomes a lump of flesh and forty days later Allah sends His

angel to it with instructions concerning four things, so the angel writes

down his livelihood, his death, his deeds, his fortune and misfortune. By

Him, besides Whom there is no god, that one amongst you acts like the

people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains

but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny

overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus

enters Hell, and another one acts in the way of the denizens of Hell, until

there remains between him and Hell a distance of a cubit that the writing

of destiny overcomes him and then he begins to act like the people of

Paradise and enters Paradise.

Hadith no: 39

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

During the lifetime of the Prophet some people said, : O Allah’s Apostle!

Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet said, “Yes;

do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun at midday when it is bright and

there is no cloud in the sky?” They replied, “No.” He said, “Do you have any

difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night when it is bright and

there is no cloud in the sky?” They replied, “No.” The Prophet said,

“(Similarly) you will have no difficulty in seeing Allah on the Day of

Resurrection as you have no difficulty in seeing either of them. On the Day

of Resurrection, a call-maker will announce, “Let every nation follow that

which they used to worship.” Then none of those who used to worship

anything other than Allah like idols and other deities but will fall in Hell

(Fire), till there will remain none but those who used to worship Allah, both

those who were obedient (i.e. good) and those who were disobedient (i.e.

bad) and the remaining party of the people of the Scripture. Then the Jews

will be called upon and it will be said to them, ‘Who do you use to

worship?’ They will say, ‘We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.’ It will

be said to them, ‘You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife

or a son. What do you want now?’ They will say, ‘O our Lord! We are

thirsty, so give us something to drink.’ They will be directed and addressed

thus, ‘Will you drink,’ whereupon they will be gathered unto Hell (Fire)

which will look like a mirage whose different sides will be destroying each

other. Then they will fall into the Fire. Afterwards the Christians will be

called upon and it will be said to them, ‘Who do you use to worship?’ They

will say, ‘We used to worship Jesus, the son of Allah.’ It will be said to

them, ‘You are liars, for Allah has never taken anyone as a wife or a son,’

Then it will be said to them, ‘What do you want?’ They will say what the

former people have said. Then, when there remain (in the gathering) none

but those who used to worship Allah (Alone, the real Lord of the Worlds)

whether they were obedient or disobedient. Then (Allah) the Lord of the

worlds will come to them in a shape nearest to the picture they had in their




minds about Him. It will be said, ‘What are you waiting for?’ Every nation

have followed what they used to worship.’ They will reply, ‘We left the

people in the world when we were in great need of them and we did not

take them as friends. Now we are waiting for our Lord Whom we used to

worship.’ Allah will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say twice or thrice, ‘We

do not worship any besides Allah.’ “

Hadith no: 40

'Ali reported that one day Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was

sitting with a wood in his hand and he was scratching the ground. He raised

his head and said: There is not one amongst you who has not been allotted

his seat in Paradise or Hell. They said: Allah's Messenger. then, why should

we perform good deeds, why not depend upon our destiny? Thereupon he

said. No, do perform good deeds, for everyone is facilitated in that for

which he has been created; then he recited this verse:" Then, who gives to

the needy and guards against evil and accepts the excellent (the truth of

Islam and the path of righteousness it prescribes), We shall make easy for

him the easy end..." (xcii. 5-10).

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