بِسْمِ
اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
[In the Name of ALLAH, the
ENTIRELY MERCIFUL, the ESPECIALLY MERCIFUL]
Indeed, those who have said, "Our LORD is ALLAH"
and then remained on a right course - the Angels will descend upon them,
[saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of
Paradise, which you were promised.
We [Angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so]
in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you
will have therein whatever you request [or wish]
As accommodation from a [LORD who is] FORGIVING and
MERCIFUL."
And who is better in speech than one who invites to ALLAH
and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."
[Note-
[S.W.T]
Subhaanahuu Wa Ta'ala - [Glorified and Exalted is ALLAH]: This phrase
appears after the Name of ALLAH [S.W.T] its seen as an act of reverence and
devotion towards ALLAH [S.W.T].
[S.A.W.S]
Salla'Allahuu Alayhi Wa-Sallaam – [[May ALLAH Bless Him and grant Him
Peace] [S.A.W.] or [P.B.U.H.] or [S.]]: The expression should be used after
stating Prophet Muhammad [S.A.W.S]'s name.
(A.S)
'Alayhis-Salaam - [[Peace be upon Him] (P.B.U.H), [Peace be upon Them]
(P.B.U.T)]: This expression should be used after stating the names of the noble
Angels (e.g. Jibraeel, Mikaeel and so on) or Prophets who came before Hadrat
Muhammad [S.A.W.S].
(R.A)
Raadiya'Allahu anhu - [May ALLAH be pleased with him]: When mentioning
Sahaba [the Companions (R.A)] of Hadrat Muhammad [S.A.W.S.], Raadiya'Allahu
anhu (for males/him) and Radiy'Allahu aanha (for females/her) Radiy'Allahu
anhuuma (for them) are used.]
Selected Hadith Regarding Virtues And Merits Of Malaikah
(Angels) (P.B.U.T)
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 12, Book 42: Pertaining To Piety And Softening Of Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd
Wa Al-Raqa'iq), Number 7134:
'Aisha (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said:
The Angels (P.B.U.T) were born out of light and the Jinns were born out of the
spark of fire and Adam (P.B.U.H) was born as he has been defined (in the
Qur'an) for you (i.e. he is fashioned out of clay).
Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 1: Revelation, Number 2:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A) (The mother of the faithful believers):
Al-Harith bin Hisham (R.A) asked ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S] "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! How is the Divine
Inspiration revealed to you?" ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] replied,
"Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of
Inspiration is the hardest of all and then this state passes' off after I have
grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel (P.B.U.H) comes in the form of a
man and talks to me and I grasp whatever he says." 'Aisha (R.A) added:
Verily I saw the Prophet [S.A.W.S] being inspired Divinely on a very cold day
and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over).
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 1: Revelation, Number 3:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A) (The mother of the faithful believers):
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] was in the form of good dreams which came
true like bright day light, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon
him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to Worship
(ALLAH [S.W.T] Alone) continuously for many days before his desire to see his
family. He used to take with him the journey food for the stay and then come
back to (his wife) Khadija (R.A) to take his food like-wise again till suddenly
the Truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The Angel
(P.B.U.H) came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] replied,
"I do not know how to read. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "The Angel
(P.B.U.H) caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear
it anymore. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do
not know how to read.' Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second
time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again asked me
to read but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read (or what shall I
read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then
released me and said, 'Read in the Name of your LORD, who has Created (all that
exists) has created man from a clot. Read! And your LORD is the MOST
GENEROUS." (96.1-3) Then ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] returned with
the Inspiration and with his heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija
bint Khuwailid (R.A) and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him
till his fear was over and after that he told her everything that had happened
and said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija (R.A)
replied, "Never! By ALLAH [S.W.T], ALLAH [S.W.T] will never disgrace you.
You keep good relations with your Kith and kin, help the poor and the
destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving
calamity-afflicted ones." Khadija (R.A) then accompanied him to her cousin
Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza, who, during the Pre-Islamic Period
became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would
write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as ALLAH [S.W.T] wished him to write.
He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija (R.A) said to Waraqa,
"Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked,
"O my nephew! What have you seen?" ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]
described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same one who
keeps the secrets (Angel Gabriel (P.B.U.H) whom ALLAH [S.W.T] had sent to Moses
(P.B.U.H). I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people
would turn you out." ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] asked, "Will
they drive me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said,
"Anyone (man) who came with something similar to what you have brought was
treated with hostility; and if I should remain alive till the day when you will
be turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days
Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while. Narrated
Jabir bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari (R.A) while talking about the period of pause in
Revelation reporting the speech of the Prophet [S.A.W.S] "While I was
walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the
same Angel (P.B.U.H) who had visited me at the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair
between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came back home and said,
'Wrap me (in blankets).' And then ALLAH [S.W.T] revealed the following Holy
Verses (of Qur’an): 'O you (i.e. Muhammad)! wrapped up in garments!' Arise and
warn (the people against ALLAH's Punishment),... up to 'and desert the idols.'
(74.1-5) After this the Revelation started coming strongly, frequently and
regularly."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 1: Revelation, Number 5:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas
(R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] was the most
generous of all the people, and he used to reach the peak in generosity in the
month of Ramadan when Gabriel (P.B.U.H) met him. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) used to meet
him every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qur'an. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] was the most generous person, even more generous than the strong
uncontrollable wind (in readiness and haste to do charitable deeds).
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 2: Belief, Number 47:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
One day while the Prophet [S.A.W.S] was
sitting in the company of some people, (The Angel) Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came and
asked, "What is faith?" ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] replied,
'Faith is to believe in ALLAH [S.W.T], HIS Angels (P.B.U.T), (the) meeting with
HIM, HIS Apostles (P.B.U.T), and to believe in Resurrection." Then he
further asked, "What is Islam?" ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]
replied, "To Worship ALLAH [S.W.T] 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.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] replied, "To Worship
ALLAH [S.W.T] 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.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] 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 [S.W.T]. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] then recited:
"Verily, with ALLAH (Alone) is the Knowledge of the Hour--." (31.34)
Then that man (Gabriel (P.B.U.H)) left and the Prophet [S.A.W.S] asked his
companions (R.A) to call him back, but they could not see him. Then the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] said, "That was Gabriel (P.B.U.H) who came to teach the people
their religion." Abu 'Abdullah (R.A) said: He (the Prophet [S.A.W.S])
considered all that as a part of faith.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 3: Knowledge, Number 86:
Narrated Asma
(R.A):
I came to 'Aisha (R.A) while she was praying,
and said to her, "What has happened to the people?" She pointed out
towards the sky. (I looked towards the Mosque), and saw the people offering the
prayer. 'Aisha (R.A) said, "Subhan ALLAH." I said to her, "Is
there a sign?" She nodded with her head meaning, "Yes." I, too,
then stood (for the prayer of eclipse) till I became (nearly) unconscious and
later on I poured water on my head. After the prayer, the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
Praised and Glorified ALLAH [S.W.T] and then said, "Just now at this place
I have seen what I have never seen before, including Paradise and Hell. No
doubt it has been inspired to me that you will be put to trials in your graves
and these trials will be like the trials of Masiah-ad-dajjal or nearly like it
(the sub narrator is not sure which expression Asma' (R.A) used). You will be
asked, 'What do you know about this man (the Prophet Muhammad [S.A.W.S])?' Then
the faithful believer (or Asma' (R.A) said a similar word) will reply, 'He is Muhammad
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] who had come to us with clear evidences and
guidance and so we accepted his teachings and followed him. And he is Muhammad
[S.A.W.S].' And he will repeat it thrice. Then the Angels (P.B.U.T) will say to
him, 'Sleep in peace as we have come to know that you were a faithful
believer.' On the other hand, a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I
do not know, but I heard the people saying something and so I said it.' (the
same)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 6: Menstrual Periods, Number 315:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "At every
womb ALLAH [S.W.T] appoints an Angel (P.B.U.H) who says, 'O LORD! A drop of
semen, O LORD! A clot. O LORD! A little lump of flesh." Then if ALLAH
[S.W.T] wishes (to complete) its creation, the Angel (P.B.U.H) asks, (O LORD!)
Will it be a male or female, a wretched or a blessed, and how much will his
provision be? And what will his age be?' So all that is written while the child
is still in the mother's womb."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 8: Prayers, Number 408:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "If anyone of
you stands for prayer, he should not spit in front of him because in prayer he
is speaking in private to ALLAH [S.W.T] and he should not spit on his right as
there is an Angel (P.B.U.H), but he can spit either on his left or under his
left foot and bury it (i.e. expectoration)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 8: Prayers, Number 436:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"The Angels (P.B.U.T) keep on asking ALLAH [S.W.T]’s forgiveness for
anyone of you, as long as he is at his Musalla (praying place) and he does not
pass wind (Hadath). They say, 'O ALLAH! Forgive him, O ALLAH! be Merciful to
him."
Sahih Bukhari:
Volume 1, Book 12: Characteristics of Prayer, Number 764:
Narrated Rifa'a
bin Rafi Az Zuraqi (R.A):
One day we were praying behind the Prophet
[S.A.W.S]. When he raised his head from bowing, he said, "Sami'a-l-lahu
Liman hamida." A man behind him said, "Rabbana walaka-l hamd hamdan
Kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi" (O our LORD! All the praises are for
YOU, many good and blessed praises). When the Prophet [S.A.W.S] completed the
prayer, he asked, "Who has said these words?" The man replied,
"I." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "I saw over thirty Angels
(P.B.U.T) competing to write it first." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] rose (from
bowing) and stood straight till all the vertebrae of his spinal column came to
a natural position.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 12: Characteristics of Prayer, Number 814:
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Whoever eats
garlic or onion should keep away from our Mosque or should remain in his
house." (Jabir bin 'Abdullah (R.A), in another narration said, "Once
a big pot containing cooked vegetables was brought. On finding unpleasant smell
coming from it, the Prophet [S.A.W.S] asked, 'What is in it?' He was told all
the names of the vegetables that were in it. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] ordered that
it should be brought near to some of his companions (R.A) who were with him.
When the Prophet [S.A.W.S] saw it he disliked to eat it and said, 'Eat. (I
don't eat) for I converse with those whom you don't converse with (i.e. the
Angels (P.B.U.T))."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 13: Friday Prayer, Number 6:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"Any person who takes a bath on Friday like the bath of Janaba and then
goes for the prayer (in the first hour i.e. early), it is as if he had sacrificed
a camel (in ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Cause); and whoever goes in the second hour it is
as if he had sacrificed a cow; and whoever goes in the third hour, then it is
as if he had sacrificed a horned ram; and if one goes in the fourth hour, then
it is as if he had sacrificed a hen; and whoever goes in the fifth hour then it
is as if he had offered an egg. When the Imam comes out (i.e. starts delivering
the Khutba), the Angels (P.B.U.T) present themselves to listen to the
Khutba."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 13: Friday Prayer, Number 51:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "When it is a
Friday, the Angels (P.B.U.T) stand at the gate of the Mosque and keep on
writing the names of the persons coming to the Mosque in succession according
to their arrivals. The example of the one who enters the Mosque in the earliest
hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is
like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg
respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. Angels
(P.B.U.T)) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 381:
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah (R.A):
On the day of the Battle of Uhud, my father was
brought and he had been mayhemed and was placed in front of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S] and a sheet was over him. I went intending to uncover my
father but my people forbade me; again I wanted to uncover him but my people
forbade me. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] gave his order and he was shifted
away. At that time he heard the voice of a crying woman and asked, "Who is
this?" They said, "It is the daughter or the sister of Amr
(R.A)." He said, "Why does she weep? (or let her stop weeping), for the
Angels (P.B.U.T) had been shading him with their wings till he (i.e. the body
of the Martyr) was shifted away."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 422:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "When a human
being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their
foot steps, two Angels (P.B.U.T) come to him and make him sit and ask him: What
did you use to say about this man, Muhammad [S.A.W.S]? He will say: I testify
that he is ALLAH [S.W.T]’s slave and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S]. Then it will be
said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. ALLAH [S.W.T] has given you
a place in Paradise instead of it.'" The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added,
"The dead person will see both his places. But a non-believer or a
hypocrite will say to the Angels (P.B.U.T), 'I do not know, but I used to say
what the people used to say! It will be said to him, 'Neither did you know nor
did you take the guidance (by reciting the Qur’an).' Then he will be hit with
an iron hammer between his two ears, and he will cry and that cry will be heard
by whatever approaches him except human beings and jinns."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 450:
Narrated
Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "When a
faithful believer is made to sit in his grave, then (the Angels (P.B.U.T)) come
to him and he testifies that none has the right to be Worshiped but ALLAH
[S.W.T] and Muhammad is ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]. And that corresponds
to ALLAH [S.W.T]’s statement: ALLAH [S.W.T] will keep firm those who believe
with the word that stands firm . . . (14.27).
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 468:
Narrated Samura
bin Jundab (R.A):
Whenever the Prophet [S.A.W.S] finished the
(morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream
last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] would say: "Masha'ALLAH" (An Arabic maxim meaning
literally, 'What ALLAH wished,' and it indicates a good omen.) One day, he
asked us whether anyone of us had seen a dream. We replied in the negative. The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "But I had seen (a dream) last night that two men
came to me, caught hold of my hands, and took me to the Sacred Land (Jerusalem).
There, I saw a person sitting and another standing with an iron hook in his
hand pushing it inside the mouth of the former till it reached the jaw-bone,
and then tore off one side of his cheek, and then did the same with the other
side; in the mean-time the first side of his cheek became normal again and then
he repeated the same operation again. I said, 'What is this?' They told me to
proceed on and we went on till we came to a man Lying flat on his back, and
another man standing at his head carrying a stone or a piece of rock, and
crushing the head of the Lying man, with that stone. Whenever he struck him,
the stone rolled away. The man went to pick it up and by the time he returned
to him, the crushed head had returned to its normal state and the man came back
and struck him again (and so on). I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to
proceed on; so we proceeded on and passed by a hole like an oven; with a narrow
top and wide bottom, and the fire was kindling underneath that hole. Whenever
the fire-flame went up, the people were lifted up to such an extent that they
about to get out of it, and whenever the fire got quieter, the people went down
into it, and there were naked men and women in it. I said, 'Who is this?' They
told me to proceed on. So we proceeded on till we reached a river of blood and
a man was in it, and another man was standing at its bank with stones in front
of him, facing the man standing in the river. Whenever the man in the river
wanted to come out, the other one threw a stone in his mouth and caused him to
retreat to his original position; and so whenever he wanted to come out the
other would throw a stone in his mouth, and he would retreat to his original
position. I asked, 'What is this?' They told me to proceed on and we did so
till we reached a well-flourished green garden having a huge tree and near its
root was sitting an old man with some children. (I saw) Another man near the
tree with fire in front of him and he was kindling it up. Then they (i.e. my
two companions (P.B.U.T)) made me climb up the tree and made me enter a house,
better than which I have ever seen. In it were some old men and young men,
women and children. Then they took me out of this house and made me climb up
the tree and made me enter another house that was better and superior (to the
first) containing old and young people. I said to them (i.e. my two companions
(P.B.U.T)), 'You have made me ramble all the night. Tell me all about that I
have seen.' They said, 'Yes. As for the one whose cheek you saw being torn
away, he was a liar and he used to tell lies, and the people would report those
lies on his authority till they spread all over the world. So, he will be
punished like that till the Day of Resurrection. The one whose head you saw
being crushed is the one whom ALLAH [S.W.T] had given the knowledge of Qur’an
(i.e. knowing it by heart) but he used to sleep at night (i.e. he did not
recite it then) and did not use to act upon it (i.e. upon its orders etc.) by
day; and so this punishment will go on till the Day of Resurrection. And those
you saw in the hole (like oven) were adulterers (those men and women who commit
illegal sexual intercourse). And those you saw in the river of blood were those
dealing in Riba (usury). And the old man who was sitting at the base of the
tree was Abraham (P.B.U.H) and the little children around him were the
offspring of the people. And the one who was kindling the fire was Malik
(P.B.U.H), the gate-keeper of the Hell-fire. And the first house in which you
have one was the house of the common believers, and the second house was of the
Martyrs. I am Gabriel (P.B.U.H) and this is Michael (P.B.U.H). Raise your
head.' I raised my head and saw a thing like a cloud over me. They said, 'That
is your place.' I said, 'Let me enter my place.' They said, 'You still have
some life which you have not yet completed, and when you complete (that
remaining portion of your life) you will then enter your place.' "
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat), Number 522:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Every day
two Angels (P.B.U.T) come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O ALLAH!
Compensate every person who spends in YOUR Cause,' and the other (Angel
(P.B.U.H)) says, 'O ALLAH! Destroy every miser.'"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 105:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "There will
be no town which Ad-dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina, and there
will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the Angels (P.B.U.T)
will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake
with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earth-quakes will take place) and ALLAH
[S.W.T] will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites from it."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 34: Sales and Trade, Number 291:
Narrated
Hudhaifa (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Before your
time the Angels (P.B.U.T) received the soul of a man and asked him, 'Did you do
any good deeds (in your life)?' He replied, 'I used to order my employees to
grant time to the rich person to pay his debts at his convenience.' So ALLAH
[S.W.T] said to the Angels (P.B.U.T); "Excuse him." Rabi said that
(the dead man said), 'I used to be easy to the rich and grant time to the
poor.' Or, in another narration, 'grant time to the well-off and forgive the
needy,' or, 'accept from the well-off and forgive the needy.'
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 34: Sales and Trade, Number 318:
Narrated Aisha
(R.A) (Mother of the faithful believers):
I bought a cushion with pictures on it. When
ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S] saw it, he kept standing at the door and did
not enter the house. I noticed the sign of disgust on his face, so I said,
"O ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! I repent to ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS
Apostle [S.A.W.S]. (Please let me know) what sin I have done." ALLAH
[S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said, "What about this cushion?" I
replied, "I bought it for you to sit and recline on." ALLAH [S.W.T]'s
Apostle [S.A.W.S] said, "The painters (i.e. owners) of these pictures will
be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them, 'Put life in
what you have created (i.e. painted).' "The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added,
"The Angels (P.B.U.T) do not enter a house where there are pictures."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 34: Sales and Trade, Number 330:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"The congregational prayer of anyone amongst you is more than twenty (five
or twenty seven) times in reward than his prayer in the market or in his house,
for if he performs ablution completely and then goes to the Mosque with the
sole intention of performing the prayer, and nothing urges him to proceed to
the Mosque except the prayer, then, on every step which he takes towards the
Mosque, he will be raised one degree or one of his sins will be forgiven. The
Angels (P.B.U.T) will keep on asking ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Forgiveness and Blessings
for everyone of you so long as he keeps sitting at his praying place. The Angels
(P.B.U.T) will say, 'O ALLAH [S.W.T], Bless him! O ALLAH [S.W.T], be Merciful
to him!' as long as he does not do Hadath or a thing which gives trouble to the
other." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] [S.A.W.S] further said, "One is
regarded in prayer so long as one is waiting for the prayer."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 53: One-fifth of Booty to the Cause of ALLAH [S.W.T]
(Khumus), Number 404:
Narrated Ali
(R.A):
We did not, write anything from the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] except the Qur’an and what is written in this paper, (wherein) the
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Medina is a sanctuary from (the mountain of) Air
to so and-so, therefore, whoever innovates (in it) an heresy or commits a sin,
or gives shelter to such an innovator, will incur the Curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the
Angels (P.B.U.T) and all the people; and none of his compulsory or optional
good deeds of worship will be accepted And the asylum granted by any Muslim is
to be secured by all the Muslims even if it is granted by one of the lowest
social status among them. And whoever betrays a Muslim in this respect will
incur the Curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the Angels (P.B.U.T) and all the people, and
his compulsory and optional good deeds of worship will not be accepted. And any
freed slave will take as masters (befriends) people other than his own real
masters who freed him without taking the permission of the latter, will incur
the Curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the Angels (P.B.U.T) and all the people, and his
compulsory and optional good deeds of worship will not be accepted." Narrated
Said (R.A): Abu Huraira (R.A) once said (to the people), "What will your
state be when you can get no Dinar or Dirhan (i.e. taxes from the
Dhimmis)?" on that someone asked him, "What makes you know that this
state will take place, O Abu Huraira (R.A)?" He said, "By HIM in
WHOSE Hands Abu Huraira (R.A)'s life is, I know it through the statement of the
true and truly inspired one (i.e. the Prophet [S.A.W.S])." The people
asked, "What does the statement say?" He replied, "ALLAH [S.W.T]
and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S]'s asylum granted to Dhimmis, (i.e. non-Muslims living
in a Muslim territory) will be outraged, and so ALLAH [S.W.T] will make the
hearts of these Dhimmis so daring that they will refuse to pay the Jizya they
will be supposed to pay."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 431:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "If ALLAH
[S.W.T] loves a person, He calls Gabriel (P.B.U.H) saying, 'ALLAH [S.W.T] loves
so and-so; O Gabriel (P.B.U.H)! Love him.' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) would love him and
make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven. 'ALLAH [S.W.T]
loves so-and-so, therefore you should love him also,' and so all the
inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure
of the people on the earth."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 440:
Narrated Abu
Salama (R.A):
'Aisha (R.A) said that the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
said to her "O 'Aisha (R.A)' This is Gabriel (P.B.U.H) and he sends his
(greetings) salutations to you." 'Aisha (R.A) said, "Salutations
(Greetings) to him, and ALLAH’s Mercy and Blessings be on him," and
addressing the Prophet [S.A.W.S] she said, "You see what I don't
see."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 441:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] asked
Gabriel (P.B.U.H), "Why don't you visit us more often than you do?"
Then the following Holy Verse was revealed (in this respect):-- "And we
(Angels (P.B.U.T)) descend not but by the order of your LORD. To HIM belong
what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two and your
LORD was never forgetful." (19.64)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 446:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Angels
(P.B.U.T) keep on descending from and ascending to the Heaven in turn, some at
night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together at the time of the
Fajr and 'Asr prayers. Then those who have stayed with you over-night, ascent unto
ALLAH [S.W.T] WHO asks them, and HE knows the answer better than they,
"How have you left MY slaves?" They reply, "We have left them
praying as we found them praying." If anyone of you says
"Aameen" (during the Prayer at the end of the recitation of Surat-al-Faitiha),
and the Angels (P.B.U.T) in Heaven say the same, and the two sayings coincide,
all his past sins will be Forgiven."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 451:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"When the Imam, during the prayer, says, "ALLAH hears him who praises
HIM', say: 'O ALLAH! Our LORD! All the praises are for YOU, for if the saying
of anyone of you coincides with the saying of the Angels (P.B.U.T), his past
sins will be forgiven."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 452:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "As long as
any-one of you is waiting for the prayer, he is considered to be praying
actually, and the Angels (P.B.U.T) say, 'O ALLAH! Be Merciful to him and
Forgive him', (and go on saying so) unless he leaves his place of praying or
passes wind (i.e. breaks his ablution)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 455:
Narrated Abu
Ishaq-Ash-Shaibani (R.A):
I asked Zir bin Hubaish (R.A) regarding the
Statement of ALLAH [S.W.T]: "And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths
or (even) nearer; So did (ALLAH [S.W.T]) convey The Inspiration to HIS slave
(Gabriel (P.B.U.H)) and then he (Gabriel (P.B.U.H)) Conveyed (that to Muhammad
[S.A.W.S]). (53.9-10) On that, Zir (R.A) said, "Ibn Mas'ud (R.A) informed
us that the Prophet [S.A.W.S] had seen Gabriel (P.B.U.H) having 600
wings."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 458:
Narrated Masruq
(R.A):
I asked Aisha (R.A) "What about HIS
Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel (P.B.U.H)) approached and came closer, and
was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She
replied, "It was Gabriel (P.B.U.H) who used to come to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual
and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 460:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"If a husband calls his wife to his bed (i.e. to have sexual relation) and
she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the Angels (P.B.U.T) will curse
her till morning."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 461:
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah (R.A):
That he heard the Prophet [S.A.W.S] saying,
"The Divine Inspiration was delayed for a short period but suddenly, as I
was walking. I heard a voice in the sky, and when I looked up towards the sky,
to my surprise, I saw the Angel (P.B.U.H) who had come to me in the Hira Cave,
and he was sitting on a chair in between the sky and the earth. I was so
frightened by him that I fell on the ground and came to my family and said (to
them), 'Cover me! (with a blanket), cover me!' Then ALLAH [S.W.T] sent the
Revelation: "O, You wrapped up (In a blanket)! (Arise and warn! And your
LORD magnify And keep pure your garments, And desert the idols." (74.1-5)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 462:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "On the night
of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses (P.B.U.H) who was a tall brown
curly-haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus
(P.B.U.H) a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red
and white colors and of lank hair. I also saw Malik (P.B.U.H), the gate-keeper
of the (Hell) Fire and Ad-dajjal amongst the signs which ALLAH [S.W.T] showed
me." (The Prophet [S.A.W.S] then recited the Holy Verse): "So be not
you in doubt of meeting him' when you met Moses during the night of Mi'raj over
the heavens" (32.23) Narrated Anas and Abu Bakra (R.A): "The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] said, "The Angels (P.B.U.T) will guard Medina from Ad-dajjal
(who will not be able to enter the city of Medina)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 508:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "While the
Angels (P.B.U.T) talk amidst the clouds about things that are going to happen
on earth, the devils hear a word of what they say and pour it in the ears of a
soothsayer as one pours something in a bottle, and they add one hundred lies to
that (one word)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 522:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "When you
hear the crowing of cocks, ask for ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Blessings for (their crowing
indicates that) they have seen an Angel (P.B.U.H). And when you hear the
braying of donkeys, seek Refuge with ALLAH [S.W.T] from satan for (their
braying indicates) that they have seen a satan."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55: Prophets (P.B.U.T), Number 543:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "ALLAH
[S.W.T] created Adam (P.B.U.H), making him 60 cubits tall. When HE created him,
HE said to him, "Go and greet that group of Angels (P.B.U.T), and listen
to their reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the greeting
(salutations of your offspring." So, Adam (P.B.U.H) said (to the Angels (P.B.U.T)),
As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The Angels (P.B.U.T) said,
"As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and ALLAH’s Mercy be
upon you). Thus the Angels (P.B.U.T) added to Adam (P.B.U.H)'s salutation the
expression, 'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise
will resemble Adam (P.B.U.H) (in appearance and figure). People have been
decreasing in stature since Adam (P.B.U.H)'s creation.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55: Prophets (P.B.U.T), Number 583:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
The first lady to use a girdle was the mother
of Ishmael (P.B.U.T). She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from
Sarah (P.B.U.H). Abraham (P.B.U.H) brought her and her son Ishmael (P.B.U.H)
while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka'ba under a tree on the spot
of Zam-zam, at the highest place in the Mosque. During those days there was
nobody in Mecca
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55: Prophets (P.B.U.T), Number 607:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the Prophet) Moses
(P.B.U.H) who was a thin person with lank hair, looking like one of the men of
the tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus (P.B.U.H) who was of average height with
red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom. And I resemble Prophet
Abraham (P.B.U.H) more than any of his offspring does. Then I was given two
cups, one containing milk and the other wine. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said, 'Drink
whichever you like.' I took the milk and drank it. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said, 'You
have accepted what is natural, (True Religion i.e. Islam) and if you had taken
the wine, your followers would have gone astray.' "
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55: Prophets (P.B.U.T), Number 619:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Angel of Death (P.B.U.H) was sent to Moses
(P.B.U.H) when he came to Moses (P.B.U.H), Moses (P.B.U.H) slapped him on the
eye. The Angel (P.B.U.H) returned to his LORD and said, "YOU have sent me
to a slave who does not want to die." ALLAH [S.W.T] said, "Return to
him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that
will come under it, he will be granted one year of life." Moses (P.B.U.H)
said, "O LORD! What will happen after that?" ALLAH [S.W.T] replied,
"Then death." Moses (P.B.U.H) said, "Let it come now."
Moses (P.B.U.H) then requested ALLAH [S.W.T] to let him die close to the Sacred
Land so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone's throw from
it." Abu Huraira (R.A) added, "ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]
said, 'If I were there, I would show you his grave below the red sand hill on
the side of the road."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 659:
Narrated Rabi
bin Hirash (R.A):
'Uqba bin 'Amr (R.A) said to Hudhaifa (R.A),
"Won't you relate to us of what you have heard from ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S]?" He said, "I heard him saying, "When Ad-dajjal
appears, he will have fire and water along with him. What the people will
consider as cold water, will be fire that will burn (things). So, if anyone of
you comes across this, he should fall in the thing which will appear to him as
fire, for in reality, it will be fresh cold water." Hudhaifa (R.A) added,
"I also heard him saying, 'From among the people preceding your
generation, there was a man whom the Angel of death (P.B.U.H) visited to
capture his soul. (So his soul was captured) and he was asked if he had done
any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember any good deed.' He was asked to
think it over. He said, 'I do not remember, except that I used to trade with
the people in the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive
the poor (among my debtors). So ALLAH [S.W.T] made him enter Paradise."
Hudhaifa (R.A) further said, "I also heard him saying, 'Once there was a
man on his death-bed, who, losing every hope of surviving said to his family:
When I die, gather for me a large heap of wood and make a fire (to burn me).
When the fire eats my meat and reaches my bones, and when the bones burn, take
and crush them into powder and wait for a windy day to throw it (i.e. the
powder) over the sea. They did so, but ALLAH [S.W.T] collected his particles
and asked him: Why did you do so? He replied: For fear of YOU. So ALLAH [S.W.T]
forgave him." 'Uqba bin 'Amr (R.A) said, "I heard him saying that the
Israeli used to dig the grave of the dead (to steal their shrouds)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 670:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
That he heard ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] saying, "ALLAH [S.W.T] willed to test three Israelis who were a
leper, a blind man and a bald-headed man. So, he sent them an Angel (P.B.U.H)
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 (P.B.U.H) touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a
good color and beautiful skin. The Angel (P.B.U.H) 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-camel, and the
Angel (P.B.U.H) said (to him), 'May ALLAH [S.W.T] bless you in it.' The Angel
(P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H) touched him and his illness
was cured, and he was given good hair. The Angel (P.B.U.H) asked (him), 'What
kind of property do you like bests' He replied, 'Cows,' The Angel (P.B.U.H)
gave him a pregnant cow and said, 'May ALLAH [S.W.T] bless you in it.' The
Angel (P.B.U.H) went to the blind man and asked, 'What thing do you like best?'
He said, '(I like) that ALLAH [S.W.T] may restore my eye-sight to me so that I
may see the people.' The Angel (P.B.U.H) touched his eyes and ALLAH [S.W.T]
gave him back his eye-sight. The Angel (P.B.U.H) asked him, "What kind of
property do you like best?' He replied, 'Sheep.' The Angel (P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H),
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 [S.W.T] 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 (P.B.U.H) 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 [S.W.T] gave you (all this
property).' He replied, '(This is all wrong), I got this property through
inheritance from my fore-fathers' The Angel (P.B.U.H) said, 'If you are telling
a lie, then let ALLAH [S.W.T] make you as you were before.' Then the Angel
(P.B.U.H), 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 (P.B.U.H) said, 'If you are telling a
lie, then let ALLAH [S.W.T] make you as you were before.' The Angel (P.B.U.H),
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 [S.W.T], 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 [S.W.T] gave me back my eye-sight; I was
poor and ALLAH [S.W.T] made me rich; so take anything you wish from my
property. By ALLAH [S.W.T], I will not stop you for taking anything (you need)
of my property which you may take for ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Sake.' The Angel
(P.B.U.H) replied, 'Keep your property with you. You (i.e. 3 men) have been
tested and ALLAH [S.W.T] is pleased with you and is angry with your two companions."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 671:
Narrated Ibn
Umar (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"Once three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and
suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of
the cave got closed while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O you!
Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e.
just for gaining ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O ALLAH! YOU
know that I had a laborer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of
rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice
and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking
for his wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and drive them away.' He said
to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice,' I said to him, 'Go to
those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).' So
he drove them. O ALLAH! If YOU consider that I did that for fear of YOU, then
please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave. The
second one said, 'O ALLAH [S.W.T], YOU know that I had old parents whom I used
to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and
when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with
hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had
drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should
sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned.
O ALLAH! If YOU consider that I did that for fear of YOU, then please remove
the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The
(third) one said, 'O ALLAH! YOU know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal
uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I sought to seduce her, but
she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I
collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with
her. But when I sat between her legs, she said, 'Be afraid of ALLAH [S.W.T],
and do not deflower me but legally. 'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for
her). O ALLAH! If YOU consider that I did that for fear of YOU than please
remove the rock. So ALLAH [S.W.T] saved them and they came out (of the
cave)." (This Hadith indicates that one can only ask ALLAH [S.W.T] for
help directly or through his performed good deeds. But to ask ALLAH [S.W.T]
through dead or absent Prophets (P.B.U.T), saints, spirits, holy men, Angels
(P.B.U.T) etc. is absolutely forbidden in Islam and it is a kind of disbelief.)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 676:
Narrated Abu
Said Al-Khudri (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Amongst the
men of Bani Israel there was a man who had murdered ninety-nine persons. Then he
set out asking (whether his repentance could be accepted or not). He came upon
a monk and asked him if his repentance could be accepted. The monk replied in
the negative and so the man killed him. He kept on asking till a man advised to
go to such and such village. (So he left for it) but death overtook him on the
way. While dying, he turned his chest towards that village (where he had hoped
his repentance would be accepted), and so the Angels (P.B.U.T) of mercy and the
Angels (P.B.U.T) of punishment quarreled amongst themselves regarding him.
ALLAH [S.W.T] ordered the village (towards which he was going) to come closer
to him, and ordered the village (whence he had come), to go far away, and then
HE ordered the Angels (P.B.U.T) to measure the distances between his body and
the two villages. So he was found to be one span closer to the village (he was
going to). So he was forgiven."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 819:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
Once Fatima (R.A) came walking and her gait
resembled the gait of the Prophet [S.A.W.S]. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said,
"Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his
left side, and then he told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her,
"Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started
laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw
today." I asked her what the Prophet [S.A.W.S] had told her. She said, "I
would never disclose the secret of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]."
When the Prophet [S.A.W.S] died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said: 'Every year Gabriel (P.B.U.H) used to revise the Qur'an
with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my
death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me.' So I started
weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you like to be the mistress of all the ladies of
Paradise or the mistress of all the lady believers? So I laughed for that."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56: Virtues And Merits Of The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and His
Companions (R.A), Number 827:
Narrated Abu
Uthman (R.A):
I got the news that Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came to
the Prophet [S.A.W.S] while Um Salama (R.A) was present. Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
started talking (to the Prophet [S.A.W.S] and then left. The Prophet [S.A.W.S]
said to Um Salama (R.A), "(Do you know) who it was?" (or a similar
question). She said, "It was Dihya (R.A) (a handsome person amongst the
companions (R.A) of the Prophet [S.A.W.S])." Later on Um Salama (R.A)
said, "By ALLAH [S.W.T]! I thought he was none but Dihya (R.A), till I
heard the Prophet [S.A.W.S] talking about Gabriel (P.B.U.H) in his
sermon." (The Sub-narrator asked Abu 'Uthman (R.A), "From where have
you heard this narration?" He replied, "From Usama bin Zaid
(R.A).")
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 58: Merits of the Helpers in Medina (Ansaar), Number
227:
Narrated Abbas
bin Malik (R.A):
Malik bin Sasaa (R.A) said that ALLAH
[S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S] 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 (R.A) 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 [S.A.W.S] 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 (R.A) asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza (R.A)?" I (i.e.
Anas (R.A)) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet [S.A.W.S] 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 (P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H) answered, 'Gabriel (P.B.U.H).' It
was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Muhammad
[S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has Muhammad [S.A.W.S] been called?' Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H) there. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said (to me). 'This is
your father, Adam (P.B.U.H); 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 (P.B.U.H) ascended with me till we reached the second heaven.
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?'
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) answered, 'Gabriel (P.B.U.H).' It was asked, 'Who is
accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Muhammad [S.A.W.S].' It was
asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) 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) (P.B.U.T) who were cousins of each other. Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus (P.B.U.T); 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 (P.B.U.H)
ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It
was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Gabriel (P.B.U.H).' It was
asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Muhammad
[S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H). Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said (to me), 'This is Joseph (P.B.U.H);
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
(P.B.U.H) ascended with me to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be
opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Gabriel
(P.B.U.H)' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied,
'Muhammad [S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
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 fourth
heaven, there I saw Idris (P.B.U.H). Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said (to me), 'This is
Idris (P.B.U.H); 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 (P.B.U.H) ascended with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its
gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied,
'Gabriel (P.B.U.H).' It was asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
replied, 'Muhammad [S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) 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) (P.B.U.H), Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said, (to me). This is Aaron
(P.B.U.H); 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 (P.B.U.H) ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate
to be opened. It was asked. 'Who is it?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied, 'Gabriel
(P.B.U.H).' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H) replied,
'Muhammad [S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
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
(P.B.U.H). Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said (to me),' This is Moses (P.B.U.H); 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 (P.B.U.H)) he wept. Someone asked him, 'What makes you weep?' Moses
(P.B.U.H) said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet [S.A.W.S])
a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my
followers.' Then Gabriel (P.B.U.H) ascended with me to the seventh heaven and
asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
replied, 'Gabriel (P.B.U.H).' It was asked,' Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) replied, 'Muhammad [S.A.W.S].' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H). Gabriel (P.B.U.H) 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
(P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H)?' 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 (P.B.U.H) 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 (P.B.U.H) who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I
replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses (P.B.U.H)
said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by ALLAH [S.W.T], 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 [S.W.T] reduced ten prayers for me. Then
again I came to Moses (P.B.U.H), but he repeated the same as he had said
before. Then again I went back to ALLAH [S.W.T] and HE reduced ten more
prayers. When I came back to Moses (P.B.U.H) he said the same, I went back to
ALLAH [S.W.T] and HE ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back
to Moses (P.B.U.H), he repeated the same advice, so I went back to ALLAH
[S.W.T] and was ordered to observe five prayers a day. When I came back to
Moses (P.B.U.H), 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.W.T]'s Order.' When I left, I heard a voice saying, 'I
have passed MY Order and have lessened the burden of MY Worshipers."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 327:
Narrated Rifaa
(R.A) (who was one of the Badr warriors):
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] and said, "How do you look upon the warriors of Badr among
yourselves?" The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "As the best of the
Muslims." or said a similar statement. On that, Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said,
"And so are the Angels (P.B.U.T) who participated in the Badr
(battle)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 330:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said on the day (of the
battle) of Badr, "This is Gabriel (P.B.U.H) holding the head of his horse
and equipped with arms for the battle.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 338:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
Abu Talha (R.A), a companion of ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] and one of those who fought at Badr together with
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] told me that ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] said. "Angels (P.B.U.T) do not enter a house in which there is a
dog or a picture" He meant the images of creatures that have souls.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 406:
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] used to
shroud two Martyrs of Uhud in one sheet and then say, "Which of them knew
Qur’an more?" When one of the two was pointed out, he would put him first
in the grave. Then he said, "I will be a witness for them on the Day of
Resurrection." He ordered them to be buried with their blood (on their
bodies). Neither was the funeral prayer offered for them, nor were they washed.
Jabir (R.A) added, "When my father was Martyred, I started weeping and uncovering
his face. The Companions (R.A) of the Prophet [S.A.W.S] stopped me from doing
so but the Prophet [S.A.W.S] did not stop me. Then the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said,
'(O Jabir (R.A)) don't weep over him, for the Angels (P.B.U.T) kept on covering
him with their wings till his body was carried away (for burial)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 444:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
As if I am just now looking at the dust rising
in the street of Banu Ghanm (in Medina) because of the marching of Gabriel
(P.B.U.H)'s regiment when ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] set out to Banu
Quraiza (to attack them).
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
(Al-Maghaazi), Number 448:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
Sad (R.A) was wounded on the day of Khandaq
(i.e. Trench) when a man from Quraish, called Hibban bin Al-'Araqa hit him
(with an arrow). The man was Hibban bin Qais from (the tribe of) Bani Mais bin
'Amir bin Lu'ai who shot an arrow at Sad (R.A)'s medial arm vein (or main
artery of the arm). The Prophet [S.A.W.S] pitched a tent (for Sad (R.A)) in the
Mosque so that he might be near to the Prophet [S.A.W.S] to visit. When the
Prophet [S.A.W.S] returned from the (battle) of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and
laid down his arms and took a bath Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came to him while he (i.e.
Gabriel (P.B.U.H)) was shaking the dust off his head, and said, "You have
laid down the arms?" By ALLAH [S.W.T], I have not laid them down. Go out
to them (to attack them)." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Where?"
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) pointed towards Bani Quraiza. So ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] went to them (i.e. Banu Quraiza) (i.e. besieged them). They then
surrendered to the Prophet [S.A.W.S]'s judgment but he directed them to Sad
(R.A) to give his verdict concerning them. Sad (R.A) said, "I give my
judgment that their warriors should be killed, their women and children should
be taken as captives, and their properties distributed." Narrated Hisham
(R.A): My father informed me that 'Aisha (R.A) said, "Sad (R.A) said,
"O ALLAH! You know that there is nothing more beloved to me than to fight
in YOUR Cause against those who disbelieved YOUR Apostle [S.A.W.S] and turned
him out (of Mecca). O ALLAH [S.W.T]! I think you have put to an end the fight
between us and them (i.e. Quraish infidels). And if there still remains any
fight with the Quraish (infidels), then keep me alive till I fight against them
for YOUR Sake. But if you have brought the war to an end, then let this wound
burst and cause my death thereby.' So blood gushed from the wound. There was a
tent in the Mosque belonging to Banu Ghifar who were surprised by the blood
flowing towards them. They said, 'O people of the tent! What is this thing which
is coming to us from your side?' Behold! Blood was flowing profusely out of Sad
(R.A)'s wound. Sad (R.A) then died because of that."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 7:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
'Abdullah bin Salam (R.A) heard the news of
the arrival of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] (at Medina) while he was on a
farm collecting its fruits. So he came to The Prophet [S.A.W.S] and said,
"I will ask you about three things which nobody knows unless he be a
Prophet. Firstly, what is the first portent of the Hour? What is the first meal
of the people of Paradise? And what makes a baby look like its father or
mother?'. The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Just now Gabriel (P.B.U.H) has informed
me about that." 'Abdullah (R.A) said, "Gabriel (P.B.U.H.)?" The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Yes." 'Abdullah (R.A) said, "He, among
the Angels (P.B.U.T) is the enemy of the Jews." On that the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] recited this Holy Verse:-- "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel (let
him die in his fury!) for he has brought it (i.e. Qur'an) down to your heart by
ALLAH’s permission." (2.97) Then he added, "As for the first portent
of the Hour, it will be a fire that will collect the people from the East to
West. And as for the first meal of the people of Paradise, it will be the
caudite (i.e. extra) lobe of the fish liver. And if a man's discharge proceeded
that of the woman, then the child resembles the father, and if the woman's
discharge proceeded that of the man, then the child resembles the mother."
On hearing that, 'Abdullah (R.A) said, "I testify that none has the right
to be Worshiped but ALLAH, and that you are the Apostle of ALLAH, O, ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]; the Jews are liars, and if they should come to
know that I have embraced Islam, they would accuse me of being a liar." In
the meantime, some Jews came (to the Prophet [S.A.W.S]) and he asked them,
"What is 'Abdullah (R.A)'s status amongst you?" They replied,
"He is the best amongst us, and he is our chief and the son of our
chief." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "What would you think if
'Abdullah bin Salam (R.A) embraced Islam?" They replied, "May ALLAH
[S.W.T] protect him from this!" Then 'Abdullah (R.A) came out and said,
"I testify that none has the right to be Worshiped but ALLAH and that
Muhammad [S.A.W.S] is the Apostle of ALLAH." The Jews then said,
"Abdullah (R.A) is the worst of us and the son of the worst of us,"
and disparaged him. On that 'Abdullah (R.A) said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S]! This is what I was afraid of!"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 149:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] delivered a
sermon and said, "O people! You will be gathered before ALLAH [S.W.T]
bare-footed, naked and not circumcised." Then (quoting Qur’an) he said:--
"As WE began the first creation, WE shall repeat it. A promise WE have
undertaken: Truly WE shall do it.." (21.104) The Prophet [S.A.W.S] then
said, "The first of the human beings to be dressed on the Day of
Resurrection, will be Abraham (P.B.U.H). Lo! Some men from my followers will be
brought and then (the Angels (P.B.U.T)) will drive them to the left side
(Hell-Fire). I will say. 'O my LORD! (They are) my companions!' Then a reply
will come (from ALMIGHTY), 'You do not know what they did after you.' I will
say as the pious slave (the Prophet Jesus (P.B.U.H)) said: And I was a witness
over them while I dwelt amongst them. When YOU took me up. YOU were the WATCHER
over them and YOU are a WITNESS to all things.' (5.117) Then it will be said,
"These people have continued to be apostates since you left them."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 232:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S] was
presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of
his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
said, "Thanks to ALLAH [S.W.T] WHO guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam);
if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 255:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said to Gabriel
(P.B.U.H), "What prevents you from visiting us more often than you visit
us now?" So there was revealed:-- 'And we (Angels (P.B.U.T)) descend not
but by the command of your LORD. To HIM belongs what is before us and what is
behind us...'(19.64)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 324:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Prophet [S.A.W.S] said,
"When ALLAH [S.W.T] decrees some order in the heaven, the Angels (P.B.U.T)
flutter their wings indicating complete surrender to HIS saying which sounds
like chains being dragged on rock. And when the state of fear disappears, they
ask each other, "What has your LORD ordered? They say that HE has said
that which is true and just, and HE is the MOST HIGH, the MOST GREAT."
(34.23). Then the stealthy listeners (devils) hear this order, and these
stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other." (Sufyan (R.A), a
sub-narrator demonstrated that by holding his hand upright and separating the
fingers.) A stealthy listener hears a word which he will convey to that which
is below him and the second will convey it to that which is below him till the
last of them will convey it to the wizard or foreteller. Sometimes a flame
(fire) may strike the devil before he can convey it, and sometimes he may
convey it before the flame (fire) strikes him, whereupon the wizard adds to
that word a hundred lies. The people will then say, 'Didn't he (i.e. magician)
tell such-and-such a thing on such-and-such date?' So that magician is said to
have told the truth because of the Statement which has been heard from the
heavens."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 488:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
When the Prophet [S.A.W.S] was made to ascend
to the Heavens, he said (after his return), "I came upon a river the banks
of which were made of tents of hollow pearls. I asked Gabriel (P.B.U.H). What
is this (river?" He replied, 'This is the Kauthar.'
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 61: Virtues of the Qur'an, Number 513:
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"Gabriel (P.B.U.H) recited the Qur'an to me in one way. Then I requested
him (to read it in another way), and continued asking him to recite it in other
ways, and he recited it in several ways till he ultimately recited it in seven
different ways."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Number 57:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said (to
me), "You were shown to me in a dream. An Angel (P.B.U.H) brought you to
me, wrapped in a piece of silken cloth, and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I
removed the piece of cloth from your face, and there you were. I said to
myself. 'If it is from ALLAH [S.W.T], then it will surely be.' "
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Number 121:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "If a man
invites his wife to sleep with him and she refuses to come to him, then the
Angels (P.B.U.T) send their curses on her till morning."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Number 122:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "If a woman
spends the night deserting her husband's bed (does not sleep with him), then
the Angels (P.B.U.T) send their curses on her till she comes back (to her
husband)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Number 169:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
(The Prophet) Solomon son of (the Prophet)
David (P.B.U.T) said, "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations
with) one hundred women (my wives) everyone of whom will deliver a male child
who will fight in ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Cause." On that an Angel (P.B.U.H) said
to him, "Say: 'If ALLAH will.'" But Solomon (P.B.U.H) did not say it
and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them
delivered any child except one who delivered a half person. The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] said, "If Solomon (P.B.U.H) had said: 'If ALLAH will,' ALLAH
[S.W.T] would have fulfilled his (above) desire and that saying would have made
him more hopeful."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 73: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab), Number 43:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said "Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) continued to recommend me about treating the neighbors kindly and
politely so much so that I thought he would order me to make them as my heirs.
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 74: Asking Permission, Number 285:
Narrated Abu
Dhar (R.A):
While I was walking with the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
at the Hurra of Medina in the evening, the mountain of Uhud appeared before us.
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "O Abu Dhar (R.A)! I would not like to have
gold equal to Uhud (mountain) for me, unless nothing of it, not even a single
Dinar remains of it with me, for more than one day or three days, except that
single Dinar which I will keep for repaying debts. I will spend all of it (the
whole amount) among ALLAH [S.W.T]’s slaves like this and like this and like
this." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] pointed out with his hand to illustrate it
and then said, "O Abu Dhar (R.A)!" I replied, "Labbaik wa
Sa'daik, O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]!" He said, "Those who
have much wealth (in this world) will be the least rewarded (in the Hereafter)
except those who do like this and like this (i.e., spend their money in
charity)." Then he ordered me, "Remain at your place and do not leave
it, O Abu Dhar (R.A), till I come back." He went away till he disappeared
from me. Then I heard a voice and feared that something might have happened to
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S], and I intended to go (to find out) but I
remembered the statement of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] that I should not
leave, my place, so I kept on waiting (and after a while the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
came), and I said to him, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S], I heard a
voice and I was afraid that something might have happened to you, but then I remembered
your statement and stayed (there). The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "That was
Gabriel (P.B.U.H) who came to me and informed me that whoever among my
followers died without joining others in Worship with ALLAH [S.W.T], would
enter Paradise." I said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! Even
if he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft?" He said,
"Even if he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft.'
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 75: Invocations, Number 417:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"ALLAH [S.W.T] has some Angels (P.B.U.T) who look for those who celebrate
the Praises of ALLAH [S.W.T] on the roads and paths. And when they find some
people celebrating the Praises of ALLAH [S.W.T], they call each other, saying,
"Come to the object of your pursuit.'" He added, "Then the
Angels (P.B.U.T) encircle them with their wings up to the sky of the
world." He added. "(after those people celebrated the Praises of
ALLAH [S.W.T], and the Angels (P.B.U.T) go back), their LORD, asks them (those
Angels (P.B.U.T)) - though HE knows better than them----'What do MY slaves
say?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) reply, 'they say: Subhan ALLAH, ALLAHU Akbar, and
Alham-du-lillah, ALLAH [S.W.T] then says 'Did they see ME?' The Angels
(P.B.U.T) reply, 'No! By ALLAH [S.W.T], they didn't see YOU.' ALLAH [S.W.T]
says, How it would have been if they saw ME?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) reply, 'If
they saw YOU, they would Worship YOU more devoutly and celebrate YOUR Glory
more deeply, and declare YOUR freedom from any resemblance to anything more
often.' ALLAH [S.W.T] says (to the Angels (P.B.U.T)), 'What do they ask ME
for?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) reply, 'They ask YOU for Paradise.' ALLAH [S.W.T]
says (to the Angels (P.B.U.T)), 'Did they see it?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) say,
'No! By ALLAH [S.W.T], O LORD! They did not see it.' ALLAH [S.W.T] says, How it
would have been if they saw it?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) say, 'If they saw it,
they would have greater covetousness for it and would seek it with greater zeal
and would have greater desire for it.' ALLAH [S.W.T] says, 'From what do they
seek refuge?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) reply, 'They seek refuge from the (Hell)
Fire.' ALLAH [S.W.T] says, 'Did they see it?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) say, 'No! By
ALLAH [S.W.T], O LORD! They did not see it.' ALLAH [S.W.T] says, How it would
have been if they saw it?' The Angels (P.B.U.T) say, 'If they saw it they would
flee from it with the extreme fleeing and would have extreme fear from it.'
Then ALLAH [S.W.T] says, 'I make you witnesses that I have Forgiven
them."' ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] added, "One of the Angels
(P.B.U.T) would say, 'There was so-and-so amongst them, and he was not one of
them, but he had just come for some need.' ALLAH [S.W.T] would say, 'These are
those people whose companions will not be reduced to misery.'"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 76: To Make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq), Number 498:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] narrating about his LORD
and said, "ALLAH [S.W.T] ordered (the appointed Angels (P.B.U.T) over you)
that the good and the bad deeds be written, and HE then showed (the way) how
(to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then
ALLAH [S.W.T] will write for him a full good deed (in his account with HIM);
and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then ALLAH [S.W.T]
will write for him (in his account with HIM) (its reward equal) from ten to
seven hundred times to many more times: and if somebody intended to do a bad
deed and he does not do it, then ALLAH [S.W.T] will write a full good deed (in
his account with HIM), and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually
did it, then ALLAH [S.W.T] will write one bad deed (in his account)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 76: To Make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq), Number 549:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "The people
were displayed in front of me and I saw one Prophet (P.B.U.H) passing by with a
large group of his followers, and another Prophet (P.B.U.H) passing by with
only a small group of people, and another Prophet (P.B.U.H) passing by with
only ten (persons), and another Prophet (P.B.U.H) passing by with only five
(persons), and another Prophet (P.B.U.H) passed by alone. And then I looked and
saw a large multitude of people, so I asked Gabriel (P.B.U.H), "Are these
people my followers?' He said, 'No, but look towards the horizon.' I looked and
saw a very large multitude of people. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) said: 'Those are your
followers, and those are seventy thousand (persons) in front of them who will
neither have any reckoning of their accounts nor will receive any punishment.'
I asked, 'Why?' He said, 'For they used not to treat themselves with branding
(cauterization) nor with Ruqya (get oneself treated by the recitation of some
Verses of the Qur'an) and not to see evil omen in things, and they used to put
their trust (only) in their LORD." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan
(R.A) got up and said (to the Prophet [S.A.W.S]), "Invoke ALLAH [S.W.T] to
make me one of them." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T],
make him one of them." Then another man got up and said (to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S]), "Invoke ALLAH [S.W.T] to make me one of them." The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, 'Ukasha (R.A) has preceded you."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 76: To Make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq), Number 587:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "While I was
sleeping, a group (of my followers were brought close to me), and when I
recognized them, a man (an Angel (P.B.U.H)) came out from amongst (us) me and
them, he said (to them), 'Come along.' I asked, 'Where?' He said, 'To the
(Hell) Fire, by ALLAH [S.W.T]' I asked, 'what is wrong with them' He said,
'They turned apostate as renegades after you left.' Then behold! (Another)
group (of my followers) were brought close to me, and when I recognized them, a
man (an Angel (P.B.U.H)) came out from (me and them) he said (to them); Come
along.' I asked, "Where?' He said, 'To the (Hell) Fire, by ALLAH [S.W.T].'
I asked, What is wrong with them?' He said, 'They turned apostate as renegades
after you left. So I did not see anyone of them escaping except a few who were
like camels without a shepherd."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 87: Interpretation of Dreams, Number 150:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
We were sitting with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S], he said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself in Paradise.
Suddenly I saw a woman performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, "For
whom is this palace?" They (the Angels (P.B.U.T)) replied, "It is for
'Umar bin Al-Khattab (R.A)." Then I remembered 'Umar (R.A)'s ghira and
went back hurriedly." On hearing that, 'Umar (R.A) started weeping and
said, “Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S]! How dare I think of my Ghira being offended by you?"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 87: Interpretation of Dreams, Number 155:
Narrated Ibn
'Umar (R.A):
Men from the companions (R.A) of ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] used to see dreams during the lifetime of ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] and they used to narrate those dreams to ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] would interpret
them as ALLAH [S.W.T] wished. I was a young man and used to stay in the Mosque
before my wedlock. I said to myself, "If there were any good in myself, I
too would see what these people see." So when I went to bed one night, I
said, "O ALLAH! If you see any good in me, show me a good dream." So
while I was in that state, there came to me (in a dream) two Angels (P.B.U.T).
In the hand of each of them, there was a mace of iron, and both of them were
taking me to Hell, and I was between them, invoking ALLAH [S.W.T], "O
ALLAH! I seek refuge with YOU from Hell." Then I saw myself being
confronted by another Angel (P.B.U.H) holding a mace of iron in his hand. He
said to me, "Do not be afraid, you will be an excellent man if you only
pray more often." So they took me till they stopped me at the edge of
Hell, and behold, it was built inside like a well and it had side posts like
those of a well, and beside each post there was an Angel (P.B.U.H) carrying an
iron mace. I saw therein many people hanging upside down with iron chains, and
I recognized therein some men from the Quraish. Then (the Angels (P.B.U.T))
took me to the right side. I narrated this dream to (my sister) Hafsa (R.A) and
she told it to ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] said, "No doubt, 'Abdullah (R.A) is a good man." (Nafi'
(R.A) said, "Since then 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (R.A) used to pray much.)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 87: Interpretation of Dreams, Number 171:
Narrated Samura
bin Jundub (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] very often
used to ask his companions (R.A), "Did anyone of you see a dream?" So
dreams would be narrated to him by those whom ALLAH [S.W.T] wished to tell. One
morning the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Last night two persons came to me (in
a dream) and woke me up and said to me, 'Proceed!' I set out with them and we
came across a man lying down, and behold, another man was standing over his
head, holding a big rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at the man's head,
injuring it. The rock rolled away and the thrower followed it and took it back.
By the time he reached the man, his head returned to the normal state. The
thrower then did the same as he had done before. I said to my two companions
(P.B.U.T), 'Subhan ALLAH! Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Proceed!' So
we proceeded and came to a man lying flat on his back and another man standing
over his head with an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side
of the man's mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back (of the neck)
and similarly tear his nose from front to back and his eye from front to back. Then
he turned to the other side of the man's face and did just as he had done with
the other side. He hardly completed this side when the other side returned to
its normal state. Then he returned to it to repeat what he had done before. I
said to my two companions (P.B.U.T), 'Subhan ALLAH! Who are these two persons?'
They said to me, 'Proceed!' So we proceeded and came across something like a
Tannur (a kind of baking oven, a pit usually clay-lined for baking
bread)." I think the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "In that oven there was
much noise and voices." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "We looked into
it and found naked men and women, and behold, a flame of fire was reaching to
them from underneath, and when it reached them, they cried loudly. I asked them,
'Who are these?' They said to me, 'Proceed!' And so we proceeded and came
across a river." I think he said, ".... red like blood." The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "And behold, in the river there was a man
swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had collected many stones.
Behold, while the other man was swimming, he went near him. The former opened
his mouth and the latter (on the bank) threw a stone into his mouth whereupon
he went swimming again. He returned and every time the performance was
repeated, I asked my two companions (P.B.U.T), 'who are these (two) persons?'
They replied, 'Proceed! Proceed!' And we proceeded till we came to a man with a
repulsive appearance, the most repulsive appearance, you ever saw a man having!
Beside him there was a fire and he was kindling it and running around it. I
asked my companions (P.B.U.T), 'Who is this (man)?' They said to me, 'Proceed!
Proceed!' So we proceeded till we reached a garden of deep green dense
vegetation, having all sorts of spring colors. In the midst of the garden there
was a very tall man and I could hardly see his head because of his great
height, and around him there were children in such a large number as I have
never seen. I said to my companions (P.B.U.T), 'Who is this?' They replied,
'Proceed! Proceed!' So we proceeded till we came to a majestic huge garden,
greater and better than I have ever seen! My two companions (P.B.U.T) said to
me, 'Go up and I went up' The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "So we ascended
till we reached a city built of gold and silver bricks and we went to its gate
and asked (the gatekeeper (P.B.U.H)) to open the gate, and it was opened and we
entered the city and found in it, men with one side of their bodies as handsome
as the handsomest person you have ever seen, and the other side as ugly as the
ugliest person you have ever seen. My two companions (P.B.U.T) ordered those
men to throw themselves into the river. Behold, there was a river flowing
across (the city), and its water was like milk in whiteness. Those men went and
threw themselves in it and then returned to us after the ugliness (of their
bodies) had disappeared and they became in the best shape." The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] further added, "My two companions (Angels (P.B.U.T)) said to me,
'This place is the Eden Paradise, and that is your place.' I raised up my
sight, and behold, there I saw a palace like a white cloud! My two companions
(P.B.U.T) said to me, 'That (palace) is your place.' I said to them, 'May ALLAH
bless you both! Let me enter it.' They replied, 'As for now, you will not enter
it, but you shall enter it (one day) I said to them, 'I have seen many wonders
tonight. What does all that mean which I have seen?' They replied, 'We will
inform you: As for the first man you came upon whose head was being injured
with the rock, he is the symbol of the one who studies the Qur’an and then
neither recites it nor acts on its orders, and sleeps, neglecting the enjoined
prayers. As for the man you came upon whose sides of mouth, nostrils and eyes
were torn off from front to back, he is the symbol of the man who goes out of
his house in the morning and tells so many lies that it spreads all over the
world. And those naked men and women whom you saw in a construction resembling
an oven, they are the adulterers and the adulteresses, and the man whom you saw
swimming in the river and given a stone to swallow, is the eater of usury
(Riba) and the bad looking man whom you saw near the fire kindling it and going
round it, is Malik (P.B.U.H), the gatekeeper of Hell and the tall man whom you
saw in the garden, is Abraham (P.B.U.H) and the children around him are those
children who die with Al-Fitra (the Islamic Faith)." The narrator added:
Some Muslims asked the Prophet [S.A.W.S], "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] [S.A.W.S]! What about the children of pagans?" The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] replied, "And also the children of pagans." The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] added, "My two companions (P.B.U.T) added, 'The men you saw half
handsome and half ugly were those persons who had mixed an act that was good
with another that was bad, but ALLAH [S.W.T] Forgave them.'"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 92: Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah, Number 385:
Narrated Jabir
bin 'Abdullah (R.A):
Some Angels (P.B.U.T) came to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] while he was sleeping. Some of them said, "He is sleeping."
Others said, "His eyes are sleeping but his heart is awake." Then
they said, "There is an example for this companion of yours." One of
them said, "Then set forth an example for him." Some of them said,
"He is sleeping." The others said, "His eyes are sleeping but
his heart is awake." Then they said, "His example is that of a man
who has built a house and then offered therein a banquet and sent an inviter
(messenger) to invite the people. So whoever accepted the invitation of the
inviter, entered the house and ate of the banquet, and whoever did not accept
the invitation of the inviter, did not enter the house, nor did he eat of the
banquet." Then the Angels (P.B.U.T) said, "Interpret this example to
him so that he may understand it." Some of them said, "He is
sleeping.'' The others said, "His eyes are sleeping but his heart is
awake." And then they said, "The houses stands for Paradise and the
call maker is Muhammad [S.A.W.S]; and whoever obeys Muhammad [S.A.W.S], obeys
ALLAH [S.W.T]; and whoever disobeys Muhammad [S.A.W.S], disobeys ALLAH [S.W.T].
Muhammad [S.A.W.S] separated the people (i.e. through his message, the good is
distinguished from the bad, and the believers from the disbelievers)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 507:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "ALLAH
[S.W.T] will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same way
(as they are gathered in this life), and they will say, 'Let us ask someone to
intercede for us with our LORD that HE may relieve us from this place of ours.'
Then they will go to Adam (P.B.U.H) and say, 'O Adam (P.B.U.H)! Don't you see
the people (people's condition)? ALLAH [S.W.T] created you with HIS OWN Hands
and ordered HIS Angels (P.B.U.T) to prostrate before you, and taught you the
names of all the things. Please intercede for us with our LORD so that HE may
relieve us from this place of ours.' Adam (P.B.U.H) will say, 'I am not fit for
this undertaking' and mention to them the mistakes he had committed, and add,
"But you’d better go to Noah (P.B.U.H) as he was the first Apostle sent by
ALLAH [S.W.T] to the people of the Earth.' They will go to Noah (P.B.U.H) who
will reply, 'I am not fit for this undertaking,' and mention the mistake which
he made, and add, 'but you'd better go to Abraham (P.B.U.H), Khalil Ar-Rahman.'
They will go to Abraham (P.B.U.H) who will reply, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking,' and mention to them the mistakes he made, and add, 'But you'd
better go to Moses (P.B.U.H), a slave whom ALLAH [S.W.T] gave the Torah and to
whom HE spoke directly' They will go to Moses (P.B.U.H) who will reply, 'I am
not fit for this undertaking,' and mention to them the mistakes he made, and
add, 'You'd better go to Jesus (P.B.U.H), ALLAH [S.W.T]’s slave and HIS Apostle
and HIS Word (Be: And it was) and a soul created by HIM.' They will go to Jesus
(P.B.U.H) who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, but you'd better go
to Muhammad [S.A.W.S] whose sins of the past and the future had been forgiven
(by ALLAH [S.W.T]).' So they will come to me and I will ask the permission of
my LORD, and I will be permitted (to present myself) before HIM. When I see my
LORD, I will fall down in (prostration) before HIM and HE will leave me (in
prostration) as long as HE wishes, and then it will be said to me, 'O Muhammad
[S.A.W.S]! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for
you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted.' I will then raise my head and Praise my LORD with certain Praises
which HE has taught me, and then I will intercede. ALLAH [S.W.T] will allow me
to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit whom I will
admit into Paradise. I will come back again, and when I see my LORD (again), I
will fall down in prostration before HIM, and HE will leave me (in prostration)
as long as HE wishes, and then HE will say, 'O Muhammad [S.A.W.S]! Raise your
head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted
(your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will
then Praise my LORD with certain Praises which HE has taught me, and then I
will intercede. ALLAH [S.W.T] will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of
people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into Paradise, I will return
again, and when I see my LORD, I will fall down (in prostration) and HE will
leave me (in prostration) as long as HE wishes, and then HE will say, 'O Muhammad
[S.A.W.S]! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and ask, for
you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted.' I will then Praise my LORD with certain Praises which HE has
taught me, and then I will intercede. ALLAH [S.W.T] will allow me to intercede
(for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit to whom I will admit into Paradise . I will come back and say, 'O my LORD! None
remains in Hell (Fire) but those whom Qur'an has imprisoned therein and for
whom eternity in Hell (Fire) has become inevitable.' "The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] added, "There will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says:
'La ilaha illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a barley
grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: ' La ilaha
illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a wheat grain.
Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha
illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of an atom (or a
smallest ant)."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 532c:
Narrated 'Ata'
bin Yazid Al-Laithi (R.A) on the authority of Abu Huraira (R.A):
The people said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle (R.A)! Shall we see our LORD on the Day of Resurrection?" The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on
a full moon night?" They said, "No, O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
(R.A)." He said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun when
there are no clouds?" They said, "No, O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
(R.A)." He said, "So you will see HIM, like that. ALLAH [S.W.T] will
gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say, 'Whoever Worshiped
something (in the world) should follow (that thing),' so, whoever Worshiped the
sun will follow the sun, and whoever Worshiped the moon will follow the moon,
and whoever used to Worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow those
deities. And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or its
hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim (R.A) is in doubt.) ALLAH [S.W.T] will
come to them and say, 'I am your LORD.' They will (deny HIM and) say, 'We will
stay here till our LORD comes, for when our LORD comes, we will recognize HIM.'
So ALLAH [S.W.T] will come to them in HIS appearance which they know, and will
say, 'I am your LORD.' They will say, 'YOU are our LORD,' so they will follow
HIM. Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)' I and my followers will be
the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day except the
Apostles (P.B.U.T). And the invocation of the Apostles (P.B.U.T) on that Day
will be, 'O ALLAH [S.W.T], save! Save!' In Hell (or over The Bridge) there will
be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa'dan (thorny plant). Have you seen As-Sa'dan?
" They replied, "Yes, O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]!" He
said, "So those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa'dan, but none knows
how big they are except ALLAH [S.W.T]. Those hooks will snap the people away
according to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be destroyed)
because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the hooks (and
fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then relieved. When ALLAH [S.W.T]
has finished HIS Judgments among the people, HE will take whomever HE will out
of Hell through HIS Mercy. HE will then order the Angels (P.B.U.T) to take out
of the Fire all those who used to Worship none but ALLAH [S.W.T] from among
those whom ALLAH [S.W.T] wanted to be Merciful to and those who testified (in
the world) that none has the right to be Worshiped but ALLAH [S.W.T]. The
Angels (P.B.U.T) will recognize them in the Fire by the marks of prostration
(on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat up all the human body except the mark
caused by prostration as ALLAH [S.W.T] has forbidden the Fire to eat the mark
of prostration. They will come out of the (Hell) Fire, completely burnt and
then the water of life will be poured over them and they will grow under it as
does a seed that comes in the mud of the torrent. Then ALLAH [S.W.T] will
finish the Judgments among the people, and there will remain one man facing the
(Hell) Fire and he will be the last person among the people of Hell to enter
Paradise. He will say, 'O my LORD! Please turn my face away from the fire
because its air has hurt me and its severe heat has burnt me.' So he will
invoke ALLAH [S.W.T] in the way ALLAH [S.W.T] will wish him to invoke, and then
ALLAH [S.W.T] will say to him, 'If I grant you that, will you then ask for
anything else?' He will reply, 'No, by YOUR Power, (Honor) I will not ask YOU
for anything else.' He will give his LORD whatever promises and covenants ALLAH
[S.W.T] will demand. So ALLAH [S.W.T] will turn his face away from Hell (Fire).
When he will face Paradise and will see it, he will remain quiet for as long as
ALLAH [S.W.T] will wish him to remain quiet, then he will say, 'O my LORD!
Bring me near to the gate of Paradise.' ALLAH [S.W.T] will say to him, 'Didn't
you give your promises and covenants that you would never ask for anything more
than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam (P.B.U.H)'s son! How
treacherous you are!' He will say, 'O my LORD,' and will keep on invoking ALLAH
[S.W.T] till HE says to him, 'If I give what you are asking, will you then ask
for anything else?' He will reply, 'No, by YOUR (Honor) Power, I will not ask
for anything else.' Then he will give covenants and promises to ALLAH [S.W.T]
and then ALLAH [S.W.T] will bring him near to the gate of Paradise. When he
stands at the gate of Paradise, Paradise will be opened and spread before him,
and he will see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he will remain quiet as
long as ALLAH [S.W.T] will wish him to remain quiet, and then he will say, O my
LORD! Admit me into Paradise.' ALLAH [S.W.T] will say, 'Didn't you give your
covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than what you
had been given?' ALLAH [S.W.T] will say, 'Woe on you, O Adam (P.B.U.H)'s son!
How treacherous you are! ' The man will say, 'O my LORD! Do not make me the
most miserable of YOUR Creation,' and he will keep on invoking ALLAH [S.W.T]
till ALLAH [S.W.T] will laugh because of his sayings, and when ALLAH [S.W.T]
will laugh because of him, HE will say to him, 'Enter Paradise,' and when he
will enter it, ALLAH [S.W.T] will say to him, 'Wish for anything.' So he will
ask his LORD, and he will wish for a great number of things, for ALLAH [S.W.T]
HIMSELF will remind him to wish for certain things by saying, '(Wish for)
so-and-so.' When there is nothing more to wish for, ALLAH [S.W.T] will say,
'This is for you, and its equal (is for you) as well." 'Ata' bin Yazid
(R.A) added: Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (R.A) who was present with Abu Huraira (R.A),
did not deny whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira (R.A) said that
ALLAH [S.W.T] had said, "That is for you and its equal as well," Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri (R.A) said, "And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira
(R.A)!" Abu Huraira (R.A) said, "I do not remember, except his
saying, 'That is for you and its equal as well.'" Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri
(R.A) then said, "I testify that I remember the Prophet [S.A.W.S] saying,
'That is for you, and ten times as much.'" Abu Huraira (R.A) then added,
"That man will be the last person of the people of Paradise to enter
Paradise."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 532s:
Narrated Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri (R.A):
We said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S]! Shall we see our LORD on the Day of Resurrection?" He said,
"Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon when the sky is
clear?" We said, "No." He said, "So you will have no
difficulty in seeing your LORD on that Day as you have no difficulty in seeing
the sun and the moon (in a clear sky)." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] then said,
"Somebody will then announce, 'Let every nation follow what they used to
Worship.' So the companions of the cross will go with their cross, and the
idolaters (will go) with their idols, and the companions of every god (false
deities) (will go) with their god, till there remain those who used to Worship
ALLAH [S.W.T], both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, and some of the
people of the Scripture. Then Hell will be presented to them as if it were a
mirage. Then it will be said to the Jews, "What did you use to Worship?'
They will reply, 'We used to Worship Ezra (P.B.U.H), the son of ALLAH [S.W.T].'
It will be said to them, 'You are liars, for ALLAH [S.W.T] has neither a wife
nor a son. What do you want (now)?' They will reply, 'We want YOU to provide us
with water.' Then it will be said to them 'Drink,' and they will fall down in
Hell (instead). Then it will be said to the Christians, 'What did you use to
Worship?' They will reply, 'We used to Worship Messiah (P.B.U.H), the son of
ALLAH [S.W.T].' It will be said, 'You are liars, for ALLAH [S.W.T] has neither
a wife nor a son. What do you want (now)?' They will say, 'We want YOU to
provide us with water.' It will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall
down in Hell (instead). When there remain only those who used to Worship ALLAH
[S.W.T] (Alone), both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it will be
said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the people have gone?' They will
say, 'We parted with them (in the world) when we were in greater need of them
than we are today, we heard the call of one proclaiming, 'Let every nation
follow what they used to Worship,' and now we are waiting for our LORD.' Then
the ALMIGHTY will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the
first time, and HE will say, 'I am your LORD,' and they will say, 'You are not
our LORD.' And none will speak to HIM then but the Prophets (P.B.U.T), and then
it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize HIM?'
They will say. 'The Shin,' and so ALLAH [S.W.T] will then uncover HIS Shin
whereupon every believer will prostrate before HIM and there will remain those
who used to prostrate before HIM just for showing off and for gaining good
reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs will be rigid
like one piece of a wood (and they will not be able to prostrate). Then the
bridge will be laid across Hell." We, the Companions (R.A) of the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! What is the bridge?'
He said, "It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and (Hooks
like) a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the other and has
thorns with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in Najd and is called
As-Sa'dan. Some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink
of an eye, some others as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or
she-camels. So some will be safe without any harm; some will be safe after
receiving some scratches, and some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last
person will cross by being dragged (over the bridge)." The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] said, "You (Muslims) cannot be more pressing in claiming from me
a right that has been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in
interceding with ALMIGHTY for their (Muslim) brothers on that Day, when they
see themselves safe. They will say, 'O ALLAH! (Save) our brothers (for they)
used to pray with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.' ALLAH
[S.W.T] will say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find
faith equal to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.' ALLAH [S.W.T] will forbid the
Fire to burn the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of
them in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the middle of their legs.
So they will take out those whom they will recognize and then they will return,
and ALLAH [S.W.T] will say (to them), 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in
whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one half Dinar.' They will
take out whomever they will recognize and return, and then ALLAH [S.W.T] will
say, 'Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to
the weight of an atom (or a smallest ant), and so they will take out all those
whom they will recognize." Abu Sa'id (R.A) said: If you do not believe me
then read the Holy Verse:-- 'Surely! ALLAH wrongs not even of the weight of an
atom (or a smallest ant) but if there is any good (done) HE doubles it.' (4.40)
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "Then the Prophets and Angels (P.B.U.T) and
the believers will intercede, and (last of all) the ALMIGHTY (ALLAH [S.W.T])
will say, 'Now remains MY Intercession. HE will then hold a handful of the Fire
from which HE will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and they
will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called the water of
life. They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows. You
have noticed how it grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how the side
facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the shade is white. Those
people will come out (of the River of Life) like pearls, and they will have
(golden) necklaces, and then they will enter Paradise whereupon the people of
Paradise will say, 'These are the people emancipated by the BENEFICENT. HE has
admitted them into Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without
sending forth any good (for themselves).' Then it will be said to them, 'For
you is what you have seen and its equivalent as well.'"
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 532v:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "The
believers will be kept (waiting) on the Day of Resurrection so long that they
will become worried and say, "Let us ask somebody to intercede far us with
our LORD so that HE may relieve us from our place. Then they will go to Adam
(P.B.U.H) and say, 'You are Adam (P.B.U.H), the father of the people. ALLAH
[S.W.T] created you with HIS OWN Hand and made you reside in HIS Paradise and ordered
HIS Angels (P.B.U.T) to prostrate before you, and taught you the names of all
things will you intercede for us with your LORD so that HE may relieve us from
this place of ours? Adam (P.B.U.H) will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking.' He will mention his mistakes he had committed, i.e., his eating
off the tree though he had been forbidden to do so. He will add, 'Go to Noah
(P.B.U.H), the first Prophet sent by ALLAH [S.W.T] to the people of the Earth.'
The people will go to Noah (P.B.U.H) who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking' He will mention his mistake which he had done, i.e., his asking
his LORD without knowledge.' He will say (to them), 'Go to Abraham (P.B.U.H),
Khalil Ar-Rahman.' They will go to Abraham (P.B.U.H) who will say, 'I am not
fit for this undertaking. He would mention three words by which he told a lie,
and say (to them). 'Go to Moses (P.B.U.H), a slave whom ALLAH [S.W.T] gave the
Torah and spoke to, directly and brought near HIM, for conversation.' They will
go to Moses (P.B.U.H) who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking. He will
mention his mistake he made, i.e., killing a person, and will say (to them),
'Go to Jesus (P.B.U.H), ALLAH [S.W.T]’s slave and HIS Apostle, and a soul
created by HIM and HIS Word.' (Be: And it was.) They will go to Jesus (P.B.U.H)
who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking but you'd better go to
Muhammad [S.A.W.S] the slave whose past and future sins have been forgiven by
ALLAH [S.W.T].' So they will come to me, and I will ask my LORD's permission to
enter HIS House and then I will be permitted. When I see HIM I will fall down
in prostration before HIM, and HE will leave me (in prostration) as long as HE
will, and then HE will say, 'O Muhammad [S.A.W.S], lift up your head and speak,
for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will be
accepted, and ask (for anything) for it will be granted:' Then I will raise my
head and Glorify my LORD with certain Praises which HE has taught me. ALLAH
[S.W.T] will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people) I
will take them out and make them enter Paradise." (Qatada (R.A) said: I
heard Anas (R.A) saying that), the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "I will go out
and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and then I will
return and ask my LORD for permission to enter HIS House and I will be
permitted. When I will see HIM I will fall down in prostration before HIM and
HE will leave me in prostration as long as HE will let me (in that state), and
then HE will say, 'O Muhammad [S.A.W.S], raise your head and speak, for you
will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and
ask, your request will be granted.'" The Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "So
I will raise my head and Glorify and Praise HIM as HE has taught me. Then I
will intercede and HE will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type
of people). I will take them out and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada
(R.A) added: I heard Anas (R.A) saying that) the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, 'I
will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and I
will return for the third time and will ask my LORD for permission to enter HIS
house, and I will be allowed to enter. When I see HIM, I will fall down in
prostration before HIM, and will remain in prostration as long as HE will, and
then HE will say, 'Raise your head, O Muhammad [S.A.W.S], and speak, for you
will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and
ask, for your request will be granted.' So I will raise my head and Praise
ALLAH [S.W.T] as HE has taught me and then I will intercede and HE will put a
limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out
and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada (R.A) said: I heard Anas (R.A)
saying that) the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "So I will go out and take them
out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, till none will remain in the
Fire except those whom Qur’an will imprison (i.e., those who are destined for
eternal life in the fire)." The narrator then recited the Verse:--
"It may be that your LORD will raise you to a Station of Praise and
Glory.' (17.79) The narrator added: This is the Station of Praise and Glory
which ALLAH [S.W.T] has promised to your Prophet [S.A.W.S].
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 588:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said that Gabriel
(P.B.U.H) said, "Here is Khadija (R.A) coming to you with a dish of food
or a tumbler containing something to drink. Convey to her a greeting from her
LORD (ALLAH [S.W.T]) and give her the glad tidings that she will have a palace
in Paradise built of Qasab wherein there will be neither any noise nor any
fatigue (trouble)."
Sahih Muslim, Chapter 1, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0001:
It is narrated
on the authority of Yahya b. Ya’mur (R.A):
That the first man who discussed about Qadr
(Divine Decree) in Basra
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 55, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0220:
It is narrated
on the authority of Ibn Shamasa Mahri (R.A):
That he said: We went to Amr b. al-As (R.A)
and he was about to die. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards
the wall. His son said: Did the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] (not give
you tidings of this? Did the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] not give you
tidings of this? He (the narrator) said: He turned his face (towards the
audience) and said: The best thing which we can count upon is the testimony
that there is no god but ALLAH and that Muhammad [S.A.W.S] is the Apostle of
ALLAH [S.W.T]. Verily I have passed through three phases. (The first one) in
which I found myself averse to none else more than I was averse to the
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and there was no other desire stronger in
me than the one that I should overpower him and kill him. Had I died in this
state, I would have been definitely one of the denizens of Fire. When ALLAH
[S.W.T] instilled the love of Islam in my heart, I came to the Apostle of ALLAH
[S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and said: Stretch out your right hand so that may pledge my
allegiance to you. He stretched out his right hand, I withdrew my hand, He (the
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said: What has happened to you, O ‘Amr (R.A)? replied:
I intend to lay down some condition. He asked: What condition do you intend to
put forward? I said: should be granted pardon. He (the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S])
observed: Are you not aware of the fact that Islam wipes out all the previous
(misdeeds)? Verily migration wipes out all the previous (misdeeds), and verily
the pilgrimage wipes out all the (previous) misdeeds. And then no one as or
dear to me than the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and none was more
sublime in my eyes than he, Never could I, pluck courage to catch a full
glimpse of his face due to its splendor. So if I am asked to describe his
features, I cannot do that for I have not eyed him fully. Had I died in this
state had every reason to hope that I would have been among the dwellers of
Paradise. Then we were responsible for certain things (in the light of which) I
am unable to know what is in store for me. When I die, let neither female
mourner nor fire accompany me. When you bury me, fill my grave well with earth,
then stand around it for the time within which a camel is slaughtered and its
meat is distributed so that I may enjoy your intimacy and (in your company)
ascertain what answer I can give to the Messengers (Angels (P.B.U.T)) of ALLAH
[S.W.T].
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 55, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0228:
It is reported
on the authority of Abu Huraira (R.A):
That when it was revealed to the Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]: To ALLAH belongs whatever is in the heavens and
whatever is in the earth and whether you disclose that which is in your mind or
conceal it, ALLAH [S.W.T] will call you to account according to it. Then HE
forgives whom HE pleases and chastises whom HE Pleases; and ALLAH is over
everything Potent" (2.284). The Companions (R.A) of the Messenger of ALLAH
[S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] felt it hard and severe and they came to the Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and sat down on their knees and said: Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], we were assigned some duties which were within our
power to perform, such as prayer, fasting, struggling (in the cause of ALLAH
[S.W.T]), charity. Then this (the above mentioned) verse was revealed unto you
and it is beyond our power to live up to it. The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S] said: Do you intend to say what the people of two books (Jews and
Christians) said before you: "We hear and disobey"? You should rather
say:" We hear and we obey, (we seek) THY forgiveness, our LORD! and unto
THEE is the return." And they said: "We hear and we obey, (we seek) THY
forgiveness, Our LORD! and unto THEE is the return." When the people
recited it and it smoothly flowed on their tongues, then ALLAH [S.W.T] revealed
immediately afterwards: "The Apostle believes in that which is sent down
unto him from his LORD, and so do the believers. Each one believes in ALLAH and
HIS Angels and HIS Books and HIS Apostles, saying: We differentiate not between
any of HIS Apostles and they say: We hearken and we obey: (we seek) THY
forgiveness, our LORD! And unto THEE is the return" (2.285). When they did
that, ALLAH [S.W.T] abrogated this (verse) and the GREAT, MAJESTIC, ALLAH
[S.W.T] revealed: "ALLAH burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It gets
every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it earns. Our LORD,
punish us not if we forget or make a mistake." (The Prophet [S.A.W.S]
said:) Yes, our LORD! Do not lay on us a burden as THOU didst lay on those
before us. (The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said:) Yes, our LORD, impose not on us
(burdens) which we have not the strength to bear (The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said:)
Yes, and Pardon us and grant us Protection and have Mercy on us. THOU art our
PATRON, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people" (2.286). HE (the
LORD) said: Yes.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 81, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0352:
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri
(R.A) reported:
Some people during the lifetime of the
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] said: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S]! Shall we see our LORD on the Day of Resurrection? The Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] said: Yes, and added: Do you feel any trouble in seeing
the sun at noon with no cloud over it, and do you feel trouble in seeing the
moon (open) in the full moonlit night with no cloud over it? They said: No,
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]! He (the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said: You
will not feel any trouble in seeing ALLAH [S.W.T] on the Day of Resurrection
any more than you do in seeing any one of them. When the Day of Resurrection
comes a Mu’adhdhin (a proclaimer) would proclaim: Let every people follow what
they used to Worship. Then all who Worshiped idols and stones besides ALLAH
[S.W.T] would fall into the Fire, till only the righteous and the vicious and
some of the people of the Book who Worshiped ALLAH [S.W.T] are left. Then the
Jews would be summoned, and it would be said to them: What did you Worship?
They will say: We Worshiped ‘Uzair (P.B.U.H), son of ALLAH [S.W.T]. It would be
said to them: You tell a lie; ALLAH [S.W.T] had never had a spouse or a son.
What do you want now? They would say: We feel thirsty, O our LORD! Quench our
thirst. They would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don’t
you go there to drink water? Then they would be pushed towards the Fire (and
they would find to their great dismay that) it was but a mirage (and the raging
flames of fire) would be consuming one another, and they would fall into the
Fire. Then the Christians would be summoned and it would be said to them: What
did you Worship? They would say: We Worshiped Jesus (P.B.U.H), son of ALLAH
[S.W.T]. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; ALLAH [S.W.T] did not take
for HIMSELF either a spouse or a son. Then it would be said to them: What do
you want? They would say: Thirsty we are, O our LORD! Quench our thirst. They
would be directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why don’t you go there to
get water? But they would be pushed and gathered together towards the Hell,
which was like a mirage to them, and the flames would consume one another. They
would fall Into the Fire, till no one is left except he who Worshiped ALLAH
[S.W.T], be he pious or sinful. The LORD of the Universe, GLORIFIED and
EXALTED, would come to them in a form recognizable to them and say; What are
you looking for? Every people follow that which they Worshiped. They would say:
Our LORD, we kept ourselves separate from the people in the world, though we
felt great need of them; we, however, did not associate ourselves with them. HE
would say: I am your LORD. They would say: We take refuge with ALLAH [S.W.T]
from thee and do not associate anything with ALLAH [S.W.T]. They would repeat
it twice or thrice, till some of them would be about to return. It would be
said: Is there any sign between you and HIM by which you will recognize HIM?
They would say: Yes. And the things would be laid bare. Those who used to
prostrate themselves before ALLAH [S.W.T] of their own accord would be
permitted by ALLAH [S.W.T] to prostrate themselves. But there would remain none
who used to prostrate out of fear (of people) and ostentation but ALLAH [S.W.T]
would make his back as one piece, and whenever he would attempt to prostrate he
would fall on his back. Then they would raise their heads and HE would assume
the Form in which they had seen HIM the first time and would say: I am your
LORD. They would say: THOU art our LORD. Then the bridge would be set up over
the Hell and intercession would be allowed and they will say: O ALLAH [S.W.T],
keep safe, keep safe. It was asked: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], what
is this bridge? He said: The void in which one is likely to slip. There would
be hooks, tongs, spits like the thorn that is found in Najd
and is known as Sa’dan. The believers would then pass over within the twinkling
of an eye, like lightning, like wind, like a bird, like the finest horses and
camels. Some will escape and be safe, some will be lacerated and let go, and
some will be pushed into the fire of Hell till the believers will find rescue
from the Fire. By ONE in WHOSE Hand is my life, there will be none among you
more eager to claim a right than the believers on the Day of Resurrection for
(saying their) brethren in the Fire who would say: O our LORD, they were
fasting along with us, and praying and performing pilgrimage. It will be said
to them: Take out those whom you recognize. Then their persons would be forbidden
to the Fire; and they would take out a large number of people who had been
overtaken by Fire up to the middle of the shank or up to the knees. They would
then say: O our LORD! I not one of those about whom THOU didst give us command
remains in it. HE will then say: Go back and bring out those in whose hearts
you find good of the weight of a dinar. Then they will take out a large number
of people. Then they would say: O our LORD! We have not left anyone about whom
YOU commanded us. HE will then say: Go back and bring out those in whose hearts
you find as much as half a dinar of good. Then they will take out a large
number of people, and would say: O our LORD! Not one of those about whom THOU
commanded us we have left in it. Then HE would say: Go back and in whose heart
you find good to the weight of a particle bring him out. They would bring out a
large number of people, and would then say: O our LORD, now we have not left
anyone in it (Hell) having any good in him. Abu Sa’id Khudri (R.A) said: If you
don’t testify me in this Hadith, then recite if you like: "Surely ALLAH
wrongs not the weight of an atom; and if it is a good deed. HE multiplies it
and gives from HIMSELF a great reward" (al-Qur’an, 4.40). Then ALLAH
[S.W.T], EXALTED and GREAT, would say: The Angels (P.B.U.T) have interceded,
the Apostles (P.B.U.T) have interceded and the believers have interceded, and
no one remains (to grant pardon) but the MOST MERCIFUL of the mercifuls. He
will then take a handful from Fire and bring out from it people who never did
any good and who had been turned into charcoal, and will cast them into a river
called the river of life, on the outskirts of Paradise. They will come out as a
seed comes cut from the silt carried by flood. You see it near the stone or near
the tree. That which is exposed to the sun is yellowish or greenish and which
is under the shade is white. They said: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]!
It seems as if you had been tending a flock in the jungle. He (the Holy Prophet
[S.A.W.S]) said: They will come forth like pearls with seals on their necks.
The inhabitants of Paradise would recognize them (and say): Those are who have
been set free by the COMPASSIONATE ONE. WHO has admitted them into Paradise
without any (good) deed that they did or any good that they sent in advance.
Then HE would say: Enter the Paradise; whatever you see in it is yours. They
would say: O LORD, THOU hast bestowed upon us (Favors) which THOU didst not
bestow upon anyone else in the world. HE would say: There is with ME (a Favor)
for you better than this. They would say: O our LORD! Which thing is better
than this? HE would say: It is MY pleasure. I will never be angry with you
after this.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 83, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0378:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
Meat was one day brought to the Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and a foreleg was offered to him, a part which he
liked. He sliced with his teeth a piece out of it and said: I shall be the
leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know why? ALLAH [S.W.T]
would gather in one plain the earlier and the later (of the human race) on the
Day of Resurrection. Then the voice of the proclaimer would be heard by all of
them and the eyesight would penetrate through all of them and the sun would
come near. People would then experience a degree of anguish, anxiety and agony
which they shall not be able to bear and they shall not be able to stand. Some
people would say to the others: Don’t you see in which trouble you are? Don’t
you see what (misfortune) has overtaken you? Why don’t you find one who should
intercede for you with your LORD? Some would say to the others: Go to Adam
(P.B.U.H). And they would go to Adam (P.B.U.H) and say: O Adam (P.B.U.H), Thou
art the father of mankind. ALLAH [S.W.T] created thee by HIS own Hand and
breathed in thee of HIS spirit and ordered the Angels (P.B.U.T) to prostrate
before thee. Intercede for us with thy LORD. Don’t you see in what (trouble) we
are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Adam (P.B.U.H) would
say: Verily, my LORD is angry, to an extent to which HE had never been angry
before nor would HE be angry afterward. Verily, HE forbade me (to go near) that
tree and I disobeyed HIM. I am concerned with my own self. Go to someone else;
go to Noah (P.B.U.H). They would come to Noah (P.B.U.H) and would say: O Noah
(P.B.U.H), Thou art the first of the Messengers (sent) on the earth (after Adam
(P.B.U.H)), and ALLAH [S.W.T] named thee as a "Grateful Servant,"
intercede for us with thy LORD. Don’t you see in what (trouble) we are? Don’t
you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? He would say: Verily, my LORD is
angry today as HE had never been angry before, and would never be angry
afterwards. There had emanated a curse from me with which I cursed my people. I
am concerned with only myself, I am concerned only with myself; you better go
to Ibrahim (P.B.U.H). They would go to Ibrahim (P.B.U.H) and say: Thou art the
Apostle of ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Friend amongst the inhabitants of the earth; intercede
for us with thy LORD. Don’t you see in which (trouble) we are? Don’t you see
what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Ibrahim (P.B.U.H) would say to them:
Verily, my LORD is today angry as HE had never been angry before and would
never be angry afterwards. And (Ibrahim (P.B.U.H)) would mention his lies (and
then say): I am concerned only with myself, I am concerned only with myself.
You better go to someone else: go to Moses (P.B.U.H). They would come to Moses
(P.B.U.H) and say: O Moses (P.B.U.H), Thou art ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger, ALLAH
[S.W.T] blessed thee with HIS Messengership and HIS conversation amongst
people. Intercede for us with thy LORD. Don’t you see in what (trouble) we are?
Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Moses (P.B.U.H) would say to
them: Verily, my LORD is angry as HE had never been angry before and would
never be angry afterwards. I, in fact, killed a person whom I had not been
ordered to kill. I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself. You
better go to Jesus (P.B.U.H). They would come to Jesus (P.B.U.H) and would say:
O Jesus (P.B.U.H), Thou art the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] and thou conversed
with people in the cradle, (thou art) HIS Word which HE sent down upon Mary,
and (thou art) the Spirit from HIM; so intercede for us with thy LORD. Don’t
you see (the trouble) in which we are? Don’t you see (the misfortune) that has
overtaken us? Jesus (P.B.U.H) would say: Verily, my LORD is angry today as HE
had never been angry before or would ever be angry afterwards. He mentioned no
sin of his. (He simply said:) I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with
myself; you go to someone else: better go to Muhammad [S.A.W.S]. They would
come to me and say: O Muhammad [S.A.W.S], Thou art the Messenger of ALLAH
[S.W.T] and the last of the Apostles (P.B.U.T). ALLAH [S.W.T] has pardoned thee
all thy previous and later sins. Intercede for us with thy LORD; don’t you see
in which (trouble) we are? Don’t you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? I
shall then set off and come below the Throne and fall down prostrate before my
LORD; then ALLAH [S.W.T] would reveal to me and inspire me with some of HIS
Praises and Glorifications which HE had not revealed to anyone before me. HE
would then say: Muhammad [S.A.W.S], raise thy head; ask and it would be
granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted I would then raise my
head and say: O my LORD, my people, my people. It would be said: O Muhammad
[S.A.W.S], bring in by the right gate of Paradise those of your people who
would have no account to render. They would share with the people some other
door besides this door. The Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S] then said: By HIM in WHOSE
Hand is the life of Muhammad [S.A.W.S], verify the distance between two door
leaves of the Paradise is as great as between Mecca and Hajar, or as between
Mecca and Busra (379) It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira (R.A) that
there was placed before the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] a cup of soft
bread, soup and meat. He took part of the foreleg which he liked most. He
sliced (with his teeth) a slice (out of that) and said: I would be the leader
of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. He then sliced (that meat) for the
second time and said: I am the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.
When he saw that his companions (R.A) did not ask him (about this assertion) he
said: Why don’t you say: How would that be? They said: How would be it,
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]? He said: People would stand before the
LORD of the worlds. And the rest of the Hadith was narrated like the one
transmitted by Abu Hayyan (R.A), on the authority of Abu Zur’a (R.A), and in
the story of Ibrahim (P.B.U.H), this addition was made. He said and made
mention of his words with regard to the star: This is my LORD. And his words
with regard to their gods: But the big among them has done that. And his words:
I am ailing. He (the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said: By HIM in WHOSE Hand is the
life of Muhammad [S.A.W.S] the distance between two leaves of the door from
their supporting frames is as the distance between Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and
Mecca. I do not remember how he said it (whether Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and
Mecca).
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 85, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0397:
'Abdullah b. Amr
b. al-'As (R.A) reported:
Verily the Apostle of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]
recited the words of ALLAH [S.W.T], the GREAT and GLORIOUS, that Ibrahim
(P.B.U.H) uttered. My LORD! Lo! They have led many of mankind astray:" But
whoso followeth me, he verily is of me" (al-Qur'an, 14.36) and Jesus
(P.B.U.H) said:" If THOU punisheth them, Lo! They are THY slaves, and if
THOU forgiveth them-verily THOU art the MIGHTY, the WISE" (al-Qur'an,
5.118). Then he raised his hands and said: O LORD, my Ummah, my Ummah, and wept;
so ALLAH [S.W.T] the HIGH and the EXALTED said: O Gabriel (P.B.U.H), go to
Muhammad [S.A.W.S] (Though your LORD knows it fully well) and ask him: What
makes thee weep? So Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came to him and asked him, and the
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] informed him what he had said (Though
ALLAH [S.W.T] knew it fully well). Upon this ALLAH [S.W.T] said: O Gabriel
(P.B.U.H), go to Muhammad [S.A.W.S] and say: Verily WE will please thee with
regard to your Ummah and would not displease thee.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 24, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 0864:
Jabir b. Samura
(R.A) reported:
The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] came
to us and said: How is it that I see you lifting your hands like the tails of
headstrong horses? Be calm in prayer. He (the narrator) said: He then again
came to us and saw us (sitting) in circles; he said: How is it that I see you
in separate groups? He (the narrator) said: He again came to us and said: Why
don’t you draw yourselves up in rows as Angels (P.B.U.T) do in the presence of
their LORD? We said: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], how do the Angels
(P.B.U.T) draw themselves up in rows in the presence of their LORD? He (the
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said: They make the first rows complete and keep close
together in the row.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 61, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1145:
Jabir (R.A)
reported:
The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]
forbade eating of onions and leek. When we were overpowered by a desire (to
eat) we ate them. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said: He who eats
of this offensive plant must not approach our Mosque, for the Angels (P.B.U.T)
are harmed by the same things as men.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 113, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1651:
Jabir (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
He who amongst you is afraid that he may not be able to get up at the end of
the night should observe Witr (in the first part) and then sleep, and he who is
confident of getting up and praying at night (i.e. Tahajjud prayer) should
observe it at the end of it, for the recitation at the end of the night to
visited (by Angels (P.B.U.T)), and that is excellent.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 117, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1694:
‘Abd al-Rahman
b. ‘Auf (R.A) reported:
I asked ‘Aisha (R.A), the mother of the
believers, (to tell me) the words with which the Apostle of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S] commenced the prayer when he got up at night. She said: When he got
up at night he would commence his prayer with these words: O ALLAH, LORD of
Gabriel, and Michael, and Israfil (P.B.U.T), the CREATOR of the heavens and the
earth, WHO knowest the unseen and the seen; THOU decidest amongst THY servants
concerning their differences. Guide me with THY permission in the divergent views
(which the people) hold about Truth, for it is THOU WHO guidest whom THOU wilt
to the Straight Path.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 128, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1745:
‘Aisha (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] (as
saying): One who is proficient in the Qur’an is associated with the noble,
upright, recording Angels (P.B.U.T); and he who falters in it, and finds it
difficult for him, will have a double reward.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 133, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1760:
Ibn ‘Abbas (R.A)
reported:
That while Gabriel (P.B.U.H) was sitting with
the Apostle [S.A.W.S] he heard a creaking sound above him. He lifted his head
and said: This as a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened
before. Then when an Angel (P.B.U.H) descended through it, he said: This is an
Angel (P.B.U.H) who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He
greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given
to any Prophet (P.B.U.T) before you: Falihat al-Kitab (1.1-7) and the
concluding verses of Suarah al-Baqara (2.286). You will never recite a letter
from them for which you will not be given (a reward).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 145, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 1827:
Jabir (R.A)
reported:
We fought in the company of the Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] with the tribe of Juhaina. They fought with us
terribly. When we had finished the noon prayer, the polytheists said: Had we
attacked them at once, we would have killed them. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) informed
the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] about it (about their evil design).
The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] made a mention of it to us, adding
that they (the polytheists) had also said: Shortly there would be time for the
‘Asr prayer, which is dearer o them (the Muslims) than even their children. So
when the time of the ‘Asr prayer came, we formed ourselves into two rows, while
the polytheists were between us and the Qibla. The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S] said: ALLAH is MOST GREAT, and we also said so. He bowed and we also
bowed. He went down in prostration and the first row prostrated along with him.
When they stood up, the second row went down in prostration. Then the first row
went into the rear, and the second row came in the front and occupied the place
of the first row. The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] then said: ALLAH is
MOST GREAT, and we also said so. He then bowed and we also bowed. He then went
down in prostration and along with him the row also (went down in prostration),
and the second row remained standing. And when the second row had also
prostrated and all of them sat down then the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S] pronounced salutation to them.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 175, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 2002:
Umm Salama (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
Whenever you visit the sick or the dead, supplicate for good because Angels
(P.B.U.T) say "Amen" to whatever you say. She added: When Abu Salama
(R.A) died, I went to the Apostle of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] and said:
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], Abu Salama (R.A) has died. He told me to
recite: "O ALLAH! forgive me and him (Abu Salama (R.A)) and give me a
better substitute than he." So I said (this), and ALLAH [S.W.T] gave me in
exchange Muhammad [S.A.W.S], who is better for me than him (Abu Salama (R.A)).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 176, Book 4: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Number 2003:
Umm Salama (R.A)
reported:
The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] came
to Abu Salama (R.A) (as he died). His eyes were fixedly open. He closed them,
and then said: When the soul is taken away the sight follows it. Some of the
people of his family wept and wailed. So he said: Do not supplicate for
yourselves anything but good, for Angels (P.B.U.T) say "Amen" to what
you say. He then said: O ALLAH, forgive Abu Salama (R.A), raise his degree
among those who are rightly guided, grant him a successor in his descendants
who remain. Forgive us and him, O LORD of the universe, and make his grave
spacious, and grant him light in it.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 17, Book 5: Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat), Number 2205:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
There is never a day wherein servants (of ALLAH [S.W.T]) get up at morning, but
are not visited by two Angels (P.B.U.T). One of them says: O ALLAH, give him
more who spends (for the Sake of ALLAH), and the other says: ALLAH, bring
destruction to one who withholds.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 23, Book 5: Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat), Number 2230:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] as saying: A
man expressed his intention to give charity, so he came out with charity and
placed it in the hand of an adulteress. In the morning, the people were talking
and saying: charity was given to an adulteress last night. He (the giver of
Sadaqa) said: O ALLAH, to THEE be the Praise -to an adulteress. He then again
expressed his intention to give charity; so he went out with the charity and
placed it in the hand of a rich person. In the morning the people were talking
and saying: Charity was given to a rich person. He (the giver of charity) said:
O ALLAH, to THEE be the Praise -to a well-to-do person. He then expressed his
intention to give charity, so he went out with charity and placed it in the
hand of a thief. In the morning, the people were talking and saying: Charity
was given to a thief. So (one of the persons) said: O ALLAH, to THEE be the
Praise (what a misfortune it is that charity has been given to) the adulteress,
to a rich person, to a thief! There came (the Angel (P.B.U.H) to him) and he
was told: Your charity has been accepted. As for the adulteress (the charity
might become the means) whereby she might restrain herself from fornication.
The rich man might perhaps learn a lesson and spend from what ALLAH [S.W.T] has
given him, and the thief might thereby refrain from committing theft.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 77, Book 7: Pilgrimage (Kitab Al-Hajj), Number 3126:
‘Aisha (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
There is no day when ALLAH [S.W.T] sets free more servants from Hell than the
Day of ‘Arafa. HE draws near, then praises them to the Angels (P.B.U.T),
saying: What do these want?
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 38, Book 19: Jihad And Expedition (Kitab Al-Jihad Wal-Siyar), Number
4425:
It has been
narrated on the authority of ‘Aisha (R.A), the wife of the Prophet [S.A.W.S]:
Who said to the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S]: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], has there come upon you a day
more terrible than the day of Uhud. He said: I have experienced from thy people
and the hardest treatment I met from them was what I received from them on the
day of ‘Aqaba. I betook myself to Ibn Abd Yalil b. Abd Kulal with the purpose
of inviting him to Islam, but he did not respond to me as I desired. So I
departed with signs of (deep) distress on my face. I did not recover until I
reached Qarn al Tha’alib. Where I raised my head, lo! Near me was a cloud which
had cast its shadow on me. I looked and lo! There was in it the Angel Jibril
(P.B.U.H) who called out to me and said: ALLAH [S.W.T], the HONOURED and
GLORIOUS, has heard what thy people have said to thee, and how they have
reacted to thy call. And HE has sent to thee the Angel (P.B.U.H) in charge of
the mountains so that thou mayest order him what thou wishest (him to do) with,
regard to them. The Angel (P.B.U.H) in charge of the mountains (then) called
out to me, greeted me and said: Muhammad [S.A.W.S], ALLAH [S.W.T] has listened
to what thy people have said to thee. I am the Angel (P.B.U.H) in charge of the
mountains. And thy LORD has sent me to thee so that thou mayest order me what
thou wishest. If thou wishest that I should bring together the two mountains
that stand opposite to each other at the extremities of Mecca to crush them in
between, (I would do that). But the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] said
to him: I rather hope that ALLAH [S.W.T] will produce from their descendants
such persons as will Worship ALLAH [S.W.T], the ONE, and will not ascribe
partners to HIM.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 32, Book 20: On Government (Kitab Al-Imara), Number 4646:
It has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Qatada (R.A):
That the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]
stood up among them (his companions (R.A)) to deliver his sermon in which he
told them that Jihad in the way of ALLAH [S.W.T] and belief in ALLAH [S.W.T]
(with all HIS Attributes) are the most meritorious of acts. A man stood up and
said: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], do you think that if I am killed in
the way of ALLAH [S.W.T], my sins will be blotted out from me? The Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] said: Yes, in case you are killed in the way of ALLAH
[S.W.T] and you were patient and sincere and you always fought facing the
enemy, never turning your back upon him. Then he added: What have you said
(now)? (Wishing to have further assurance from him for his satisfaction), he
asked (again): Do you think if I am killed in the way of ALLAH [S.W.T], all my
sins will be obliterated from me? The Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]
said: Yes, it you were patient and sincere and always fought facing the enemy
and never turning your back upon him, (all your lapses would be forgiven)
except debt. Gabriel (P.B.U.H) has told me this.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 29, Book 23: Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashriba), Number 5099:
Aflah, the freed
slave of Abu Ayyub Ansiri (R.A), reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] had
alighted in his house (viz. of Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A) at the time of his
emigration to Medina) and he occupied the lower storey, whereas Abu Ayyub
Ansari (R.A) lived in the upper storey. One night, Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A) got
up and said (to himself): (How unfortunate it is) that we walk above the head
of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], so they went aside and spent the night
in a nook and then told ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] about it whereupon
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said: The lower storey is more comfortable
(for me). But he (Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A)) said: We (would not live) over the
roof under which you live. So ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] shifted to
the upper storey, whereas Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A) shifted to the lower storey;
and he (Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A)) used to prepare food for ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Apostle [S.A.W.S]; and when it was brought (back) to him he asked (to locate)
the part, where his fingers had touched (the food), and he followed his fingers
on that part where his fingers (those of the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) had
touched it. (One day) he prepared food which contained garlic, and when it was
returned to him he asked (to locate) the part which the fingers of ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] had touched. It was said to him that he had not
eaten (the food). He (Abd Ayyub Ansari (R.A)) was distressed and went up to him
(to the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) and said: Is it forbidden? But ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] said: No, (it is not forbidden), but I do not like it. And
he (Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A)) said: I also do not like what you do not like or
which you did not like. He (Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A)) said: (The Holy Prophet
[S.A.W.S] did not eat garlic) as ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] was visited
(by Angels (P.B.U.T)) and brought him the Message of ALLAH [S.W.T].
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 19, Book 24: Pertaining To Clothes And Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas
Wa’L-Zinah), Number 5246:
‘Aisha (R.A)
reported:
That Gabriel (P.B.U.H) made a promise with
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] to come at a definite hour; that hour came
but he did not visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]) a staff. He threw it from his hand and said: Never
has ALLAH [S.W.T] or HIS Messengers (Angels) (P.B.U.T) ever broken their
promise. Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and
said: ‘Aisha (R.A), when did this dog enter here? She said: By ALLAH [S.W.T], I
don’t know. He then commanded and it was turned out. Then Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
came and ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said to him: You promised me and I
waited for you but you did not come, whereupon he said: It was the dog in your
house which prevented me (to come), for we (Angels) (P.B.U.T) do not enter a
house in which there is a dog or a picture.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 20, Book 24: Pertaining To Clothes And Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas
Wa’L-Zinah), Number 5277:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
Angels (P.B.U.T) do not accompany the travelers who have with them a dog and a
bell.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 20, Book 24: Pertaining To Clothes And Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas
Wa’L-Zinah), Number 5279:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
The bell is the musical instrument of the satan.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 33, Book 26: On Salutations And Greetings (Kitab As-Salam), Number
5538:
‘Abdullah Ibn
‘Abbas (R.A) reported:
A person from the Ansar who was amongst the
Companions (R.A) of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] reported to me: As we
were sitting during the night with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], a
meteor shot gave a dazzling light. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said:
What did you say in the pre-Islamic days when there was such a shot (of
meteor)? They said: ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Messenger [S.A.W.S] know best (the
actual position), but we, however, used to say that that very night a great man
had been born and a great man had died, whereupon ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] said: (These meteors) are shot neither at the death of anyone nor on
the birth of anyone. ALLAH [S.W.T], the EXALTED and GLORIOUS, issues Command
when HE decides to do a thing. Then (the Angels (P.B.U.T)) supporting the
Throne sing HIS Glory, then sing the dwellers of heaven who are near to them
until this Glory of ALLAH [S.W.T] reaches them who are in the heaven of this
world. Then those who are near the supporters of the Throne ask these
supporters of the Throne: What your LORD has said? And they accordingly inform
them what HE says. Then the dwellers of heaven seek information from them until
this information reaches the heaven of the world. In this process of
transmission (the jinn snatches) what he manages to overhear and he carries it
to his friends. And when the Angels (P.B.U.T) see the jinn they attack them
with meteors. If they narrate only which they manage to snatch that is correct
but they alloy it with lies and make additions to it.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 10, Book 30: Pertaining To The Excellent Qualities Of The Holy Prophet
[S.A.W.S] And His Companions (R.A) (Kitab Al Fada’Il), Number 5713:
Sa’d (R.A) reported:
That on the Day of Uhud I saw on the right
side of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] and on his left side two persons
dressed in white clothes and whom I did not see before nor after that, and they
were Gabriel and Michael (P.B.U.T).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 10, Book 30: Pertaining To The Excellent Qualities Of The Holy Prophet
[S.A.W.S] And His Companions (R.A) (Kitab Al Fada’Il), Number 5714:
Sa’d b. Abu
Waqqas (R.A) reported:
I saw on the right side of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] and on his left side two persons with white clothes on the
Day of Uhud fighting a desperate fight, and I saw them neither before nor after
that.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 3, Book 31: Pertaining To The Merits Of The Companions (R.A) Of The
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S], Number 5906:
‘Aisha (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] was lying
in the bed in my apartment with his thigh or his shank uncovered that Abu Bakr
(R.A) sought permission to get in. It was given to him and he conversed in the
same very state (the Prophet [S.A.W.S]’s thigh or shank uncovered). Then ‘Umar
(R.A) sought permission for getting in and it was given to him and he conversed
in that very state. Then ‘Uthman (R.A) sought permission for getting in; ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] sat down and he set right his clothes. Muhammad
(R.A) (one of the narrators) said: I do not say that it happened on the same
day. He (‘Uthman (R.A)) then entered and conversed and as he went out, ‘Aisha
(R.A) said: Abu Bakr (R.A) entered and you did not stir and did not observe
much care (in arranging your clothes), then ‘Umar (R.A) entered and you did not
stir and did not arrange your clothes, then ‘Uthman (R.A) entered and you got
up and set your clothes right, thereupon he said: Should I not show modesty to
one whom even the Angels (P.B.U.T) show modesty.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 4, Book 31: Pertaining To The Merits Of The Companions (R.A) Of The
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S], Number 5920:
Yazid b. Hayyan
(R.A) reported:
I went along with Husain b. Sabra and ‘Umar b.
Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam (R.A) and, as we sat by his side, Husain (R.A) said to
him: Zaid (R.A), you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] listened to his talk, fought by his side in
(different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid (R.A), you have in fact
earned a great virtue. Zaid (R.A), narrate to us what you heard from ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]. He said: I have grown old and have almost spent
my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection
with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], so accept whatever I narrate to you,
and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that. He then said: One day
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] stood up to deliver sermon at a watering
place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and Medina. He Praised ALLAH
[S.W.T], Extolled HIM and delivered the sermon and exhorted (us) and said: Now
to our purpose. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a Messenger
(the Angel of death (P.B.U.H)) from my LORD and I, in response to ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two
weighty things: the one being the Book of ALLAH [S.W.T] in which there is right
guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of ALLAH [S.W.T] and adhere to it.
He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of ALLAH [S.W.T] and then said: The
second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the
members of my family. He (Husain (R.A)) said to Zaid (R.A): Who are the members
of his household? Aren’t his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he
said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his
family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who
are they? Thereupon he said: ‘Ali (R.A) and the offspring of ‘Ali (R.A), ‘Aqil
(R.A) and the offspring of ‘Aqil (R.A) and the offspring of Ja’far (R.A) and
the offspring of ‘Abbas (R.A). Husain (R.A) said: These are those for whom the
acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid (R.A) said: Yes.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 4, Book 32: Virtue, Good Manners And Joining Of The Ties Of
Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr Wa’S-Salat-I-Wa’L-Adab), Number 6204:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
That a person said: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S], I have relatives with whom I try, to have close relationship, but
they sever (this relation). I treat them well, but they treat me ill. I am
sweet to them but they are harsh towards me. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet
[S.A.W.S]) said: If it is so as you say, then you in fact throw hot ashes (upon
their faces) and there would always remain with you on behalf of ALLAH [S.W.T]
(an Angel (P.B.U.H) to support you) who would keep you dominant over them so
long as you adhere to this (path of righteousness).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 10, Book 32: Virtue, Good Manners And Joining Of The Ties Of
Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr Wa’S-Salat-I-Wa’L-Adab), Number 6226:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] as saying: A
person visited his brother in another town and ALLAH [S.W.T] deputed an Angel
(P.B.U.H) to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do
you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my brother in this town. He said:
Have you done any favor to him (the repayment of which you intend to get)? He
said: No, excepting this that I love him for the Sake of ALLAH [S.W.T], the
EXALTED and GLORIOUS. Thereupon he said: I am a Messenger (P.B.U.H) to you from
ALLAH [S.W.T]: (to inform you) that ALLAH [S.W.T] loves you as you love him (for
HIS Sake) This Hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hammid b. Salama
(R.A) with the same of transmitters.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 46, Book 32: Virtue, Good Manners And Joining Of The Ties Of
Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr Wa’S-Salat-I-Wa’L-Adab), Number 6373:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said:
When ALLAH [S.W.T] loves a servant, HE calls Gabriel (P.B.U.H) and says:
Verily, I love so and so; you should also love him, and then Gabriel (P.B.U.H)
begins to love him. Then he makes an announcement in the heaven saying: ALLAH
[S.W.T] loves so and so and you also love him, and then the inhabitants of the
Heaven (the Angels (P.B.U.T)) also begin to love him and then there is
conferred honor upon him in the earth; and when ALLAH [S.W.T] is angry with any
servant HE calls Gabriel (P.B.U.H) and says: I am angry with such and such and
you also become angry with him, and then Gabriel (P.B.U.H) also becomes angry
and then makes an announcement amongst the inhabitants of heaven: Verily ALLAH
[S.W.T] 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.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 10, Book 33: Virtue, Good Manners And Joining Of The Ties Of
Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr Wa’S-Salat-I-Wa’L-Adab), Number 6336:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
Abu’l-Qasim (the kunya of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S]), said: He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the
Angels (P.B.U.T) invoke curse upon him even if he is his real brother so long
as he does not abandon it (the pointing of weapon towards one’s brother
Muslim).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 11, Book 35: Pertaining To The Remembrance Of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Kitab
Al-Dhikr), Number 6518:
Abu Huraira (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
He who alleviates the suffering of a brother out of the sufferings of the
world, ALLAH [S.W.T] would alleviate his suffering from the sufferings of the
Day of Resurrection, and he who finds relief for one who is hard pressed, ALLAH
[S.W.T] would make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who conceals
(the faults) of a Muslim, ALLAH [S.W.T] would conceal his faults in the world
and in the Hereafter. ALLAH [S.W.T] is at the back of a servant so long as the
servant is at the back of his brother, and he who treads the path in search of
knowledge, ALLAH [S.W.T] would make that path easy, leading to Paradise for him
and those persons who assemble in the house among the houses of ALLAH [S.W.T]
(Mosques) and recite the Book of ALLAH [S.W.T] and they learn and teach the
Qur'an (among themselves) there would descend upon them the Tranquility and
Mercy would cover them and the Angels (P.B.U.T) would surround them and ALLAH
[S.W.T] makes a mention of them in the presence of those near HIM, and he who
is slow-paced in doing good deeds, his (high) descent does not make him go
ahead.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 11, Book 35: Pertaining To The Remembrance Of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Kitab
Al-Dhikr), Number 6521:
Abu Sa’id Khudri
(R.A) reported:
That Mu’awiya (R.A) went to a circle in the
Mosque and said: What makes you sit here? They said: We are sitting here in
order to remember ALLAH [S.W.T]. He said: I adjure you by ALLAH [S.W.T] (to
tell me whether you are sitting here for this very purpose)? They said: By
ALLAH [S.W.T], we are sitting here for this very purpose. Thereupon, he said: I
have not demanded you to take an oath, because of any allegation against you
and none of my rank in the eye of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] is the
narrator of so few Ahadith as I am. The fact is that ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] went out to the circle of his companions (R.A) and said: What makes
you sit? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember ALLAH [S.W.T] and
to praise HIM for HE guided us to the path of Islam and HE conferred Favors
upon us. Thereupon he adjured by ALLAH [S.W.T] and asked if that only was the
purpose of their sitting there. They said: By ALLAH [S.W.T], we are not sitting
here but for this very purpose, whereupon he (the Messenger [S.A.W.S]) said: I
am not asking you to take an oath because of any allegation against you but for
the fact that Gabriel (P.B.U.H) came to me and he informed me that ALLAH
[S.W.T], the EXALTED and GLORIOUS, was talking to the Angels (P.B.U.T) about
your magnificence.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 21, Book 35: Pertaining To The Remembrance Of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Kitab
Al-Dhikr), Number 6586:
Abu Dharr (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] was
asked as to which words were the best. He said: Those for which ALLAH [S.W.T]
made a choice for HIS Angels (P.B.U.T) and HIS servants (and the words are):
"Hallowed be ALLAH and Praise is due to HIM."
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 22, Book 35: Pertaining To The Remembrance Of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Kitab
Al-Dhikr), Number 6588:
Abu Dharr (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said:
There is no believing servant who supplicates for his brother behind his back
(in his absence) that the Angels (P.B.U.T) do not say: The same be for you too.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 3, Book 37: Pertaining To Repentance And Exhortation Of Repentance
(Kitab Al-Tauba), Number 6623:
Hanzala Usayyidi
(R.A), who was amongst the scribes of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
reported:
I met Abu Bakr (R.A). He said: Who are you? He
(Hanzala (R.A)) said: Hanzala (R.A) has turned to be a hypocrite. He (Abu Bakr
(R.A)) said: Hallowed be ALLAH, what are you saying? Thereupon he said: I say
that when we are in the company of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] we ponder
over Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very eyes and
when we are away from ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] we attend to our
wives, our children, our business; most of these things (pertaining to
After-life) slip out of our minds. Abu Bakr (R.A) said: By ALLAH [S.W.T], I
also experience the same. So I and Abu Bakr (R.A) went to ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] and said to him: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S],
Hanzala (R.A) has turned to be a hypocrite. Thereupon ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] said: What has happened to you? I said: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S], when we are in your company, we are reminded of Hell-Fire and
Paradise as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but whenever we go away
from you and attend to our wives, children and business, much of these things
go out of our minds. Thereupon ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said: By HIM
in WHOSE Hand is my life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my
presence and you are always busy in remembrance (of ALLAH [S.W.T]), the Angels
(P.B.U.T) will shake hands with you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzala
(R.A), time should be devoted (to the worldly affairs) and time (should be
devoted to prayer and meditation). He (the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) said this
thrice.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 7, Book 37: Pertaining To Repentance And Exhortation Of Repentance
(Kitab Al-Tauba), Number 6662:
Abu Sa’id
al-Khudri (R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
There was a person before you who had killed ninety-nine persons and then made
an inquiry about the learned persons of the world (who could show him the way
to salvation). He was directed to a monk. He came to him and told him that he
had killed ninety-nine persons and asked him whether there was any scope for
his repentance to be accepted. He said: No. He killed him also and thus
completed one hundred. He then asked about the learned persons of the earth and
he was directed to a scholar, and he told him that he had killed one hundred
persons and asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be
accepted. He said: Yes; what stands between you and the repentance? You better
go to such and such land; there are people devoted to prayer and worship and
you also worship along with them and do not come to the land of yours since it
was an evil land (for you). So he went away and he had hardly covered half the
distance when death came to him and there was a dispute between the Angels of
mercy and the Angels of punishment (P.B.U.T). The Angels (P.B.U.T) of mercy
said: This man has come as a penitent and remorseful to ALLAH [S.W.T] and the
Angels (P.B.U.T) of punishment said: He has done no good at all. Then there
came another Angel (P.B.U.H) in the form of a human being in order to decide
between them. He said: You measure the land to which he has drawn near. They
measured it and found him nearer to the land where he intended to go (the land
of piety), and so the Angels (P.B.U.T) of mercy took possession of it. Qatada
(R.A) said that Hasan (R.A) told him that it was said to them that as death
approached him, he crawled upon his chest (and managed) to slip in the land of
mercy.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 7, Book 37: Pertaining To Repentance And Exhortation Of Repentance
(Kitab Al-Tauba), Number 6664:
This Hadith has
been narrated on the authority of Qatada (R.A) with the same chain of
transmitters but (with this variation of wording):
"ALLAH [S.W.T] commanded the earth (from
where) he wanted to come out to move itself away and to the other earth (where
he wanted to go) to draw nearer."
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 12, Book 40: Pertaining To Paradise ,
Its Description, Its Bounties And Its Intimates (Kitab Al-Jannat Wa Sifat
Na’Imiha Wa Ahliha), Number 6810:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
The Hell would he brought on that day (the Day of Judgment) with seventy
bridles and every bridle would be controlled by seventy Angels (P.B.U.T).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 17, Book 40: Pertaining To Paradise ,
Its Description, Its Bounties And Its Intimates (Kitab Al-Jannat Wa Sifat
Na'Imiha Wa Ahliha), Number 6862:
Anas b. Malik
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] having said:
When the servant is placed in his grave and his companions retrace their steps
arid he hears the noise of the footsteps, then two Angels (P.B.U.T) come to him
and make him sit and say to him: What you have to say about this person (the
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S])? If he is a believer, he would say: I bear testimony to
the fact that he is a servant of ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Messenger. Then it would
be said to him: Look to your seat in the Hell-Fire, for ALLAH [S.W.T] has
substituted (the seat of yours) with a seat in Paradise. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] said: He would be shown both the seats. Qatada (R.A) said:
It was mentioned to us that his grave (the grave of a believer) expands to
seventy cubits and is full with verdure until the Day when they would be
resurrected.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 17, Book 40: Pertaining To Paradise ,
Its Description, Its Bounties And Its Intimates (Kitab Al-Jannat Wa Sifat
Na'Imiha Wa Ahliha), Number 6867:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
When the soul of a believer would go out (of
his body) it would be received by two Angels (P.B.U.T) who would take it to the
sky. Hammad (R.A) (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) mentioned
the sweetness of its odor, (and further said) that the dwellers of the sky say:
Here comes the pious soul from the side of the earth. Let there be Blessings of
ALLAH upon the body in which it resides. And it is carried (by the Angels
(P.B.U.T)) to its LORD, the EXALTED and GLORIOUS. HE would say: Take it to its
destined end. And if he is a nonbeliever and as it (the soul) leaves the
body-Hammad (R.A) made a mention of its foul smell and of its being cursed-the
dwellers of the sky say: There comes a dirty soul from the side of the earth,
and it would be said: Take it to its destined end. Abu Huraira (R.A) reported
that ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] put a thin cloth which was with him
upon his nose while making a mention (of the foul smell) of the soul of a
non-believer.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 18, Book 41: Pertaining To Turmoil And Portents Of The Last Hour (Kitab
Al-Fitan Wa Ashrat As-Sa'Ah), Number 7015:
An-Nawwas b.
Sam'an (R.A) reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] made
a mention of the dajjal one day in the morning. He sometimes described him to
be insignificant and sometimes described (his turmoil) as very significant and
we felt) as if he were in the cluster of the date-palm trees. When we went to
him (to the Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) in the evening and he read (the signs of
fear) in our faces, he said: What is the matter with you? We said: ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], you made a mention of the dajjal in the morning
(sometimes describing him) to be insignificant and sometimes very important,
until we began to think as if he were present in some (near) part of the
cluster of the date-palm trees. Thereupon he said: I harbor fear in regard to
you in so many other things besides the dajjal. If he comes forth while I am
among on, I shall contend with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth while
I am not amongst you, a man must contend on his own behalf and ALLAH [S.W.T]
would take care of every Muslim on my behalf (and safeguard him against his
evil). He (dajjal) would be a young man with twisted, contracted hair, and a
blind eye. I compare him to 'Abd-ul-'Uzza b. Qatan. He who amongst you would
survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses of Sura Kahf
(18.). He would appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and would spread
mischief right and left. O servants of ALLAH [S.W.T]! Adhere (to the path of
Truth). We said: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], how long would he stay on
the earth? He said: For forty days, one day like a year and one day like a
month and one day like a week and the rest of the days would be like your days.
We said: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], would one day's prayer suffice
for the prayers of day equal to one year? Thereupon he said: No, but you must
make an estimate of time (and then observe prayer). We said: ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S], how quickly would he walk upon the earth? Thereupon he
said: Like cloud driven by the wind. He would come to the people and invite
them (to a wrong religion) and they would affirm their faith in him and respond
to him. He would then give command to the sky and there would be rainfall upon
the earth and it would grow crops. Then in the evening, their posturing animals
would come to them with their humps very high and their udders full of milk and
their flanks stretched. He would then come to another people and invite them.
But they would reject him and he would go away from them and there would be
drought for them and nothing would be left with them in the form of wealth. He
would then walk through the waste, land and say to it: Bring forth your
treasures, and the treasures would come out and collect (themselves) before him
like the swarm of bees. He would then call a person brimming with youth and
strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces and (make these pieces
lie at a distance which is generally) between the archer and his target. He
would then call (that young man) and he will come forward laughing with his
face gleaming (with happiness) and it would at this very time that ALLAH
[S.W.T] would send Jesus Christ, son of Mary (P.B.U.T), and he will descend at
the white minaret in the eastern side of Damascus wearing two garments lightly
dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels (P.B.U.T).
When he would lower his head, there would fall beads of perspiration from his
head, and when he would raise it up, beads like pearls would scatter from it.
Every non-believer who would smell the odor of his self would die and his
breath would reach as far as he would be able to see. He would then search for
him (dajjal) until he would catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd and would
kill him. Then a people whom ALLAH [S.W.T] had protected would come to Jesus,
son of Mary (P.B.U.T), and he would wipe their faces and would inform them of
their ranks in Paradise and it would be under such conditions that ALLAH
[S.W.T] would reveal to Jesus (P.B.U.H) these words: I have brought forth from
amongst MY servants such people against whom none would be able to fight; you
take these people safely to Tur, and then ALLAH [S.W.T] would send yajuj/gog
and Majuj/magog and they would swarm down from every slope. The first of them
would pass the lake of Tiberius and drink out of it. And when the last of them
would pass, he would say: There was once water there. Jesus (P.B.U.H) and his
companions (R.A) would then be besieged here (at Tur, and they would be so much
hard pressed) that the head of the ox would be dearer to them than one hundred
diners and ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle, Jesus (P.B.U.H), and his companions (R.A)
would supplicate ALLAH [S.W.T], WHO would send to them insects (which would
attack their necks) and in the morning they would perish like one single person.
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle, Jesus (P.B.U.H), and his companions (R.A) would then
come down to the earth and they would not find in the earth as much space as a
single span which is not filled with their putrefaction and stench. ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Apostle, Jesus (P.B.U.H), and his companions (R.A) would then again
beseech ALLAH [S.W.T], WHO would send birds whose necks would be like those of
Bactrian camels and they would carry them and throw them where ALLAH [S.W.T]
would Will. Then ALLAH [S.W.T] would send rain which no house of clay or (the
tent of) camels' hairs would keep out and it would wash away the earth until it
could appear to be a mirror. Then the earth would be told to bring forth its
fruit and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, there would grow (such
a big) pomegranate that a group of persons would be able to eat that, and seek
shelter under its skin and milch cow would give so much milk that a whole party
would be able to drink it. And the milch camel would give such (a large
quantity of) milk that the whole tribe would be able to drink out of that and
the milch sheep would give so much milk that the whole family would be able to
drink out of that and at that time ALLAH [S.W.T] would send a pleasant wind
which would soothe (people) even under their armpits, and would take the life
of every Muslim and only the wicked would survive who would commit adultery
like asses and the Last Hour would come to them.
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 21, Book 41: Pertaining To Turmoil And Portents Of The Last Hour (Kitab
Al-Fitan Wa Ashrat As-Sa'Ah), Number 7028:
Amir b. Sharahil
Sha'bi Sha'b Hamdan (R.A) reported:
That he asked Fatima (R.A), daughter of Qais
and sister of ad-Dahhak b. Qais and she was the first amongst the emigrant
women: Narrate to me a hadith which you had heard directly from ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] and there is no extra link in between them. She said: Very
well, if you like, I am prepared to do that, and he said to her: Well, do it
and narrate that to me. She said: I married the son of Mughira (R.A) and he was
a chosen young man of Quraish at that time, but he fell as a Martyr in the
first Jihad (fighting) on the side of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]. When
I became a widow, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf (R.A), one amongst the group of the
Companions (R.A) of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], sent me the proposal
of marriage. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] also sent me such a message
for his freed slave Usama b. Zaid (R.A). And it had been conveyed to me that
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] had said (about Usama (R.A)): He who loves
me should also love Usama (R.A). When ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
talked to me (about this matter), I said: My affairs are in your hand. You may
marry me to anyone whom you like. He said: You better shift now to the house of
Umm Sharik (R.A), and Umm Sharik (R.A) was a rich lady from amongst the Anqir.
She spent generously for the Cause of ALLAH [S.W.T] and entertained guests very
hospitably. I said: Well, I will do as you like. He said: Do not do that for
Umm Sharik (R.A) is a woman who is very frequently visited by guests and I do
not like that your head may be uncovered or the cloth may be removed from your
shank and the strangers may catch sight of them which you abhor. You better
shift to the house of your cousin 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. Umm Maktum (R.A) and he
is a person of the Bani Fihr branch of the Quraish, and he belonged to that
tribe (to which Fatima (R.A)) belonged. So I shifted to that house, and when my
period of waiting was over, I heard the voice of an announcer making an
announcement that the prayer would be observed in the Mosque (where)
congregational prayer (is observed). So I set out towards that Mosque and
observed prayer along with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] and I was in the
row of the women which was near the row of men. When ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] had finished his prayer, he sat on the pulpit smiling and said: Every
worshiper should keep sitting at his place. He then said: Do you know why I had
asked you to assemble? They said: ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Messenger [S.A.W.S]
know best. He said: By ALLAH [S.W.T]. I have not made you assemble for
exhortation or for a warning, but I have detained you here, for Tamim Dari
(R.A), a Christian, who came and accepted Islam, told me something, which
agrees with what I was-telling, you about the dajjal. He narrated to me that he
had sailed in a ship along with thirty men of Bani Lakhm and Bani Judham and
had been tossed by waves in the ocean for a month. Then these (waves) took them
(near) the land within the ocean (island) at the time of sunset. They sat in a
small side-boat and entered that Island. There was a beast with long thick hair
(and because of these) they could not distinguish his face from his back. They
said: Woe to you, who can you be? Thereupon it said: I am al-Jassasa. They
said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: O people, go to this person in the
monastery as he is very much eager to know about you. He (the narrator) said:
When it named a person for us we were afraid of it lest it should be a devil.
Then we hurriedly went on till we came to that monastery and found a well-built
person there with his hands tied to his neck and having iron shackles between
his two legs up to the ankles. We said: Woe be upon thee, who are you? And he
said: You would soon come to know about me but tell me who are you? We said: We
are people from Arabia and we embarked upon a boat but the sea-waves had been
driving us for one month and they brought as near this island. We got into the
side-boats and entered this island and here a beast met us with profusely thick
hair and because of the thickness of his hair his face could not be
distinguished from his back. We said: Woe be to thee, who are you? It said: I
am al- Jassasa. We said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: You go to this very
person in the monastery for he is eagerly waiting for you to know about you. So
we came to you in hot haste fearing that might be the devil. He (that chained
person) said: Tell me about the date-palm trees of Baisan. We said: About what
aspect of theirs do you seek information? He said: I ask you whether these
trees bear fruit or not. We said: Yes. Thereupon he said: I think these would
not bear fruits. He said: Inform me about the lake of Tabariyya? We said: Which
aspect of it do you want to know? He said: Is there water in it? They said:
There is abundance of water in it. Thereupon he said: I think it would soon
become dry. He again said: Inform me about the spring of Zughar. They said:
Which aspect of it you want to know? He (the chained person) said: Is there
water in it and does it irrigate (the land)? We said to him: Yes, there is
abundance of water in it and the inhabitants (of Medina) irrigate (land) with
the help of it, He said: Inform me about the unlettered Prophet [S.A.W.S]; what
has he done? We said: He has come out from Mecca and has settled In Yathrib
(Medina). He said: Do the Arabs fight against him? We said: Yes. He said: How
did he deal with him? We informed him that he had overcome those in his
neighbourhood and they had submitted themselves before him. Thereupon he said
to us: Had it actually happened? We said: Yes. Thereupon he said: If it is so
that is better for them that they should show obedience to him. I am going to
tell you about myself and I am dajjal and would be soon permitted to get out
and so I shall get out and travel in the land, and will not spare any town
where I would not stay for forty nights except Mecca and Medina as these two
(places) are prohibited (areas) for me and I would not make an attempt to enter
any one of these two. An angel (P.B.U.H) with a sword in his hand would
confront me and would bar my way and there would be Angels (P.B.U.T) to guard
every passage leading to it; then ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] striking
the pulpit with the help of the end of his staff said: This implies Taiba
meaning Medina. Have I not, told you an account (of the dajjal) like this? 'The
people said: Yes, and this account narrated by Tamim Dari (R.A) was liked by me
for it corroborates the account which I gave to you in regard to him (dajjal)
at Medina and Mecca. Behold he (dajjal) is in the Syrian sea (Mediterranian) or
the Yemen sea (Arabian sea ). Nay, on the contrary, he is in the east, he
is in the east, he is in the east, and he pointed with his hand towards the
east. I (Fatima bint Qais (R.A)) said: I preserved it in my mind (this
narration from ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S].
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 1, Book 42: Pertaining To Piety And Softening Of Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd
Wa Al-Raqa’iq), Number 7079:
Anas b. Malik
(R.A) reported:
We were in the company of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] that he smiled and said: Do you know why I laughed? We
said: ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Messenger [S.A.W.S], know best. Thereupon he said:
It was because of the (fact that there came to my mind the) talk which the
servant would have with his LORD. (On the Day of Judgment). He would say: My
LORD, have you not guaranteed me protection against injustice? HE would say:
Yes. Then the servant would say: I do not deem valid any witness against me but
my own self, and HE would say: Well, enough would he the witness of your self
against you and that of the two Angels (P.B.U.T) who had been appointed to
record your deeds. Then the seal would be set upon his mouth and it would be
said to his hands and feet to speak and they would speak of his deeds. Then the
mouth would be made free to talk, he would say (to the hands and feet): Be
away, let there be curse of ALLAH [S.W.T] upon you. It was for your safety that
I contended.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Chapter 1, Book 26: Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm), Hadith 1:
Narrated Kathir
ibn Qays (R.A):
Kathir ibn Qays (R.A) said: I was sitting with
Abud Darda' (R.A) in the Mosque of Damascus. A man came to him and said: Abud
Darda (R.A), I have come to you from the town of the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T]
[S.A.W.S] for a tradition that I have heard you relate from the Messenger of
ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]. I have come for no other purpose. He said: I heard the
Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] say: If anyone travels on a road in search
of knowledge, ALLAH [S.W.T] will cause him to travel on one of the roads of
Paradise. The Angels (P.B.U.T) will lower their wings in their great pleasure
with one who seeks knowledge, the inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth and
the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The
superiority of the learned man over the devout is like that of the moon, on the
night when it is full, over the rest of the stars. The learned are the heirs of
the Prophets (P.B.U.T), and the Prophets (P.B.U.T) leave neither dinar nor
dirham, leaving only knowledge, and he who takes it takes an abundant portion.
Sunan Abi
Dawud: Chapter 27, Book 42: Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah),
Hadith 158:
Narrated
Al-Bara' Ibn Azib (R.A):
We went out with the Messenger of ALLAH
[S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] accompanying the bier of a man of the Ansar. When we reached
his grave, it was not yet dug. So the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] sat
down and we also sat down around him as if birds were over our heads. He had in
his hand a stick with which he was scratching the ground. He then raised his
head and said: Seek refuge with ALLAH [S.W.T] from the punishment in the grave.
He said it twice or thrice.
The version of
Jabir (R.A) adds here: He hears the beat of their sandals when they go back,
and at that moment he is asked: O so and so! Who is your LORD, what is your
religion, and who is your Prophet?
Hannad (R.A)'s
version says: Two Angels (P.B.U.T) will come to him, make him sit up and ask
him: Who is your LORD? He will reply: My LORD is ALLAH [S.W.T]. They will ask
him: What is your religion? He will reply: My religion is Islam. They will ask
him: What is your opinion about the man who was sent on a mission among you? He
will reply: He is the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]. They will ask: Who
made you aware of this? He will reply: I read ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Book, believed in
it, and considered it true; which is verified by ALLAH [S.W.T]'s words: "ALLAH
[S.W.T]'s Book, believed in it, and considered it true, which is verified by
ALLAH [S.W.T]'s words: "ALLAH establishes those who believe with the word
that stands firm in this world and the next."
The agreed
version reads: Then a crier will call from Heaven: MY servant has spoken the
truth, so spread a bed for him from Paradise, clothe him from Paradise, and
open a door for him into Paradise. So some of its air and perfume will come to
him, and a space will be made for him as far as the eye can see.
He also
mentioned the death of the infidel, saying: His spirit will be restored to his
body, two Angels (P.B.U.T) will come to him, make him sit up and ask him: Who
is your LORD? He will reply: Alas, alas! I do not know. They will ask him: What
is your religion? He will reply: Alas, alas! I do not know. They will ask: Who
was the man who was sent on a mission among you? He will reply: Alas, alas! I
do not know. Then a crier will call from Heaven: He has lied, so spread a bed
for him from Hell, clothe him from Hell, and open for him a door into Hell.
Then some of its heat and pestilential wind will come to him, and his grave
will be compressed, so that his ribs will be crushed together. Jabir (R.A)'s
version adds: One who is blind and dumb will then be placed in charge of him,
having a sledge-hammer such that if a mountain were struck with it, it would
become dust. He will give him a blow with it which will be heard by everything
between the east and the west except by men and jinn, and he will become dust.
Then his spirit will be restored to him.
Sahih Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T]
(Tawheed), Number 546:
Narrated
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] the true and
truly inspired, narrated to us, "The creation of everyone of you starts
with the process of collecting the material for his body within forty days and
forty nights in the womb of his mother. Then he becomes a clot of thick blood
for a similar period (40 days) and then he becomes like a piece of flesh for a
similar period. Then an Angel (P.B.U.H) is sent to him (by ALLAH [S.W.T]) and
the Angel (P.B.U.H) is allowed (ordered) to write four things; his livelihood,
his (date of) death, his deeds, and whether he will be a wretched one or a
blessed one (in the Hereafter) and then the soul is breathed into him. So one
of you may do (good) deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise so much
that there is nothing except a cubit between him and Paradise but then what has
been written for him decides his behavior and he starts doing (evil) deeds
characteristic of the people of Hell (Fire) and (ultimately) enters Hell
(Fire); and one of you may do (evil) deeds characteristic of the people of Hell
(Fire) so much so that there is nothing except a cubit between him and Hell
(Fire), then what has been written for him decides his behavior and he starts
doing (good) deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and ultimately)
enters Paradise."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 642:
Narrated 'Ali
(R.A):
While the Prophet [S.A.W.S] was in a funeral
procession, he took a stick and started scraping the earth with it and said,
"There is none of you but has his place assigned either in Hell or in
Paradise." They (the people) said, "Shall we not depend upon that
(and give up doing any deeds)?' He said, " Carry on doing (good deeds) for
everybody will find it easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined
place for which he has been created ." (And then the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
recited the Verse):-- 'As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to
ALLAH...' (92.5)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]), Number 473:
Narrated 'Ali
(R.A):
While we were in a funeral procession in Baqi
Al-Gharqad, ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] came and sat down, and we sat
around him. He had a small stick in his hand and he bent his head and started
scraping the ground with it. He then said, "There is none among you, and
no Created soul but has his place written for him either in Paradise or in the
Hell-Fire, and also has his happy or miserable fate (in the Hereafter) written
for him." A man said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! Shall we
depend upon what is written for us and give up doing (good) deeds? For whoever
among us is destined to be fortunate (in the Hereafter), will join the
fortunate peoples and whoever among us is destined to be miserable will do such
deeds as are characteristic of the people who are destined to misery." The
Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Those who are destined to be happy (in the
Hereafter) will find it easy and pleasant to do the deeds characteristic of
those destined to happiness, while those who are to be among the miserable (in
the Hereafter), will find it easy to do the deeds characteristic of those
destined to misery." Then he recited: 'As for him who gives (in charity)
and keeps his duty to ALLAH and believes in the Best reward from ALLAH, WE will
make smooth for him the path of ease. But he who is a greedy miser and thinks
himself self sufficient, and gives the lie to the Best reward from ALLAH, WE
will make smooth for him the path for evil.' (92.5-10)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat), Number 544:
Narrated Abu
Said Al-Khudri (R.A):
Once the Prophet [S.A.W.S] sat on a pulpit and
we sat around him. Then he said, "The things I am afraid of most for your
sake (concerning what will befall you after me) is the pleasures and splendors
of the world and its beauties which will be disclosed to you." Somebody
said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! Can the good bring forth
evil?" The Prophet [S.A.W.S] remained silent for a while. It was said to
that person, "What is wrong with you? You are talking to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] while he is not talking to you." Then we noticed that he was
being inspired divinely. Then the Prophet [S.A.W.S] wiped off his sweat and
said, "Where is the questioner?" It seemed as if the Prophet
[S.A.W.S] liked his question. Then he said, "Good never brings forth evil.
Indeed, it is like what grows on the banks of a water-stream which either kill
or make the animals sick, except if an animal eats its fill the Khadira (a kind
of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then defecates and urinates and
grazes again. No doubt this wealth is sweet and green. Blessed is the wealth of
a Muslim from which he gives to the poor, the orphans and to needy travelers.
(Or the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said something similar to it) No doubt, whoever takes
it illegally will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied, and his
wealth will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection."
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 83, Book 1: Faith (Kitab Al Iman), Number 0363:
It is reported
on the authority of al-Mughira b. Shu’ba (R.A):
That the Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S]
said: Moses (P.B.U.H) asked his LORD: Who amongst the inhabitants of Paradise
is the lowest to rank? HE (ALLAH [S.W.T]) said: The person who would be
admitted into Paradise last of all among those deserving of Paradise who are
admitted to it. I would be said to him: Enter Paradise. He would say: O my
LORD! How (should I enter) while the people have settled in their apartments
and taken the shares (portions)? It would be said to him: Would you be pleased
if there be for you like the kingdom of a king amongst the kings of the world?
He would say: I am pleased my LORD. HE (ALLAH [S.W.T]) would say: For you is
that, and like that, and like that, and like that, and that. He would say at
the fifth (point): I am well pleased, my LORD. HE (ALLAH [S.W.T]) would say: It
is for you and ten times like it, and for you is what your self desires and
your eye enjoys. He would say: I am well pleased, my LORD. He (Moses (P.B.U.H))
said: (Which is) the highest of their (inhabitants of Paradise) ranks? HE
(ALLAH [S.W.T]) said: They are those Whom I choose. I establish their Honor
with MY OWN Hand and then set a seal over it (and they would be Blessed with
Bounties) which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human mind has
perceived: and this is substantiated by the Book of ALLAH [S.W.T], the EXALTED
and GREAT: "So no soul knows what delight of the eye is hidden for them; a
reward for what they did" (32.17).
Sahih Muslim:
Chapter 13, Book 32: Virtue, Good Manners And Joining Of The Ties Of
Relationship, Number 6246:
Abu Dharr (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying
that ALLAH [S.W.T], the EXALTED and GLORIOUS, said: MY servants, I have made
oppression unlawful for ME and unlawful for you, so do not commit oppression
against one another. MY servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom
I guide on the right path, so seek right guidance from ME so that I should
direct you to the right path. O MY servants, all of you are hungry (needy) except
one whom I feed, so beg food from ME, so that I may give that to you. O MY
servants, all of you are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide
garments, so beg clothes from ME, so that I should clothe you. O MY servants,
you commit error night and day and I am there to pardon your sins, so beg
pardon from ME, so that I should grant you pardon. O MY servants, you can
neither do ME any harm nor can you do ME any good. O MY servants, even if the
first amongst you and the last amongst you and even the whole of human race of
yours, and that of jinns even, become (equal in) ALLAH [S.W.T] conscious like
the heart of a single person amongst you, nothing would add to MY Power. O MY
servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human
race of yours and that of the jinns too in unison become the most wicked (all
beating) like the heart of a single person, it would cause no loss to MY Power.
O MY servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the
whole human race of yours and that of jinns also all stand in one plain ground
and you ask ME and I confer upon every person what he asks for, it would not in
any way, cause any loss to ME (even less) than that which is caused to the
ocean by dipping the needle in it. MY servants, these for you I shall reward
you for then, so he who deeds of yours which I am recording finds good should
Praise ALLAH and he who does not find that should not blame anyone but his
ownself. Sa'id (R.A) said: That when Abu Idris Khaulini (R.A) narrated this
hadith he knelt upon his knees.
Kalimah
Tayyibah [The Holy Code]
لآَ اِلَهَ اِلاَّ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللهِ
Pronunciation:
Laa
Ilaaha Illaal-Laahu Muhammadur-Rasulul-Lah [Salla'Allahuu Alayhi Wa-Sallaam]
Translation:
There
is none worthy of Worship but ALLAH Muhammad [May ALLAH Bless him and grant him
Peace] is the Messenger of ALLAH.
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