It Could Happen to You

A (Very Long) Collection of Hadith

When the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was asked 

by 'Amr ibn 'Abasah what was meant by faith, he replied,

 "Self restraint and gentleness."
(Hadith of Muslim)

***

Greed and faith can never co-exist 

in the human heart.
(Hadith of an Nasa'i on the authority of Abu Hurayarah)

***

Keep your faith pure. Even the smallest good deed will suffice.

***

When a person repents, Allahs pleasure at this is even greater 

than that of one who dismounts from his camel, 

loses it in the desert and then finds it again all of a sudden.
(Hadith of al-Bukhari and Muslim) 

***

When you lead the prayer, you should make it short because,

 among those offering salat there may be some who are infirm, sick and old.

But when you offer individual prayers, as you wish. (Hadith of al-Bukhari)




*** Anas ibn Malik said that they used to travel with the Prophet. 
Those who observed a fast never found fault with those who did not keep the fast. 
Similarly, those not observing the fast never said anything amiss 
to those who kept their fast.
(Hadith of Al-Bukhari)

***


The man who keeps a fast in full faith, 
and for reward in the world hereafter, 
will be forgiven his past sins. 
And the man who prays in the night during Ramadan 
with faith and for reward in the world hereafter, 
will be forgiven all his past sins.
 (Bukhari, Muslim)

***


Allah has made the Muslims duty bound to pay zakat (alms). 
It will be realized from the wealthy to be distributed among the needy.
   (Bukhari, Muslim)

***


The owner of any land which is irrigated by rain water or a stream, 
or which is situated close to a river, 
is obliged to give one tenth of its produce to the needy. 
The owner of such land as is irrigated by other methods will pay half this amount.
(Al-Bukhari)

***

If a person to whom God has given wealth does not give zakat (alms), 
he will find that, on the Day of Judgement, 
his wealth turns into a poisonous snake with two black spots on its head. 
It will be like a yoke around his neck. 
Then it will seize him by the jaws and declare, ‘I am your wealth. I am your treasure’.
 (al-Bukhari) *** Abu Dharr al-GhifarI relates that he came to the prophet, who was sitting in the shade of the Kabah. When he saw me he said, ‘They stand to lose.’ I said, ‘May my parents ransom you. To whom do you refer?’ ‘To those with an excess of riches,’ he replied, ‘who just squander their wealth, heedless of the fact that they can be saved only if they spend generously for a good cause. And there are very few wealthy men of that ilk.’ (Bukhari, Muslim) *** Giving alms to the poor is a single good deed, 
but giving alms to a poor relative has the double virtue of giving alms
 and, at the same time, treating one’s own relative well.
(At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i)
***
Young man, (the Prophet said to Abdullah ibn al-Abbas) 
hear some words of advice: 
Be mindful of God and God will protect you. 
Be mindful of God and you will find Him before you. 
If you ask, ask of God; if you seek help, seek help of God. 
Know that if all the people were to gather together 
to give you the benefit of anything, 
it would be something that God had already prescribed for you, 
and that if they gathered together to harm you with anything,
 this would only be as God had already ordained. (At-Tirmidhi)
***
A man who acquires a stretch of land by tyranny 
will be made to wear a yoke made of seven earths 
around his neck on the Day of Judgement.
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim)

***


‘A man who has as much as an iota of arrogance 
in his heart will not enter Paradise’. 
Hearing these words of the Prophet, a man asked, 
‘What if a man likes to dress in good clothes and wear good shoes’? 
The Prophet said, ‘God himself possesses elegance. 
And He likes elegance. This has nothing to do with arrogance. 
A man is arrogant when he refuses to accept the truth and considers others to be inferior’.
 (Muslim)

***

According to Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet recited a verse from the Qur’an 
about the Day the earth would give its account. 
Then he asked ‘Do you know what this account will be’? 
his listeners replied, ‘God and His Messenger know better’. 
‘The account the earth will give’, said the Prophet, 
‘is the witness it will bear to the deeds and misdeeds 
all men and women have committed throughout its length and breadth, 
and to the exact moments of their commission. 
That is what the earth’s account will be’.
  (At-Tirmidhi) ***  A man who treats his relatives well 
in order to return their good treatment of him 
shows no real love for them. 
The man who really shows love for his relatives is one who treats them well 
despite their being unkind to him.
 (Al-Bukhari) 

***

 Abu usayd as-Saidi tells of how they were once with the Prophet 
when a man from the Banu Salmah arrived in their midst. 
Addressing the Prophet, he asked, 
‘O messenger of God, are there any outstanding debts
 which I have to repay after my parents’ deaths?’ 
The Prophet, replied, ‘Yes, pray for them and seek forgiveness for them. 
And fulfill their obligations now that they are gone. 
And treat their relations with kindness. 
And respect their friends.’
(Abu-Dawud)  

***


He who satiates himself, 
while his immediate neighbours go hungry, 
is not a true believer.
(Ahmad ibn-Hanbal) 

***


Asma’ bint Abu Bakr related how her foster mother, 
a believer in polytheism (shirk), had come to her 
during the period of the treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah. 
Concerned that her foster mother was a polytheist, 
she addressed the Prophet, 
‘O Messenger of God, my idolatrous (mushrik) mother has come to me 
and she wants something from me. Should I give it to her?’ 
‘Yes. Treat her well,’ replied the Prophet.
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim)

***

A believer should never loathe a believing wife. 
If one quality in her does not find favour with her husband, 
some other quality will be to his liking.
(Muslim) 

***

A man once went to the Prophet with a grievance against his relatives. 
‘O Messenger of God’, he said, 
‘I have some relatives whom I treat with kindness. 
Yet they show me no kindness. 
I treat them well and they treat me badly. 
I show them forbearance and they treat me with brutality.’ 
The Prophet replied, ‘if you are as you say you are, 
then it is as if you have smeared their faces with dust. 
And you will always have God’s help against them 
so long as you continue to be well-behaved towards them.’
(Muslim) 

***


When a man spends on his family members 
with the intention of seeking God’s pleasure, 
then his spending becomes an act of charity.
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

***


A believer is a mirror to another believer. A believer is a brother to another believer. He saves him from losses. He safeguards his interests in his absence.(Abu-Dawud)  *** According to Anas ibn Malik, the Prophet said to him, 
‘ O my son, if you can act in such a way that you spend your mornings 
and your evenings without wishing anyone ill, 
then that is how you should always act.’ 
Then he added, ‘O my son, this is my way. 
And anyone who loves my ways, loves me. 
And anyone who loves me will live with me in Paradise.’
(Muslim) 

***


Each one of you is a shepherd. 
And each one of you will be asked about your flock. 
A ruler also is a shepherd and he will be asked about his flock. 
And every man is a shepherd to his family. 
And a woman is the custodian of her husband’s house and his children. 
Thus each one of you is a shepherd, 
and each one will be asked about his flock.
(Muslim, al-Bukhari) 

***


You should visit the sick, feed the hungry
 and set prisoners free.
(Al-Bukhari) 

***


When the Prophet was asked which form of Islam was better, 
he replied, ‘To feed the people and extend greetings of peace to them- 
be they of your acquaintance or not.’
(Al-Bukhari,  Muslim)

***


On the Day of Judgement, God will say, 
‘O son of Adam, I was sick, but you did not visit Me.’ 
The man will reply, ‘O my Lord, how could I visit You – 
the Lord of the whole universe?’ 
God will say, ‘Did you not know that such and such a man had fallen ill? 
Yet you did not visit him. Did you not known that had you gone there to visit him, 
you would have found Me there wit him?’
(Muslim) 

***


O Muslim women, do not belittle the gift of any woman in your neighbourhood, 
even if it happens to be a goat’s hoof.
(al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

***

According to Anas ibn Malik, when God’s Messenger said, 
‘Help your brother, irrespective of whether he is the oppressor or the oppressed,’
 a man said, ‘O Messenger of God, I can help the oppressed, 
but how can I help the oppressor?’ 
The Prophet replied, ‘Stop him from committing an act of oppression. 
That in itself is a form of help.’
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

***


The best gift from a father to his child is education and upbringing.
(At-Tirmidhi) 

***

Should I not tell you what is the best charity? 
To spend on the daughter who has been returned to you 
(a divorced or widowed daughter), 
when there is no one else to earn for her.
(Ibn-Majah)  

***


You will observe that the believers are like the parts of the body 
in relation to each other in matters of kindness, love and affection. 
When one part of the body is afflicted, the entire body feels it; 
there is loss of sleep and a fever develops.
(al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

***


If a Muslim farms the land or plants a tree, 
and then a bird, a beast or a man eats something from it, 
he receives in return the reward of a charity.
(Muslim) 

***


One who walks with a tyrant,
 in the full knowledge that he is a tyrant, 
in order to strengthen him, 
is such as has already left the fold of Islam.
 (al-Bayhaqi) 

***

Anger is the devil, and the devil has been created from fire. 
And fire is extinguished by water, therefore, when any of you feel angry, 
you should perform your ablutions.
(Abu Dawud) 

***

When any of you feel angry, you should sit down if you are standing. 
And if your anger passes off with this, well and good. 
If not, you should lie down.
(Abu Dawud)  

***


When a man tells you something in confidence, 
you must not betray his trust.
(Abu Dawud) 

***


On the Day of Judgement, the tyrant’s own tyranny 
will descend upon him in the form of darkness.
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

*** 


Whosever of you sees an evil action, 
let him change it with his hand; 
and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; 
and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart, 
for that is the minimum that is desirable from a believer.
(An-Nasa'i) 

***


A Bedouin once urinated in the Prophet’s Mosque, 
and people got up to punish him. 
The Prophet said, ‘Leave him alone, 
and throw a bucket of water over his urine. 
You are here to make things easy, not to make things difficult.’
(Al-Bukhari) 

***


According to Aishah, the Prophet used to cobble his shoes, stitch his clothes 
and do the kind of housework that is done in all homes. 
He was a human being just like anybody else. 
He used to milk his goat and do sundry other chores himself.
(At-Tirmidhi) 


***


Sa’ib has thus recorded his commendation of the Prophet; 
‘In the period of Ignorance (i.e. before Islam) when you were my partner in business, 
you were the finest of all partners. 
You never deceived me. Neither did you quarrel with me.’
(Abu Dawud) 

***


Abu Hurayrah relates how the Prophet never criticized food. 
‘If he liked it, he ate it. If he did not, he just left it.’
(Al-Bukhari, Muslim) 

***

According to Abdullah ibn Masud, 
the Prophet said that none of his Companions 
should complain to him of another. 
‘I would like to come to you with a clear heart.’
(Abu Dawud)  

***

Verily, God Almighty, and His angels, and those who inhabit the heavens, 
even the ants in their holes and the fishes in their waters, 
bless the good teachers of mankind.
(At-Tirmidhi) 

***


You will not enter Paradise unless you have faith, 
and you cannot be one of the faithful unless you love each other. 
Should I not tell you things which, it followed, will create love among you? 
One is to observe the practice of greeting each other.
(Muslim) 

***


According to Abdullah ibn al-Abbas the Prophet forbade 
the staging of fights between animals.
(At-Tirmidhi) 

***


According to Abdullah ibn Umar, 
the Prophet forbade not only indulgence in slander and backbiting, 
but even listening to such talk.
(Mishkat al-Masabih) 

***


A man once asked the Prophet if bigotry was to love one’s tribe. 
‘No,’ replied the Prophet. 
‘Bigotry is to help your tribe to tyrannise others.’
(Ibn-Majah) 

***

He who preaches bigotry is not one of us. 
And not being one of us, he may go ahead and fight in the cause of bigotry. 
He who dies for such a cause is not one of us either.
(Abu Dawud)  

***


Do not quarrel with your brother. Do not ridicule him. 
You should refrain form making a promise and then going back on it.
(At-Tirmidhi) 

*** 


Do not rejoice in the misfortunes of your brother. 
For God may show him compassion, but create difficulties for you.
(At-Tirmidhi) 

***


The most perfect of believers, in point of faith, 
is he who is the best in manners.
(Abu Dawud) 

***
 

None of you (truly) believes, 
until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
(Bukhari) 

*** 


Calling God in personal prayer is worship.

(Abu ud, At-Tirmidhi)

***


O God, only you can change our hearts. 
We beseech You to do so, so that we may submit to You.
(Muslim) 

***


According to Abu Bakr as-Siffiq, 
when he asked the Prophet to tell him 
of some invocations which he could recite in his prayers, the Prophet said, 
‘Say, God, I have been an oppressor to myself. 
And there is no one but You who can forgive my sins. 
Therefore forgive me in Your generosity. 
And show me compassion. Verily, You are Forgiving and Compassionate.
(At-Tirmidhi, Muslim) 

***


God has give utterance to these words: 
‘We are with Our servant whenever he remembers Us; 
when his lips are busy for Us.’
(Bukhari) 

***


According to Tamim ad-Dari, the Prophet said, 
‘Well-wishing is faith. Well-wishing is faith. Well-wishing is faith.’ 
When asked towards whom, he replied, 
‘Towards God, His messenger, His Book, the Muslim rulers and the common people.’
(Muslim)

***


God is bountiful and feels unhappy 
if He has to refuse to grant a wish. 
He feels embarrassed when a man holds out both his hands before Him, 
and He has to disappoint him by turning him away empty-handed.
(Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi)

***


O God, I seek divine guidance 
so that I may remain steadfast in what is just. 
I seek divine guidance in order to be firm in righteousness. 
I seek divine guidance in the manner that I express my gratitude 
for Your favours and worship with devotion. 
I seek from You a tongue that speaks the truth 
and a heart which is pure and clean. 
(At-Tirmidhi) 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

when enemies become friends...

Not equal are the good and the bad response. 

You shall resort to the one which is better. 

Thus, the one who used to be your enemy, 

may become your best friend. 

(Quran 41:34)

Prayer for the Earth by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Rumi Night in Tokyo (4 parts)

Muslim Women Do That

Ramadan Kareem

Walk humbly
Talk politely
Dress neatly
Treat kindly
Pray attentively
Donate generously
May ALLAH bless & protect you…

(Quoted from Huffington Post)

Follow the moon....

Source: awelltraveledwoman.tumblr.com via Ann on Pinterest

"They ask you about the waxing and waning phases
of the crescent moons, 

say they are to mark fixed times for mankind and Hajj."

~-(Qu'ran 2:189)-~

Zikrullah...

When My servants ask you about Me, I am always near. 

 I answer their prayers when they pray to Me. 

The people shall respond to Me and believe in Me,  
in order to be guided. 

~-( Quran 2:186 )-~

Out beyond....

 

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, 

there is a field. I'll meet you there.
-

- Rumi

Habibiyya - Fana-fillah

Hadith on prayer...

"If anyone performs two cycles of Prayer 

without the distraction of any worldly thought, 

all his previous sins will be forgiven." 

(al-Bukhari)

Jibril, peace be upon him, hadith...

Umar reported: "While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, one day a man came up to us whose clothes were extremely white, whose hair was extremely black, upon whom traces of travelling could not be seen, and whom none of us knew, until he sat down close to the Prophet, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, so that he rested his knees upon his knees and placed his two hands upon his thighs and said, 'Muhammad, tell me about Islam.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, said, 'Islam is that you witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and you establish the prayer, and you give the Zakat, and you fast Ramadan, and you perform the hajj of the House if you are able to take a way to it.' He said, 'You have told the truth,' and we were amazed at him asking him and [then] telling him that he told the truth. He said, 'Tell me about iman.' He said, 'That you affirm Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day, and that you affirm the Decree, the good of it and the bad of it.' He said, 'You have told the truth.' He said, 'Tell me about ihsan.' He said, 'That you worship Allah as if you see Him, for if you don't see Him then truly He sees you.' He said, 'Tell me about the Hour.' He said, 'The one asked about it knows no more than the one asking.' He said, 'Then tell me about its tokens.' He said, 'That the female slave should give birth to her mistress, and you see poor, naked, barefoot shepherds of sheep and goats competing in making tall buildings.' He went away, and I remained some time. Then he asked, 'Umar, do you know who the questioner was?' I said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'He was Jibril who came to you to teach you your deen'." Muslim (8) narrated it.

Gabriel image found here.

Hadith Qudsi

Oh humankind! One who knows his self also knows Me; one who knows Me seeks Me, and one who seeks Me certainly finds Me; one who finds Me attains all his aspirations and expectations, and prefers none over Me. Oh humankind! Be humble that you can have knowledge of Me. One who renounces his self finds Me. In order to know Me, renounce your own self. A heart which has not flourished and been perfected is blind.

Amina Wadud and women imams...

Caution: contains images of domestic violence

And for (s)he who is patient....

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim

Please refer to 786Mercy Rules at Wordpress for entries prior to this date.  Over time, I would like, insh'ala', to migrate those entries to this blog, but probably won't be in chronological order.  God-dess bless.

Hadith on the All-Forgiving

Muhammad, peace be upon him, said:

A prostitute was forgiven by Allah,

because, passing by a panting dog near a well

and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst,

she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover

she drew out some water for it.

So, Allah forgave her because of that.

(Hadith)

Beautiful Adhan (Call to Prayer)

About the Adhan, the Muslim call to Prayer

The Adhan (in Arabic and English)

Repeat 4 times:::::
Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.

Repeat 2 times:::::
Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Repeat 2 times:::::
Hayya 'ala-s-Salah
Hurry to the prayer

Repeat 2 times:::::
Hayya 'ala-l-Falah
Hurry to success

Repeat 2 times:::::
Allahu Akbar
God is Great

Repeat 2 times:::::
La ilaha illa Allah
There is no god except the One God

When making the adhan for the Fajr (prayer said before dawn), this is also recited twice:::::
As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm
Prayer is better than sleep

Awesome God by Michael W. Smith (and audience)...