Islamic Knowledge – Islam, Sunnah, Salafiyyah
1739. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “None of you should say: `My soul has become evil.’ He should say: `My soul is in bad shape.”’
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1767. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures), used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them.
[Muslim].
1759. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer.”
[Muslim].
1742. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No woman should touch another woman’s body and then describe the details of her figure to her husband in such a manner as if he was looking at her.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1732. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When a person calls his brother (in Islam) a disbeliever, one of them will certainly deserve the title. If the addressee is so as he has asserted, the disbelief of the man is confirmed, but if it is untrue, then it will revert to him.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1733. Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “If somebody accuses another of disbelief or calls him the enemy of Allah, such an accusation will revert to him (the accuser) if the accused is innocent.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1764. Abu Hurairah and `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited observing continuous voluntary fasts beyond one day.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1765. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited observing continuous fasts beyond one day. The Companions submitted: “But you do it.” He replied, “I am not like you. I am given to eat and to drink (from Allah).”
1736. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Ruined are Al-Mutanatti`un.” He repeated this thrice.
[Muslim].
1737. `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-As (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah dislikes an eloquent person who rolls his tongue as a cow rolls its tongue (while eating).”
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
1738. Jabir bin `Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The dearest and the closest of you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who are the best in behaviour; and the most hateful and the farthest from me on the Day of Resurrection will be the talkative and the most pretentious and the most rhetorical.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, they bear (on themselves) the crime of slander and plain sin.” (33:58)
1771. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Avoid two habits which provoke cursing.” The Companions said: “What are those things which provoke cursing?” He said, “Relieving on the thoroughfares or under the shades where people take shelter and rest.”
[Muslim].
1774. Zainab bint Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: I went to Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) the wife of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), when her father Abu Sufyan bin Harb (May Allah be pleased with him) died. Umm Habibah (May Allah be pleased with her) sent for a yellow coloured perfume or something else like it, and she applied it to a slave-girl and then rubbed it on her own cheeks and said: “By Allah, I have no need for perfume, I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, `It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for the dead beyond three days, except for the death of her husband; in which case the period of mourning is of four months and ten days.”’ Zainab said: I then visited Zainab, daughter of Jahsh (May Allah be pleased with her) when her brother died; she sent for perfume and applied it and then said: “Beware! By Allah, I don’t feel any need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, `It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband (for whom the period is) four months and ten days.”’
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
1754. Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?” He stressed (this point) and added, “People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer), or else their sights will certainly be snatched away.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1743. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You must not supplicate: `O Allah! forgive me if You wish; O Allah bestow mercy on me if You wish.’ But beg from Allah with certitude for no one has the power to compel Allah.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Another narration of Muslim is: “A supplication should be made in full confidence and one should persistently express his desire (before Allah) in his supplication, for no bounty is too great for Allah to bestow (upon his slaves).”
1744. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When one of you supplicates, let him be decisive and he should not say: `O Allah, bestow upon me such and such if You wish’, because no one has the power to compel Him.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1730. Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not revile the rooster for it wakes you up for prayer.”
[Abu Dawud].
1746. Abu Barzah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) disliked going to bed before the `Isha’ (night) prayer and indulging in conversation after it.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1747. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: Once, towards the end of his life, the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) concluded the `Isha’ (night) prayer and said, “After one hundred years from tonight none of the people on the surface of the earth will survive.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1748. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) delayed the `Isha’ (night) prayer till midnight. He (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) turned to us after the prayer and said, “All the people slept after offering their prayers, but you who waited, will be accounted as if you were engaged in your prayer throughout the period.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1720. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1721. Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Beware of excessive swearing in sale, because it may promote trade but this practice will eliminate the blessing.”
[Muslim].
1657. `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The deceased is tortured in his grave for bewailing over him.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1658. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who (on befalling a calamity) slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of the Days of Ignorance is none of us.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1659. Abu Burdah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: (My father) Abu Musa got seriously ill and lost his consciousness. His head was in the lap of a woman of the family and she began to wail. When Abu Musa recovered his consciousness, he said: “I am innocent of those from whom Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) is innocent. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) declared himself free of (the responsibility) for a woman who wails, shaves her head and tears up her clothes.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1660. Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “He who allows (others) to wail over his death, will be punished for it on the Day of Resurrection.’‘
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1661. Umm `Atiyyah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: At the time of giving the pledge of allegiance, the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) took from us an oath that we would not wail.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1662. An-Nu`man bin Bashir (May Allah be pleased with them) said: When `Abdullah bin Rawahah (May Allah be pleased with him) became unconscious, his sister began to weep and shout: “Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! for such and such (mentioning his virtuous qualities).” When he recovered his consciousness, he said: “I was asked (disapprovingly, by the angels) about everything you said concerning me whether I am as you said.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1663. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) visited Sa`d bin `Ubadah during his illness. He was accompanied by `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas and `Abdullah bin Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with them). When they entered his house, they found him unconscious. The Messenger of Allah asked, “Has he died?” They replied: “No, O Messenger of Allah.” Hearing this the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) began to weep. When his Companions saw this, they also began to weep too. He said, “Listen attentively: Allah does not punish for the shedding of tears or the grief of the heart, but takes to task or show mercy because of the utterances of this (and he pointed to his tongue).”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1664. Abu Malik Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a garment of scabies (Allah knows the nature thereof).”
[Muslim].
1665. Asid bin Abu Usaid reported: A woman who had taken a pledge of allegiance at the hand of the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Among the matters in respect of which we gave the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) the pledge not to disobey him in any Ma`ruf [i.e., all that Islam ordains (V:60:12)] was that we should not slap our faces, bewail, tear our clothes up and tear out our hair (in grief).”
[Abu Dawud].
1666. Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If anyone dies and the mourner gets up and says: `Alas! For the mountain among men. Alas! For the chief …’ and such like, Allah will put two angels in charge of him who will beat on the breast and ask him (disapproving): `Were you like that?‘ ”
[At-Tirmidhi].
1667. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Two things are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: Slandering one’s lineage and wailing over the dead.”
[Muslim].
1693. Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is that the spittle should be buried in earth.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1694. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saw spittle or snot or sputum, sticking to the wall towards Qiblah and scratched it off.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1695. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is not proper to use the mosque for urinating or easing oneself. They are merely built for the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur’an”, or as he stated.
[Muslim].
1668. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: Some people asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) about soothsayers. He (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “They are of no account.” Upon this they said to him, “O Messenger of Allah! But they sometimes make true predictions.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches (from the angels) and whispers into the ears of his friend (the soothsayers) who will then mix more than a hundred lies with it.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
The narration in Al-Bukhari is: “The angels descend in the clouds and mention matters which has been decreed in heaven; Satan steals a hearing (listens to it stealthily) and communicates it to the soothsayers who tell along with it a hundred lies.”
1669. Narrated Safiyyah, daughter of Abu `Ubaid, on the authority of some of the wives of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) who said, “He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty days.”
[Muslim].
1670. Qabisah bin Al-Mukhariq (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “The practice of `Iyafah, the interpretation of omens from the flight of birds, the practice of divination by drawing lines on the ground and taking evil omens are all practices of Al-Jibt (the idol, the diviner, or sorcerer).”
[Abu Dawud].
1671. Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who acquires a branch of the knowledge of astrology, learns a branch of magic (of which he acquires more as long as) he continues to do so.”
[Abu Dawud].
1672. Mu`awiyah bin Al-Hakam (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have recently emerged from ignorance and Allah has favoured me with Islam. There are still some men among us who visit the soothsayers to consult them (on matters relating to the future).” He (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Do not visit them.” I said: “There are some men who are guided by omens.” He replied, “These are the ideas which come up in their minds but you should not be influenced by them (i.e., these things) should not prevent them from pursuing their works.” I said: “There are some men who practise divination by drawing lines on the ground.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “There was a Prophet who drew lines, the line which agrees with the line drawn by that Prophet would be correct.”
[Muslim].
1673. Abu Mas`ud Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited the price of a dog, the earning of an prostitute, and the money given to a soothsayer.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1712. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who takes oath to acquire the property of a Muslim unjustly will meet Allah and He will be angry with him” then he recited:
“Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter. Neither will Allah speak to them nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.” (3:77)
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1713. Abu Umamah Iyas bin Tha`labah Al-Harithi (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who misappropriates the right of a Muslim by taking a false oath, Allah will condemn him to the fire of Hell and will forbid Jannah for him.” A person asked: “O Messenger of Allah, even if it is something insignificant?” He replied, “Yes, even if it is the twig of the Arak tree.”
[Muslim].
1714. `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-As (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Of the major sins are: Associating anything in worship with Allah, disobedience to the parents, killing without justification and taking a false oath (intentionally).”
[Al-Bukhari].
Another narration is: A bedouin came to the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) and asked him: “O Messenger of Allah, what are the cardinal sins?” He (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Associating anything with Allah in worship.” The man asked: “(What is) next?” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Al-Yamin Al-Ghamus.” He asked: “What do you mean by Al-Yamin Al-Ghamus?” The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “Swearing falsely to usurp the property of a Muslim.”
1652. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not keep the fire burning in your homes when you go to bed.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1653. Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) said: A house in Al-Madinah was burnt with its occupants inside it one night. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) he said, “Fire is your enemy. So, put it out before going to bed.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1654. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Cover up the (kitchen) containers (i.e., pots, pans, etc.), tie up the mouth of the water-skin, lock up the doors and extinguish the lamps, because Satan can neither untie the water-skin nor open the door nor uncover the containers. If one can cover the cooking pot even by placing a piece of wood across it, and pronounce the Name of Allah on it, let him do it. A mouse can sometimes cause a house to burn along its dwellers.”
[Muslim]
1722. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one should ask in the Face of Allah for anything except Jannah.”
[Abu Dawud].
1723. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Grant shelter to him who begs for it in the Name of Allah, give to him who begs in the Name of Allah, accept the invitation of him who invites you, and requite him who does a favour to you, but if you are unable to requite him, go on praying for him till you are sure that you have requited him adequately.”
[Abu Dawud and An-Nasa’i].
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