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 Al-Arba’īn al-Nawawī Ma’ Ziyādāt al-Rajabiyyah

In the name of Allah, the Most

Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.

All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of

the Worlds, the [One who] Sustains the
Heavens and the Earths, Director of all
that is created, who sent the
Messengers, peace and the blessings of
Allāh be upon all of them, to rational
beings; to guide them and explain the
religious laws to them with clear proofs
and undeniable arguments. I praise
Him for all of His bounties. I ask Him to
increase His grace and generosity.

I bear witness that there is none

worthy of worship except Allāh, alone,
who has no partner, the One Alone, the
[One who] Subdues, the Generous, the
Forgiving. I bear witness that our
leader Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger, His beloved and dear one,
the best of all creation. He was
honoured with the Glorious Qur’ān
that is the enduring miracle throughout
all the years. He was also sent with his
guiding sunnah that shows the way for
those who seek guidance. He has been
particularised with the characteristic of
eloquent and pithy speech, and
simplicity and ease in the religion. May
the peace and blessings of Allāh be
upon him, the other prophets and
Messengers, all of their families and
the rest of the righteous.

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To proceed:

We have narrated, through many

chains and various narrations, from ‘Alī
ibn Abī Tālib, ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd,
Mu’ādh ibn Jabal, Abī al-Dardā, Ibn
‘Umar, Ibn ‘Abbās, Anas ibn Mālik, Abū
Hurayrah and Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī ( �‫ر‬ �
‫ي‬
‫ )� ﻋﻨﻬﻢ‬that the Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said: "Whoever preserves for my
Nation forty hadīth related to its
religion, Allāh will resurrect him in the
company of the jurists and scholars."
Another narration states: "Allāh will
raise him as an erudite and learned
scholar." In the narration from Abī al-
Dardā, it is stated: "On the Day of
Resurrection, I will be an intercessor
and witness for him."

In the narration from Ibn Mas’ūd: "It

will be said to him, Enter Paradise
through any door you wish.” In the
narration of Ibn ‘Umar: "He will be
recorded among the company of the
scholars and will be resurrected in the
company of the martyrs."

The scholars of hadīth agree that,

although this hadīth has numerous
chains, it is weak.

The scholars (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻢ‬ ‫ن‬ have

‫ي‬
compiled innumerable works of this
nature. The first one that I know of
who compiled such a work was
‘Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak. After him
came Muhammad ibn Aslam al-Tūsī, a
pious scholar. Then came al-Hasan ibn
Sufyān al-Nasawī, Abū Bakr al-Ājurrī,
Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn lbrāhīm al-
Asfahānī, al-Dāraqutni, al-Hākim, Abū
Nu’aym, Abu ‘Abdul-Rahmān al-Sulamī,
Abū Sa’d al-Mālīnī, Abū ‘Uthmān al-
Sābūnī, ‘Abdullāh ibn Muhammad al-
Ansārī, Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī and
countless others; both from earlier and
later generations.

I have turned to Allāh for guidance and

prayed to Him while compiling these
forty hadith, following the example of
those Imāms and guardians of Islām.

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The scholars have agreed that it is
permissible to act upon weak hadīth that
state the virtuousness of deeds.
Nonetheless, I have not relied upon that
hadīth only in compiling this work.
Instead, upon the statement of the
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬found in authentic aḥādīth:
"Let him who was present among you
convey to those who are absent." And
he also said (‫)ﷺ‬: "May Allāh make
radiant the man who has heard what I
said, preserved it [in his memory], and
conveyed it in the way that he heard it."

Then from the scholars are those who

have compiled forty hadīth in; the
foundations of the religion, the
subsidiary matters, Jihād, asceticism,
manners, and even on sermons. All of
these [collections] were concerning
righteous aims. May Allāh be pleased
with those who sought them. However, I
have found it best to collect together
forty hadīth which are more important
than all of those. These forty hadith
incorporate all of those separate topics.
Every hadīth in it is a great principle from
the principles of the religion. Some
scholars state that all of Islām revolves
around these hadīth, or that they are
one-half of Islām, or one-third of Islām
and so forth.

I have committed myself in (al-Arba’īn) to

include only authentic hadīth. The
majority of them are from Sahīh al-
Bukhārī or Sahih Muslim. I have
mentioned them without their chain of
narrations; in order for it to be easier to
memorise and thus more will be able to
benefit from them, Allāh willing. After
this, I included a section on the meanings
of the obscure expressions found.
Everyone who desires and looks forward
to the Hereafter must be familiar with
these hadith because they cover the
most important aspects [of the religion]
and offer direction to all forms of
obedience. This is clear to anyone who
ponders over these. I rely only upon Allāh
and I entrust my affair only to Him. To
Him is all the Praise and grace, from Him
is guidance to success and protection
from error.

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 First Hadīth

On the authority of the Leader of the

Believers Abī Hafs ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb
(‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬ who said: I heard the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬saying:

"Verily, actions are only by what is

intended, and every man shall have
but that which he intended. Thus, he
whose migration was for Allāh and His
Messenger, [then] his migration was
for Allāh and His Messenger; and he
whose migration was to achieve some
worldly benefit or to take a woman in
marriage, his migration was for that
which he migrated."

This was related by the two Imāms of

the scholars of hadīth, Abū ‘Abdullāh
Muhammad ibn lsmā’īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn
al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Bukhārī
al-Ju’fī, and Muslim ibn al-Hajjāj ibn
Muslim al-Qushayrī al-Naysābūrī in
their collections of authentic hadīth
which are the most authentic works
compiled.

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 Second Hadīth

Also on the authority of ‘Umar ( � �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: One day while we were
sitting with the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
there came before us a man with
extremely white clothing and extremely
black hair. There were no signs of travel
on him and none of us knew him. Until
he sat next to the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬, placing
his knees against his knees, and put his
hands on his thighs. He said: O’
Muhammad, tell me about Islām?; The
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said: "Islām is
to: testify that there is none worthy of
worship except Allāh and that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh,
to establish the prayers, to pay the
zakat, to fast Ramadhaan, and to make
the pilgrimage to the House [i.e. Hajj] if
you have the means to do so." He said:
You have spoken truthfully [or
correctly]. We were amazed that he
asks the question and then he says that
he had spoken truthfully.

He said: Tell me about Īmān? He said:

"It is to believe in Allāh, His angels, His
books, His Messengers, the Last Day
and to believe in the divine decree, the
good and the evil thereof." He said: You
have spoken truthfully. He said: Tell me
about al-Ihsān? He said: "It is that you
worship Allāh as if you see Him. And
even though you do not see Him, [you
know] He sees you." He said: Tell me
about the Hour. He said: "The one being
asked does not know more than the
one asking." He said: Tell me about its
signs? He said: "The slave-girl shall give
birth to her master, and you will see
the barefooted, scantily-clothed,
destitute shepherds competing in
constructing lofty buildings."

Then he went away. I stayed for a long

time. Then he said: O’ ‘Umar, do you
know who the questioner was? I said:
Allāh and His Messenger know best. He
said: "It was Jibrīl who came to teach
you your religion." Recorded by
Muslim.

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 Third Hadīth

On the authority of Abī ‘Abdi-Rahmān

‘Abdīllah ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb ( �‫ر‬�
‫ي‬
‫ )� ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬who said: I heard the
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬say:

"Islām is built upon five [pillars]:

testifying that there is none worthy of
worship except Allāh and that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh,
establishing the prayers, giving the
zakat, making the pilgrimage to the
House and fasting the month of
Ramadhaan."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Fourth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī ‘Abdi-Rahmān

‘Abdīllah ibn Mas’ūd (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ ن‬who
‫ي‬
said: The Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬- and
he is the truthful, the believed - narrated
to us:

“Verily, each of you is brought together

in his mother's abdomen for forty days
in the form of a drop of fluid. Then it is a
clinging object for a similar [period].
Thereafter, it is a lump looking like it
has been chewed for a similar [period].
The angel is then sent to him and he
breathes into him the soul. He is also
commanded to issue four decrees: to
record his sustenance, his life span, his
deeds and [whether he will be] unhappy
[by entering Hell] or happy [by entering
Paradise]. I swear by Allāh, other than
Whom there is no God, certainly, one of
you will definitely perform the deeds of
the people of Paradise until there is not
between him and Paradise except an
arm's length and then what has been
recorded will overtake him and he shall
perform the deeds of the people of Hell
and enter it. And, certainly, one of you
will perform the acts of the people of
Hell until there is not between him and
Hell except an arm's length and then
what has been recorded will overtake
him and he shall perform the deeds of
the people of Paradise and enter it."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Fifth Hadīth

On the authority of the Mother of the

Believers, Umm ‘Abdillāh ‘Ā’ishah ( �‫ر‬�
‫ي‬
‫ ;)� ﻋﻨﻬﺎ‬who said: The Messenger of
Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Whoever introduces anything into this

matter of ours that is not from it shall
have it rejected."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

In the narration of Muslim, it states:

"Whoever does an act that is not in
accord with our matter will have it
rejected." al-Bukhārī transmitted it
without mentioning his teacher
[Mu’allaq].

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 Sixth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī ‘Abdīllah al-

Nu’mān ibn Bashīr (‫ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫ن‬
‫ ;) ي‬who
said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
say:

"That which is lawful is clear and that

which is unlawful is clear and between
the two of them are doubtful [or
ambiguous] matters about which many
people do not know. Thus, he who
avoids these doubtful matters certainly
clears himself in regard to his religion
and his honour. But he who falls into
the doubtful matters falls into that
which is unlawful like the shepherd who
pastures around a sanctuary, all but
grazing therein. Verily every king has a
sanctuary and Allāh's sanctuary is His
prohibitions. In the body there is a
morsel of flesh which, if it be sound, all
the body is sound and which, if it be
diseased, all of the body is diseased.
This is the heart."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Seventh Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Ruqayyah Tamīm

ibn Aws (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬ that the Prophet
‫ي‬
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"The religion is naseehah". We said: To

whom? He said: "To Allāh and to His
Book and to His Messenger and to the
Leaders of the Muslims and to the
common folk of the Muslims."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Eighth Hadīth

On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar ( � �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫)ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬, the Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"I have been ordered to fight against

the people until they testify that there is
none worthy of worship except Allāh
and that Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allāh, establish the prayer and give
the zakat. Then, if they do that, their
blood and wealth will be protected from
me, except in accordance with the right
of Islām. And their reckoning will be
with Allāh, the Exalted."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Ninth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ‘Abdil-

Rahmān ibn Sakhr al-Dūsī (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬
‫ي‬
who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬saying:

"What I have forbidden you, stay away

from. What I have ordered you, do as
much of it as you can. Verily, the people
before you were destroyed only because
of their excessive questioning and their
disagreeing with their Prophets."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Tenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ ;)ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Verily Allāh, the Exalted, is pure and

accepts only that which is pure. Allāh
has commanded the believers to do that
which he has commanded the
Messengers. He has said: ((O
Messengers! Eat of the good things and
do right)) [al-Mu’minūn: 51], and He said:
((O’ believers! Eat of the good things that
We have provided for you)) [al-
Baqarah:172].

Then he [the Prophet] mentioned a man

who after a long journey is dishevelled
and dust-coloured. [The man] stretches
his hands out toward the sky and says:
O’ Lord, O’ Lord, while his food is
unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his
clothing is unlawful and his
nourishment is unlawful. How is he to
be answered [in such a state]!”

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Eleventh Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Muhammad al-

Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib - the
grandson of the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
and his beloved - (‫ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫ن‬
‫) ي‬, who
said: I memorised from the Messenger
of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬:

"Leave that which makes you doubt for

that which does not make you doubt."

Recorded by al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī. al-

Tirmidhī said: "It is a hasan sahīh
hadīth."

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 Twelfth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Part of the perfection of a person's

Islām is to leave off that which is of no
concern to him."

A hasan hadīth. Recorded by al-Tirmidhī

others in this way.

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 Thirteenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hamzah Anas ibn

Mālik (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ – ن‬the servant of the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬- from the
Prophet (‫ ;)ﷺ‬who said:

"None of you [truly] believes until he

loves for his brother what he loves for
himself."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Fourteenth Hadīth

On the authority of ibn Mas’ūd ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"It is not legal [to spill] the blood of a

Muslim except in one of three cases: the
fornicator who has previously
experienced legal sexual intercourse, a
life for a life and one who forsakes his
religion and separates from the
community."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Fifteenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫)ﻋﻨﻪ‬, from the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
who said:

"Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last

Day should speak good or remain silent.
Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last
Day should be courteous and generous
to his neighbour. Whoever believes in
Allāh and the Last Day should be
courteous and generous to his
[traveling] visitor."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Sixteenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ ;)ﻋﻨﻪ‬A man came to the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬
and said: Advise me. He said: "Do not
become angry." The man repeated [his
request] several times, he said: "Do not
become angry."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

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 Seventeenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Ya’lā Shaddād

ibn Aws (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬, ‫ن‬ from the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬who said:

"Verily, Allāh has prescribed excellence

in all things. Thus, if you kill, kill in a
good manner. If you slaughter,
slaughter in a good manner. Each of you
should sharpen his blade and spare
suffering to the animal he is
slaughtering."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Eighteenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Dharr Jundub ibn

Junāda and Abī ‘AbdilRahmān Muaadh
ibn Jabal (‫ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫ن‬
‫ ) ي‬from the
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬who said:

"Fear Allāh wherever you are. And

follow up a bad deed with a good deed
and it will wipe it out. And behave
towards the people with a good
character."

Recorded by al-Tirmidhī who said: it is a

hasan hadīth. And in some of the
manuscripts/copies: hasan sahīh.

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 Nineteenth Hadīth

On the authority of Abil-Abbās ‘Abdullāh

ibn Abbās (‫ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫ن‬
‫ ) ي‬who said: One
day I was riding behind the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬
and he said to me:

"O’ young man, I shall teach you some

words [of advice]. Be mindful of Allāh
and Allāh will protect you. Be mindful of
Allāh, and you will find Him in front of
you. If you ask, ask of Allāh. If you seek
help, seek help in Allāh. Know that if the
nation were to gather together to
benefit you with something, they would
not benefit you with anything except
that which Allāh has already recorded
for you. If they gather to harm you by
something, they would not be able to
harm you by anything except what
Allāh has already recorded against you.
The pens have been lifted and the pages
have dried."

Recorded by al-Tirmidhi who said: "It is a

hasan sahīh hadīth."

In a narration other than that of al-

Tirmidhi, it states:

"Be mindful of Allāh, you will find Him

in front of you. Become beloved to Allāh
during times of prosperity, He will know
you in times of adversity. Know that
what has passed you by was never to
befall you. And [know that] what has
befallen you was never to have passed
you by. And know that victory
accompanies perseverance, relief
accompanies affliction, and ease
accompanies hardship."

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 Twentieth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Mas’ūd ‘Uqbah

‫ ن‬who said:
ibn ‘Amr al-Ansāri (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬
‫ي‬
The Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"From the words of the previous

prophets that the people still find are: If
you feel no shame, then do as you
wish."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

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 Twenty-first Hadīth

On the authority of Abī ‘Amr – and it is

said: Abī ‘Amrah – Sufyān ibn ‘Abdillāh;
who said: I said: O’ Messenger of Allāh,
tell me a statement about Islām such
that I will not have to ask anyone other
than you." He said:

"Say: I believe in Allāh, and then remain

steadfast."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Twenty-second Hadīth

On the authority of Jābir ibn ‘Abdillāh al-

Ansārī (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬ A man asked the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬: Tell me if I were
to perform the obligatory [prayers], fast
Ramadhān, treat the lawful as
permissible and treat the forbidden as
prohibited, and I do not add anything to
that, would I enter Paradise?" He said:
"Yes."

Recorded by Muslim.

The meaning of "treat the forbidden as

prohibited": is to stay away from it. And
the meaning of "treat the lawful as
permissible": is to perform them
believing that they are permissible.

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 Twenty-third Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Mālik al-Hārith

ibn Āsim al-Ash’ari (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬ who
‫ي‬
said: The Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Purification is half of the faith. [The

phrase] alhamdulillāh fills the scale.
[The phrases] subhānallāh and
alhamdulillāh together fill – or: each fill
- what is between the heavens and
earth. Prayer is a light. Charity is a
proof. Patience is a brightness. The
Qur’ān is either an argument for or
against you. And everyone goes out in
the morning and sells himself, either
freeing or destroying himself."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Twenty-fourth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Dharr al-Ghifārī

‫ ن‬from the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬, from
(‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬,
‫ي‬
among the sayings he relates from his
Lord (‫ ;)ﷻ‬that He said:

"O’ My servants; I have forbidden

oppression for Myself, and I have made
it forbidden for you. Therefore, do not
wrong one another. O’ My servants; all
of you are misguided except for those
whom I have guided. Therefore, seek
guidance from Me and I will guide you.
O’ My servants; all of you are hungry
except for those whom I have fed.
Therefore, seek food from Me and I will
feed you. O’ My servants; all of you are
naked except for those whom I have
clothed. Therefore, seek clothing from
Me and I will clothe you. O’ My
Servants; you sin by night and by day,
and I forgive all sins. Therefore, seek
forgiveness from Me and I will forgive
you. O’ My servants; you will not be
able to harm Me so as to bring any
harm to Me, and you will not be able to
benefit Me so as to bring any benefit to
Me. O’ My servants; if the first and last
of you and the human and jinn of you
were as pious as the most pious heart of
anyone among you, it would not add
anything to My dominion. O’ My
servants; if the first and last of you and
the human and jinn of you were as
wicked as the most wicked heart of
anyone among you, it would not
decrease anything from My dominion.
O’ My servants; if the first and last of
you and the human and jinn of you
were to gather together on [the same
portion] of land and all asked of Me and
if I were to give everyone of them what
he asked, that would not decrease what
I have any more than a needle
decreases what is in the ocean when it
is put into it. O’ My servants; it is but
your deeds that I reckon for you. Then I
recompense you for them. The one who
finds good is to give praises to Allāh.
The one who finds other than this
should not blame anyone but himself."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Twenty-fifth Hadīth

Also on the authority of Abī Dharr ( �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫ ;)� ﻋﻨﻪ‬some of the Companions of the
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said to the
Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬: O’ Messenger of Allāh, the
affluent have made off with the rewards.
They pray like we pray, fast like we fast
and they also give in charity from their
extra wealth. He said:

"Has not Allāh made things for you to

do in charity? Verily, every tasbīh is a
charitable act, every takbīr is a
charitable act, every tahmīd is a
charitable act, every tahlīl is a
charitable act, ordering good is a
charitable act, forbidding evil is a
charitable act, and you having sexual
intercourse is a charitable act."

They said: O’ Messenger of Allāh, when

one of us fulfils his desire, he will have a
reward for that?" He said:

"Tell me, if he were to fulfil it

unlawfully, would he bear that sin?
Similarly, if he fulfils it lawfully, he will
have a reward."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Twenty-sixth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said that the Messenger of
Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Charity is due upon every joint of the

people for every day which the sun
rises. Being just between two people is
charity. Helping a man with his animal
and lifting him or his belongings onto it
is charity. A good word is charity. Every
step that you take toward the prayer is
charity, and removing a harmful thing
from the road is charity."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

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 Twenty-seventh Hadīth

On the authority of al-Nawwās ibn

Sam’ān (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬‫ ن‬from the Prophet
‫ي‬
(‫ )ﷺ‬who said:

"Righteousness is good character. And

sin is that which wavers in your soul and
which you dislike the people finding out
about."

Recorded by Muslim.

On the authority of Wābisah ibn Ma’bad

(‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ ن‬who said: I came to the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬and he said:

"You have come to ask about

righteousness?" I said: Yes. He said:
"Consult your heart. Righteousness is
that which makes the soul feel tranquil
and the heart feel tranquil. And sin is
that which makes the soul waver and
the breast uneasy, even if the people
have given you [their] verdict on it and
[continue] to give you [their] verdict."

This is a hasan hadīth; It has been

transmitted in the Musnads of the two
Imāms Ahmad ibn Hanbal and al-Dārimī
with a hasan chain.

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 Twenty-eighth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Najīh al-‘Irbād

ibn Sāriyah (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬‫ ن‬who said: The
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬delivered an
admonition that made our hearts fearful
and our eyes tearful. We said: O’
Messenger of Allāh, it is as if it were a
farewell admonition, so advise us. He
said:

"I advise you to have taqwa of Allāh

and to listen and obey even if a slave is
a leader over you. Certainly, the one
who will live among you will see many
differences. So stick to my sunnah and
the sunnah of the right-principled and
rightly-guided successors. Bite onto that
with your molar teeth. And avoid
newly-introduced matters. Verily, every
innovation is misguidance."

Recorded by Abū Dāwūd and by al-

Tirmidhī who said: It is a hasan sahīh
hadīth."

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 Twenty-ninth Hadīth

On the authority of Mu’ādh ibn Jabal

(‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬ who said: I said: O’
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh; inform me of an act
which will place me in to paradise and
keep me away from the Fire. He said:
"You have asked about a great matter
but it is easy for whomever Allāh,
Exalted be He, makes it easy: [You
should] worship Allāh and not ascribe
any partner to Him, establish the
prayer, give the zakat, fast Ramadhan
and make the pilgrimage to the House."

He then said:

"Shall I not inform you of the gates to

goodness? [They are] fasting [which] is
a shield, charity [which] extinguishes
the sins like water extinguishes a fire
and the prayer of a man in the depths of
the night." Then he recited: ((Who
forsake their beds)) until he reached
((they used to do)) [al-Sajdah: 16-17].

Then he said: "Shall I not inform you of

the head of the matter, its pillar and its
apex? al-Jihad."

Then he said: "Shall I not inform you of

what controls all of this?" I said:
Certainly, O’ Prophet of Allāh. He took
hold of his tongue and said: "Restrain
this." I said: O’ Prophet of Allāh, will we
be held accountable for what we say? He
said:

"May your mother be bereaved of you.

Is there anything that has people
thrown on their faces - or he said on
their noses - into the Fire except that
which their tongues reap?"

Recorded by al-Tirmidhī and he said: It is

a hasan sahīh hadīth.

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 Thirtieth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Tha’laba al-

Khushanī Jurthūm ibn Nāshir ( � �‫ر‬ �
‫ي‬
‫)ﻋﻨﻪ‬, from the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
who said:

"Verily, Allāh, the Exalted, has

prescribed the obligatory [matters], so
do not neglect them. He has set limits,
so do not go beyond them. He has
forbidden some things, so do not violate
them. And He has been silent about
some things, out of mercy upon you and
not out of forgetfulness, so do not seek
after them."

A hasan hadīth; recorded by al-

Dāraqutnī and others.

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 Thirty-first Hadīth

On the authority of Abī al-Abbās Sahl ibn

‫ن‬
Sa’d al-Sā'idī (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ who said: A
‫ي‬
man came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said:
O’ Messenger of Allāh, direct me to a
deed concerning which, if I perform it,
Allāh will love me and the people will
love me. He said:

"Be ascetic from the world and Allāh

will love you. Be ascetic from what the
people possess and the people will love
you."

A hasan hadīth; recorded by Ibn Mājah

and others with hasan chains.

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 Thirty-second Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Sa’īd Sa’d ibn

Mālik ibn Sinān al-Khudrī (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬
‫ي‬
that the Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"There is not to be any causing of harm

nor is there to be any reciprocating of
harm."

This is a hasan hadīth; It is recorded by

Ibn Mājah, al-Dāraqutnī and others, and
recorded by Mālik in his al-Muwattā
which is Mursal; from ‘Amr ibn Yahyā,
from his father, from the Prophet (‫;)ﷺ‬
Abā Sa’īd has been dropped [from the
chain], and it has chains that strengthen
one another.

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 Thirty-third Hadīth

On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬that the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
said:

"If people were given in accordance

with their claims, then men would claim
the wealth and lives of other people.
Rather, the burden of proof is on the
claimant and an oath is a duty upon he
who denies the claim."

It is a hasan hadīth. Al-Bayhaqī and

others recorded it in this way, and its
origins are in the two Sahīh’s.

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 Thirty-fourth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Sa’īd al-Khudrī

(‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬‫ن‬ who said: I heard the
‫ي‬
Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬say:

"Whoever among you sees evil should

change it with his hand. If he is
unable to do so, then with his tongue.
If he is unable to do so, then with his
heart, and that is the weakest level of
faith."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Thirty-fifth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Do not be envious of one another; do

not artificially raise prices against one
another; do not hate one another; do
not turn ones back on each other; and
do not undercut one another in business
transactions. And be, O’ servants of
Allāh, brethren. A Muslim is the brother
of a Muslim. He does not wrong him. He
does not fail him [when he needs him].
He does not lie to him. And he does not
show contempt for him. Piety is here -
and he pointed to his chest three times -
, It is enough of evil for a person to hold
his brother Muslim in contempt. All of a
Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his
blood, his wealth and his honour."

Recorded by Muslim.

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 Thirty-sixth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬from the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬who said:

"Whoever relieves the hardship of a

believer in this world, Allah will
relieve his hardship on the Day of
Resurrection. Whoever helps ease
someone in difficulty, Allah will make
it easy for him in this world and in the
Hereafter. Whoever covers the faults
of a Muslim, Allah will cover his faults
in this world and in the Hereafter.
Allah helps the servant as long as he
helps his brother. Whoever travels a
path in search of knowledge, Allah
will make easy for him a path to
Paradise, for a people do not gather
together in the houses of Allah,
reciting the Book of Allah and
studying together, except that
tranquillity will descend upon them,
mercy will cover them, angels will
surround them, and Allah will
mention them to those with Him.
Whoever is slow to good deeds will
not be hastened by his lineage.”

Recorded by Muslim with this wording.

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 Thirty-seventh Hadīth

On the authority of Ibn Abbās ( � �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫)ﻋﻨﻪ‬: On the authority of the Messenger
of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬from among the sayings
that he related from His Lord (‫ )ﷻ‬is that
He said:

"Verily, Allah has recorded good and

evil deeds and he made them clear.
Whoever intends to perform a good
deed but does not do it, then Allah
will record it as a complete good
deed. If he intends to do it and does
so, then Allah Almighty will record it
as ten good deeds, up to seven
hundred times as much or even more.
If he intends to do an evil deed and
does not do it, then Allah will record
for him one complete good deed. If he
does it, then Allah will record for him
a single evil deed."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim in

their two Sahihs with this wording.

Dear brother - may Allāh grant us and

you success-, look at Allāh's great
kindness. Ponder over the wording. His
statement, "With Him" indicates Allāh's
great care for it. His statement,
"complete" is for emphasis and extreme
care for it. About the evil that one
considers and then leaves: "Allāh
records it with Him as one complete
good deed" and He emphasises it with
"complete". If he does it, he records it as
one evil deed. He has emphasised its
insignificance by saying, "one" and he
did not stress it by saying, "complete".
And to Allāh is all praise and graces. He is
far above every imperfection. We cannot
praise Him enough for His bounties. And
all success is from Allāh.

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 Thirty-eighth Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Hurayrah ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Allāh the Almighty has said: Whoever

shows hostility to a friend of mine, then
I have declared war upon him. My
servant does not draw near to Me with
anything more beloved to Me than the
religious duties that I have imposed
upon him. And My servant continues to
draw near to Me with supererogatory
works such that I love him. And when I
love him, I am his hearing with which he
hears, his seeing with which he sees, his
hand with which he strikes, and his leg
with which he walks. Were he to ask of
Me, I would surely give him; and were
he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely
grant him it.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

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 Thirty-ninth Hadīth

On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās ( � �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫ ;)ﻋﻨﻪ‬The Messenger of Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"Verily, Allāh has pardoned my nation

for their mistakes, their forgetfulness,
and what they are coerced into
doing."

A hasan hadīth; recorded by Ibn Mājah,

al-Bayhaqī and others.

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 Fortieth Hadīth

On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar ( � �‫ر‬ �

‫ي‬
‫ ;)ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬took hold of my shoulder and said:

"Be in the world as if you were a stranger

or a traveller along a path."

And ibn Umar (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫ ن‬would say:

‫ي‬
"If you survive till the late afternoon, do
not expect [to be alive in] the morning. If
you survive till the morning, do not
expect [to be alive in] the late afternoon.
Take from your health for your sickness
and from your life for your death."

Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

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 Forty-first Hadīth

On the authority of Abī Muhammad

‘Abdillāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Aas ( � �‫ر‬ �
‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬who said: The Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬said:

"None of you [truly] believes until his

desire is subservient to what I came
with."

This is a hasan sahīh hadīth; We have

narrated it in the book, al-Huijah, with a
sahīh chain.

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 Forty-second Hadīth

On the authority of Anas (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬

‫ي‬
who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh
(‫ )ﷺ‬say:

"Allāh, the exalted, said: ‘O son of

Adam, if you call upon me and place
your hope in me, I will forgive you
without hesitation. ‘O son of Adam, if
you have sins piling up to the clouds
and then ask for my forgiveness, I will
forgive you without hesitation. ‘O son
of Adam, if you come to me with
enough sins to fill the earth and then
you meet me without associating
anything with me, I will come to you
with enough forgiveness to fill the
earth."

Recorded by al-Tirmidhī and he said: It is

a hasan sahīh hadīth."

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 Forty-third Hadīth

[It is the First Hadīth from the additions

of Ibn Rajab]
‫ ن‬reported that the
Ibn ‘Abbās (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬
‫ي‬
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

“Give the Faraa’id to those who are

entitled to receive it. Then whatever
remains, should be given to the closest
male relative [of the deceased].”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

93
94
 Forty-fourth Hadīth

[It is the Second Hadīth from the

additions of Ibn Rajab]

‘Ā’ishah (‫ر� � ﻋﻨﻬﺎ‬‫ن‬

‫ ) ي‬reported that the
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

“Suckling relations make all things

unlawful which are unlawful through
corresponding birth (blood) relations.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

95
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 Forty-fifth Hadīth

[It is the Third Hadīth from the

additions of Ibn Rajab]
‫ن‬
Jābir (‫;)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ narrated, In the year
‫ي‬
of the Conquest of Makkah, I heard
Allāh’s Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬saying:

“Verily Allāh and His Messenger made

unlawful the trade of wine, dead
animals, pigs and idols.”

The people asked: Allāh’s Messenger!

What about the fat of dead animals, for
it was used for greasing boots and hides
and people used it for lights? He
answered:

“No, it is unlawful.”

Allāh’s Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬then said:

“May Allāh curse the Jews, for Allāh

made the fat illegal for them, yet they
used to melt the fat, sell it, and eat up
the money.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

97
98
 Forty-sixth Hadīth

[It is the Fourth Hadīth from the

additions of Ibn Rajab]

Abī Burdah narrated from his father Abī

Mūsā al-Ash’arī (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ ن‬who said:
‫ي‬
That the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬sent him to
Yemen, so he asked [the Prophet] about
certain drinks which used to be prepared
there. He [The Prophet] said: “What are
they?” He said: Al-Bit’u and Al-Mizr - Abī
Burdah was asked: “What is Al-Bit’u” He
answered: It is an alcoholic drink made
from honey and al-Mizr is an alcoholic
drink made from barley. So [The
Prophet] said: “All intoxicants are
prohibited.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

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100
 Forty-seventh Hadīth

[It is the Fifth Hadīth from the additions

of Ibn Rajab]

Al-Miqdām ibn Ma’dī-Kariba narrated: I

heard the Messenger of Allāh (‫)ﷺ‬
saying:

“The son of Adam cannot fill a vessel

worse than his stomach, as it is
enough for him to take a few bites to
straighten his back. If he cannot do it,
then he may fill it with a third of his
food, a third of his drink, and a third of
his breath.”

Recorded by Imām Ahmad, al-Tirmidhī,

al-Nasā’ī, and Ibn Mājah.

al-Tirmidhī said: It is a hasan hadīth.

101
102
 Forty-eighth Hadīth

[It is the Sixth Hadīth from the additions

of Ibn Rajab]

‘Abdillāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Aas ( � �‫ر‬�

‫ي‬
‫ )ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‬reported that the Messenger of
Allāh (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

“Whoever possesses these four

characteristics is a hypocrite, and
anyone who possesses one of them
possesses a trait of hypocrisy till he
gives it up: When he talks, he tells a lie;
when he makes a covenant, he acts
treacherously; when he argues he is
wicked, and when he makes a promise,
he breaks it.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

103
104
 Forty-ninth Hadīth

[It is the Seventh Hadīth from the

additions of Ibn Rajab]

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (‫)ر� � ﻋﻨﻪ‬ ‫ن‬

‫ي‬
reported, that the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

“If you all put your trust in Allāh with

due reliance, He will certainly give you
provision as He supplies provisions to
birds who get up hungry in the morning
and return with full belly at dusk.”

Recorded by Imām Ahmad, al-Tirmidhī,

al-Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Hibbān in his
Sahīh and al-Hākim.

al-Tirmidhi said it is Hasan Sahīh.

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 Fiftieth Hadīth

[It is the Eighth Hadīth from the

additions of Ibn Rajab]

‘Abdillāh ibn Busr, reported a man came

to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said: ‘O
Messenger of Allāh; The ordinances of
Islām have become burdensome for me,
So tell me something I can hold onto. He
said:

“Always keep your tongue moist with

the rememberance of Allāh.”

Recorded by Imām Ahmad with this

wording.

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