[Machine] Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani, when he came to a ruined village, would stand in it and then say, "Oh, oh ruined village, where have your people gone and their deeds remain? Desire has been severed, while sin remains. O son of Adam, abandoning sin is easier than seeking repentance."  

كَانَ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ إِذَا أَتَى خِرْبَةً وَقَفَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا يَا خِرْبَةُ أَيْنَ أَهْلُكِ ذَهَبُوا وَبَقِيَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ انْقَطَعَتْ الشَّهْوَةُ وَبَقِيَتْ الْخَطِيئَةُ ابْنَ آدَمَ تَرْكُ الْخَطِيئَةِ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ طَلَبِ التَّوْبَةِ  

[Machine] Some of his family was in the mosque and they found him bowing in prayer, so they waited for him to finish and counted his bows. One of them counted that he bowed three hundred times and the other counted four hundred times before he finished. They said, "O Abu Muslim, we were sitting behind you waiting for you." He said, "If I had known where you were, I would have come to you. It was not for you to count my prayers against me, and I swear to you that the abundance of prostrations is better for me on the Day of Judgment."  

بَعْضُ أَهْلِهِ هُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَجَدَاهُ يَرْكَعُ فَانْتَظَرَا انْصِرَافَهُ وَأَحْصَيَا رُكُوعَهُ فَأَحْصَى أَحَدُهُمَا أَنَّهُ رَكَعَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَالْآخَرُ أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ فَقَالَا يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ كُنَّا قَاعِدَيْنِ خَلْفَكَ نَنْتَظِرُكَ [319] فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي لَوْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَكُمَا لَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَيْكُمَا مَا كَانَ لَكُمَا أَنْ تُحْصِيَا عَلَيَّ صَلَاتِي وَأُقْسِمُ لَكُمَا أَنَّ كَثْرَةَ السُّجُودِ خَيْرٌ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

[Machine] "The wise person of this nation is Abu Muslim al-Khawlani."  

«حَكِيمُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ»  

[Machine] He used to say, "Beware of the suspicions of the believers, for indeed Allah puts the truth in their hearts and on their tongues."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «إِيَّاكُمْ وظُنُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَجْعَلُ الْحَقَّ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You will find the believer striving to the best of his ability eagerly for what he can bear, and longing for what he cannot bear."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَجِدُ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَجْتَهِدُ فِيمَا يُطِيقُ مُتَلَهِّفًا عَلَى مَا لَا يُطِيقُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is merciful and He only bestows His mercy upon those who are merciful. And He will not enter anyone into Paradise except those who are merciful." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we do have mercy for our wealth and our families." He said, "That is not what is meant. Rather, what Allah said, 'Desirous of you, merciful and kind towards the believers.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ رَحِيمٌ لَا يَضَعُ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَّا عَلَى رَحِيمٍ وَلَا يُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا رَحِيمًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَرْحَمُ أَمْوَالَنَا وَأَهْلِينَا قَالَ لَيْسَ بِذَلِكَ وَلَكِنْ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ}  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be a group from my Ummah who will be born in luxury and be nourished by it. Their aspirations will be for the colors of food and the colors of clothing. They will be eloquent in speech. They are the worst of my Ummah."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «سَيَكُونُ نَشْوٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يُولَدُونَ فِي النَّعِيمِ وَيَغْذُونَ بِهِ هِمَّتُهُمْ أَلْوَانُ الطَّعَامِ وَأَلْوَانُ الثِّيَابِ يَتَشَدَّقُونَ بِالْقَوْلِ أُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ أُمَّتِي»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A believer is one whom people trust. Surely, a migrant is one who avoids evil. Surely, a Muslim is one from whom his neighbor is safe. By the One in whose hand is my soul, a man does not enter Paradise if his neighbor is not safe from his harm."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنَّ الْمُهَاجِرَ مَنْ هَجَرَ السَّوْءَ أَلَا إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ مَنْ سَلِمَ مِنْهُ جَارُهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a man speaks a word without realizing that it reaches to where it has reached, and he falls into the fire as a result of it for seventy autumns."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ وَمَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهَا تَبْلُغُ حَيْثُ مَا بَلَغَتْ يَهْوِي بِهَا فِي النَّارِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do the work of the house and what was mostly done was sewing.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ الْبَيْتِ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الْخِيَاطَةُ  

[Machine] "Indeed, by Allah, the gates are not closed before him, nor is a veil erected in front of him, nor is he fed with bread, nor is it prepared for him, nor is he reclined upon it. Indeed, he is prominent. Whoever wishes to meet the Messenger of Allah, he meets him. He used to sit on the ground and his food would be placed on the ground. He used to wear coarse clothing, ride on a donkey, and be accompanied by his servant, and by Allah, he would lick his hand (after eating)."  

«إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ تُغْلَقُ دُونَهُ [320] الْأَبْوَابُ وَلَا يَقُومُ دُونَهُ الْحِجَابُ وَلَا يُغْدَى عَلَيْهِ بِالْجِفَانِ وَلَا يُرَاحُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ بَارِزًا مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَلْقَى نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَقِيَهُ وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ بِالْأَرْضِ وَيُوضَعُ طَعَامُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ وَيَلْبَسُ الْغَلِيظَ وَيَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ وَيُرْدِفُ عَبْدَهُ وَيَلْعَقُ وَاللَّهِ يَدَهُ ﷺ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is given an opportunity of goodness, let him seize it, for he does not know when it will be closed."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلْيَنْتَهِزْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُغْلَقُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The wise person is one who evaluates themselves and works for what comes after death, while the weak one is one who follows their desires and hopes for things from Allah." He also informed us of Damrah ibn Habib, who said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The first thing to be lifted from this Ummah (nation) is trustworthiness and humility, to the point that you hardly see anyone who is humble."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ وَعَمِلَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْعَاجِزُ مَنْ أَتْبَعَ نَفْسَهُ هَوَاهَا وَتَمَنَّى عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ»

قالَ: وأنْبَأنا أيْضًا عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قالَ: «أوَّلُ شَيْءٍ يُرْفَعُ مِن هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ الأمانَةُ والخُشُوعُ حَتّى لا تَكادُ تَرى خاشِعًا»  

[Machine] A man was praised in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, so he asked, "How often does he remember death?" They replied, "We have not heard him mention it or frequently remember it." He then asked, "How can he leave what he desires?" They replied, "He experiences worldly pleasures." He said, "He is not your companion there." Also, it was said to Rabee'ah ibn Abi Rashed, "Why don't you sit?" He replied, "The remembrance of death, when it departs my heart for an hour, corrupts my heart." Maalik (ibn Dinar) said, "I have never seen a man show more sadness than him."  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ ذِكْرُهُ لِلْمَوْتِ؟» قَالُوا مَا سَمِعْنَاهُ يَذْكُرُهُ أَوْ يُكْثِرُ ذِكْرَهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ تَرْكُهُ لِمَا يَشْتَهِي؟ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ لَيُصِيبُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ صَاحِبُكُمْ هُنَاكَ» وَأَيْضًا قَالَ قِيلَ لِلرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ أَلَا تَجْلِسُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ إِذَا فَارَقَ قَلْبِي سَاعَةً فَسَدَ عَلَيَّ قَلْبِي قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلَمْ أَرَ رَجُلًا أَظْهَرَ حُزْنًا مِنْهُ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a worldly life that prevents good deeds and from a life that prevents a good death."

Abdullah narrated to us, my father narrated to me, Al-Aswad ibn 'Amir narrated from Jarir ibn Hazim, from Al-Hasan, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a people sit together mentioning Allah, Allah says to His angels, 'I have forgiven them, so bear witness and reward them with the mercy.' The angels say, 'Our Lord, among them is someone who is not from them, but he happened to be passing by and sat with them.' Allah says, 'They are a people whose companions will not be unfortunate.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ دُنْيَا تَمْنَعُ خَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ حَيَاةٍ تَمْنَعُ خَيْرَ الْمَمَاتِ»

حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أبِي، حَدَّثَنا الأسْوَدُ بْنُ عامِرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حازِمٍ عَنِ الحَسَنِ أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قالَ: «إذا جَلَسَ القَوْمُ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ ﷻ قالَ اللَّهُ لِمَلائِكَتِهِ: إنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمْ فَجَلِّلُوهُمْ بِالرَّحْمَةِ قالَتِ المَلائِكَةُ: يا رَبَّنا إنَّ فِيهِمْ فُلانًا قالَ: هُمُ القَوْمُ لا يَشْقى بِهِمْ جَلِيسُهُمْ»  

[Machine] Hasan and Husayn, may peace be upon them, felt hungry, so they searched in nine houses made of palm leaves that belonged to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . However, they did not find anything moist or dry in them.  

«جَاعَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فَبَعَثُوا فِي تِسْعَةِ بُيُوتٍ مِنْ أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَا وَجَدُوا فِيهِنَّ رَطْبًا وَلَا يَابِسًا»  

[Machine] She said, "By the One who sent Muhammad with the truth, he never saw a fine sieve nor ate bread kneaded with crushed grain from the time Allah sent him until he passed away." I asked, "How did you used to eat barley?" She said, "We used to say, 'Fie, fie!'"  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ مَا رَأَى مِنْخَلًا وَلَا أَكَلَ خُبْزًا مَنْخُولًا مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قُبِضَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّعِيرَ؟ قَالَتْ كُنَّا نَقُولُ أُفْ أُفْ  

[Machine] You have tasted after Abu Al-Qasim (PBUH) and wept, then he said: "He would pass by the families of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) who had no fire in their homes, nor bread or cooked food." They asked: "What did they live on?" He said: "They lived on dates and water." And he had neighbors from the Ansar, Allah rewarded them with the best of rewards, they would send to them from their milk.  

لَقَدْ طَعِمْتُمْ بَعْدَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ وَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ هِلَالٌ وَهِلَالٌ لَا يُوقَدُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِمُ النَّارُ وَلَا يُخْبَزُ وَلَا يُطْبَخُ قَالُوا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانُوا يَعِيشُونَ؟ قَالَ الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ وَكَانَ لَهُ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ جَزَاهُمْ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ لَبَنِهِمْ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are three things for which the son of Adam will not be held accountable: a garment with which he covers his private parts, food with which he sustains his body, and a home in which he resides. Whatever is beyond that, he will be held accountable for."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثٌ لَيْسَ عَلَى ابنِ آدَمَ فِيهَا حِسَابٌ ثَوْبٌ يُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتَهُ وَطَعَامٌ يُقِيمُ صُلْبَهُ وَبَيْتٌ يَكِنُّهُ فَمَا كَانَ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ فِيهِ حِسَابٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When Allah intends good for His servant, He withholds him from his property and makes him content with what is in his heart. And when Allah intends evil for His servant, He spreads his property and makes his poverty apparent before his eyes."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا كَفَّ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ شَرًّا بَثَّ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَاقَتَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ»  

“Shall I not tell you about the kings of Paradise?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘A weak and oppressed man who wears tattered clothes and is not paid any heed. If he swears (an oath) by Allah, Allah fulfills it.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4115)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُسْتَضْعَفٍ ذِي طِمْرَيْنِ لَا يُؤْبَهُ لَهُ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Two believers met at the gate of Paradise, one being a wealthy believer and the other being a poor believer, both of whom were in this world. The poor believer was admitted into Paradise, while the rich believer was detained as Allah willed. Then the rich believer was admitted into Paradise and he met the poor believer. The poor believer said, 'O my brother, what caused you to be detained?' By Allah, I was detained after you in a dreadful and loathsome manner. I have not reached you (in Paradise) until my sweat poured forth like a river, such that if it were to fall upon a mountain made of a thousand she-camels, it would dissolve it."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْتَقَى مُؤْمِنَانِ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ مُؤْمِنٌ غَنِيٌّ وَمُؤْمِنٌ فَقِيرٌ كَانَا فِي الدُّنْيَا فَأُدْخِلَ الْفَقِيرُ الْجَنَّةَ وَحُبِسَ الْغَنِيُّ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُحْبَسَ ثُمَّ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَلَقِيَهُ الْفَقِيرُ فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي مَاذَا حَبَسَكَ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ احْتُبِسْتَ حَتَّى خِفْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ أَخِي إِنِّي حُبِسْتُ بَعْدَكَ مَحْبِسًا قَطِيعًا كَرِيهًا مَا وَصَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى سَالَ مِنِّي الْعَرَقُ مَا لَوْ وَرَدَ أَلْفُ بَعِيرٍ كُلُّهَا آكِلَةُ حَمْضٍ لَصَدَرَتْ عَنْهَا رِوَاءً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Indeed, a person may commit a sin and Allah will admit him into Paradise because of it." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, how will he be admitted into Paradise?" He said, "He will have sincere repentance in his heart until his sin is taken into Paradise."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ فَيُدْخِلُهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يُدْخِلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ يَكُونُ نُصْبَ عَيْنِهِ فَارًّا تَائِبًا حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ ذَنْبُهُ الْجَنَّةَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard the sound of the sky except that it appeared on his face until it rained. It was said to him, "What is this that we see on your face, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "I do not know if I have been commanded with mercy or punishment."  

سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا رُؤِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَمْطَرَتْ فُرِّجَ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي نَرَى فِي وَجْهِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي أُمِرْتُ بِرَحْمَةٍ أَوْ بِعَذَابٍ»  

[Machine] He said: "I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was covering himself (out of illness) and I placed my hand on his garment. I found his heat coming from above his garment, so I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I have never seen anyone suffer from a fever more severe than you. He said, 'That is how our rewards are multiplied. Indeed, the most severely tested among people are the prophets, and then the righteous. Even among the prophets, there are those who are tested with poverty until they are covered with a cloak of poverty. And even among them, there are those who are afflicted with lice until they kill them."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَوْعُوكٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي فَوْقَ ثَوْبِهِ فَوَجَدْتُ حَرَّهَا مِنْ فَوْقِ الثَّوْبِ وَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا تَأْخُذْهُ الْحُمَّى أَشَدَّ مِنْ أَخْذِهَا إِيَّاكَ؟ قَالَ «كَذَلِكَ يُضَاعَفُ لَنَا الْأَجْرُ إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَمَنْ يُبْتَلَى بِالْفَقْرِ حَتَّى يَتَدَرَّعَ [322] بِالْعَبَاءَةِ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ الْقَمْلُ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ»  

[Machine] That a young man from the Ansar entered his heart fear of the Fire, so he sat in the house. Then the Prophet ﷺ came to him in the house and approached him. The young man embraced him and started to sob heavily until his soul came out. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Prepare your companion, for fear of the Fire has caused his liver to split."  

أَنَّ شَابًّا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ دَخَلَ خَوْفُ النَّارِ قَلْبَهُ فَجَلَسَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَاعْتَنَقَهُ وَشَهِقَ شَهْقَةً خَرَجَتْ نَفْسُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «جَهِّزُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ فَلَذَ خَوْفُ النَّارِ كَبِدَهُ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Most of what enters a person into the Hellfire are the two hollow organs, the private parts and the mouth, and most of what enters a person into Paradise is fear of Allah and good character."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ النَّارَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَرْجُ وَالْفَمُ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ الْجَنَّةَ تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which believers are the best?" He said, "Those with troubled hearts who bear no grudges and no envy." They said, "O Prophet of Allah, we do not know that among us. So, which believers are the best after that?" He said, "Those who are detached from the worldly life and yearn for the Hereafter." They said, "O Prophet of Allah, we do not know that among us except for what Rafe' ibn Khadeej has." So they asked, "Which believers are the best after that?" He said, "Those with excellent character."  

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مُؤْمِنٌ مَغْمُومُ الْقَلْبِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ غِلٌّ وَلَا حَسَدٌ» قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَا نَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ فِينَا فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْدَ هَذَا أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الْمُؤْمِنُ الزَّاهِدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا الرَّاغِبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ» قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَا نَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ فِينَا إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْدَ هَذَا أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «مُؤْمِنٌ حَسَنُ الْخُلُقِ»  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The deeds of anyone of you will not save you (from the (Hell) Fire)." They said, "Even you (will not be saved by your deeds), O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "No, even I (will not be saved) unless and until Allah bestows His Mercy on me. Therefore, do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and worship Allah in the forenoon and in the afternoon and during a part of the night, and always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course whereby you will reach your target (Paradise). (Using translation from Bukhārī 6463)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ لَا يُنْجِيهُ عَمَلُهُ» قَالُوا وَلَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا أَنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَلَكِنْ اغْدُوا وَرُوحُوا وَشَيْئًا مِنَ الدُّلْجَةِ الْقَصْدَ الْقَصْدَ تَبْلُغُونَ»  

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wills goodness for a servant, He sweetens him.” It was said, “What would be his sweetness?” The Prophet said, “Allah opens the door of righteous deeds for him before his death and then receives his soul in that state.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 17784)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا اسْتَعْمَلَهُ» قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُ؟ قَالَ «يُوَفِّقُهُ لِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُ عَلَيْهِ»  

[Machine] A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ , among the noblest of them, insulted a man about his mother, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard it. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you are not better than anyone you see, whether they are red or black, except by their piety."  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ أَفَاضِلِهِمْ عَيَّرَ رَجُلًا بِأُمِّهِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَنْتَ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّنْ تَرَى مِنْ أَحْمَرَ وَلَا أَسْوَدَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَفْضُلَهُمْ بِالتَّقْوَى»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world does not weigh even the weight of a mosquito's wing in the sight of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, compared to the hereafter."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا تَعْدِلُ الدُّنْيَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدْيًا مِنَ الْغَنَمِ»  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Wealth is not in having many possessions, but rather (true) wealth is feeling sufficiency in the soul." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6446)   

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ»  

[Machine] "It was sent to the Prophet ﷺ a cup of milk during his breakfast, and that was during the long day and extreme heat. Her messenger replied to her saying, 'Why do you bring this milk?' She said, 'It is milk from my sheep.' Her messenger replied to her saying, 'Why do you have this sheep?' She said, 'I bought it with my own money.' He drank it. The next day, Umm Abdullah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I sent you that milk as a gift for you during the long day and extreme heat, and you sent it back to me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The messengers before me were commanded not to eat anything except what is lawful and not to do anything except what is righteous.'"  

أَنَّهَا بَعَثَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِقَدَحِ لَبَنٍ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ وَذَلِكَ فِي طُولِ النَّهَارِ وَشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَرَدَّ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولَهَا أَنَّى لَكِ هَذَا اللَّبَنُ؟ فَقَالَتْ لَبَنٌ مِنْ شَاةٍ لِي فَرَدَّ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولَهَا أَنَّى لَكِ هَذِهِ الشَّاةُ؟ قَالَتِ اشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي فَشَرِبَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَتْ أُمُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِذَلِكَ اللَّبَنِ مَرْثِيَةً لَكَ مِنْ طُولِ النَّهَارِ وَشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَرَدَدْتَ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُمِرَتِ الرُّسُلُ قَبْلِي أَنْ لَا تَأْكُلَ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَعْمَلَ إِلَّا صَالِحًا»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ did not face any worldly blessings except women and fragrance.  

«لَمْ يُصِبِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ نِعَمِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا النِّسَاءَ وَالطِّيبَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deed is the best?" He replied, "To die on the day when your tongue is moist with the remembrance of Allah."  

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أيُّ الْعَمَلِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «تَمُوتُ يَوْمَ تَمُوتُ وَلِسَانُكَ رَطْبٌ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The world came to me green and sweet, and it raised its head and adorned itself for me. So, I said, 'I do not want you.' It (the world) said, 'If it slips away from me, it will not slip away from me except you.'"  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَتْنِي الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةً حُلْوَةً وَرَفَعَتْ رَأْسَهَا وتَزَيَّنَتْ لِي فَقُلْتُ «إِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُكِ» فَقَالَتْ إِنْ انْفَلَتَّ مِنِّي لَمْ يَنْفَلِتْ مِنِّي غَيْرُكَ  

[Machine] I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying down on a bed with a pillow made of tanned leather filled with palm fibres beneath his head. Some of his companions entered upon him, including Umar. The Prophet ﷺ moved slightly and Umar noticed that there was a mark on his side caused by the edge of the bed. Umar began to cry, so the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "What makes you cry, O Umar?" Umar replied, "By Allah, I do not cry except that I know you are more honorable in the sight of Allah than Kisra and Caesar, both of whom are spreading mischief in this world while you, O Messenger of Allah, are in a place like this." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you not pleased that they have the worldly life while we have the hereafter?" Umar replied, "Yes, of course." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, it is so."  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مُضْطَجِعٌ مُرْمَلٍ بِشَرِيطٍ وَتَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ وِسَادَةٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَانْحَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْحِرَافَةً فَلَمْ يَرَ عُمَرُ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْهِ وَبَيْنَ الشَّرِيطِ ثَوْبٌ قَدْ أَثَّرَ الشَّرِيطُ بِجَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَبَكَى عُمَرُ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟» قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَبْكِي إِلَّا أَكُونُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرَ وَهُمَا يَعِيْثَانِ فِي الدُّنْيَا فِيمَا يَعْيَثَانِ فِيهِ وَأَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَرَى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَنَا الْآخِرَةُ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Verily the least suffering for the inhabitants of Fire would be for him who would have two shoes and two laces of Fire (on his feet), and with these would boil his brain as boils the cooking vessel, and he would think that he would not see anyone in a more grievous torment than him, whereas he would be in the least torment. (Using translation from Muslim 213b)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَهْوَنَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا مَنْ لَهُ نَعْلَانِ وَشِرَاكَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ يَغْلِي مِنْهُمَا دِمَاغُهُ كَمَا يَغْلِي الْمِرْجَلُ مَا يَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا مِنْهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَأَهْوَنُهُمْ عَذَابًا»  

[Machine] A man came to Umar, and he had a large boil on him. Umar asked, "What is this?" He replied, "It is the blessing of Allah, O Commander of the Believers." Umar said, "You are lying. Rather, it is the punishment of Allah, and He is saying, 'Ha! Ha!'"  

أَتَى رَجُلٌ عُمَرَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَنْهَجُ قَدْ رَكِبَهُ اللَّحْمُ قَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ بَرَكَةُ اللَّهِ يَا أَمِيرَ [324] الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ «كَذَبْتَ بَلْ هُوَ عَذَابُ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَاهْ هَاهْ»  

[Machine] "That it is recited by people who ask others about it."  

أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يَسْأَلُونَ بِهِ النَّاسَ»  

[Machine] About Masruq who said: "Where are those who are ascetic in this dunya (world) and those who are desirous of the Hereafter?" He (Masruq) said: "I would not give anything for it (this dunya)." Asim (ibn Umar) told me that he heard a man saying this, so he took his hand and stood him upon the graves of the Prophet ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar, and said, "These are the ones you are asking about."  

عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ فِي قَوْلِ السَّائِلِ أَيْنَ الزَّاهِدُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالرَّاغِبُونَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ؟ قَالَ مَا كُنْتُ لَأُعْطِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَيْئًا قَالَ عَاصِمٌ وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُهَا فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَأَقَامَهُ عَلَى قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ «هَؤُلَاءِ تَسْأَلُ»  

[Machine] He was at a funeral, so he sat at a dark, gloomy grave. Then, a man from his family came and said, "O so-and-so, when he arrived, he said, 'Look here.' So, he did. He said, 'I see a narrow, dry, dark house with no food, drink, or wife in it.' He said, 'By Allah, that is your house.' He said, 'You speak the truth. By Allah, if you were to return to the grave, it would turn into this, so do not do it.'"  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى قَبْرٍ خَاسِفٍ وَثَمَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ يَا فُلَانُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَ اطَّلِعْ إِلَى هُنَا قَالَ فَفَعَلَ قَالَ أَرَاهُ بَيْتًا ضَيِّقًا يَابِسًا مُظْلِمًا لَيْسَ فِيهِ طَعَامٌ وَلَا شَرَابٌ وَلَا زَوْجَةٌ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ بَيْتُكَ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ لَيَقَّلَّبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي هَذَا فَلَا تَفْعَلْ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do you know who are the foremost in seeking the shade of Allah?' They said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'Those who, when given what is right, accept it, when asked for something, give it, and when they judge between people, they judge with justice just as they would judge for themselves.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَدْرُونَ مَنِ السَّابِقُونَ إِلَى ظِلِّ اللَّهِ ﷻ» قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «الَّذِينَ إِذَا أُعْطُوا الْحَقَّ قَبِلُوهُ وَإِذَا سُئِلُوهُ بَذَلُوهُ وَحَكَمُوا لِلنَّاسِ كَحُكْمِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those who do good in this world are the ones who will be rewarded in the Hereafter, and those who do evil in this world are the ones who will be condemned in the Hereafter."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الدُّنْيَا هُمْ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمُنْكَرِ فِي الدُّنْيَا هُمْ أَهْلِ الْمُنْكَرِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»