“Three matters are true: Allah would not consider the one who has a share in Islam like the one who has not any share. No servant takes Allah as a waly (protector) and then Allah leaves him for other than Him. And no person loves a people except he is resurrected with them.”

On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Erbadh bin Sariah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this is a farewell sermon, so councel us.” He said: “I councel you to fear Allah and to give absolute obedience even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives [long] will see great controversy, so you must keep to my sunnah and to the sunnah of the rightly-guided Khalifahs – cling to them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in Hell-fire.”

Related by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was a fine and true Hadith.

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Do not make the Qur’an a pillow, but recite it as it deserves to be recited during the night and the day. Recite it aloud, chant it and consider its contents, perhaps you may prosper; but do not seek to obtain reward for it in this world, for it provides rewards.”

Narrated by Abidah al-Mulayki. Tirmidhi. Hadith 2210.

Ibn Abbas narrated that: “At the time of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr, and for the first two years of Umar’s caliphate, the pronouncement of three divorces in one was regarded as one. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “The people are being hasty with regard to something in which […]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  said: “Three things are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, “There is no god but Allah” and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be performed continuously […]

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said that one amongst the denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty amongst the people of the world would be made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be said to […]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “By Allah I don’t fear for you poverty, but I fear that the world would be abundant for you as it has been for those before you so you compete for it as they have competed for it, so it destroys you as it has destroyed them.”

Agreed upon

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “When the believer is about to depart from this world and go forward into the Next World, angels with faces as bright as the sun descend from the heavens and sit around him in throngs stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the Angel of Death comes and sits at his head and says, “Good soul, come out to forgiveness and pleasure from Allah!” Then his soul emerges like a drop of water flows from a water-skin and the angel takes hold of it. When he has grasped it, the other angels do not leave it in his hand even for the twinkling of an eye. They take it and place it in a perfumed shroud and fragrance issues from it like the sweetest scent of musk found on the face of the earth.

Then they bear it upwards and whenever they take it past a company of angels, they ask, ‘Who is this good soul?’ and the angels with the soul reply, ‘So-and-so the son of so-and-so,’ using the best names by which people used to call him in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and ask for the gate to be opened for him. It is opened for him and angels who are near Allah from each of the heavens accompany him to the subsequent heaven until he reaches to the heaven where Allah the Great is. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says, ‘Register the book of My slave in ‘Illiyun and take him back to earth. I created them from it and I return them to it and I will bring them forth from it again.’

His soul is then returned to his body and two angels come to him. They make him sit up and say to him, ‘Who is your Lord?’ He replies, ‘My Lord is Allah.’ They ask him, ‘What is your religion?’ He replies, ‘My religion is Islam.’ They ask him, ‘Who is this man who was sent among you?’ He replies, ‘The Messenger of Allah.’ They ask him, ‘How did you come to know these things?’ He replies, ‘I read the Book of Allah, believed it, and declared it to be true.’ Then a Voice from on high declares, ‘My slave has spoken the truth, so spread out carpets from the Garden for him and open a gate of the Garden for him!’

Then some of its fragrance and perfume comes to him, his grave is expanded for him as far as the eye can see, and a man with beautiful garments and a fragrant scent comes to him and says, ‘Rejoice in what delights you for this is the day which you were promised.’ He asks, ‘Who are you? Yours is a face which presages good.’ He replies, ‘I am your good actions.’ Then he says, ‘O Lord, let the Last Hour come soon so that I may rejoin my family and my property!’

When an unbeliever is about to depart from this world and go forward into the Next World, angels with black faces descend from the heavens carrying rough hair-cloth and sit around him in throngs stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the Angel of Death comes and sits at his head and says, ‘Foul soul, come out to the wrath and anger of Allah!’ Then his soul divides up in his body and it is dragged out like a skewer is pulled out of wet wool. Then the angel takes hold of it. When he has grasped it, the other angels do not leave it in his hand even for the twinkling of an eye. They take it and wrap it in the rough haircloth and a stench comes out of it like the worst stench of a corpse on the face of the earth.

Then they take it up and whenever they take it past a company of angels, they ask, ‘Who is this foul soul?’ and the angels with the soul reply, ‘So-and-so the son of so-and-so,’ using the worst names by which people used to call him in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and ask for the gate to be opened for him. It does not get opened.

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then recited,

لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاء وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ

‘The gates of heaven will not be opened to them nor will they enter the Garden until the camel passes through the eye of the needle.’ (7:40)

Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic, will say, ‘Register his book in Sijjin in the lowest earth.’ Then his soul is flung down. The Prophet then recited,

حُنَفَاء لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاء فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ

‘Whoever associates anything with Allah, it is as though he has fallen from heaven and the birds snatch him away or the wind sweeps him headlong into a place far away.’ (22:31)

Then his soul is returned to his body and two angels come and say to him, ‘Who is your Lord?’ He replies, ‘Alas, alas, I do not know!’ Then a voice calls from on high, ‘My slave has lied, so spread out carpets from the Fire for him and open a gate of the Fire for him!’ then a hot blast from it comes to him, his grave is made so narrow for him that his ribs are pressed together, and a man with a hideous face and clothing and a foul odour comes to him and says, ‘Grieve on account of what has brought you disgrace for this is the day which you were promised.’ He asks, ‘Who are you? Yours is a face which presages evil.’ He replies, ‘I am your bad actions.’ Then he says, ‘O Lord, do not let the Last Hour come!'”

Narrated by Al-Baraa Ibn Azeb

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not of it, then it is rejected.” Al-Bukhari and Muslim related it, and in a narration of Muslim’s there is, “Whoever does an act for which there is no command of ours then it is rejected.”

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said upon being questioned about the length of the Day, “By Him in whose hand lies my soul, it shall be shortened for the believer until it becomes briefer for him than the prescribed prayer which he used to perform in the world.” (Ahmed)

Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “When the trust (amaanah) is lost then wait for the Final Hour.” He was asked: “how will it be lost? He said: “when authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Final Hour.”

Al-Bukhari

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “A person who has a bath on Friday, cleanses himself fully, uses oil and perfume; then goes to the mosque early in the afternoon and takes his place quietly without pushing or disturbing people; then he prays (optional prayer as much as he was able to pray); then sits quietly listening to the Khutbah, he will be forgiven his sins between this Jumah and the next Jumah.”

Bukhari

Anas رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Fight the polytheists with your wealth, lives and tongues.”

Abu Dawud

“The Hour will begin when the Romans are the greatest people in number.” `Amr said, “Watch what you say!” He said, “I am saying what I heard from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.” He said, “If you say that, it is a fact, for they have four qualities. They are the most patient of people at times of tribulation; they recover quickly from calamity; they are quick to recover and attack again after defeat; and they are good to the poor, orphans and the weak. And a fifth good quality that they have is that they resist the oppression of kings.”

Al-Barraa` said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم say:
الأنصار لا يحبهم إلا مؤمن، ولا يبغضهم إلا منافق، فمن أحبهم أحبه الله، ومن أبغضهم أبغضه »
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“Only a believer loves the Ansar and only a hypocrite hates them. Whoever loves them, Allah loves him. Whoever hates him, Allah hates him.”

Agreed upon

Al-Miqdaam ibn Ma’di Karb narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The shaheed will have six blessings from Allah: he will be forgiven from the first drop of blood shed; he will be shown his place in Paradise; he will be spared the torment of the grave; he will be protected from the greater terror (of the Day of Judgement); A crown of dignity, will be placed on his head, one ruby of which is better than this world and all that is in it; he will be married to seventy two of al-hoor al-‘iyn; and he will be permitted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”

Narrated by Tirmidhi and ibn Maajah.

The wiping away of the World means less to Allah than a Believer to be killed unjustly.

It has been reported by Al-Hakim from Jabir that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The master of martyrs is Hamza bin Abdul-Muttalib and a man who stood to an oppressor ruler where he ordered him and forbade him so he (the ruler) killed him.”

“Rise early to earn your living and do your affairs, for it brings about blessing and success.”

Allah’s Messenger  صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said, “Each of you is a guardian, and each is responsible for those under his care. The ruler who has authority over people, is a guardian and is responsible for them, a man is a guardian of his family and is responsible for them; a woman is a guardian of her husband’s house and children and is responsible for them; a slave (‘Abu) is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for it; so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your charges.”

Sahih Bukhari, narrated by ‘Abdullah.

Narrated ‘Aisha: The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They asked, “Who will intercede for her with Allah’s Messenger?” Some said, “No one dare to do so except Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah’s Messenger.” When Usama spoke about that to Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s Messenger said: “Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected with Allah’s Prescribed Punishments?” Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, “What destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him, and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah’s Legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand.”

Sahih Bukhari

A man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and asked, “A man fights for war booty; another fights for fame and a third fights for showing off; which of them fights in Allah’s Cause?” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said, “He who fights that Allah’s Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah’s Cause.”

Bukhari. Narrated by Abu Musa.

Al-Miswar reported that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said; “Whoever ate something by harming a Muslim, Allah will indeed feed him the like of it from Jahannam. And whoever clothed himself with a dress by harming a Muslim, indeed Allah will clothe him a dress similar to it in Jahannam.”

Narrated by Abu Dawood and Ahmad

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Allah guarantees that he who goes out to fight in His way believing in Him and affirming the truth of His Messenger, will either be admitted to Jannah or will be brought back to his home (safely) from where he has set out, with whatever reward or share of booty he may have gained.

“Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action”.