The Real Contest
عن اَنَسِ بن مَالِكٍ قال قال رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ حُفَّتْ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتْ النَّارُ
بِالشَّهَوَاتِ
Anas ibn Malik (rta) said that God’s Messenger (sws) stated:
“Paradise is encircled with hardships and Hell is encircled
with desires.”
Sympathy
أَبَا قَتَادَةَ …
قال فَإِنِّي سمعت رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ يقول من سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُنْجِيَهُ اللّٰه من كُرَبِ
يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلْيُنَفِّسْ عن مُعْسِرٍ أو يَضَعْ عنه
Abu Qatadah (rta) reported: “… I heard God’s Messenger (sws)
as saying: “He who likes that God deliver a person from the
suffering of the Day of Judgement should give respite to a
poor borrower or reduce the burden of loan from him.”
Cleanliness
عن أبي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قال قال
رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ
Abu Malik al-Ash‘ari
(rta) stated that God’s Messenger (sws) said: “Cleanliness is
part of faith.”
What can be done for a Deceased?
عن ابي هُرَيْرَةَ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ قال إذا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عنه عَمَلُهُ
إلا من ثَلَاثَةٍ إلا من صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أو عِلْمٍ
يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أو وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو له
Abu Hurayrah (rta) reported that God’s Messenger (sws) said:
“When a person dies, his deeds [that benefit him] end except
three: an abiding [work of] charity [that he initiated],
useful knowledge [that he left behind] and pious children who
pray for him.”
Helping the Oppressor
عن اَنَسٍ رَضِيْ الله عَنْهُ قال قال
رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أو مَظْلُومًا فقال رَجُلٌ
يا رَسُوْلَ الله أَنْصُرُهُ إذا كان مَظْلُومًا أَفَرَأَيْتَ
إذا كان ظَالِمًا كَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ قال تَحْجُزُهُ أو
تَمْنَعُهُ من الظُّلْمِ فإن ذلك نَصْرُهُ
Anas ibn Malik (rta) stated that God’s Messenger (sws) said:
“Help your brother whether he is the oppressor or the
oppressed.” A person thereupon said: “I can help him if he is
oppressed but please tell me how can I help him if he is the
oppressor?” The Messenger (sws) replied: “Stop him from
oppression. This is how you can help him.”
The True Believer!
عن اَنَسٍ عن النبي صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ قال لَا يُؤْمِنُ أحدكم حتي يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ ما
يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
Anas ibn Malik (rta) reported that the Prophet (sws) said: “No
one among you can be a true believer unless he likes for his
brother what he likes for himself.”
جَابِرًا يقول سمعت النبي صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ يقول الْمُسْلِمُ من سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ من
لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ
Jabir (rta) states: “I heard the Prophet (sws) say: ‘A [true]
Muslim is one from whose tongue and hands other Muslims are
secure.’”
Beware of the Pleading of the Oppressed
عن بن عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيْ اللهُ عَنْهُما اَنَّ
النبي صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إلي الْيَمَنِ فقال اتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ
الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهَا ليس بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللهِ حِجَابٌ
Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (rta) reports that when the Prophet (sws)
sent Mu‘adh ibn Jabal (rta) to Yemen [as its administrator] he
said: “Beware of the pleading of an oppressed person because
there is no obstruction between it and God.”
Some Treasured Traits
عن ابي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيْ اللّٰهُ
عَنْهُ اِنَّ نَاسًا من الْأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ حتي
نَفِدَ ما عِنْدَهُ فقال ما يَكُونُ عِنْدِي من خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ
أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ الله وَمَنْ
يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ الله وَمَنْ يَتَصَبَّرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ الله
وما أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً خَيْرًا وَأَوْسَعَ من الصَّبْرِ
Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (rta) reported: “Some people from the
Ansar asked [for charity] from God’s Messenger (sws). So, he
gave it to them. They again asked and he again obliged until
he was left with nothing. So, he said: ‘Whatever is with me of
wealth I did not withhold from you. So, he who wants to become
chaste, God will make him chaste; and he who showed
contentment, God will grant him wealth and he who asks for
patience from God, God will grant him patience and no person
can be given a grant better and bigger than patience.”
Repentance
عن اَنَسٍ رَضِيْ اللهُ عَنْهُ قال قال
رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ الله أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ من اَحَدِكُمْ
سَقَطَ علي بَعِيرِهِ وقد اَضَلَّهُ في اَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ
Anas ibn Malik (rta) stated that God’s Messenger (sws) said:
“The Almighty is more pleased with the repentance of a servant
than anyone of you who suddenly found his camel he had lost in
a desert.”
عن ابي مُوسَي عن النبي صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ قال اِنَّ اللهَ عز وجل يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ
لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ النَّهَارِ وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ
لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حتي تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ من
مَغْرِبِهَا
Abu Musa
Ash‘ari (rta) reported that the Prophet (sws) said: “God, the
Powerful, the Mighty, spreads His hands at night so that a
person who has sinned in the day returns [to Him] and [also]
spreads His hand in the day so that a person who has sinned in
the night returns [to Him] until the sun rises from the West
[on the Day of Judgement.]”
بن عُمَرَ قال قال رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله
عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ يا اَيُّهَا الناس تُوبُوا إلي اللهِ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ
في الْيَوْمِ إليه مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (rta) stated that God’s Messenger (sws)
said: “O People! Seek forgiveness from God. Thus, I seek
forgiveness [from Him] a hundred times every day.”
Honesty in Selling Goods
عن ابي هُرَيْرَةَ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ علي صُبْرَةِ طَعَامٍ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فيها
فَنَالَتْ أَصَابِعُهُ بَلَلًا فقال ما هذا يا صَاحِبَ
الطَّعَامِ قال أَصَابَتْهُ السَّمَاءُ يا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ قال
أَفَلَا جَعَلْتَهُ فَوْقَ الطَّعَامِ كَيْ يَرَاهُ الناس من
غَشَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي
Abu Hurayrah (rta) reported that [once] God’s Messenger (sws)
passed by a pile of grain and he inserted his hand in it. His
fingers could feel wetness, whereupon he said: “O you owner of
this grain! What is this?” He replied: “It rained on this pile
O Messenger of God!” He said: “Why did you not place this wet
grain on the top so that people could have seen it; he who
deceives [others] has no relation with me.”
Whispering in a Gathering
عَنْ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ قال رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ إذا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فلا يَتَنَاجَي اثْنَانِ دُونَ
صَاحِبِهِمَا فإن ذلك يُحْزِنُهُ
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (rta) stated that God’s Messenger (sws)
said: “When there are three of you, two of them should not
whisper leaving aside the third because this will aggrieve
him.”
Blessings of Guiding Others
عن ابي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ …
قال رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ من دَلَّ علي خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ
Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari (rta) stated: … God’s Messenger (sws)
said: “A person who guided someone to a good deed will get the
same reward as the person who did this good deed.”
Best Charity
عن ابي هُرَيْرَةَ قال اتي رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ فقال يا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ
أَعْظَمُ فقال أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَي
الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَي ولا تُمْهِلَ حتي إذا بَلَغَتْ
الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلَانٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلَانٍ كَذَا ألا وقد
كان لِفُلَانٍ
Abu Hurayrah (rta) stated that a person came to God’s
Messenger (sws) and asked: “O Messenger of God! Which charity
is the best?” At this, he replied: “That you give in charity
whilst you are hale and hearty, covet wealth, have fear of
poverty and also have hope for more wealth. Do not delay this
charity until when your soul reaches your collar bone [at the
time of death and then] you say: ‘for such and such, there is
this [amount] and for such and such [this amount]. Now it
already belongs to such and such.’”
عَنْ ابي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ الله
صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ قال خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ ما كان عن ظَهْرِ غِنًي
وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ
Abu Hurayrah (rta) reported that God’s Messenger (sws) said:
“The best charity is that after giving which a person does not
end up poor and begin with those who are your financial
obligation.”
Charity
not accepted from Illegal Money
عَبْدُ اللهِ بِنْ عُمَرَ …
قال إني سمعت رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَلَیْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ يقول … ولا صَدَقَةٌ من
غُلُولٍ
‘Abdullah ibn
‘Umar (rta) said: “I heard God’s Messenger (sws) say: ‘…
Charity given from money [earned] illegally will not be
accepted.’”
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