In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Forty Hadith Qudsi
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid
down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he had
no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake me as He
made me at first (1) - and the initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking
him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to Himself a son, while I am
the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is none
comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led the
morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When the
Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people
and said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his
Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer in Me
and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given rain by virtue of Allah and
His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who
said: We have been given rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a
believer in the stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement of stars.
This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of such natural
phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the
night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part
of Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who does an
action for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to
him whom he associated with Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection
will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His
favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about
them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you
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did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he
will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will
be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite
the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will
recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I
studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will
say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]:
He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And
so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into
Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given
all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and
he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will
say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it
for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]:
He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his
face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the call to
prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at this servant of
Mine, he gives the call to prayer and performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have
forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of authorities.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1) during it
is deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone said to Abu
Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said: Recite it to yourself, for I
have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My
servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant
says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My
servant has praised Me. And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din
(5), Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My servant has
submitted to My power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He
says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.
And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta alayhim
ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for My servant, and My
servant shall have what he has asked for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors,
not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn
Majah).
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of
Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and
succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something
defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if
My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was
defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like
fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his
food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy
whin he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the
mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn
Majah).
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
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On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
A man from among those who were before you was called to account. Nothing in the way
of good was found for him except that he used to have dealings with people and, being
well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from
repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are worthier than you
of that (of being so generous). Let him off.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and
there came to him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being very poor),
while the other was complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it will be but a short time
before a caravan will [be able to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour
(Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without
finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will surely stand before Allah,
there being no screed between Him and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then
He will say to him: Did I not bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say:
Did I not send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his right and
will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire,
so let each of you protect himself against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he
finds it not, then with a kind word.
(1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari.
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said:
Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove about seeking out
gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them and fold their wings
round each other, fillin that which is between them and between the lowest heaven. When
[the people in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the
Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is
most knowing about them: From where have you come? And they say: We have come
from some servants of Yours on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting
you (Allahu akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising
You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what do they ask of
Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He says: And have they seen My Paradise?
They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Paradise!
They say: And they ask protection of You. He says: From what do they ask protection of
Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says: And have they seen My Hell-fire?
They say: NO. He says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Hell-fire: They
say: And they ask for Your forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have
forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they have asked for,and I have granted
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them sanctuary from that from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said:
They say: O Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And He says: And to
him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with such people shall not suffer.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah the Almighty said:
I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he
makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes
mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble better than it. And if
he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes
to Me walking, I go to him at speed.
(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be".
The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to
His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany
such belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings he related from his Lord (glorified and
exalted be He) is that He said:
Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained it [by saying
that] he who has intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with
Himself as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down
with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he
has intended a bad deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full
good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH) is that among the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He
said:
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden
amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except for
those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of
you are hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My
servants, all of you are naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I
shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek
forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me
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so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants,
were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as
pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom
in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and
the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would
not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request of
Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what I have,
any more that a needle decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds
that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good praise Allah
and let him who finds other that blame no one but himself.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of
Resurrection:
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I
visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My
servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you
visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and
you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of
the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food
and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found
that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink
and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink whin
You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him
to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely
found that with Me.
It was related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me in respect of
either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of
authority. This Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant [of
Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has a
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grudge against his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are
reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled.
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu Dawud).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that Allah the Almighty said:
There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection: a man who has
given his word by Me and has broken it; a man who has sold a free man (2) and has
consumed the price; and a man who has hired a workman, has exacted his due in full from
him and has not given him his wage.
(1) i.e. types of men.
(2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of another and has sold him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one
of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about which he should
say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him
on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something about
such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says:
Rather it is I whom you should more properly fear.
It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection:
Where are those who love one another through My glory? Today I shall give them shade in
My shade, it being a day when there is no shade but My shade.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: I love
So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he
(Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the
inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established
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for him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I
abhor So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to the
inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh)
said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for him on earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My
servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I
have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory
works so that I shall love him. 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 foot with which he walks.
Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for
refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate
about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who is of meagre means
and much given to prayer, who has been particular in the worship of his Lord and has
obeyed Him inwardly (1), who was obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose
sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently. Then the
Prophet (pbuh) rapped his hand and said: Death will have come early to him, his mourners
will have been few, his estate scant.
(1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his obedience.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of
authorities is sound.
On the authority of Masruq, who said:
We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard those who have
been killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their Lord, being
provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about that and the Prophet
(pbuh) said: Their souls are in the insides of green birds having lanterns suspended from
the Throne, roaming freely in Paradise where they please, then taking shelter in those
lanterns. So their Lord cast a glance at them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything? They
said: What shall we wish for when we roam freely in Paradise where we please? And thus
did He do to them three times. When they say that they would not be spared from being
asked [again], they said: O Lord, we would like for You to put back our souls into our
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bodies so that we might fight for Your sake once again. And when He saw that they were
not in need of anything they were let be.
(1) i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of Allah.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in [such] anguish
that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood did not cease to flow
till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled Me; I have
forbidden him Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best friend from amongst
the inhabitants of the world and he has then borne it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing
less than Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike
to meet him. Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah,
Allah likes to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him.
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of Allah, is it because of the dislike
of death, for all of us dislike death? The Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not so, but rather it is that
when the believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His Paradise, he likes
to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's
punishment and His displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet him.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim.
On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger
of Allah (PBUH) related:
A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah the Almighty said:
Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so? Verily I have forgiven
So-and-so and have nullified your [own good] deeds (1) (or as he said [it]).
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(1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud, indicates that the person referred to
was a goldly man whose previous good deeds were brought to nought through presuming
to declare that Allah would not forgive someone's bad deeds.
It was related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he charged his sons,
saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes] into the sea, for,
by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of me, He will punish me in a manner in which He
has punished no one [else]. So they did that to him. Then He said to the earth: Produce
what you have taken-and there he was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what
you did? He said: Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You)
and because of that He forgave him.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet
(PBUH), from among the things he reports from his Lord (mighty and sublime be He), is
that he said:
A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And He
(glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he
has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O
Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them.
Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted
be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who
forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari).
On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger
of Allah (PBUH) say: Allah the Almighty said:
O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what
you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of
the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam,
were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face
Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there
remains the final third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may
answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking
forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud).
In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words:
And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.
On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who
said:
The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection and will say: Should we not
ask [someone] to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come to Adam and will say:
You are the Father of mankind; Allah created you with His hand He made His angels bow
down to you and He taught you the names of everything, so intercede for us with you Lord
so that He may give us relief form this place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that] - and he will mention his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will
say: Go to Noah, for he is the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the earth.
So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will
mention his having requested something of his Lord about which he had no [proper]
knowledge (Quran Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in
a position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave
the Torah. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and
he will mention the talking of a life other that for a life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16),
and he will fell ashamed in the sight of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant
and messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not
in a position [to do that]. Go to Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven all his wrongdoing, past and future. So they
will come to me and I shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord, and permission
will be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself. He will leave me thus
for such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said [to me]: Raise your head. Ask and it
will be granted. Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and your intercession will be
accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of praise that He will teach
me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set me a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall
admit them into Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I shall
bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a limit [as to the number of
people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I shall return for a third time, then a
fourth, and I shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has confined
and who must be there for eternity. There shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said:
There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then
there shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in
his heart goodness weighing a grain of wheat; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing an atom.
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It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not
has it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for
them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).
(1) The words "Thus recite if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah.
It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to Paradise, saying: Look at it
and at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he came
to it and looked at it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet
(pbuh) said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no one hears of it without
entering it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said: Return
to it and look at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said:
So he returned to it and found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then he
returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will enter it. He said: Go to
Hell-fire and look at it and what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount
that it was in layers, one above the other. Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory,
no one who hears of it will enter it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He
said: Return to it. And he returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one
will escape from entering it.
(1) The Arabic word used here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is "things that are
disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious discipline that man usually finds
onerous.
It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also by Abu
Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me are the mighty and the
haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah judged between them,
[saying]: You are Paradise, My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you
are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I wish, and it is incumbent upon
Me that each of you shall have its fill.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: O our
Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands.
Then He will say: Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be
contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which You have given to no one else of
Your creation? Then He will say: Would not like Me to give you something better than
that? And they will say: O Lord and what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall
cause My favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased with you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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