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What is Hadith?
This is a body of literature that comprises the sayings, teachings,
behaviour etc. of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muslims try to
emulate the character of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in their daily
lives and use the hadith as a key source to that end. The Qur'an
together with hadith constitute the two most authoritative sources for
moral, ethical and spiritual guidance for Muslims. |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever faults his brother
for some wrong shall not die before doing it himself."
The above
Hadith was narrated by At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken
from the book: "The Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever eats pure food, acts
with prophetic scruples, and secures others from his own misfortunes
shall enter Paradise "
The above
Hadith was narrated by Al-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken
from the book: "The Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) said to his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib:
"O Ali, do not follow a
glance with another, for you will
be forgiven for the first, but not for the second. "
The above
Hadith was reported by al-Tirmidhi, 2701; see Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7953
God commands the believers in the Holy Quran: Tell the believers to
lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their
private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them.
Verily, God is All-Aware of what they do. (The chapter of - An-Nur
24:30)
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The Messenger of God Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) said:
"The
first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day
of Judgment is the Salat (the five daily prayers). If it is sound, then
the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of
his deeds will be bad. "
The
above Hadith was recorded by al-Tabarani. According to al-Albani, it is
sahih. Al-Albani, Sahih al-Jami, vol.1, p. 503.
The Messenger of God Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) said:
"If
a person had a stream outside his door and he bathed in it five times a
day, do you think he would have any filth left on him?" The people
said, "No filth would remain on him whatsoever." The Prophet (peace be
upon him) then said, "That is like the five daily prayers: Allah (God)
wipes away the sins by them."
The above
Hadith was recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim
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The Messenger of God Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) said:
"Whoever
fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah (God)
will have his past sins forgiven. Whoever prays during the nights in
Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past
sins forgiven. And he who passes Lailat al-Qadr in prayer with faith
and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven."
The blessed Messenger also said:
"If
a person does not avoid false talk and false conduct during Siyam, then
God does not care if he abstains from food and drink"
The above
Hadiths were related by al- Bukhari as well as Muslim
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"God 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."
The above
Hadith was narrated by al- Bukhari as well as Malik
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"God
has never dignified anyone due to his ignorance, nor humiliated anyone
due to his knowledge. And wealth is never diminished as a result of
charity."
The above
Hadith was narrated by Ad-Daylami. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken
from the book: "The Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"I
am the closest of all people to Jesus, son of Mary, in this world and
the Hereafter; for all prophets are brothers, with different mothers
but one religion"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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When the Prophet (peace be upon him) finished his meal, he would say: "Thanks
be to God, who has suffices us and quenched our thirst. There is no
refusal or denial."
When the dining sheet was
removed, the Prophet would say:
"All
praise and thanks belong to God, so much that is good and blessed
therein; there is no refusing, no leaving, and no dispensing with You,
our Lord"
The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Food for two suffices three;
and food for three suffices four"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"God
removes faith from one who engages in illicit sex or consumes
intoxicants just as a man removes his shirt when pulling it over his
head"
The above
Hadith was narrated by Al-Hakim. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from
the book: "The Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Practice humility until no
one oppresses or belittles another”
The
above Hadith was narrated by Muslim.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of
Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Be
mindful of God, and you will find God in front of you. Acknowledge God
in ease, and God will acknowledge you in distress. And know that what
misleads you will never enable you to do right, and what enables you to
do right will never mislead you. And know that help comes with
patience, and that relief comes with distress; and that with difficulty
comes ease.”
Taken
from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"A person has done enough
wrong in his life if he simply repeats everything he hears”
The
above Hadith was narrated by Muslim.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of
Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"The chief of prayers
for forgiveness is:
O
God, you are my Lord, there is no God but You. You created me and I am
Your servant and I will keep my covenant and promise to you as much as
I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I admit
before You Your blessings upon me and I admit to You all my sins. So
forgive me. Certainly none can forgive sins except You.”
The Prophet, (pbuh), added,
“If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it and dies
on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of
Paradise and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it and
dies before the morning he will be from the people of Paradise."
The
above Hadith was narrated on the authority of Shaddad ibn Aws from the
Sahih al-Bukhari compilation book of prophetic sayings. A collection of
supplications and prayers by the Prophet Muhammed can be found in Yusuf
Islam's Prayers of the Last Prophet book and audio CD
(read by Yusuf Islam).
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"The majority of man's sins
emanate from his tongue"
The
above Hadith was narrated by At-Tabarani.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of
Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"God loves to see His servant
exhausted after an honest day's work
The
above Hadith was narrated by Ad-Daylami.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of
Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"A
person who teaches goodness to others while neglecting his own soul is
like an oil lamp, which illumines others while burning itself out"
The
above Hadith was narrated by Al-Tirmithi.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of
Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"A person may be doing the
deeds of the people of Paradise so far as society can see, while
actually being one of the people of Hellfire. And a person may be doing
the deeds of the people of Hellfire so far as society can see, while
actually being one of the people of Paradise."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Charity given to one's
relatives twice multiplies its reward"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Al-Tabarani. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever decides to relocate
solely to study sacred knowledge is forgiven before even setting out"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Al-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Virtue is goodness of
character, and sin is what you devise in your self and hate for people
to find out about it."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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God's Messenger (peace be
upon him) never confronted people directly with anything reprehensible
to them.
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Imam Ahmad. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"A man inclines to the belief
of his friend, so let each one of you watch out who he befriends."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
" Three practices will keep
sincere your brother's love for you: greeting him when you see him;
making room for him in gatherings; and calling him by the most
endearing of his names."
And The Messenger of God
also said:
"Hearts naturally love those
who are kind to them and loath those who are cruel"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Al-Bayhaqi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"The just will be on
platforms of light in the presence of God; those who are just in their
decisions, with their families, and with what they are in charge of."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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Someone asked of the Prophet (pbuh)
three times, and the Prophet gave him something each time. Then the
Prophet said, "This resource is a fresh sweet fruit, and
whoever takes it in a spirit free from possessiveness is blessed in it,
while whoever takes it in a possessive spirit is not blessed in it, and
is one who eats but is not sated. It is better to give than to receive."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Avoid the seven destructive
things."
People asked, "What are they, O
Messenger of God?"
The Prophet said,
"Idolatry; sorcery; killing a person declared inviolable by God, except
for a just reason; profiteering; consuming the property of an orphan;
turning back when it is time to advance; and defaming* chaste believing women who happen to be
careless."
*
damage the good reputation of (someone); slander
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Food for two suffices three;
and food for three suffices four."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"A good dream
is from God. So if any of you have a dream of what you love, do not
speak of it except to someone you love. And if any of you has a dream
of what you dislike, then seek refuge in God from its evil and from the
evil of obsession; and spit thrice and do not tell anyone of it, for in
fact it will not harm you."
Related by
Al-Bara'a Bin Azib, Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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Jabir bin Abdullah relates that he heard the Prophet (may peace be upon
him) say three days before he died, "Let none of you die
without a good opinion of God"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"All of my people are
pardoned but the blatantly shameless. An example of blatant
shamelessness is when a man does something by night and then, come
morning, in spite of the fact that God had screened him, he tells
someone he did such-and-such a thing; whereas he had spent the night
with God screening him, come daybreak he removes God's screen from
himself!"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"The most odious of men to
God is the one who is most quarrelsome."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Help your brother, whether
he be an oppressor or one of the oppressed."
Some said, "O Messenger of
God, we help him if he is oppressed; but how can we help him if he is
an oppressor?"
The Prophet (pbuh) said,
"By stopping him."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"A young man never honors an
old man due to age but that God sends someone to honor him when he
reaches that age"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said:
"When you go to bed, say,
'O my God, I submit my soul to You, and I turn my face to You, and I
entrust my affairs to You, and I commit my burden to You, longing for
You yet dreading You: there is no shelter from You, nor haven, except
with You. I believe in Your Book, which You have revealed, and Your
prophets, whom You have sent.
"Then if you die that
night, you will die in innocence; and if you wake up the next morning,
you will encounter good"
Related by
Al-Bara'a Bin Azib, Taken from the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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On an expedition, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was heard to say
repeatedly,"O God, I take refuge with You from worry and
grief, weakness and laziness, being bent by debt, and being overcome by
men."
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "Return
to your people and teach them."
The Prophet also said "Let
the one who is present impart knowledge to the one who is absent"
The women said to him "The men
have more access to you than do we; so please appoint a day for us to
have access to you" So the Prophet set a day on which he met with
the women and gave them advice and direction
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "God
rendered Mercy into a hundred parts, keeping ninety-nine parts and
sending one part down to earth. By virtue of that one portion,
creatures are merciful to one another, such that even the mare lifts
her hooves away from her foal, fearing she may step on it."
The Prophet also said "Whoever
is not merciful will not be shown mercy"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "Whoever
goes out in search of knowledge is on the Path of God until returning"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "The
intelligent one is the one who holds himself responsible and works for
what is after death. And the incompetent one is the one who indulges
himself in pursuit of personal desire and importunes God"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "Undertake
good works before seven things happen: distracting poverty, corrupting
wealth, debilitating illness, befuddling senility, final death, the
Antichrist - and evil is the invisible one who waits and watches - or
the final hour, which is more calamitous and more painful"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him) said: "If
you really trusted in God as God should be trusted, God would sustain
you as God sustains the birds - they go out in the morning hungry, and
come back to rest in the evening full"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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Someone asked 'Aisha * what the Prophet
(pbuh) used to do at home. She said, "He used to remain
occupied working for his family, then would go out when he heard the
call to prayer"
Taken from
the book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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A woman came to A'isha, wife of the
Prophet (pbuh), with two daughters. She asked for something, but found
A'isha with nothing in her possession but a single date. A'isha gave
her the date, and she divided it between her daughters. Then they left.
When the Prophet (pbuh) returned, A'isha told him about this incident.
He remarked, "Whoever is responsible for these daughters in
anything and treats them well will be shielded by them from hellfire"
Taken from the
book "The Wisdom of the Prophet", a selection from the
Hadith translated by Thomas Cleary
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Among those not graced with
God's glance on the Day of Judgment are a severer of bonds of kin and
an obnoxious neighbor"
The above
Hadith was narrated
Ad-Daylami. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Good companions and bad
companions are like sellers of musk and the furnace of the smithy. You
lose nothing from the musk seller, whether you buy some or smell or are
imbued with its fragrance. The furnace of the smithy, on the other
hand, burns your house and your clothes, or you get a noxious odor."
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever would be glad to
have his livelihood expanded and his life prolonged should maintain
family ties"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Two qualities are never
coupled in a believer: miserliness and immorality"
The above
Hadith was narrated
Al-Bukhari . Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace 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 God said: We are
worthier than you of that (of being so generous). Let him off."
The above
Hadith was related by
Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
God (mighty and
sublime be He) 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 as close
to it in measure."
The above
Hadith was related by
at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
God (mighty and
sublime be He) said:
"Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you."
The above
Hadith was related by
Al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Gentleness never accompanies
anything without enhancing it, nor is it ever removed from anything
without demeaning it"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Al-Bayhaqi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Practice humility until no
one oppresses or belittles another"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Muslim. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content
of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Exchange gifts, and mutual
love arises; shake hands, and enmity will fall away"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Ibn 'Asakir. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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"Prophet Muhammad (peace and
blessings be upon him) said:
''Cleanliness is half of iman* and (the words) al-Hamdulillah (Praise to
God) fills the scale and (the words) Subhanallah wa'l-hamdullilah
(Glory be to God, Praise be to God) fill up what is between the heavens
and the earth. Prayer is light. Charity is a proof. Endurance is
brightness. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All men go out
early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves
free or destroying themselves."
The
above Hadith was reported on the authority of Abu Malik al-'Ash'ari
* Iman is usually translated
as faith. In another hadith, related by Muslim
(No.57) Iman is described as 'having more than seventy
branches, the highest of which is saying 'La ilah ill Allah' (there is
no god but the One God) and the lowest of which is removing a harmful
obstacle from the path. And modesty is part of Iman.
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever pleases his parents
has pleased God, and whoever angers them has angered God"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
Ibn An-Najjar. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Whoever has the following
four characteristics is a pure
munafiq (hypocrite). And whoever has one of the
following four characteristics will have one of the
characteristics of hypocrisy:
Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.
Whenever he speaks, he lies.
Whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it.
And whenever he argues he behaves very badly."
The above
Hadith was narrated by 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr in Sahih Bukhari
and Muslim
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The Messenger of God (may peace be
upon him) said:
"Keep God in mind wherever
you are; follow a wrong with a right that offsets it; and treat people
courteously"
The above
Hadith was narrated by
At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The
Content of Character"
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