Sayings of the Messenger احادیثِ رسول اللہ ﷺ

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ الْمُكْتِبُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَدْرٍ شُجَاعُ بْنُ الوَلِيدِ، عَنِ الرُّحَيْلِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، أَخِي زُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَرَبَهُ أَمْرٌ قَالَ: يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ. وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَلِظُّوا بِيَا ذَا الجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ.

Anas bin Malik (RA) said: “Whenever a matter would worry him, the Prophet ﷺ would say: ‘O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief.’” And with this chain, that he said: “Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: ‘Stick to: “O Possessor of Majesty and Honour.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُؤَمَّلُ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: أَلِظُّوا بِيَا ذَا الجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ.

Narrated from Anas (RA) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Stick to: ‘O Possessor of Majesty and Honour.’”

حَدَّثَنَا الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ البَاهِلِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ طَاهِرًا يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَهُ النُّعَاسُ لَمْ يَنْقَلِبْ سَاعَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ.

Abu Umamah Al-Bahili (RA) said: “I heard Allah’s Apostle ﷺ saying: “Whoever goes to his bed while in a state of purity and remembering Allah, until sleep overtakes him, he shall not get up at any hour of the night asking Allah for anything from the good of the world and the Hereafter except that Allah shall grant it to him.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الوَرْدِ، عَنِ اللَّجْلاَجِ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلاً يَدْعُو يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ تَمَامَ النِّعْمَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَمَامُ النِّعْمَةِ؟ قَالَ: دَعْوَةٌ دَعَوْتُ بِهَا أَرْجُو بِهَا الخَيْرَ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ مِنْ تَمَامِ النِّعْمَةِ دُخُولَ الجَنَّةِ وَالفَوْزَ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَسَمِعَ رَجُلاً وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا ذَا الجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ، فَقَالَ: اسْتُجِيبَ لَكَ فَسَلْ، وَسَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلاً وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الصَّبْرَ، فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ البَلاَءَ فَسَلْهُ العَافِيَةَ.

Narrated from Mu`adh bin Jabal (RA) that the Prophet ﷺ heard a man supplicating, saying: "O Allah! Indeed, I ask You for the bounty's completion." So, he ﷺ asked: "What is the bounty's completion?" He replied: "A supplication that I made, hoping for the best." He ﷺ said: "Indeed, part of the bounty's completion is the admittance to the Paradise, and salvation from the Fire." And he ﷺ heard a man while he was saying: "O Possessor of Majesty and Honour " So he ﷺ said: "You have been responded to, so ask." And the Prophet ﷺ heard a man while he was supplicating: "O Allah, indeed, I ask You for patience " He ﷺ said: "You have asked Allah for trial, so ask him for Al-`Āfiyah."

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: إِذَا فَزِعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي النَّوْمِ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ. فَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، يُلَقِّنُهَا مَنْ بَلَغَ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مِنْهُمْ كَتَبَهَا فِي صَكٍّ ثُمَّ عَلَّقَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ.

Amr bin Shu`aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “When one of you gets afraid while sleeping, then he should say: ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah against His wrath and His punishment and the mischief of His slaves and from the temptations of the devils and that which they bring. Then they will not harm him.” So, Abdullah ibn Amr (RA) used to teach this supplication to his grown-up children. And, he wrote it down on something and hung it on the neck of those who had not attained puberty.”

حَدَّثَنَا الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ الحُبْرَانِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ العَاصِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: حَدِّثْنَا مِمَّا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَلْقَى إِلَيَّ صَحِيفَةً، فَقَالَ: هَذَا مَا كَتَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي مَا أَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ.

Abu Rashid Al-Hubrani said: “I came to Abdullah bin Amr (RA) and requested him: ‘Narrate something to me which you heard from the Apostle of Allah ﷺ.’ So he set forth before me a scroll and said: ‘This is what Allah’s Apostle ﷺ wrote for me.’” He said: “So I looked in it and found in it: ‘Indeed, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (RA) said: “O Apostle of Allah ﷺ! teach me what to say at morning and afternoon.” He said: “O Abu Bakr! say: ‘O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, there is no God but You, Lord of everything and its Owner, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Shaitan and his Shirk, or that I should do some evil to myself or bring it upon a Muslim.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، يَقُولُ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَرَفَعَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لاَ أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ وَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَلاَ أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ وَلِذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ.

Amr bin Murrah said: “I heard Abu Wa’il say: ‘Abdullah bin Masud (RA) said’ and I asked him (Abu Wa’il): ‘Did you hear it from `Abdullah?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ And he narrated it in Marfu` form that he said: ‘No one has a greater sense of honour than Allah. That is why He has forbidden indecencies that are apparent and that are hidden. And there is no one to whom his praise is dearer than it is to Allah which is why He has praised Himself.’”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الخَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلاَتِي. قَالَ: قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

Abdullah bin Amr (RA) narrated from Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (RA) that he requested: “O Apostle of Allah ﷺ! teach me a supplication that I may supplicate in my Salah.” He ﷺ said: “Say: ‘0 Allah, I have wronged my soul much wrong, and there is none who will forgive sins besides You. So, forgive me a forgiveness from You. And have mercy on me. Surely, You are The Forgiving, The Merciful.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الحَارِثِ، عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ العَبَّاسُ، إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكَأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ شَيْئًا، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنَا؟، فَقَالُوا: أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ. قَالَ: أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الخَلْقَ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ فِرْقَةً، ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ فِرْقَةً، ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ قَبَائِلَ، فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ قَبِيلَةً، ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ بُيُوتًا فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ بَيْتًا وَخَيْرِهِمْ نَسَبًا.

Al-Muttalib bin Abi Wada`ah said: “Al-Abbas (RA) came to the Apostle of Allah ﷺ and it is as if he heard something (told by him), so the Prophet ﷺ ascended the pulpit and asked: ‘Who am I?’ They replied: ‘You are the Apostle of Allah, upon you be peace.’ He said: ‘I am Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul-Muttalib, surely Allah created the creation, and He placed me in the best group of them, then He divided them into two groups, so He placed me in the best group of them, the He divided them into tribes, so He placed me in the best of tribes, then He divided them into houses, so He placed me in the best of them familywise and the best of them in lineage.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الرَّازِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِشَجَرَةٍ يَابِسَةِ الوَرَقِ فَضَرَبَهَا بِعَصَاهُ فَتَنَاثَرَ الوَرَقُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَتُسَاقِطُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِ العَبْدِ كَمَا تَسَاقَطَ وَرَقُ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ.

Narrated from Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Prophet ﷺ passed by a tree whose leaves had dried. He struck its branches with his staff, making the leaves fall. Then he said: “Indeed, ‘all praise is due to Allah, ‘glory to Allah, ‘there is no God but Allah,’ and ‘Allah is the greatest’ cause the sins to fall from the worshipper, just as the leaves of this tree fall.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ الجُلاَحِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الحُبُلِيِّ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ السَّبَئِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ قَالَ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ، يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى إِثْرِ الْمَغْرِبِ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَسْلَحَةً يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، وَكَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ مُوجِبَاتٍ، وَمَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ مُوبِقَاتٍ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ بِعَدْلِ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ.

Narrated from Umarah bin Shabib As-Saba’i (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “Whoever says: there is no God but Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs all that exists, and to Him belongs the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is powerful over all things, ten times at the end of Al-Maghrib - Allah shall send for him angels to protect him from the devil till morning. Ten pious deeds will be written down for him and ten destroying evils will be erased from him and reward for emancipating ten believing slaves will be recorded.

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ، أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الخُفَّيْنِ، فَقَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا زِرُّ؟ فَقُلْتُ: ابْتِغَاءَ العِلْمِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ العِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ حَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي الْمَسْحُ عَلَى الخُفَّيْنِ بَعْدَ الغَائِطِ وَالبَوْلِ، وَكُنْتَ امْرَأً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ هَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ يَذْكُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كَانَ يَأْمُرُنَا إِذَا كُنَّا سَفَرًا أَوْ مُسَافِرِينَ أَنْ لاَ نَنْزِعَ خِفَافَنَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ إِلاَّ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ، لَكِنْ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ، فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ يَذْكُرُ فِي الهَوَى شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ إِذْ نَادَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ جَهْوَرِيٍّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَجَابَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نَحْوٍ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ هَاؤُمُ وَقُلْنَا لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ اغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ فَإِنَّكَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ نُهِيتَ عَنْ هَذَا، فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَغْضُضُ. قَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ: الْمَرْءُ يُحِبُّ القَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، فَمَا زَالَ يُحَدِّثُنَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ بَابًا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ مَسِيرَةُ عَرْضِهِ، أَوْ يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي عَرْضِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ أَوْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: قِبَلَ الشَّامِ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ مَفْتُوحًا، يَعْنِي لِلتَّوْبَةِ، لاَ يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْهُ.

Zirr bin Hubaish said: “I met Safwan ibn Assal al-Muradiy (RA) to ask him about wiping over socks (during ablution). he asked, “What has brought you here, 0 Zirr?” I said “Acquisition of knowledge had brought me (to you).” He commented, “The angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased at what he desires.” I said “I was confused about wiping over the socks following urination and defecation, as you are one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. So, I have come to ask you if you have heard him say anything about it.” He said, “Yes. He had commanded us that when we are on a journey or travellers, we should not remove our socks for three days and three nights. But, bath against sexual defilement is an exception. As for ablution after defecation and urination or awakening from sleep, the socks may be retained” I asked him “Have you heard the Prophet ﷺ say anything about love.” He said “Yes. We were with Allah’s Apostle ﷺ on a journey. While we were with him, a villager called him in a loud, sonorous voice, “0 Muhammad! So, Allah’s Apostle ﷺ responded him in the same tone, “Come.” We said to him, “Woe to you! soften your voice. You are before the Prophet ﷺ and you are forbidden this (behaviour).” He said, “By Allah, I will not lower my voice.” He added, “A man loves his people though he does not meet them (in terms of deeds).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “On the day of resurrection, a man will be with those he loves.” Then, he did not cease to narrate to us till he said, “There is a door to the west whose width is like a journey of forty or seventy years.” (Sufyan said that the door was to the north.) Allah created it on the very day He created the heavens and the earth. It lies open for repentance and will not be shut till the sun will rises from it (that is, the west).”

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ، فَقَالَ لِي: مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ: ابْتِغَاءَ العِلْمِ. قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ العِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَفْعَلُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ حَاكَ، أَوْ قَالَ: حَكَّ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الخُفَّيْنِ، فَهَلْ حَفِظْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كُنَّا إِذَا كُنَّا سَفَرًا أَوْ مُسَافِرِينَ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ لاَ نَخْلَعَ خِفَافَنَا ثَلاَثًا إِلاَّ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: فَهَلْ حَفِظْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الهَوَى شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ فَنَادَاهُ رَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي آخِرِ القَوْمِ بِصَوْتٍ جَهْوَرِيٍّ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جِلْفٌ جَافٍ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ القَوْمُ: مَهْ، إِنَّكَ قَدْ نُهِيتَ عَنْ هَذَا، فَأَجَابَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوًا مِنْ صَوْتِهِ هَاؤُمُ فَقَالَ: الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ القَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ. قَالَ زِرٌّ: فَمَا بَرِحَ يُحَدِّثُنِي حَتَّى حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَعَلَ بِالمَغْرِبِ بَابًا عَرْضُهُ مَسِيرَةُ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ لاَ يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ، وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لاَ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا} الآيَةَ.

Zirr bin Hubaish said: “I met Safwan ibn Assal al-Muradiy (RA) to ask him about wiping over socks (during ablution). he asked, “What has brought you here, 0 Zirr?” I said “Acquisition of knowledge had brought me (to you).” He commented, “It has reached me that the angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased at what he desires.” I said, “I was confused about wiping over the socks (following urination and defecation), do you remember anything from the Prophet ﷺ in this regard?” He said, “Yes. He had commanded us that when we are on a journey or travellers, we should not remove our socks for three days and three nights. But, bath against sexual defilement is an exception. But not from defecation and urination or awakening from sleep” I asked him “Have you heard the Prophet ﷺ say anything about love.” He said “Yes. We were with Allah’s Messenger ﷺ on a journey. While we were with him, a man, a harsh, foolish villager, who had been at the end of the group called him in a loud, sonorous voice, “0 Muhammad! O Muhammad!” So, the people said to him, “Woe to you! soften your voice. You are before the Prophet ﷺ and you are forbidden this (behaviour). So, Allah’s Apostle ﷺ responded him in the same tone, “Come.”.” He said, “By Allah, I will not lower my voice.” He added, “A man loves his people though he does not meet them (in terms of deeds).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “On the day of resurrection, a man will be with those he loves.” Then, he did not cease to narrate to us till he said, “Allah, the Mighty and the Sublime has appointed a door for repentance to the west whose width is like a journey of seventy years. It will not be shut till the sun will rises from it (that is, the west). He then recited the verse: ‘On the day when certain signs of your lord will come, to believe them shall not benefit a soul... (6: 158)’”

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الحِمْصِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ العَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ.

Narrated from Ibn Umar (RA) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Verily, Allah accepts the repentance of a slave as long as he does not gasp for last breaths.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ بِضَالَّتِهِ إِذَا وَجَدَهَا.

Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “Allah is more pleased with the repentance of one of you, than one of you is, when he finds his lost animal.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَاصِّ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ العَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي صِرْمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الوَفَاةُ: قَدْ كَتَمْتُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: لَوْلاَ أَنَّكُمْ تُذْنِبُونَ لَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ خَلْقًا يُذْنِبُونَ فَيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ.

Abu Sirmah narrated from Abu Ayyub, that when death reached him, he said: “I have concealed something from you which I heard from the Apostle of Allah ﷺ. I heard Allah’s Apostle ﷺ saying: ‘If you did not commit sin, Allah would create a creation that would commit sin, so He will forgive them.’”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الجَوْهَرِيُّ البَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ فَائِدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ بَكْرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيَّ، يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي، يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ، وَلاَ أُبَالِي، يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لأَتَيْتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً.

Narrated from Anas bin Malik (RA0 that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said “Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, said: ‘O son of Adam! Indeed as long as you call upon Me and place hope in Me, I will forgive you, despite whatever may have occurred from you, and I do not mind. O son of Adam! if your sins reach the borders of the sky and you seek forgiveness from Me, I will forgive you, and I would not mind. So, son of Adam! If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you met Me not associating anything with Me, then I will come to you with as much forgiveness.’”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ العَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ العَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ فَوَضَعَ رَحْمَةً وَاحِدَةً بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ يَتَرَاحَمُونَ بِهَا وَعِنْدَ اللهِ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ رَحْمَةً.

Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “Allah has created a hundred (portions of) mercies, and He placed one mercy among his creation, they show mercy to each other through it, and there are ninety-nine mercies with Allah.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ العَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ العَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَا عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنَ العُقُوبَةِ مَا طَمِعَ فِي الجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ الكَافِرُ مَا عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ مَا قَنَطَ مِنَ الجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ.

Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “If the believer were to know what punishment lies with Allah, then none would aspire for paradise. And if a disbeliever were to know how much mercy is there with Allah then he too will not lose hope of it.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ حِينَ خَلَقَ الخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي.

Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “Indeed, when Allah created the creation, He wrote with His Hand concerning Himself, that: ‘My mercy will overcome My wrath.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي الثَّلْجِ،، رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَغْدَادَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ صَاحِبُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَرْبِيٍّ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، وَثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَجُلٌ قَدْ صَلَّى وَهُوَ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَا الجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَتَدْرُونَ بِمَ دَعَا اللَّهَ؟ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الأَعْظَمِ، الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ، وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى.

Anas said: “The Prophet ﷺ entered the Masjid and there was a man who was supplicating after offering Salah. He was saying in his supplication: “O Allah, there is no God but Allah, You are the One Who gives blessings, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Owner of Majesty and Benevolence.” So, the Prophet ﷺ said: “Do you realise what he has supplicated Allah with? He has supplicated to Allah by His Greatest Name, the one which if He Is called upon by it, He responds, and when He is asked by it, He gives.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا رِبْعِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: رَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ، وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَمَضَانُ ثُمَّ انْسَلَخَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَهُ، وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَ عِنْدَهُ أَبَوَاهُ الكِبَرَ فَلَمْ يُدْخِلاَهُ الجَنَّةَ .

Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “May his nose be dusty before whom I am mentioned - and he does not send Salah (invoke blessings) upon me. And may his nose be dusty upon whom Ramadan enters and then passes before he is forgiven. And may his nose be dusty whose parents reached old age in his presence, and they were not a cause for his entrance to Paradise.”

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، وَزِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ العَقَدِيُّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: البَخِيلُ الَّذِي مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ.

Narrated from Ali bin Abi Talib (RA) that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said: “The miser is the one before whom I am mentioned, and he does not send Salat upon me.”