37. Repentence and Turning Toward Allah
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7601Sahih
قُرَيْشٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ادْعُ لَنَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَنَا الصَّفَا ذَهَبًا وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ قَالَ «أَتَفْعَلُونَ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَدَعَا فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَصْبَحَ الصَّفَا ذَهَبًا فَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَذَّبْتُهُ عَذَابًا لَا أُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَحْتُ لَهُمْ بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ قَالَ «بَلْ بَابُ التَّوْبَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ»
✧ Quraysh said to the Prophet ﷺ, “Supplicate for us that He make al-Safa gold for us, and we will believe in you.” He said, “Will you do that?” They said, “Yes.” So he supplicated, and Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sends you greetings of peace and says: If you wish, al-Safa will become gold by morning; then whoever disbelieves after that, I will punish him with a punishment with which I do not punish anyone in the worlds. And if you wish, I will open for them the door of repentance and mercy.” He said, “Rather, the door of repentance and mercy.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7602Sahih
«إِنَّ مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَطُولَ عُمْرُهُ وَيَرْزُقَهُ اللَّهُ الْإِنَابَةَ»
✧ “Among a person’s happiness is that his life is long, and Allah grants him the ability to turn back to Him.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7603Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7604Sahih
«إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ»
✧ Indeed, having good expectations of Allah, the Exalted, is part of the worship of Allah.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7605Sahih
«الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ أَزِيدُ وَالسَّيِّئَةُ وَاحِدَةٌ أَوْ أَغْفِرُهَا وَلَوْ لَقِيتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكٍ بِي لَقِيتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً»
✧ A good deed is multiplied ten times or I increase it, and an evil deed is one or I forgive it. And if you meet Me with the earth's fill of sins but without associating any partner with Me, I will meet you with its fill of forgiveness.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7606No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ «يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا الَّذِي أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ وَلَا أُبَالِي فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ جَائِعٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُ فَاسْتَطْعِمُوا فِيَّ أُطْعِمْكُمْ يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ عَارٍ إِلَّا مَنْ كَسَوْتُ فَاسْتَكْسُونِي أَكْسُكُمْ يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لَمْ يَزِدْ ذَلِكَ فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَفْجَرِ قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لَمْ يُنْقِصْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلُونِي وَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا سَأَلَ لَمْ يُنْقِصْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْبَحْرُ إِنْ يُغْمَسْ فِيهِ الْمِخْيَطُ غَمْسَةً وَاحِدَةً يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أَحْفَظُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, from Allah, Blessed and Exalted, that He said: 'O My servants, you are those who err by night and day, and I am the One who forgives sins and do not care, so ask forgiveness from Me and I will forgive you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so ask food from Me and I will feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so ask clothing from Me and I will clothe you. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any man among you, that would not increase My dominion in anything. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any man among you, that would not decrease My dominion in anything. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, all stood on a single plain and asked of Me, and I gave every person among them what he asked, that would not decrease My dominion in anything, except as the sea decreases when a needle is dipped into it once. O My servants, it is only your deeds that I keep account of for you; so whoever finds good, let him praise Allah, the Exalted, and whoever finds other than that, let him blame none but himself.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7607Sahih
أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيَّ بَالَ قَائِمًا فَانْتَضَحَ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ عَلَى سَاقَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ إِنَّهُ أَصَابَ مِنْ بَوْلِكَ قَدَمَيْكَ وَسَاقَيْكَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى دَارِ قَوْمٍ فَاسْتَوْهَبَهُمْ طَهُورًا فَأَخْرَجُوا إِلَيْهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَغَسَلَ سَاقَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الْآنَ فَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ «هَذَا دَوَاءُ هَذَا وَدَوَاءُ الذُّنُوبِ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ اللَّهَ ﷻ»
✧ Abu Dharr al-Ghifari urinated while standing up, and his urine splashed onto his legs and feet. A man said to him, "The urine has touched your legs and feet." He did not respond to him until he arrived at the home of a group of people. They offered him water for purification, so he performed ablution and washed his legs and feet. Then he approached the man and asked, "What did you say?" The man replied, "By now, you have already done it." Abu Dharr said, "This is the cure and the remedy for sins, to seek forgiveness from Allah, the Almighty."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7608Sahih
إِنَّ عَبْدًا أَصَابَ ذَنْبًا فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَذْنَبْتُ ذَنْبًا فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِهِ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَذْنَبْتُ ذَنْبًا فَاغْفِرْهُ لِي فَقَالَ رَبُّهُ ﷻ عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِهِ قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِعَبْدِي فَلْيَعْمَلْ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَأَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فَقَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَذْنَبَ عَبْدِي ذَنْبًا فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِالذَّنْبِ اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ
✧ A servant committed a sin, then said: 'My Lord, I have committed a sin, so forgive me.' His Lord said: 'My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives the sin and punishes for it,' so He forgave him. Then he remained as long as Allah willed, then committed another sin and said: 'My Lord, I have committed a sin, so forgive it for me.' His Lord, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives the sin and punishes for it. I have forgiven My servant, so let him do as he wills.' Then he returned and committed a sin and said: 'My Lord, forgive me my sin.' Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'My servant committed a sin and knew that he has a Lord who forgives the sin and punishes for the sin. Do as you will, for I have forgiven you.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7609No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَهُ لَهُ غَفَرَهُ لَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ»
✧ Whoever commits a sin and knows that he has a Lord who, if He wills, will forgive him, and if He wills, will punish him, it is incumbent upon Allah to forgive him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7610Sahih
«مَا يُسَافَرُ رَجُلٌ فِي أَرْضٍ تَنُوفَةٍ فَقَالَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَطَعَامُهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَقَدْ أَفْلَتَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ فَعَلَا شَرَفًا فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ عَلَا شَرَفًا فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا فَالْتَفَتَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِهَا تَجُرُّ خِطَامَهَا فَمَا هُوَ بِأَشَدَّ فَرَحًا بِهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا تَابَ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ A man travels through a desolate land, and he says while under a tree, with his riding beast upon which is his provision and food. He wakes up and his riding beast has escaped. He climbs a high place and sees nothing, then climbs another high place and sees nothing. He turns and suddenly it is there, dragging its halter. He is not more joyful at it than Allah is at the repentance of His servant when he repents to Him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7611Sahih
«كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ بِفَرَحِ رَجُلٍ انْفَلَتَ رَاحِلَتُهُ تَجُرُّ زِمَامَهَا بِأَرْضٍ قَفْرٍ لَيْسَ بِهَا طَعَامٌ وَلَا شَرَابٌ وَعَلَيْهَا لَهُ طَعَامٌ وَشَرَابٌ فَطَلَبَهَا حَتَّى شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ بِحَوْلِ شَجَرَةٍ فَتَعَلَّقَ زِمَامُهَا فَوَجَدَهَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِهِ؟» قُلْنَا شَدِيدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَمَا وَاللَّهِ اللَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ»
✧ He said: 'How would you describe the joy of a man whose riding beast has escaped, dragging its reins in a barren land with no food or drink, while his food and drink are on it? He sought it until it became difficult for him, then it passed by the base of a tree and its reins got caught, and he found it hanging there.' We said: 'Severe, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Indeed, by Allah, Allah is more joyful at the repentance of His servant than that man at his riding beast.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7612Sahih
أَسَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ» صحيح
✧ Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say: 'Remorse is repentance'? He said: 'Yes, I heard him say: Remorse is repentance.' Sahih.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7613No grade recorded
يَسْتَحِي أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِحَدِيثٍ وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ زِيَادٌ يَقُولُهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَبِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ» قَالَ نَعَمْ أَنَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ»
✧ He is ashamed to narrate a hadith while I am sitting. Ziyad says it from Abdullah b. Mughaffal, who said: I entered with my father upon Abdullah, and my father said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Remorse is repentance.' He said: 'Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Remorse is repentance.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7614No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعَنَزِيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَسَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ» قَالَ نَعَمْ «وَ
✧ Abu al-Nadhr al-Faqih and Abu al-Hasan al-Anzi narrated to us, 'Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi narrated to us, 'Uthman ibn Salih al-Sahmi narrated to us, 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us from Yahya ibn Ayyub from Humaid al-Tawil who said, I said to Anas ibn Malik, "Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Regret is repentance'?" He said, "Yes.".
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7615Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَمَ الْأَسْلَمِيَّ فَقَالَ «اجْتَنِبُوا هَذِهِ الْقَاذُورَةَ الَّتِي نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَمَنْ أَلَمَّ فَلْيَسْتَتِرْ بِسِتْرِ اللَّهِ وَلْيُتُبْ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُبْدِلْنَا صَفْحَتَهُ نُقِمْ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ﷻ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood after stoning the Aslami and said: 'Avoid this filth which Allah has forbidden. Whoever falls into it, let him conceal himself with the concealment of Allah and repent to Allah, for whoever reveals his page to us, we will enforce upon him the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7616Sahih
أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ أَرَادَ سَفَرًا فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَوْصِنِي۔ قَالَ: «اعْبُدِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، زِدْنِي۔ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَسَأْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، زِدْنِي۔ قَالَ: «اسْتَقِمْ وَلْتُحَسِّنْ خُلُقَكَ»
✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal wanted to travel and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, advise me.' He said: 'Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, give me more.' He said: 'When you do wrong, then do good.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, give me more.' He said: 'Be upright and improve your character.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7617No grade recorded
«كُلُّ بَنِي آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ»
✧ "Every son of Adam is a sinner, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7618Abu Dawud silent
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَهُ ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا» قَالَ ثُمَّ دَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَ عُودًا صَغِيرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا لِلرِّجَالِ إِلَّا مِثْلُ هَذَا الْعُودِ وَبِذَلِكَ سَمَّاهُ اللَّهُ سَيِّدَا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ»
✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Every son of Adam will come on the Day of Resurrection with a sin, except what was from Yaḥyā b. Zakariyyā." He said, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lowered his hand to the ground and took a small stick, then said, "That is because he had nothing of what men have except the like of this stick, and for that Allah named him a master, chaste, and a prophet among the righteous."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7619Sahih
مَا هَمَمْتُ بِمَا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَهُمُّونَ بِهِ إِلَّا مَرَّتَيْنِ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ كِلَاهُمَا يَعْصِمُنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْهُمَا قُلْتُ لَيْلَةً لِفَتًى كَانَ مَعِي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِي أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ فِي أغنامٍ لِأَهْلِهَا تَرْعَى أَبْصِرْ لِي غَنَمِي حَتَّى أَسْمُرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ بِمَكَّةَ كَمَا تَسْمُرُ الْفِتْيَانُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ أَدْنَى دَارٍ مِنْ دُورِ مَكَّةَ سَمِعْتُ غَنَاءً وَصَوْتَ دُفُوفٍ وَزَمْرٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا فُلَانٌ تَزَوَّجَ فُلَانَةَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَلَهَوْتُ بِذَلِكِ الْغِنَاءِ وَالصَّوْتِ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي فَنِمْتُ فَمَا أَيْقَظَنِي إِلَّا مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَمِعْتُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقِيلَ لِي مِثْلَ مَا قِيلَ لِي فَلَهَوْتُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ وَغَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي فَمَا أَيْقَظَنِي إِلَّا مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِي فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ مَا فَعَلْتُ شَيْئًا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هَمَمْتُ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا بِسُوءٍ مِمَّا يَعْمَلُ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ حَتَّى أَكْرَمَنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِنُبُوَّتِهِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "I never desired anything that the people of ignorance desired except on two occasions, and Allah, the Exalted, protected me from both of them. One night, a young man from the Quraysh tribe and I were pasturing sheep on the highest point of Makkah. I asked him to watch over my flock until I darken my skin with the sun for this night in Makkah, just like young boys darken. He agreed, so I left. When I reached a house near the outskirts of Makkah, I heard singing, the sound of tambourines and flutes. I asked, "What is this?" They said, "Fulana married Fulan, a man from the Quraysh, and they hired musicians for their wedding." I became entranced by the singing and the music until my eyes became heavy with sleep, and I slept. The sun woke me up, so I returned. Again, I heard the same thing. Someone said to me what I heard before, and I became entranced by it again until my eyes became heavy with sleep, and I slept. The sun woke me up again, and I returned to my companion. He asked me, "What did you do?" I replied, "I did not do anything." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By Allah, I never desired evil after that incident. Allah honored me with Prophethood.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7620Sahih
فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ {الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللِّمَمَ} [النجم 32] قَالَ «هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يُصِيبُ الْفَاحِشَةَ يُلِمُّ بِهَا ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ مِنْهَا» قَالَ يَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] إِنْ تَغْفِرِ اللَّهُمَّ تَغْفِرْ جَمَّا وَأَيُّ عَبْدٍ لَكَ لَا أَلَمَّا «
✧ On the saying of Allah, Mighty and Sublime: {Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, except the small faults} [al-Najm: 32], he said: "It is the man who commits an immorality, falls into it, then repents from it." He said, he says [rajaz meter]: If You forgive, O Allah, You forgive much; and which servant of Yours does not fall into small faults?
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7621Sahih
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ {الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللِّمَمَ} [النجم 32] فَمَا اللِّمَمُ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْمِرْوَدُ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَذَلِكَ الزِّنَا»
✧ I was with Abu Hurayrah, and I said, "O Abu Hurayrah, {Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, except the small faults} [al-Najm: 32]—so what are the small faults?" He said, "Everything as long as the kohl stick does not enter the kohl container; when it enters, that is zinā."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7622Sahih
«لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ لَا تُخْطِئُونَ لَأَتَى اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُخْطِئُونَ يَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ»
✧ "If you were not to sin, Allah would bring a people who sin and then forgive them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7623No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ الْعِبَادَ لَمْ يُذْنِبُوا لَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ ﷻ خَلْقًا يُذْنِبُونَ ثُمَّ يَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ» أخرجه شاهدا
✧ The Prophet (pbuh) said, "If the people did not commit sins, Allah, the Almighty, would have created a creation that sins, and then He would have forgiven them, for He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful." Narrated by Shahida.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7624Sahih
ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنْ دَنَوْتَ مِنِّي شِبْرًا دَنَوْتُ مِنْكَ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنْ دَنَوْتَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا دَنَوْتُ مِنْكَ بَاعًا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ تَعْمَلْهَا كَتَبْتُهَا لَكَ حَسَنَةً وَإِنْ عَمِلْتَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا لَكَ عَشْرًا وَإِنْ هَمَمْتَ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَحَجَزَكَ عَنْهَا هَيْبَتِي كَتَبْتُهَا لَكَ حَسَنَةً وَإِنْ عَمِلْتَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا سَيِّئَةً وَاحِدَةً
✧ "Son of Adam, if you draw near to Me a handspan, I draw near to you an arm’s length; and if you draw near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to you a fathom. Son of Adam, if you intend a good deed but do not do it, I record it for you as one good deed; if you do it, I record it for you as ten. If you intend an evil deed but My awe restrains you from it, I record it for you as a good deed; if you do it, I record it as one evil deed."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7625Sahih
«مَنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي مَلَأٍ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الْمَلَأِ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَهُ فِيهِمْ وَأَطْيَبُ وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَمَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ مَشْيًا أَتَاهُ هَرْوَلَةً وَمَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ هَرْوَلَةً أَتَاهُ اللَّهُ سَعْيًا»
✧ "Whoever remembers Allah within himself, Allah remembers him within Himself; whoever remembers Allah in a gathering, Allah remembers him in a gathering better and more numerous than the gathering in which he remembered Him. Whoever draws near to Allah a handspan, Allah draws near to him an arm’s length; whoever draws near to Allah an arm’s length, Allah draws near to him a fathom; whoever comes to Allah walking, He comes to him at a hurried pace; whoever comes to Allah at a hurried pace, Allah comes to him swiftly."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7626Sahih
«لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَبَى وَشَرَدَ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَشَرَادِ الْبَعِيرِ»
✧ "You shall certainly enter Paradise except one who refuses and flees from Allah as a camel flees."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7627Abu Dawud silent
مَرَّ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ عَلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَلْيَنِ كَلِمَةٍ سَمِعَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كُلُّكُمْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ شَرَدَ عَلَى اللَّهِ شَرَادَ الْبَعِيرِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī passed by Khālid b. Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah, who asked him about the gentlest word he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'All of you will enter Paradise except one who flees from Allah as a camel flees from its owner.'" Al-Dhahabī remained silent about it in the Talkhīṣ.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7628No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ كُلُّ رَحْمَةٍ مِلْءُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَقَسَمَ مِنْهَا رَحْمَةً بَيْنَ الْخَلَائِقِ بِهَا تَعْطِفُ الْوَالِدَةُ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا وَبِهَا يَشْرَبُ الْوَحْشُ وَالطَّيْرُ الْمَاءَ وَبِهَا يَتَرَاحَمُ الْخَلَائِقُ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ قَصَرَهَا عَلَى الْمُتَّقِينَ وَزَادَهُمْ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ»
✧ "When Allah created the heavens and the earth, He created one hundred mercies, each mercy filling what is between heaven and earth. He distributed one mercy among the creatures: by it the mother shows affection to her child, by it the wild beasts and birds drink water, and by it the creatures show mercy to one another. On the Day of Resurrection, He will restrict it to the God-fearing and add to them ninety-nine more."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7629No grade recorded
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ قَسَمَ رَحْمَةً بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا وَسِعَتْهُمْ إِلَى آجَالِهِمْ وَأَخَّرَ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ رَحْمَةً لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَابِضٌ تِلْكَ الرَّحْمَةَ الَّتِي قَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى التِّسْعِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ فَيُكْمِلُهَا مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ "Allah has one hundred mercies. He distributed one mercy among the people of this world, sufficient for them until their appointed terms, and He withheld ninety-nine mercies for His friends. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will take back the mercy He distributed among the people of this world to the ninety-nine and complete one hundred mercies for His friends."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7630Sahih
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ ثُمَّ عَقَلَهَا فَصَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى رَاحِلَتَهُ فَأَطْلَقَ عِقَالَهَا ثُمَّ رَكِبَهَا ثُمَّ نَادَى اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي وَمُحَمَّدًا وَلَا تُشْرِكْ فِي رَحْمَتِنَا أَحَدًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتَقُولُونَ هُوَ أَضَلُّ أَمْ بَعِيرُهُ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا مَا قَالَ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «لَقَدْ حَظَرَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ فَأَنْزَلَ رَحْمَةً يُعَاطِفُ بِهَا الْخَلَائِقُ جِنُّهَا وَإِنْسُهَا وَبَهَائِمُهَا وَعِنْدَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ رَحْمَةً»
✧ A Bedouin came, made his camel kneel, hobbled it, then prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the salām, he went to his camel, untied its hobble, mounted it, and then called out: "O Allah, have mercy on me and Muḥammad, and do not associate anyone in our mercy." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you say he is more astray or his camel? Did you not hear what he said?" They said, "Yes." He said, "He has restricted the mercy of Allah, which is vast. Allah created one hundred mercies and sent down one mercy by which the creatures show compassion—their jinn, their humans, and their beasts—and with Him are ninety-nine mercies."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7631Sahih
«ارْحَمْ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ»
✧ Show mercy to those on the earth, and the One in the heaven will show mercy to you.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7632Sahih
خَلِيلِي وَصَفِيِّي صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الْحُجْرَةِ ﷺ «مَا نُزِعَتِ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلَّا مِنْ شَقِيٍّ»
✧ My intimate friend and chosen one, the occupant of this chamber ﷺ, said: "Mercy is not removed except from a wretched person."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7633Weak
«مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ خَلَقَ لَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ وَخَلَقَ رَحْمَتَهُ تَغْلِبُ غَضَبَهُ»
✧ "Allah did not create anything except that He created for it something that overcomes it, and He created His mercy to overcome His wrath."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7634Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ جَعَلَ يَدُسُّ فِي فَمِ فِرْعَوْنَ الطِّينَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَيَرْحَمَهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, Jibril ﷺ began stuffing mud into the mouth of Pharaoh, fearing that he would say 'There is no god but Allah' and Allah ﷻ would then have mercy on him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7635Abu Dawud silent
لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَأَنَا آخِذٌ مِنْ حَالِ الْبَحْرِ فَأَدُسُّهُ فِي فِي فِرْعَوْنَ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ To the Prophet ﷺ: "If you had seen me while I was taking from the mud of the sea and stuffing it into the mouth of Pharaoh." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7636Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي بَعْضِ صَلَاتِهِ «اللَّهُمَّ حَاسِبْنِي حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا» فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْحِسَابُ الْيَسِيرُ؟ قَالَ «يَنْظُرُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَيَتَجَاوَزُ لَهُ عَنْهُ إِنَّهُ مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ يَا عَائِشَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ هَلَكَ وَكُلُّ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ تَشُوكُهُ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in one of his prayers: "O Allah, call me to account with an easy reckoning." When he finished, I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the easy reckoning?" He said: "He will look into his record and pardon him for it. Indeed, whoever is scrutinized in the reckoning, O 'A'ishah, will perish on that day. And whatever afflicts the believer, Allah expiates for him, even the thorn that pricks him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7637Fabricated
خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي خَلِيلِي جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَبْدًا مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ عَبَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَمْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَرْضُهُ وَطُولُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي ثَلَاثِينَ ذِرَاعًا وَالْبَحْرُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافِ فَرْسَخٍ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ وَأَخْرَجَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ عَيْنًا عَذْبَةً بِعَرْضِ الْأُصْبَعِ تَبَضُّ بِمَاءٍ عَذْبٍ فَتَسْتَنْقِعُ فِي أَسْفَلِ الْجَبَلِ وَشَجَرَةَ رُمَّانٍ تُخْرِجُ لَهُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ رُمَّانَةً فَتُغَذِّيهِ يَوْمَهُ فَإِذَا أَمْسَى نَزَلَ فَأَصَابَ مِنَ الْوضُوءِ وَأَخَذَ تِلْكَ الرُّمَّانَةَ فَأَكَلَهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ لِصَلَاتِهِ فَسَأَلَ رَبَّهُ ﷻ عِنْدَ وَقْتِ الْأَجَلِ أَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ سَاجِدًا وَأَنْ لَا يَجْعَلَ لِلْأَرْضِ وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ يُفْسِدُهُ عَلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا حَتَّى بَعَثَهُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ فَنَحْنُ نَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا هَبَطْنَا وَإِذَا عَرَجْنَا فَنَجِدُ لَهُ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُوقَفُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ ﷻ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ الرَّبُّ أَدْخِلُوا عَبْدِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِي فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ بَلْ بِعَمَلِي فَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ أَدْخِلُوا عَبْدِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِي فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ بَلْ بِعَمَلِي فَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ أَدْخِلُوا عَبْدِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِي فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ بَلْ بِعَمَلِي فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ قَايِسُوا عَبْدِي بِنِعْمَتِي عَلَيْهِ وَبِعَمَلِهِ فَتُوجَدُ نِعْمَةُ الْبَصَرِ قَدْ أَحَاطَتْ بِعِبَادَةِ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَبَقِيَتْ نِعْمَةُ الْجَسَدِ فَضْلًا عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ أَدْخِلُوا عَبْدِي النَّارَ قَالَ فَيُجَرُّ إِلَى النَّارِ فَيُنَادِي رَبِّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ رُدُّوهُ فَيُوقَفُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا عَبْدِي مَنْ خَلَقَكَ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنْتَ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قِبَلِكَ أَوْ بِرَحْمَتِي؟ فَيَقُولُ بَلْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ قَوَّاكَ لِعِبَادَةِ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنْتَ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ أَنْزَلَكَ فِي جَبَلٍ وَسَطَ اللُّجَّةِ وَأَخْرَجَ لَكَ الْمَاءَ الْعَذْبَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الْمَالِحِ وَأَخْرَجَ لَكَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ رُمَّانَةً وَإِنَّمَا تَخْرُجُ مَرَّةً فِي السَّنَةِ وَسَأَلْتَنِي أَنْ أَقْبِضَكَ سَاجِدًا فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ بِكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنْتَ يَا رَبِّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ فَذَلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِي وَبِرَحْمَتِي أُدْخِلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ أَدْخِلُوا عَبْدِي الْجَنَّةَ فَنِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ كُنْتَ يَا عَبْدِي فَيُدْخِلُهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِنَّمَا الْأَشْيَاءُ بِرَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى يَا مُحَمَّدُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ came out to us and said, "My close friend Gabriel came to me in a hurry and said, 'O Muhammad, by the One who sent you with the truth, Allah Almighty has a servant among his servants named Abdullah, who has been worshipping Allah for five hundred years atop a mountain in the sea. The mountain's width and length are thirty cubits, and it is surrounded by a four-thousand-farsakh sea from all sides. Allah, the Exalted, has granted him a pure spring of fresh water as wide as a finger, which collects in the bottom of the mountain. Additionally, there is a pomegranate tree that bears a fresh pomegranate for him every night to sustain him during the day. When the evening falls, he descends and performs ablution. Then he takes one of those pomegranates and eats it before standing for his prayer. He beseeches his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, at the time of his appointed meeting, to take his soul while he is in prostration, and to not let anything corrupt him in the earth. Allah answered his supplication and will resurrect him on the Day of Resurrection while he is still in prostration before Him. The Lord will say to him, 'Enter Paradise, O My servant, by My mercy.' But the servant will say, 'O Lord, rather by my deeds.' The Lord will repeat, 'Enter Paradise, O My servant, by My mercy.' Again, the servant will say, 'O Lord, rather by my deeds.' Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will then address the angels, 'Appraise My servant according to My favors and his deeds.' His vision will extend for five hundred years of worship, and his bodily blessings will remain beyond that. The Lord will then order, 'Take My servant to the Hellfire.' He will be dragged towards it and will cry out to his Lord, 'O Lord, by Your mercy, admit me to Paradise!' The Lord will respond, 'Return him.' He will be placed before his Lord. The Lord will ask him, 'O My servant, who created you when you were nothing?' The servant will answer, 'You, O Lord.' The Lord will ask, 'Was that by My favor or by My mercy?' The servant will answer, 'Rather, by Your mercy, O Lord.' The Lord will ask, 'Who empowered you to worship for five hundred years?' The servant will answer, 'You, O Lord.' The Lord will ask, 'Who placed you on a mountain amidst the waves, brought forth fresh water for you from salty water, and made a pomegranate tree bear a fresh pomegranate for you every night, even though it usually produces only once a year? Did you request that I take your soul in prostration, and did I grant you that?' The servant will answer, 'You, O Lord.' Allah, the Exalted, will declare, 'All of this was by My mercy, and by My mercy I will admit you to Paradise. Enter, My servant, paradise.' Jabriel said, 'O Muhammad, things are only dependent on the mercy of Allah, the Exalted.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7638Sahih
مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَوَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةُ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَأَرْبَعًا وَعِشْرِينَ حَسَنَةً قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذًا لَا يَهْلِكُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ قَالَ «بَلَى إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَجِيءُ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ لَوْ وُضِعَتْ عَلَى جَبَلٍ أَثْقَلَتْهُ ثُمَّ تَجِيءُ النِّعَمُ فَتَذْهَبُ بِتِلْكَ ثُمَّ يَتَطَاوَلُ الرَّبُّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ»
✧ Whoever says 'There is no god but Allah' enters Paradise, and Paradise becomes guaranteed for him. And whoever says 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him' one hundred times, Allah writes for him one thousand and twenty-four good deeds. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, then none of us would perish." He said: "Yes, indeed one of you will come with good deeds which, if placed on a mountain, would weigh it down; then blessings will come and take those away; then the Lord will thereafter extend His mercy."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7639Sahih
«الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ وَعَمِلَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْعَاجِزُ مَنْ أَتْبَعَ نَفْسَهُ هَوَاهَا وَتَمَنَّى عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ»
“The wise man is the one who takes account of himself and strives for that which is after death. And the helpless man is the one who follows his own whims then indulges in wishful thinking about Allah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4260)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7640Sahih
«الْمُؤْمِنُ مُكَفَّرٌ»
✧ "The believer is expiated."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7641Sahih
يُؤْتَى بِحَسَنَاتِ الْعَبْدِ وَسَيِّئَاتِهِ فَيَقُصُّ بَعْضَهَا بِبَعْضٍ فَإِنْ بَقِيَتْ حَسَنَةٌ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ The good deeds of the servant and his evil deeds will be brought, and some will be set off against others. If a good deed remains, Allah will expand for him in Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7642No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ الرُّوحَ الْأَمِينَ حَدَّثَهُ «أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَضَى أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِعَمَلِ الْعَبْدِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَسَيِّئَاتِهِ فَيَقُصُّ بَعْضَهَا بِبَعْضٍ فَإِنْ بَقِيَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا شَاءَ» قَالَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَبَانَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يَزْدَادَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَتِ الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْءٌ؟ فَقَالَ {أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا} [الأحقاف 16] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ} [الأحقاف 16]
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to him that the Trustworthy Spirit narrated to him: "Allah the Exalted has decreed that the deeds of the servant will be brought on the Day of Resurrection—his good deeds and his evil deeds—and some will be set off against others. If one good deed remains for him, Allah will expand for him in Paradise as He wills." Al-Hakam b. Aban said: I went to Abu Salamah Yazdad and said to him: "What if the good deed is gone and nothing remains?" He said: {Those are the ones from whom We accept the best of what they did} [Al-Ahqaf 16] up to His saying {which they were promised} [Al-Ahqaf 16].
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7643Sahih
«لَيَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ لَوْ أَكْثَرُوا مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ» قَالُوا بِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِينَ بَدَّلَ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ»
✧ "Some people will wish that they had done more evil deeds." They said: "Why, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Those whose evil deeds Allah will replace with good deeds."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7644No grade recorded
«لَيَجِيئَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِمِثْلِ الْجِبَالِ ذَنُوبًا فَيَغْفِرُهَا اللَّهُ لَهُمْ وَيَضَعُهَا عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى»
✧ "Some people from my community will come with sins like mountains, and Allah will forgive them and place them upon the Jews and the Christians."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7645No grade recorded
تُحْشَرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَصْنَافٍ صِنْفٌ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَصِنْفٌ يُحَاسَبُونَ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا وَصِنْفٌ يَجِيئُونَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ أَمْثَالُ الْجِبَالِ الرَّاسِيَاتِ فَيَسْأَلُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَبِيدٌ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ فَيَقُولُ حُطُّوهَا عَنْهُمْ وَاجْعَلُوهَا عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى وَأَدْخِلُوهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِيَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ This nation will be gathered into three groups: a group that will enter Paradise without reckoning, a group that will be given an easy reckoning, and a group who will come carrying on their backs sins like towering mountains. Then Allah will ask about them, though He is most knowing of them, saying: 'Who are these?' They will say: 'These are servants from among Your servants.' He will say: 'Cast them off from them and place them upon the Jews and Christians, and admit them into Paradise by My mercy.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7646No grade recorded
«مَا عَلِمَ اللَّهُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ نَدَامَةً عَلَى ذَنْبٍ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَهُ مِنْهُ»
✧ Allah has never known remorse for a sin from a servant except that He forgives him before he seeks forgiveness from Him for it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7647No grade recorded
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ} [الروم 41] قَالَ «يَتُوبُونَ»
✧ From Abdullah regarding His saying, Exalted is He: {so that they may return} [al-Rum 41]; he said: 'They repent.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7648Sahih
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا قَالَ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْ فِيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَصَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا الصَّلَاةَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ»
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a prescribed punishment.' He said: 'He did not ask him about it.' Then the prayer was commenced, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed. When he finished his prayer, the man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a prescribed punishment, so enforce upon me the Book of Allah.' He said: 'Did you pray with us?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'You have been forgiven.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7649Sahih
بَيْنَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ فِي السُّوقِ فِي إِمَارَةِ زِيَادٍ إِذْ ضَرَبْتُ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيَّ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى تَعَجُّبًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ كَانَتْ لِوَالِدِهِ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِمَّا تَعْجَبُ يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ؟ قُلْتُ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ دِينُهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَبِيُّهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَدَعْوَتُهُمْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَحَجُّهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَغَزْوُهُمْ وَاحِدٌ يَسْتَحِلُّ بَعْضُهُمْ قَتْلَ بَعْضٍ قَالَ فَلَا تَعْجَبْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ وَالِدِي أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّةٌ مَرْحُومَةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ حِسَابٌ وَلَا عَذَابٌ إِنَّمَا عَذَابُهَا فِي الْقَتْلِ وَالزَّلَازِلُ وَالْفِتَنُ»
✧ While I was standing in the market during the governorship of Ziyad, I struck one hand upon the other in amazement. A man from the Ansar, whose father had been a companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: 'What amazes you, O Abu Burdah?' I said: 'I am amazed at a people whose religion is one, whose prophet is one, whose call is one, whose pilgrimage is one, and whose military campaigns are one, yet some of them consider it lawful to kill others.' He said: 'Do not be amazed, for I heard my father report that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed, my nation is a nation shown mercy; there is no reckoning or punishment upon it in the Hereafter. Its punishment is only in killing, earthquakes, and tribulations."'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7650Sahih
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ فَأُتِيَ بِرُءُوسِ خَوَارِجَ فَكُلَّمَا مَرُّوا عَلَيْهِ بِرَأْسٍ قَالَ إِلَى النَّارِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَوَلَا تَدْرِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَذَابُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ جُعِلَ بِأَيْدِيهَا فِي دُنْيَاهَا»
✧ I was with Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad when the heads of Kharijites were brought. Whenever a head passed before him, he said: 'To the Fire.' Abdullah b. Yazid said to him: 'Do you not know? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The punishment of this nation has been placed in its own hands in its worldly life."'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7651Sahih
سَمِعْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعًا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ كَانَ الْكِفْلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَتَوَرَّعُ عَنْ ذَنْبٍ عَمِلَهُ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا عَلَى أَنْ يَطَأَهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ مِنْهَا مَقْعَدَ الرَّجُلِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ أَرْعَدَتْ فَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكِ أُكْرِهْتِ؟ قَالَتْ لَا وَلَكِنْ هَذَا عَمَلٌ لَمْ أَعْمَلْهُ قَطُّ وَإِنَّمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةُ قَالَ فَتَفْعَلِينَ هَذَا وَلَمْ تَفْعَلِيهِ قَطُّ قَالَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبِي وَالدَّنَانِيرُ لَكِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَعْصِي الْكِفْلُ رَبَّهُ أَبَدًا فَمَاتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ وَأَصْبَحَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَى بَابِهِ قَدْ غُفِرَ لِلْكِفْلِ
✧ I heard from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a hadith that, had I heard it only once or twice — until he counted seven — but I heard it more than that. He said: 'Al-Kifl was among the Children of Israel and did not refrain from any sin he committed. A woman came to him and he gave her sixty dinars on condition that he have intercourse with her. When he sat from her as a man sits from his wife, she trembled and wept. He said: "What makes you weep? Were you compelled?" She said: "No, but this is an act I have never done, and only need drove me to it." He said: "You would do this and have never done it before?" Then he got down and said: "Go, and the dinars are yours." Then he said: "By Allah, al-Kifl will never disobey his Lord again." He died that very night, and in the morning it was written on his door: "Al-Kifl has been forgiven."'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7652Sahih
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ وَهَمَّ بِهَا} [يوسف 24] قَالَ جَلَسَ مِنْهَا مَجْلِسَ الرَّجُلِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَنُودِيَ يَا ابْنَ يَعْقُوبَ أَتَزْنِي فَتَكُونَ كَالطَّائِرِ يُنْتَفُ رِيشَهُ فَيَطِيرُ وَلَا رِيشَ لَهُ
✧ Regarding His saying, Exalted is He: {And she certainly desired him, and he would have desired her} [Yusuf 24]; he said: 'He sat from her as a man sits from his wife, and it was called out: "O son of Ya'qub, will you commit adultery and be like a bird whose feathers are plucked, then it flies with no feathers?"'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7653Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعِظُ أَصْحَابَهُ فَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَمُرُّونَ فَجَاءَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَضَى الثَّانِي قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثُ فَمَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَّا هَذَا الَّذِي جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْنَا فَإِنَّهُ تَابَ فَتَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي مَضَى قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَإِنَّهُ اسْتَحْيَى فَاسْتَحْيَى اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَإِنَّهُ اسْتَغْنَى فَاسْتَغْنَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was admonishing his companions when three men passed by. One of them came and sat with the Prophet ﷺ; the second went on a little then sat; as for the third, he went on his way. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'As for this one who came and sat with us, he repented and Allah turned to him. As for the one who went on a little then sat, he was shy and Allah was shy of him. As for the one who went on his way, he was self-sufficient and Allah was self-sufficient from him.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7654Weak
أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَعْرَابِيٍّ أَسِيرٍ فَقَالَ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ وَلَا أَتُوبُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ لِأَهْلِهِ»
✧ A captive Bedouin was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'I repent to Allah, Exalted is He, and I do not repent to Muhammad.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He has recognized the truth for its people.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7655No grade recorded
أَنَّ فَتًى مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَتَشَاغَلَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَدَّدَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ قَالَ الْفَتَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّ رَسُولَكَ لَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الْفَتَى نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَّا اسْتَغْفَرْتَ لِلْفَتَى فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَهُ فَالْحَقْهُ حَتَّى تُعْلِمَهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَهُ وَقُلْ لَهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ فَأَحْضَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أَثَرِهِ حَتَّى لَحِقَهُ فَلَمَّا لَحِقَهُ قَالَ «يَا فَتًى إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي» فَقَالَ الْفَتَى اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِرَسُولِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِرَسُولِكَ وَنَبِيِّكَ كَمَا غَفَرْتَ لِي إِنَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
✧ A young man from the sons of the Muhajirun came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, seek forgiveness for me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him, and he repeated that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ three times. When he saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not seek forgiveness for him, the young man said before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ three times: 'O Allah, forgive me; O Allah, forgive me; O Allah, forgive me, for Your Messenger did not seek forgiveness for me.' When the young man left, Jibril ﷺ descended to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why did you not seek forgiveness for the young man? For Allah has forgiven him. So catch up with him and inform him that Allah has forgiven him, and tell him to seek forgiveness for you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ hastened after him until he caught up with him. When he caught up with him, he said: 'O young man, Allah, Exalted is He, has forgiven you, so seek forgiveness for me.' The young man said: 'O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for Your Messenger; O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for Your Messenger and Your Prophet, just as You forgave me. Indeed, You are vast in forgiveness and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7656No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ سَابُورَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ
✧ Abu al-Hasan Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Mihran narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Muhammad b. Wahb al-Dimashqi narrated to us; Muhammad b. Shu'ayb b. Sabur narrated to us; Muhammad b. Abi Muslim narrated to us from his father from Ata' b. Abi Rabah from Abu Hurairah, and he mentioned the hadith in a similar manner.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7657Weak
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ﷻ لَوْ أَنَّ عِبَادِي أَطَاعُونِي لَأَسْقَيْتُهُمُ الْمَطَرَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَلَأَطْلَعْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّمْسَ بِالنَّهَارِ وَلَمَا أَسْمَعْتُهُمْ صَوْتَ الرَّعْدِ صدقة ضعفوه
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Your Lord ﷻ said: 'If My servants were to obey Me, I would give them rain to drink by night and make the sun rise upon them by day, and I would not make them hear the sound of thunder.' He is truthful, but they declared it weak.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7658Sahih
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَدُنَا يُذْنِبُ قَالَ «يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ مِنْهُ وَيَتُوبُ؟ قَالَ «يُغْفَرُ لَهُ وَيُتَابُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ فَيَعُودُ فَيُذْنِبُ؟ قَالَ «يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَمَلُّ اللَّهُ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, one of us commits a sin." He said, "It is written against him." He said, "Then he seeks forgiveness for it and repents?" He said, "He is forgiven and it is turned to him." He said, "Then he returns and commits a sin?" He said, "It is written against him, and Allah does not grow weary until you grow weary."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7659Sahih
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ أَوْ يَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ عَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ»
✧ "Verily Allah, exalted is He, forgives His servant or accepts the repentance of His servant as long as he has not gurgled [with the death rattle]."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7660Sahih
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعِ الْحِجَابُ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْحِجَابُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَمُوتَ النَّفْسُ مُشْرِكَةً»
✧ "Verily Allah forgives His servant as long as the veil has not fallen." It was said, O Messenger of Allah, and what is the veil? He said, "That the soul dies while associating partners [with Allah]."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7661No grade recorded
«مَنْ تَابَ إِلَى اللَّهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِيَوْمٍ قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ»
✧ "Whoever repents to Allah before he dies by a day, Allah accepts from him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7662No grade recorded
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ يَتُوبُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِيَوْمٍ إِلَّا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ تَوْبَتَهُ»
✧ "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, there is no person who repents before he dies by a day except that Allah accepts his repentance."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7663Abu Dawud silent
«مَنْ تَابَ إِلَى اللَّهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ "Whoever repents to Allah before his death by a year, Allah turns to him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7664Abu Dawud silent
«مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِعَامٍ تِيبَ عَلَيْهِ» حَتَّى قَالَ «بِشَهْرٍ» حَتَّى قَالَ «بِجُمُعَةٍ» حَتَّى قَالَ «بِيَوْمٍ» حَتَّى قَالَ «بِسَاعَةٍ» حَتَّى قَالَ «بِفُوَاقٍ» فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَوَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ حَتَّى إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ} [النساء 18] ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ "Whoever repents before his death by a year, it is turned to him," until he said, "by a month," until he said, "by a week," until he said, "by a day," until he said, "by an hour," until he said, "by a foal's gasp." I said, Glory be to Allah, has Allah ﷻ not said {And repentance is not for those who go on doing evil deeds, until when death presents itself to one of them, he says, 'Indeed, I have now repented'} [Al-Nisa', 18]? Then 'Abdullah said, "I only narrate to you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7665Sahih
الصَّلَاةُ الْمَكْتُوبَةُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَنَكْثُ الصَّفْقَةِ وَتَرْكُ السُّنَّةِ «أَمَّا نَكْثُ الصَّفْقَةِ فَالْإِمَامُ تُعْطِيهُ بَيْعَتَكَ ثُمَّ تُقْبِلُ عَلَيْهِ تُقَاتِلُهُ بِسَيْفِكَ وَأَمَّا تَرْكُ السُّنَّةِ فَالْخُرُوجُ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ»
✧ The prescribed prayer to the prayer that follows it is an expiation for what is between them. He said, then he said after that, "except for three: associating partners with Allah, breaking of the covenant, and abandoning the Sunnah. As for breaking the covenant, it is that you give an imam your pledge of allegiance, then you turn against him and fight him with your sword. As for abandoning the Sunnah, it is departing from the community."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7666Sahih
قَالَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ «أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَلُّونَ مَنْ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ الْخَمْسَ الَّتِي كُتِبْنَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ يَحْتَسِبُ صَوْمَهُ يَرَى أَنَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ وَيُعْطِي زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ يَحْتَسِبُهَا وَيَجْتَنِبُ الْكَبَائِرَ الَّتِي نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهَا» ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْكَبَائِرُ؟ فَقَالَ هِيَ تِسْعٌ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ وَقَتْلُ نَفْسِ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَفِرَارٌ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَةِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ الْمُسْلِمَيْنِ وَاسْتِحْلَالُ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ قِبْلَتِكُمْ أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا يَمُوتُ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ هَذِهِ الْكَبَائِرَ وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ إِلَّا كَانَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي دَارٍ أَبْوَابُهَا مَصَارِيعُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ»
✧ Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during the Farewell Hajj: "Behold, the friends of Allah are those who establish the five obligatory prayers that have been prescribed upon them, fast during Ramadan and consider their fasting as constantly ongoing, and give their obligatory charity while regarding it as a duty. They also abstain from major sins that Allah has forbidden." Then a man asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, what are the major sins?" He replied, "They are nine: associating partners with Allah, killing a believer without just cause, fleeing from the battlefield, usurping the property of orphans, consuming interest, falsely accusing chaste women, disobeying to the parents (especially when they are Muslims), and seeking permission to enter and reside in the Haram (the sacred sanctuary) before your permission." Then he said, "A man will not die until he performs these major sins and establishes prayer and pays the mandatory charity. In this case, he shall be among the Prophet ﷺ in a house whose gates are made of gold."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7667Sahih
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَلِجُ النَّارَ أَحَدٌ بَكَى مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ حَتَّى يَعُودَ اللَّبَنُ فِي الضَّرْعِ وَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ غُبَارٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ وَدُخَانُ جَهَنَّمَ فِي مِنْخَرَيْ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَدًا»
✧ From Abu Hurayrah, he attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ who said: "No one who weeps out of fear of Allah ﷻ will enter the Fire until the milk returns to the udder; and dust in the path of Allah ﷻ and the smoke of Hell will never combine in the nostrils of a Muslim."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7668Sahih
«مَنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ دُمُوعِهِ لَمْ يُعَذِّبْهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ "Whoever remembers Allah and his eyes overflow out of fear of Allah until the ground is struck by his tears, Allah, exalted is He, will not punish him on the Day of Resurrection."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7669Sahih
مَا مِنْ عَمَلِ يَوْمٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُخْتَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا لَيْلَةٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُخْتَمُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا حِيلَ بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنِ الْعَمَلِ قَالَ الْحَفَظَةُ يَا رَبَّنَا هَذَا عَمَلُ عَبْدِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحَالَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْعَمَلِ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ
✧ There is no deed of a day except that it is sealed upon it, and no night except that it is sealed upon it. Then, when the servant is prevented from deeds, the recording angels say, "O our Lord, this is the deed of Your servant before he was prevented from deeds, and You are most knowing of it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7670No grade recorded
الْتَقَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: أَيُّ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهُ أَرْجَى عِنْدَكَ؟ قَالَ {قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ} [الزمر 53] فَقَالَ لَكِنْ قَوْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِقَوْلِهِ {أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي} [البقرة 260]
ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās met ʿAbdullāh b. al-ʿĀs and he asked Ibn ʿAbbās: Which āyah in the Book of Allah is the most hopeful to you? He said: "Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah." (Zumar 39:53). Then he said: But the statement of Ibrāhīm "Do you not believe? He said, Indeed, but I wanted to satisfy my heart." (Baqarah 2:260)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7671Abu Dawud silent
«لِلْجَنَّةِ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابٍ سَبْعَةٌ مُغْلَقَةٌ وَبَابٌ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلتَّوْبَةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ»
✧ “Paradise has eight gates, seven of which are closed and one gate is open for repentance until the sun rises from its direction.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7672Sahih
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَالَ وَعِزَّتِكَ يَا رَبِّ لَا أَبْرَحُ أُغْوِي عِبَادَكَ مَا دَامَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ فِي أَجْسَادِهِمْ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلَالِي لَا أَزَالُ أَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَغْفَرُونِي
✧ Indeed, Satan said, “By Your might, O Lord, I will not cease leading Your servants astray as long as their souls are in their bodies.” So the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, said, “By My might and My majesty, I will not cease forgiving them as long as they seek My forgiveness.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7673Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ ابْنُ آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَخْطَأَ خَطِيئَةً فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَتُوبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ فَلْيَأْتِ رَفِيقَهُ فَلْيَمْدُدْ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْهَا لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا أَبَدًا فَإِنَّهُ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ مَا لَمْ يَرْجِعْ فِي عَمَلِهِ ذَلِكَ
✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: “Every word the son of Adam utters is recorded against him. If he commits a sin and wishes to repent to Allah ﷻ, let him go to his companion, stretch out his hands to Allah ﷻ, then say: ‘O Allah, I repent to You from it and will never return to it again,’ for it will be forgiven him as long as he does not return to that deed.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7674Sahih
عُبَادَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ قُرْطٍ «إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ الْيَوْمَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَنَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ «هُوَ ذَا كَذَلِكَ أَقُولُ»
✧ Ubadah — meaning Ibn Qurt — said: “Indeed, today you perform deeds which in your eyes are finer than a hair, but which we used to count among the destructive sins during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He said: So I said to Abu Qatadah, “How would it be if he had lived to see this time of ours?” He said, “That is exactly what I say.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7675Sahih
«مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعْمَلُ ذَنْبًا إِلَّا وَقَفَ الْمَلَكُ الْمُوَكَّلُ بِإِحْصَاءِ ذُنُوبِهِ ثَلَاثَ سَاعَاتٍ فَإِنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ذَلِكَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ السَّاعَاتِ لَمْ يُوقِفْهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يُعَذَّبْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “There is no Muslim who commits a sin except that the angel entrusted with recording his sins waits for three hours. If he seeks Allah’s forgiveness for that sin within any of those hours, it will not be recorded against him, nor will he be punished on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7676No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ مَنْ عَلِمَ مِنْكُمْ أَنِّي ذُو قُدْرَةٍ عَلَى مَغْفِرَةِ الذُّنُوبِ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي مَا لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا
✧ Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: “Whoever among you knows that I have power to forgive sins, I will forgive him and will not care, as long as he does not associate anything with Me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7677No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَكْثَرَ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ هَمٍّ فَرَجًا وَمِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ مَخْرَجًا وَرَزَقَهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ»
The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone continually asks pardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not reckon. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1518)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7678Sahih
«مَنْ أَصَابَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ذَنْبًا فَعُوقِبَ بِهِ فَاللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عُقُوبَتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ وَإِنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فِي الدُّنْيَا فَسَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَاللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ»
✧ “Whoever commits a sin in this world and is punished for it, Allah is too just to double the punishment for His servant. And whoever commits a sin in this world and Allah conceals it, Allah is too generous to revisit anything He has already pardoned.”