41. Heart Softners

1. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7844Sahih

   أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «أَخْلِصْ دِينَكَ يَكْفِكَ الْعَمَلُ الْقَلِيلُ»

   ✧ That he said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he sent him to Yemen: O Messenger of Allah, advise me. He said: “Make your religion sincere, and a little deed will suffice you.”

2. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7845No grade recorded

   نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ

   ✧ Two blessings which many people squander: health and free time.

3. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7846Sahih

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ اغْتَنِمْ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسٍ شَبَابَكَ قَبْلَ هِرَمِكَ وَصِحَّتَكَ قَبْلَ سَقَمِكَ وَغِنَاءَكَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِكَ وَفَرَاغَكَ قَبْلَ شُغْلِكَ وَحَيَاتَكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِكَ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man while advising him, "Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death."

4. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7847No grade recorded

   مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَرَأَى شَاةً شَائِلَةً بِرِجْلِهَا فَقَالَ «أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الشَّاةَ هَيِّنَةً عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا وَلَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Dhu al-Hulayfah and saw a sheep lifting its leg. He said: “Do you consider this sheep insignificant to its owner?” They said: Yes. He said: “By Him in whose hand is my soul, the world is more insignificant to Allah than this is to its owner. If the world weighed as much as a mosquito's wing with Allah, He would not give a disbeliever a drink of water from it.”

5. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7848Sahih

   دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَحْمُومٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي مِنْ فَوْقِ الْقَطِيفَةِ فَوَجَدْتُ حَرَارَةَ الْحُمَّى فَقُلْتُ مَا أَشَدَّ حُمَّاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يُضَاعَفُ عَلَيْنَا الْوَجَعُ لَيُضَاعَفُ لَنَا الْأَجْرُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‍‍‍‍ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيُبْتَلَى بِالْفَقْرِ حَتَّى مَا يَجِدُ إِلَّا الْعَبَاءَ فَيَحْوِيهَا وَيَلْبَسُهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيُبْتَلَى بِالْقُمْلِ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ الْقَمْلُ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْعَطَاءِ إِلَيْكُمْ»

   ✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he had a fever. I placed my hand over the blanket and felt the heat of the fever. I said: How severe your fever is, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “Thus it is with us prophets: pain is multiplied for us so that reward is multiplied for us.” I said: O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tried? He said: “The prophets.” I said: Then who? He said: “Then the righteous. A man would be tried with poverty until he found nothing but a cloak, and he would wrap himself in it and wear it. One of them would be tried with lice until the lice killed him, and that was dearer to them than what is given to you.”

6. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7849No grade recorded

   «أَلَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مِثْلُ الذُّبَابِ تَمُورُ فِي جَوِّهَا فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ فَإِنَّ أَعْمَالَكُمْ تُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِمْ»

   ✧ “Indeed, nothing remains of this world except the like of a fly buzzing in its air. So fear Allah, fear Allah regarding your brothers among the people of the graves, for your deeds are presented to them.”

7. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7850No grade recorded

   «إِنَّ قَلْبَ ابْنِ آدَمَ مِثْلُ الْعُصْفُورِ يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ»

   ✧ “The heart of the son of Adam is like a sparrow; it turns over seven times a day.”

8. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7851Sahih

   «مَنْ خَافَ أَدْلَجَ وَمَنْ أَدْلَجَ فَقَدْ بَلَغَ الْمَنْزِلَ أَلَا إِنَّ سِلْعَةَ اللَّهِ غَالِيَةٌ أَلَا إِنَّ سِلْعَةَ اللَّهِ غَالِيَةٌ»

   "Whoever fears traveling at night - and whoever travels at night reaches his destination - Allah provides him with the most precious of goods, and indeed Allah's goods are but Paradise." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2450)

9. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7852Abu Dawud silent

   «مَنْ خَافَ أَدْلَجَ وَمَنْ أَدْلَجَ فَقَدْ بَلَغَ الْمَنْزِلَ أَلَا إِنَّ سِلْعَةَ اللَّهِ غَالِيَةٌ أَلَا إِنَّ سِلْعَةَ اللَّهِ الْجَنَّةُ جَاءَتِ الرَّاجِفَةُ تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيهِ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever fears Adlaj, and whoever reaches Adlaj has indeed reached the destination. Know that the merchandise of Allah is precious, and the merchandise of Allah is Paradise. The rumbling will follow it, and then the pebbles will follow it. Death has come with whatever it contains." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.

10. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7853No grade recorded

    «مَنْ أَحَبَّ دُنْيَاهُ أَضَرَّ بِآخِرَتِهِ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ آخِرَتَهُ أَضَرَّ بِدُنْيَاهُ فَآثِرُوا مَا يَبْقَى عَلَى مَا يَفْنَى»

    ✧ Whoever loves his worldly life harms his Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter harms his worldly life. So prefer what remains over what perishes.

11. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7854Sahih

    قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذِهِ الْأَمْرَاضَ الَّتِي تُصِيبُنَا مَاذَا لَنَا بِهَا؟ قَالَ «كَفَّارَاتٌ» فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّتْ؟ قَالَ «شَوْكَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا؟» قَالَ «فَدَعَا أُبَيٌّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ لَا يُفَارِقَهُ الْوَعَكُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَا يَشْغَلَهُ عَنْ حَجٍّ وَلَا عَمْرَةٍ وَلَا جِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ وَلَا صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ» قَالَ «فَمَا مَسَّ رَجُلٌ جِلْدَهُ بَعْدَهَا إِلَّا وَجَدَ حَرَّهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ»

    ✧ A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about these illnesses that afflict us? What reward do we have for them?' He said, 'They are expiations.' Ubayy b. Ka'b said, 'O Messenger of Allah, even if they are minor?' He said, 'Even a thorn or anything above that.' He said, 'Then Ubayy supplicated against himself that fever would not leave him until he died, so long as it did not distract him from Hajj, 'Umrah, jihad in the cause of Allah, or the prescribed prayer in congregation.' He said, 'After that, no man touched his skin except that he felt its heat until he died.'

12. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7855No grade recorded

    لَيْسَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَوْمٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُخْتَمُ فَإِذَا مَرِضَ الْمُؤْمِنُ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَا رَبَّنَا عَبْدُكَ فُلَانٌ قَدْ حَبَسْتَهُ فَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ تَعَالَى اخْتِمُوا لَهُ عَلَى مِثْلٍ عَمَلِهِ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ أَوْ يَمُوتَ

    ✧ There is no day's deed except that it is sealed. When a believer falls ill, the angels say, 'Our Lord, Your servant so-and-so, You have detained him.' The Lord Almighty says, 'Seal for him the like of his deeds until he recovers or dies.'

13. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7856No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فَدَعَا بِشَرَابٍ فَأُتِيَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَسَلٍ فَلَمَّا أَدْنَاهُ مِنْ فِيهِ بَكَى وَبَكَى حَتَّى أَبْكَى أَصْحَابَهُ فَسَكَتُوا وَمَا سَكَتَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَبَكَى حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَى مَسْأَلَتِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَقَالُوا يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْكَاكَ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَدْفَعُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ أَرَ مَعَهُ أَحَدًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الَّذِي تَدْفَعُ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ؟ قَالَ «هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا مُثِّلَتْ لِي فَقُلْتُ لَهَا إِلَيْكِ عَنِّي ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ إِنْ أَفْلَتَّ مِنِّي فَلَنْ يَنْفَلِتَ مِنِّي مَنْ بَعْدَكَ»

    ✧ We were with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq when he called for a drink. He was brought water and honey. When he brought it close to his mouth, he wept and wept until he made his companions weep. They fell silent, but he did not fall silent. Then he resumed weeping until they thought they would not be able to ask him. He said, 'Then he wiped his eyes.' They said, 'O successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what made you weep?' He said, 'I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I saw him pushing something away from himself, and I saw no one with him. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what are you pushing away from yourself?' He said, 'This world was presented to me, and I said to it, 'Away from me!' Then it returned and said, 'If you escape me, no one after you will escape me.'

14. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7857Sahih

    «إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا حَمَاهُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا يَحْمِي أَحَدُكُمْ مَرِيضَهُ الْمَاءَ»

    ✧ When Allah loves a servant, He protects him from the world just as one of you protects his sick person from water.

15. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7858Sahih

    دَخَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ فِرَاشًا أَوْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لِلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَرَاكِبٍ سَارَ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَاسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا»

    ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was on a mat that had left marks on his side. He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if only you would take a bed softer than this.' He said, 'What do I have to do with the world? What does the world have to do with me? By the One in whose hand is my soul, my likeness and the likeness of this world is only that of a rider who traveled on a hot day, shaded himself under a tree for an hour of the day, then departed and left it.'

16. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7859No grade recorded

    «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَرَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا»

    ✧ What do I have to do with the world? My likeness and the likeness of the world is only that of a rider who rested under a tree on a hot day, then departed and left it.

17. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7860Fabricated

    «مَنْ طَلَبَ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَانَتِ السَّمَاءُ ظِلَالَهُ وَالْأَرْضُ فِرَاشَهُ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا فَهُوَ لَا يَزْرَعُ الزَّرْعَ وَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَهُوَ لَا يَغْرِسُ الشَّجَرَ وَيَأْكُلُ الثِّمَارَ تَوَكُّلًا عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَطَلَبًا لِمَرْضَاتِهِ فَضَمَّنَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ رِزْقَهُ فَهُمْ يَتْعَبُونَ فِيهِ وَيَأْتُونَ بِهِ حَلَالًا وَيَسْتَوْفِي هُوَ رِزْقَهُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْيَقِينُ»

    ✧ Whoever seeks what is with Allah, the sky will be his shade and the earth his bed. He will not be concerned with anything of worldly matters. He does not sow crops, yet he eats bread. He does not plant trees, yet he eats fruits, trusting in Allah Almighty and seeking His pleasure. Allah has guaranteed the seven heavens and the seven earths his provision. They toil in it and bring it lawfully, while he receives his provision in full without reckoning before Allah Almighty until certainty comes to him.

18. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7861Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ لِيُبَلِّغَ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمُ الْغَائِبَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «حُلْوَةُ الدُّنْيَا مُرَّةُ الْآخِرَةِ وَمُرَّةُ الدُّنْيَا حُلْوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ»

    ✧ When Abu Malik al-Ash'ari was on his deathbed, he said, 'O assembly of Ash'aris, let the present among you inform the absent that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The sweetness of the world is the bitterness of the Hereafter, and the bitterness of the world is the sweetness of the Hereafter.'

19. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7862Sahih

    «بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَالنُّصْرَةِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ»

    ✧ Give glad tidings to this nation of eminence, elevation, victory, and empowerment in the land. Whoever among them performs a deed of the Hereafter for the sake of the world will have no share in the Hereafter.

20. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7863No grade recorded

    تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ} [الأنعام 125] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ النُّورَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الصَّدْرَ انْفَسَحَ» فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لِذَلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ يُعْرَفُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ التَّجَافِي عَنْ دَارِ الْغُرُورِ وَالْإِنَابَةُ إِلَى دَارِ الْخُلُودِ وَالِاسْتِعْدَادِ لِلْمَوْتِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهِ» عدي بن الفضل ساقط

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited, 'Whomever Allah wills to guide, He opens his chest to Islam' [al-An'am 125], then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When light enters the chest, it expands.' It was said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there a sign by which that is known?' He said, 'Yes: withdrawal from the abode of delusion, turning to the abode of eternity, and preparing for death before it descends.' 'Adi b. al-Fadl is unreliable.

21. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7864No grade recorded

    أَرْبَعٌ لَا يُصِبْنَ إِلَّا بِعَجَبٍ الصَّمْتُ وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ الْعِبَادَةِ وَالتَّوَضُّعُ وَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَقِلَّةُ الشَّيْءِ

    ✧ Four things only occur with wonder: silence, which is the first act of worship; humility; remembrance of Allah Almighty; and paucity of possessions.

22. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7865Weak

    «إِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِلْمُنَافِقِ يَا سَيِّدُ فَقَدْ أَغْضَبَ رَبَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى»

    ✧ When a man says to the hypocrite, “O master,” he has angered his Lord, Blessed and Exalted.

23. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7866Sahih

    لَيْسَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ حَقٌّ فِيمَا سِوَى هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ بَيْتٌ يَسْتُرُهُ وَثَوْبٌ يُوَارِي عَوْرَتَهُ وَجِلْفٌ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ وَالْمَاءِ

    ✧ The son of Adam has no right except in these traits: a house to shelter him, a garment to cover his private parts, and a crust of bread and water.

24. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7867No grade recorded

    لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنْ أَرَدْتِ اللُّحُوقَ بِي فَلْيَكْفِكِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَزَادِ الرَّاكِبِ لَا تَسْتَخْلِقِي ثَوْبًا حَتَّى تُرَقِّعِيهِ وَإِيَّاكِ وَمُجَالَسَةَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “O Aisha, if you wish to join me, let what suffices you of this world be like the provision of a rider: do not replace a garment until you patch it, and beware of sitting with the rich.”

25. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7868Sahih

    «يَا طَارِقُ اسْتَعِدَّ لِلْمَوْتِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِ الْمَوْتِ»

    ✧ “O Tariq, prepare for death before death descends.”

26. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7869Sahih

    «أَقِلُّوا الدُّخُولَ عَلَى الْأَغْنِيَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ قَمِنٌ أَنْ لَا تَزْدَرُوا نِعَمَ اللَّهِ ﷻ»

    ✧ “Reduce your visits to the rich, for it is likely that you will not disdain the blessings of Allah ﷻ.”

27. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7870Weak

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نِعْمَتِ الدَّارُ الدُّنْيَا لِمَنْ تَزَوَّدَ مِنْهَا لِآخِرَتِهِ حَتَّى يُرْضِىَ رَبَّهُ ﷻ وَبِئْسَتِ الدَّارُ لِمَنْ صَدَّتْهُ عَنْ آخِرَتِهِ وَقَصَّرَتْ بِهِ عَنْ رِضَاءِ رَبِّهِ وَإِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ الدُّنْيَا قَالَتِ الدُّنْيَا قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ أَعْصَانَا لِرَبِّهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “How excellent is this world as an abode for the one who takes provision from it for his Hereafter until he pleases his Lord ﷻ. And how evil is this abode for the one whom it distracts from his Hereafter and falls short of pleasing his Lord. When a servant says, ‘May Allah make the world ugly,’ the world says, ‘May Allah make ugly the one who disobeys his Lord.’”

28. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7871No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ يَا مَلَائِكَتِي أَنَا قَيَّدْتُ عَبْدِي بِقَيْدٍ مِنْ قُيُودِي فَإِنْ أَقْبِضْهُ أَغْفِرْ لَهُ وَإِنْ أُعَافِهِ فَحِينَئِذٍ يَقْعُدُ وَلَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ

    ✧ When a servant falls ill, Allah reveals to His angels: “O My angels, I have bound My servant with one of My bonds. If I take his soul, I will forgive him; and if I restore him to health, then he will sit with no sin upon him.”

29. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7872Sahih

    «مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ “Whoever dies upon something, Allah will resurrect him upon it.”

30. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7873No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَعَظَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ «ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبُّكَ اللَّهُ ﷻ وَازْهَدْ فِيمَا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ يُحِبُّكَ النَّاسُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ admonished a man and said: “Be abstinent in this world and Allah ﷻ will love you, and be abstinent in what people possess and people will love you.”

31. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7874Sahih

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَعْتَصِمُ بِهِ قَالَ «قُلْ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِسَانِ نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا»

    ✧ I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a matter I can hold fast to.” He said, “Say, ‘My Lord is Allah,’ then remain steadfast.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, what do you fear most for me?” He took hold of his own tongue and said, “This.”

32. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7875No grade recorded

    «النَّظْرَةُ سَهْمٌ مِنْ سِهَامِ إِبْلِيسَ مَسْمُومَةٌ فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا مِنْ خَوْفِ اللَّهِ أَثَابَهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ إِيمَانًا يَجِدُ حَلَاوَتَهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ»

    ✧ “The glance is a poisoned arrow from the arrows of Iblis. Whoever abandons it out of fear of Allah, He, Mighty and Majestic, will reward him with faith whose sweetness he will find in his heart.”

33. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7876Abu Dawud silent

    أَرْبَعٌ إِذَا كَانَ فِيكَ لَا يَضُرُّكُ مَا فَاتِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حَفْظُ أَمَانَةٍ وَصِدْقُ حَدِيثٍ وَحُسْنُ خَلِيقَةٍ وَعِفَّةُ طُعْمَةٍ

    ✧ Four traits, if they are in you, will not harm you for what you miss of this world: keeping trusts, truthful speech, good character, and moderation in eating.

34. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7877Sahih

    «لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَمِلَ عَمَلًا فِي صَخْرَةٍ لَا بَابَ لَهَا وَلَا كُوَّةٌ لَخَرَجَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَائِنًا مَا كَانَ»

    ✧ If a man were to perform a deed inside a rock with no door and no opening, his deed would still come out to the people, whatever it may be.

35. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7878Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُجَرِّبُ أَحَدَكُمْ بِالْبَلَاءِ، وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ، كَمَا يُجَرِّبُ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَهَبَهُ بِالنَّارِ: (١) فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ الْإِبْرِيزِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي نَجَّاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، (٢) وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ دُونَ ذَلِكَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَشُكُّ بَعْضَ الشَّكِّ، (٣) وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي قَدِ افْتُتِنَ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah tries each one of you with balāʾ (tribulations) while He is well aware of him. ˹He tries him˺ just like one of you ˹purifies˺ his gold with fire. And from among them are (1) those who come out like the gold of Ibrīz (pure gold) and are the ones whom Allah ﷻ has saved from evil deeds; and (2) from among them is the one who comes out like gold of lesser quality and such is the one whole was ˹taken˺ by some doubts, and (3) from among them is the one who comes out like blackened gold, and such is the one who has ˹experienced˺ fitnah."

36. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7879Sahih

    «مَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ فِي جَسَدِهِ وَمَالِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»

    ✧ Calamity continues to afflict the believer in his body and his wealth until he meets Allah Almighty with no sin upon him.

37. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7880Sahih

    عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «أَنْتُمْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاةً وَأَكْثَرُ صِيَامًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا وَبِمَ؟ قَالَ «كَانُوا أَزْهَدَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَرْغَبَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»

    ✧ Abdullah said: "You pray more and fast more than the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, yet they were better than you." They said, "Why?" He said, "They were more abstinent from this world than you, and more desirous of the Hereafter than you."

38. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7881Sahih

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا قَطُّ أَرْغَبَ فِيمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَزْهَدُ فِيهِ مِنْكُمْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَكَانَ يَزْهَدُ فِيهَا وَاللَّهِ مَا مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا وَالَّذِي عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ»

    ✧ He informed him that he heard Amr b. al-As saying on the pulpit: "By Allah, I have never seen any people more desirous of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was abstinent from than you. You desire this world, while he was abstinent from it. By Allah, no three days of time passed for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except that what he owed was more than what he possessed."

39. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7882Abu Dawud silent

    «الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَسَنَتُهُ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا فَارَقَ السِّجْنَ وَالسَّنَةَ»

    ✧ The world is the believer's prison and his place of hardship. When he departs from the world, he leaves behind the prison and the hardship.

40. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7883No grade recorded

    «يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ عُبَّادٌ جُهَّالٌ وَقُرَّاءُ فَسَقَةٌ»

    ✧ In the last age there will be ignorant worshippers and sinful reciters.

41. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7884No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ حَزِينٍ»

    ✧ Indeed, Allah loves every sorrowful heart.

42. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7885No grade recorded

    «بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَخَيَّلَ وَاخْتَالَ وَنَسِيَ الْكَبِيرَ الْمُتَعَالِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَبْدَأَ وَالْمُنْتَهَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ بَغَى وَعَتَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَالْبِلَا بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنْيَا بِالدِّينِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدِّينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَصُدُّهُ الرُّعْبُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ طَمَعٌ يَقُودُهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدُ هَوًى يُضِلُّهُ»

    ✧ Wretched is the servant who is conceited and boastful and forgets the Most Great, the Most High. Wretched is the servant who is heedless and distracted and forgets the beginning and the end. Wretched is the servant who transgresses and is insolent and forgets the graves and the trials. Wretched is the servant who deceives in worldly matters at the expense of religion. Wretched is the servant who deceives in religion through doubtful matters. Wretched is the servant whom fear turns away from the truth. Wretched is the servant whom greed leads. Wretched is the servant whom desire misleads.

43. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7886Sahih

    «لَتُنْتَقُنَّ كَمَا تُنْتَقَى التَّمْرُ مِنَ الْجَفْنَةِ فَلَيَذْهَبَنَّ خِيَارُكُمْ وَلَيَبْقَيَنَّ شِرَارُكُمْ فَمُوتُوا إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»

    ✧ You will certainly be sifted as dates are sifted from the basket, so the best of you will depart and the worst of you will remain. So die if you can.

44. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7887No grade recorded

    «يَا بِلَالُ الْقَ اللَّهَ فَقِيرًا وَلَا تَلْقَهُ غَنِيًّا» قَالَ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ لِي بِذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا رُزِقْتَ فَلَا تَخْبَأْ وَإِذَا سُئِلْتَ فَلَا تَمْنَعْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ لِي بِذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «هُوَ ذَاكَ وَإِلَّا فَالنَّارُ»

    ✧ "O Bilal, meet Allah poor and do not meet Him rich." He said, "I said, 'How can I do that, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said, 'When you are given provision, do not hoard it; and when you are asked, do not withhold.' He said, 'I said, 'How can I do that, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'It is that, or else the Fire.'"

45. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7888Sahih

    «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ وَذَقْنُهُ عَلَى رَحْلِهِ مُتَخَشِّعًا»

    ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ entered Makkah with his chin on his saddle, humbling himself.

46. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7889Fabricated

    «مَنْ أَصْبَحَ وَالدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرُ هَمِّهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ عَامَّةً فَلَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ Whoever wakes up and this world is his greatest concern, then he has nothing to do with Allah; and whoever does not fear Allah, then he has nothing to do with Allah; and whoever does not care about the Muslims in general, then he is not one of them.

47. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7890Sahih

    رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِ رَجُلٍ سَمِينٍ وَيَقُولُ «لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ»

    ✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ gesturing with his hand toward the belly of a fat man and saying, "If this were in other than this, it would be better for you."

48. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7891Sahih

    لَهُ سَعْدٌ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؟ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ وَتَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْضَ وَتَلْقَى أَصْحَابَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَبْكِي جَزَعًا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَا حِرْصًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا وَلَكِنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا عَهْدًا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا قَالَ «لِتَكُنْ بِلُغَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا مِثْلَ زَادِ الرَّاكِبِ» وَحَوْلِي هَذِهِ الْأَسَاوِدَةُ قَالَ فَإِنَّمَا حَوْلَهُ إِجَّانَةٌ وَجَفْنَةٌ وَمَطْهَرَةٌصحيح

    ✧ Sa'd said to him: What makes you weep, O Abu 'Abdullah? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died while he was pleased with you, and you will come to him at the Hawd and meet your companions. Salman said: Indeed, I do not weep out of dread of death or greed for this world, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a covenant with us, living and dead: "Let the provision of any of you from this world be like the provision of a rider." And around me are these black things. He said: Around him were only a washing tub, a large bowl, and a water container. Sahih.

49. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7892Sahih

    «مَا أَكْثَرَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلَّا كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِ إِلَى قُلٍّ»

    ✧ "No one increases in usury except that the end of his affair leads to poverty."

50. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7893No grade recorded

    «مَنْ شَانَ عَلَى مُسْلِمٍ كَلِمَةً يَشِينُهُ بِهَا بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ أَشَانَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ "Whoever disparages a Muslim with a word by which he shames him without right, Allah will shame him with it in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection."

51. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7894Abu Dawud silent

    «لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ، لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ: تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا».

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If you were to rely upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they set out in the morning hungry and return in the evening full.”

52. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7895No grade recorded

    «بَشِّرْ أُمَّتِي بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الْبِلَادِ مَا لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَمَنْ طَلَبَ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ»

    ✧ "Give glad tidings to my Ummah of high rank, elevation, and empowerment in the lands as long as they do not seek this world by the deeds of the Hereafter. Whoever seeks this world by the deeds of the Hereafter will have no share in the Hereafter."

53. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7896Sahih

    «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فِتْنَةٌ وَإِنَّ فِتْنَةَ أُمَّتِي الْمَالُ»

    ✧ "Indeed, every Ummah has a trial, and the trial of my Ummah is wealth."

54. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7897Sahih

    «مَنْ أَحَبَّ دُنْيَاهُ أَضَرَّ بِآخِرَتِهِ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ آخِرَتَهُ أَضَرَّ بِدُنْيَاهُ فَآثِرُوا مَا يَبْقَى عَلَى مَا يَفْنَى»

    ✧ "Whoever loves his worldly life harms his Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter harms his worldly life, so prefer what remains over what perishes."

55. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7898Sahih

    كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَذَاكَرُوا الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا بَلَاغٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ فِيهَا الْعَمَلُ وَفِيهَا الصَّلَاةُ وَفِيهَا الزَّكَاةُ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمُ الْآخِرَةُ فِيهَا الْجَنَّةُ وَقَالُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَمْشِي أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْيَمِّ فَأَدْخَلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِيهِ فَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ فَهِيَ الدُّنْيَا»

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ, and they discussed this world and the Hereafter. Some of them said: The world is only a means to the Hereafter; in it is work, prayer, and zakah. A group of them said: The Hereafter contains Paradise. They said what Allah willed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The world compared to the Hereafter is only like one of you walking to the sea and putting his finger into it; what comes out of it is the world."

56. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7899Sahih

    «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ حَتَّى يَدَعَ مَا لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ حَذَرًا لِمَا بِهِ بَأْسٌ»

    ✧ On the authority of Atiyyah ibn Sa'd, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a person is not considered one of the righteous until he leaves what is permissible out of caution for what is impermissible."

57. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7900Weak

    «تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمَوْتُ»

    "Water is for Water." [1] [1] That is, water for peforming Ghusl is obligatory when the ejaculation of water (semen) occurs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 199)

58. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7901Sahih

    «إِنَّ الصَّالِحِينَ يُشَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِمْ»

    ✧ "Indeed, the righteous are subjected to hardship."

59. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7902Weak

    «مَنْ أَصْبَحَ وَهَمُّهُ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فَلَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever starts their day with concerns other than Allah, they are not of Allah in anything. And whoever does not show concern for the Muslims, they are not of them." Issac and Muqatil are not trustworthy or truthful.

60. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7903No grade recorded

    «هَكَذَا الْإِخْلَاصُ يُشِيرُ بِإِصْبَعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَهَذَا الدُّعَاءُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَهَذَا الِابْتِهَالُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا »

    ✧ "Thus is sincerity," and he gestured with the finger next to the thumb. "And this is supplication," and he raised his hands level with his shoulders. "And this is earnest entreaty," and he raised his hands, stretching them out.

61. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7904Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ الدُّنْيَا كُلَّهَا قَلِيلًا وَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا الْقَلِيلُ مِنَ الْقَلِيلِ وَمَثَلُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا كَالثَّغْبِ يَعْنِي الْغَدِيرَ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ»

    ✧ "Indeed, Allah the Exalted made the entire world little, and what remains of it is only the little of the little. The likeness of what remains of it is like a watering hole, meaning a pool, whose clear water has been drunk and whose dregs remain."

62. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7905Sahih

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا وَلَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَخَرَجْتُمْ إِلَى الصُّعُدَاتِ تَجْأَرُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ لَا تَدْرُونَ تَنْجُونَ أَوْ لَا تَنْجُونَ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "If you knew what I know, you would weep much and laugh little, and you would go out to the high places crying out to Allah ﷻ, not knowing whether you will be saved or not saved."

63. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7906Sahih

    «مَا يَنْتَظِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَّا غِنًى مُطْغِيًا أَوْ فَقْرًا مُنْسِيًا أَوْ مَرَضًا مُفْسِدًا أَوْ هَرَمًا مُفَنِّدًا أَوْ مَوْتًا مُجْهِزًا أَوِ الدَّجَّالَ وَالدَّجَّالُ شَرُّ غَائِبٍ يُنْتَظَرُ أَوِ السَّاعَةَ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ»

    ✧ None of you is waiting for anything except wealth that causes tyranny, or poverty that causes forgetfulness, or a debilitating illness, or senility that leads to foolishness, or a sudden death, or the Dajjal—and the Dajjal is the worst awaited unseen—or the Hour, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

64. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7907Abu Dawud silent

    «مَا مِنْ قَلْبٍ إِلَّا بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ»

    ✧ There is no heart except that it is between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful; if He wills, He keeps it upright, and if He wills, He causes it to deviate.

65. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7908No grade recorded

    «يَا عَلِيُّ اطْلُبُوا الْمَعْرُوفَ مِنْ رُحَمَاءَ أُمَّتِي تَعِيشُوا فِي أَكْنَافِهِمْ وَلَا تَطْلُبُوهُ مِنَ الْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّعْنَةَ تَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ»

    ✧ O Ali, seek goodness from the merciful ones of my nation, you will live in their protection; and do not seek it from those whose hearts are hard, for the curse descends upon them.

66. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7909Sahih

    «أَكْثَرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ الْمَوْتِ»

    ✧ Increase in remembering the destroyer of pleasures: death.

67. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7910Sahih

    «لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا»

    ✧ Do not acquire estates, lest you become desirous of the world.

68. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7911Sahih

    «اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مِسْكِينًا وَتَوَفَّنِي مِسْكِينًا وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَإِنَّ أَشْقَى الِأَشْقِيَاءِ مَنِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ فَقْرُ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "O Allah, let me live as a poor person and let me die as a poor person, and gather me with the group of the poor. Verily, the most miserable of all the miserable ones is the one upon whom the misery of poverty in this world and the torment of the Hereafter are combined."

69. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7912Sahih

    عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} [المائدة 105] فَقَالَ أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا خَبِيرًا أَنَا سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ مُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ شُحًّا مُطَاعًا وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعًا وَدُنْيَا مُؤْثَرَةً وَرَأَيْتَ أَمْرًا لَابُدَّ لَكَ مِنْ طَلَبِهِ فَعَلَيْكَ نَفْسَكَ وَدَعْهُمْ وَعَوَامَّهُمْ فَإِنَّ وَرَاءَكُمْ أَيَّامَ الصَّبْرِ صَبْرٌ فِيهِنَّ كَقَبْضٍ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ لِلْعَامِلِ فِيهِنَّ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ يَعْمَلُ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ»

    ✧ Regarding this verse: {O you who believe, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided} [al-Ma'idah 105]. Abu Tha'labah said: You have asked about it one who is well-informed. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it before, and he said: "O Abu Tha'labah, enjoin good and forbid evil. Then when you see miserliness obeyed, desire followed, the world preferred, and you see a matter that you must necessarily seek, then upon you is [to look after] yourself and leave them and their common people. For behind you are days of patience; patience during them is like grasping a live coal. The one who acts [righteously] during them will have the reward of fifty who do the like of his deed."

70. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7913Sahih

    انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ قَالَ يَقُولُ ابْنُ آدَمَ مَالِي مَالِي وَهَلَ لَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ إِلَّا مَا لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ أَوْ أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ

    ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was reciting: 'The mutual rivalry for piling up [worldly things] diverts you, until you visit the graves.' He said: 'The son of Adam says: My wealth, my wealth. But do you have from your wealth anything except what you wore and wore out, or ate and consumed, or gave in charity and thus sent forth [for the Hereafter]?'

71. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7914Sahih

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَزَقَ فِي كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ عَلَيْهَا إِصْبَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تُعْجِزُنِي وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا حَتَّى إِذَا سَوَّيْتُكَ وَعَدَلْتُكَ مَشَيْتَ وَجَمَعَتْ وَمَنَعَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ قُلْتَ أَتَصَدَّقُ وَأَنَّى أَوَانُ الصَّدَقَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spat into his palm, then placed his finger on it, then said: 'Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: O son of Adam, do you try to frustrate Me, when I have created you from something like this? Then when I have fashioned you and proportioned you, you walked about, and you amassed and withheld, until when it reaches the collarbones, you say: I will give charity. But how far is it now the time for charity?'

72. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7915Sahih

    «اسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ» فَقُلْنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَسْتَحْيِي قَالَ «لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنْ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ فَلْيَحْفَظِ الرَّأْسَ وَمَا حَوَى وَالْبَطْنَ وَمَا وَعَى وَلْيَذْكُرِ الْمَوْتَ وَالْبِلَى وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ تَرَكَ زِينَةَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدِ اسْتَحْيَى مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ»

    ✧ "Be shy of Allah with the shyness He deserves." We said: O Prophet of Allah, we are shy. He said: "That is not it. But whoever is shy of Allah with the shyness He deserves, let him guard the head and what it contains, and the belly and what it holds, and let him remember death and decay. Whoever desires the Hereafter, let him abandon the adornment of this world. Whoever does that has been shy of Allah with the shyness He deserves."

73. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7916Sahih

    «يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَتَحَلَّقُونَ فِي مَسَاجِدِهِمْ وَلَيْسَ هِمَّتُهُمْ إِلَّا الدُّنْيَا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ فِيهِمْ حَاجَةٌ فَلَا تُجَالِسُوهُمْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will come a time when people gather in their mosques, but their hearts will be attached only to the dunya (worldly matters). They will have no need for Allah, so do not sit with them."

74. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7917Weak

    «اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَلَا يَزْدَادُ النَّاسُ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا حِرْصًا وَلَا يَزْدَادُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بُعْدًا»

    ✧ The Hour has drawn near, yet the people do not increase except in greed for the world, and they do not increase except in distance from Allah.

75. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7918Weak

    سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيَّ يَقُولُ لَمَّا بُعِثَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَتْ إِبْلِيسَ جُنُودُهُ فَقَالُوا قَدْ بُعِثَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ وَخَرَجَتْ أُمَّتُهُ فَقَالَ إِبْلِيسُ أَيُحِبُّونَ الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ لَئِنْ كَانُوا يُحِبُّونَهَا مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ لَا يَعْبُدُوا الْأَوْثَانَ إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَنْفَلِتُوا مِنِّي وَأَنَا أَغْدُو عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَرُوحُ بِثَلَاثٍ أَخْذِ الْمَالِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ وَإِنْفَاقِهِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ وَإِمْسَاكِهِ عَنْ حَقِّهِ وَالشَّرُّ كُلُّهُ لِهَذَا تَبَعٌ

    ✧ I heard Abu Umamah al-Bahili say: When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ was sent, Iblis's soldiers came to him and said: A Prophet of Allah has been sent and his nation has emerged. Iblis said: Do they love the world? They said: Yes. He said: If they love it, I do not care if they do not worship idols. They will never escape me. I will come to them morning and evening with three things: taking wealth without its right, spending it in other than its right, and withholding it from its right. And all evil follows from this.

76. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7919Sahih

    سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «التَّقْوَى وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ» وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ فَقَالَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about what most often causes people to enter Paradise. He said: "Taqwa and good character." And he was asked about what most often causes people to enter the Fire, and he said: "The two hollow organs: the mouth and the private parts."

77. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7920Sahih

    سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ «قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَجِدُ مَا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ مِنَ الدَّقَلِ وَهُوَ جَائِعٌ»

    ✧ I heard al-Nu'man while he was on the pulpit saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to not find enough to fill his belly from low-quality dates while he was hungry."

78. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7921Sahih

    جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا مُحَمَّدُ عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَأَحْبِبْ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَفَارِقُهُ وَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَجْزِيٌّ بِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا مُحَمَّدُ شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ وَعِزُّهُ اسْتِغْنَاؤُهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ»

    ✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad, live as you wish, for you will die; love whom you wish, for you will part from them; and do what you wish, for you will be recompensed for it." Then he said, "O Muhammad, the honor of a believer is standing in night prayer, and his might is his independence from people."

79. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7922Sahih

    «الْحَسَبُ الْمَالُ وَالْكَرَمُ التَّقْوَى»

    ✧ "Nobility is wealth, and generosity is piety."

80. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7923No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَبْغَضَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عُلَمَاءَهُمْ وَأَظْهَرُوا عِمَارَةَ أَسْوَاقِهِمْ وَتَنَاكَحُوا عَلَى جَمْعِ الدَّرَاهِمِ رَمَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ﷻ بِأَرْبَعِ خِصَالٍ بِالْقَحْطِ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ وَالْجَوْرِ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ وَالْخِيَانَةِ مِنْ ولَاةِ الْأَحْكَامِ وَالصَّوْلَةِ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When the Muslims hate their scholars, show off the construction of their markets, and intermarry for the sake of accumulating dirhams, Allah ﷻ will inflict upon them four traits: drought in time, oppression from the ruler, treachery from the governors of rulings, and assault from the enemy."

81. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7924Sahih

    «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَمُوتَ حَتَّى يَسْتَكْمِلَ رِزْقَهُ فَلَا تَسْتَبْطِئُوا الرِّزْقَ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَأَجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَبِ خُذُوا مَا حَلَّ وَدَعُوا مَا حُرِّمَ»

    ✧ "O people, indeed one of you will not die until he completes his provision, so do not deem provision slow. Fear Allah, O people, and be moderate in seeking. Take what is lawful and leave what is forbidden."

82. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7925No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَكَلَ خَشِنًا وَلَبِسَ خَشِنًا لَبِسَ الصُّوفَ وَاحْتَذَى الْمَخْصُوفَ» قِيلَ لِلْحَسَنِ مَا الْخَشِنُ؟ قَالَ «غَلِيظُ الشَّعِيرِ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُسِيغُهُ إِلَّا بِجَرْعَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ»

    ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ ate coarse food and wore coarse clothing; he wore wool and patched sandals." Al-Hasan was asked, "What is coarse?" He said, "Coarse barley, which the Prophet ﷺ could not swallow except with a gulp of water."

83. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7926Sahih

    يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلَأْ قَلْبَكَ غِنًى وَأَمْلَأْ يَدَيْكَ رِزْقًا يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَا تَبَاعَدْ مِنِّي فَأَمْلَأْ قَلْبَكَ فَقْرًا وَأَمْلَأْ يَدَيْكَ شُغْلًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Your Lord, blessed and exalted, says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself to My worship; I will fill your heart with richness and fill your hands with provision. O son of Adam, do not distance yourself from Me, lest I fill your heart with poverty and fill your hands with preoccupation.’”

84. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7927Sahih

    سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ بِمِصْرَ «مَا أَبْعَدَ هَدْيَكُمْ مِنْ هَدْيِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ أَمَّا هُوَ فَكَانَ أَزْهَدَ النَّاسِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَأَرْغَبُ النَّاسِ فِيهَا»

    ✧ I heard 'Amr b. al-'As saying while he was addressing the people in Egypt: "How far your guidance is from the guidance of your Prophet ﷺ! As for him, he was the most abstinent of people in this world, whereas you are the most desirous of it."

85. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7928Sahih

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي وَأَوْجَزْ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَلَيْكَ بِالْإِيَاسِ مِمَّا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ وَإِيَّاكَ وَالطَّمِعَ فَإِنَّهُ الْفَقْرُ الْحَاضِرُ وَصَلِّ صَلَاتَكَ وَأَنْتَ مُوَدَّعٌ وَإِيَّاكَ وَمَا تَعْتَذِرُ مِنْهُ»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, advise me and be brief." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "You must despair of what is in people's hands, and beware of greed, for it is present poverty. Pray your prayer as if you are bidding farewell, and beware of that for which you would have to apologize."

86. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7929Sahih

    «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَرَى كَثْرَةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْغِنَى؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَتَرَى أَنَّ قِلَّةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنَى الْقَلْبِ وَالْفَقْرُ فَقْرُ الْقَلْبِ»

    ✧ On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "O Abu Dharr, do you consider abundance of wealth to be wealth?" I said, "Yes." He said, "And do you consider scarcity of wealth to be poverty?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "No, that is not the case. Indeed, true wealth is wealth of the heart, and true poverty is poverty of the heart."

87. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7930Sahih

    أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أُنَاسٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ وَكُنْتُ أَصْغَرَ الْقَوْمِ فَخَلَّفُونِي فِي رِحَالِهِمْ ثُمَّ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَضَى مِنْ حَوَائِجِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ غُلَامٌ مَعَنَا خَلَّفْنَاهُ فِي رِحَالِنَا فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَبْعَثُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَتَوْنِي فَقَالُوا أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ «مَا أَغْنَاكَ اللَّهُ فَلَا تَسْأَلِ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّ الْيَدَ الْعُلْيَا هِيَ الْمُنْطِيَةُ وَإِنَّ الْيَدَ السُّفْلَى هِيَ الْمُنْطَاةُ وَإِنَّ مَالَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَمَسْئُولٌ وَمُنْطَى» قَالَ فَكَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلُغَتِنَا

    ✧ He informed him, saying: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among a group from Banu Sa'd b. Bakr, and I was the youngest of the people, so they left me behind with their baggage. Then they went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he fulfilled their needs. Then he said, "Is there anyone left among you?" They said, "Yes, a young boy with us whom we left behind with our baggage." He ordered them to send for me, so they came to me and said, "Answer the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So I went to him, and when he saw me, he said, "What Allah has enriched you with, do not ask people for anything. For the upper hand is the giving hand, and the lower hand is the receiving hand, and indeed Allah's wealth is asked for and given." He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke to me in our dialect.

88. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7931No grade recorded

    قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابَ عَلَى حُبِّ اثْنَتَيْنِ طُولِ الْحَيَاةِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْمَالِ

    ✧ The heart of an old man remains young in love of two things: long life and abundant wealth.

89. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7932Sahih

    «رُبَّ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ ذِي طِمْرَيْنِ تَنْبُو عَنْهُ أَعْيَنُ النَّاسِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ»

    ✧ "Many a disheveled, dusty person with two worn garments, from whom people's eyes turn away, if he were to swear by Allah, Allah would fulfill his oath."

90. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7933Sahih

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ خَرَجَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ قَالَ يُبْكِينِي شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ قَالَ وَمَا سَمِعْتُهُ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْيَسِيرَ مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ شِرْكٌ وَإِنَّ مَنْ عَادَى وَلِيَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ بَارَزَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْأَتْقِيَاءَ الْأَخْفِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ إِنْ غَابُوا لَمْ يُفْتَقَدُوا وَإِنْ حَضَرُوا لَمْ يُدْعَوْا وَلَمْ يُعْرَفُوا قُلُوبُهُمْ مَصَابِيحُ الْهُدَى يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ غَبْرَاءَ مُظْلِمَةٍ»

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab went out to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found Mu'adh b. Jabal weeping at the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "What makes you weep, O Mu'adh?" He said, "Something I heard from the occupant of this grave makes me weep." He said, "What did you hear?" He said, "I heard him say: 'Indeed, a little showing-off is polytheism. Indeed, whoever shows enmity to a friend of Allah has openly challenged Allah to war. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous, hidden ones who, when absent, are not missed, and when present, are not invited or recognized. Their hearts are lamps of guidance; they emerge from every dusty, dark place.'"

91. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7934Weak

    «مَنْ جَعَلَ الْهُمُومَ هَمًّا وَاحِدًا كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا هَمَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَنْ تَشَاعَبَتْ بِهِ الْهُمُومُ لَمْ يُبَالِ اللَّهُ فِي أَيِّ أَوْدِيَةِ الدُّنْيَا هَلَكَ»

    ✧ Whoever makes his concerns a single concern, Allah will suffice him in what concerns him of the affairs of this world and the Hereafter. And whoever is distracted by many concerns, Allah will not care in which valley of this world he perishes.

92. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7935No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ قَلْبَ ابْنِ آدَمَ مِثْلُ الْعُصْفُورِ يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ»

    ✧ Indeed the heart of the son of Adam is like a bird; it turns over seven times in a day.

93. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7936Sahih

    «الشِّرْكُ الْخَفِيُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ لِمَكَانِ الرَّجُلِ»

    ✧ The hidden shirk is that a man acts for the sake of another man.

94. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7937Sahih

    «كُنَّا نَعُدُّ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ الرِّيَاءَ الشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ»

    ✧ We used to consider on the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that showing off is the lesser shirk.

95. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7938Abu Dawud silent

    «مَنْ صَلَّى وَهُوَ يُرَائِي فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ وَمَنْ صَامَ وَهُوَ يُرَائِي فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ وَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَهُوَ يُرَائِي فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ»

    ✧ Whoever prays showing off has committed shirk, whoever fasts showing off has committed shirk, and whoever gives charity showing off has committed shirk.

96. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7939Abu Dawud silent

    رَجُلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَقِفُ الْمَوَاقِفَ أَبْتَغِي وَجْهَ اللَّهِ وَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرَى مَوْطِنِي قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ {فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا} [الكهف 110] سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

    ✧ A man said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I stand in the stations seeking the Face of Allah, and I love that my standing be seen.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not reply to him until it was revealed: {So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteous deeds} [al-Kahf: 110].' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.

97. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7940No grade recorded

    حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ بِوَجْهِهِ أَمْرًا سَاءَنِي فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الَّذِي أَرَى بِوَجْهِكَ؟ قَالَ «أَمْرٌ أَتَخَوَّفُهُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي» قُلْتُ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «الشِّرْكُ وَشَهْوَةٌ خَفِيَّةٌ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُشْرِكُ أُمَّتُكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ؟ قَالَ «يَا شَدَّادُ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْبُدُونَ شَمْسًا وَلَا قَمَرًا وَلَا وَثَنًا وَلَا حَجَرًا وَلَكِنْ يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرِّيَاءُ شِرْكٌ هُوَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ فَمَا الشَّهْوَةُ الْخَفِيَّةُ؟ قَالَ «يُصْبِحُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَائِمًا فَتَعْرِضُ لَهُ شَهْوَةٌ مِنْ شَهَوَاتِ الدُّنْيَا فَيُفْطِرُ»

    ✧ A hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said, 'And what is it?' He said, 'While I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I saw in his face something that distressed me. I said, "May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, what is it that I see in your face?" He said, "A matter I fear for my ummah after me." I said, "And what is it?" He said, "Shirk and hidden desire." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, will your ummah commit shirk after you?" He said, "O Shaddad, indeed they will not worship a sun, nor a moon, nor an idol, nor a stone, but they will show off to people with their deeds." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is showing off shirk?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Then what is the hidden desire?" He said, "One of you wakes up fasting, and a desire from the desires of this world is presented to him, and he breaks his fast."'

98. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7941Sahih

    لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «زُرِ الْقُبُورَ تَذْكُرْ بِهَا الْآخِرَةَ وَاغْسِلِ الْمَوْتَى فَإِنَّ مُعَالَجَةَ جَسَدٍ خَاوٍ مَوْعِظَةٌ بَلِيغَةٌ وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ لَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُكَ فَإِنَّ الْحَزِينَ فِي ظِلِّ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Visit the graves, for they remind you of the Hereafter. Wash the dead, for handling an empty body is an eloquent admonition. Pray over the funerals, perhaps that will grieve you, for the grieving one is in the shade of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.'

99. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7942Sahih

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْقَبْرُ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ» صحيح

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The grave is the first of the stages of the Hereafter. If one is saved from it, then what comes after is easier than it. And if one is not saved from it, then what comes after is more severe than it.' Sahih.

100. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7943No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَعَا إِلَى الْقِصَاصِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فِي خَدْشَةٍ خَدَشَهَا أَعْرَابِيًّا لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْهُ فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْكَ جَبَّارًا وَلَا مُتَكَبِّرًا فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ فَقَالَ «اقْتَصَّ مِنِّي» فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ قَدْ أَحْلَلْتُكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَمَا كُنْتُ لِأَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَبَدًا وَلَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِي فَدَعَا لَهُ بِخَيْرٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for retribution against himself for a scratch he inflicted on a bedouin unintentionally. Then Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, Allah did not send you as a tyrant or arrogant.' So the Prophet ﷺ called the bedouin and said, 'Take retribution from me.' The bedouin said, 'I have pardoned you, may my father and mother be your ransom. I would never do that, even if it cost me my life.' So he supplicated for good for him.

101. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7944Sahih

     أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللَّهَ» قَالَ اللَّهَ قَالَ «فَأَعِدَّ لِلْفَقْرِ تِجْفَافًا فَإِنَّ الْفَقْرَ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّنَا مِنَ السَّيْلِ مِنْ أَعْلَى الْأَكَمَةِ إِلَى أَسْفَلِهَا»

     ✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I love you, the People of the House.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'By Allah?' He said, 'By Allah.' He said, 'Then prepare for poverty a shield, for poverty is faster to those who love us than a flood from the top of a hill to its bottom.'

102. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7945Sahih

     «مَا مَلَأَ آدَمِيٌّ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ حَسْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ ثَلَاثُ أَكَلَاتٍ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَثُلُثٌ طَعَامٌ وَثُلُثٌ شَرَابٌ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفْسِهِ»

     ✧ No human being fills a vessel worse than his stomach. Sufficient for the son of Adam are a few morsels to keep his back straight. But if it must be, then one third for food, one third for drink, and one third for himself.

103. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7946Sahih

     «فِي جَهَنَّمَ وَادٍ فِي الْوَادِي بِئْرٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ هَبْ هَبْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُسْكِنَهَا كُلَّ جَبَّارٍ فَاتَّقِ اللَّهَ لَا تَسْكُنْهَا»

     ✧ “In Hell there is a valley, and in the valley there is a well called Habhab. It is incumbent upon Allah to make every tyrant dwell in it. So fear Allah, lest you dwell in it.”

104. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7947Sahih

     «أَحِبُّوا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَجَالِسُوهُمْ وَأَحِبَّ الْعَرَبَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ وَلْتَرُدَّ عَنِ النَّاسِ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ»

     ✧ “Love the poor and sit with them, and love the Arabs from your heart, and repel from the people what you know is in your heart.”