7. Righteousness and Excellence (Iḥsān) (2)

1. Sahih Ibn Hibban 309Weak

   «كُلُّ حَرْفٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ يُذْكَرُ فِيهِ الْقُنُوتُ فَهُوَ الطَّاعَةُ»

   ✧ "Every letter in the Qur'an in which qunut is mentioned, it is obedience."

2. Sahih Ibn Hibban 310Hasan

   «الْخَيْرُ عَادَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ لَجَاجَةٌ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»

   ✧ "Good is a habit and evil is obstinacy. Whomever Allah wishes good for, He gives him understanding in the religion."

3. Sahih Ibn Hibban 311Sahih

   قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا تَوَرَّمَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ «أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا»

   “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood (in prayer) until his feet became swollen. It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins.’ He said: ‘Should I not be a thankful slave?’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1419)

4. Sahih Ibn Hibban 312Sahih

   «مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى» وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ

   ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not perform the Duha prayer." And A'ishah used to perform it, and she used to say: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ abandoned many deeds fearing that the people would follow him and it would be made obligatory upon them.'

5. Sahih Ibn Hibban 313Sahih

   «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ»

   ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would leave a deed while he loved to do it, fearing that the people would do it and it would be made obligatory upon them."

6. Sahih Ibn Hibban 314Sahih

   «إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ وَأَقْرَعَ وَأَعْمَى فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا فَأَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْإِبِلُ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَأُعْطِيَ نَاقَةً عُشَرَاءَ فقَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَأَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ شَعْرٌ حَسَنٌ وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ قَالَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ وَأُعْطِيَ شَعْرًا حَسَنًا قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْبَقَرُ قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ بَقَرَةً حَافِلَةً قَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ بَصَرِي فَأُبْصِرَ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرَهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْغَنَمُ قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ شَاةً وَالِدًا وَأُنْتِجَ هَذَانِ وَوَلَّدَ هَذَا فَكَانَ لِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي فَلَا بَلَاغَ بِيَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّوْنَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْجِلْدَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْمَالَ بَعِيرًا أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهِ فِي سَفَرِي فقَالَ الْحُقُوقُ كَثِيرَةٌ فقَالَ كَأَنِّي أَعْرِفُكَ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَبْرَصَ يَقْذَرُكَ النَّاسُ فَقِيرًا فَأَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ الْمَالَ؟ فقَالَ إِنَّمَا وَرِثْتُ هَذَا الْمَالَ كَابِرًا عَنْ كَابِرٍ فقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ فِي صُورَتِهِ فقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِهَذَا فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا رَدَّ هَذَا فقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي ‍ فقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْمَى فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ بَصَرِي فَخُذْ مَا شِئْتَ وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا أَجْهَدُكَ الْيَوْمَ شَيْئًا أَخَذْتَهُ لِلَّهِ فقَالَ أَمْسِكْ مَالَكَ فَإِنَّمَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ فَقَدْ رُضِيَ عَنْكَ وَسُخِطَ عَلَى صَاحِبَيْكَ»

   ✧ "There were three among the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. Allah wanted to test them, so He sent an angel to them. He came to the leper and said: 'What thing is most beloved to you?' He said: 'A good color and good skin.' He said: 'So what wealth is most beloved to you?' He said: 'Camels.' So he wiped him and it went away. He said: 'And he was given a ten-month pregnant she-camel.' And he said: 'May Allah bless you in it.' He said: 'Then he came to the bald man and said: "What thing is most beloved to you?" He said: "Good hair and that this which people abhor me for go away from me." He said: "So he wiped him and it went away, and he was given good hair." He said: "So what wealth is most beloved to you?" He said: "Cows." He said: "So he was given a milch cow." he said: "May Allah bless you in it." He said: "Then he came to the blind man and said: 'What thing is most beloved to you?' He said: 'That Allah restore my sight so I can see people.' So he wiped him and Allah restored his sight. He said: 'So what wealth is most beloved to you?' He said: 'Sheep.' He said: 'So he was given a ewe." And these two produced offspring and this one gave birth, so this one had a valley of camels, this one a valley of cows, and this one a valley of sheep. He said: 'Then he came to the leper in his form and appearance and said: "A poor man and a son of the road; my means have been cut off in my journey, so there is no way for me today except by Allah then by you. I ask you by the One who gave you the good color, the good skin, and the wealth, for a camel to help me along in my journey." He said: "The rights are many." He said: "It is as if I know you: were you not a leper whom people abhorred, poor, and Allah gave you wealth?" He said: "I inherited this wealth from a long line of ancestors." He said: "If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were." He said: 'Then he came to the bald man in his form and said to him the like of what he said to this one, and he replied with the like of what this one replied. He said: "If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were." Then he came to the blind man in his form and appearance and said: "A poor man and a son of the road; my means have been cut off in my journey." He said: "I was blind and Allah restored my sight, so take what you wish and leave what you wish. By Allah, I will not burden you today with anything you take for Allah." He said: "Keep your wealth, for you all have only been tested. Verily, He is pleased with you and angry with your two companions."'

7. Sahih Ibn Hibban 315Sahih

   «الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكِرُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ»

   ✧ "The eater who is thankful is of the station of the fasting one who is patient."

8. Sahih Ibn Hibban 316Sahih

   «دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ عَلَى نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَرَأَيْنَهَا سَيِّئَةَ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقُلْنَ مَا لَكِ مَا فِي قُرَيْشٍ رَجُلٌ أَغْنَى مِنْ بَعْلِكِ قَالَتْ مَا لَنَا مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ؟ أَمَّا نَهَارُهُ فَصَائِمٌ وَأَمَّا لَيْلُهُ فَقَائِمٌ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَلَقِيَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فقَالَ » يَا عُثْمَانُ أَمَا لَكَ فِي أُسْوَةٍ «؟ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي؟ قَالَ » أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَتَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَإِنَّ لِأَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا وَإِنَّ لِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا صَلِّ وَنَمْ وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ « قَالَ فَأَتَتْهُمُ الْمَرْأَةُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَطِرَةً كَأَنَّهَا عَرُوسٌ فَقُلْنَ لَهَا مَهْ قَالَتْ أَصَابَنَا مَا أَصَابَ النَّاسُ»

   ✧ "The wife of 'Uthman b. Maz'un came to the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and they saw her in a bad state. They said: 'What is with you? There is no man in Quraysh richer than your husband.' She said: 'We have nothing from him. As for his day, he is fasting, and as for his night, he is standing in prayer.' He said: 'Then the Prophet ﷺ entered and they mentioned that to him. So the Prophet ﷺ met him and said: "O 'Uthman, do I not have an example for you?" He said: "And what is that, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom?" He said: "As for you, you stand the night and fast the day, but your family has a right over you and your body has a right over you. Pray and sleep, fast and break your fast." He said: 'Then the woman came to them after that perfumed as if she were a bride, and they said to her: 'How [is it now]?' She said: 'We have been affected as the people have been affected.'"

9. Sahih Ibn Hibban 317Sahih

   جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ إِلَى بُيُوتِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أُخْبِرُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ تَقَالُّوهَا فَقَالُوا وَأَيْنَ نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي أُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ أَبَدًا وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَنَا أَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَلَا أُفْطِرُ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أَنَا أَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ وَلَا أَتَزَوَّجُ أَبَدًا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «أَنْتُمُ الَّذِي قُلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ لَهُ لَكِنِّي أَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأُصَلِّي وَأَرْقُدُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي»

   A group of three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ asking how the Prophet ﷺ worshipped (Allah), and when they were informed about that, they considered their worship insufficient and said, "Where are we from the Prophet ﷺ as his past and future sins have been forgiven." Then one of them said, "I will offer the prayer throughout the night forever." The other said, "I will fast throughout the year and will not break my fast." The third said, "I will keep away from the women and will not marry forever." Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them and said, "Are you the same people who said so-and-so? By Allah, I am more submissive to Allah and more afraid of Him than you; yet I fast and break my fast, I do sleep and I also marry women. So he who does not follow my tradition in religion, is not from me (not one of my followers). (Using translation from Bukhārī 5063)

10. Sahih Ibn Hibban 318Sahih

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي الْجِهَادِ فقَالَ «أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ asking his permission for jihad. He said, "Are your parents alive?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then strive in them."

11. Sahih Ibn Hibban 319Weak

    وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَثَرَ الْوَجَعِ عَلَيْكَ بَيِّنٌ قَالَ «إِنِّي عَلَى مَا تَرَوْنَ قَرَأْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ السَّبْعَ الطُّوَلَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in pain (or found in pain). When morning came, it was said, "O Messenger of Allah, the trace of pain is evident on you." He said, "Indeed, as you see, I recited last night the seven long surahs."

12. Sahih Ibn Hibban 320No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ آخَى بَيْنَ سَلْمَانَ وَأَبَى الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ سَلْمَانُ يَزُورُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فَرَأَى أُمَّ الدَّرْدَاءِ مُتَبَتِّلَةً فقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكِ؟ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ رَحَّبَ بِهِ سَلْمَانُ وَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْهِ طَعَامًا فقَالَ لَهُ سَلْمَانُ اطْعَمْ قَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ قَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا طَعِمْتَ فَإِنِّي مَا أَنَا بِآكِلٍ حَتَّى تَأْكُلَ قَالَ فَأَكَلَ مَعَهُ وَبَاتَ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَامَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَحَبَسَهُ سَلْمَانُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ لِرَبِّكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا وَلِأَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا وَلِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا أَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ صُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَقُمْ وَنَمْ وَائْتِ أَهْلَكَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ الصُّبْحِ قَالَ قُمِ الْآنَ فَقَامَا فَصَلَّيَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ سَلْمَانُ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ سَلْمَانُ»

    ✧ "That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Darda. Salman visited Abu Darda and found Umm Darda in a bad state. Salman asked her: 'What is the matter with you?' She replied: 'Your brother (meaning Abu Darda) has no need in this world.' When Abu Darda returned, he welcomed Salman and presented food to him. Salman said: 'Eat.' Abu Darda said: 'I am fasting.' Salman said: 'I will not eat until you eat.' So, Abu Darda ate with him. Then when it was night, Abu Darda got up to offer the prayer, and Salman detained him. When the morning arrived, Abu Darda said: 'Stand up now.' Salman got up and they prayed together. When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed Subh (morning prayer), he came to him and informed him of what Salman had said. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'He has spoken the truth.'"

13. Sahih Ibn Hibban 321Sahih

    «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ أَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ وأَحْيَى اللَّيْلَ وَشَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ»

    “When the last ten days of Ramadan began, the Prophet ﷺ used to stay up at night, tighten his waist- wrap, and wake up his family (to pray).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1768)

14. Sahih Ibn Hibban 322Sahih

    سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ عَمَلُهُ ﷺ دِيمَةً»

    ✧ I asked A'ishah about the work of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said, "His work ﷺ was continuous."

15. Sahih Ibn Hibban 323Sahih

    «كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ»

    ✧ The most beloved of deeds to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was that which its doer persists in.

16. Sahih Ibn Hibban 324Sahih

    «مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَيْءٍ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no virtue more to the liking of Allah in any day than in these days, that is, the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah. They (the Companions) asked: Messenger of Allah, not even the struggle in the path of Allah (Jihad) ? He said: (Yes), not even the struggle in the path of Allah, except a man who goes out (in the path of Allah) with his life and property, and does not return with any of them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2438)

17. Sahih Ibn Hibban 325Sahih

    «شَهْرَا عِيدٍ لَا يَنْقُصَانِ رَمَضَانُ وَذُو الْحِجَّةِ»

    ✧ The two months of Eid do not decrease: Ramadan and Dhu al-Hijjah.

18. Sahih Ibn Hibban 326Hasan

    «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَغْرِسُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ بِغَرْسٍ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُمْ فِي طَاعَتِهِ»

    ✧ Allah continues to plant in this religion with a planting, employing them in His obedience.

19. Sahih Ibn Hibban 327Sahih

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزِعًا مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ يَقُولُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ رَدْمِ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out alarmed, his face red, saying, "There is no god but Allah. Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near. Today a breach has been opened in the barrier of Gog and Magog like this."

20. Sahih Ibn Hibban 328Sahih

    «الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي فِي وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا قَذَفْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا اقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا اقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَمَنْ جَاءَنِي يَمْشِي جِئْتُهُ أُهَرْوِلُ وَمَنْ جَاءَنِي يُهَرْوِلُ جِئْتُهُ أَسْعَى وَمَنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَأٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَطْيَبَ»

    ✧ Pride is My cloak and greatness My lower garment. Whoever contends with Me in either of them, I cast him into the Fire. Whoever draws near to Me by a span, I draw near to him by a cubit. Whoever draws near to Me by a cubit, I draw near to him by an arm's length. Whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him hurrying. Whoever comes to Me hurrying, I come to him running. Whoever mentions Me within himself, I mention him within Myself. Whoever mentions Me among a gathering, I mention him among a gathering greater than them and better.

21. Sahih Ibn Hibban 329Sahih

    يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ أُمُورًا كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ بِهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ صِلَةٍ وَعَتَاقَةٍ وَصَدَقَةٍ فَهَلْ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ؟ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ لَكَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ»

    ✧ He informed him that he said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about matters that I used to engage in during the period of ignorance, such as maintaining ties of kinship, freeing slaves, and giving charity? Is there any reward in them?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have embraced Islam upon what has preceded for you from reward."

22. Sahih Ibn Hibban 330Sahih

    قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ ابْنَ جُدْعَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانَ يَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ وَيُحْسِنُ الْجِوَارَ وَيَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُهُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ يَوْمًا قَطُّ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ»

    ✧ I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Ibn Jud'an in the Jahiliyyah used to entertain guests, be good to neighbors, and maintain ties of kinship. Will that benefit him?" He said, "No, indeed he never said even one day: O Allah, forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgement."

23. Sahih Ibn Hibban 331Sahih

    أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ {يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ} فَأَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ فقَالَ «عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ» قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ابْنُ جُدْعَانَ كَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ فَهَلْ ذَاكَ نَافِعُهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا يَنْفَعُهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ يَوْمًا رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ»

    ✧ She asked him about His saying: {On the Day the earth will be changed to other than the earth, and the heavens [as well], and they will come forth before Allah, the One, the Prevailing} (Quran 14:48). Where will the people be on that day? He said, "On the bridge (al-sirat)." She said, "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ibn Jud'an in the Jahiliyyah used to maintain ties of kinship and feed the poor. Will that benefit him?'" He said, "It will not benefit him. He never said even one day: My Lord, forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgement."

24. Sahih Ibn Hibban 332Hasan

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ وَيَفْعَلُ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ أَمْرًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ يَعْنِي الذِّكْرَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ طَعَامٍ لَا أَدَعُهُ إِلَّا تَحَرُّجًا قَالَ «لَا تَدَعْ شَيْئًا ضَارَعْتَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ فِيهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَيَأْخُذُ صَيْدًا وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَذْبَحُ بِهِ إِلَّا الْمَرْوَةَ أَوِ الْعَصَا؟ قَالَ «أَمِرَّ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ»

    ✧ I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain ties of kinship and used to do such and such." He said, "Your father wanted something and attained it, meaning remembrance." He said, "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I ask you about a food that I do not leave except out of scrupulousness.'" He said, "Do not leave anything in which you resemble Christianity." He said, "I said, 'I send my dog and it seizes game, and I find nothing to slaughter with except a pebble or a stick?'" He said, "Let the blood flow with whatever you wish, and mention the name of Allah."

25. Sahih Ibn Hibban 333Sahih

    قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَعُلِمَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قِيلَ فَمَا يَعْمَلُ الْعَامِلُونَ؟ قَالَ ﷺ «كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ»

    ✧ It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, is it known who are the people of Paradise and who are the people of the Fire?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Then what do the workers do?" He ﷺ said, "Everyone is facilitated for what he was created."

26. Sahih Ibn Hibban 334Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَأَخَذَ عُودًا فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ بِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فقَالَ «مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ» فقَال رَجُلٌ أَلَا نَتَّكِلُ؟ فقَالَ «اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى}

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was at a funeral, and he took a stick and started making marks on the ground with it. He said: “There is none among you but has his seat written for him in the Fire and his seat in Paradise.” A man said: Should we not then rely (on that)? He said: “Act, for everyone is facilitated.” Then he recited: {As for him who gives and fears (Allah), and believes in the best (reward), We will make smooth for him the path of ease. But as for him who is miserly and considers himself self-sufficient, and denies the best (reward), We will make smooth for him the path of hardship} (Qur'an 92:5–10).

27. Sahih Ibn Hibban 335Sahih

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَأَخَذَ عُودًا يَنْكُتُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فقَالَ «مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْ مِنَ النَّارِ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا نَتَّكِلُ؟ قَالَ «اعْمَلُوا كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ {فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى} »

    ✧ He was at a funeral, and he took a stick and made marks on the ground. He said: “There is none among you but has his seat written in Paradise or in the Fire.” They said: O Messenger of Allah, should we not then rely (on that)? He said: “Act, for everyone is facilitated. {As for him who gives and fears (Allah), and believes in the best (reward), We will make smooth for him the path of ease. But as for him who is miserly and considers himself self-sufficient, and denies the best (reward), We will make smooth for him the path of hardship} (Qur'an 92:5–10).”

28. Sahih Ibn Hibban 336Sahih

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَعْمَلُ لِأَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ أَمْ لِأَمْرٍ نَأْتَنِفُهُ؟ قَالَ «لِأَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ» قَالَ فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ إِذًا؟ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُلُّ عَامِلٍ مُيَسَّرٌ لِعَمَلِهِ»

    ✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, do we act for a matter that has already been settled, or for a matter that is initiated anew? He said: “For a matter that has already been settled.” He said: Then what is the point of action? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Every doer is facilitated for his action.”

29. Sahih Ibn Hibban 337Sahih

    أَنَّ سُرَاقَةَ بْنَ جُعْشُمٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ أَمْرِنَا كَأَنَّا نَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَبِمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَثَبَتَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ أَوْ بِمَا يُسْتَأْنَفُ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ بِمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَثَبَتَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ» قَالَ فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ إِذًا؟ قَالَ «اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ»

    ✧ Suraqah b. Ju'shum said: O Messenger of Allah, inform us about our affair as if we were looking at it: is it by what the pens have recorded and the decrees have established, or by what is initiated anew? He said: “No, rather by what the pens have recorded and the decrees have established.” He said: Then what is the point of action? He said: “Act, for everyone is facilitated.”

30. Sahih Ibn Hibban 338Sahih

    «خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الْخَلْقَ مِنْ ظَهْرِهِ فقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا أُبَالِي وَهَؤُلَاءِ فِي النَّارِ وَلَا أُبَالِي» قَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَعَلَى مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ؟ قَالَ «عَلَى مَوَاقِعِ الْقَدَرِ»

    ✧ “Allah created Adam, then took the creation from his back and said: These are in Paradise, and I do not care; and these are in the Fire, and I do not care.” A questioner said: O Messenger of Allah, then on what basis should we act? He said: “On the occasions of the decree.”

31. Sahih Ibn Hibban 339Sahih

    «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِخَوَاتِيمِهَا كَالْوِعَاءِ إِذَا طَابَ أَعْلَاهُ طَابَ أَسْفَلُهُ وَإِذَا خَبُثَ أَعْلَاهُ خَبُثَ أَسْفَلُهُ»

    ✧ “Actions are only [judged] by their outcomes, like a vessel: if its top is good, its bottom is good; and if its top is bad, its bottom is bad.”

32. Sahih Ibn Hibban 340Sahih

    «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ»

    ✧ “Actions are only [judged] by their endings.”

33. Sahih Ibn Hibban 341Sahih

    «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا يَسْتَعْمِلُهُ» قِيلَ كَيْفَ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «يُوَفِّقُهُ لِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ»

    ✧ “When Allah intends good for a servant, He uses him.” It was said: How does He use him, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “He grants him success to do a righteous deed before death.”

34. Sahih Ibn Hibban 342Sahih

    «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَسَلَهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ» قِيلَ وَمَا عَسَلُهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ؟ قَالَ «يُفْتَحُ لَهُ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ مَوْتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى عَنْهُ»

    ✧ “When Allah intends good for a servant, He sweetens him before his death.” It was said: And what is His sweetening him before his death? He said: “A righteous deed is opened for him before his death until He is pleased with him.”

35. Sahih Ibn Hibban 343Sahih

    «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَسَلَهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ» قِيلَ وَمَا عَسَلُهُ؟ قَالَ «يُفْتَحُ لَهُ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ مَوْتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى عَنْهُ»

    ✧ “When Allah intends good for a servant, He sweetens him before his death.” It was said: And what is His sweetening him? He said: “A righteous deed is opened for him before his death until He is pleased with him.”

36. Sahih Ibn Hibban 344Sahih

    قَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّا إِذَا كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَأَيْنَا مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا مَا نُحِبُّ فَإِذَا رَجَعْنَا إِلَى أَهَالِينَا فَخَالَطْنَاهُمْ أَنْكَرْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ تَدُومُونَ عَلَى مَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي فِي الْحَالِ لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى تُظِلَّكُمْ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا وَلَكِنْ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً»

    ✧ The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When we are with the Prophet ﷺ, we see in ourselves what we love, but when we return to our families and mix with them, we disapprove of ourselves. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If you were to persist in the state you are in with me, the angels would shake hands with you until they shaded you with their wings. But [it is] an hour and an hour.”

37. Sahih Ibn Hibban 345Sahih

    «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْعُقُوبَةِ مَا طَمِعَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْكَافِرُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ مَا قَنَطَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَحَدٌ»

    ✧ “If the believer knew what punishment is with Allah, no one would hope for Paradise; and if the disbeliever knew what mercy is with Allah, no one would despair of Paradise.”

38. Sahih Ibn Hibban 346Sahih

    «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

    Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)

39. Sahih Ibn Hibban 347Sahih

    مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَانِي وَمَا تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَا يَزَالُ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيَّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ حَتَّى أُحِبَّهُ فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْتُ سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ وَبَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ وَيَدَهُ الَّتِي يَبْطِشُ بِهَا وَرِجْلَهُ الَّتِي يَمْشِي بِهَا فَإِنْ سَأَلَنِي عَبْدِي أَعْطَيْتُهُ وَإِنِ اسْتَعَاذَنِي أَعَذْتُهُ وَمَا تَرَدَّدْتُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ تَرَدُّدِي عَنْ نَفْسِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ وَأَكْرَهُ مَسَاءَتَهُ»

    Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6502)

40. Sahih Ibn Hibban 348Sahih

    «مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُنَجِّيهِ عَمَلُهُ» فقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ وَلَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا أَنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَلَكِنْ سَدِّدُوا»

    ✧ None of you will be saved by his deeds.” A man said to him, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Not even me, unless Allah envelops me in His mercy. But aim for correctness.”

41. Sahih Ibn Hibban 349Hasan

    «لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ شِرَّةٌ وَلِكُلِّ شِرَّةٍ فَتْرَةٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُهَا سَادًّا وَقَارِبًا فَارْجُوهُ وَإِنْ أُشِيرَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْأَصَابِعِ فَلَا تَعُدُّوهُ»

    ✧ Every deed has a period of keenness, and every period of keenness is followed by a period of slackness. If someone is moderate and near-correct, hope for him, but if he is pointed at with fingers, do not count him as anything.

42. Sahih Ibn Hibban 350Sahih

    «سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا وَلَا يُنْجِي أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ عَمَلُهُ» قُلْنَا وَلَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا أَنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ»

    ✧ Aim for correctness and near-correctness, and none of you will be saved by his deeds.” We said, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Not even me, unless Allah envelops me in mercy from Him.”

43. Sahih Ibn Hibban 351Sahih

    «إِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ يُسْرٌ وَلَنْ يُشَادَّ الدِّينَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا غَلَبَهُ فَسَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالْغَدْوَةِ وَالرَّوَاحِ وَشَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّلْجَةِ»

    ✧ This religion is easy, and no one overburdens himself in the religion but that it overcomes him. So aim for correctness, be near-correct, and receive good tidings. Seek help in the morning, the afternoon, and some part of the night.”

44. Sahih Ibn Hibban 352Sahih

    «أُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ مَا عِشْتُ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ؟ « فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَدْ قُلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ صُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَنَمْ وَقُمْ وَصُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ « قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ » صُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ « قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ » صُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا وَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ « قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَإِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ « قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَلَأَنْ أَكُونَ قَبِلْتُ الثَّلَاثَةَ الْأَيَّامِ الَّتِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was told that he said—meaning himself—’I will certainly stand in prayer at night and fast during the day as long as I live.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Are you the one who says that?” I said to him, “I have said it, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You will not be able to do that. Fast and break your fast, sleep and stand in prayer, and fast three days of the month, for a good deed is multiplied tenfold, and that is like fasting a lifetime.” He said, “I said, ‘I can do better than that.’” He said, “Fast one day and break your fast for two days.” He said, “I said, ‘I can do better than that.’” He said, “Fast one day and break your fast for one day. That is the fast of Dawud, and it is the most moderate fast.” He said, “I said, ‘I can do better than that.’” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “There is nothing better than that.” ‘Abdullah said, “If I had accepted the three days that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned, that would have been dearer to me than my family and my wealth.”

45. Sahih Ibn Hibban 353Sahih

    «خُذُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا» قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً دَامَ عَلَيْهَا

    ✧ Take on of deeds what you are able to do, for Allah does not tire until you tire.” She said, “And the most beloved of deeds to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were those done consistently, even if small. And when he prayed a prayer, he would be constant in it.”

46. Sahih Ibn Hibban 354Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى رُخَصُهُ كَمَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى عَزَائِمُهُ»

    ✧ Allah loves that His concessions be taken, just as He loves that His strict commands be taken.”

47. Sahih Ibn Hibban 355Sahih

    رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فِي سَفَرٍ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ يَرْشَحُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ فقَالَ «مَا بَالُ صَاحِبِكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا صَائِمٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِرُخْصَةِ اللَّهِ الَّتِي رَخَّصَ لَكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man on a journey in the shade of a tree with water dripping on him. He said, “What is the matter with your companion?” They said, “He is fasting, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “It is not righteousness to fast while traveling. Take Allah’s concession that He has granted you and accept it.”

48. Sahih Ibn Hibban 356Sahih

    «مَا صَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَمَضَانَ»

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not fast a complete month since he arrived in Medina except for the month of Ramadan."

49. Sahih Ibn Hibban 357Sahih

    مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَائِمٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ فَأَتَى نَاحِيَةَ مَكَّةَ فَمَكَثَ مَلِيًّا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَوَجَدَ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى حَالِهِ يُصَلِّي فَجَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقَصْدِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقَصْدِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man standing in prayer on a rock. He went toward Makkah and stayed for a long time, then returned and found the man still in his state, praying. He clasped his hands and said, “O people, be moderate. O people, be moderate, for Allah does not tire until you tire.”

50. Sahih Ibn Hibban 358Sahih

    مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَضْحَكُونَ فقَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا» فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ فقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ لَكَ لِمَ تُقَنِّطُ عِبَادِي؟ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ «سَدِّدُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a group of his Companions who were laughing. He said, “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.” Then Jibril came to him and said, “Allah says to you, ‘Why do you make My servants despair?’” So he returned to them and said, “Aim for correctness and receive good tidings.”

51. Sahih Ibn Hibban 359Sahih

    أَنَّ الْحَوْلَاءَ بِنْتَ تُوَيْتِ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى مَرَّتْ بِهَا وَعِنْدَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ هَذِهِ الْحَوْلَاءُ بِنْتُ تُوَيْتٍ وَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهَا لَا تَنَامُ بِاللَّيْلِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَنَامُ بِاللَّيْلِ خُذُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَسْأَمُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى تَسْأَمُوا»

    ✧ Al-Hawla’ bt. Tuwayt b. Habib b. Asad b. ‘Abd al-‘Uzza passed by her while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with her. She said, “I said, ‘This is al-Hawla’ bt. Tuwayt, and they claim that she does not sleep at night.’” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “She does not sleep at night? Take on of deeds what you are able to do, for by Allah, Allah does not tire until you tire.”

52. Sahih Ibn Hibban 360Sahih

    رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ قَاعِدًا فِي الْمَقَاعِدِ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَلَا تَغْتَرُّوا»

    ✧ I saw ‘Uthman sitting in the gathering place. He called for water for ablution and performed ablution, then said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this seat of mine perform ablution like my ablution, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Whoever performs ablution like my ablution will have his past sins forgiven.’” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “And do not be deluded.”

53. Sahih Ibn Hibban 361Weak

    «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، لَا عَقْلَ كَالتَّدْبِيرِ، وَلَا وَرَعَ كَالْكَفِّ، وَلَا حَسَبَ كَحُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ».

    ✧ I entered the mosque, and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting alone. He said: "O Abu Dharr, the mosque has a greeting, and its greeting is two rakahs, so stand and pray them." He said: So I stood and prayed them, then I returned and sat with him. I said: O Messenger of Allah, you have commanded me to pray, so what is prayer? He said: "A good thing that has been set forth; do much of it or little." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which deed is best? He said: "Faith in Allah and jihad in the path of Allah." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is most complete in faith? He said: "The best of them in character." I said: O Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is safest in submission? He said: "The one from whose tongue and hand people are safe." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which prayer is best? He said: "Lengthy devotion." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which migration is best? He said: "The one who abandons evil deeds." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what of fasting? He said: "An obligatory duty that suffices, and with Allah are many multiples of reward." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which jihad is best? He said: "The one whose steed is hamstrung and whose blood is shed." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which charity is best? He said: "The effort of one of little means, given quietly to a poor person." I said: O Messenger of Allah, which of what Allah has sent down to you is greatest? He said: "Ayat al-Kursi." Then he said: "O Abu Dharr, the seven heavens in relation to the Kursi are only like a ring cast in a vast open land, and the superiority of the Throne over the Kursi is like the superiority of that open land over the ring." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, how many prophets were there? He said: "One hundred and twenty thousand." I said: O Messenger of Allah, how many messengers were among them? He said: "Three hundred and thirteen, a great multitude." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, who was the first of them? He said: "Adam." I said: O Messenger of Allah, was he a prophet sent as a messenger? He said: "Yes. Allah created him with His hand, breathed into him of His spirit, and spoke to him directly." Then he said: "O Abu Dharr, four were Syriac: Adam, Sheeth, Akhnukh—who is Idris and was the first to write with the pen—and Nuh; and four were Arabs: Hud, Shuayb, Salih, and your prophet Muhammad ﷺ." I said: O Messenger of Allah, how many books did Allah send down? He said: "One hundred books and four books: fifty scrolls were sent down to Sheeth, thirty scrolls were sent down to Akhnukh, ten scrolls were sent down to Ibrahim, ten scrolls were sent down to Musa before the Tawrah, and the Tawrah, the Injil, the Zabur, and the Quran were sent down." He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what was in the scroll of Ibrahim? He said: "It was all parables: O empowered king, afflicted and deluded, I did not send you to pile up this world, one part upon another; rather, I sent you to turn back from Me the supplication of the oppressed, for I do not reject it even if it comes from a disbeliever. The intelligent person, so long as his mind is not overcome, should have periods: a period in which he privately calls upon his Lord; a period in which he takes himself to account; a period in which he reflects on the work of Allah; and a period in which he withdraws for his needs of food and drink. The intelligent person should not set out except for three things: provision for the return, repair of livelihood, or pleasure that is not unlawful. The intelligent person should be aware of his time, attentive to his own affair, and guarding his tongue. Whoever counts his speech as part of his deeds, his speech will be little except in what concerns him." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what was in the scrolls of Musa? He said: "They were all lessons: I am amazed at one who is certain of death, yet he rejoices; I am amazed at one who is certain of the Fire, yet he laughs; I am amazed at one who is certain of divine decree, yet he exhausts himself; I am amazed at one who sees the world and how it turns upon its people, yet he feels secure with it; and I am amazed at one who is certain of the reckoning tomorrow, yet does not act." I said: O Messenger of Allah, counsel me. He said: "I counsel you to fear Allah, for it is the head of the whole matter." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Hold fast to reciting the Quran and remembering Allah, for it is a light for you on earth and a treasure for you in heaven." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Beware of excessive laughter, for it kills the heart and takes away the light of the face." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Hold fast to silence except from good, for it drives Satan away from you and is a help for you in the matter of your religion." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Hold fast to jihad, for it is the monasticism of my community." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Love the poor and sit with them." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Look to those beneath you and do not look to those above you, for that is more likely that you will not look down upon Allah's blessing with you." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Speak the truth, even if it is bitter." I said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: "Let what you know of yourself restrain you from people, and do not find fault with them for what you yourself do. It is enough as a fault in you that you recognize in people what you are ignorant of in yourself, or that you find fault with them for what you yourself do." Then he struck my chest with his hand and said: "O Abu Dharr, there is no intelligence like careful planning, no piety like restraint, and no nobility like good character."

54. Sahih Ibn Hibban 362Sahih

    كُنْتُ رَدِيفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ إِلَّا مُؤْخِرَةُ الرَّحْلِ فقَالَ «يَا مُعَاذُ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ سَارَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا مُعَاذُ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ؟ » قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا» قَالَ ثُمَّ سَارَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا حَقُّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ»؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ حَقَّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ أَنْ لَا يُعَذِّبَهُمْ»

    ✧ I was riding behind the Prophet ﷺ, and between me and him was only the rear part of the saddle. He said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and at your command." He said, then he traveled for a while, then he said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and at your command." He said, "Do you know what Allah's right upon His servants is?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "That they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him." He said, then he traveled for a while, then he said, "Do you know what the servants' right upon Allah is if they do that?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Indeed, the servants' right upon Allah, if they do that, is that He will not punish them."

55. Sahih Ibn Hibban 363Sahih

    إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدِي لِقَائِي أَحْبَبْتُ لِقَاءَهُ فَإِذَا كَرِهَ لِقَائِي كَرِهْتُ لِقَاءَهُ»

    ✧ "When My servant loves to meet Me, I love to meet him; and when he hates to meet Me, I hate to meet him."

56. Sahih Ibn Hibban 364Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدًا نَادَى جِبْرِيلَ إِنِّي قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبَّهُ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ جِبْرِيلُ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ أَحَبَّ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ فَيُحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ وَيُوضَعُ لَهُ الْقَبُولُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا أَبْغَضَ عَبْدًا فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»

    ✧ "Indeed, when Allah loves a servant, He calls Jibril: 'I have loved so-and-so, so love him.' He said: Then Jibril says to the inhabitants of heaven: 'Your Lord has loved so-and-so, so love him.' Then the inhabitants of heaven love him. He said: And acceptance is placed for him on earth. And when He hates a servant, it is similar to that."

57. Sahih Ibn Hibban 365Sahih

    أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ الْعَبْدَ قَالَ لِجِبْرِيلَ قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبَّهُ فَيُحِبُّهُ جِبْرِيلُ ثُمَّ يُنَادِي فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ فَيُحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ يُوضَعُ لَهُ الْقَبُولُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا أَبْغَضَ اللَّهُ الْعَبْدَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ لَا أَحْسِبُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ فِي الْبُغْضِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ When Allah loves a servant, He says to Jibril: "I have loved so-and-so, so love him." Then Jibril loves him, then he announces among the inhabitants of heaven: "Allah has loved so-and-so, so love him." Then the inhabitants of heaven love him, then acceptance is placed for him on earth. And when Allah hates a servant, Malik said: I do not think he said anything except in hatred, something similar to that.

58. Sahih Ibn Hibban 366Sahih

    قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَعْمَلُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَيُحِبُّهُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «تِلْكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ»

    ✧ Abu Dhar said, "O Messenger of Allah, a man works for himself and people love him?" He (the Prophet) said, "That is the glad tidings of a believer."

59. Sahih Ibn Hibban 367Sahih

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَمَلَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ يَحْمَدُهُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «ذَلِكَ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ»

    It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world). (Using translation from Muslim 2642a)

60. Sahih Ibn Hibban 368Weak

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدًا أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِسَبْعَةِ أَضْعَافٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا وَإِذَا سَخِطَ عَلَى عَبْدٍ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِسَبْعَةِ أَضْعَافٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا»

    ✧ "Indeed, when Allah loves a servant, He praises him with seven times the good he has not done; and when He is displeased with a servant, He criticizes him with seven times the evil he has not done."

61. Sahih Ibn Hibban 308Sahih

    «مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّيَامِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الرَّيَّانِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلَى مَنْ دُعِيَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ فَهَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ "Whoever spends a pair in the path of Allah will be called in Paradise: 'O servant of Allah, this is good.' So whoever was among the people of prayer will be called from the gate of prayer; whoever was among the people of jihad will be called from the gate of jihad; whoever was among the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity; whoever was among the people of fasting will be called from the gate of al-Rayyan." Abu Bakr said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is upon the one called from these gates of necessity? Will anyone be called from all these gates?' He said: 'Yes, and I hope you will be among them.'

62. Sahih Ibn Hibban 370Sahih

    فِي قَوْلِهِ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ} قَالَ نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرْجِعَهُ مِنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَإِنَّ أَصْحَابَهُ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُمُ الْكَآبَةُ وَالْحُزْنُ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ آيَةٌ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا» فَتَلَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَيَّنَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا يَفْعَلُ بِكَ فَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ بِنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ الْآيَةَ بَعْدَهَا {لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ}

    ✧ "A message came down to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Hudaybiyah, and indeed his companions were feeling sadness and distress. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A verse has been revealed to me which is more beloved to me than the entire world and everything in it.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the verse to them: 'That He may admit the believing men and believing women to gardens beneath which rivers flow.'

63. Sahih Ibn Hibban 371Sahih

    فِي قَوْلِهِ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا} أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرْجِعَهُ مِنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَأَصْحَابُهُ قَدْ خَالَطَهُمُ الْحُزْنُ وَالْكَآبَةُ قَدْ حِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَسْأَلَتِهِمْ وَنَحَرُوا الْبُدْنَ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيَّ آيَةٌ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا» فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ هَنِيئًا مَرِيئًا لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَيَّنَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ بِكَ فَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ بِنَا؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

    ✧ "It came down to the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, as a response from al-Hudaybiyah. His companions were overwhelmed with sadness and gloom, as there was a barrier between them and their demand. They had sacrificed their animals in al-Hudaybiyah. The Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace, said, 'Indeed, a verse has been revealed to me that is more beloved to me than the entire world.' He recited it to them until the end of the verse. Then, a man from the community said, 'Congratulations and glad tidings to you, O Messenger of Allah! Allah has made clear to you what He will do with you, so what will He do with us?' So Allah revealed, 'That He may admit the believing men and the believing women to gardens beneath which rivers flow...' until the end of the verse."

64. Sahih Ibn Hibban 372Sahih

    «مَنْ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ غَدَا إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ أَوْ رَاحَ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَى إِمَامٍ يُعَزِّزُهُ كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَغْتَبْ إِنْسَانًا كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللَّهِ»

    ✧ "Whoever strives in the path of Allah is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever visits a sick person is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever goes early to a mosque or returns is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever enters upon a ruler to honor him is guaranteed by Allah. Whoever sits in his house and does not backbite anyone is guaranteed by Allah."

65. Sahih Ibn Hibban 373Sahih

    سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قُلْتُ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا عَمِلَ الْعَبْدُ بِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ مَعَ الْإِيمَانِ عَمَلًا؟ قَالَ «يَرْضَخُ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُعْدَمًا لَا شَيْءَ لَهُ؟ قَالَ «يَقُولُ مَعْرُوفًا بِلِسَانِهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ عَيِيًّا لَا يُبْلِغُ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ؟ قَالَ «فَيُعِينُ مَغْلُوبًا» قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا لَا قُدْرَةَ لَهُ؟ قَالَ «فَلْيَصْنَعْ لِأَخْرَقَ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخْرَقَ؟ قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ «مَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَدَعَ فِي صَاحِبِكَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلْيَدَعِ النَّاسَ مِنْ أَذَاهُ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ تَيْسِيرٍ؟ فقَالَ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَعْمَلُ بِخَصْلَةٍ مِنْهَا يُرِيدُ بِهَا مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَخَذَتْ بِيَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى تُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ»

    ✧ I asked Abu Dharr: "Guide me to a deed which, if a servant does it, he will enter Paradise." He said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, and he said: 'He believes in Allah.'" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there any action with faith?" He said: "He gives from what Allah has provided him." I said, "Even if he is destitute and has nothing?" He said: "He says something good with his tongue." I said, "Even if he is tongue-tied and cannot express himself?" He said: "He helps someone who is overcome." I said, "Even if he is weak and has no ability?" He said: "Let him make something for an unskilled person." I said, "Even if he is unskilled?" He said: Then he turned to me and said: "Do you want to leave any good in your companion? Let him refrain from harming people." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, these are easy words?" He ﷺ said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, there is no servant who practices one of these traits, seeking thereby what is with Allah, except that it will take him by the hand on the Day of Resurrection until it enters him into Paradise."

66. Sahih Ibn Hibban 374No grade recorded

    جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلًا يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ فَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ وَفُكَّ الرَّقَبَةَ» قَالَ أَوَ لَيْسَتَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ؟ قَالَ «لَا عِتْقُ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَفَرَّدَ بِعِتْقِهَا وَفَكُّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعْطِي فِي ثَمَنِهَا وَالْمِنْحَةُ الْوَكُوفُ وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الْقَاطِعِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَاكَ فَأَطْعِمِ الْجَائِعَ وَاسْقِ الظَّمْآنَ وَمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ خَيْرٍ»

    ✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, teach me a deed that will admit me to Paradise." He said: "Though you have shortened the speech, you have broadened the question. Free the slave, and release the neck." He said: "Are they not the same?" He said: "No, freeing the slave is that you alone free him, and releasing the neck is that you contribute to his price. And the abundant gift, and the return to a relative who cuts off ties. If you cannot do that, then feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, enjoin good, and forbid evil. If you cannot do that, then restrain your tongue except from good."

67. Sahih Ibn Hibban 375Weak

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَمَلَ وَيُسِرُّهُ فَإِذَا اطُّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ سَرَّهُ؟ قَالَ «لَهُ أَجْرَانِ أَجْرُ السِّرِّ وَأَجْرُ الْعَلَانِيَةِ»

    ✧ A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, a man does a deed and keeps it secret, but when it is discovered, he is pleased?" He said: "He has two rewards: the reward of the secret and the reward of the public."

68. Sahih Ibn Hibban 376No grade recorded

    إِذَا تَقَرَّبَ عَبْدِي مِنِّي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَإِذَا تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَإِذَا أَتَانِي مَشْيًا أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً وَإِنْ هَرْوَلَ سَعَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَاللَّهُ أَوْسَعُ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ»

    ✧ "When My servant draws near to Me a span, I draw near to him a cubit. When he draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. When he comes to Me walking, I come to him at speed. And if he runs, I hasten to him. And Allah is most capacious in forgiveness."

69. Sahih Ibn Hibban 377Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ الْمُؤْمِنَ حَسَنَةً يُثَابُ عَلَيْهَا الرِّزْقَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَيُجْزَى بِهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيَطْعَمُ بِحَسَنَاتِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِذَا أَفْضَى إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ يُعْطَى بِهَا خَيْرًا»

    ✧ "Indeed, Allah does not wrong the believer with a single good deed: he is rewarded for it with provision in this world and recompensed for it in the Hereafter. As for the disbeliever, he is fed for his good deeds in this world, and when he passes to the Hereafter, he has no good deed by which he may be given any good."

70. Sahih Ibn Hibban 378Weak

    «تَعَبَّدَ عَابِدٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَعَبَدَ اللَّهَ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ سِتِّينَ عَامًا فَأَمْطَرَتِ الْأَرْضُ فَاخْضَرَّتْ فَأَشْرَفَ الرَّاهِبُ مِنْ صَوْمَعَتِهِ فقَالَ لَوْ نَزَلْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ اللَّهَ لَازْدَدْتُ خَيْرًا فَنَزَلَ وَمَعَهُ رَغِيفٌ أَوْ رَغِيفَانِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَقِيَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُكَلِّمُهَا وَتُكَلِّمُهُ حَتَّى غَشِيَهَا ثُمَّ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَزَلَ الْغَدِيرَ يَسْتَحِمُّ فَجَاءَهُ سَائِلٌ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ الرَّغِيفَيْنِ أَوِ الرَّغِيفَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَوُزِنَتْ عِبَادَةُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً بِتِلْكَ الزَّنْيَةِ فَرَجَحَتِ الزَّنْيَةُ بِحَسَنَاتِهِ ثُمَّ وُضِعَ الرَّغِيفُ أَوِ الرَّغِيفَانِ مَعَ حَسَنَاتِهِ فَرَجَحَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ»

    ✧ A worshipper from the Children of Israel devoted himself to worship and worshipped Allah in his hermitage for sixty years. Then the land was rained upon and became green, and the monk looked out from his hermitage and said: If I were to go down and remember Allah, I would increase in good. So he went down, and with him was a loaf or two loaves. While he was on the land, a woman met him, and he kept talking to her and she kept talking to him until he had intercourse with her. Then he fainted, so he went down to the pool to bathe. A beggar came to him, and he gestured to him to take the two loaves or the loaf. Then he died. The worship of sixty years was weighed against that fornication, and the fornication outweighed his good deeds. Then the loaf or the two loaves were placed with his good deeds, and his good deeds outweighed, so he was forgiven.

71. Sahih Ibn Hibban 379Sahih

    «إِذَا تَحَدَّثَ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً مَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ فَإِذَا عَمِلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَإِذَا تَحَدَّثَ بِأَنْ يَعْمَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَنَا أَغْفِرُهَا مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهَا فَإِذَا فَعَلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا مِثْلَهَا»

    ✧ When My servant talks about doing a good deed, I write it for him as a good deed as long as he does not do it. When he does it, I write it as ten times its like. And when he talks about doing an evil deed, I forgive it as long as he does not do it. When he does it, I write it as its like.

72. Sahih Ibn Hibban 380Sahih

    إِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِحَسَنَةٍ فَاكْتُبُوهَا حَسَنَةً فَإِذَا عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَإِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَا تَكْتُبُوهَا بِمِثْلِهَا فَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا حَسَنَةً»

    ✧ When My servant intends a good deed, write it as a good deed. When he does it, write it as ten times its like. And when My servant intends an evil deed, do not write it as its like. If he abandons it, write it as a good deed.

73. Sahih Ibn Hibban 381Fabricated

    «إِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ سَيِّئَةً فَإِنْ تَابَ مِنْهَا فَامْحُوهَا عَنْهُ وَإِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ بِعَشْرَةِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ»

    ✧ When My servant intends an evil deed but does not do it, write it for him as a good deed. If he does it, write it for him as an evil deed. If he repents from it, erase it from him. And when My servant intends a good deed but does not do it, write it for him as a good deed. If he does it, write it for him as ten times its like up to seven hundred fold.

74. Sahih Ibn Hibban 382No grade recorded

    إِذَا أَرَادَ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا تَكْتُبُوهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَعْمَلْهَا فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا مِثْلَهَا فَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا مِنْ أَجْلِي فَاكْتُبُوهَا حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ عَشْرَةَ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ»

    ✧ When My servant wants to do an evil deed, do not write it against him until he does it. If he does it, write it as its like. If he abandons it for My sake, write it as a good deed. If he wants to do a good deed, write it for him as a good deed. If he does it, write it for him as ten times its like up to seven hundred fold.

75. Sahih Ibn Hibban 383Sahih

    إِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كَتَبْتُهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَإِنْ هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِسَيِّئَةٍ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ أَكْتُبْهَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا وَاحِدَةً»

    ✧ When My servant intends a good deed but does not do it, I write it for him as a good deed. If he does it, I write it for him as ten good deeds. And if My servant intends an evil deed but does not do it, I do not write it against him. If he does it, I write it as one.

76. Sahih Ibn Hibban 384Sahih

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَالَ «مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كَتَبْتُ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةٍ وَإِنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ أَكْتُبْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةً وَاحِدَةً»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, from Allah, Mighty and Exalted, who said: "Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, I write for him a good deed. If he does it, I write it as ten times its like up to seven hundred. And whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, I do not write it against him. If he does it, I write it against him as one evil deed."

77. Sahih Ibn Hibban 385Weak

    أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيَّ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} ؟ قَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا خَبِيرًا سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «بَلِ ائْتَمِرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتَ شُحًّا مُطَاعًا وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعًا وَدُنْيَا مُؤْثَرَةً وَإِعْجَابَ كُلِّ ذِي رَأْيٍ بِرَأْيِهِ فَعَلَيْكَ نَفْسَكَ وَدَعْ أَمْرَ الْعَوَامِّ فَإِنَّ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ أَيَّامًا الصَّبْرُ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ قَبْضٍ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ لِلْعَامِلِ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا يَعْمَلُونَ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ»

    ✧ I came to Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani and said: O Abu Tha'labah, what do you say about this verse: {Those who have gone astray will not harm you if you are guided}? He said: By Allah, you have asked one who knows about it. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: "Rather, enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, until when you see miserliness obeyed, desire followed, this world preferred, and every person with an opinion admiring his own opinion, then upon you is yourself, and leave the affair of the common people. For behind you are days in which patience is like holding onto embers. For the one who acts in them is the reward of fifty men who do the like of his deed."

78. Sahih Ibn Hibban 386Sahih

    «إِنَّ امْرَأَةً بَغِيًّا رَأَتْ كَلْبًا فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ يُطِيفُ بِبِئْرٍ قَدْ أَدْلَعَ لِسَانَهُ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ فَنَزَعَتْ لَهُ فَسَقَتْهُ فَغُفِرَ لَهَا»

    ✧ A prostitute woman saw a dog on a hot day circling a well, its tongue lolling from thirst. She drew water for it and gave it to drink, so she was forgiven.

79. Sahih Ibn Hibban 387Weak

    سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً يَقُولُ «كَانَ ذُو الْكِفْلِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَتَوَرَّعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهَوِيَ امْرَأَةً فَرَاوَدَهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا وَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ مِنْهَا بَكَتْ وَأُرْعِدَتْ فقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَمْ أَعْمَلْ هَذَا الْعَمَلَ قَطُّ وَمَا عَمِلْتُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَاجَةٍ قَالَ فَنَدِمَ ذُو الْكِفْلِ وَقَامَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَأَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ وَجَدُوا عَلَى بَابِهِ مَكْتُوبًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ»

    ✧ "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say more than twenty times, 'Dhul-Kifl, from the Children of Israel, did not hesitate about anything, so he desired a woman and fell into a sin with her. He gave her sixty dinars. When he left her, she cried and repented. Dhul-Kifl regretted his actions and died that same night. In the morning, they found a note on his door saying, 'Indeed, Allah has forgiven you.'"

80. Sahih Ibn Hibban 369Sahih

    أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ وَمِصْدَاقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ {فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ} »

    ✧ I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has imagined. And the confirmation of that is in the Book of Allah: {No soul knows what is hidden for them of comfort for the eyes as reward for what they used to do}.

81. Sahih Ibn Hibban 390Sahih

    كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِحِجَابِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَفِي الْمَسْجِدِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ فَقَالُوا تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ حَدِيثَنَا؟ فقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا رَفَعْنَا فقَالَ رَجُلٌ لَئِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا رَفَعْنَا لَيَسْمَعَنَّ إِذَا أَخْفَيْنَا وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ مَا أَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ حَدِيثَنَا قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَأَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

    ✧ I was hiding behind the curtain of the Ka'bah, and in the mosque there was a man from Thaqif and his two sons-in-law from Quraysh. They said: Do you think that Allah hears our conversation? One of them said: He hears when we raise our voices. A man said: If He hears when we raise our voices, He will certainly hear when we conceal it. The other said: I think that Allah hears our conversation. Ibn Mas'ud said: I came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and told him what they said, so Allah revealed: {And you were not hiding yourselves, lest your hearing and your eyesight should bear witness against you} to the end of the verse.

82. Sahih Ibn Hibban 391Sahih

    إِنِّي لَمُسْتَتِرٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُهُمْ فَتَحَدَّثُوا الْحَدِيثَ بَيْنَهُمْ فقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَتَرَى اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ مَا قُلْنَا؟ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِذَا رَفَعْنَا سَمِعَ وَإِذَا خَفَضْنَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا رَفَعْنَا فَإِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا خَفَضْنَا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ «{وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ}» الْآيَةَ

    ✧ I was concealing myself with the coverings of the Kaʿbah when three men came: a Thaqafī and his two Qurashī in-laws, with abundant fat on their bellies and little understanding. They conversed among themselves. One of them said, “Do you think Allah hears what we say?” Another said, “When we raise our voices He hears, and when we lower them He does not hear.” The other said, “If He hears when we raise our voices, He hears when we lower them.” I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, so Allah revealed: “And you were not concealing yourselves, lest your hearing, your eyes, or your skins testify against you.” [Fussilat:22]

83. Sahih Ibn Hibban 392Sahih

    «إِنَّمَا الْعَمَلُ كَالْوِعَاءِ إِذَا طَابَ أَعْلَاهُ طَابَ أَسْفَلُهُ وَإِذَا خَبُثَ أَعْلَاهُ خَبُثَ أَسْفَلُهُ»

    ✧ “Deeds are but like a vessel: if its top is good, its bottom is good; and if its top is foul, its bottom is foul.”

84. Sahih Ibn Hibban 393Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا يَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلَأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ وَإِنْ لَا تَفْعَلْ مَلَأْتُ يَدَكَ شُغْلًا وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Indeed Allah, Mighty and Exalted, says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself to My worship; I will fill your chest with richness and I will suffice your poverty. But if you do not, I will fill your hands with preoccupations and I will not suffice your poverty.’”

85. Sahih Ibn Hibban 394Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ»

    ✧ “Indeed Allah does not look at your forms and your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.”

86. Sahih Ibn Hibban 395Sahih

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا خَيْرُ الشُّرَكَاءِ مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا فَأَشْرَكَ فِيهِ غَيْرِي فَأَنَا مِنْهُ بَرِئٌ هُوَ لِلَّذِي أَشْرَكَ بِهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: I am the best of partners. Whoever does a deed in which he associates someone else with Me, I am free of it; it belongs to the one he associated.”

87. Sahih Ibn Hibban 396No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ أَحَدَنَا بِمَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ»

    ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, will Allah hold any of us accountable for what he did in the Jāhiliyyah?” He said: “Whoever does good in Islam will not be held accountable for what he did in the Jāhiliyyah, and whoever does evil in Islam will be held accountable for the first and the last.”

88. Sahih Ibn Hibban 397Sahih

    سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فقَالَ «الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَكَّ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ»

    ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about righteousness and sin. He said: “Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers in your soul and you dislike that people should come to know it.”

89. Sahih Ibn Hibban 398No grade recorded

    «لَيَذْكُرَنَّ اللَّهُ قَوْمًا فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْفُرُشِ الْمُمَهَّدَةِ يُدْخِلُهُمُ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى»

    ✧ “Allah will surely remember a people in this world upon comfortable beds, whom He will admit to the highest degrees.”

90. Sahih Ibn Hibban 399No grade recorded

    «الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»

    ✧ “The Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.”

91. Sahih Ibn Hibban 400No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ»

    ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of the Muslims is best?” He said: “The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.”

92. Sahih Ibn Hibban 401Sahih

    كَانَتْ تُصَلِّي خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ حَسْنَاءُ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ فَكَانَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَتَقَدَّمُ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ لِأَنْ لَا يَرَاهَا وَيَسْتَأْخِرُ بَعْضُهُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ فِي الصَّفِّ الْمُؤَخَّرِ فَكَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ نَظَرَ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي شَأْنِهَا {وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ}

    ✧ A beautiful woman, one of the most beautiful of people, used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Some of the people would come forward to the first row so as not to see her, and some would lag behind until they were in the last row; and when he bowed, he would look from under his armpit. So Allah revealed concerning her: “And We know those among you who come forward, and We know those who lag behind.” [Al-Hijr:24]

93. Sahih Ibn Hibban 402Sahih

    «أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ يُكَفِّرُ الْخَطَايَا وَيَزِيدُ فِي الْحَسَنَاتِ؟ » قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ أَوِ الطُّهُورِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ وَكَثْرَةُ الْخُطَا إِلَى هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ وَالصَّلَاةُ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُتَطَهِّرًا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَيُصَلِّي مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَوْ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا إِلَّا قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ فَإِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاعْدِلُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ وَسُدُّوا الْفُرَجَ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ فَكَبِّرُوا فَإِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُؤَخَّرُ وَشَرُّ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُقَدَّمُ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ إِذَا سَجَدَ الرِّجَالُ فَاحْفَظْنَ أَبْصَارَكُنَّ مِنْ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ»

    ✧ “Shall I not guide you to something that expiates sins and increases good deeds?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Performing ablution thoroughly even in difficult circumstances, taking many steps to this mosque, and prayer after prayer. No one leaves his house purified, comes to the mosque and prays with the Muslims or with the imam, then waits for the next prayer, except that the angels say: O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him. So when you stand for prayer, straighten your rows and fill the gaps. When the imam says takbīr, say takbīr, for I see you from behind me. When he says ‘Allah hears the one who praises Him,’ say: ‘Our Lord, to You is praise.’ The best rows of men are the first, and the worst rows of men are the last. The best rows of women are the last, and the worst rows of women are the first. O assembly of women, when the men prostrate, guard your eyes from the nakedness of the men.”

94. Sahih Ibn Hibban 403Hasan

    «مَا كَرِهَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ شَيْئًا فَلَا تَفْعَلْهُ إِذَا خَلَوْتَ»

    ✧ “Whatever Allah dislikes from you, do not do it when you are alone.”

95. Sahih Ibn Hibban 404Hasan sahih

    «إِذَا جَمَعَ اللَّهُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لِيَوْمٍ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ نَادَى مُنَادٍ مَنْ كَانَ أَشْرَكَ فِي عَمَلِهِ لِلَّهِ أَحَدًا فَلْيَطْلُبْ ثَوَابَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَغْنَى الشُّرَكَاءِ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ»

    ✧ When Allah gathers the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, for a day about which there is no doubt, a caller will call out: 'Whoever associated anyone with Allah in his deed, let him seek his reward from that one, for Allah is the most self-sufficient of partners from association.'

96. Sahih Ibn Hibban 405Hasan sahih

    «بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالنَّصْرِ وَالسَّنَاءِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ فَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ»

    ✧ Give glad tidings to this community of victory, loftiness, and empowerment. But whoever among them performs a deed of the Hereafter for the sake of this world, he will have no share in the Hereafter.

97. Sahih Ibn Hibban 406No grade recorded

    «مَنْ سَمَّعَ يُسَمِّعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ رَاءَى يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ»

    ✧ Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard; and whoever shows off, Allah will expose him.

98. Sahih Ibn Hibban 407Sahih

    «مَنْ سَمَّعَ يُسَمِّعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ رَاءَى يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ»

    ✧ Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard; and whoever shows off, Allah will expose him.

99. Sahih Ibn Hibban 408Sahih

    أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ وَخَلَا قُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْشُدُكَ بِحَقِّي لَمَا حَدَّثْتَنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَقَلْتَهُ وَعَلِمْتَهُ فقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَفْعَلُ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَقَلْتَهُ وَعَلِمْتُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَشْغَةً فَمَكَثَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فقَالَ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَهُوَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مَا مَعَنَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَشْغَةً أُخْرَى فَمَكَثَ كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَمَسَحَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فقَالَ أَفْعَلُ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَهُوَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مَا مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ نَشْغَةً شَدِيدَةً ثُمَّ مَالَ خَارًّا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَاشْتَدَّ بِهِ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فقَالَ

    " Who is this?" They said: "Abu Hurairah." (He said):So I got close to him until I was sitting in front of him as he was narrating to the people. When he was silent and alone, I said to him: " I ask youabsolute truth if you would narrate to me a Hadith which you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, That you understand and know." So Abu Hurairah said: "You want me to narrate a Hadith to you which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to me that I understand and know." Then Abu Hurairah began sobbing profusely. We sat for a while, then he recovered and said: "I shall narrate to you a Hadith which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated in this House, while there was no one with us other than he and I." Then, again, Abu Hurairah began sobbing severely. Then he recovered, and wiped his face, and said: "you want me to narrate to you a Hadith which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated while he and I were sitting in this House, and no one was with us but he and I." Then Abu Hurairah began sobbing severely. Then he bent, falling on his face, so I supported him for a long time. Then he recovered and said: "The Messenger of Allah narrated to me that on the Day of Judgement, Allah, Most High, will descend to His slaves t judge between them. Every nation shall be kneeling. The first of those who will be called before him will be a man who memorized the Qur'an, and a man who was killed in Allah's cause, and a wealthy man. Allah will say to the reciter: 'Did I not teach you what I revealed to My Messenger?" He says: 'Of course O Lord!' He says: 'Then what did you do with what you learned?' He said: 'I would stand (in prayer reciting) with it during all hours of the night and all hours of the day.' Then Allah would say to him: 'You have lied.' And the angels will say: 'You have lied.'Allah will say to him: 'Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is a reciter. And that was said.' The person with the wealth will be brought, and Allah will say to him: 'Was I not so generous with you, such that I did not leave you having any need from anyone?' He will say: 'Of course O Lord!' He says: 'Then what did you do with what I gave to you?' He says: 'I would nurture the ties of kinship and give charity.' Then Allah will say to him: 'You have lied.' And the angels will say to him: 'You have lied.' Allah, Most High, will say: 'Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is so generous, and that was said.' Then the one who was killed in Allah's cause shall be brought, and Allah will say to him: 'For what were you killed?' So he says: 'I was commanded to fight in Your cause,so I fought until I was killed.' Allah [Most High] will say to him: 'You have lied.' And the angels will say to him: 'You have lied.' Allah [Most High] will say: 'Rather, you wanted it be said that so-and-so is brave, and that was said.' "Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hit me on my knees and said: 'O Abu Hurairah! These first three are the creatures of Allah with whom the fire will be enflamed on the Day of Judgement.'" Al-Walid Abu 'Uthman Al-Mada'ini said: "So 'Uqbah bin Muslim informed me that Shaufaiy, is the one who entered upon Mu'awiyah to inform him about this." Abu Uthman said: 'This has been done with these people, then how about with those who remain among the people?" Then Mu'awiyah begin weeping so intensely, that we thought that he will kill himself with excessive weeping. We said: "This man came to us to cause evil." Then Mu'awiyah recovered, wiped off his face and said: "Allah and His Messenger told the truth: Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter, then we shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein, and they shall have no diminution therein. They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter Fire, and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2382)

100. Sahih Ibn Hibban 388Sahih

     «الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»

     ✧ Actions are by intentions, and every person will have what he intended. Whoever's migration is to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger. And whoever's migration is to a worldly gain he attains or a woman he marries, his migration is to what he migrated to.

101. Sahih Ibn Hibban 389Sahih

     «الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»

     ✧ Actions are by intentions, and every person will have what he intended. Whoever's migration is to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger. And whoever's migration is to a worldly gain he attains or a woman he marries, his migration is to what he migrated to.

102. Sahih Ibn Hibban 410Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخَاصِمُ أَبَاهُ فِي دَيْنٍ عَلَيْهِ فقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِأَبِيكَ»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ arguing with his father about a debt owed to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "You and your wealth belong to your father."

103. Sahih Ibn Hibban 411Sahih

     «مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَسُبَّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ» قِيلَ وَكَيْفَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلنَّاسِ فَيَسُبُّ وَالِدَيْهِ»

     ✧ Among the major sins is that a man reviles his parents." It was said, "And how does a man revile his parents?" He said, "He reviles people, and then they revile his parents.

104. Sahih Ibn Hibban 412Sahih

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَسُبَّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ» قَالَ وَكَيْفَ يَسُبُّ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «يَسُبُّ أَبَا الرَّجُلِ فَيَسُبُّ أَبَاهُ وَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ فَيَسُبُّ أُمَّهُ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, among the greatest of major sins is that a man reviles his parents." It was said, "And how does a man revile his parents?" He said, "He reviles a man's father, and so that man reviles his father; and he reviles his mother, and so that man reviles his mother.

105. Sahih Ibn Hibban 413Sahih

     «انْقَلَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ بِمِنًى فِي آخِرِ حَجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فقَالَ إِنَّ فُلَانًا يَقُولُ لَوْ قَدْ مَاتَ عُمَرُ بَايَعْتُ فُلَانًا قَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي قَائِمٌ الْعَشِيَّةَ فِي النَّاسِ وَأُحَذِّرُهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَغْصِبُوهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقُلْتُ لَا تَفْعَلْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّ الْمَوْسِمَ يَجْمَعُ رَعَاعَ النَّاسِ وَغَوْغَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَغْلِبُونَ عَلَى مَجْلِسِكَ إِذَا أَقَمْتَ فِي النَّاسِ فَيَطِيرُوا بِمَقَالَتِكَ وَلَا يَضَعُوهَا مَوَاضِعَهَا أَمْهِلْ حَتَّى تَقْدُمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ الْهِجْرَةِ فَتَخْلُصَ بِعُلَمَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَشْرَافِهِمْ وَتَقُولُ مَا قُلْتَ مُتَمَكِّنًا وَيَعُونَ مَقَالَتَكَ وَيَضَعُونَهَا مَوَاضِعَهَا فقَالَ عُمَرُ لَئِنْ قَدِمْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ سَالِمًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَأَ تَكَلَّمَنَّ فِي أَوَّلِ مَقَامٍ أَقُومُهُ فَقَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فِي عَقِبِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ عَجَّلْتُ الرَّوَاحَ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَوَجَدْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي فَجَلَسَ إِلَى رُكْنِ الْمِنْبَرِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ تَمَسُّ رُكْبَتِي رُكْبَتَهُ فَلَمْ أَنْشَبْ أَنْ طَلَعَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدٍ أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيَقُولُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ مَقَالَةً لَمْ يَقُلْهَا مُنْذُ اسْتُخْلِفَ قَالَ وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولَ؟ فَجَلَسَ عُمَرُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي قَائِلٌ لَكُمْ مَقَالَةً قُدِّرَ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَهَا لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَجْلِي فَمَنْ عَقَلَهَا وَوَعَاهَا فَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهَا حَيْثُ انْتَهَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْقِلْهَا فَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَكْذِبَ عَلَيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ بِهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ وَأَخَافُ إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا نَجْدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَالرَّجْمُ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ حَمْلٌ أَوِ اعْتِرَافٌ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ زَادَ عُمَرُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَكَتَبْتُهَا أَلَا وَإِنَّا كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ «لَا تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ فَإِنَّ كُفْرًا بِكُمْ أَنْ تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ» ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أَطْرَتِ النَّصَارَى عِيسَى بْنَ مَرْيَمَ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ فَقُولُوا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ» أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ فُلَانًا قَالَ لَوْ قَدْ مَاتَ عُمَرُ بَايَعْتُ فُلَانًا فَمَنْ بَايَعَ امْرَأً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا بَيْعَةَ لَهُ وَلَا لِلَّذِي بَايَعَهُ فَلَا يَغْتَرَّنَّ أَحَدٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً أَلَا وَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً إِلَّا أَنَّ اللَّهَ وَقَى شَرَّهَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ تُقْطَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْأَعْنَاقُ مِثْلَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ خَيْرِنَا يَوْمَ تَوَفَّى اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ اجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَتَخَلَّفَ عَنَّا الْأَنْصَارُ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ نَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعُوا فَخَرَجْنَا نَؤُمُّهُمْ فَلَقِيَنَا رَجُلَانِ صَالِحَانِ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَا أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ؟ فَقُلْتُ نُرِيدُ إِخْوَانَنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ فَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَأْتُوهُمْ اقْضُوا أَمَرَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَا نَرْجِعُ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَهُمْ فَجِئْنَاهُمْ فَإِذَا هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُزَّمِّلٌ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ قُلْتُ مَا لَهُ؟ قَالُوا وَجِعٌ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا قَامَ خَطِيبُهُمْ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَنَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ وَكَتِيبَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَقَدْ دَفَّتْ إِلَيْنَا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ دَافَّةٌ وَإِذَا هُمْ قَدْ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَخْتَصُّوا بِالْأَمْرِ وَيُخْرِجُونَا مِنْ أَصْلِنَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ وَقَدْ كُنْتُ زَوَّرْتُ مَقَالَةً قَدْ أَعْجَبَتْنِي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقُولَهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَكُنْتُ أُدَارِي مِنْهُ بَعْضَ الْحَدِّ وَكَانَ أَحْلَمَ مِنِّي وَأَوْقَرَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَقَالَ اجْلِسْ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُغْضِبَهُ فَتَكَلَّمَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكَ مِمَّا زَوَّرْتُهُ فِي مَقَالَتِي إِلَّا قَالَ مِثْلَهُ فِي بَدِيهَتِهِ أَوْ أَفْضَلَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَمَا ذَكَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَأَنْتُمْ أَهْلُهُ وَلَنْ يَعْرِفَ الْعَرَبُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ إِلَّا لِهَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ هُمْ أَوْسَطُ الْعَرَبِ دَارًا وَنَسَبَا وَقَدْ رَضِيتُ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فَبَايِعُوا أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتُمْ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَيَدِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ بَيْنَنَا فَلَمْ أَكْرَهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ مَقَالَتِهِ غَيْرَهَا كَانَ وَاللَّهِ لِأَنْ أُقَدَّمَ فَتُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي فِي أَمْرٍ لَا يُقَرِّبُنِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى إِثْمٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُؤَمَّرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فقَالَ فَتَى الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَا جُذَيْلُهَا الْمُحَكَّكُ وَعُذَيْقُهَا الْمُرَجَّبُ مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ فَكَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ وَخَشِيتُ الِاخْتِلَافَ فَقُلْتُ ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَبَسَطَهَا فَبَايَعْتُهُ وَبَايَعَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَنَزَوْنَا عَلَى سَعْدٍ فقَالَ قَائِلٌ قَتَلْتُمْ سَعْدًا فَقُلْتُ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ سَعْدًا فَلَمْ نَجِدْ شَيْئًا هُوَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ مُبَايَعَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ خَشِيتُ إِنْ فَارَقْنَا الْقَوْمَ أَنْ يُحْدِثُوا بَعْدَنَا بَيْعَةً فَإِمَّا أَنْ نُبَايِعَهُمْ عَلَى مَا لَا نَرْضَى وَإِمَّا أَنْ نُخَالِفَهُمْ فَيَكُونُ فَسَادًا وَاخْتِلَافًا فَبَايَعْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ جَمِيعًا وَرَضِينَا بِهِ

     I used to recite to ‘AbdurRahman bin ‘Awf, and he found me waiting for him. That was in Mina during the last Hajj performed by ʿUmar bin al-Khattab ؓ Abdur-Rahman bin ʿAwf said: A man came to ʿUmar bin al-Khattab and said: So and so is saying: If ʿUmar ؓ dies, I will swear allegiance to So and so. ʼUmar ؓ said: I will stand before the people today and warn them against these people who want to deprive them of their rights, ʿAbdur-Rahman said: I said: O Ameer al-Muʿmineen, do not do that, for the Hajj season brings together the riffraff and rabble among the people, and most of the people who gather around and listen to you will be of that type. Is you stand before the people, I am afraid that you will say something that they will spread and not understand it properly or interpret it properly. Rather wait until you come to Madinah, for it is the land of Hijrah and the Sunnah, and you will meet the most knowledgeable and noble people there, and you can say what you want to say with confidence; they wilt understand what you say and will interpret it correctly, ʿUmar ؓ said: If I reach Madinah safe and sound, I shall certainly talk to the people there in the first speech I deliver. When we came to Madinah at the end of Dhul-I-Iijah, it was a Friday. I set out early, ‘Umar did not care at what time he went out, because he did not pay attention to heat and cold and so on. I found Saʿeed bin Zaid at the right-hand corner of the minbar, he had got there before me. I sat down next to him, with my knee touching his knee, and it was not long before ʿUmar ؓ came. When I saw him, I said: He will certainly speak today on this minbar and say something that no one ever heard before. Saʿeed bin Zaid objected to that and said: What do you think he will say that no one said before? ʿUmar ؓ sat on the minbar, and when the muʿdhdhin fell silent, he stood up and praised and glorified Allah as He deserves, then he said: To proceed o people, I am going to tell you something that it has been decreed I should say. I do not know, perhaps it may signal my death. So whoever understands it and remembers it, let him narrate it to others wherever his mount takes him; whoever does not understand il, it is not permissible for him to tell lies about me. Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth and revealed the Book to him; among the things that were revealed to him was the verse of stoning [adulterers). We read it and understood it; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned [adulterers] and we stoned adulterers] after him. But I fear that with the passage of time, some people will say: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, thus they will go astray by forsaking an obligation that Allah revealed. Stoning is the due punishment in the Book of Allah for those who commit zina, both men and women, if they have been married and if proof is established, or there is a pregnancy or a confession, And we used to recite: Do not claim to be the offspring of anyone other than your fathers, as it is disbelief (or ingratitude) on your part to claim to be the offspring of anyone other than your fathers, Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿDo not praise me excessively as ʿEesa, the son of Maryam, was praised; rather I am the slave of Allah, so say, the slave of Allah and His Messenger.ʿ I have heard that some among you are saying. If ʿUmar ؓ dies, I shall swear allegiance to So and so. No man should deceive himself by saying that the oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr was given suddenly and it was is successful. There is no doubt that this is the case, but Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, saved the to 2 people from its bad consequences and there is no one among you today who has the qualities of Abu Bakr ؓ What happened to us when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died was that ‘Ali, az-Zubair and those who were with them stayed behind in the house of Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and all the Ansar stayed behind and gathered in Saqeefat Banu Saʿidah, whilst the Muhajireen gathered around Abu Bakr ؓ I said to him; O Abu Bakr, let us go to our brothers, the Ansar. So we set out, looking for them, then we were met by two righteous men who told us what the people had done, and said: where are you going, O Muhajireen? I said: We are looking for these brothers of ours, the Ansar, They said. You should not go near them; do whatever you have already decided, O Muhajireen. I said: By Allah, we will go to them. So we carried on until we came to them in Saqeefat Banu Saʿidah, where we found them gathered and among them was a man wrapped up [in a garment. I said: Who is this? They said: Saʿd bin ʿUbadah. ! said: What is the matter with him? They said: He is sick. After we sat down, their spokesman stood up and praised and glorified Allah, may He glorified and exalted, as He deserves, then he said: To proceed. We are the supporters (Ansar) of Allah and the majority of the Muslim army. You, O Muhajireen, are a small group among us. Some of you came to us, wanting to deny who we are and prevent us from attaining a position of authority. When he fell silent, I wanted to present a speech that I had prepared and that I liked in front of Abu Bakr ؓ I used to avoid provoking him and he was more forbearing and more dignified than me. But Abu Bakr ؓ said: Wait a while. I did not like to make him angry, and he was more knowledgeable and more dignified than me. By Allah, he did not omit any word that I liked in the speech I had prepared but he said something like it or better, speaking spontaneously, until he finished speaking. Then he said: To proceed. Whatever you have mentioned about your achievements and virtues, is correct. The Arabs would not acknowledge the leadership of anyone except someone from this tribe of Quraish, for they are the best of the Arabs in lineage and location. I am pleased to suggest to you one of these two men, whichever of them you want. Then he took hold of my hand and the hand of Abu ʿUbaidah bin al-Jarrah, and I disliked nothing of what he had said apart from this, for by Allah, I would rather have my neck struck for no sin on my part than to become the leader of people among whom was Abu Bakr ؓ unless my own self suggested something at the time of death. One of the Ansar said: I am the post on which the camel with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm tree [i.e., a noble]. [I suggest] a ruler from among us and a ruler from among you, O Quraish. - I the narrator said to Malik; What does ‘I am the post on which the cainc! with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm treeʿ mean? He said:It is as if he is saying, I am the smart one who has the answer. - Then there was a great deal of clamour and raised voices, to such an extent that I feared there would be a conflict, so I said: Hold out your hand, O Abu Bakr. So he held out his hand and I swore allegiance to him, and the Muhajireen swore allegiance to him, then the Ansar swore allegiance to him. Thus we surrounded Saʿd bin ‘Ubadah. One of them said: You have killed Saʿd i said: May Allah kill Sa’d! And ʿUmar ؓ said: By Allah, we never encountered any problem greater than the swearing of allegiance to Abu Bakr ؓ. We were afraid that if we left the people without having sworn allegiance to anyone, they might swear allegiance after we were gone, so we would either follow in their footsteps and swear allegiance to someone we were not pleased with, or we would disagree with them and that would cause trouble. If anyone swears allegiance to a leader without consulting the Muslims, there is no allegiance for him and no allegiance to the one who swore allegiance to him, lest both of them be killed. Malik said: Ibn Shihab told me, from ʿUrwah bin az-Zubair, that the men whom they met were ʿUwaim bin Saʿidah and Maʿn bin ʿAdiyy. Ibn Shihab said. Saʿeed bin al-Musayyab told me that the one who said, I am the post on which the camel with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm tree, was al-lubab bin al-Mundhir. (Using translation from Aḥmad 391)

106. Sahih Ibn Hibban 414Sahih

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُقْرِئُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَ رَجُلًا يَجِدُ مِنَ الْأَقْشَعْرِيرَةِ مَا يَجِدُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عِنْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَجِئْتُ أَلْتَمِسُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى رَجَعَ مِنْ عِنْدِ عُمَرَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ لِي لَوْ رَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا آنِفًا قَالَ لِعُمَرَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمِنًى فِي آخِرِ حَجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَذَكَرَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَاتَ عُمَرُ لَقَدْ بَايَعْتُ فُلَانًا قَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ إِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ الْعَشِيَّةَ فِي النَّاسِ فَمُحَذِّرُهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَغْتَصِبُونَ الْأُمَّةَ أَمَرَهُمْ فقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَكَ هَذَا فَإِنَّ الْمَوْسِمَ يَجْمَعُ رَعَاعَ النَّاسِ وَغَوْغَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَغْلِبُونَ عَلَى مَجْلِسِكَ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ قُلْتَ فِيهِمُ الْيَوْمَ مَقَالًا أَنْ يَطِيرُوا بِهَا وَلَا يَعُوهَا وَلَا يَضَعُوهَا عَلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا أَمْهِلْ حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ الْهِجْرَةِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَتَخْلُصَ لِعُلَمَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَشْرَافِهِمْ فَتَقُولُ مَا قُلْتَ مُتَمَكِّنًا فَيَعُوا مَقَالَتَكَ وَيَضَعُوهَا عَلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ صَالِحًا لَأُكَلِّمَنَّ بِهَا النَّاسَ فِي أَوَّلِ مَقَامٍ أَقُومُهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فِي عَقِبِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَجَاءَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ هَجَّرْتُ صَكَّةَ الْأَعْمَى لِمَا أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَوَجَدْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي بِالتَّهْجِيرِ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى رُكْنٍ جَانِبَ الْمِنْبَرِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ تَمَسُّ رُكْبَتِي رُكْبَتَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْشَبْ عُمَرُ أَنْ خَرَجَ فَأَقْبَلَ يَؤُمُّ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَعُمَرُ مُقْبِلٌ وَاللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ الْيَوْمَ مَقَالَةً لَمْ يَقُلْهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلَهُ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَقَالَ مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَهُ؟ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ سَكَتَ قَامَ عُمَرُ فَتَشَهَّدَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي قَائِلٌ لَكُمْ مَقَالَةً قَدْ قُدِّرَ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَهَا لَعَلَّهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَجْلِي فَمَنْ عَقَلَهَا وَوَعَاهَا فَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهَا حَيْثُ انْتَهَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ وَمَنْ خَشِيَ أَنْ لَا يَعِيَهَا فَلَا أُحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَكْذِبَ عَلَيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ مِمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَعَقَلْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ وَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَتْرُكَ فَرِيضَةً أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ ثُمَّ إِنَّا قَدْ كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ أَنْ «لَا تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ فَإِنَّ كُفْرًا بِكُمْ أَنْ تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ» ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أُطْرِيَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ فَقُولُوا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ» ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ فُلَانًا مِنْكُمْ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ مَاتَ عُمَرُ لَقَدْ بَايَعْتُ فُلَانًا فَلَا يَغُرَّنَّ امْرَأً أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنْ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً فَتَمَّتْ فَإِنَّهَا قَدْ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنَّ اللَّهَ وَقَى شَرَّهَا وَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ مَنْ تُقْطَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْأَعْنَاقُ مِثْلَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ خَيْرِنَا حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُمَا تَخَلَّفُوا عَنَّا وَتَخَلَّفَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ عَنَّا بِأَسْرِهَا وَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ وَاجْتَمَعَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنْزِلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجِدَارِ اخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقُلْتُ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَإِنَّا مَشَاغِيلُ عَنْكَ فقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ لَا بُدَّ مِنْكَ فِيهِ إِنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ فَأَدْرِكُوهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحْدِثُوا أَمْرًا فَيَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ فِيهِ حَرْبٌ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى إِخْوَانِنَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَؤُمُّهُمْ فَلَقِيَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِهِ فَمَشَى بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْنَا مِنْهُمْ لَقِينَا رَجُلَانِ صَالِحَانِ فَذَكَرَا الَّذِي صَنَعَ الْقَوْمُ وَ قَالَا أَيْنَ تُرِيدُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ؟ فَقُلْتُ نُرِيدُ إِخْوَانَنَا مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَا لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَقْرَبُوهُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ اقْضُوا أَمَرَكُمْ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَاهُمْ فَإِذَا هُمْ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ فَإِذَا بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُزَّمِّلٌ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ قُلْتُ فَمَا لَهُ؟ قَالُوا هُوَ وَجِعٌ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا تَكَلَّمَ خَطِيبُ الْأَنْصَارِ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَنَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ وَكَتِيبَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَنْتُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ رَهْطٌ مِنَّا وَقَدْ دَفَّتْ دَافَّةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِكُمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ وَإِذَا هُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَخْتَزِلُونَا مِنْ أَصْلِنَا وَيَحُطُّوا بِنَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى مَقَالَتَهُ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ وَكُنْتُ قَدْ زَوَّرْتُ مَقَالَةً أَعْجَبَتْنِي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقُومَ بِهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَكُنْتُ أُدَارِي مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بَعْضَ الْحِدَّةِ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُغْضِبَهُ فَتَكَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَانَ أَحْلَمَ مِنِّي وَأَوْقَرَ وَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكَ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَعْجَبَتْنِي فِي تَزْوِيرِي إِلَّا تَكَلَّمَ بِمِثْلِهَا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ فِي بَدِيهَتِهِ حَتَّى سَكَتَ فَتَشَهَّدَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا الْأَنْصَارُ فَمَا ذَكَرْتُمْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَأَنْتُمْ أَهْلُهُ وَلَنْ تَعْرِفَ الْعَرَبُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ إِلَّا لِهَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ هُمْ أَوْسَطُ الْعَرَبِ نَسَبًا وَدَارًا وَقَدْ رَضِيتُ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فَبَايِعُوا أَيُّهُمَا شِئْتُمْ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَبِيَدِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ فَلَمْ أَكْرَهْ مِنْ مَقَالَتِهِ غَيْرَهَا كَانَ وَاللَّهِ أَنْ أُقَدَّمَ فَتُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي لَا يُقَرِّبُنِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى إِثْمٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُؤَمَّرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَّا أَنْ تَغَيَّرَ نَفْسِي عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقَالَتَهُ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَا جُذَيْلُهَا الْمُحَكَّكُ وَعُذَيْقُهَا الْمُرَجَّبُ مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَكَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ وَارْتَفَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ حَتَّى أَشْفَقْتُ الِاخْتِلَافَ قُلْتُ ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَبَسَطَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَدَهُ فَبَايَعَهُ وَبَايَعَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَنَزَوْنَا عَلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ فقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَتَلْتُمْ سَعْدًا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا مُغْضَبٌ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ سَعْدًا فَإِنَّهُ صَاحِبُ فِتْنَةٍ وَشَرٍّ وَإِنَّا وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا فِيمَا حَضَرَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا أَمْرٌ أَقْوَى مِنْ بَيْعَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَخَشِينَا إِنْ فَارَقْنَا الْقَوْمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَيْعَةٌ أَنْ يُحْدِثُوا بَعْدَنَا بَيْعَةً فَإِمَّا أَنْ نُبَايِعَهُمْ عَلَى مَا لَا نَرْضَى وَإِمَّا أَنْ نُخَالِفَهُمْ فَيَكُونُ فَسَادًا فَلَا يَغْتَرَّنَّ امْرٌؤٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً فَتَمَّتْ فَقَدْ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ وَقَى شَرَّهَا أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مِثْلُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

     I used to recite to ‘AbdurRahman bin ‘Awf, and he found me waiting for him. That was in Mina during the last Hajj performed by ʿUmar bin al-Khattab ؓ Abdur-Rahman bin ʿAwf said: A man came to ʿUmar bin al-Khattab and said: So and so is saying: If ʿUmar ؓ dies, I will swear allegiance to So and so. ʼUmar ؓ said: I will stand before the people today and warn them against these people who want to deprive them of their rights, ʿAbdur-Rahman said: I said: O Ameer al-Muʿmineen, do not do that, for the Hajj season brings together the riffraff and rabble among the people, and most of the people who gather around and listen to you will be of that type. Is you stand before the people, I am afraid that you will say something that they will spread and not understand it properly or interpret it properly. Rather wait until you come to Madinah, for it is the land of Hijrah and the Sunnah, and you will meet the most knowledgeable and noble people there, and you can say what you want to say with confidence; they wilt understand what you say and will interpret it correctly, ʿUmar ؓ said: If I reach Madinah safe and sound, I shall certainly talk to the people there in the first speech I deliver. When we came to Madinah at the end of Dhul-I-Iijah, it was a Friday. I set out early, ‘Umar did not care at what time he went out, because he did not pay attention to heat and cold and so on. I found Saʿeed bin Zaid at the right-hand corner of the minbar, he had got there before me. I sat down next to him, with my knee touching his knee, and it was not long before ʿUmar ؓ came. When I saw him, I said: He will certainly speak today on this minbar and say something that no one ever heard before. Saʿeed bin Zaid objected to that and said: What do you think he will say that no one said before? ʿUmar ؓ sat on the minbar, and when the muʿdhdhin fell silent, he stood up and praised and glorified Allah as He deserves, then he said: To proceed o people, I am going to tell you something that it has been decreed I should say. I do not know, perhaps it may signal my death. So whoever understands it and remembers it, let him narrate it to others wherever his mount takes him; whoever does not understand il, it is not permissible for him to tell lies about me. Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth and revealed the Book to him; among the things that were revealed to him was the verse of stoning [adulterers). We read it and understood it; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned [adulterers] and we stoned adulterers] after him. But I fear that with the passage of time, some people will say: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, thus they will go astray by forsaking an obligation that Allah revealed. Stoning is the due punishment in the Book of Allah for those who commit zina, both men and women, if they have been married and if proof is established, or there is a pregnancy or a confession, And we used to recite: Do not claim to be the offspring of anyone other than your fathers, as it is disbelief (or ingratitude) on your part to claim to be the offspring of anyone other than your fathers, Verily the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿDo not praise me excessively as ʿEesa, the son of Maryam, was praised; rather I am the slave of Allah, so say, the slave of Allah and His Messenger.ʿ I have heard that some among you are saying. If ʿUmar ؓ dies, I shall swear allegiance to So and so. No man should deceive himself by saying that the oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr was given suddenly and it was is successful. There is no doubt that this is the case, but Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, saved the to 2 people from its bad consequences and there is no one among you today who has the qualities of Abu Bakr ؓ What happened to us when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died was that ‘Ali, az-Zubair and those who were with them stayed behind in the house of Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and all the Ansar stayed behind and gathered in Saqeefat Banu Saʿidah, whilst the Muhajireen gathered around Abu Bakr ؓ I said to him; O Abu Bakr, let us go to our brothers, the Ansar. So we set out, looking for them, then we were met by two righteous men who told us what the people had done, and said: where are you going, O Muhajireen? I said: We are looking for these brothers of ours, the Ansar, They said. You should not go near them; do whatever you have already decided, O Muhajireen. I said: By Allah, we will go to them. So we carried on until we came to them in Saqeefat Banu Saʿidah, where we found them gathered and among them was a man wrapped up [in a garment. I said: Who is this? They said: Saʿd bin ʿUbadah. ! said: What is the matter with him? They said: He is sick. After we sat down, their spokesman stood up and praised and glorified Allah, may He glorified and exalted, as He deserves, then he said: To proceed. We are the supporters (Ansar) of Allah and the majority of the Muslim army. You, O Muhajireen, are a small group among us. Some of you came to us, wanting to deny who we are and prevent us from attaining a position of authority. When he fell silent, I wanted to present a speech that I had prepared and that I liked in front of Abu Bakr ؓ I used to avoid provoking him and he was more forbearing and more dignified than me. But Abu Bakr ؓ said: Wait a while. I did not like to make him angry, and he was more knowledgeable and more dignified than me. By Allah, he did not omit any word that I liked in the speech I had prepared but he said something like it or better, speaking spontaneously, until he finished speaking. Then he said: To proceed. Whatever you have mentioned about your achievements and virtues, is correct. The Arabs would not acknowledge the leadership of anyone except someone from this tribe of Quraish, for they are the best of the Arabs in lineage and location. I am pleased to suggest to you one of these two men, whichever of them you want. Then he took hold of my hand and the hand of Abu ʿUbaidah bin al-Jarrah, and I disliked nothing of what he had said apart from this, for by Allah, I would rather have my neck struck for no sin on my part than to become the leader of people among whom was Abu Bakr ؓ unless my own self suggested something at the time of death. One of the Ansar said: I am the post on which the camel with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm tree [i.e., a noble]. [I suggest] a ruler from among us and a ruler from among you, O Quraish. - I the narrator said to Malik; What does ‘I am the post on which the cainc! with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm treeʿ mean? He said:It is as if he is saying, I am the smart one who has the answer. - Then there was a great deal of clamour and raised voices, to such an extent that I feared there would be a conflict, so I said: Hold out your hand, O Abu Bakr. So he held out his hand and I swore allegiance to him, and the Muhajireen swore allegiance to him, then the Ansar swore allegiance to him. Thus we surrounded Saʿd bin ‘Ubadah. One of them said: You have killed Saʿd i said: May Allah kill Sa’d! And ʿUmar ؓ said: By Allah, we never encountered any problem greater than the swearing of allegiance to Abu Bakr ؓ. We were afraid that if we left the people without having sworn allegiance to anyone, they might swear allegiance after we were gone, so we would either follow in their footsteps and swear allegiance to someone we were not pleased with, or we would disagree with them and that would cause trouble. If anyone swears allegiance to a leader without consulting the Muslims, there is no allegiance for him and no allegiance to the one who swore allegiance to him, lest both of them be killed. Malik said: Ibn Shihab told me, from ʿUrwah bin az-Zubair, that the men whom they met were ʿUwaim bin Saʿidah and Maʿn bin ʿAdiyy. Ibn Shihab said. Saʿeed bin al-Musayyab told me that the one who said, I am the post on which the camel with a skin disease scratches itself and I am like a high class palm tree, was al-lubab bin al-Mundhir. (Using translation from Aḥmad 391)

107. Sahih Ibn Hibban 415Sahih

     لَمَّا ادُّعِيَ زِيَادٌ لَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ؟ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ» فقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

     ✧ When Ziyad was claimed (as a son), I met Abu Bakrah and said, "What is this that you have done? I heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas say: 'My ears heard and my heart retained that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever claims a father in Islam while knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him."'". Abu Bakrah said, "And I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

108. Sahih Ibn Hibban 416Sahih

     «مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ» قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ "Whoever claims a father in Islam while knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him." He said: I mentioned that to Abu Bakrah, and he said, "My ears heard it and my heart retained it from the Prophet ﷺ."

109. Sahih Ibn Hibban 417No grade recorded

     «مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ تَوَلَّى غَيْرَ مَوَالِيهِ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ»

     ✧ Whoever claims descent from other than his father or allies himself with other than his patrons, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people.

110. Sahih Ibn Hibban 418Weak

     أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَوَيَّ قَدْ هَلَكَا فَهَلْ بَقِيَ لِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا مِنْ بِرِّهِمَا شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عُهُودِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ رَحِمِهِمَا الَّتِي لَا رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَا أَكْثَرَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَطْيَبَهُ قَالَ «فَاعْمَلْ بِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across a man from the tribe of Salimah while I was with him. The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, both my parents have passed away. Is there anything left for me to do in their favor after their death?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes, offer prayers for them, seek forgiveness for them, fulfill their covenants after their death, honor their close friends, and maintain good relations with their relatives, for there is no kinship for you except through them." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is abundant and pleasant. What should I do?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Act upon this."

111. Sahih Ibn Hibban 419Sahih

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُبَايِعَكَ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَتَرَكْتُ أَبَوَيَّ يَبْكِيَانِ فقَالَ «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا»

     ✧ A man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I want to pledge allegiance to you for emigration, but I have left my parents weeping." He said, "Return to them and make them laugh as you made them weep."

112. Sahih Ibn Hibban 420Sahih

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُجَاهِدُ؟ فقَالَ «لَكَ أَبَوَانِ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, should I go on jihad?" He said, "Do you have parents?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then strive in serving them."

113. Sahih Ibn Hibban 421Hasan

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِي الْجِهَادِ قَالَ «أَلَكَ وَالِدَانِ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَبِرَّهُمَا» فَذَهَبَ وَهُوَ يتخلَّل الرِّكَابَ

     ✧ A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you permit me to go on jihad?" He said, "Do you have parents?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Go and be dutiful to them." So he went, threading his way through the riding camels.

114. Sahih Ibn Hibban 422Weak

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي هَاجَرْتُ؟ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ هَجَّرْتَ الشِّرْكَ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْجِهَادُ؟ هَلْ لَكَ أَحَدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ»؟ قَالَ أَبَوَايَ قَالَ «أَذِنَا لَكَ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «ارْجِعْ فَاسْتَأْذِنْهُمَا فَإِنْ أَذِنَا لَكَ فَجَاهِدْ وَإِلَّا فَبِرَّهُمَا»

     ✧ A man emigrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Yemen and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have emigrated.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You have left polytheism behind, but what about jihad? Do you have anyone in Yemen?” He said, “My parents.” He said, “Did they give you permission?” He said, “No.” He said, “Go back and ask their permission. If they permit you, then fight; otherwise, be dutiful to them.”

115. Sahih Ibn Hibban 423Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَ وَقَالَ قَدْ تَرَكْتُ أَبَوَيَّ يَبْكِيَانِ قَالَ «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا» وَأَبَى أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ to pledge allegiance to him for emigration and had already become Muslim. He said, “I left my parents weeping.” He said, “Return to them and make them laugh as you made them weep,” and he refused to let him go out with him.

116. Sahih Ibn Hibban 424Sahih

     «لَا يَجْزِي وَلَدٌ وَالِدَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِدَهُ مَمْلُوكًا فَيَشْتَرِيَهُ فَيَعْتِقَهُ»

     ✧ “A child cannot repay his parent unless he finds him a slave, buys him, and sets him free.”

117. Sahih Ibn Hibban 425Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي لَمْ يَزَلْ بِي حَتَّى تَزَوَّجْتُ وَإِنَّهُ الْآنَ يَأْمُرُنِي بِطَلَاقِهَا قَالَ مَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَعُقَّ وَالِدَكَ وَلَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَكَ غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَحَافِظْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْ دَعْ»

     ✧ A man came to Abu al-Darda' and said, “My father kept at me until I married, and now he commands me to divorce her.” He said, “I am not one to command you to disobey your father, nor am I one to command you to divorce your wife. But if you wish, I will tell you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say, ‘The parent is the middle gate of Paradise, so guard that gate if you wish, or leave it.’”

118. Sahih Ibn Hibban 426Hasan

     تَزَوَّجَ أَبِي امْرَأَةً وَكَرِهَهَا عُمَرُ فَأَمَرَهُ بِطَلَاقِهَا فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ «أَطِعْ أَبَاكَ»

     ✧ My father married a woman whom Umar disliked, so he ordered him to divorce her. He mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, who said, “Obey your father.”

119. Sahih Ibn Hibban 427Hasan

     كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي بِطَلَاقِهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ طَلِّقْهَا»

     ✧ I had a wife whom I loved, and my father disliked her and ordered me to divorce her, but I refused. Umar mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “O Abdullah, divorce her.”

120. Sahih Ibn Hibban 428Hasan

     مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ وَهُوَ فِي ظِلِّ أَجَمَةٍ فقَالَ قَدْ غَبَّرَ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ فقَالَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ وَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ لَئِنْ شِئْتَ لَآتِيَنَّكَ بِرَأْسِهِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا وَلَكِنْ بِرَّ أَبَاكَ وَأَحْسِنْ صُحْبَتَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul while he was in the shade of a thicket and said, “Ibn Abi Kabsha has filled us with dust.” His son Abdullah b. Abdullah said, “By the One who honored you and sent down the Book to you, if you wish, I will bring you his head.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “No, but be dutiful to your father and keep good company with him.”

121. Sahih Ibn Hibban 429Hasan

     «رِضَاءُ اللَّهِ فِي رِضَاءِ الْوَالِدِ وَسَخَطُ اللَّهِ فِي سَخَطِ الْوَالِدِ»

     ✧ “Allah’s pleasure lies in the parent’s pleasure, and Allah’s wrath lies in the parent’s wrath.”

122. Sahih Ibn Hibban 430Sahih

     «إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ»

     ✧ “The most dutiful act is that a man maintains ties with his father’s loved ones.”

123. Sahih Ibn Hibban 431Sahih

     «إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ»

     ✧ “The most dutiful act is that a man maintains ties with his father’s loved ones after he passes away.”

124. Sahih Ibn Hibban 432Hasan

     قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَانِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فقَالَ أَتَدْرِي لِمَ أَتَيْتُكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَصِلَ أَبَاهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَلْيَصِلْ إِخْوَانَ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَهُ» وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ بَيْنَ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَبَيْنَ أَبِيكَ إِخَاءٌ وَوُدٌّ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَصِلَ ذَاكَ

     ✧ I came to Madinah, and Abdullah b. Umar came to me and said, “Do you know why I came to you?” I said, “No.” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘Whoever wishes to maintain ties with his father in his grave, let him maintain ties with his father’s brothers after him.’ There was brotherhood and affection between my father Umar and your father, so I wished to maintain that.”

125. Sahih Ibn Hibban 433Sahih

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ الصُّحْبَةِ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أَبُوكَ»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, who among people is most deserving of my good companionship?” He said, “Your mother.” He said, “Then who?” He said, “Your mother.” He said, “Then who?” He said, “Your father.”

126. Sahih Ibn Hibban 434Sahih

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ صُحْبَتِي؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» فقَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّكَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «أَبُوكَ»

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Who is most deserving of my good companionship?' He said, 'Your mother.' He said, 'Then who?' He said, 'Your mother.' He said, 'Then who?' He said, 'Your mother.' He said, 'Then who?' He said, 'Your father.'

127. Sahih Ibn Hibban 435Sahih

     أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَذْنَبْتُ ذَنْبًا كَبِيرًا فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَكَ وَالِدَانِ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَلَكَ خَالَةٌ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَبِرَّهَا إِذًا»

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a great sin. Is there any repentance for me?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Do you have parents?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Do you have a maternal aunt?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then be dutiful to her.'

128. Sahih Ibn Hibban 409Sahih

     صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمَّا رَقِيَ عَتَبَةً قَالَ «آمِينَ» ثُمَّ رَقِيَ عَتَبَةً أُخْرَى فقَالَ «آمِينَ» ثُمَّ رَقِيَ عَتَبَةً ثَالِثَةً فقَالَ «آمِينَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْتُ آمِينَ قَالَ وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْتُ آمِينَ فقَالَ وَمَنْ ذُكِرْتَ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْكَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْ آمِينَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ascended the pulpit, and when he reached the first step, he said, "Ameen." Then he ascended another step and said, "Ameen." Then he ascended a third step and said, "Ameen." Then he said, "Jibril came to me and said, 'O Muhammad, whoever reaches the month of Ramadan and is not forgiven, may Allah distance him.' I said, 'Ameen.' He said, 'Whoever reaches old age and both of his parents, or one of them, are not the reason for him to enter Paradise, may Allah distance him.' I said, 'Ameen.' He said, 'Whoever has your name mentioned in front of him and does not send blessings upon you, may Allah distance him.' I said, 'Ameen.' So I said, 'Ameen.'"

129. Sahih Ibn Hibban 437Sahih

     أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا عَرَضَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِزِمَامِ نَاقَتِهِ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

     ✧ A bedouin intercepted the Prophet ﷺ and took hold of the rein of his she-camel and said, 'O Messenger of Allah'

130. Sahih Ibn Hibban 438Sahih

     «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ وَيُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ»

     ✧ Whoever loves to have his lifespan extended and his provision expanded, let him maintain his kinship ties.

131. Sahih Ibn Hibban 439Sahih

     «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ وَيُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ فَلْيَتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ»

     ✧ Whoever loves to have his provision expanded and his lifespan extended, let him fear Allah and maintain his kinship ties.

132. Sahih Ibn Hibban 440Hasan

     «إِنَّ أَعْجَلَ الطَّاعَةِ ثَوَابًا صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ لِيَكُونُوا فَجَرَةً فَتَنْمُو أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَيَكْثُرُ عَدَدُهُمْ إِذَا تَوَاصَلُوا وَمَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَتَوَاصَلَونَ فَيَحْتَاجُونَ»

     ✧ The swiftest act of obedience in reward is maintaining kinship ties, so much so that the members of a household may be wicked, yet their wealth grows and their number increases when they maintain ties with one another. And there is no household whose members maintain ties with one another that will be in need.

133. Sahih Ibn Hibban 441No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الرَّحِمَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ قَامَتِ الرَّحِمُ فَقَالَتْ هَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِينَ مِنَ الْقَطِيعَةِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ أَصِلَ مَنْ وَصَلَكِ وَأَقْطَعَ مَنْ قَطَعَكِ؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَهُوَ لَكِ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَاقْرَؤُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ}»

     ✧ Allah created the womb until when He finished creating it, the womb stood up and said, 'This is the standing of one seeking refuge from severance?' He said, 'Yes. Are you not pleased that I join whoever joins you and cut off whoever cuts you off?' It said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then that is yours.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'And recite if you wish: {So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your ties of kinship? Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed, so He made them deaf and blinded their sight.}'

134. Sahih Ibn Hibban 442Sahih

     «الرَّحِمُ شِجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْعَرْشِ تَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي قُطِعْتُ إِنِّي أُسِيءَ إِلَيَّ فَيُجِيبُهَا رَبُّهَا أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ أَقْطَعَ مَنْ قَطَعَكِ وَأَصِلَ مَنْ وَصَلَكِ»

     ✧ The womb is a branch of the Most Merciful, suspended from the Throne, saying, 'O Lord, I have been severed, I have been mistreated.' Its Lord answers it, 'Are you not pleased that I cut off whoever cuts you off and join whoever joins you?'

135. Sahih Ibn Hibban 443Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ « قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ خَلَقْتُ الرَّحِمَ وَشَقَقْتُ لَهَا اسْمًا مِنِ اسْمِي فَمَنْ وَصَلَهَا وَصَلْتُهُ وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا بَتَتُّهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: I am the Most Merciful. I created the womb and derived for it a name from My name. Whoever joins it, I join him, and whoever cuts it off, I cut him off.'

136. Sahih Ibn Hibban 444Sahih

     «إِنَّ الرَّحِمَ شِجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ» تَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظُلِمْتُ إِنِّي أُسِيءَ إِلَيَّ إِنِّي قُطِعْتُ قَالَ فَيُجِيبُهَا رَبُّهَا «أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ أَقْطَعَ مَنْ قَطَعَكِ وَأَصِلَ مَنْ وَصَلَكِ»

     ✧ The womb is a branch of the Most Merciful. When the Day of Resurrection comes, it says, 'O Lord, I have been wronged, I have been mistreated, I have been severed.' He said, 'Then its Lord answers it, "Are you not pleased that I cut off whoever cuts you off and join whoever joins you?"'

137. Sahih Ibn Hibban 445Sahih

     « الرَّحِمُ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْعَرْشِ وَلَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ وَلَكِنَّ الْوَاصِلَ الَّذِي إِذَا انْقَطَعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا»

     ✧ The womb is suspended from the Throne. The maintainer is not the one who reciprocates, but the maintainer is the one who, when his kinship ties are severed, joins them.

138. Sahih Ibn Hibban 446Hasan

     «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ أَوِ ابْنَتَانِ أَوْ أُخْتَانِ فَأَحْسَنَ صُحْبَتَهُنَّ وَاتَّقَى اللَّهَ فِيهِنَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»

     the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has three daughters, or three sisters, or two daughters, or two sisters and he keeps good company with them and fears Allah regarding them, then Paradise is for him. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1916)

139. Sahih Ibn Hibban 447Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ عَالَ ابْنَتَيْنِ أَوْ أُخْتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أُخْتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا حَتَّى يَبِنَّ أَوْ يَمُوتَ عَنْهُنَّ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبَعِهِ الْوُسْطَى وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever provides for two daughters, or two sisters, or three, or two sisters, or three, until they become independent or he dies leaving them, he and I will be in Paradise like these two,” and he gestured with his middle finger and the one next to it.

140. Sahih Ibn Hibban 448Sahih

     جَاءَتْنِي مِسْكِينَةٌ تَحْمِلُ ابْنَتَيْنِ لَهَا فَأَطْعَمْتُهَا ثَلَاثَ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا تَمْرَةً وَرَفَعَتْ إِلَى فِيهَا تَمْرَةً لِتَأْكُلَهَا فَاسْتَطْعَمَتَاهَا ابْنَتَاهَا فَشَقَّتِ التَّمْرَةَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَأْكُلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَأَعْجَبَنِي حَنَانُهَا فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي صَنَعَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَوْجَبَ لَهَا الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعْتَقَهَا بِهَا مِنَ النَّارِ»

     A poor woman came to me along with her daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date and brought that to her mouth in order to eat that, but her daughters expressed desire to eat it. She then divided the date that she intended to eat between them. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that which she did to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Thereupon he said: Verily Allah has assured Paradise for her, because of (this act) of her, or He has rescued her from Hell-Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 2630)

141. Sahih Ibn Hibban 449Sahih

     أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِخِصَالٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ أَوْصَانِي «بِأَنْ لَا أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقِي وَأَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونِي وَأَوْصَانِي بِحُبِّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَالدُّنُوِّ مِنْهُمْ وَأَوْصَانِي أَنْ أَصِلَ رَحِمِي وَإِنْ أَدْبَرَتْ وَأَوْصَانِي أَنْ لَا أَخَافَ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ وَأَوْصَانِي أَنْ أَقُولَ الْحَقَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا وَأَوْصَانِي أَنْ أُكْثِرَ مِنْ قَوْلِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا كَنْزٌ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ My close friend ﷺ enjoined upon me certain qualities of goodness. He enjoined me “not to look to those above me, but to look to those below me; to love the poor and be close to them; to maintain my kinship ties even if they turn away; not to fear, for the sake of Allah, the blame of any critic; to speak the truth even if it is bitter; and to say often ‘There is no might nor power except with Allah,’ for it is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.”

142. Sahih Ibn Hibban 450Sahih

     أَتَى رَجُلٌ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي قَرَابَةً أَصِلُهُمْ وَيَقْطَعُونِي وَيُسِيئُونَ إِلَيَّ وَأُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَجْهَلُونَ عَلَيَّ وَأَحْلُمُ عَنْهُمْ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَئِنْ كَانَ كَمَا تَقُولُ فَكَأَنَّمَا تُسِفُّهُمُ الْمَلَّ وَلَا يَزَالُ مَعَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ ظُهَيْرٌ مَا دُمْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ A man came and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have relatives whom I maintain ties with, but they cut me off; they mistreat me, but I treat them well; they act ignorantly toward me, but I forbear with them.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If you are as you say, then it is as if you are feeding them hot ashes, and a supporter from Allah will remain with you as long as you continue in that.”

143. Sahih Ibn Hibban 451Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي قَرَابَةً أَصِلُهُمْ وَيَقْطَعُونِي وَأُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيُسِيئُونَ إِلَيَّ وَأَحْلُمُ عَنْهُمْ وَيَجْهَلُونَ عَلَيَّ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَئِنْ كَانَ كَمَا تَقُولُ لَكَأَنَّمَا تُسِفُّهُمُ الْمَلَّ وَلَا يَزَالُ مَعَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ ظُهَيْرٌ مَا دُمْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have relatives whom I maintain ties with, but they cut me off; I treat them well, but they mistreat me; I forbear with them, but they act ignorantly toward me.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “If you are as you say, then it is as if you are feeding them hot ashes, and a supporter from Allah will remain with you as long as you continue in that.”

144. Sahih Ibn Hibban 452Sahih

     قَدِمَتْ أُمِّي مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فِي هُدْنَةِ قُرَيْشٍ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي أَتَتْ رَاغِبَةً

     ✧ My mother came from Makkah to Madinah during the truce of Quraysh, and she was a polytheist. I said, “O Prophet of Allah, my mother has come desiring [something].”

145. Sahih Ibn Hibban 453No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ أُمٍّ لَهَا مُشْرِكَةٍ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْنِي رَاغِبَةً رَاهِبَةً أَصِلُهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

     ✧ Asmāʾ asked the Prophet ﷺ about a mother of hers who was a polytheist. She said, “She came to me desiring and fearing [something]; should I maintain ties with her?” He said, “Yes.”

146. Sahih Ibn Hibban 454Sahih

     «لَا يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَاطَعٌ»

     ✧ “No one who severs [kinship ties] will enter Paradise.”

147. Sahih Ibn Hibban 455Sahih

     «مَا مِنْ ذَنْبٍ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ اللَّهُ لِصَاحِبِهِ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعَ مَا يَدَّخِرُ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْبَغْيِ وَقَطِيعَةِ الرَّحِمِ»

     ✧ “There is no sin more deserving that Allah hasten its punishment for its perpetrator in this world, along with what He stores up for him in the Hereafter, than injustice and severing kinship ties.”

148. Sahih Ibn Hibban 456Sahih

     «مَا مِنْ ذَنْبٍ أَحْرَى أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ اللَّهُ لِصَاحِبِهِ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعَ مَا يَدَّخِرُ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ قَطِيعَةِ الرَّحِمِ وَالْبَغْيِ»

     ✧ “There is no sin more likely that Allah hasten its punishment for its perpetrator in this world, along with what He stores up for him in the Hereafter, than severing kinship ties and injustice.”

149. Sahih Ibn Hibban 436Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي مَرَضِهِ «أَرْحَامَكُمْ أَرْحَامَكُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during his illness, 'Your kinship ties, your kinship ties.'

150. Sahih Ibn Hibban 458Weak

     «لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُوَقِّرِ الْكَبِيرَ وَيَرْحَمِ الصَّغِيرَ وَيَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ»

     ✧ “He is not one of us who does not honor the elder, show mercy to the young, enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong.”

151. Sahih Ibn Hibban 459Sahih

     «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَزُورُ الْأَنْصَارَ وَيُسَلِّمُ عَلَى صِبْيَانِهِمْ وَيَمْسَحُ رُءُوسَهُمْ»

     ✧ “The Prophet ﷺ used to visit the Anṣār, greet their children, and wipe their heads.”

152. Sahih Ibn Hibban 460Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I and the one who sponsors an orphan will be in Paradise like this,” and he indicated with his index and middle fingers.

153. Sahih Ibn Hibban 461Sahih

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْكَ ابْنَتُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهَا فَإِنَّ صَبِيًّا لَهَا فِي الْمَوْتِ فقَالَ «ائْتِهَا فَقُلْ لَهَا إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ» قَالَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ رَجَعَ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا تُقْسِمُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا جِئْتَهَا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَدَخَلْنَا فَرُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الصَّبِيُّ وَنَفْسُهُ تَقَعْقَعُ فِي صَدْرِهِ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «رَحْمَةٌ جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ»

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a messenger from one of his daughters came and said: “O Messenger of Allah, your daughter sends word that you come to her, for a child of hers is dying.” He said: “Go to her and tell her: ‘To Allah belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He gives, and everything with Him has an appointed term. So let her be patient and seek reward.’” He said: It was not long before he returned and said, “O Messenger of Allah, she implores you to come to her.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, and a group of the Ansar stood with him. We entered, and the child was brought to him; his soul was rattling in his chest, and his eyes overflowed. Sa‘d b. ‘Ubadah said to him, “What is this, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “It is mercy that Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants. Indeed, Allah shows mercy to those of His servants who are merciful.”

154. Sahih Ibn Hibban 462Hasan

     «إِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ لَا تُنْزَعُ إِلَّا مِنْ شَقِيٍّ»

     ✧ “Mercy is not removed except from a wretched person.”

155. Sahih Ibn Hibban 463Sahih

     أَبْصَرَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فقَالَ إِنَّ لِي عَشْرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ؟ فقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمْ لَا يُرْحَمْ»

     ✧ Al-Aqra‘ b. Habis al-Tamimi saw the Prophet ﷺ kissing al-Hasan b. ‘Ali, so he said, “I have ten children and I have never kissed any of them.” The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.”

156. Sahih Ibn Hibban 464Weak

     «لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُوَقِّرِ الْكَبِيرَ وَيَرْحَمِ الصَّغِيرَ وَيَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ»

     ✧ “He is not one of us who does not honor the elder and show mercy to the young, and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong.”

157. Sahih Ibn Hibban 465Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمِ النَّاسَ لَا يَرْحَمْهُ اللَّهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.”

158. Sahih Ibn Hibban 466Hasan

     «لَا تُنْزَعُ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلَّا مِنْ شَقِيٍّ»

     ✧ The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Mercy is not taken away except from a wretched person."

159. Sahih Ibn Hibban 467No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمِ النَّاسَ لَا يَرْحَمْهُ اللَّهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.”

160. Sahih Ibn Hibban 457Sahih

     أَبْصَرَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فقَالَ إِنَّ لِي عَشْرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ فقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمْ لَا يُرْحَمْ»

     ✧ Al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis al-Tamīmī saw the Prophet ﷺ kissing Al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī and said, “I have ten children and have never kissed any of them.” The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.”

161. Sahih Ibn Hibban 469Sahih

     «إِنَّمَا يُحَرَّمُ عَلَى النَّارِ كُلُّ هَيِّنٍ لَيِّنٍ قَرِيبٍ سَهْلٍ»

     ✧ “The Fire is forbidden only for every gentle, lenient, approachable, and easy-going person.”

162. Sahih Ibn Hibban 470Sahih

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَنْ تُحَرَّمُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارُ»؟ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «عَلَى كُلِّ هَيِّنٍ لَيِّنٍ قَرِيبٍ سَهْلٍ»

     ✧ “Shall I tell you for whom the Fire is forbidden?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “For every gentle, lenient, approachable, and easy-going person.”

163. Sahih Ibn Hibban 471Weak

     «مُدَارَاةُ النَّاسِ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ “Treating people with kindness is charity.”

164. Sahih Ibn Hibban 472Sahih

     «الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ خُطْوَةٍ تَخْطُوهَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ “A good word is charity, and every step you take to the mosque is charity.”

165. Sahih Ibn Hibban 473Sahih

     «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ»

     ✧ «Fear the Fire, even with half a date; and if you cannot find it, then with a good word.»

166. Sahih Ibn Hibban 474Sahih

     «تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ «Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity.»

167. Sahih Ibn Hibban 475No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِقِنَاعِ جَزْءٍ فقَالَ {مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا} فقَالَ «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ» {وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ} قَالَ «هِيَ الْحَنْظَلَةُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a bunch of dates, and he said: {A good word is like a good tree: its roots are firm and its branches are in the sky; it yields its fruit at all times by the permission of its Lord.} Then he said: "It is the palm tree." And {the likeness of an evil word is that of an evil tree, which has been uprooted from the surface of the earth, having no stability.} He said: "It is the colocynth."

168. Sahih Ibn Hibban 476Hasan

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ» قِيلَ فَمَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ؟ قَالَ «الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked: "What most admits people into Paradise?" He said: "Fear of Allah and good character." It was said: "And what most admits people into the Fire?" He said: "The two hollow ones: the mouth and the private parts."

169. Sahih Ibn Hibban 477Sahih

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَاحِشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا»

     ✧ Indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither foul-mouthed nor one who deliberately uttered obscenities, and he used to say: "The best of you are those with the best character."

170. Sahih Ibn Hibban 478Sahih

     قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَفْضَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»

     ✧ They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing given to a Muslim person?" He said: "Good character."

171. Sahih Ibn Hibban 479Hasan sahih

     «أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا»

     ✧ «The most complete of the believers in faith is the one with the best character.»

172. Sahih Ibn Hibban 480Sahih

     «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُدْرِكُ بِخُلُقِهِ دَرَجَةَ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ»

     ✧ «Indeed a believer may attain, by his good character, the rank of one who fasts by day and stands in prayer at night.»

173. Sahih Ibn Hibban 481Sahih

     «أَثْقَلُ شَيْءٍ فِي الْمِيزَانِ الْخُلُقُ الْحَسَنُ»

     ✧ «The heaviest thing in the Scales is good character.»

174. Sahih Ibn Hibban 482Sahih

     «إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا وَإِنَّ أَبْغَضَكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَبْعَدَكُمْ مِنِّي الثَّرْثَارُونَ الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ الْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ»

     ✧ «Indeed the most beloved of you to Allah and the closest of you to me are those with the best character, and indeed the most hateful of you to Allah and the furthest of you from me are the talkative, the boastful, and the long-winded.»

175. Sahih Ibn Hibban 483Weak

     «كَرَمُ الْمَرْءِ دِينُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَحَسَبُهُ خُلُقُهُ»

     ✧ «A person's nobility is his religion, his manliness is his intellect, and his lineage is his character.»

176. Sahih Ibn Hibban 484Sahih

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَطْوَلُكُمْ أَعْمَارًا وَأَحْسَنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا»

     ✧ «Shall I not inform you of the best among you?» They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Those with the longest lives and the best character among you."

177. Sahih Ibn Hibban 485Hasan sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَحَبِّكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبِكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِسًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ » ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَقُولُهَا قُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَحْسَنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in a gathering, “Shall I not inform you of the most beloved of you to me and the nearest of you to me in seating on the Day of Resurrection?” three times, saying it. We said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “The best of you in character.”

178. Sahih Ibn Hibban 486Sahih

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِنَا الرَّخَمَ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنَّا مُتَكَلِّمٌ إِذْ جَاءَهُ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفْتِنَا فِي كَذَا أَفْتِنَا فِي كَذَا فقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ وَضَعَ عَنْكُمُ الْحَرَجَ إِلَّا امْرَأً اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ فَذَاكَ الَّذِي حَرِجَ وَهَلَكَ» قَالُوا أَفَنَتَدَاوَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ لَهُ دَوَاءً غَيْرَ دَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ» قَالُوا وَمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الْهَرَمُ» قَالُوا فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ « أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا»

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ, as if on our heads were birds; none of us spoke when some people from the Bedouins came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, give us a ruling about such-and-such, give us a ruling about such-and-such.” He said, “O people, Allah has removed hardship from you, except a man who borrows from the honor of his brother; that is the one who is in hardship and has perished.” They said, “Shall we seek treatment, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Yes, for Allah has not sent down any disease except that He has sent down for it a cure, except one disease.” They said, “And what is it, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Old age.” They said, “Which of the people is most beloved to Allah, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “The most beloved of people to Allah is the best of them in character.”

179. Sahih Ibn Hibban 468Hasan sahih

     «لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا فَإنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ فَلَايِنِ النَّاسَ وَوَجْهُكَ إِلَيْهِمْ مُنْبَسِطٌ»

     ✧ “Do not belittle any good deed. If you cannot find anything, then meet people with a cheerful face.”

180. Sahih Ibn Hibban 488Sahih

     «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ خَادِمًا قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا نِيلَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ قَطُّ فَيَنْتَقِمُهُ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلَّهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ انْتَقَمَ لَهُ وَلَا عَرَضَ لَهُ أَمْرَانِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِالَّذِي هُوَ أَيْسَرُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِثْمًا فَإِذَا كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ strike a servant ever, nor strike a woman of his ever, nor strike with his hand anything ever, except when he was fighting in the path of Allah. And never was anything taken from him that he would take revenge for it from its owner, unless it was for Allah; and if it was for Allah, he would take revenge for it. And never were two matters presented to him except that he took the one that was easier, until it was a sin; and if it was a sin, he was the farthest of people from it.

181. Sahih Ibn Hibban 487Sahih

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ فِيهِمْ حَمْزَةُ فَمَثَّلُوا بِهِمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ لَئِنْ أَصَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ يَوْمًا لَنُرْبِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ} فقَالَ رَجُلٌ لَا قُرَيْشَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُفُّوا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ غَيْرَ أَرْبَعَةٍ»

     ✧ When it was the day of Uhud, seventy-four of the Ansar were struck, and among them six, including Hamzah, and they mutilated them. The Ansar said, “If we ever get the better of them one day, we will do more to them.” When it was the day of the conquest of Makkah, Allah sent down, “And if you retaliate, then retaliate with the like of what you were afflicted with; but if you are patient, it is better for the patient.” A man said, “No Quraysh after today.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Restrain from the people except four.”

182. Sahih Ibn Hibban 490Sahih

     يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ يُوجِبُ لِيَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِحُسْنِ الْكَلَامِ وَبَذْلِ السَّلَامِ»

     ✧ O Messenger of Allah, tell me something that will make Paradise obligatory for me. He said, “You must have good speech and extending greetings of peace.”

183. Sahih Ibn Hibban 491Hasan

     «أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ تَسْلَمُوا»

     ✧ “Spread peace and you will be safe.”

184. Sahih Ibn Hibban 492No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَكَانَتِ الْمُصَافَحَةُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

     ✧ I said to Anas b. Malik, “Was shaking hands practiced in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He said, “Yes.”

185. Sahih Ibn Hibban 493Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فقَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فقَالَ «عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ» ثُمَّ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرَ فقَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ فقَالَ «عِشْرُونَ حَسَنَةً» فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرَ فقَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ فقَالَ «ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ وَلَمْ يُسَلِّمْ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا أَوْشَكَ مَا نَسِيَ صَاحِبُكُمْ ‍‍ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْمَجْلِسِ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِنْ قَامَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَلَيْسَتِ الْأُولَى بِأَحَقَّ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ A man passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in a gathering and said, “Peace be upon you.” He said, “Ten good deeds.” Then another man passed by and said, “Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.” He said, “Twenty good deeds.” Then another man passed by and said, “Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.” He said, “Thirty good deeds.” Then a man got up from the gathering and did not greet. The Prophet ﷺ said, “How quickly your companion forgot! When one of you comes to a gathering, let him greet; and if he decides to sit, let him sit; and if he gets up, let him greet. The first is not more deserving than the last.”

186. Sahih Ibn Hibban 494Hasan sahih

     «إِذَا انْتَهَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِذَا قَامَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَلَيْسَتِ الْأُولَى بِأَحَقَّ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ»

     that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you arrives at the gathering, then give the Salam, and if he is given a place to sit, then let him sit. Then when he stands, let him give the Salam, the first is more worthy than the last." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2706)

187. Sahih Ibn Hibban 495Hasan sahih

     «إِذَا انْتَهَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ وَإِذَا قَامَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَلَيْسَتِ الْأُولَى بِأَحَقَّ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ “When one of you reaches a gathering, let him greet; and when he gets up, let him greet. The first is not more deserving than the last.”

188. Sahih Ibn Hibban 496Hasan sahih

     «إِذَا انْتَهَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ فَلْيَجْلِسْ ثُمَّ إِذَا قَامَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَلَيْسَتِ الْأُولَى بِأَحَقَّ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ “When one of you reaches a gathering, let him greet; and if he decides to sit, let him sit; then when he gets up, let him greet. The first is not more deserving than the last.”

189. Sahih Ibn Hibban 497Sahih

     «لِيُسَلِّمِ الْفَارِسُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ»

     ✧ “Let the rider greet the walker, the walker greet the sitter, and the few greet the many.”

190. Sahih Ibn Hibban 498Sahih

     «لِيُسَلِّمِ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْمَاشِيَانِ أَيُّهُمَا بَدَأَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ»

     ✧ The rider should greet the walker, the walker the one sitting, and when two walkers meet, whichever of them begins is better.

191. Sahih Ibn Hibban 499Sahih

     «ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنْ عَاشَ رُزِقَ وَكُفِيَ وَإِنْ مَاتَ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ فَسَلَّمَ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ خَرَجَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ»

     ✧ Three persons are all guaranteed by Allah: if he lives, he is provided for and sufficed, and if he dies, Allah will admit him to Paradise. One who enters his house and gives the greeting of peace is guaranteed by Allah; one who goes out to the mosque is guaranteed by Allah; and one who goes out in the path of Allah is guaranteed by Allah.

192. Sahih Ibn Hibban 500Sahih

     «لَا تُبَادِرُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ بِالسَّلَامِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ»

     ✧ Do not hasten to greet the People of the Book with salam; and when you meet them on a road, force them to its narrowest side.

193. Sahih Ibn Hibban 501Hasan

     «لَا تَبْدَؤُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ بِالسَّلَامِ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ»

     ✧ Do not initiate the greeting of salam with the People of the Book; and when you see them on a road, force them to its narrowest side.

194. Sahih Ibn Hibban 502Sahih

     «إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمُ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْ وَعَلَيْكَ»

     ✧ When the Jews greet you, one of them merely says, "May death be upon you (al-sām ʿalayk)"; so say, "And upon you."

195. Sahih Ibn Hibban 503Sahih

     أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا سَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فقَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا قَالَ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ «لَا إِنَّمَا قَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيْ تُسَامُونَ دِينَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكَ»

     ✧ A Jew greeted the Prophet ﷺ and his companions and said, "May death be upon you (al-sām ʿalaykum)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you know what he said?" They said, "Yes, he greeted us." He said, "No, he only said, 'May death be upon you,' meaning 'may you be deprived of your religion.' So when a man from the People of the Book greets you, say, 'And upon you.'"

196. Sahih Ibn Hibban 504Sahih

     أَنَّ هَانِئًا لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ فَسَمِعَهُمْ يُكَنُّونَ هَانِئًا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ فَلِمَ تُكَنَّى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ»؟ قَالَ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْءٍ رَضُوا بِي حَكَمًا فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فقَالَ «إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَحَسَنٌ فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ»؟ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ قَالَ «فَأَيُّهُمْ أَكْبَرُ»؟ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ» فَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ الْقَوْمُ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَرْضًا حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ فِي بِلَادِهِ قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

     ✧ When Hāniʾ came as a delegate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his people, he heard them calling Hāniʾ by the kunya Abū al-Ḥakam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said, "Allah is al-Ḥakam (the Judge), and to Him belongs judgment. So why are you called Abū al-Ḥakam?" He said, "When my people differ over something, they accept me as a judge (ḥakam), and I judge between them." He said, "That is indeed good. What children do you have?" He said, "Shurayḥ, ʿAbd Allāh, and Muslim." He said, "Which of them is the eldest?" He said, "Shurayḥ." He said, "Then you are Abū Shurayḥ." Then he supplicated for him and his children. When the people wanted to return to their lands, he gave each man of them land wherever he wished in his country. Abū Shurayḥ said, "O Messenger of Allah..."

197. Sahih Ibn Hibban 505Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلَامَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ»

     ✧ A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Which [aspect] of Islam is best?" He said, "Feeding food and greeting with salam those you know and those you do not know."

198. Sahih Ibn Hibban 506Sahih

     «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يُؤْذِي جَارَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ»

     ✧ Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say what is good or remain silent.

199. Sahih Ibn Hibban 507Sahih

     «اعْبُدُوا الرَّحْمَنَ وَأَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ وَأَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجِنَانَ»

     ✧ Worship the Most Merciful, spread salam, and feed food, and you will enter the gardens [of Paradise].

200. Sahih Ibn Hibban 508Sahih

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ إِذَا عَمِلْتُهُ أَوْ عَمِلْتُ بِهِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «أَفْشِ السَّلَامَ وَأَطْعِمِ الطَّعَامَ وَصِلِ الْأَرْحَامَ وَقُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ تَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ»

     ✧ I said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me about something that if I do it or act upon it, I will enter Paradise." He said, "Spread peace, feed others, maintain family ties, and pray at night while people are asleep, and you will enter Paradise in peace."

201. Sahih Ibn Hibban 509Hasan

     «إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا يُرَى ظَاهِرُهَا مِنْ بَاطِنِهَا وَبَاطِنُهَا مِنْ ظَاهِرِهَا أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ لِمَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَأَفْشَى السَّلَامَ وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ»

     ✧ In Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from inside and whose inside can be seen from outside. Allah has prepared them for those who feed food, spread salam, and pray at night while people are asleep.

202. Sahih Ibn Hibban 489Sahih

     «اعْبُدُوا الرَّحْمَنَ وَأَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ وَأَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجِنَانَ»

     ✧ Worship the Most Merciful, spread peace, and feed food, and you will enter the gardens.

203. Sahih Ibn Hibban 511Sahih

     «مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ»

     ✧ Jibril kept urging me to be good to the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.

204. Sahih Ibn Hibban 512Sahih

     «مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ»

     ✧ Jibril kept urging me to be good to the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.

205. Sahih Ibn Hibban 513Sahih

     «إِذَا طَبَخْتَ قِدْرًا فَأَكْثِرْ مَرَقَتَهَا فَإِنَّهُ أَوْسَعُ لِلْأَهْلِ وَالْجِيرَانِ»

     ✧ When you cook a pot, increase its broth, for it is more accommodating for the family and the neighbors.

206. Sahih Ibn Hibban 514Sahih

     «إِذَا صَنَعْتَ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنْ جِيرَانِكَ فَاحْسُهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمَعْرُوفٍ»

     ✧ When you make broth, increase its water, then look to a household among your neighbors and give them a ladleful of it with kindness.

207. Sahih Ibn Hibban 515Sahih

     «لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ جَارَهُ أَنْ يَغْرِزَ خَشَبَةً عَلَى جِدَارِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should prevent his neighbor from fixing a peg on his wall."

208. Sahih Ibn Hibban 516Sahih

     «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يُؤْذِ جَارَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»

     ✧ Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.

209. Sahih Ibn Hibban 517Weak

     قُلْتُ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ إِنَّ لَنَا جِيرَانًا يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ وَأَنَا دَاعٍ الشُّرْطَ لِيَأْخُذُوهُمْ فقَالَ عُقْبَةُ وَيْحَكَ لَا تَفْعَلْ وَلَكِنْ عِظْهُمْ وَهَدِّدْهُمْ قَالَ إِنِّي نَهَيْتُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا وَإِنِّي دَاعٍ الشُّرْطَ لِيَأْخُذُوهُمْ فقَالَ عُقْبَةُ وَيْحَكَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَتَرَ عَوْرَةَ مُؤْمِنٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا اسْتَحْيَى مَوْءُودَةً فِي قَبْرِهَا»

     ✧ I said to 'Uqbah b. 'Amir, 'We have neighbors who drink wine, and I am going to call the police to seize them.' 'Uqbah said, 'Woe to you! Do not do that. Rather, admonish them and warn them.' He said, 'I forbade them but they did not stop, and I am going to call the police to seize them.' 'Uqbah said, 'Woe to you! Do not do that, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever conceals the fault of a believer, it is as if he brought back to life a girl buried alive in her grave."'

210. Sahih Ibn Hibban 518Sahih

     «خَيْرُ الْأَصْحَابِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَخَيْرُ الْجِيرَانِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِجَارِهِ»

     ✧ The best of companions in the sight of Allah is the one who is best to his companion, and the best of neighbors in the sight of Allah is the one who is best to his neighbor.

211. Sahih Ibn Hibban 519Sahih

     «خَيْرُ الْأَصْحَابِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَخَيْرُ الْجِيرَانِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرُهُمْ لِجَارِهِ»

     ✧ The best of companions in the sight of Allah is the one who is best to his companion, and the best of neighbors in the sight of Allah is the one who is best to his neighbor.

212. Sahih Ibn Hibban 520No grade recorded

     «جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ جَارًا لَهُ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ «اصْبِرْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ أَوِ الثَّالِثَةِ «اطْرَحْ مَتَاعَكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ» فَفَعَلَ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَمُرُّونَ بِهِ وَيَقُولُونَ مَا لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ آذَاهُ جَارُهُ فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ فَجَاءَهُ جَارُهُ فقَالَ رُدَّ مَتَاعَكَ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا أُوذِيكَ أَبَدًا

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to him about a neighbor of his. The Prophet ﷺ said three times, 'Be patient.' Then he said to him on the fourth or the third time, 'Put your belongings out on the road.' So he did. He said: People began to pass by him and say, 'What is wrong with you?' He would say, 'His neighbor is harming him.' They began to say, 'May Allah curse him.' Then his neighbor came to him and said, 'Take back your belongings. By Allah, I will never harm you again.'

213. Sahih Ibn Hibban 510Sahih

     «الْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ وَالْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ السُّوءَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَبْدٌ لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ»

     ✧ The believer is one from whom people are safe; the Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand Muslims are safe; the emigrant (muhājir) is one who emigrates from evil; and by the One in whose hand is my soul, a servant whose neighbor does not feel safe from his harms will not enter Paradise.

214. Sahih Ibn Hibban 523No grade recorded

     «لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ فَإِذَا صَنَعْتَ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا وَاغْرِفْ لِجِيرَانِكَ مِنْهَا»

     ✧ Do not deem any good deed insignificant, even if it is meeting your brother with a cheerful face. When you make broth, increase its water and ladle some of it for your neighbors.

215. Sahih Ibn Hibban 524Hasan

     أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ أَرَادَ سَفَرًا فقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي، قَالَ: «اعْبُدِ اللَّهَ، لَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا» قَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي، قَالَ: «إِذَا أَسَأْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي قَالَ «اسْتَقِمْ وَلْيَحْسُنْ خُلُقُكَ۔»

     ✧ Muadh b. Jabal wanted to travel, and said: O Prophet of Allah, advise me. He said: 'Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him.' He said: O Prophet of Allah, give me more. He said: 'If you do evil, then do good.' He said: O Messenger of Allah, give me more. He said: 'Be upright, and let your character be good.'

216. Sahih Ibn Hibban 525Sahih

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى أَكُونُ مُحْسِنًا؟ قَالَ «إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ أَنْتَ مُحْسِنٌ فَأَنْتَ مُحْسِنٌ وَإِذَا قَالُوا إِنَّكَ مُسِئٌ فَأَنْتَ مُسِئٌ»

     ✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, when will I be a doer of good? He said: 'If your neighbors say, you are a doer of good, then you are a doer of good; and if they say, you are an evil-doer, then you are an evil-doer.'

217. Sahih Ibn Hibban 526Sahih

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ وَإِذَا أَسَأْتُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا سَمِعْتَ جِيرَانَكَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ»

     ✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ: How can I know when I have done good and when I have done evil? He said: 'If you hear your neighbors saying, you have done good, then you have done good; and if you hear them saying, you have done evil, then you have done evil.'

218. Sahih Ibn Hibban 527Sahih

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِكُمْ مِنْ شَرِّكُمْ؟ » فقَالَ رَجُلٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ يُرْجَى خَيْرُهُ وَيُؤْمَنُ شَرُّهُ وَشَرُّكُمْ مَنْ لَا يُرْجَى خَيْرُهُ وَلَا يُؤْمَنُ شَرُّهُ»

     ✧ 'Shall I inform you of the best of you from the worst of you?' A man said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: 'The best of you is the one whose good is hoped for and whose evil is safe, and the worst of you is the one whose good is not hoped for and whose evil is not safe.'

219. Sahih Ibn Hibban 528Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ عَلَى نَاسٍ جُلُوسٍ فقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِكُمْ مِنْ شَرِّكُمْ»؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتُوا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood over some people who were sitting and said: 'Shall I inform you of the best of you from the worst of you?' They remained silent. He said that three times, then a man said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah.

220. Sahih Ibn Hibban 529Hasan

     «تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ لَكَ وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِرْشَادُكَ الرَّجُلَ فِي أَرْضِ الضَّلَالَةِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَبَصَرُكَ لِلرَّجُلِ الرَّدِيءِ الْبَصَرِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِمَاطَتُكَ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّوْكَةَ وَالْعَظْمَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِفْرَاغُكَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي دَلْوِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ 'Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity for you, and your commanding good and forbidding evil is charity, and your guiding a man in the land of error is charity for you, and your seeing for a man with bad eyesight is charity for you, and your removing a stone, thorn, or bone from the road is charity for you, and your pouring from your bucket into your brother's bucket is charity for you.'

221. Sahih Ibn Hibban 530Weak

     «مَنْ كَانَ وُصْلَةً لِأَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ إِلَى ذِي سُلْطَانٍ فِي مَبْلَغِ بِرٍّ أَوْ تَيْسِيرِ عُسْرٍ أَجَازَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةَ عِنْدَ دَحْضِ الْأَقْدَامِ»

     ✧ 'Whoever is a means for his Muslim brother to reach one in authority in the amount of a kindness or the easing of a hardship, Allah will grant him passage over the bridge on the Day of Resurrection when feet slip.'

222. Sahih Ibn Hibban 531Sahih

     «إِنِّي أُوتَى فَأُسْأَلُ وَيُطْلَبُ إِلَيَّ الْحَاجَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ عِنْدِي فَاشْفَعُوا فَلْتُؤْجَرُوا وَيَقْضِي اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا أَحَبَّ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ»

     ✧ 'I am approached and asked, and needs are sought from me while you are with me, so intercede and you will be rewarded, and Allah will decree on the tongue of His Prophet what He loves or what He wills.'

223. Sahih Ibn Hibban 532Sahih

     لَدَغَتْ رَجُلًا مِنَّا عَقْرَبٌ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيهِ؟ فقَالَ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ»

     ✧ A scorpion stung a man among us while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and a man said: O Messenger of Allah, should I perform ruqyah on him? He ﷺ said: 'Whoever of you is able to benefit his brother, let him do so.'

224. Sahih Ibn Hibban 533Sahih

     «الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَظْلِمُهُ وَلَا يُسْلِمُهُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي حَاجَةِ أَخِيهِ كَانَ اللَّهُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ وَمَنْ فَرَّجَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ كُرْبَةً فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ 'The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim: he does not wrong him nor does he hand him over. Whoever is in the need of his brother, Allah is in his need; and whoever relieves a Muslim of a distress, Allah will relieve him of a distress from the distresses of the Day of Resurrection; and whoever conceals a Muslim, Allah will conceal him on the Day of Resurrection.'

225. Sahih Ibn Hibban 534Sahih

     «مَنْ سَتَرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَنْ فَرَّجَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ كُرْبَةً فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ»

     ✧ 'Whoever conceals his Muslim brother, Allah will conceal him in this world and the Hereafter; and whoever relieves a Muslim of a distress, Allah will relieve him of a distress from the distresses of the Day of Resurrection; and Allah is in the aid of the servant as long as the servant is in the aid of his brother.'

226. Sahih Ibn Hibban 535Sahih

     أُنْزِلَتْ {عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى} فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى قَالَتْ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرْشِدْنِي قَالَتْ وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا فُلَانُ أَتَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا» فَيَقُولُ لَا فَنَزَلَتْ {عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى}

     ✧ 'He frowned and turned away' was revealed about Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind man. She said: He came to the Prophet ﷺ and began saying: O Prophet of Allah, guide me. She said: With the Prophet ﷺ was a man from the great ones of the polytheists, and the Prophet ﷺ began to turn away from him and face the other, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'O so-and-so, do you see any harm in what I say?' He said: No. Then 'He frowned and turned away' was revealed.

227. Sahih Ibn Hibban 536No grade recorded

     «بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ وَجَدَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ While a man was walking on a road, he found a thorny branch on the path, so he took it, and Allah thanked him and forgave him.

228. Sahih Ibn Hibban 537Sahih

     «بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ وَجَدَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَّرَهُ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ While a man was walking on a road, he found a thorny branch on the path, so he moved it aside, and Allah thanked him and forgave him.

229. Sahih Ibn Hibban 538Sahih

     «حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ إِلَّا غُصْنُ شَوْكٍ كَانَ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّاسَ فَعَزَلَهُ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ A man from those before you was called to account and no good was found for him except a thorny branch that was on the path harming people, so he removed it, and he was forgiven.

230. Sahih Ibn Hibban 539Hasan

     «غُفِرَ لِرَجُلٍ أَخَذَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ ذَنْبُهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ»

     ✧ A man who took a thorny branch from people's path was forgiven his sin, the earlier of his sins and the later.

231. Sahih Ibn Hibban 540Hasan sahih

     «نَزَعَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ إِمَّا كَانَ فِي شَجَرَةٍ فَقَطَعَهُ فَأَلْقَاهُ وَإِمَّا كَانَ مَوْضُوعًا فَأَمَاطَهُ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ»

     The Prophet ﷺ said: A man never did a good deed but removed a thorny branch from the road; it was either in the tree and someone cut it and threw it on the road, or it was lying in it, he removed it. Allah accepted this good deed of his and brought him into Paradise. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5245)

232. Sahih Ibn Hibban 541Hasan

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ «نَحِّ الْأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ»

     ✧ I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, guide me to a deed from which I may benefit.' He said, 'Remove harm from the path of Muslims.'

233. Sahih Ibn Hibban 542Sahih

     يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الضَّالَّةُ تَرِدُ عَلَى حَوْضِي فَهَلْ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ إِنْ سَقَيْتُهَا؟ قَالَ «اسْقِهَا فَإِنَّ فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ حَرَّى أَجْرًا»

     ✧ O Messenger of Allah, a stray animal comes to my watering trough; is there a reward for me if I give it water? He said, 'Give it water, for in every living, thirsty creature there is a reward.'

234. Sahih Ibn Hibban 543Hasan sahih

     «دَنَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى بِئْرٍ فَنَزَلَ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهَا وَعَلَى الْبِئْرِ كَلْبٌ يَلْهَثُ فَرَحِمَهُ فَنَزَعَ إِحْدَى خُفَّيْهِ فَغَرَفَ لَهُ فَسَقَاهُ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ A man approached a well and went down and drank from it. There was a dog on the well panting, and he had mercy on it, so he removed one of his leather socks, scooped for it, and gave it water. Allah thanked him and admitted him to Paradise.

235. Sahih Ibn Hibban 544Sahih

     «بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ فَوَجَدَ بِئْرًا فَنَزَلَ فِيهَا فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ يَلْهَثُ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ فقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا الْكَلْبُ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي بَلَغَ بِي فَنَزَلَ الْبِئْرَ فَمَلَأَ خُفَّهُ مَاءً ثُمَّ أَمْسَكَهُ بِفِيهِ حَتَّى رَقِيَ فَسَقَى الْكَلْبَ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لَنَا فِي الْبَهَائِمِ لَأَجْرًا؟ فقَالَ ﷺ «فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَجْرٌ»

     ✧ While a man was walking on a road, thirst became severe upon him. He found a well, went down into it, drank, and then came out. There was a dog panting, eating moist earth from thirst. The man said, 'This dog has reached the same level of thirst as I have.' So he went down the well, filled his leather sock with water, held it with his mouth until he climbed up, and gave the dog water. Allah thanked him and forgave him.' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there a reward for us in animals?' He ﷺ said, 'In every living, moist creature there is a reward.'

236. Sahih Ibn Hibban 545Sahih

     أَنَّ عُيَيْنَةَ وَالْأَقْرَعَ سَأَلَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ بِهِ لَهُمَا فَفَعَلَ وَخَتَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ بِدَفْعِهِ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَمَّا عُيَيْنَةُ فقَالَ مَا فِيهِ؟ فقَالَ فِيهِ مَا أُمِرْتُ بِهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ وَعَقَدَهُ فِي عِمَامَتِهِ وَأَمَّا الْأَقْرَعُ فقَالَ أَحْمِلُ صَحِيفَةً لَا أَدْرِي مَا فِيهَا كَصَحِيفَةِ الْمُتَلَمِّسِ؟ فَأَخْبَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَوْلِهِمَا فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَتِهِ فَمَرَّ بِبَعِيرٍ مُنَاخٍ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِ مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ وَهُوَ عَلَى حَالِهِ فقَالَ «أَيْنَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْبَعِيرِ؟ » فَابْتُغِيَ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ ارْكَبُوهَا صِحَاحًا وَكُلُوهَا سِمَانًا كَالْمُتَسَخِّطِ آنِفًا إِنَّهُ مَنْ سَأَلَ وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ مِنْ جَمْرِ جَهَنَّمَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا يُغْنِيهِ؟ قَالَ «مَا يُغَدِّيهِ وَيُعَشِّيهِ»

     ✧ Uyaynah and al-Aqra' asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something, so he ordered Mu'awiyah to write it for them. He did so and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sealed it and ordered him to give it to them. As for Uyaynah, he said, 'What is in it?' He said, 'In it is what I was ordered.' So he accepted it and tied it in his turban. As for al-Aqra', he said, 'I carry a document I do not know what is in it, like the document of al-Mutalammis?' Mu'awiyah informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of their words. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out for his need and passed by a camel kneeling at the door of the mosque from the beginning of the day. Then he passed by it at the end of the day and it was in the same state. He said, 'Where is the owner of this camel?' It was sought but not found. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fear Allah regarding these animals. Ride them while they are healthy and eat them while they are fat, like one who was displeased just now. Whoever asks while he has what suffices him is only increasing in the coals of Hell.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what suffices him?' He said, 'That which gives him his morning and evening meals.'

237. Sahih Ibn Hibban 546No grade recorded

     «عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ»

     ✧ A woman was punished because of a cat she tied up and did not feed, nor did she let it eat from the vermin of the earth.

238. Sahih Ibn Hibban 521No grade recorded

     انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُحْتَبٌ فِي بُرْدَةٍ لَهُ وَإِنَّ هُدْبَهَا لَعَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِاتِّقَاءِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ أَنْ تُفْرِغَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي إِنَاءِ الْمُسْتَقِي وَتُكَلِّمَ أَخَاكَ وَوَجْهُكَ إِلَيْهِ مُنْبَسِطٌ وَإِيَّاكَ وَإِسْبَالَ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الْمَخِيلَةِ وَلَا يُحِبُّهَا اللَّهُ وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ عَيَّرَكَ بِشَيْءٍ يَعْلَمُهُ فِيكَ فَلَا تُعَيِّرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ تَعْلَمُهُ مِنْهُ دَعْهُ يَكُونُ وَبَالُهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ وَلَا تَسُبَّنَّ شَيْئًا» قَالَ فَمَا سَبَبْتُ بَعْدَهُ دَابَّةً وَلَا إِنْسَانًا

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was sitting wrapped in a burdah of his, and its fringes were on his feet. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, advise me.' He said, 'You must fear Allah, and do not deem any good deed insignificant, even if it is pouring from your bucket into the vessel of one seeking water, and speak to your brother with a cheerful face. Beware of letting your lower garment drag, for it is from arrogance, and Allah does not love it. If a man reproaches you for something he knows about you, do not reproach him for something you know about him. Leave him; its burden will be on him and its reward for you, and do not revile anything.' He said: After that I never reviled any animal or human.

239. Sahih Ibn Hibban 522Sahih

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَعَلِّمْنَا شَيْئًا يَنْفَعُنَا اللَّهُ بِهِ فقَالَ «لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ أَنْ تُفْرِغَ مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي إِنَاءِ الْمُسْتَسْقِي وَلَوْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ أَخَاكَ وَوَجْهُكَ إِلَيْهِ مُنْبَسِطٌ وَإِيَّاكَ وَإِسْبَالَ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْمَخِيلَةِ وَلَا يُحِبُّهَا اللَّهُ وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ شَتَمَكَ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ فِيكَ فَلَا تَشْتُمْهُ بِمَا تَعْلَمُ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ أَجْرَهُ لَكَ وَوَبَالَهُ عَلَى مَنْ قَالَهُ»

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, we are people from the desert, so teach us something through which Allah may benefit us.' He said, 'Do not deem any good deed insignificant, even if it is pouring from your bucket into the vessel of one seeking water, or speaking to your brother with a cheerful face. Beware of letting your lower garment drag, for it is from arrogance, and Allah does not love it. If a man insults you with something he knows about you, do not insult him with something you know about him, for the reward is yours and the burden is upon the one who said it.'

240. Sahih Ibn Hibban 548Sahih

     «مَنْ يُحْرَمِ الرِّفْقَ يُحْرَمِ الْخَيْرَ»

     ✧ Whoever is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.

241. Sahih Ibn Hibban 549Hasan sahih

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيُعْطِي عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ»

     ✧ Indeed Allah is gentle and loves gentleness, and He gives for gentleness what He does not give for harshness.

242. Sahih Ibn Hibban 550Sahih

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْدُو إِلَى هَذِهِ التِّلَاعِ وَقَالَ لِي «يَا عَائِشَةُ فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَا نُزِعَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to these hills and said to me, 'O ʿĀʾishah, gentleness was never in anything but it adorned it, and it was never removed from anything but it disfigured it.'

243. Sahih Ibn Hibban 551Sahih

     «مَا كَانَ الرِّفْقُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَا كَانَ الْفُحْشُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا شَانَهُ»

     ✧ Gentleness was never in anything but it adorned it, and obscenity was never in anything but it disfigured it.

244. Sahih Ibn Hibban 552Sahih

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيُعْطِي عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ وَمَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى مَا سِوَاهُ»

     ✧ Indeed Allah loves gentleness and gives for gentleness what He does not give for harshness, and what He does not give for anything else.

245. Sahih Ibn Hibban 553Sahih

     أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي بَيْتِي هَذَا «اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُمَّتِي شَيْئًا فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَاشْقُقْ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمَرِ أُمَّتِي شَيْئًا فَرَفَقَ بِهِمْ فَارْفُقْ بِهِ»

     ✧ I came to ʿĀʾishah to ask her about something, and she said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in this house of mine: O Allah, whoever is placed in charge of any affair of my ummah and makes it difficult for them, make it difficult for him; and whoever is placed in charge of any affair of my ummah and is gentle with them, be gentle with him.'

246. Sahih Ibn Hibban 547No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فِي الْأَمْرِ كُلِّهِ»

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, exalted is He, loves gentleness in every matter.

247. Sahih Ibn Hibban 555Hasan

     «لَا تَصْحَبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا وَلَا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلَّا تَقِيٌّ»

     ✧ Do not accompany anyone but a believer, and let no one eat your food but a pious person.

248. Sahih Ibn Hibban 556Sahih

     يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ كَعَمَلِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ»

     ✧ O Messenger of Allah, what about a man who loves a people but cannot do deeds like theirs? He said, 'You, O Abū Dharr, are with the one you love.' He said, 'I love Allah and His Messenger.' He said, 'You, O Abū Dharr, are with the one you love.'

249. Sahih Ibn Hibban 557Sahih

     أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came and a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of a person who loves a group of people but is not able to join them?" He ﷺ replied, "A person will be with those whom he loves."

250. Sahih Ibn Hibban 558No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَازِلًا بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فقَالَ أَلَا تُنْجِزُ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا وَعَدْتَنِي؟ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَبْشِرْ» فقَالَ لَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ لَقَدْ أَكْثَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْبُشْرَى قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَبِي مُوسَى وَبِلَالٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْغَضْبَانِ فقَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ رَدَّ الْبُشْرَى فَاقْبَلَا أَنْتُمَا» فَقَالَا قَبْلِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَدَحٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمَا «اشْرَبَا مِنْهُ وَأَفْرِغَا عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمَا أَوْ نُحُورِكُمَا» فَأَخَذَا الْقَدَحَ فَفَعَلَا مَا أَمَرَهُمَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَادَتْنَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّتْرِ أَنْ أَفْضِلَا لِأُمِّكُمَا فِي إِنَائِكُمَا فَأَفْضَلَا لَهَا مِنْهُ طَائِفَةً

     ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, stopping at al-Jiʿrānah between Makkah and Madinah, and with him was Bilāl. A Bedouin man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Will you not fulfill for me, O Muḥammad, what you promised me?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Rejoice.' The Bedouin said to him, 'You have given me too much good news.' The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to Abū Mūsā and Bilāl as if angry and said, 'This man has rejected the good news, so accept it yourselves.' They said, 'We accept, O Messenger of Allah.' The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for a bowl of water and then said to them, 'Drink from it and pour it over your faces or chests.' They took the bowl and did what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded them. Then Umm Salamah called out to us from behind the curtain, 'Leave some for your mother in your vessel.' So they left a portion of it for her.

251. Sahih Ibn Hibban 559Sahih

     «الْبَرَكَةُ مَعَ أَكَابِرِكُمْ»

     ✧ Blessing is with your elders.

252. Sahih Ibn Hibban 560Hasan

     «لَا تُصَاحِبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا وَلَا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلَّا تَقِيٌّ»

     ✧ Do not accompany anyone but a believer, and let no one eat your food but a pious person.

253. Sahih Ibn Hibban 561Sahih

     «مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ وَمَثَلُ جَلِيسِ السُّوءِ كَحَامِلِ الْمِسْكِ وَنَافِخِ الْكِيرِ فَحَامِلُ الْمِسْكِ إِمَّا أَنْ تَبْتَاعَ مِنْهُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحًا طَيِّبَةً وَنَافِخُ الْكِيرِ إِمَّا أَنْ يُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَكَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحًا خَبِيثَةً»

     ✧ The example of a righteous companion and an evil companion is like that of a carrier of musk and a blower of the bellows. The carrier of musk either sells you some, or you find a pleasant scent from him; and the blower of the bellows either burns your clothes or you find a foul smell from him.

254. Sahih Ibn Hibban 562Hasan sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ جَهْوَرِيٍّ فَقُلْنَا وَيْلَكَ اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ نُهِيتَ عَنْ هَذَا قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَهُ فقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ «هَاؤُمُ» فقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «ذَلِكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said in a loud voice, 'O Muḥammad.' We said, 'Woe to you, lower your voice, for you have been forbidden from this.' He said, 'No, by Allah, not until he hears me.' The Prophet ﷺ beckoned with his hand and said, 'Here I am.' He said, 'What do you think of a man who loves a people but has not yet caught up with them?' He said, 'That is with the one he loves.'

255. Sahih Ibn Hibban 563Sahih

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ «مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ»

     ✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour? He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: I love Allah and His Messenger. He said: "You will be with the one you love."

256. Sahih Ibn Hibban 564Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَثِيرَ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ»

     ✧ A man said: O Prophet of Allah, when is the Hour? He said: "Indeed it is coming, so what have you prepared for it?" He said: I have not prepared for it much action except that I love Allah and His Messenger. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You will be with the one you love, and you will have what you have hoped for."

257. Sahih Ibn Hibban 565Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ؟ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ » قَالَ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا كَبِيرَ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» قَالَ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فقَالَ «إِنْ يَعِشْ هَذَا فَلَا يُدْرِكُهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ»

     ✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, when will the Hour occur? The prayer was commenced. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he said: "Where is the one who asked about the Hour?" He said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "It is coming, so what have you prepared for it?" He said: I have not prepared for it much action except that I love Allah and His Messenger. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You are with the one you love." He said: And there was with him a man from the Ansar called Muhammad, so he said: "If this one lives, old age will not overtake him until the Hour occurs."

258. Sahih Ibn Hibban 566Hasan sahih

     «مَا تَحَابَّ اثْنَانِ فِي اللَّهِ إِلَّا كَانَ أَفْضَلَهُمَا أَشَدُّهُمَا حُبًّا لِصَاحِبِهِ»

     ✧ "No two people love each other for Allah's sake except the better of them is the one who has greater love for his companion."

259. Sahih Ibn Hibban 567Hasan

     «مَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَالْمَكْرُ وَالْخِدَاعُ فِي النَّارِ»

     ✧ "Whoever deceives us is not of us, and plotting and deception are in the Fire."

260. Sahih Ibn Hibban 568Sahih

     «مَنْ خَبَّثَ عَبْدًا عَلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَمَنْ أَفْسَدَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»

     ✧ "Whoever incites a slave against his masters is not of us, and whoever corrupts a woman against her husband is not of us."

261. Sahih Ibn Hibban 569Hasan sahih

     بَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَلَّى عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا لِلَّهِ قَالَ «فَهَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَاكَ؟ » قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «فَأَعْلِمْ ذَاكَ أَخَاكَ» قَالَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِمَنْكِبِهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ قَالَ هُوَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ قُلْتُ لَوْلَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعْلِمُكَ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ

     ✧ While I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, a man came and greeted him, then turned away. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I love this man for Allah's sake. He said: "Have you informed him of that?" I said: No. He said: "Then inform your brother." So I followed him and caught up with him, grabbed his shoulder, greeted him, and said: By Allah, I love you for Allah's sake. He said: By Allah, I love you for Allah's sake. I said: If the Prophet ﷺ had not commanded me to inform you, I would not have done so.

262. Sahih Ibn Hibban 570Sahih

     «إِذَا أَحَبَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُعْلِمْهُ»

     ✧ "When one of you loves his brother, let him inform him."

263. Sahih Ibn Hibban 571Sahih

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ «هَلْ أَعْلَمْتَهُ ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «قُمْ أَعْلِمْهُ» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فقَالَ يَا هَذَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ قَالَ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ

     ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man passed by. A man from the group said: O Messenger of Allah, I love this man. He said: "Have you informed him of that?" He said: No. He said: "Stand and inform him." So he stood and went to him and said: O you, by Allah, I love you. He said: May the one for whose sake you love me love you.

264. Sahih Ibn Hibban 572Sahih

     «أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى قَالَ فَأَرْصَدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ فقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللَّهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ»

     ✧ "A man visited a brother of his in another village. Allah sent an angel to wait for him on his path. When he came to him, the angel said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to visit a brother of mine in this village. The angel said: Does he owe you any favor that you seek? He said: No, except that I love him for Allah's sake. The angel said: I am Allah's messenger to you: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has loved you as you loved him for His sake."

265. Sahih Ibn Hibban 573Sahih

     «إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ عِبَادًا لَيْسُوا بِأَنْبِيَاءَ يَغْبِطُهُمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ قِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ لَعَلَّنَا نُحِبُّهُمْ؟ قَالَ هُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحَابُّوا بِنُورِ اللَّهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَرْحَامٍ وَلَا انْتِسَابٍ وُجُوهُهُمْ نُورٌ عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ لَا يَخَافُونَ إِذَا خَافَ النَّاسُ وَلَا يَحْزَنُونَ إِذَا حَزِنَ النَّاسُ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ}

     ✧ "Among Allah's servants are servants who are not prophets, yet the prophets and martyrs envy them. It was said: Who are they, perhaps we may love them? He said: They are a people who love one another by Allah's light, without kinship or lineage. Their faces are light, upon pulpits of light. They do not fear when people fear, and they do not grieve when people grieve." Then he recited: {Verily, the friends of Allah have no fear, nor do they grieve.}

266. Sahih Ibn Hibban 574Sahih

     أَيْنَ الْمُتَحَابُّونَ بِجَلَالِي؟ الْيَوْمَ أُظِلُّهُمْ فِي ظِلِّي يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلِّي»

     ✧ "Where are those who love one another for My glory? Today I will shade them in My shade on a day when there is no shade but My shade."

267. Sahih Ibn Hibban 575Sahih

     دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَإِذَا فَتًى بَرَّاقُ الثَّنَايَا وَإِذَا النَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْءٍ أَسْنَدُوهُ إِلَيْهِ وَصَدَرُوا عَنْ رَأْيِهِ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ هَذَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ هَجَّرْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي بِالتَّهْجِيرِ وَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ فقَالَ آللَّهُ؟ قُلْتُ آللَّهُ فَأَخَذَ بِحَبْوَةِ رِدَائِي فَجَذَبَنِي إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولَ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَجَبَتْ مَحَبَّتِي لِلْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِيَّ وَالْمُتَجَالِسِينَ فِيَّ وَالْمُتَزَاوِرِينَ فِيَّ»

     ✧ I entered the mosque of Damascus, and there was a young man with gleaming front teeth, and the people were with him; when they differed about something, they referred it to him and accepted his opinion. I asked about him and was told: This is Mu'adh b. Jabal. The next day I went early (to the mosque), and I found that he had preceded me in going early, and I found him praying. He said: So I waited for him until he finished his prayer, then I came to him from before his face, greeted him, and said: By Allah, I love you for the sake of Allah. He said: By Allah? I said: By Allah. So he took hold of the gathered end of my cloak, pulled me towards him, and said: Rejoice, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: My love is due to those who love one another for My sake, sit together for My sake, and visit one another for My sake."

268. Sahih Ibn Hibban 576No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ رَجُلًا زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلَكًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ أَزُورُ أَخًا لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ فقَالَ هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فِي اللَّهِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّكَ كَمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيهِ»

     ✧ "A man visited a brother of his in another village, so Allah sent an angel to wait for him on his path. When he came to him (the angel), he said: Where are you going? He said: I am visiting a brother of mine in this village. He said: Does he have any favor over you that you maintain? He said: No, except that I love him for the sake of Allah. He said: Then I am the messenger of Allah to you: Allah has loved you as you loved him for His sake."

269. Sahih Ibn Hibban 577Sahih

     قُلْتُ لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ لِغَيْرِ دُنْيَا أَرْجُو أَنْ أُصِيبَهَا مِنْكَ وَلَا قَرَابَةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ قَالَ فَلِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ لِلَّهِ قَالَ فَجَذَبَ حُبْوَتِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبْشِرْ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمُتَحَابُّونَ فِي اللَّهِ فِي ظِلِّ الْعَرْشِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ يَغْبِطُهُمْ بِمَكَانِهِمِ النَّبِيُّونَ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِحَدِيثِ مُعَاذٍ فقَالَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى «حُقَّتْ مَحَبَّتِي عَلَى الْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِيَّ وَحُقَّتْ مَحَبَّتِي عَلَى الْمُتَنَاصِحِينَ فِيَّ وَحُقَّتْ مَحَبَّتِي عَلَى الْمُتَزَاوِرِينَ فِيَّ وَحُقَّتْ مَحَبَّتِي عَلَى الْمُتَبَاذِلِينَ فِيَّ وَهُمْ عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ يَغْبِطُهُمُ النَّبِيُّونَ وَالصِّدِّيقُونَ بِمَكَانِهِمْ»

     ✧ "That I should be afflicted by it, nor any relationship between me and you." He said, "For what reason?" I said, "For the sake of Allah." He said, "Then He would draw my shoulder [closer to him] and say, 'Rejoice! If you are truthful, then I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Those who love one another for the sake of Allah will be in the shade of the Throne on the Day when there will be no shade except His shade. The prophets and martyrs will envy them for their position.'" Then he said, "So I went out and came to 'Ubada bin As-Samit and told him about the hadith of Mu'adh. 'Ubada bin As-Samit said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'My love is guaranteed for those who love one another for my sake, for those who advise one another for my sake, for those who visit one another for my sake, and for those who spend on one another for my sake, while they are upon pulpits of light. The prophets and the truthful ones will envy them for their position.'"

270. Sahih Ibn Hibban 578Hasan

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ أَيْنَ أَبِي؟ قَالَ «فِي النَّارِ» فَلَمَّا قَفَّى دَعَاهُ فقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَبِي وَأَبَاكَ فِي النَّارِ»

     ✧ A man stood up to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Where is my father? He said: "In the Fire." When he turned away, he called him and said ﷺ: "Indeed my father and your father are in the Fire."

271. Sahih Ibn Hibban 579Sahih

     «مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ مَثَلُ الْعَطَّارِ إِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْكَ مِنْهُ أَصَابَكَ رِيحُهُ وَمَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ السُّوءِ مَثَلُ الْقَيْنِ إِنْ لَمْ يُحْرِقْكَ بِشَرَرِهِ عَلِقَ بِكَ مِنْ رِيحِهِ»

     ✧ "The example of a good companion is that of a perfume seller: even if you do not get any from him, his fragrance reaches you. And the example of a bad companion is that of a blacksmith: even if his sparks do not burn you, some of his smell clings to you."

272. Sahih Ibn Hibban 580Sahih

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَالِثٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Two should not converse privately excluding the third."

273. Sahih Ibn Hibban 581Sahih

     كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يُكَلِّمُهُ فقَالَ لَهُمَا اسْتَرْخِيَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Two should not converse secretly without a third person."

274. Sahih Ibn Hibban 582Sahih

     كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عِنْدَ دَارِ خَالِدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الَّتِي بِالسُّوقِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنَاجِيَهُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنَاجِيَهُ فَدَعَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى كُنَّا أَرْبَعَةً فقَالَ لِي وَلِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي دَعَا اسْتَرْخِيَا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ»

     ✧ I and 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar were at the house of Khalid b. 'Uqbah, the one in the market. A man came wanting to converse privately with him, and there was no one with 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar except me and the man who wanted to converse privately with him. So 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar called a man until we were four. He said to me and to the man he called: Stand back, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Two should not converse privately excluding one."

275. Sahih Ibn Hibban 583Sahih

     «إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا حَتَّى يَخْتَلِطُوا بِالنَّاسِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ»

     ✧ "When you are three, two should not converse privately excluding their companion until they mix with people, for that saddens him."

276. Sahih Ibn Hibban 584Sahih

     «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ» قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ فَأَرْبَعَةٌ؟ قَالَ لَا يَضُرُّكَ

     ✧ "Two should not converse privately excluding their companion, for that saddens him." Abu Salih said: I said to Ibn 'Umar: What about four? He said: It does not harm you.

277. Sahih Ibn Hibban 585Weak

     «الْمَجَالِسُ ثَلَاثَةٌ سَالِمٌ وَغَانِمٌ وَشَاجِبٌ»

     ✧ "Gatherings are of three kinds: safe, profitable, and harmful."

278. Sahih Ibn Hibban 586Sahih

     «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُقِيمَ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ مَقْعَدِهِ فَيَقْعُدَ فِيهِ وَلَكِنْ تَفَسَّحُوا وَتَوَسَّعُوا»

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man to make another man rise from his seat and then sit in it, but make room and spread out."

279. Sahih Ibn Hibban 587Sahih

     «لَا يُقِيمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ رَجُلًا مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ»

     ✧ "None of you should make a man rise from his seat and then sit in it."

280. Sahih Ibn Hibban 588Sahih

     «إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ»

     ✧ "When a man rises from his seat and then returns to it, he has more right to it."

281. Sahih Ibn Hibban 589Sahih

     «دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَأَيْتُهُ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ»

     ✧ I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and saw him reclining on a cushion on his left.

282. Sahih Ibn Hibban 590Sahih

     «مَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فَتَفَرَّقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ No people gather in a gathering and then disperse without mentioning Allah and sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ except that it will be a regret for them on the Day of Resurrection.

283. Sahih Ibn Hibban 591Sahih

     «مَا قَعَدَ قَوْمٌ مَقْعَدًا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ وَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِنْ أُدْخِلُوا الْجَنَّةَ لِلثَّوَابِ»

     ✧ No people sit in a sitting where they do not mention Allah and send blessings upon the Prophet except that it will be a regret for them on the Day of Resurrection, even if they are admitted to Paradise as a reward.

284. Sahih Ibn Hibban 592Sahih

     «مَا قَعَدَ قَوْمٌ مَقْعَدًا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ وَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِنْ دَخَلُوا الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ No people sit in a sitting where they do not mention Allah and send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ except that it will be a regret for them on the Day of Resurrection, even if they enter Paradise.

285. Sahih Ibn Hibban 593Weak

     «كَلِمَاتٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِنَّ أَحَدٌ فِي مَجْلِسِ لَغْوٍ أَوْ مَجْلِسِ بَاطِلٍ عِنْدَ قِيَامِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَّا كَفَّرَتْهُنَّ عَنْهُ وَلَا يَقُولُهُنَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ خَيْرٍ وَمَجْلِسِ ذِكْرٍ إِلَّا خُتِمَ لَهُ بِهِنَّ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُخْتَمُ بِالْخَاتَمِ عَلَى الصَّحِيفَةِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ»

     ✧ Words that no one speaks in a gathering of idle talk or a gathering of falsehood upon his rising three times except that they expiate it for him, and he does not say them in a gathering of good and a gathering of remembrance except that it is sealed for him with them as a seal is placed upon a page: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. There is no deity except You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.'

286. Sahih Ibn Hibban 594Sahih

     «مَنْ جَلَسَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ كَثُرَ فِيهِ لَغَطُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ Whoever sits in a gathering in which there is much noise and then says before he stands: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and with Your praise. There is no deity except You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You,' except that he is forgiven for what occurred in that gathering of his.

287. Sahih Ibn Hibban 554Hasan

     «لَا تُصَاحِبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا وَلَا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلَّا تَقِيٌّ»

     from the Prophet ﷺ who said: Do not associate with anyone other than a believer not let anyone other than a God-fearing person eat from the meal ˹you serve.˺

288. Sahih Ibn Hibban 596Hasan sahih

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَنْ تَجْلِسُوا بِأَفْنِيَةِ الصُّعُدَاتِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ وَلَا نُطِيقُهُ قَالَ «إِمَّا لَا فَأَدُّوا حَقَّهَا» قَالُوا وَمَا حَقُّهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «رَدُّ التَّحِيَّةِ وَتَشْمِيتُ الْعَاطِسِ إِذَا حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَغَضُّ الْبَصَرِ وَإِرْشَادُ السَّبِيلِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sitting in the open areas of the roads. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we cannot avoid that and we cannot endure it." He said, "If you must, then fulfill its right." They said, "What is its right, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Returning the greeting, invoking mercy upon the one who sneezes when he praises Allah, lowering the gaze, and guiding the way."

289. Sahih Ibn Hibban 597Sahih

     مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى مَجْلِسِ الْأَنْصَارِ فقَالَ «إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَجْلِسُوا فَاهْدُوا السَّبِيلَ وَرُدُّوا السَّلَامَ وَأَغِيثُوا الْمَلْهُوفَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by a gathering of the Ansar and said, "If you insist on sitting, then guide the way, return the greeting, and help the distressed."

290. Sahih Ibn Hibban 595Sahih

     «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَنَا مِنْ مَجْلِسِنَا بُدٌّ نَتَحَدَّثُ فِيهَا قَالَ «فَإِذَا أَبَيْتُمْ إِلَّا الْمَجْلِسَ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ» قَالُوا مَا حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ؟ قَالَ «غَضُّ الْبَصَرِ وَكُفُّ الْأَذَى وَرَدُّ السَّلَامِ وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ»

     ✧ Beware of sitting in the roadways." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have no alternative to our gatherings; we talk in them." He said, "If you insist on sitting, then give the road its right." They said, "What is the right of the road?" He said, "Lowering the gaze, refraining from harm, returning the greeting, enjoining good, and forbidding evil."

291. Sahih Ibn Hibban 599Weak

     كُنَّا مَعَ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَعَطَسَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فقَالَ سَالِمٌ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمِّكَ فَوَجَدَ الرَّجُلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ فقَالَ لَهُ سَالِمٌ كَأَنَّكَ وَجَدْتَ فِي نَفْسِكَ؟ فقَالَ مَا كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَذْكُرَ أُمِّي بِخَيْرٍ وَلَا بِشَرٍّ فقَالَ سَالِمٌ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَعَطَسَ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمِّكَ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ أَوْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ»

     ✧ We were with Salim b. Ubayd on a military expedition, and a man from the people sneezed and said, 'Peace be upon you.' Salim said, 'Peace be upon you and upon your mother.' The man felt offended. Salim said to him, 'It seems you felt offended?' He said, 'I would not like you to mention my mother with good or evil.' Salim said, 'We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and a man sneezed and said, "Peace be upon you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Upon you and upon your mother. When one of you sneezes, let him say: 'Praise be to Allah in every situation,' or he said: 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds,' and let someone say to him: 'May Allah have mercy on you,' and let him say: 'May Allah forgive you.'"'

292. Sahih Ibn Hibban 600Sahih

     عَطَسَ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَشَمَّتَ أَوْ فَسَمَّتَّ أَحَدَهُمَا وَتَرَكَ الْآخَرَ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَمْ يَحْمَدْهُ»

     ✧ Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he invoked mercy upon one of them and left the other. He said, 'This one praised Allah, and this one did not praise Him.'

293. Sahih Ibn Hibban 601No grade recorded

     عَطَسَ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَشَمَّتَ أَحَدَهُمَا أَوْ قَالَ فَسَمَّتَ أَحَدَهُمَا وَلَمْ يُشَمِّتِ الْآخَرَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ رَجُلَانِ عَطَسَا فَشَمَّتَّ أَحَدَهُمَا وَتَرَكْتَ الْآخَرَ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لَمْ يَحْمَدْهُ»

     ✧ Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he responded to one of them—or he said: and he said “Yarḥamuk Allāh” to one of them—and he did not respond to the other. So it was said to him: Two men sneezed, and you responded to one of them and left the other? He said: “This one praised Allah, and this one did not praise Him.”

294. Sahih Ibn Hibban 602Hasan

     جَلَسَ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحَدُهُمَا أَشْرَفُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَعَطَسَ الشَّرِيفُ فَلَمْ يَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَعَطَسَ الْآخَرُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ فَشَمَّتَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَطَسْتُ فَلَمْ تُشَمِّتْنِي وَعَطَسَ هَذَا فَشَمَّتَّهُ؟ فقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَذَكَرْتُهُ وَأَنْتَ نَسِيتَ فَنَسِيتُكَ»

     ✧ Two men sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of them more noble than the other. The noble one sneezed but did not praise Allah, and the other sneezed and praised Allah. The Prophet ﷺ responded to him, so the noble one said: O Messenger of Allah, I sneezed and you did not respond to me, but this one sneezed and you responded to him? The Prophet ﷺ said: “This one remembered Allah, so I remembered him; and you forgot, so I forgot you.”

295. Sahih Ibn Hibban 603Sahih

     كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَطَسَ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ» ثُمَّ عَطَسَ أُخْرَى فقَالَ ﷺ «الرَّجُلُ مَزْكُومٌ»

     ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man sneezed, and the Prophet ﷺ said: “May Allah have mercy on you.” Then he sneezed again, and the Prophet ﷺ said: “The man has a cold.”

296. Sahih Ibn Hibban 598Sahih

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْعُطَاسَ وَيَكْرَهُ التَّثَاؤُبَ فَإِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَرُدَّ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ وَلَا يَقُلْ هَاوْ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ هَاوْ ضَحِكَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَإِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ»

     ✧ Allah loves sneezing and dislikes yawning. So if one of you yawns, let him suppress it as much as he can and not say 'haw,' for if he says 'haw,' Satan laughs at him. And if one of you sneezes and says, 'Praise be to Allah,' it is obligatory upon the one who hears him to say, 'May Allah have mercy on you.'

297. Sahih Ibn Hibban 605Sahih

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ؟ إِنَّ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ يُمْسِكُ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالَّذِي يَتْلُوهُ؟ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي غَنَمِهِ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ فِيهَا وَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَرِّ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ يُسْأَلُ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا يُعْطِي بِهِ»

     ✧ “Shall I inform you of the best of people? Indeed the best of people is a man who holds the rein of his horse in the cause of Allah. And shall I inform you of the one who follows him? A man who secludes himself with his sheep, fulfilling Allah’s right among them. And shall I inform you of the worst of people? A man who is asked by Allah and does not give by Him.”

298. Sahih Ibn Hibban 606Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فقَالَ «رَجُلٌ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ «مُؤْمِنٌ فِي شِعْبٍ الشِّعَابِ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are most excellent? He said: “A man who strives in the cause of Allah with his wealth and his self.” He said: Then who? He said: “A believer in a mountain pass among the mountain passes who worships Allah and leaves people safe from his evil.”

299. Sahih Ibn Hibban 604Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ جُلُوسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلًا»؟ فَقُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى عُقِرَتْ أَوْ يُقْتَلَ أَفَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالَّذِي يَلِيهِ»؟ قُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «امْرُؤٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَعْتَزِلُ شُرُورَ النَّاسِ أَفَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَرِّ النَّاسِ»؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «الَّذِي يُسْأَلُ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا يُعْطِي بِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them while they were sitting in a gathering and said: “Shall I inform you of the best of people in station?” We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “A man holding the head of his horse in the cause of Allah until it is hamstrung or he is killed. Shall I inform you of the one who comes after him?” We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “A man who secludes himself in a mountain pass, establishing prayer and giving zakah, and keeping away from the evils of people. Shall I inform you of the worst of people?” We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “The one who is asked by Allah and does not give by Him.”