8. Heart Softeners
Sahih Ibn Hibban 608Hasan sahih
«الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالْبَذَاءُ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ وَالْجَفَاءُ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ “Modesty is from faith, and faith is in Paradise; and obscenity is from harshness, and harshness is in the Fire.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 609Hasan sahih
«الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالْبَذَاءُ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ وَالْجَفَاءُ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ “Modesty is from faith, and faith is in Paradise; and obscenity is from harshness, and harshness is in the Fire.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 610Sahih
مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man who was admonishing his brother about modesty, and he said: “Leave him, for modesty is from faith.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 607Sahih
«إِنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ الْأُولَى إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَاصْنَعْ مَا شِئْتَ»
✧ “Among what people have found from the words of the earlier prophethood: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 612Sahih
«النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ “Remorse is repentance?” He said: Yes.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 613Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ I said to Anas b. Malik, “Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘Remorse is repentance’?” He said, “Yes.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 614Sahih
«النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ»
✧ “Remorse is repentance.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 615Sahih
«كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ إِنْسَانًا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَسْأَلُ فَأَتَى رَاهِبًا فَسَأَلَهُ هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ لَا فَقَتَلَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُ فقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ ائْتِ قَرْيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ فَمَاتَ فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى هَذِهِ تَقَرَّبِي وَإِلَى هَذِهِ تَبَاعَدِي فَوُجِدَ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى هَذِهِ بِشِبْرٍ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ»
✧ “There was among the Children of Israel a man who killed ninety-nine people. Then he went out asking, and he came to a monk and asked him, ‘Is there any repentance for me?’ He said, ‘No,’ so he killed him. He kept asking, and a man said to him, ‘Go to such-and-such a village.’ Death overtook him and he died. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. Allah revealed to this one, ‘Draw near,’ and to that one, ‘Move away.’ He was found to be closer to this one by a span, and he was forgiven.”
«مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَمَثَلُ الْإِيمَانِ كَمَثَلِ الْفَرَسِ فِي آخِيَّتِهِ يَجُولُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى آخِيَّتِهِ وَإِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَسْهُو ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ فَأَطْعِمُوا طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَتْقِيَاءَ وَوَلُّوا مَعْرُوفَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ»
✧ “The example of the believer and faith is like a horse at its tethering post: it roams, then returns to its tethering post. The believer slips, then returns to faith. So feed your food to the pious, and extend your kindness to the believers.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 617Sahih
«اللَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ يَسْتَيْقِظُ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ أَضَلَّهُ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَاةٍ»
✧ “Allah is more intensely joyful at the repentance of His servant than one of you who wakes to find his camel, which he had lost in a desolate land.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 618Sahih
«اللَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ بِأَرْضٍ دَوِّيَّةٍ مَهْلَكَةٍ وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَطَعَامُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ فَأَضَلَّهَا فَخَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَأَمُوتُ فِيهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ الَّذِي أَضَلَّهَا فِيهِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ غَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ فَاللَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ»
✧ “Allah is more joyful at the repentance of one of you than a man in a desolate, deadly land who has with him his mount carrying his provisions, food, and what sustains him. He loses it, so he goes out in search of it until death overtakes him. He says, ‘I will return to my place and die there.’ So he returns to the place where he lost it. While he is like that, sleep overcomes him, and he wakes to find his mount at his head, carrying his provisions and what sustains him. Allah is more joyful at the repentance of one of you than this man.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 619Sahih
«يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تَظَّالَمُوا يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا الَّذِي أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ وَلَا أُبَالِي»
✧ “O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and made it forbidden among you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, you err by night and day, and I am the One who forgives sins, and I do not care.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 620Hasan
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ لِعُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَدْ آنَ لَكَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا فقَالَ أَقُولُ يَا أُمَّهْ كَمَا قَالَ الْأَوَّلُ زُرْ غِبًّا تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ دَعُونَا مِنْ رَطَانَتِكُمْ هَذِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَخْبِرِينَا بِأَعْجَبِ شَيْءٍ رَأَيْتِهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَسَكَتَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيَالِي قَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ ذَرِينِي أَتَعَبَّدُ اللَّيْلَةَ لِرَبِّي» قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ قُرْبَكَ وَأُحِبُّ مَا سَرَّكَ قَالَتْ فَقَامَ فَتَطَهَّرَ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَتْ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَبْكِي حَتَّى بَلَّ حِجْرَهُ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ بَكَى فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَبْكِي حَتَّى بَلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ بَكَى فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَبْكِي حَتَّى بَلَّ الْأَرْضَ فَجَاءَ بِلَالٌ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ يَبْكِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تَبْكِي وَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ «أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيَّ اللَّيْلَةَ آيَةٌ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ قَرَأَهَا وَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرْ فِيهَا {إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ }» الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا
✧ I, along with Ubayd ibn Umair, visited Aisha. She said to Ubayd ibn Umair, "It's time for you to visit us." He replied, "I say, O mother, as the first one said: 'Visit occasionally, and you will increase in affection.'" She said, "Leave us with your rhetoric." Ibn Umair said, "Tell us about the most wondrous thing you have seen from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." She fell silent for a while and then said, "One night, he said, 'O Aisha, let me worship my Lord tonight.' I said, 'By Allah, I love your nearness, and I love what makes you happy.' She said, 'So he got up, purified himself, and stood to pray. He continued weeping until his lap became wet. Then he wept, and he did not stop weeping until his beard became wet. Then he wept, and he did not stop weeping until the ground became wet. Bilal came to announce the prayer to him, and when he saw him weeping, he said, 'O Messenger of Allah, why do you weep when Allah has forgiven all your past and future sins?' He said, 'Shall I not be a grateful servant? Tonight a verse has been revealed to me, woe to one who recites it and does not reflect on it: {Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth} [and what follows] the entire verse.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 621Sahih
ذَكَرُوا الْفَرَحَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا الضَّالَّةَ يَجِدُهَا الرَّجُلُ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الضَّالَّةِ يَجِدُهَا الرَّجُلُ بِأَرْضِ الْفَلَاةِ»
✧ They mentioned joy in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they mentioned a lost animal that a man finds. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah is more intensely joyful at the repentance of one of you than the lost animal that a man finds in a desolate land.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 622No grade recorded
«أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَذْنَبْتُ ذَنْبًا أَوْ قَالَ عَمِلْتُ عَمَلًا فَاغْفِرْ لِي فقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَبْدِي عَمِلَ ذَنْبًا فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِهِ قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِعَبْدِي ثُمَّ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا آخَرَ أَوْ قَالَ عَمِلَ ذَنْبًا آخَرَ قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي عَمِلْتُ ذَنْبًا فَاغْفِرْ لِي فقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِهِ قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِعَبْدِي ثُمَّ عَمِلَ ذَنْبًا آخَرَ أَوْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا آخَرَ فقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي عَمِلْتُ ذَنْبًا فَاغْفِرْ لِي فقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِهِ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِعَبْدِي فَلْيَعْمَلْ مَا شَاءَ»
✧ “A man committed a sin and said, ‘O Lord, I have committed a sin’—or he said, ‘I have done a deed’—’so forgive me.’ He, Blessed and Exalted, said, ‘My servant committed a sin and knew that he has a Lord who forgives sin and takes to account for it. I have forgiven My servant.’ Then he committed another sin—or he said, ‘he did another sin’—and said, ‘Lord, I have done a sin, so forgive me.’ He, Blessed and Exalted, said, ‘My servant knew that he has a Lord who forgives sin and takes to account for it. I have forgiven My servant.’ Then he did another sin—or he committed another sin—and said, ‘Lord, I have done a sin, so forgive me.’ Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said, ‘My servant knew that he has a Lord who forgives sin and takes to account for it. I call you to witness that I have forgiven My servant. Let him do as he wishes.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 623Hasan sahih
كُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا يَنْفَعُنِي اللَّهُ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي حَتَّى حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَكَانَ إِذَا حَدَّثَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ اسْتَحْلَفْتُهُ فَإِنْ حَلَفَ صَدَّقْتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَصَدَّقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِذَلِكَ الذَّنْبِ إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ»
✧ I used to hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a hadith by which Allah benefited me as He willed, until Abu Bakr narrated to me. Sometimes when one of his companions narrated to me from the Prophet ﷺ, I would make him swear. If he swore, I believed him. Abu Bakr narrated to me—and Abu Bakr was truthful—from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, “No servant commits a sin, then performs ablution, then prays two rak’ahs, then asks Allah’s forgiveness for that sin, except that Allah forgives him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 624Sahih
«يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنْ كُنْتِ أَلْمَمْتِ بِذَنْبٍ فَاسْتَغْفِرِي اللَّهَ وَتُوبِي فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أَذْنَبَ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ»
✧ “O A’ishah, if you have committed a sin, then ask Allah’s forgiveness and repent. For when a servant sins, then asks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah forgives him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 625Sahih
«أَذْنَبَ عَبْدِي ذَنْبًا فقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَذْنَبْتُ فقَالَ أَذْنَبَ عَبْدِي ذَنْبًا فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِالذُّنُوبِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَأَذْنَبَ فقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَذْنَبْتُ فقَالَ أَذْنَبَ عَبْدِي وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ رَبَّهُ يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَأْخُذُ بِالذَّنْبِ اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ»
✧ “My servant committed a sin and said, ‘O Lord, I have sinned.’ He said, ‘My servant committed a sin and knew that Allah forgives sins and takes to account for sins.’ Then he returned and sinned. He said, ‘O Lord, I have sinned.’ He said, ‘My servant sinned and knew that his Lord forgives sin and takes to account for sin. Do as you wish, for I have forgiven you.’”
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعِ الْحِجَابُ» قِيلَ وَمَا يَقَعُ الْحِجَابُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَمُوتَ النَّفْسُ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ»
✧ “Indeed, Allah forgives His servant as long as the veil has not fallen.” It was said, “And what is the falling of the veil?” He said, “That the soul dies while it is an associator.”
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعِ الْحِجَابُ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا وُقُوعُ الْحِجَابِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَمُوتَ النَّفْسُ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ»
✧ “Indeed, Allah forgives His servant as long as the veil has not fallen.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, and what is the falling of the veil?” He said, “That the soul dies while it is an associator.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 628Hasan
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ»
✧ “Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, accepts the repentance of the servant as long as he has not reached the death rattle.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 629Sahih
«مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ “Whoever repents before the sun rises from its west, Allah will turn to him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 630Sahih
«لَا يَمُوتُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَ اللَّهُ مَكَانَهُ النَّارَ يَهُودِيًّا أَوْ نَصْرَانِيًّا»
✧ “No Muslim man dies except that Allah enters the Fire in his place a Jew or a Christian.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 611Sahih
«كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَاهِبٍ فَأَتَاهُ فقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ لَا فَقَتَلَهُ وَكَمَّلَ بِهِ مِائَةً ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فقَالَ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِئَةً فَهَلْ لَهُ تَوْبَةٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ مَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ التَّوْبَةِ؟ ائْتِ أَرْضَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا نَاسًا يَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تَرْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ فَإِنَّهَا أَرْضُ سُوءٍ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ الطَّرِيقَ أَتَاهُ الْمَوْتُ فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ فَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ جَاءَنَا تَائِبًا مُقْبِلًا بِقَلْبِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكٌ فِي صُورَةِ آدَمِيٍّ فَجَعَلُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فقَالَ قِيسُوا مَا بَيْنَ الْأَرْضَيْنِ أَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَهِيَ لَهُ فَقَاسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ أَدْنَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرَادَ فَقَبَضَتْهُ بِهَا مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ»
✧ “Among those before you there was a man who killed ninety-nine souls. He asked about the most learned person on earth and was directed to a monk. He came to him and said: He has killed ninety-nine souls—is there any repentance for him? The monk said: No. So he killed him and completed a hundred with him. Then he asked about the most learned person on earth and was directed to a man. He said: He has killed a hundred souls—is there any repentance for him? The man said: Yes, who can stand between you and repentance? Go to such-and-such a land, for there are people there who worship Allah. Worship Allah with them and do not return to your land, for it is an evil land. So he set out until, when he was halfway along the road, death came to him. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. The angels of mercy said: He came to us repentant, turning his heart to Allah, Mighty and Exalted. The angels of punishment said: He has never done any good at all. An angel came in the form of a human being and they made him judge between them. He said: Measure the distance between the two lands; to whichever he is closer, he belongs to it. So they measured and found him closer to the land he was heading for, and the angels of mercy took him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 632Sahih
«يَخْرُجُ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيُعْرَضَانِ عَلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُؤْمَرُ بِهِمَا إِلَى النَّارِ فَيَلْتَفِتُ أَحَدُهُمَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا كَانَ هَذَا رَجَائِي قَالَ وَمَا كَانَ رَجَاؤُكَ؟ قَالَ كَانَ رَجَائِي إِذْ أَخْرَجْتَنِي مِنْهَا أَنْ لَا تُعِيدَنِي فَيَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ فَيُدْخِلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ “Two men will come out of the Fire and be presented to Allah, then they will be ordered back to the Fire. One of them will turn and say, ‘O Lord, this was not my hope.’ He said, ‘And what was your hope?’ He said, ‘My hope was that when You brought me out of it, You would not return me to it.’ So Allah will have mercy on him and admit him to Paradise.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 633Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: ‘I am with My servant’s thought of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 634Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَالَ «أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ relate from Allah, Majestic and Exalted, who said: “I am with My servant’s thought of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 635Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَالَ «أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, from Allah, Majestic and Exalted, who said: “I am with My servant’s thought of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 636Sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِثَلَاثٍ «لَا يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِاللَّهِ الظَّنَّ»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say three days before his death: “None of you should die except while thinking well of Allah.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 637Sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِثَلَاثٍ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَمُوتَ إِلَّا وَظَنُّهُ بِاللَّهِ حَسَنٌ فَلْيَفْعَلْ»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say three days before his death: “Whoever among you is able not to die except while his thought of Allah is good, let him do so.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 638Sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِثَلَاثٍ «لَا يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ الظَّنَّ بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say three days before his death: “None of you should die except while having a good opinion of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 639Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي إِنْ ظَنَّ خَيْرًا فَلَهُ وَإِنْ ظَنَّ شَرًّا فَلَهُ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “Indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: I am as My servant thinks of Me. If he thinks good, then for him is good; and if he thinks evil, then for him is evil.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 640Hasan sahih
«وَعِزَّتِي لَا أَجْمَعُ عَلَى عَبْدِي خَوْفَيْنِ وَأَمْنَيْنِ: إِذَا خَافَنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا أَمَّنْتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَإِذَا أَمِنَنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا أَخَفْتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ۔»
✧ “By My might, I will not combine for My servant two fears or two securities: if he fears Me in this world, I will make him secure on the Day of Resurrection; and if he feels secure from Me in this world, I will make him fear on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 641Sahih
خَرَجْتُ عَائِدًا لِيَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَلَقِيتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ عِيَادَتَهُ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى وَاثِلَةَ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ وَجَعَلَ يُشِيرُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ وَاثِلَةُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ فَأَخَذَ يَزِيدُ بِكَفَّيْ وَاثِلَةَ فَجَعَلَهُمَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فقَالَ لَهُ وَاثِلَةُ كَيْفَ ظَنُّكَ بِاللَّهِ؟ قَالَ ظَنِّي بِاللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ حَسَنٌ قَالَ فَأَبْشِرْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي إِنْ ظَنَّ خَيْرًا وَإِنْ ظَنَّ شَرًّا»
✧ I went out to visit Yazid b. al-Aswad, and I met Wathilah b. al-Asqaʿ who also wanted to visit him. We entered upon him, and when he saw Wathilah, he stretched out his hand and gestured toward him. Wathilah came forward until he sat down. Yazid took Wathilah’s palms and placed them on his face. Wathilah said to him: “How do you think of Allah?” He said: “By Allah, my thought of Allah is good.” He said: “Then rejoice, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: I am as My servant thinks of Me, whether he thinks good or thinks evil.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 642No grade recorded
«مَا أَحَدٌ أَصْبَرَ عَلَى أَذًى يَسْمَعُهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ يَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ نِدًّا وَيَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ وَلَدًا وَهُوَ فِي ذَلِكَ يَرْزُقُهُمْ وَيُعَافِيهِمْ وَيُعْطِيهِمْ»
✧ “No one is more patient with the harm he hears than Allah: they ascribe a rival to Him and ascribe a son to Him, yet He still provides for them, grants them well-being, and gives to them.”
«حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ»
✧ “Good thoughts are from the goodness of worship.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 645Sahih
«يَأْخُذُ رَجُلٌ بِيَدِ أَبِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ فَيُنَادَى أَلَا إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا مُشْرِكٌ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَبِي قَالَ فَيُحَوَّلُ فِي صُورَةٍ قَبِيحَةٍ وَرِيحٍ مُنْتِنَةٍ فَيَتْرُكُهُ»
✧ “A man will take his father by the hand on the Day of Resurrection, wanting to enter him into Paradise, but it will be called out: Indeed, no polytheist may enter Paradise. He will say: ‘O Lord, my father!’ Then he will be transformed into an ugly form and a foul odor, and he will leave him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 646Sahih
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ} جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُرَيْشًا فقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ أَنْقِذُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنَ النَّارِ فَإِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا» وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنْقِذِي نَفْسَكِ مِنَ النَّارِ فَإِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكِ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا أَنَّ لَكِ رَحِمًا سَأَبُلُّهَا بِبَلَالِهَا»
✧ When this verse was revealed: “And warn your closest kindred” (26:214), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gathered Quraysh and said: “O assembly of Quraysh, save yourselves from the Fire, for I do not possess for you any harm or benefit.” And to the Banū ʿAbd Manāf he said the like, and to the Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib he said the like. Then he said: “O Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad ﷺ, save yourself from the Fire, for I do not possess for you any harm or benefit, except that you have a kinship tie which I will maintain with its due.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 647Sahih
لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ خَرَجَ مَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوصِيهِ مُعَاذٌ رَاكِبٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَحْتَ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ «يَا مُعَاذُ إِنَّكَ عَسَى أَنْ لَا تَلْقَانِي بَعْدَ عَامِي هَذَا لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بِمَسْجِدِي وَقَبْرِي» فَبَكَى مُعَاذٌ خَشَعًا لِفِرَاقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ فقَالَ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي وَإِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي الْمُتَّقُونَ مَنْ كَانُوا حَيْثُ كَانُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أُحِلُّ لَهُمْ فَسَادَ مَا أَصْلَحْتَ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَيَكْفَؤُونَ أُمَّتِي عَنْ دِينِهَا كَمَا يُكْفَأُ الْإِنَاءُ فِي الْبَطْحَاءِ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him to Yemen, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with him advising him while Muʿādh was riding and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was walking beneath his mount. When he finished, he said: “O Muʿādh, perhaps you may not meet me after this year of mine; perhaps you will pass by my mosque and my grave.” Muʿādh wept out of sorrow for parting from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned toward Madinah and said: “These people of my household think they are the closest of people to me, but the closest of people to me are the God-fearing, whoever they are and wherever they are. O Allah, I do not permit for them the corruption of what You have set right. By Allah, they will turn my community away from its religion as a vessel is overturned in the valley.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 648Sahih
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ «أَتْقَاهُمْ» قَالُوا لَسْنَا عَنْ هَذَا نَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ «فَعَنْ مَعَادِنِ الْعَرَبِ تَسْأَلُونَنِي؟ خِيَارُكُمْ خِيَارُكُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقِهُوا»
✧ It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who is the most noble of people?” He said: “The most God-fearing of them.” They said: “We are not asking you about this.” He said: “Then you are asking me about the origins of the Arabs? The best of you are the best of you in Islam when they gain understanding.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 649Sahih
«كَانَ فِيمَنْ سَلَفَ مِنَ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ رَغَسَهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا فَلَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ جَمَعَ بَنِيهِ فقَالَ أَيَّ أَبٍ كُنْتُ لَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا خَيْرَ أَبٍ فقَالَ إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا ابْتَأَرَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرًا قَطُّ وَإِنَّ رَبَّهُ يُعَذِّبُهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَأَحْرِقُونِي ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي ثُمَّ اذْرُونِي فِي رِيحٍ عَاصِفٍ قَالَ اللَّهُ كُنْ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ قَالَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنْ يَلْقَاهُ غَيْرَ أَنْ غُفِرَ لَهُ»
✧ “Among the people who came before you was a man whom Allah blessed with wealth and children. When death came to him, he gathered his sons and said: ‘What kind of father was I to you?’ They said: ‘The best of fathers.’ He said: ‘Indeed, by Allah, I have never stored up any good with Allah. His Lord will punish him. So when I die, burn me, then crush me, then scatter me in a violent wind.’ Allah said: ‘Be,’ and behold, he was a man standing. He said: ‘What made you do what you did?’ He said: ‘Fear of You.’ He said: ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, if he meets nothing else, he will be forgiven.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 650Sahih
«كَانَ رَجُلٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَمْ يَبْتَئِرْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرًا قَطُّ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ يَا بَنِيَّ أَيَّ أَبٍ كُنْتُ لَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا خَيْرَ أَبٍ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَاحْرَقُونِي واسْحَقُونِي فَإِذَا كَانَ فِي يَوْمِ رِيحٍ عَاصِفٍ فَذُرُّونِي قَالَ فَمَاتَ فَفُعِلَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ فقَالَ لَهُ كُنْ فَكَانَ كَأَسْرَعِ مِنْ طَرْفَةِ الْعَيْنِ فقَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عَبْدِي مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ فقَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ أَيْ رَبِّ قَالَ فَمَا تَلَافَاهُ أَنْ غُفِرَ لَهُ»
✧ “There was a man among those before you who never stored up any good with Allah. At death he said to his sons: ‘O my sons, what kind of father was I to you?’ They said: ‘The best of fathers.’ He said: ‘Then when I die, burn me and crush me, and when it is a day of violent wind, scatter me.’ He died, and that was done to him. Then He said to him: ‘Be,’ and he was, faster than the blink of an eye. Allah said: ‘O My servant, what made you do what you did?’ He said: ‘Fear of You, O Lord.’ He said: ‘He did not requite him except that he was forgiven.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 651Sahih
«تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ نَبَّاشًا فقَالَ لِوَلَدِهِ احْرِقُونِي ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي فَذُرُّونِي فِي الرِّيحِ فَسُئِلَ مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ»
✧ A man who was a grave-digger died, and he said to his son: 'Burn me, then grind me, and scatter me in the wind.' He was asked: 'What have you done?' He said: 'Out of fear of You, my Lord.' He said: 'So He forgave him.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 652Sahih
{إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ} قَالَ «فِي الدُّنْيَا»
✧ {When the matter is decided and they are in heedlessness} He said: 'In this world.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 653Sahih
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ مَا جَهِلْتُمْ مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي يَوْمِي هَذَا إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا أَنْحَلْتُهُ عَبْدِي حَلَالٌ وَإِنِّي خَلَقْتُ عِبَادِي حُنَفَاءَ كُلَّهُمْ وَإِنَّهُ أَتَتْهُمُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فَاجْتَالَتْهُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ وَحَرَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَحْلَلْتُ لَهُمْ فَأَمَرَتْهُمْ أَنْ يُشْرِكُوا بِي مَا لَمْ أُنْزِلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَمَقَتَهُمْ عَرَبَهُمْ وَعَجَمَهُمْ غَيْرَ بَقَايَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّمَا بَعَثْتُكَ لِأَبْتَلِيَكَ وَأَبْتَلِيَ بِكَ وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا لَا يَغْسِلُهُ الْمَاءُ تَقْرَؤُهُ يَقْظَانَ وَنَائِمًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُخْبِرَ قُرَيْشًا فَقُلْتُ إِذًا يَثْلَغُوا رَأْسِي فَيَتْرُكُوهُ خُبْزَةً قَالَ فَاسْتَخْرِجْهُمْ كَمَا اسْتَخْرَجُوكَ وَاغْزُهُمْ يَسْتَغْزُوكَ وَأَنْفِقْ يُنْفَقْ عَلَيْكَ وَابْعَثْ جَيْشًا نَبْعَثْ خَمْسَةً أَمْثَالَهُمْ وَقَاتِلْ بِمَنْ أَطَاعَكَ مَنْ عَصَاكَ وَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ إِمَامٌ مُقْسِطٌ مُصَدِّقٌ مُوَفَّقٌ وَرَجُلٌ رَحِيمٌ رَقِيقُ الْقَلْبِ بِكُلِّ ذِي قُرْبَى وَمُسْلِمٍ وَرَجُلٌ عَفِيفٌ فَقِيرٌ مُصَّدِّقٌ وَ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ خَمْسَةٌ رَجُلٌ جَائِرٌ لَا يَخْفَى لَهُ طَمَعٌ وَإِنْ دَقَّ وَرَجُلٌ لَا يُمْسِي وَلَا يُصْبِحُ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُخَادِعُكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ وَالضَّعِيفُ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِيكُمْ تَبَعٌ لَا يَبْغُونَ أَهْلًا وَلَا مَالًا» فقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَمِنَ الْمَوَالِي هُوَ أَوْ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ؟ قَالَ هُوَ التَّابِعَةُ يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ فَيُصِيبُ مِنْ حُرْمَتِهِ سِفَاحًا غَيْرَ نِكَاحٍ وَالشِّنْظِيرُ الْفَاحِشُ وَذَكَرَ الْبُخْلَ وَالْكَذِبَ
✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say in his sermon: 'Allah commanded me to teach you what you did not know of what He taught me this day: every property I have granted to My servant is lawful. I created all My servants as hanifs, but the devils came to them and turned them away from their religion, forbade them what I had made lawful for them, and commanded them to associate with Me that for which I have sent down no authority. Allah looked upon the people of the earth and loathed them, Arabs and non-Arabs alike, except remnants of the People of the Book. He said: "O Muhammad, I have sent you only to test you and to test others through you, and I have sent down to you a Book that water cannot wash away, which you recite awake and asleep." Allah, Mighty and Exalted, commanded me to warn Quraysh, so I said: "Then they will split my head and leave it like a loaf of bread." He said: "Drive them out as they drove you out, raid them and they will raid you, spend and it will be spent on you, send an army and We will send five times its like, and fight with those who obey you against those who disobey you." He said: "The people of Paradise are three: a just imam who is truthful and granted success; a man who is merciful and tender-hearted toward every relative and Muslim; and a chaste poor man who gives charity." He said: "The people of Hell are five: an unjust man whose greed does not conceal even the smallest thing; a man who does not enter evening or morning except that he is deceiving you regarding your family and wealth; and the weak who are followers among you, not seeking family or wealth." A man said to him: "O Abu Abd Allah, is he one of the clients or one of the Arabs?" He said: "He is a follower who belongs to a man and commits illicit intercourse with his wife outside marriage; the shameless obscene one; and he mentioned miserliness and lying.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 654Sahih
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي يَوْمِي هَذَا وَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لِي إِنِّي خَلَقْتُ عِبَادِي حُنَفَاءَ كُلَّهُمْ وَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا أَنْحَلْتُ عِبَادِي فَهُوَ لَهُمْ حَلَالٌ وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ أَتَتْهُمْ فَاجْتَالَتْهُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ وَحَرَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِي أَحْلَلْتُ لَهُمْ وَأَمَرَتْهُمْ أَنْ يُشْرِكُوا بِي مَا لَمْ أُنْزِلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَتَى أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنِي فَمَقَتَهُمْ عَرَبَهُمْ وَعَجَمَهُمْ إِلَّا بَقَايَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لِي قَدْ أَنْزَلْتُ كِتَابًا لَا يَغْسِلُهُ الْمَاءُ فَاقْرَأْهُ نَائِمًا وَيَقْظَانَ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُخْبِرَ قُرَيْشًا وَإِنِّي قُلْتُ أَيْ رَبِّ إِذًا يَثْلَغُوا رَأْسِي فَيَدَعُوهُ خُبْزَةً وَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لِي اسْتَخْرِجْهُمْ كَمَا اسْتَخْرَجُوكَ وَاغْزُهُمْ يَسْتَغْزُونَكَ وَأَنْفِقْ نُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ وَابْعَثْ جَيْشًا نَبْعَثْ خَمْسَةَ أَمْثَالِهِ وَقَاتِلْ بِمَنْ أَطَاعَكَ مَنْ عَصَاكَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: 'Allah, Mighty and Exalted, commanded me to teach you some of what He taught me this day. He said to me: "I created all My servants as hanifs, and everything I have granted to My servants is lawful for them. The devils came to them and turned them away from their religion, forbade them what I had made lawful, and commanded them to associate with Me that for which I sent down no authority. Allah examined the people of the earth before sending me and loathed them, Arabs and non-Arabs alike, except remnants of the People of the Book. He said to me: "I have sent down a Book that water cannot wash away, so recite it asleep and awake. Allah commanded me to warn Quraysh, but I said: "O Lord, then they will split my head and leave it like a loaf of bread." He said to me: "Drive them out as they drove you out, raid them and they will raid you, spend and We will spend on you, send an army and We will send five times its like, and fight with those who obey you against those who disobey you."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 655Sahih
«إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتِيَانِ وَإِنَّهُمَا ابْتَعَثَانِي وَإِنَّهُمَا قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقْ وَإِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مُضْطَجِعٍ وَإِذَا آخَرُ قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهِ بِصَخْرَةٍ وَإِذَا هُوَ يَهْوِي بِالصَّخْرَةِ لِرَأْسِهِ فَيَثْلَغُ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَتُدَهْدِهَهُ الصَّخْرَةُ هَا هُنَا فَيَقُومُ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَيَأْخُذُهُ فَمَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ حَتَّى يَصِحَّ رَأْسُهُ كَمَا كَانَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَفْعَلُ بِهِ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى قَالَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَانِ؟ قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْتَلْقٍ لِقَفَاهُ وَإِذَا آخَرُ عَلَيْهِ بِكَلُّوبٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَ شِقَّيْ وَجْهِهِ فَيُشَرْشِرُ شِدْقَهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ وَمِنْخَرَهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ وَعَيْنَهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ ثُمَّ يَتَحَوَّلُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ فَيَفْعَلُ بِهِ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ بِالْجَانِبِ الْأَوَّلِ فَمَا يَفْرُغُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْجَانِبِ حَتَّى يَصِحَّ الْجَانِبُ الْأَوَّلُ كَمَا كَانَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فَيَفْعَلُ بِهِ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى قَالَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَانِ؟ قَالَا انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى مِثْل بِنَاءِ التَّنُّورِ قَالَ عَوْفٌ أَحْسِبُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ لَغَطٌ وَأَصْوَاتٌ فَاطَّلَعْنَا فَإِذَا فِيهِ رِجَالٌ وَنِسَاءٌ عُرَاةٌ وَإِذَا بِنَهْرٍ لَهِيبٍ مِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ ذَلِكَ اللَّهَبُ تَضَوْضَوْا قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى نَهَرٍ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَحْمَرَ مِثْلِ الدَّمِ وَإِذَا فِي النَّهَرِ رَجُلٌ يَسْبَحُ وَإِذَا عِنْدَ شَطِّ النَّهَرِ رَجُلٌ قَدْ جَمَعَ عِنْدَهُ حِجَارَةً كَثِيرَةً وَإِذَا ذَلِكَ السَّابِحُ يَسْبَحُ مَا يَسْبَحُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي جَمَعَ الْحِجَارَةَ فَيَفْغَرُ لَهُ فَاهُ فَيُلْقِمُهُ حَجَرًا قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ كَرِيهِ الْمَرْآةِ كَأَكْرَهِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ رَجُلًا مَرْآهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عِنْدَ نَارٍ يَحُشُّهَا وَيَسْعَى حَوْلَهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُمَا مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَوْضَةٍ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْرِ الرَّبِيعِ وَإِذَا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيِ الرَّوْضَةِ رَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ طَوِيلٌ لَا أَكَادُ أَرَى رَأْسَهُ طُولًا فِي السَّمَاءِ وأَرَى حَوْلَ الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ وِلْدَانٍ رَأَيْتُهُمْ قَطُّ وَأَحْسَنَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُمَا مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَا لِي انْطَلِقِ انْطَلِقْ فَانْطَلَقْنَا وَأَتَيْنَا دَوْحَةً عَظِيمَةً لَمْ أَرَ دَوْحَةً قَطُّ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا وَلَا أَحْسَنَ قَالَا لِي ارْقَ فِيهَا قَالَ فَارْتَقَيْنَا فِيهَا فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ مَبْنِيَّةٍ بِلَبِنِ ذَهَبٍ وَلَبِنِ فِضَّةٍ فَأَتَيْنَا بَابَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَاسْتَفْتَحْنَا فَفُتِحَ لَنَا فَتَلَقَّانَا فِيهَا رِجَالٌ شَطْرٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِمْ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ وَشَطْرٌ كَأَقْبَحِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ قَالَ قَالَا لَهُمُ اذْهَبُوا فَقَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ فَإِذَا نَهَرٌ مُعْتَرِضٌ يَجْرِي كَأَنَّ مَاءَهُ الْمَحْضُ فِي الْبَيَاضِ فَذَهَبُوا فَوَقَعُوا فِيهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ ذَلِكَ السُّوءُ عَنْهُمْ وَصَارُوا فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ قَالَ قَالَا لِي هَذِهِ جَنَّةُ عَدْنٍ وَهَذَاكَ مَنْزِلُكَ قَالَ فَسَمَا بَصَرِي صُعُدًا فَإِذَا قَصْرٌ مِثْلُ الرَّبَابَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ قَالَ قَالَا لِي هَذَاكَ مَنْزِلُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُمَا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمَا ذَرَانِي أَدْخُلْهُ قَالَ قَالَا لِي أَمَّا الْآنَ فَلَا وَأَنْتَ دَاخِلُهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ عَجَبًا فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ؟ قَالَ قَالَا لِي أَمَا إِنَّا سَنُخْبِرُكَ أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الْأَوَّلُ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَ عَلَيْهِ يُثْلَغُ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحَجَرِ فَإِنَّهُ الرَّجُلُ يَأْخُذُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَرْفُضُهُ وَيَنَامُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَ عَلَيْهِ يُشَرْشَرُ شِدْقُهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ وَعَيْنُهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ وَمِنْخَرُهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ الرَّجُلُ يَغْدُو مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَيَكْذِبُ الْكَذْبَةَ فَتَبْلُغُ الْآفَاقَ وَأَمَّا الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ الْعُرَاةُ الَّذِينَ فِي مِثْلِ بِنَاءِ التَّنُّورِ فَإِنَّهُمُ الزُّنَاةُ وَالزَّوَانِي وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي فِي النَّهَرِ فَيَلْتَقِمُ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنَّهُ آكِلُ الرِّبَا وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الْكَرِيهُ الْمَرْآةِ الَّذِي عِنْدَ النَّارِ يَحُشُّهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الطَّوِيلُ الَّذِي فِي الرَّوْضَةِ فَإِنَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَأَمَّا الْوِلْدَانُ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُ فَكُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ قَالَ فقَالَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَمَّا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ شَطْرٌ مِنْهُمْ حَسَنٌ وَشَطْرٌ مِنْهُمْ قَبِيحٌ فَهُمْ قَوْمٌ خَلَطُوا عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَآخَرَ سَيِّئًا فَتَجَاوَزَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ»
✧ 'Two visitors came to me last night and roused me. They said to me: "Go," so I went with them until we came upon a man lying down, while another stood over him with a boulder, striking his head with it and splitting it. The boulder rolled away, so he went to the stone and picked it up. He did not return to him, I think he said, until his head healed as it was before, then he returned and did to him like the first time.' He said: 'I said: "Glory be to Allah, what are these two?" They said to me: "Go, go."' He said: 'So I went with them and we came upon a man lying on his back, while another stood over him with an iron hook. He went to one side of his face and tore his mouth to the back of his neck, his nostril to the back of his neck, and his eye to the back of his neck. Then he turned to the other side and did to it like what he had done to the first side. He had not finished with that side before the first side healed as it was, then he returned and did to him like the first time.' He said: 'I said: "Glory be to Allah, what are these two?" They said: "Go, go." So I went with them and we came upon something like a clay oven.' Awf said: 'I think he said: "And in it were voices and clamor." We looked inside and there were naked men and women, and a river of flame beneath them. When the flame came to them, they cried out.' He said: 'I said: "What are these?" They said to me: "Go, go."' He said: 'So we went on to a river, I think he said, red like blood, and in the river was a man swimming, and at the bank of the river was a man who had gathered many stones. Whenever the swimmer swam, he came to the man who had gathered the stones, opened his mouth for him, and the man placed a stone in it.' He said: 'I said: "What are these?" They said to me: "Go, go."' He said: 'So we went on and came upon a man of hideous appearance, the ugliest man you could ever see, standing by a fire, stoking it and walking around it.' He said: 'I said to them: "What is this?" They said to me: "Go, go." So we went on and came upon a garden containing every spring flower, and in the middle of the garden was a tall man, so tall I could hardly see his head in the sky, and around him were more children than I had ever seen, and the most beautiful.' He said: 'I said to them: "What are these?" They said to me: "Go, go." So we went on and came to a huge tree, the largest and most beautiful I had ever seen. They said to me: "Climb it." We climbed it and reached a city built of gold and silver bricks. We came to the gate of the city and asked for it to be opened, and it was opened for us. There we were met by men, half of whose bodies were the most beautiful you could see, and half the ugliest you could see.' He said: 'They said to them: "Go and plunge into that river." There was a river flowing across, its water as white as pure milk. They went and plunged into it, then returned, and the ugliness had gone from them, and they were in the most beautiful form.' He said: 'They said to me: "This is the Garden of Eden, and that is your dwelling."' He said: 'My sight rose upward, and there was a palace like a white cloud.' He said: 'They said to me: "That is your dwelling."' He said: 'I said to them: "May Allah bless you both, let me enter it." They said to me: "Not now, but you shall enter it."' He said: 'I have seen wonders since tonight; what is this that I have seen?' He said: 'They said to me: "We will now inform you. The first man you came upon whose head was being split with a stone is the one who learns the Quran but then abandons it and sleeps through the prescribed prayers. The man you came upon whose mouth, eye, and nostril were being torn to the back of his neck is the one who leaves his house in the morning and tells a lie that spreads to the horizons. The naked men and women in the clay oven are the adulterers and adulteresses. The man in the river swallowing stones is the one who consumes usury. The hideous man by the fire stoking it is Malik, the keeper of Hell. The tall man in the garden is Ibrahim ﷺ, and the children around him are every child born upon the fitrah."' He said: 'Some of the Muslims said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about the children of the polytheists?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And the children of the polytheists." As for the people half of whom were beautiful and half ugly, they are a people who mixed righteous deeds with evil ones, and Allah pardoned them.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 656Sahih
«لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْعُقُوبَةِ مَا طَمِعَ بِجَنَّتِهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْكَافِرُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ مَا قَنَطَ مِنْ جَنَّتِهِ أَحَدٌ»
✧ 'If the believer knew what punishment Allah has, no one would hope for His Paradise; and if the disbeliever knew what mercy Allah has, no one would despair of His Paradise.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 657Sahih
«لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُنِي اللَّهُ وَابْنَ مَرْيَمَ بِمَا جَنَتْ هَاتَانِ يَعْنِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا لَعَذَّبَنَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يَظْلِمْنَا شَيْئًا»
✧ 'If Allah were to hold me and the son of Mary accountable for what these two have committed—meaning the thumb and the one next to it—He would punish us, and He would not wrong us in anything.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 658Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ رِيحٍ أَوْ غَيْمٍ عُرِفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا مَطَرَتْ سُرَّ بِهِ وَذَهَبَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ فَسُئِلَ فقَالَ ﷺ «إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَذَابًا سُلِّطَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي»
✧ When there was a day of wind or clouds, that could be recognized on the Prophet's face ﷺ, and he would turn and pace. When it rained, he rejoiced and that went away from him. He was asked, and he ﷺ said: 'I feared that it might be a punishment sent upon my nation.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 659Sahih
«لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُؤَاخِذُنِي وَعِيسَى بِذُنُوبِنَا لَعَذَّبَنَا وَلَا يَظْلِمُنَا شَيْئًا» قَالَ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا
✧ 'If Allah were to hold me and Jesus accountable for our sins, He would punish us, and He would not wrong us in anything.' He said, and he gestured with his index finger and the one next to it.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 660Sahih
«لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ يُنْجِيهِ عَمَلُهُ وَلَكِنْ سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا» قَالُوا وَلَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «وَلَا أَنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَفَضْلٍ»
✧ 'None of you will be saved by his deeds.' They said: 'Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Not even me, unless Allah envelops me in forgiveness and grace.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 661No grade recorded
«الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»
✧ 'Paradise is closer to any of you than his sandal strap, and the Fire is the same.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 662Sahih
«لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا»
✧ 'If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 663Sahih
أَنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَدَّى عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ سَبْعَةَ آلَافِ دِينَارٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلزُّهْرِيِّ لَا تَعُودَنَّ تَدَّانُ فقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ كَيْفَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَقَدْ
✧ That Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik paid on behalf of al-Zuhri seven thousand dinars toward a debt he owed, then said to al-Zuhri, "Do not return to incurring debt." Al-Zuhri said, "How, O Commander of the Believers, when…"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 664No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا هَبَّتِ الرِّيحُ عُرِفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ»
✧ When the wind blew, that would be known from his face ﷺ.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 665Sahih
«دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي وَبِصَدْرِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الْمِرْجَلِ»
✧ "I entered the mosque and found the Prophet ﷺ standing and praying. There was a buzzing sound coming from his chest, like the sound of a boiling pot."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 666Sahih
قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فقَالَ «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ» ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ وَأَشَاحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ» ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ وَأَشَاحَ حَتَّى رُئِينَا أَنَّهُ يَرَاهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيْبَةٍ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ stood and said, "Guard yourselves from the Fire." Then he turned away and looked aside. Then he said, "Guard yourselves from the Fire." Then he turned away and looked aside, until we thought he was seeing it. Then he said, "Guard yourselves from the Fire, even with half a date; and if you cannot find that, then with a good word."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 667Sahih
«أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا وَهُوَ بِالْكُوفَةِ» سَمِعَهُ أَهْلُ السُّوقِ حَتَّى وَقَعَتْ خَمِيصَةٌ كَانَتْ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I warn you about the Fire, I warn you about the Fire, I warn you about the Fire, to the extent that if it were in this place of mine while I am in Kufa, the people at the marketplace would hear it, and the garment on his shoulder fell onto his feet."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 643No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ لَمَّا قُبِرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ الْعَلَاءِ طِبْتَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَسَمِعَهَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ «مَنْ هَذِهِ»؟ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَالَ «وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ»؟ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ مَا رَأَيْنَاهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا وَهَا أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا يُصْنَعُ بِي»
✧ When he was buried, Umm Al-Ala said, "May you have peace, Abu As-Saib, in Paradise." The Prophet of Allah ﷺ heard her and asked, "Who is this?" She replied, "It is I, O Prophet of Allah." He asked, "How do you know?" She said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is Uthman ibn Maz'un." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Uthman ibn Maz'un—we have only seen good from him. Yet here I am, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and by Allah, I do not know what will happen to me."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 644Sahih
«أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ أُنْذِرُكُمُ النَّارَ» حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا وَهُوَ بِالْكُوفَةِ سَمِعَهُ أَهْلُ السُّوقِ حَتَّى وَقَعَتْ خَمِيصَةٌ كَانَتْ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ
✧ “I warn you of the Fire, I warn you of the Fire, I warn you of the Fire,” until if he had been in this position of mine while he was in Kufah, the people of the market would have heard him, until the cloak that was on his shoulder fell to his feet.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 669Sahih
«إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا حَمَاهُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا يَظَلُّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَحْمِي سَقِيمَهُ الْمَاءَ»
✧ "When Allah loves a servant, He protects him from the world just as one of you keeps protecting his sick person from water."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 670Hasan
«قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَكَانَ رِزْقُهُ كَفَافًا فَصَبَرَ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ "He has succeeded who submits and whose provision is sufficient, and he is content with it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 671Hasan
«مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مُعَافًى فِي بَدَنِهِ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا»
✧ "Whoever wakes up secure in his dwelling, healthy in his body, and has his day's food, it is as if the world has been gathered for him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 672Sahih
كَانَ لَنَا قِرَامٌ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ فَعُلِّقَتْ عَلَى بَابِي فَرَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَلِكَ فقَالَ «انْزِعِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُذَكِّرُنِي الدُّنْيَا»
✧ "We had some idols with us, and they were hanging on my door. When the Prophet ﷺ saw that, he said, 'Take them down, for they remind me of the worldly life.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 673No grade recorded
«فِرَاشٌ لِلرَّجُلِ وَفِرَاشٌ لِامْرَأَتِهِ وَالثَّالِثُ لِلضَّيْفِ وَالرَّابِعُ لِلشَّيْطَانِ»
✧ "A bed for the man, a bed for his wife, the third for the guest, and the fourth for Satan."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 674Sahih
«مَا مِنْ وِعَاءٍ مَلَأَ ابْنُ آدَمَ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنٍ حَسْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ أَكَلَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَثُلُثٌ لِطَعَامِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِشَرَابِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no vessel that the son of Adam fills worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat a few morsels that will keep his spine straight. However, if he must eat, then one-third for food, one-third for drink, and one-third for air."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 675Sahih
«قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَإِذَا أَصْحَابُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ وَإِذَا أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُهَا النِّسَاءُ»
✧ "I stood at the gate of Paradise, and most of those entering it were the poor, while the people of affluence were detained. The people of the Fire had already been commanded to the Fire. And I looked at the Fire, and most of those entering it were women."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 676Hasan sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَدْخُلُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, "The poor believers will enter Paradise before the rich by half a day, five hundred years."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 677Sahih
بَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَحَلْقَةُ مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَسَطَ الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسٌ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَجَلَسَ مَعَهُمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِمْ قُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «بَشِّرْ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَنَّهُمْ لَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا»
✧ While I was sitting in the mosque, a circle of poor Emigrants was sitting in the middle of the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque at midday and went to them and sat with them. When I saw that the Prophet ﷺ sat with them, I went to him and caught part of his speech: "Give glad tidings to the poor Emigrants that they will enter Paradise before the rich by forty years."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 678Sahih
«إِنَّ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَسْبِقُونَ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَبْعِينَ أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ خَرِيفًا»
✧ "The poor Emigrants will outstrip the rich on the Day of Resurrection by seventy or forty autumns."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 679Sahih
«لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ»
✧ Wealth is not from abundance of goods; wealth is only wealth of the soul.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 680Sahih
خَرَجَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَرْوَانَ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ إِلَّا لِشَيْءٍ سَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فقَالَ سَأَلَنَا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَبَلَّغَهُ غَيْرَهُ فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَيْسَ بِفَقِيهٍ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغَلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُسْلِمٍ إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَمُنَاصَحَةُ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ دَعْوَتَهُمْ تُحِيطُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا نِيَّتَهُ فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الْآخِرَةُ نِيَّتَهُ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ»
✧ Zayd b. Thabit came out from Marwan's presence at midday. He said: I said, 'He did not send for him at this hour except for something he asked him about.' So I asked him, and he said: 'He asked us about things we heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "May Allah brighten [the face of] a man who hears a hadith from us and conveys it to another, for perhaps a bearer of fiqh conveys it to one who has more fiqh than him, and perhaps a bearer of fiqh is not a faqih. Three things the heart of a Muslim never bears malice over: sincerity in action for Allah, giving good counsel to those in authority, and holding fast to the community, for their supplication surrounds what is behind them. Whoever has the world as his intention, Allah scatters his affairs for him and places his poverty before his eyes, and nothing of the world comes to him except what has been decreed for him. Whoever has the Hereafter as his intention, Allah gathers his affairs for him and places his wealth in his heart, and the world comes to him while it is compelled."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 681Sahih
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ قَالَ «انْظُرْ أَرْفَعَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ» فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ فِي حُلَّةٍ جَالِسٌ يُحَدِّثُ قَوْمًا فَقُلْتُ هَذَا قَالَ «انْظُرْ أَوْضَعَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ» قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا رُوَيْجِلٌ مِسْكِينٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ لَهُ خَلْقٍ قُلْتُ هَذَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَذَا خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ قَرَارِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا»
✧ While I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque, he said, "Look at the highest man in the mosque in your eyes." I looked, and there was a man in a fine garment sitting and talking to some people. I said, "This one." He said, "Look at the lowest man in the mosque in your eyes." He said, I looked, and there was a poor little man in a worn garment of his. I said, "This one." The Prophet ﷺ said, "This one is better with Allah on the Day of Resurrection than the whole earth full of the like of this one."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 682No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصُّفَّةِ مَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ رِدَاءٌ إِلَّا إِزَارٌ أَوْ كِسَاءٌ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ قَدْ عَقَدَهُ خَلْفَهُ»
✧ I saw seventy of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Bench, none of them had a cloak except a waist-wrapper or a garment wrapped over one shoulder, having tied it behind his back.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 683Sahih
«مَا كَانَ طَعَامَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ»
✧ Our food during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was nothing but the two black things: dates and water.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 684Hasan
«مَنْ حَدَّثَكُمْ أَنَّا كُنَّا نَشْبَعُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ فَقَدْ كَذَبَكُمْ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ ﷺ قُرَيْظَةَ أَصَبْنَا شَيْئًا مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَالْوَدَكِ»
✧ Whoever tells you that we used to eat our fill of dates has lied to you. When ﷺ conquered Qurayzah, we obtained some dates and fat.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 685Sahih
«يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَرَى كَثْرَةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْغِنَى؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَتَرَى قِلَّةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنَى الْقَلْبِ وَالْفَقْرُ فَقْرُ الْقَلْبِ» ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فقَالَ «هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلَانًا»؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ وَتَرَاهُ؟ » قُلْتُ إِذَا سَأَلَ أُعْطِيَ وَإِذَا حَضَرَ أُدْخِلَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فقَالَ «هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلَانًا؟ » قُلْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَمَا زَالَ يُحَلِّيهِ وَيَنْعَتُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُ» فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ أَوْ تَرَاهُ؟ » قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فقَالَ «هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طِلَاعِ الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْآخَرِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا يُعْطَى مِنْ بَعْضِ مَا يُعْطَى الْآخَرُ؟ فقَالَ «إِذَا أُعْطِيَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ أَهْلُهُ وَإِنْ صُرِفَ عَنْهُ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ حَسَنَةً»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you think that having a lot of wealth is wealth?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Do you think that having little wealth is poverty?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Indeed, true wealth is the richness of the heart, and true poverty is the poverty of the heart." Then he asked me about a man from the Quraysh and said, "Do you know so and so?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "How do you see him and how does he see you?" I said, "When he asks, he is given, and when he comes, he is welcomed." Then he asked me about a man from the people of As-Suffah (the poor companions who stayed in the Prophet's Mosque) and said, "Do you know so and so?" I said, "No, by Allah, I don't know him, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "So he continued to praise him and mention his virtues until I recognized him." So I said, "I have recognized him, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "How do you see him or how do you perceive him?" I said, "He is a poor man from the people of As-Suffah." He said, "He is better than the entire world and everything in it." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Shouldn't he be given some of what others are given?" He said, "If he is given something good, then he is deserving of it. And if it is withheld from him, then he has been given a reward for it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 686Sahih
«مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَبِجَنْبَتَيْهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ فَأَعْقِبْهُ خَلَفًا وَمَنْ أَمْسَكَ فَأَعْقِبْهُ تَلَفًا»
✧ The sun has never risen except with two angels at its sides calling out: 'O Allah, whoever spends, give him a successor; whoever withholds, give him ruin.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 687No grade recorded
«الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ»
✧ The world is the believer's prison and the disbeliever's paradise.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 688Sahih
«الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ»
✧ The world is the believer's prison and the disbeliever's paradise.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 689Sahih
فِي قَوْلِهِ {كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ} قَالَ «مِنْ شَأْنِهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ ذَنْبًا وَيُفَرِّجَ كَرْبًا وَيَرْفَعُ قَوْمًا وَيَضَعُ آخَرِينَ»
✧ About His saying {Every day He is in a matter}, he said: "It is of His matter to forgive a sin, relieve a distress, raise a people, and abase others."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 690Sahih
«لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا بَلَاءٌ وَفِتْنَةٌ»
✧ Nothing remains of the world except trial and tribulation.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 691No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ؟ وَمَاذَا فُتِحَ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ؟ أَيْقِظُوا صَوَاحِبَ الْحُجَرِ فَرُبَّ كَاسِيَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَارِيَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one night: "Glory be to Allah! What trials have been sent down, and what treasures have been opened! Wake the women in the chambers, for perhaps a woman clothed in this world is naked on the Day of Resurrection."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 692Sahih
«قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَإِذَا أَصْحَابُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ وَأَصْحَابُ النَّارِ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا النِّسَاءُ»
✧ I stood at the gate of Paradise, and most of those who entered it were the poor, while people of good fortune were held back, and the people of the Fire had been ordered to the Fire. I looked at the Fire, and most of those who entered it were women.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 693Hasan sahih
سَمِعَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ صَوْتَ زُمَّارَةِ رَاعٍ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَدَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا نَافِعُ أَتَسْمَعُ؟ فَأَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا قُلْتُ لَا رَاجَعَ الطَّرِيقَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ»
✧ Ibn Umar heard the sound of a shepherd's pipe. He put his fingers in his ears, turned away from the road, and kept saying, 'O Nafi, do you hear it?' I would say, 'Yes.' When I said, 'No,' he returned to the road and said, 'This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 694Sahih
«أَلَا إِنَّ الدِّينَارَ وَالدِّرْهَمَ أَهْلَكَا مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَهُمَا مُهْلِكَاكُمْ»
✧ Indeed, the dinar and the dirham destroyed those before you, and they will destroy you.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 695Sahih
«أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ بَعَثَتْ بِقِنَاعٍ فِيهِ رُطَبٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ» فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُ الْقَبْضَةَ فَيَبْعَثُ بِهَا إِلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُ الْقَبْضَةَ فَيَبْعَثُ بِهَا إِلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ بِهَا وَإِنَّهُ لَيَشْتَهِيهِ « فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَشْتَهِيهِ
✧ Umm Sulaym sent a basket of fresh dates to the Prophet ﷺ, and he would take a handful and send it to one of his wives, then take a handful and send it to another of his wives, then send it, while he desired it. He did that more than once, while he desired it.
كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ فِي غَزَاةٍ كَانَ آخِرُ عَهْدِهِ بِفَاطِمَةَ وَإِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ كَانَ أَوَّلُ عَهْدِهِ بِفَاطِمَةَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنَّهُ خَرَجَ لِغَزْوِ تَبُوكَ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَبَسَطَتْ فِي بَيْتِهَا بِسَاطًا وَعَلَّقَتْ عَلَى بَابِهَا سِتْرًا وَصَبَغَتْ مِقْنَعَتَهَا بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُوهَا ﷺ وَرَأَى مَا أَحْدَثَتْ رَجَعَ فَجَلَسَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى بِلَالٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا بِلَالُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَبِي فَسَلْهُ مَا يَرُدُّهُ عَنْ بَابِي؟ فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهَا أَحْدَثَتْ ثَمَّ شَيْئًا» فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَهَتَكَتِ السِّتْرَ وَرَفَعَتِ الْبِسَاطَ وَأَلْقَتْ مَا عَلَيْهَا وَلَبِسَتْ أَطْمَارَهَا فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَأَتَاهُ فَاعْتَنَقَهَا وَقَالَ «هَكَذَا كُونِي فِدَاكِ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»
✧ Whenever he went out on a military expedition, his last contact was with Fatimah, and whenever he returned from an expedition, his first contact was with Fatimah, ؓ. He set out for the expedition of Tabuk, and Ali, ؓ, was with him. Fatimah stood and spread a mat in her house, hung a curtain on her door, and dyed her head-covering with saffron. When her father ﷺ returned and saw what she had done, he turned back and sat in the mosque. She sent for Bilal and said, 'O Bilal, go to my father and ask him what is keeping him from my door.' He went to him and asked him. He ﷺ said, 'I saw that she made something new there.' He told her, so she tore down the curtain, picked up the mat, discarded what she was wearing, and put on her old clothes. Bilal came to him and told him, so he came to her and embraced her, saying, 'Be like this, may my father and mother be your ransom.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 698Sahih
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَنْكِبِي أَوْ قَالَ بِمَنْكِبَيَّ فقَالَ «كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ» قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرُ الْمَسَاءَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرُ الصَّبَّاحَ وَخُذْ مِنْ صِحَّتِكَ لِمَرَضِكَ وَمَنْ حَيَاتِكَ لِمَوْتِكَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of my shoulder, or he said by my two shoulders, and said, 'Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.' Ibn Umar used to say, 'If you reach the morning, do not wait for the evening, and if you reach the evening, do not wait for the morning. Take from your health for your sickness, and from your life for your death.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 699Sahih
«أَحْسَابُ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَالُ»
✧ The status of the people of the world is wealth.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 700Sahih
«إِنَّ أَحْسَابَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا الَّذِي يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَيْهِ لَهَذَا الْمَالُ»
✧ Indeed, the status of the people of the world, to which they turn, is this wealth.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 701Sahih
انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ {أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ} قَالَ «يَقُولُ ابْنُ آدَمَ مَا لِي مَا لِي وَإِنَّمَا لَكَ مِنْ مَالِكَ مَا أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ»
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was reciting {Competition for more distracts you}. He said, 'The son of Adam says, "My wealth, my wealth." But you have from your wealth only what you eat and consume, or wear and wear out, or give in charity and send ahead.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 702Sahih
«إِنَّ مَطْعَمَ ابْنِ آدَمَ ضُرِبَ لِلدُّنْيَا مَثَلًا بِمَا خَرَجَ مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ وَإِنْ قَزَّحَهُ وَمَلَّحَهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا يَصِيرُ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ The food of the son of Adam has been made a parable for this world, even if he seasons and salts it. Look at what it becomes.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 703Sahih
كَانَتْ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَضْبَاءُ لَا تُسْبَقُ كُلَّمَا سَابَقُوهَا سَبَقَتْ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ فَسَابَقَهَا فَسَبَقَهَا فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَى ذَلِكَ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يَرْتَفِعَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَذِرَةِ إِلَّا وَضَعَهَا اللَّهُ»
✧ The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, al-Adba, was never outstripped. Whenever they raced her, she won. A Bedouin came on a young camel and raced her, and he beat her. That weighed heavily on the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he saw it in their faces. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is incumbent upon Allah that nothing of this filthy world is raised but that Allah lowers it.'
كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيرٌ مُشَبَّكٌ بِالْبَرْدِيِّ عَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ أَسْوَدُ قَدْ حَشَوْنَاهُ بِالْبَرْدِيِّ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَائِمٌ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا اسْتَوَى جَالِسًا فَنَظَرَا فَإِذَا أَثَرُ السَّرِيرِ فِي جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَبَكَيَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا يُؤْذِيكَ خُشُونَةُ مَا نَرَى مِنْ سَرِيرِكَ وَفِرَاشِكَ وَهَذَا كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرُ عَلَى فُرُشِ الْحَرِيرِ وَالدِّيبَاجِ فقَالَ «لَا تَقُولَا هَذَا فَإِنَّ فِرَاشَ كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرَ فِي النَّارِ وَإِنَّ فِرَاشِي وَسَرِيرِي هَذَا عَاقِبَتُهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a bed frame woven with palm leaves, over which was a black blanket stuffed with palm leaves. Abu Bakr and Umar entered upon him, and the Prophet ﷺ was sleeping on it. When he saw them, he sat up. They looked and saw the marks of the bed frame on the side of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu Bakr and Umar wept and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, does the hardness of what we see of your bed and mattress not hurt you? Yet Chosroes and Caesar are on beds of silk and brocade.' He said, 'Do not say that. The beds of Chosroes and Caesar are in the Fire, while my bed and this bed frame of mine will end in Paradise.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 705Sahih
«طُوبَى لِمَنْ هُدِيَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَ عَيْشُهُ كَفَافًا وَقَنَّعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ»
✧ Glad tidings to the one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is sufficient, and whom Allah makes content with it.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 706Sahih
أَنَّ سَلْمَانَ الْخَيْرَ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ عَرَفُوا مِنْهُ بَعْضَ الْجَزَعِ قَالُوا مَا يُجْزِعُكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لَكَ سَابِقَةٌ فِي الْخَيْرِ شَهِدْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَغَازِيَ حَسَنَةً وَفُتُوحًا عِظَامًا؟ قَالَ يُجْزِعُنِي أَنَّ حَبِيبَنَا ﷺ حِينَ فَارَقَنَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ «لِيَكْفِ الْيَوْمَ مِنْكُمْ كَزَادِ الرَّاكِبِ»
✧ When Salman al-Khayr was on his deathbed, they noticed some anxiety in him. They said, "What distresses you, O Abu ʿAbdillāh, when you have such an outstanding record of good? You witnessed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ noble expeditions and great conquests." He said, "What distresses me is that when our beloved ﷺ parted from us, he made a covenant with us, saying, 'Let the worldly portion of one of you be only as much as a traveler's provision.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 707Sahih
كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ رَطْبٌ بِهَا فَمَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهَا خَتَمَ {فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ} أَوْ {إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ} فَسَبَقَتْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرٍ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا كَمَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ»
✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave when {By those sent forth in succession} was revealed to him. I took it from his mouth, and his mouth was still moist with it. I do not know with which verse he concluded—{Then in what statement after it will they believe?} or {And when it is said to them, "Bow," they do not bow}. A snake darted ahead of us and entered a hole. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You were protected from its evil as it was protected from your evil."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 708Sahih
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} فَإِنَّهُ لَيَتْلُوهَا وَإِنِّي لَأَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا إِذْ وَثَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَذَهَبَتْ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»
✧ While we were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave, {By those sent forth in succession} was revealed to him. He was reciting it, and I was receiving it from his mouth while his mouth was still moist with it. Suddenly a snake leapt upon us. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill it!" We rushed at it, but it got away. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It was protected from your evil as you were protected from its evil."
«مَنْ أَحَبَّ دُنْيَاهُ أَضَرَّ بِآخِرَتِهِ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ آخِرَتَهُ أَضَرَّ بِدُنْيَاهُ فَآثِرُوا مَا يَبْقَى عَلَى مَا يَفْنَى»
✧ Whoever loves his worldly life harms his Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter harms his worldly life. So prefer what lasts to what perishes.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 710Sahih
«لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا»
✧ Do not acquire estates, lest you become desirous of the world.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 711Sahih
«إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْخَلْقِ أَوِ الرِّزْقِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُ مِمَّنْ فُضِّلَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ When one of you sees someone favored over him in physical build or provision, let him look to one who is below him, over whom he has been favored.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 712Sahih
«إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُ مِمَّنْ فُضِّلَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ When one of you looks at someone favored over him in wealth and physical build, let him look to one who is below him, over whom he has been favored.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 713Sahih
«لَا تَنْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكُمْ وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ لَا تَرُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ»
✧ Do not look to those above you, but look to those below you, for that is more fitting lest you belittle Allah's blessing upon you.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 714Sahih
«إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْحَسَبِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْحَسَبِ»
✧ When one of you sees someone above him in wealth and lineage, let him look to one who is below him in wealth and lineage.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 715Sahih
اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ سَبْعَةُ دَنَانِيرَ أَوْ تِسْعَةٌ فقَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ مَا فَعَلَتْ تِلْكَ الذَّهَبُ»؟ فَقُلْتُ هِيَ عِنْدِي قَالَ «تَصَدَّقِي بِهَا» قَالَتْ فَشُغِلْتُ بِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ مَا فَعَلَتْ تِلْكَ الذَّهَبُ»؟ فَقُلْتُ هِيَ عِنْدِي فقَالَ «ائْتِنِي بِهَا» قَالَتْ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا فَوَضَعَهَا فِي كَفِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا ظَنُّ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْ لَوْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ؟ مَا ظَنُّ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْ لَوْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ»
✧ The pain of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intensified, and he had seven dinars or nine with him. He said, "O ʿĀʾishah, what has happened to that gold?" I said, "It is with me." He said, "Give it in charity." She said, "I was occupied with him." Then he said, "O ʿĀʾishah, what has happened to that gold?" I said, "It is with me." He said, "Bring it to me." She said, "So I brought it, and he placed it in his palm and said, 'What does Muhammad think if he meets Allah while this is with him? What does Muhammad think if he meets Allah while this is with him?'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 716No grade recorded
«حُفَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتِ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ»
✧ Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and Hellfire is surrounded by desires.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 717Sahih
«لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ مَنْ غَلَبَ إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ مَنْ غَلَبَ نَفْسَهُ»
✧ The strong one is not the one who overcomes. The strong one is only the one who overcomes his own self.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 718Sahih
«حُفَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتِ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ»
✧ Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and the Fire is surrounded by desires.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 719No grade recorded
«حُفَّتِ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ وَحُفَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ»
✧ The Fire is surrounded by desires, and Paradise is surrounded by hardships.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 668Hasan
نَزَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَهُوَ مَطْعُونٌ فَأَتَاهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعُودُهُ فَبَكَى أَبُو هَاشِمٍ فقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ أَيْ خَالِ؟ أَوَجَعٌ أَمْ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُهَا فقَالَ عَلَى كُلٍّ لَا وَلَكِنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ تَبِعْتُهُ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ أَمْوَالًا تُقَسَّمُ بَيْنَ أَقْوَامٍ وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» فَأَدْرَكْتُ وَجَمَعْتُ
✧ I stayed with Abu Hashim b. 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah while he was ill with plague. Mu'awiyah came to visit him, and Abu Hashim wept. Mu'awiyah said, "What makes you weep, O uncle? Is it pain, or is it over this world? Its clear enjoyment has departed." He said, "Not over any of that. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me a charge, and I wish I had followed it. He said: 'Perhaps you will attain wealth that is distributed among people, and it will suffice you from that a servant and a mount in the way of Allah.' I attained it and gathered [wealth]."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 721Sahih
«الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيَّنٌ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَةٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مُتَشَابِهَةٌ وَسَأَضْرِبُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَثَلًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَمَى حِمًى وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ مَحَارِمَهُ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَرْتَعْ حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكْ أَنْ يُخَالِطَ الْحِمَى وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مَنْ يَرْتَعْ حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكْ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ وَإِنَّ مَنْ خَالَطَ الرِّيبَةَ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَجْسُرَ»
✧ The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between that are matters that are dubious—and perhaps he said: ambiguous. I will strike for you an example of that: Allah has a protected pasture, and Allah's protected pasture is His sacred limits. Whoever grazes around the protected pasture will soon encroach upon it—and perhaps he said: Whoever grazes around the protected pasture will soon graze within it. And whoever gets involved in doubtful matters will soon become bold.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 722Sahih
قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ حَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ حَفِظْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْكَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَالَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «دَعْ مَا يُرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يُرِيبُكَ» قَالَ «الْخَيْرُ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ رِيبَةٌ»
✧ I said to al-Hasan b. 'Ali: Narrate to me something you memorized from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that no one else narrated to you. He said: He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Leave what causes you doubt for what does not cause you doubt.' He said: 'Goodness is tranquility, and evil is doubt.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 723Sahih
أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيًّا فَأَكْرَمَهُ فقَالَ لَهُ «ائْتِنَا» فَأَتَاهُ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَلْ حَاجَتَكَ» قَالَ نَاقَةٌ نَرْكَبُهَا وَأَعْنُزٌ يَحْلِبُهَا أَهْلِي فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَعَجَزْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلَ عَجُوزِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ»؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا عَجُوزُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ «إِنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا سَارَ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ ضَلُّوا الطَّرِيقَ فقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ فقَالَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ إِنَّ يُوسُفَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ أَخَذَ عَلَيْنَا مَوْثِقًا مِنَ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا نَخْرُجَ مِنْ مِصْرَ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَ عِظَامَهُ مَعَنَا قَالَ فَمَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَوْضِعَ قَبْرِهِ؟ قَالَ عَجُوزٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَتَتْهُ فقَالَ دُلِّينِي عَلَى قَبْرِ يُوسُفَ قَالَتْ حَتَّى تُعْطِيَنِي حُكْمِي قَالَ وَمَا حُكْمُكِ؟ قَالَتْ أَكُونُ مَعَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا ذَلِكَ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ أَعْطِهَا حُكْمَهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِمْ إِلَى بُحَيْرَةٍ مَوْضِعِ مُسْتَنْقَعِ مَاءٍ فَقَالَتْ أَنْضِبُوا هَذَا الْمَاءَ فَأَنْضَبُوهُ فَقَالَتْ احْتَفِرُوا فَاحْتَفَرُوا فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا عِظَامَ يُوسُفَ فَلَمَّا أَقَلُّوهَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا الطَّرِيقُ مِثْلُ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ»
✧ A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and he honored him. He said to him: 'Come to us.' So he came to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'Ask for your need.' He said: A she-camel that we ride, and goats that my family can milk. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Have you become unable to be like the old woman of the Children of Israel?' They said: O Messenger of Allah, who is the old woman of the Children of Israel? He said: 'When Moses ﷺ traveled with the Children of Israel from Egypt, they lost the way. He said: What is this? Their scholars said: When death came to Joseph ﷺ, he took a covenant from us by Allah that we would not leave Egypt until we carry his bones with us. He said: Who knows the location of his grave? They said: An old woman of the Children of Israel. So he sent for her and she came to him. He said: Guide me to the grave of Joseph. She said: Not until you grant me my request. He said: What is your request? She said: To be with you in Paradise. He disliked granting her that, so Allah revealed to him: Grant her her request. She went with them to a lake, a place where water gathers. She said: Drain this water. So they drained it. She said: Dig. So they dug and extracted the bones of Joseph. When they lifted them to the land, behold, the road was like the light of day.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 724Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْحَاجَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with the people, men would fall down from their standing in prayer because of the need they were in—they were the people of the Suffa—until the Bedouins would say: These are madmen. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he said: 'If you knew what is stored for you with Allah, you would love to increase in poverty and need.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 725No grade recorded
«يَمِينُ اللَّهِ مَلْأَى لَا يَغِيضُهَا نَفَقَةٌ سَحَّاءُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا أَنْفَقَ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَغِضْ مَا فِي يَمِينِهِ وَالْيَدُ الْأُخْرَى الْقَبْضُ يَرْفَعُ وَيَخْفِضُ وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ»
✧ Allah's right hand is full, spending does not diminish it, flowing generously night and day. Have you seen what He has spent since He created the heavens and the earth? Indeed, it has not diminished what is in His right hand. The other hand is the grasp; He raises and lowers, and His throne is upon the water.
«دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ الْجَنَّةَ بِقَضِّها وَقَضِيضِهَا كَانُوا لَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَلَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A nation entered Paradise by its Qada' (sustenance and resources) and Qideed (measuring utensils). They did not hoard or steal, and they relied on their Lord."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 727Sahih
أَتَيْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ مِنْ قَلْبِي فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَوْ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ عَذَّبَهُمْ غَيْرَ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وَلَوْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا لَدَخَلْتَ النَّارَ»
✧ I came to Ubayy b. Ka'b and said to him: Something about divine decree has fallen into my soul. Narrate to me something that perhaps will remove it from my heart. He said: 'If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of His heavens and the inhabitants of His earth, He would punish them without being unjust to them. And if He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be better for them than their deeds. And if you were to spend the like of Uhud in the path of Allah, Allah would not accept it from you until you believe in divine decree and know that what afflicted you would not have missed you, and that what missed you would not have afflicted you. And if you died on other than this, you would enter the Fire.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 728Sahih
«عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ لَا يَقْضِي اللَّهُ لَهُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ»
✧ I am amazed at the believer: Allah does not decree anything for him except that it is good for him.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 729Sahih
«لَقَدْ كَانَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَرَوْنَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ مَا يَسْتَوْقِدُونَ فِيهِ بِنَارٍ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا الْمَاءُ وَالتَّمْرُ وَكَانَ حَوْلَنَا أَهْلُ دُورٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَهُمْ دَوَاجِنُ فِي حَوَائِطِهِمْ فَكَانَ أَهْلُ كُلِّ دَارٍ يَبْعَثُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِغَزِيرِ شَاتِهِمْ فَكَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اللَّبَنِ»
✧ The family of Muhammad ﷺ would see three months pass without kindling a fire in it—it was only water and dates. Around us were households of the Ansar who had domestic animals in their gardens. The people of each house would send to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the milk of their best sheep, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had some of that milk.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 730Sahih
«لَوْ تَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ، لَرَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ: تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَعُودُ بِطَانًا».
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “If you were to rely upon Allah with true reliance, Allah would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they go out in the morning hungry and return in the evening full.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 731Hasan
قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُرْسِلُ نَاقَتِي وَأَتَوَكَّلُ؟ قَالَ «اعْقِلْهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ»
✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ, “Shall I send off my she-camel and rely [on Allah]?” He said, “Tether her and rely.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 720Sahih
«اشْتَرَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ رَجُلٍ عَقَارًا فَوَجَدَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَى الْعَقَارَ فِي عَقَارِهِ جَرَّةَ ذَهَبٍ فقَالَ لَهُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَى الْعَقَارَ خُذْ ذَهَبَكَ عَنِّي إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْكَ أَرْضًا وَلَمْ أَبْتَعْ مِنْكَ ذَهَبًا وَقَالَ الَّذِي بَاعَ الْأَرْضَ إِنَّمَا بِعْتُكَ الْأَرْضَ وَمَا فِيهَا قَالَ فَتَحَاكَمَا إِلَى رَجُلٍ فقَالَ الَّذِي تَحَاكَمَا إِلَيْهِ أَلَكُمَا وَلَدٌ؟ فقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا غُلَامٌ وقَالَ الْآخَرُ جَارِيَةٌ فقَالَ أَنْكِحُوا الْغُلَامَ الْجَارِيَةَ وَأَنْفِقُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَتَصَدَّقَا»
✧ A man bought from another man a piece of real estate. The one who bought the real estate found in his real estate a jar of gold. The one who bought the real estate said to him: Take your gold from me. I only bought land from you and did not buy gold from you. The one who sold the land said: I sold you the land and whatever is in it. He said: They took their dispute to a man. The one to whom they took their dispute said: Do you have children? One of them said: A boy, and the other said: A girl. He said: Marry the boy to the girl, spend on them, and give charity.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 733Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ صَوْتَهُ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ» قَالَ قَدْ أَسْمَعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ قَالَ «وَمَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَأَنْتَ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ وَأَحْتَسِبُ بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا» وَقَالَ ﷺ لِعُمَرَ «اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by Abū Bakr while he was praying, lowering his voice, and passed by ʿUmar while he was praying, raising his voice. When they came together at the Prophet ﷺ, he said to Abū Bakr, “O Abū Bakr, I passed by you while you were praying and lowering your voice.” He said, “I made the One with whom I was conversing hear.” He said, “And I passed by you, O ʿUmar, while you were raising your voice.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, I wake the drowsy and seek reward for it.” He said: So the Prophet ﷺ said to Abū Bakr, “Raise your voice a little,” and said to ʿUmar, “Lower your voice a little.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 734Sahih
«الْجَاهِرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالْجَاهِرِ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَالْمُسِرُّ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالْمُسِرِّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ»
✧ “The one who recites the Qur’an aloud is like the one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites it silently is like the one who gives charity secretly.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 735Sahih
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “Recite to me.” I said, “Should I recite to you when the Qur’an was revealed to you?” He said, “I love to hear it from someone else.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 736Sahih
لَمْ أَزَلْ أُحِبُّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ»
✧ "I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Recite the Quran from four people - Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, and Ubay ibn Ka'b.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 737Sahih
قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ آيَةً وَقَرَأْتُهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ قِرَاءَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ؟ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرَأْتَنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَقْرَأْتَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ أَتَيَانِي فَجَلَسَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَمِيكَائِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ اسْتَزِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ زِدْنِي فَقَالَ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ اسْتَزِدْهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ وَقَالَ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ كُلٌّ شَافٍ كَافٍ»
✧ A man recited a verse, and I recited it differently from his recitation. I said, “Who taught you this?” He said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught it to me.” I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, did you teach me such-and-such a verse?” He said, “Yes.” The man said, “Did you teach me such-and-such?” He said, “Yes. Gabriel and Michael came to me. Gabriel ﷺ sat on my right and Michael ﷺ on my left. Gabriel said, ‘O Muhammad, recite the Qur’an on one harf.’ Michael said, ‘Ask him for more.’ So I said, ‘Increase me.’ He said, ‘Recite it on two harf.’ Michael said, ‘Ask him for more,’ until he reached seven ahruf, and he said, ‘Recite it on seven ahruf, each one sufficient and healing.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 738Sahih
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِأَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارَ فَقَالَ «يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ ﷺ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ أَوْ مَعُونَتَهُ وَمُعَافَاتَهُ سَلْ لَهُمُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُطِيقُوا ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ أَوْ مَعُونَتَهُ وَمُعَافَاتَهُ سَلْ لَهُمُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُطِيقُوا ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْرُفٍ قَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ أَوْ مَعُونَتَهُ وَمُعَافَاتَهُ سَلْ لَهُمُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُطِيقُوا ذَاكَ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنَّ تَقْرَأَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَمَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْهَا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَرَأَ»
✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at the watering place of Banū Ghifār and said, “O Muhammad, Allah commands you to teach your Ummah this Qur’an on one harf.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “I ask Allah for His pardon and forgiveness, or His help and pardon; ask for them alleviation, for they will never bear that.” He left and then returned and said, “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah this Qur’an on two harf.” He said, “I ask Allah for His pardon and forgiveness, or His help and pardon; ask for them alleviation, for they will never bear that.” He left and then returned and said, “Allah commands you to teach your Ummah this Qur’an on three ahruf.” He said, “I ask Allah for His pardon and forgiveness, or His help and pardon; ask for them alleviation, for they will never bear that.” He left and then returned and said, “Allah commands you to recite this Qur’an on seven ahruf. Whoever recites one of them has recited it correctly.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 739Sahih
لَقِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِبْرِيلَ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ أُمَيَّةٍ مِنْهُمُ الْغُلَامُ وَالْجَارِيَةُ وَالْعَجُوزُ وَالشَّيْخُ الْفَانِي» قَالَ «مُرْهُمْ فَلْيَقْرَؤُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met Gabriel ﷺ and said to him, “I was sent to an unlettered Ummah: among them are the boy, the girl, the old woman, and the elderly man.” He said, “Command them to recite the Qur’an on seven ahruf.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 740Sahih
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ دَخَلَا جَمِيعًا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْآخَرُ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَآ» فَقَرَآ «أَحْسَنْتُمَا أَوْ قَالَ أَصَبْتُمَا» قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمَا الَّذِي قَالَ كَبُرَ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا غَشِيَنِي ضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَرَقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أُبَيُّ إِنَّ رَبِّي أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مَرَّتَيْنِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ أَنِ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ وَلَكَ بِكُلِّ رَدَّةٍ رَدَدْتُهَا مَسْأَلَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي ثُمَّ أَخَّرْتُ الثَّانِيَةَ إِلَى يَوْمٍ يَرْغَبُ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الْخَلْقُ حَتَّى أَبْرَهَمُ»
✧ "I was sitting in the mosque when a man entered and recited a verse that I disliked. Then another man entered and recited a different verse than his companion. After completing the prayer, they both went to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this man recited a verse that I disliked, and the other one recited a different verse than his companion.' The Prophet ﷺ told them, 'Recite.' So they recited, and he said, 'You both did well, or he said, 'You both did correctly.' When the one whom the Prophet ﷺ had spoken to heard this, he felt proud, and when the Prophet ﷺ saw what happened to him, he hit his chest. It was as if I was seeing my Lord with a gap. The Prophet ﷺ then said, 'O Ubayy, my Lord has sent me with the command to recite the Quran in a certain way. I initially pleaded with Him to make it easier upon my Ummah, but He insisted that I recite it in seven different ways. For every recitation, I will be rewarded individually on the Day of Resurrection.' I said, 'O Allah, forgive my Ummah.' Then I postponed the second recitation until a day when creation will express their desire for it, even if it means delaying it until the Day of Judgment."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 741Sahih
سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَؤُهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا فَكِدْتُ أَنْ أَعْجَلَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَمْهَلْتُ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَأْتَنِيهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ» فَقَرَأَ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «اقْرَأْ» فَقَرَأْتُ فَقَالَ «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَاقْرَؤُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»
✧ I heard Hishām b. Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām reciting Sūrat al-Furqān differently from how I recite it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taught it to me. I almost rushed at him, but then I gave him time until he finished. Then I grabbed him by his cloak and brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “I heard this one reciting Sūrat al-Furqān differently from how you taught it to me.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “Recite.” He recited the recitation I had heard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Thus it was revealed.” Then he said to me, “Recite.” I recited, and he said, “Thus it was revealed. This Qur’an was revealed on seven ahruf, so recite whatever of it is easy.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 742Sahih
«أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ»
✧ “The Qur’an was revealed on seven ahruf.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 743Hasan sahih
«أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ»
✧ “The Qur’an was revealed on seven ahruf.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 744Sahih
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَكْتُبُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عُدَّ فِينَا ذُو شَأْنٍ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُمْلِ عَلَيْهِ {غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} فَيَكْتُبُ «عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا» فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اكْتُبْ» وَيُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ {عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا} فَيَكْتُبُ «سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا» فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اكْتُبْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ» قَالَ فَارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَلَحِقَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَكْتُبُ مَا شِئْتُ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَنْ تَقْبَلَهُ» قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ تِلْكَ الْأَرْضَ الَّتِي مَاتَ فِيهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ مَنْبُوذًا فَقُلْتُ مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا دَفَنَّاهُ فَلَمْ تَقْبَلْهُ الْأَرْضُ
✧ A man used to write for the Prophet ﷺ. He had read Al-Baqarah and Al 'Imran until he had become distinguished among us, and the Prophet ﷺ would dictate to him, "Forgiving and Merciful." So he would write, "Pardoning and Merciful." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Write, for by the One in whose hand is my soul, whatever he (Gabriel) dictates to you." Then he dictated to him, "Knowledgeable and Wise." So he wrote, "All-Hearing and All-Seeing." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Write, whichever of the two you wish." He (the scribe) narrated that he reverted from Islam and joined the pagans. He said, "I know more about Muhammad than you all. If I wanted, I would write whatever I pleased." So he died in disbelief, and it reached the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "Truly, the earth will not accept him." Then Abu Talhah said, "So I went to the land where he died, and I found him rejected." I said, "What happened to him?" They said, "We buried him, but the earth did not accept him."
«كَانَ الْكِتَابُ الْأَوَّلُ يَنْزِلُ مِنْ بَابٍ وَاحِدٍ وَعَلَى حَرْفٍ وَاحِدٍ وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَبْوَابٍ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ زَاجِرٌ وَآمِرٌ وَحَلَالٌ وَحَرَامٌ وَمُحْكَمٌ وَمُتَشَابِهٌ وَأَمْثَالٌ فَأَحِلُّوا حَلَالَهُ وَحَرِّمُوا حَرَامَهُ وَافْعَلُوا مَا أُمِرْتُمْ بِهِ وَانْتَهُوا عَمَّا نُهِيتُمْ عَنْهُ وَاعْتَبِرُوا بِأَمْثَالِهِ وَاعْمَلُوا بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَآمِنُوا بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنَا»
✧ “The first Scripture would descend from one gate and on one harf, but the Qur’an descended from seven gates on seven ahruf: a restrainer, a command, what is lawful, what is unlawful, what is clear, what is ambiguous, and parables. So make lawful its lawful, make unlawful its unlawful, do what you are commanded, refrain from what you are forbidden, take heed of its parables, act by its clear verses, and believe in its ambiguous ones. Say: We believe in it; all is from our Lord.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 746Hasan
سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خِلَافَ مَا قَرَأَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُنَاجِي عَلِيًّا فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيٌّ وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَقْرَؤُوا كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ
✧ I heard a man reciting a verse that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taught me differently from the way he recited it, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ while he was conversing privately with 'Ali and mentioned that to him. 'Ali turned to us and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands you to recite as you have been taught.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 747Hasan
أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُورَةَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ عَشِيَّةً فَجَلَسَ إِلَيَّ رَهْطٌ فَقُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ أَحْرُفًا لَا أَقْرَؤُهَا فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى وَقَفْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ اخْتَلَفْنَا فِي قِرَاءَتِنَا فَإِذَا وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ تَغَيُّرٌ وَوَجَدَ فِي نَفْسِهِ حِينَ ذَكَرْتُ الِاخْتِلَافَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالِاخْتِلَافِ» فَأَمَرَ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ كَمَا عُلِّمَ فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمُ الِاخْتِلَافُ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا وَكُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا يَقْرَأُ حَرْفًا لَا يَقْرَأُ صَاحِبُهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me Surah al-Rahman. I went out to the mosque in the evening, and a group of people sat with me. I said to a man, 'Recite to me,' and he recited in ways that I did not recite. I said, 'Who taught you?' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me.' So we went until we stood before the Prophet ﷺ. I said, 'We have differed in our recitation.' The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ showed a change, and he felt something within himself when I mentioned the difference. He said, 'Those before you were destroyed only by differing.' Then he commanded 'Ali, who said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands that each man among you recite as he has been taught, for those before you were destroyed only by differing.' He said, 'So we left, each man of us reciting a way that his companion did not recite.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 748Sahih
قَرَأَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ فَرَجَّعَ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ recited in the year of the conquest and made his voice quaver in his recitation.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 749Sahih
«زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ»
✧ "Beautify the Qur'an with your voices."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 750Sahih
«زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ»
✧ "Beautify the Qur'an with your voices."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 751Sahih
«مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِنَبِيٍّ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ»
✧ "Allah has not permitted for anything what He has permitted for a prophet to chant the Qur'an."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 752Hasan sahih
«مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ كَأَذَنِهِ لِلَّذِي يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ»
✧ "Allah does not listen to anything as He listens to one who chants the Qur'an aloud."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 753Sahih
رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَفِي صَدْرِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الْمِرْجَلِ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ
I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying and a sound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing to weeping. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 904)
«لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ أَذَنَا إِلَى الرَّجُلِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ صَاحِبِ الْقَيْنَةِ إِلَى قَيْنَتِهِ»
✧ "Allah listens more intently to a man with a good voice reciting the Qur'an than the owner of a singing-girl listens to his singing-girl."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 755Sahih
«يَكُونُ خَلْفٌ بَعْدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ خَلْفٌ يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَعْدُو تَرَاقِيَهُمْ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُؤْمِنٌ وَمُنَافِقٌ وَفَاجِرٌ»
✧ "A generation will come after sixty years who neglect the prayer and follow lusts; they will meet with ruin. Then there will be a generation who recite the Qur'an but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. The Qur'an is recited by three: a believer, a hypocrite, and a transgressor."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 756Sahih
جَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَرَأْتُ بِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَمِنْ شَبَابِي فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عِشْرِينَ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَمِنْ شَبَابِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي عَشْرٍ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَمِنْ شَبَابِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَمِنْ شَبَابِي فَأَبَى
✧ I compiled the Qur'an and recited it all in one night. That reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'Recite it in a month.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'Recite it in twenty days.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'Recite it in ten days.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'Recite it in seven days.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He refused.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 757No grade recorded
حَفِظْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَرَأْتُ بِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي شَهْرٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي عَشْرٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَسْتَمْتِعْ مِنْ قُوَّتِي وَشَبَابِي قَالَ فَأَبَى
✧ I memorized the Qur'an and recited it all in one night. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Recite it in a month.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'Recite it in ten days.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'Recite it in seven days.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, let me enjoy my strength and youth.' He said, 'He refused.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 758Sahih
«لَا يَفْقَهُ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ»
✧ "Whoever recites the Qur'an in less than three days does not understand it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 759Sahih
«اقْرَؤُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُ»
✧ "Recite the Qur'an as long as your hearts are united upon it; when you differ about it, then depart from it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 760Hasan sahih
خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَفِيكُمُ الْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَؤُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقَوِّمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ يَتَعَجَّلُ أَجْرَه ُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us one day while we were reciting [the Qur'an], and he said, "Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red and among you are the black. Recite it before people recite it who will straighten it as arrows are straightened, hastening their reward and not delaying it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 761Sahih
«لَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُكُمْ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ نَسِيَ وَلَكِنَّهُ نُسِّيَ»
✧ "None of you should say, 'I forgot such-and-such verse,' for he was not made to forget, but he was made to forget [by Allah]."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 762Sahih
«اسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا وَبِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ مَا نَسِيَ وَلَكِنْ نُسِّيَ»
✧ "Review the Qur'an, for it is more prone to escape from the hearts of men than camels from their hobbles. It is bad for one of you to say, 'I forgot such-and-such verse'; he did not forget, but he was made to forget."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 763Sahih
«اسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا وَبِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ»
The Prophet ﷺ said: "It is not right for any one of you to say: 'I have forgotten such and such a verse.' Rather, he has been caused to forget. Study the Qur'an, for it escapes from the heart of man faster than a camel escapes from its fetter. " (Using translation from Nasāʾī 943)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 764Sahih
«إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ كَصَاحِبِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ إِنْ عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا ذَهَبَتْ»
✧ "The parable of the companion of the Qur'an is like the owner of hobbled camels; if he keeps them hobbled, he retains them, and if he sets them free, they go away."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 765Sahih
«إِنَّ مَثَلَ صَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ إِنْ عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا عَقَلَهَا وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا ذَهَبَتْ»
✧ "The parable of the companion of the Qur'an is like the parable of the owner of hobbled camels; if he keeps them hobbled, he holds them, and if he sets them free, they go away."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 766Hasan sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُقَالُ لِصَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ اقْرَأْ وَرَتِّلْ كَمَا كُنْتَ تُرَتِّلُ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ مَنْزِلَتَكَ عِنْدَ آخِرِ آيَةٍ كُنْتَ تَقْرَؤُهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It will be said to the companion of the Qur'an on the Day of Resurrection, 'Recite and ascend, and recite with tarteel as you used to recite with tarteel in the abode of the world, for your station will be at the last verse you used to recite.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 767Sahih
«مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ مَاهِرٌ بِهِ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ وَالَّذِي يَقْرَؤُهُ وَهُوَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ»
✧ "The parable of the one who recites the Qur'an while he is skilled in it is with the noble, righteous scribes (angels). And the one who recites it while it is difficult for him will have two rewards."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 768Sahih
«مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ فِي مَسْجِدٍ مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ وَمَنْ أَبْطَأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No group of people gathers in a mosque, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that tranquility descends upon them, mercy enfolds them, the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them to those in His presence. And whoever is slow in their actions will not be expedited by their lineage."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 769Sahih
إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ وَدَابَّتُهُ مُوثَقَةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْفِرُ تَرَى مِثْلَ الضَّبَابَةِ أَوِ الْغَمَامَةِ قَدْ غَشِيَتْهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ يَا فُلَانُ تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ أُنْزِلَتْ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ لِلْقُرْآنِ»
✧ A man was reciting Surat al-Kahf while his mount was hobbled, and it began to shy as if seeing a fog or cloud that had enveloped him. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and he said, "Recite, O so-and-so; that was the tranquility (sakinah) sent down with the Qur'an or for the Qur'an."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 770Sahih
«مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا»
✧ "The parable of the believer who recites the Qur'an is like the citron: its taste is good and its fragrance is good. The parable of the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like the date: its taste is good but it has no fragrance. The parable of the wicked person who recites the Qur'an is like the sweet basil: its fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. The parable of the wicked person who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth: its taste is bitter and it has no fragrance."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 771Sahih
«مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ أَوِ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ أَوِ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا»
✧ "The parable of the believer who recites the Qur'an is like the citron: its taste is good and its fragrance is good. The parable of the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like the date: its taste is good but it has no fragrance. The parable of the hypocrite or the wicked person who recites the Qur'an is like the sweet basil: its fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. The parable of the hypocrite or the wicked person who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth: its taste is bitter and it has no fragrance."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 772Sahih
أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ تَلَقَّى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى عُسْفَانَ وَكَانَ نَافِعٌ عَامِلًا لِعُمَرَ عَلَى مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَنِ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَادِي؟ يَعْنِي أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ ابْنَ أَبْزَى قَالَ وَمَنِ ابْنُ أَبْزَى؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَوَالِي قَالَ عُمَرُ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَوْلًى؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ قَارِئٌ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ أَقْوَامًا وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ»
✧ Nafi' b. 'Abd al-Harith met 'Umar b. al-Khattab at 'Usfan. Nafi' was 'Umar's governor over Makkah. 'Umar said, "Whom did you appoint as your successor over the people of the valley, meaning the people of Makkah?" He said, "Ibn Abza." 'Umar said, "And who is Ibn Abza?" He said, "A man from the mawali." 'Umar said, "You appointed over them a freed slave?" He said, "He is a reciter of the Book of Allah." 'Umar said, "Indeed, your Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allah elevates some peoples by this Qur'an and lowers others by it.'"
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرِئْنِي الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ «اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الر» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ كَبُرَ سِنِّي وَثَقُلَ لِسَانِي وَغَلُظَ قَلْبِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ حم» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنْ أَقْرِئْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سُورَةً جَامِعَةً فَأَقْرَأَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {مَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ} قَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ لَا أَزِيدَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَلَكِنْ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, teach me to recite the Quran." He said, "Recite three of the surahs that begin with alif-lam-ra." The man said, "I have become old, my tongue is heavy, and my heart is coarse." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite three of the surahs that begin with ha-mim." The man said the same thing, "But teach me, O Messenger of Allah, a comprehensive surah." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught him: "When the earth is shaken..." until he reached: "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it." The man said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I do not care if I never add to it until I meet Allah, but..."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 774Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ فَنَزَلَ فَمَشَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَفْضَلِ الْقُرْآنِ»؟ قَالَ فَتَلَا عَلَيْهِ «{الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} »
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was on a journey and dismounted. A man from his companions walked beside him, so he turned to him and said, "Shall I not tell you of the best of the Quran?" He said: So he recited to him, "{Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds}."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 775Sahih
مَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ مِثْلُ أُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَهِيَ مَقْسُومَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ»
✧ "There is nothing in the Torah or the Gospel like the Mother of the Quran, which is the seven oft-repeated verses, and it is divided between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he asks."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 776Sahih
«مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ»
✧ "Whoever prays a prayer in which he does not recite the Opening of the Book, it is deficient, it is deficient, not complete."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 777Sahih
كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ} ؟ » ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ سُورَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ؟ » فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ»
✧ I was praying in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me, but I did not answer him. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I was praying." He said, "Did not Allah say, {Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you}?" Then he said, "Shall I not teach you a surah that is the greatest surah in the Quran?" I said, "Yes." He said, "{Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds}. It is the seven oft-repeated verses and the Quran that I was given."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 778No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِيلُ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ لَقَدْ فُتِحَ بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْشِرْ بِسُورَتَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُعْطَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ مِنْهَا حَرْفًا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ
✧ While Gabriel was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, he heard a creaking sound from above him. He raised his head and said, "A gate of heaven has been opened that has never been opened before." Then an angel came to him and said, "Rejoice in two surahs that you have been given and no prophet before you was given: the Opening of the Book and the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah. You will not recite a letter from them except that you will be given it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 779Sahih
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَقْرَأُ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ إِذْ سَمِعْتُ وَجْبَةً مِنْ خَلْفِي فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ فَرَسِي انْطَلَقَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ يَا أَبَا عَتِيكٍ» فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الْمِصْبَاحِ مُدَلًّى بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَأْ يَا أَبَا عَتِيكٍ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَمْضِيَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تِلْكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَزَلَتْ لِقِرَاءَةِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ مَضَيْتَ لَرَأَيْتَ الْعَجَائِبَ»
✧ "O Messenger of Allah, while I was reciting Surah al-Baqarah last night, I heard a thud behind me and thought my horse had run off." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite, O Abu 'Atik." I turned around and saw something like a lamp hanging between heaven and earth, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying, "Recite, O Abu 'Atik." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I could not continue." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those were angels who descended to listen to the recitation of Surah al-Baqarah. If you had continued, you would have seen wonders."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 780Sahih
«إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَنَامًا وَإِنَّ سَنَامَ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي بَيْتِهِ لَيْلًا لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْتَهُ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا نَهَارًا لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْتَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ»
✧ "Everything has a hump, and the hump of the Quran is Surah al-Baqarah. Whoever recites it in his house at night, Satan will not enter his house for three nights, and whoever recites it during the day, Satan will not enter his house for three days."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 781Sahih
لَقِيتُ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ فِي الطَّوَافِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»
✧ I met Abu Mas'ud during tawaf and asked him about it. He narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever recites the two verses from the end of Surah al-Baqarah in a night, they will suffice him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 782Sahih
«الْآيَتَانِ خُتِمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ لَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ»
✧ "The two verses with which Surah al-Baqarah is concluded are not recited in a house for three nights without Satan coming near it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 783Sahih
«لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ مَقَابِرَ صَلُّوا فِيهَا فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِيَفِرُّ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ يَسْمَعُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ»
✧ "Do not make your houses into graveyards. Pray in them, for Satan flees from a house in which he hears Surah al-Baqarah being recited."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 784Sahih
أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُمْ جَرِينٌ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ وَكَانَ مِمَّا يَتَعَاهَدُهُ فَيَجِدُهُ يَنْقُصُ فَحَرَسَهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِدَابَّةٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْغُلَامِ الْمُحْتَلِمِ قَالَ فَسَلَّمْتُ فَرَدَّ السَّلَامَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَنْتَ جِنٌّ أَمْ إِنْسٌ؟ فَقَالَ جِنٌّ فَقُلْتُ نَاوِلْنِي يَدَكَ فَإِذَا يَدُ كَلْبٍ وَشَعْرُ كَلْبٍ فَقُلْتُ هَكَذَا خُلِقَ الْجِنُّ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنُّ أَنَّهُ مَا فِيهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ تُحِبُّ الصَّدَقَةَ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ قُلْتُ فَمَا الَّذِي يَحْرِزُنَا مِنْكُمْ؟ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ قَالَ فَتَرَكْتُهُ وَغَدَا أَبِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَدَقَ الْخَبِيثُ»
✧ They had a drying-place for dates, and he used to check it and find it decreasing. One night he guarded it, and behold, there was a creature like a boy who had reached puberty. He said: I greeted it, and it returned the greeting. I said, "What are you, a jinn or a human?" It said, "A jinn." I said, "Give me your hand." Its hand was like a dog's paw with dog's hair. I said, "Is this how jinn are created?" It said, "The jinn know that there is none among them stronger than I." I said, "What made you do what you did?" It said, "I heard that you are a man who loves charity, so I wanted to get some of your food." I said, "What protects us from you?" It said, "This verse, Ayat al-Kursi." He said: I left it, and in the morning my father went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The wicked one spoke the truth."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 785Sahih
«مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ Whoever recites ten verses from Surah al-Kahf will be protected from the trial of the Dajjal.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 786Sahih
«مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ Whoever recites ten verses from the end of al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 787Hasan
«إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً تَسْتَغْفِرُ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى يُغْفَرَ لَهُ {تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ} »؟
✧ Indeed, a surah in the Quran with thirty verses intercedes for its reciter until he is forgiven: {Tabarak alladhi biyadihi al-mulk}.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 788Hasan
«سُورَةٌ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً تَسْتَغْفِرُ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى يُغْفَرَ لَهُ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ»
✧ A surah in the Quran with thirty verses intercedes for its reciter until he is forgiven: Tabarak alladhi biyadihi al-mulk.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 789No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَوَيْتُ إِلَى فِرَاشِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ»
✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Prophet of Allah, teach me something to say when I retire to my bed.” He said, “Recite Qul ya ayyuha al-kafirun.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 790No grade recorded
«هَلْ لَكَ فِي رَبِيبَةٍ فَيَكْفُلُهَا رَبِيبٌ » ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَسَأَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ تَرَكْتُهَا عِنْدَ أُمِّهَا قَالَ «فَمَجِيءٌ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ » قَالَ جِئْتُ لِتُعَلِّمَنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ عِنْدَ مَنَامِي قَالَ «اقْرَأْ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ»
✧ “Do you want a stepdaughter so that he may take care of her?” Then he came and asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “I left her with her mother.” He said, “Then what brings you?” He said, “I came so that you teach me something to say when I go to sleep.” He said, “Recite {Qul ya ayyuha al-kafirun}, then sleep upon its completion, for it is an acquittal from polytheism.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 791Sahih
أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} يُرَدِّدُهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ»
✧ A man heard another man reciting {Qul huwa Allahu ahad}, repeating it. When morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and the man seemed to belittle it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is equal to a third of the Quran.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 792Sahih
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «حُبُّكَ إِيَّاهَا أَدْخَلَكَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, I love Qul huwa Allahu ahad.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Your love for it will admit you to Paradise.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 793Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «سَلُوهُ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَ هَذَا»؟ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man as commander of a military expedition, and he used to recite for his companions in their prayers Qul huwa Allahu ahad. When they returned, they mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “Ask him why he did this.” They asked him, and he said, “I love to recite it.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Tell him that Allah loves him.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 794Sahih
أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَلْزَمُ قِرَاءَةَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَعَ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ وَهُوَ يَؤُمُّ بِأَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهَا قَالَ «حُبُّهَا أَدْخَلَكَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ A man used to persist in reciting {Qul huwa Allahu ahad} in prayer along with every surah, and he was leading his companions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him about it, and he said, “I love it.” He said, “Love for it will admit you to Paradise.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 795Sahih
تَبِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى يَدِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرِئْنِي مِنْ سُورَةِ هُودٍ وَمِنْ سُورَةِ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ»
✧ I followed the Prophet ﷺ one day while he was riding, and I placed my hand on his hand and said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me to recite from Surah Hud and from Surah Yusuf.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You will never recite anything more effective with Allah than Qul a'udhu bi-rabb al-falaq.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 796Hasan
«اقْرَأْ يَا جَابِرُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا أَقْرَأُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ «{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} » فَقَرَأْتُهُمَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا وَلَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِمِثْلِهِمَا»
✧ He said, “Recite, O Jabir.” I said, “What shall I recite, may my father and mother be your ransom?” He said, “{Qul a'udhu bi-rabb al-falaq} and {Qul a'udhu bi-rabb al-nas}.” So I recited them, and he ﷺ said, “Recite with them, and you will never recite anything like them.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 797No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ لَا يَكْتُبُ فِي مُصْحَفِهِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} فَقُلْتُهَا وَقَالَ لِي {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} فَقُلْتُهَا» فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ I said to Ubayy b. Ka'b, 'Ibn Mas'ud does not write the two Mu'awwidhat in his mushaf.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Jibril said to me, {Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak}, and I said it, and he said to me, {Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind}, and I said it." So we say what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 798Sahih
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِ إِحْدَانَا فَيَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his head in the lap of one of us and recite the Quran while she was menstruating.
«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَحْجُبُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ مَا خَلَا الْجَنَابَةَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was not prevented from reciting the Quran by anything except major ritual impurity (janabah).
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجُبُهُ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ جُنُبًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not prevented from reciting the Quran by anything except being junub.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 801Sahih
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَلَى أَحْيَانِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to remember Allah in all his states.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 802Hasan
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَلَى أَحْيَانِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to remember Allah in all his states.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 803Sahih
أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا عَلَى طُهْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى طَهَارَةٍ»
✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was performing ablution and greeted him, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not return the greeting until he had finished ablution. Then he apologized to him and said, 'I disliked mentioning Allah except in a state of purity' - or he said, 'upon purification.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 732No grade recorded
عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقُومُوا عَنْهُ»
✧ From Jundub b. ʿAbd Allāh, who raised it to the Prophet ﷺ; he said, “Recite the Qur’an as long as your hearts are united over it, but when you differ about it, leave it.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 805Sahih
أَقْبَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَسَارٍ مَوْلَى مَيْمُونَةَ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي الْجُهَيْمِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الصِّمَّةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْجُهَيْمِ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نَحْوِ بِئْرِ الْجَمَلِ فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْجِدَارِ فَمَسَحَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَدَّ السَّلَامَ
✧ I came with 'Abd Allah b. Yasar, the freed slave of Maymunah, until we entered upon Abu al-Juhaym b. al-Harith b. al-Simmah. Abu al-Juhaym said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came from the direction of Bi'r al-Jamal, and a man met him and greeted him, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not return the greeting until he faced a wall and wiped his face and hands with it, then he returned the greeting.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 806Sahih
أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَبُولُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ اعْتَذَرَ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا عَلَى طُهْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى طَهَارَةٍ»
✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was urinating and greeted him, but he did not return the greeting until he had performed ablution. Then he apologized and said, 'I disliked mentioning Allah except in a state of purity' - or he said, 'upon purification.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 807No grade recorded
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 808Sahih
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا إِنَّهُ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ؛ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ الْغَفَّارُ الْقَهَّارُ الْوَهَّابُ الرَّزَّاقُ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَابِضُ الْبَاسِطُ الْخَافِضُ الرَّافِعُ الْمُعِزُّ الْمُذِلُّ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ الْحَكَمُ الْعَدْلُ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ الْحَلِيمُ الْعَظِيمُ الْغَفُورُ الشَّكُورُ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ الْحَفِيظُ الْمُقِيتُ الْحَسِيبُ الْجَلِيلُ الْكَرِيمُ الرَّقِيبُ الْوَاسِعُ الْحَكِيمُ الْوَدُودُ الْمَجِيدُ الْمُجِيبُ الْبَاعِثُ الشَّهِيدُ الْحَقُّ الْوَكِيلُ الْقَوِيُّ الْمَتِينُ الْوَلِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ الْمُحْصِي الْمُبْدِئُ الْمُعِيدُ الْمُحْيِي الْمُمِيتُ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْوَاجِدُ الْمَاجِدُ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الْقَادِرُ الْمُقْتَدِرُ الْمُقَدِّمُ الْمُؤَخِّرُ الْأَوَّلُ الْآخِرُ الظَّاهِرُ الْبَاطِنُ الْمُتَعَالِ الْبَرُّ التَّوَّابُ الْمُنْتَقِمُ الْعَفُوُّ الرَّؤُوفُ مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ الْمُقْسِطُ الْمَانِعُ الْغَنِيُّ الْمُغْنِي الْجَامِعُ الضَّارُّ النَّافِعُ النُّورُ الْهَادِي الْبَدِيعُ الْبَاقِي الْوَارِثُ الرَّشِيدُ الصَّبُورُ»
“Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine Names, one hundred less one, whoever counts them shall enter Paradise. He is Allah, the one whom there is none worthy of worship except for Him (Allāhu Lā Ilāha Illā Huwa), the Most Merciful (to the creation) (Ar-Raḥmān), the Most Beneficent (to the believers) (Ar-Raḥīm), the King (Al-Malik), the Free of Deficiencies (Al-Quddūs), the Granter of Safety (As-Salām), the Granter of Security (Al-Mu’min), the Watcher (Al-Muhaimin), the Mighty (Al-ʿAzīz), the Compeller (Al-Jabbār), the Supreme (Al-Mutakabbir), the Creator (Al-Khāliq), the Originator (Al-Bāri’), the Fashioner (Al-Muṣawwir), the Pardoner (Al-Ghaffār), the Overwhelming (Al-Qahhār), the Giving (Al-Wahhāb), the Provider (Ar-Razzāq), the Opener (Al-Fattāḥ), the Knowing (Al-ʿAlīm), the Taker (Al-Qābiḍ), the Giver (Al-Bāsiṭ), the Abaser (Al-Khāfiḍ), the Exalter (Ar-Rāfiʿ), the One who grants honor (Al-Muʿizz), the One who humiliates (Al-Mudhil), the Hearing (As-Samīʿ), the Seeing (Al-Baṣīr), the Judge (Al-Ḥakam), the Just (Al-ʿAdl), the Kind (Al-Laṭīf), the Aware (Al-Khabīr), the Forbearing (Al-Ḥalīm), the Magnificent (Al-ʿAẓīm), the Oft-Forgiving (Al-Ghafūr), the Grateful (Ash-Shakūr), the Most High (Al-ʿAliyy), the Great (Al-Kabīr), the Guardian (Al-Ḥafīẓ), the Powerful (Al-Muqīt), the Reckoner (Al-Ḥasīb), the Glorious (Al-Jalīl), the Generous (Al-Karīm), the Watcher (Ar-Raqīb), the Responder (Al-Mujīb), the Liberal Giver (Al-Wāsiʿ), the Wise (Al-Ḥakīm), the Loving (Al-Wadūd), the Majestic (Al-Majīd), the Reviver (Al-Bāʿith), the Witness (Ash-Shahīd), the Truth (Al-Ḥaqq), the Guarantor (Al-Wakīl), the Strong (Al-Qawiyy), the Firm (Al-Matīn), the One Who Aids (Al-Waliyy), the Praiseworthy (Al-Ḥamīd), the Encompasser (Al-Muḥṣi), the One Who Begins things (Al-Mubdi’), the One Who brings things back (Al-Muʿīd), the One Who gives life (Al-Muḥyi), the One Who causes death (Al-Mumīt), the Living (Al-Ḥayyu), the Self-Sufficient (Al-Qayyūm), the One Who brings into existence (Al-Wājid), the Illustrious (Al-Mājid), the One (Al-Wāḥid), the Master (Aṣ-Ṣamad), the Able (Al-Qādir), the Powerful (Al-Muqtadir), the One who hastens (Al-Muqaddim), the One who delays (Al-Mu’akhkhir), the First (Al-Awwal), the Last (Al-Ākhir), the Apparent (Aẓ-Ẓāhir), the Inner (Al-Bāṭin), the Owner (Al-Wāli), the Exalted (Al-Mutaʿāli), the Doer of Good (Al-Barr), the Acceptor of repentance (At-Tawwāb), the Avenger (Al-Muntaqim), the Pardoning (Al-ʿAfuww), the Kind (Ar-Ra’ūf), the Owner of Dominion (Mālikul-Mulk), the Possessor of Glory and Generosity (Dhul Jalāli wal Ikrām), the One who does justice (Al-Muqsiṭ), the Gatherer (Al-Jāmiʿ), the Rich (Al-Ghaniyy), the Enricher (Al-Mughni), the Preventer (Al-Māniʿ), the Harmer (Aḍ-Ḍār), the One who benefits (An-Nāfiʿ), the Light (An-Nūr), the Guide (Al-Hādi), the Originator (Al-Badīʿ), the Lasting (Al-Bāqi), the Inheritor (Al-Wārith), the Guide (Ar-Rashīd), the Tolerant (Aṣ-Ṣabūr).” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3507)
«خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ وَخَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ أَوِ الْعَيْشِ مَا يَكْفِي»
✧ The best remembrance is the hidden one, and the best provision - or livelihood - is what suffices.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 810Sahih
يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ اذْكُرْنِي فِي نَفْسِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي نَفْسِي اذْكُرْنِي فِي مَلَأٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي مَلَأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ»
✧ O son of Adam, remember Me within yourself and I will remember you within Myself. Remember Me in an assembly of people and I will remember you in an assembly better than them.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 811Sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَيْثُ يَذْكُرُنِي إِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him wherever he remembers Me. If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than them. If he draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him an arm's length; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him at speed.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 812Sahih
عَبْدِي عِنْدَ ظَنِّهِ بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي إِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَأٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ وَأَطْيَبُ»
✧ My servant is as he thinks of Me, and I am with him when he calls upon Me. If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than it and purer.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 813No grade recorded
خَرَجَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ مَا يُجْلِسُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا جَلَسْنَا نَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ قَالَ آللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ؟ قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَنَا إِلَّا ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا يُجْلِسُكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا جَلَسْنَا نَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَنَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى مَا هَدَانَا لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ قَالَ «آللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ؟ » قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَنَا إِلَّا ذَلِكَ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَحْلِفْكُمْ تُهْمَةً لَكُمْ وَلَكِنْ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَانِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ»
✧ Mu'awiyah b. Abi Sufyan came out upon a circle in the mosque and said: "What makes you sit?" They said: "We have sat to remember Allah." He said: "By Allah, has nothing made you sit except that?" They said: "By Allah, nothing has made us sit except that." He said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out upon a circle of his Companions and said: 'What makes you sit?' They said: 'We have sat to remember Allah and to praise Him for having guided us to Islam and bestowed it upon us as a favor.' He said: 'By Allah, has nothing made you sit except that?' They said: 'By Allah, nothing has made us sit except that.' He said: 'Indeed, I did not make you swear because I suspected you, but Jibril came to me and informed me that Allah is boasting of you to the angels.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 814Sahih
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيَّانِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
Two Arab Bedouins came to the Prophet ﷺ and one of them said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something that I can cling to." He said, "Keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 815Sahih
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا مَعَ عَبْدِي مَا ذَكَرَنِي وَتَحَرَّكَتْ بِي شَفَتَاهُ»
✧ I heard Abu Hurayrah in the house of Umm al-Darda' narrating from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'I am with My servant as long as he remembers Me and his lips move with My mention.'"
سَيَعْلَمُ أَهْلُ الْجَمْعِ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ أَهْلُ الْكَرَمِ» فَقِيلَ مَنْ أَهْلُ الْكَرَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَهْلُ مَجَالِسِ الذِّكْرِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allahﷺ he said: "Allah, Glorious and Exalted, says: 'The people of the gathering today will be recognized as the people of honor.' So it was said: 'Who are the people of honor, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'The people who gather for remembrance of Allah in the mosques.'"
«أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا مَجْنُونٌ»
✧ Increase in remembrance of Allah until they say you are mad.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 818Sahih
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَمُوتَ وَلِسَانُكَ رَطْبٌ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ»
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Which deeds are most beloved to Allah?' He said: 'That you die while your tongue is moist with the remembrance of Allah.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 819Sahih
«إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَا مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلَا عَشَاءَ وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ»
✧ When a man enters his house and remembers Allah upon entering and at his food, Satan says: 'You have no lodging and no supper.' But if he enters and does not remember Allah upon entering, Satan says: 'You have caught the lodging.' And if he does not remember Allah at his food, he says: 'You have caught the lodging and the supper.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 820Sahih
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ » قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»
✧ I was walking behind the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'O Abu Dharr, shall I not direct you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 821Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مَرَّ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِجِبْرِيلَ مَنْ مَعَكَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟ قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يُكْثِرُوا غِرَاسَ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنَّ تُرْبَتَهَا طَيِّبَةٌ وَأَرْضُهَا وَاسِعَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ «وَمَا غِرَاسُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ » قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
✧ Abu Ayoub, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Prophet Ibrahim, the beloved friend of the Most Merciful, on the night of his Ascension. Ibrahim said to Jibril, "Who is with you, O Jibril?" Jibril replied, "This is Muhammad ﷺ." Ibrahim then said, "O Muhammad, tell your Ummah (nation) to increase the cultivation of Paradise, as its soil is good and its land is spacious." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked Ibrahim, "What is the cultivation of Paradise?" Ibrahim replied, "There is no power or strength except with Allah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 822Sahih
إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ حَسْبُكَ قَدْ كُفِيتَ وَهُدِيتَ وَوُقِيتَ؛ فَيَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ شَيْطَانًا آخَرَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ كَيْفَ لَكَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ كُفِيَ وَهُدِيَ وَوُقِيَ»
✧ When he goes out from his house and says: 'In the name of Allah, I have put my trust in Allah; there is no might and no power except with Allah,' it will be said to him: 'You are sufficed, protected, and guided.' Then Satan meets another Satan and says to him: 'How can you get to a man who has been sufficed, guided, and protected?'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 823No grade recorded
«كَيْفَ أَنْعَمُ وَصَاحِبُ الصُّوَرِ قَدِ الْتَقَمَ الْقَرْنَ وَحَنَى جَبْهَتَهُ يَنْتَظِرُ مَتَى يُؤْمَرُ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ؟ » قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا نَقُولُ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ «قُولُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ»
✧ How can I be at ease when the blower of the trumpet has put the horn to his mouth, bowed his forehead, and is waiting for the command to blow?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what should we say that day?' He said: 'Say: Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 824Sahih
كُنَّا نَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَرَرْنَا عَلَى قَبْرَيْنِ فَقَامَ فَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَجَعَلَ لَوْنُهُ يَتَغَيَّرُ حَتَّى رَعَدَ كُمُّ قَمِيصِهِ فَقُلْنَا مَا لَكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «مَا تَسْمَعُونَ مَا أَسْمَعُ؟ » قُلْنَا وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «هَذَانِ رَجُلَانِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي قُبُورِهِمَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِي ذَنْبٍ هَيِّنٍ» قُلْنَا مِمَّ ذَلِكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا لَا يَسْتَنْزِهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ وَكَانَ الْآخَرُ يُؤْذِي النَّاسَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَيَمْشِي بَيْنَهُمْ بِالنَّمِيمَةِ» فَدَعَا بِجَرِيدَتَيْنِ مِنْ جَرَائِدِ النَّخْلِ فَجَعَلَ فِي كُلِّ قَبْرٍ وَاحِدَةً قُلْنَا وَهَلْ يَنْفَعُهُمَا ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ يُخَفِّفُ عَنْهُمَا مَا دَامَا رَطْبَتَيْنِ»
✧ We were walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and passed by two graves. He stood, and we stood with him. His complexion began to change until the sleeve of his shirt trembled. We said: 'What is wrong with you, O Prophet of Allah?' He said: 'Do you not hear what I hear?' We said: 'And what is that, O Prophet of Allah?' He said: 'These are two men being severely punished in their graves for a light sin.' We said: 'For what, O Prophet of Allah?' He said: 'One of them did not keep himself clean from urine, and the other used to harm people with his tongue and go among them with malicious gossip.' Then he called for two palm stalks and placed one in each grave. We said: 'Will that benefit them, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes, it will lighten for them as long as they remain moist.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 825Sahih
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَيَعْجَزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكْتَسِبَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ»؟ فَسَأَلَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ وَكَيْفَ يَكْتَسِبُ أَحَدُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ؟ قَالَ «يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ فَيَكْتُبُ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَيَحُطُّ عَنْهُ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ»
✧ We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said, 'Is any one of you unable to earn a thousand good deeds every day?' A group of his companions asked him, 'How can any of us earn a thousand good deeds every day, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'He glorifies Allah one hundred times, and Allah writes for him a thousand good deeds and erases from him a thousand sins.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 826Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ غُرِسَتْ لَهُ بِهِ نَخْلَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ Whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him,' a palm tree is planted for him thereby in the Garden.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 827Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ غُرِسَ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ Whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent,' a tree is planted for him in the Garden.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 828Sahih
أَتَى عَلَيَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُسَبِّحُ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقَالَ «مَا زِلْتِ قَاعِدَةً؟ » قَالَتْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكِ كَلِمَاتٍ لَوْ عُدِلْنَ بِهِنَّ عَدَلَتْهُنَّ أَوْ لَوْ وُزِنَّ بِهِنَّ وَزَنَتْهُنَّ؟ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon me while I was glorifying Allah, then he went off for his need and returned after midday and said, 'Have you remained seated?' She said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Shall I not teach you words which, if weighed against them, would outweigh them, or if balanced against them, would balance them? Glory be to Allah by the number of His creation, three times; glory be to Allah by the weight of His Throne, three times; glory be to Allah by the contentment of Himself, three times; glory be to Allah by the ink of His words, three times.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 829Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حُطَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ»
✧ Whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him' one hundred times in a day, his sins are erased, even if they were like the foam of the sea.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 830Hasan sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: «مَاذَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ؟» قَالَ: أَذْكُرُ رَبِّي. قَالَ: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَكْثَرَ أَوْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذِكْرِكَ اللَّيْلَ مَعَ النَّهَارِ وَالنَّهَارَ مَعَ اللَّيْلِ؟ أَنْ تَقُولَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِلْءَ مَا خَلَقَ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِلْءَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا أَحْصَى كِتَابُهُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِلْءَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَتَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ»
✧ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him while he was moving his lips. He said: "What are you saying, Abu Umamah?" He said: I am remembering my Lord. He said: "Shall I not inform you of something more—or better—than your remembrance through the night along with the day and the day along with the night? It is that you say: Glory be to Allah by the number of what He has created; glory be to Allah filling what He has created; glory be to Allah by the number of what is in the earth and the heaven; glory be to Allah filling what is in the earth and the heaven; glory be to Allah by the number of what His Book has enumerated; glory be to Allah by the number of everything; glory be to Allah filling everything. And you say: praise be to Allah in the same manner."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 831No grade recorded
«كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ»
✧ Two words are light on the tongue, beloved to the Most Merciful, heavy on the scale: 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him; glory be to Allah, the Magnificent.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 832Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَجُوَيْرِيَةُ جَالِسَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَجَعَ حِينَ تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ فَقَالَ «لَنْ تَزَالِي جَالِسَةً بَعْدِي؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «لَقَدْ قُلْتُ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِهِنَّ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out for the dawn prayer while Juwayriyyah was sitting in the mosque, and he returned when the day had advanced and said, 'Have you remained seated since I left?' She said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I have said four words which, if weighed against them, would outweigh them: Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him by the number of His creation, by the ink of His words, by the contentment of Himself, and by the weight of His Throne.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 833Sahih
«بَخٍ بَخٍ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ بِخَمْسٍ مَا أَثْقَلَهُنَّ فِي الْمِيزَانِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالْوَلَدُ الصَّالِحُ يُتَوَفَّى لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ فَيَحْتَسِبُهُ»
✧ 'Excellent! Excellent!' and he gestured with his hand, holding five fingers: 'How heavy they are on the scale: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest; and a righteous child who dies for a Muslim man and he seeks reward for him.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 834No grade recorded
«لَأَنْ أَقُولَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ»
✧ For me to say, 'Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest' is more beloved to me than all that the sun has risen upon.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 835Sahih
«إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَرْبَعٌ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»
✧ The most beloved speech to Allah is four phrases: 'Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 836Sahih
«خَيْرُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»
✧ The best speech is four phrases; it does not harm you with whichever of them you begin: 'Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest.'
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي يَدِهَا نَوًى أَوْ حَصًى تُسَبِّحُ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْكِ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَفْضَلُ؟ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا هُوَ خَالِقٌ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ»
✧ He entered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon a woman who had date stones or pebbles in her hand with which she was glorifying Allah, and he said, 'Shall I not tell you what is easier for you than this and better? Glory be to Allah by the number of what He created in the heaven, and glory be to Allah by the number of what He created in the earth, and glory be to Allah by the number of what He is creating; and Allah is greatest the like of that, and praise be to Allah the like of that, and there is no god but Allah the like of that, and there is no might and no power except with Allah the like of that.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 838Sahih
أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الدُّثُورِ بِالْأَجْرِ يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِفُضُولِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ قَالَ ﷺ «أَولَيْسَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ مَا تَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِهِ كُلُّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَكْبِيرَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَحْمِيدَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَهْلِيلَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَنَهْيٌ عَنِ مُنْكَرٍ صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ Some people from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the Prophet ﷺ, 'O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy have gone with the reward. They pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give charity from the surplus of their wealth.' He ﷺ said, 'Has Allah not given you that which you may give in charity? Every tasbihah is a charity, every takbirah is a charity, every tahmidah is a charity, every tahlilah is a charity, commanding good is a charity, and forbidding evil is a charity.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 839Sahih
«أَفْضَلُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا تُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»
✧ "The best of speech are four, and it does not matter which of them you begin with: Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah), Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah), La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah), and Allahu akbar (Allah is most great)."
«اسْتَكْثِرُوا مِنَ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ» قِيلَ وَمَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «التَّكْبِيرُ وَالتَّهْلِيلُ وَالتَّسْبِيحُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»
✧ "Increase in the enduring righteous deeds." It was said, "And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Takbir, tahlil, tasbih, praise be to Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 841Sahih
«كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ»
✧ "Two words are light on the tongue, heavy on the scale: Subhan Allah wa bi-hamdihi (Glory be to Allah and with His praise), Subhan Allah al-`Azim (Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent)."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 842Hasan
قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكُنَّ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّقْدِيسِ وَاعْقِدْنَ بِالْأَنَامِلِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مَسْؤُولَاتٌ وَمُسْتَنْطَقَاتٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "You must do tasbih, tahlil, and taqdis, and count them on your fingers, for they will be questioned and made to speak."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 843Sahih
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْقِدُ التَّسْبِيحَ بِيَدِهِ»
✧ "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ counting tasbih with his hand."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 844Sahih
«إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ وَالتَّسْبِيحُ وَالتَّكْبِيرُ مِلْءُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ وَالزَّكَاةُ بُرْهَانٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ ضِيَاءٌ وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْدُو فَبَائِعٌ نَفْسَهُ فَمُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِقُهَا»
✧ "Performing ablution thoroughly is half of faith, Al-hamdu lillah fills the scale, tasbih and takbir fill the heavens and the earth, prayer is light, zakah is proof, charity is radiance, and the Qur'an is a proof for you or against you. All people go out in the morning and sell themselves, either freeing themselves or destroying themselves."
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَلْقَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ» فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟ » فَرَدَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا عَشَرَةُ أَمْلَاكٍ كُلُّهُمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَى أَنْ يَكْتُبُوهَا فَمَا دَرَوْا كَيْفَ يَكْتُبُونَهَا فَرَجَعُوهُ إِلَى ذِي الْعِزَّةِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبُوهَا كَمَا قَالَ عَبْدِي»
✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a circle when a man came and greeted the Prophet ﷺ and the people, saying, 'As-salamu 'alaykum.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Wa 'alaykum as-salam wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh (And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings).' When he sat down, he said, 'Al-hamdu lillah hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda (Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with).' The Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'What did you say?' He repeated to the Prophet ﷺ what he had said. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'By Him in whose hand is my soul, ten angels raced to it, each eager to write it down, but they did not know how to write it. So they referred it to the Possessor of Might, may His mention be exalted, and He said: Write it as My servant said.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 846Hasan
«أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ»
✧ "The best remembrance is La ilaha illa Allah, and the best supplication is Al-hamdu lillah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 847Sahih
«إِذَا مَرَرْتُمْ بِقُبُورِنَا وَقُبُورِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَخْبِرُوهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ "When you pass by our graves and the graves of the people of Jahiliyyah, tell them that they are in the Fire."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 848No grade recorded
كَذَّبَنِي عَبْدِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ تَكْذِيبِي أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَّى يُعِيدُنَا كَمَا بَدَأْنَا وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ إِيَّايَ أَنْ يَقُولَ اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا وَإِنِّي الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ أَلِدْ وَلَمْ أُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ»
✧ "My servant has denied Me, but it was not for him to do so, and he has reviled Me, but it was not for him to do so. His denial of Me is saying: How can He bring us back as He began us? And his reviling of Me is saying: Allah has taken a son. And I am the Self-Sufficient, I did not beget nor was I begotten, and there is none equal to Him."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 849No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَتْ عَدْلَ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ وَكُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ سَيِّئَةٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ حِرْزًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ أَحَدٌ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَحَدٌ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»
✧ "Whoever says: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir (There is no god but Allah alone with no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things) one hundred times in a day, it will be equivalent to freeing ten slaves, one hundred good deeds will be written for him, one hundred bad deeds will be erased from him, and it will be a protection for him from Satan that day until evening. And no one will bring anything better than what he brought except one who does more than that."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 850Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ كَانَ كَعَدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ نَسَمَةٍ»
✧ Whoever says, 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise; He gives life and causes death; and He is over all things powerful' ten times, it is like the reward of freeing a slave or a soul.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 851Sahih
«إِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ (لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ) صَدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَأَنَا أَكْبَرُ. وَإِذَا قَالَ (لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ) صَدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَحْدِي. وَإِذَا قَالَ (لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ) صَدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا لَا شَرِيكَ لِي. وَإِذَا قَالَ (لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ) صَدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا لِيَ الْمُلْكُ وَلِيَ الْحَمْدُ. وَإِذَا قَالَ (لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ) صَدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ وَقَالَ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِي.»
✧ When the servant says, 'There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest,' his Lord affirms him as true, saying, 'My servant has spoken truth: there is no god but Me, and I am greatest.' When he says, 'There is no god but Allah alone,' his Lord affirms him as true, saying, 'My servant has spoken truth: there is no god but Me alone.' When he says, 'There is no god but Allah, with no partner,' his Lord affirms him as true, saying, 'My servant has spoken truth: there is no god but Me, with no partner.' When he says, 'There is no god but Allah; His is the dominion,' his Lord affirms him as true, saying, 'My servant has spoken truth: there is no god but Me; Mine is the dominion and Mine is the praise.' When he says, 'There is no god but Allah; there is no might and no power except with Allah,' his Lord affirms him as true and says, 'My servant has spoken truth: there is no god but Me, and there is no might and no power except with Me.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 852Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»
✧ Whoever says in the morning, 'In the name of Allah with Whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing' three times, no sudden calamity will befall him until evening. And if he says it in the evening, no sudden calamity will befall him until morning.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 853Sahih
«مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ فِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ تِرَةً وَمَا مَشَى أَحَدٌ مَمْشًى لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ فِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ تِرَةً وَمَا أَوَى أَحَدٌ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ فِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ تِرَةً»
✧ No people sit in a gathering without remembering Allah therein except that it will be a source of regret for them on the Day of Resurrection. No one walks a path without remembering Allah therein except that it will be a source of regret for him. No one retires to his bed without remembering Allah therein except that it will be a source of regret for him.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 854Sahih
«مَثَلُ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ وَالْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ مَثَلُ الْحَيِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ»
✧ The example of the house in which Allah is remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered is like the living and the dead.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 855Sahih
«مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا حَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ»
He bears witness, from Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri, that they bear witness, from the Messenger of Allah, that he said: “There is no group that remembers Allah, except that the angels encompass them, mercy covers them, and tranquility descends upon them: and Allah remembers (mentions) them before those who are with Him.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3378)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 856Sahih
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً فُضُلًا عَنْ كُتَّابِ النَّاسِ يَمْشُونَ فِي الطُّرُقِ يَلْتَمِسُونَ الذِّكْرَ فَإِذَا رَأَوْا أَقْوَامًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى تَنَادَوْا هَلُمُّوا إِلَى حَاجَاتِكُمْ فَيَحُفُّونَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ عِبَادِي مَا يَقُولُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَبِّ يُسَبِّحُونَكَ وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ رَأَوْكَ لَكَانُوا أَشَدَّ تَسْبِيحًا وَتَمْجِيدًا وَتَكْبِيرًا وَتَحْمِيدًا فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا يَسْأَلُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ يَا رَبِّ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ قَدْ رَأَوْهَا كَانُوا أَشَدَّ طَلَبًا وَأَشَدَّ حِرْصًا فَيَقُولُ فَمِمَّ يَتَعَوَّذُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَتَعَوَّذُونَ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ فَهَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ قَدْ رَأَوْهَا كَانُوا أَشَدَّ تَعَوُّذًا فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمْ»
✧ Indeed Allah has angels who are extra beyond the recorders of people's deeds. They walk along the roads seeking out remembrance. When they see people remembering Allah, Blessed and Exalted, they call to one another, 'Come to what you seek!' They surround them with their wings up to the sky. Then their Lord, Majestic and Exalted, asks them, though He knows best about them, 'My servants, what are they saying?' They say, 'O Lord, they are glorifying You, praising You, and magnifying You.' He says, 'Have they seen Me?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw Me?' They say, 'If they saw You, they would be even more intense in glorifying, extolling, magnifying, and praising You.' He says, 'What are they asking for?' They say, 'They ask You, O Lord, for Paradise.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would be even more eager and more desirous of it.' He says, 'From what are they seeking refuge?' They say, 'They seek refuge with You from the Fire.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would be even more earnest in seeking refuge from it.' He says, 'I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 857Sahih
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً فُضُلًا عَنْ كُتَّابِ النَّاسِ يَطُوفُونَ فِي الطُّرُقِ يَلْتَمِسُونَ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ فَإِذَا وَجَدُوا قَوْمًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ تَنَادَوْا هَلُمُّوا إِلَى حَاجَتِكُمْ فَيَحُفُّونَ بِهِمْ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمْ فَيَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ عِبَادِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يُكَبِّرُونَكَ وَيُمَجِّدُونَكَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَكَ وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ رَأَوْكَ لَكَانُوا لَكَ أَشَدَّ عِبَادَةً وَأَكْثَرَ تَسْبِيحًا وَتَحْمِيدًا وَتَمْجِيدًا فَيَقُولُ وَمَا يَسْأَلُونِي؟ قَالَ فَيَقُولُونَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ فَهَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا أَشَدَّ حِرْصًا وَأَشَدَّ طَلَبًا وَأَعْظَمَ فِيهَا رَغْبَةً فَيَقُولُ وَمِمَّ يَتَعَوَّذُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ وَهَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا لَكَانُوا مِنْهَا أَشَدَّ فِرَارًا وَأَشَدَّ هَرَبًا وَأَشَدَّ خَوْفًا فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَّ فِيهِمْ فُلَانًا لَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّمَا جَاءَ لِحَاجَةٍ قَالَ فَهُمُ الْجُلَسَاءُ لَا يَشْقَى جَلِيسُهُمْ»
✧ Indeed Allah has angels who are extra beyond the recorders of people's deeds. They roam the roads seeking out the people of remembrance. When they find a group remembering Allah, they call to one another, 'Come to what you seek!' They surround them with their wings up to the nearest heaven. Then their Lord asks them, though He knows better than them, 'What are My servants saying?' They say, 'They magnify You, extol You, glorify You, and praise You.' He says, 'Have they seen Me?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw Me?' They say, 'If they saw You, they would worship You even more intensely, and glorify, praise, and extol You even more.' He says, 'What are they asking of Me?' They say, 'They ask You for Paradise.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No, by Allah, O Lord.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would be even more eager for it, more desirous of it, and greater in their longing for it.' He says, 'From what are they seeking refuge?' They say, 'From the Fire.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No, by Allah, O Lord.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would flee from it even more, run from it even more, and fear it even more.' Then Allah says to His angels, 'I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.' One of the angels said, 'Among them is so-and-so, who is not one of them; he only came for some need.' He said, 'They are the companions; the one who sits with them will not be wretched.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 858Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى جَبَلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُمْدَانَ فَقَالَ «سِيرُوا هَذَا جُمْدَانُ سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُفَرِّدُونَ؟ قَالَ «الذَّاكِرُونَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling on the road to Makkah when he passed by a mountain called Jumdan. He said, 'Move on, this is Jumdan. The mufarridun have gone ahead, the mufarridun have gone ahead.' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, who are the mufarridun?' He said, 'Those men and women who remember Allah much.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 859Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ غُفِرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ»
✧ Whoever says in the morning, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him' one hundred times, and in the evening one hundred times, his sins will be forgiven even if they are more than the foam of the sea.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 860Sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى كَذَلِكَ لَمْ يُوَافِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْخَلَائِقِ بِمِثْلِ مَا وَافَى»
✧ Whoever says in the morning, 'Glory be to Allah the Magnificent and praise be to Him' one hundred times, and in the evening likewise, no one among creation will come on the Day of Resurrection with the like of what he comes with.
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَصْبَحَ بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ أَوْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ فَقَدْ أَدَّى شُكْرَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ»
The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone says in the morning: "O Allah! whatever favour has come to me, it comes from Thee alone Who has no partner; to Thee praise is due and thanksgiving,'! he will have expressed full thanksgiving for the day; and if anyone says the same in the evening, he will have expressed full thanksgiving for the night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5073)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 862No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»
✧ Whoever says in the morning three times, 'In the name of Allah with Whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,' no sudden calamity will befall him until evening. And whoever says it in the evening, no sudden calamity will befall him until morning.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 863Sahih
« مَنْ قَالَ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيًّا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ»
✧ Whoever says, 'I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad ﷺ as Prophet,' Paradise becomes obligatory for him.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 864Hasan sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدَكُمْ غَمٌّ أَوْ كَرْبٌ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ gathered his household and said, "If any one of you experiences sadness or distress, let them say 'Allah, Allah, my Lord, I do not associate anything with Him.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 865Hasan sahih
لَقَّنَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَأَمَرَنِي إِنْ أَصَابَنِي كَرْبٌ أَوْ شِدَّةٌ أَقُولُهُنَّ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me these words and commanded me, if hardship or distress befell me, to say them: “There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Him, and blessed is Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 804Sahih
أَخَذَ الْقَوْمُ فِي عَقَبَةٍ أَوْ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَكُلَّمَا عَلَاهَا رَجُلٌ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ يَعْرِضُهَا فِي الْجَبَلِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ » قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»
✧ The people took a mountain pass or a hill, and whenever a man reached its top he said, 'There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest,' while the Prophet ﷺ was on a mule presenting it on the mountain. He said, 'O people, you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent.' Then he said, 'O Abu Musa' - or 'O 'Abd Allah b. Qays - shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?' He said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 868Sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ «مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ » فَقَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man, “What do you say in prayer?” He said, “I recite the tashahhud, then I say: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and I seek refuge in You from the Fire.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 869Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَهَا أَنْ تَقُولَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلَهُ وَآجِلَهُ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلَهُ وَآجِلَهُ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ وَعَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ وَعَمَلٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught her to say: “O Allah, I ask You for all good, the immediate and the deferred, what I know of it and what I do not know; and I seek refuge in You from all evil, the immediate and the deferred, what I know of it and what I do not know. O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your servant and Prophet sought refuge. I ask You for Paradise and whatever word or deed brings one near to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and whatever word or deed brings one near to it. I ask You to make every decree You decree for me good.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 870Hasan
«لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْرَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ»
✧ “There is nothing more honorable to Allah than supplication.”
«لَا تَعْجِزُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَهْلِكَ مَعَ الدُّعَاءِ أَحَدٌ»
✧ “Do not be too weak to supplicate, for no one perishes with supplication.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 872Hasan
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُحْرَمُ الرِّزْقَ بِالذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ وَلَا يُرَدُّ الْقَدْرُ إِلَّا بِالدُّعَاءِ وَلَا يَزِيدُ فِي الْعُمُرِ إِلَّا الْبِرُّ»
✧ “A man is deprived of provision because of a sin he commits. Decree is not repelled except by supplication, and nothing increases one’s lifespan except righteousness.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 873No grade recorded
«كَانَ مَلِكٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَهُ سَاحِرٌ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ قَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنِّي قَدْ كَبِرْتُ فَابْعَثْ إِلَيَّ غُلَامًا أُعَلِّمُهُ السِّحْرَ فَبَعَثَ لَهُ غُلَامًا يُعَلِّمُهُ فَكَانَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِذَا سَلَكَ رَاهِبٌ فَقَعَدَ إِلَيْهِ وَسَمِعَ كَلَامَهُ وَأَعْجَبَهُ فَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَى السَّاحِرَ ضَرَبَهُ وَإِذَا رَجَعَ مِنْ عِنْدِ السَّاحِرِ قَعَدَ إِلَى الرَّاهِبِ وَسَمِعَ كَلَامَهُ فَإِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ ضَرَبُوهُ فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى الرَّاهِبِ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِذَا خَشِيتَ السَّاحِرَ فَقُلْ حَبَسَنِي أَهْلِي وَإِذَا خَشِيتَ أَهْلَكَ فَقُلْ حَبَسَنِي السَّاحِرُ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَتَى عَلَى دَابَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ قَدْ حَبَسْتِ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْيَوْمَ أَعْلَمُ الرَّاهِبُ أَفْضَلُ أَمِ السَّاحِرُ؟ فَأَخَذَ حَجَرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْرُ الرَّاهِبِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ السَّاحِرِ فَاقْتُلْ هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةَ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ النَّاسُ فَرَمَاهَا فَقَتَلَهَا وَمَضَى النَّاسُ فَأَتَى الرَّاهِبَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّاهِبُ أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ أَفْضَلُ مِنِّي وَإِنَّكَ سَتُبْتَلَى فَإِنِ ابْتُلِيتَ فَلَا تَدُلَّ عَلَيَّ فَكَانَ الْغُلَامُ يُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ وَيُدَاوِي سَائِرَ الْأَدْوَاءِ فَسَمِعَ جَلِيسٌ لِلْمَلِكِ كَانَ قَدْ عَمِيَ فَأَتَى الْغُلَامَ بِهَدَايَا كَثِيرَةٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَاهُنَا لَكَ أَجْمَعُ إِنْ أَنْتَ شَفَيْتَنِي قَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَشْفِي أَحَدًا إِنَّمَا يَشْفِي اللَّهُ إِنْ آمَنْتَ بِاللَّهِ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَشَفَاكَ فَآمَنَ بِاللَّهِ فَشَفَاهُ اللَّهُ فَأَتَى الْمَلِكَ يَمْشِي يَجْلِسُ إِلَيْهِ كَمَا كَانَ يَجْلِسُ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ فُلَانُ مَنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ بَصَرَكَ؟ قَالَ رَبِّي قَالَ وَلَكَ رَبٌّ غَيْرِي؟ قَالَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ وَاحِدٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُعَذِّبْهُ حَتَّى دَلَّ عَلَى الْغُلَامِ فَجِيءَ بِالْغُلَامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ أَيْ بُنَيَّ قَدْ بَلَغَ مِنْ سِحْرِكَ مَا تُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ وَتَفْعَلُ وَتَفْعَلُ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَشْفِي أَحَدًا إِنَّمَا يَشْفِي اللَّهُ فَأَخَذَهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُعَذِّبْهُ حَتَّى دَلَّ عَلَى الرَّاهِبِ فَجِيءَ بِالرَّاهِبِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ ارْجِعْ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَأَبِي فَدَعَا بِالْمِنْشَارِ فَوَضَعَ الْمِنْشَارَ فِي مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ فَشُقَّ بِهِ حَتَّى وَقَعَ شِقَّاهُ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِجَلِيسِ الْمَلِكِ فَقِيلَ ارْجِعْ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَأَبِي فَوَضَعَ الْمِنْشَارَ فِي مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ فَشَقَّهُ بِهِ حَتَّى وَقَعَ شِقَّاهُ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِالْغُلَامِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ ارْجِعْ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَأَبِي فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى جَبَلِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَاصْعَدُوا بِهِ الْجَبَلَ فَإِذَا بَلَغْتُمْ ذُرْوَتَهُ فَإِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَإِلَّا فَاطْرَحُوهُ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ فَصَعِدُوا بِهِ الْجَبَلَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَرَجَفَ بِهِمُ الْجَبَلُ فَسَقَطُوا وَجَاءَ يَمْشِي إِلَى الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ مَا فَعَلَ أَصْحَابُكَ؟ قَالَ كَفَانِيهِمُ اللَّهُ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَاحْمِلُوهُ فِي قُرْقُورٍ فَوَسِّطُوا بِهِ الْبَحْرَ فَلَجِّجُوا بِهِ فَإِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَإِلَّا فَاقْذِفُوهُ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَانْكَفَأَتْ بِهِمُ السَّفِينَةُ وَجَاءَ يَمْشِي إِلَى الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ مَا فَعَلَ أَصْحَابُكَ؟ قَالَ كَفَانِيهِمُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ وَإِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ تَجْمَعُ النَّاسَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ وَتَصْلُبُنِي عَلَى جِذْعٍ ثُمَّ خُذْ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِكَ ثُمَّ ضَعِ السَّهْمَ فِي كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ ثُمَّ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْغُلَامِ ثُمَّ ارْمِنِي فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ قَتَلْتَنِي فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ صَلَبَهُ عَلَى جِذْعٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ السَّهْمَ فِي كَبِدِ قَوْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْغُلَامِ ثُمَّ رَمَاهُ فَوَقَعَ السَّهْمُ فِي صُدْغِهِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي مَوْضِعِ السَّهْمِ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْغُلَامِ آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْغُلَامِ ثَلَاثًا فَأُتِيَ الْمَلِكُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا كُنْتَ تَحْذَرُ قَدْ وَاللَّهِ نَزَلَ بِكَ حَذَرُكَ قَدْ آمَنَ النَّاسُ فَأَمَرَ بِالْأُخْدُودِ بِأَفْوَاهِ السِّكَكِ فَخُدَّتْ وَأَضْرَمَ النِّيرَانَ وَقَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَأَحْمُوهُ فَفَعَلُوا حَتَّى جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا صَبِيٌّ لَهَا فَتَقَاعَسَتْ أَنْ تَقَعَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا الْغُلَامُ يَا أُمَّهِ اصْبِرِي فَإِنَّكِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ»
✧ “There was a king among those before you who had a magician. When he grew old, he said to the king, ‘I have become old, so send me a boy to teach him magic.’ He sent him a boy to teach. On his way, when he passed by a monk, he would sit with him, listen to his words, and be impressed. When he went to the magician, he would beat him, and when he returned from the magician, he would sit with the monk and listen to his words. When he went to his family, they would beat him. He complained about that to the monk, who said, ‘If you fear the magician, say my family detained me, and if you fear your family, say the magician detained me.’ While he was like that, he came upon a great beast that had blocked the people’s way. He said, ‘Today I will know whether the monk is better or the magician.’ He took a stone and said, ‘O Allah, if the monk’s affair is more beloved to You than the magician’s, kill this beast so the people may pass.’ He threw it and killed it, and the people passed. He went to the monk and told him. The monk said, ‘My son, today you are better than me. You will be tested, and if you are tested, do not point to me.’ The boy used to heal the blind and the leper and treat other ailments. A courtier of the king who had gone blind heard of him. He came to the boy with many gifts and said, ‘All that is here is yours if you heal me.’ He said, ‘I do not heal anyone; it is Allah who heals. If you believe in Allah, I will supplicate Allah, and He will heal you.’ He believed in Allah, and Allah healed him. He came to the king walking, sitting with him as he used to. The king said, ‘So-and-so, who restored your sight?’ He said, ‘My Lord.’ He said, ‘Do you have a lord other than me?’ He said, ‘My Lord and your Lord is one.’ He kept torturing him until he pointed to the boy. The boy was brought, and the king said, ‘My son, has your magic reached such a level that you heal the blind and the leper and do all this?’ He said, ‘I do not heal anyone; it is Allah who heals.’ He seized him and kept torturing him until he pointed to the monk. The monk was brought and told, ‘Renounce your religion.’ He refused. He called for a saw, placed it on his head’s crown, and split him until his two halves fell. Then the king’s courtier was brought and told, ‘Renounce your religion.’ He refused. He placed the saw on his head’s crown and split him until his two halves fell. Then the boy was brought and told, ‘Renounce your religion.’ He refused. He handed him to a group of his companions and said, ‘Take him to such-and-such mountain, climb with him, and when you reach its summit, if he renounces his religion, spare him; otherwise, throw him off.’ They took him and climbed the mountain. He said, ‘O Allah, spare me from them however You will.’ The mountain shook with them, and they fell. He came walking to the king. The king said, ‘What happened to your companions?’ He said, ‘Allah spared me from them.’ He handed him to a group of his companions and said, ‘Take him and carry him in a boat, take him to the middle of the sea and set sail; if he renounces his religion, spare him; otherwise, throw him into the sea.’ They took him. He said, ‘O Allah, spare me from them however You will.’ The ship capsized with them. He came walking to the king. The king said, ‘What happened to your companions?’ He said, ‘Allah spared me from them.’ He said to the king, ‘You will not kill me until you do what I command you.’ He said, ‘What is it?’ He said, ‘Gather the people in one open space, crucify me on a trunk, then take an arrow from your quiver, place the arrow in the bow’s center, then say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the boy, then shoot me. If you do that, you will kill me.’ He gathered the people in one open space, crucified him on a trunk, took an arrow from his quiver, placed the arrow in the center of his bow, said, ‘In the name of Allah, the Lord of the boy,’ and shot him. The arrow struck his temple. He placed his hand on the arrow’s spot and died. The people said, ‘We believe in the Lord of the boy, we believe in the Lord of the boy,’ three times. The king was approached and told, ‘Do you see what you feared? By Allah, your fear has befallen you. The people have believed.’ He ordered trenches at the mouths of the streets. They were dug, and fires were lit. He said, ‘Whoever does not renounce his religion, throw him into it.’ They did so until a woman came with her infant. She hesitated to fall into it. The boy said to her, ‘O mother, be patient, for you are upon the truth.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 874Hasan
«دَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ تُحْمَلُ عَلَى الْغَمَامِ وَتُفْتَحُ لَهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَعِزَّتِي لَأَنْصُرَنَّكِ وَلَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ»
✧ “The supplication of the wronged is carried on the clouds, and the gates of the heavens are opened for it, and the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, says: By My might, I will surely help you, even after a while.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 875No grade recorded
«اتَّقُوا دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ»
✧ “Beware of the supplication of the wronged.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 876Sahih
«إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُمَا صِفْرًا»
Prophet (saas) said: "Your Lord is Kind and Most Generous, and is too kind to let His slave, if he raises his hands to Him, bring them back empty," or he said "frustrated." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3865)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 877Sahih
«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»
✧ “The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the whiteness of his armpits was visible.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 878Sahih
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الزَّيْتِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الزَّوْرَاءِ يَدْعُو رَافِعًا كَفَّيْهِ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ بِهِمَا رَأْسَهُ»
✧ He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ near the oil stones, close to al-Zawra', supplicating, raising his palms before his face, not raising them above his head.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 879Sahih
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَسْقِي عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الزَّيْتِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الزَّوْرَاءِ قَائِمًا يَدْعُو يَسْتَسْقِي رَافِعًا كَفَّيْهِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ بِهِمَا رَأْسَهُ مُقْبِلًا بِبَاطِنِ كَفِّهِ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ»
✧ He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying for rain near the oil stones, close to al-Zawra', standing in supplication, praying for rain, raising his palms, not raising them above his head, with the inner sides of his palms facing his face.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 880Sahih
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْعَبْدِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ فَيَرُدَّهُمَا خَائِبَتَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah, the Exalted and High, feels shy from the servant to raise his hands to Him and return them empty."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 881Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ يُسْتَجَابُ لِلْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَدْعُ بِإِثْمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ مَا لَمْ يَسْتَعْجِلْ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يَسْتَعْجِلُ؟ قَالَ « قَدْ دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُسْتَجَبْ لِي فَيَنْحَسِرُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَتْرُكُ الدُّعَاءَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The servant's supplication continues to be answered as long as he does not supplicate for sin or severing ties of kinship, and as long as he does not hasten." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, how does he hasten?" He said, "He says, 'I have supplicated and I have not been answered,' so he gives up at that point and abandons supplication."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 882Sahih
أَنَّهُ رَأَى بِشْرَ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ رَافِعًا يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ هَاتَيْنِ الْيَدَيْنِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ بِيَدِهِ كَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ للسّبْحَهِ»
✧ He saw Bishr b. Marwan raising his hands on the pulpit and said, "May Allah make these two hands ugly. I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not going beyond saying with his hand like this, and he pointed with his index finger."
«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا» وَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ مِنْ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى يُقَوِّسُهَا
✧ "I have not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands in supplication on a pulpit or elsewhere, but I saw him saying like this." Abu Sa'id made a slight curve with his right index finger.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 884Sahih
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا يَدْعُو بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ جَمِيعًا فَنَهَاهُ وَقَالَ بِإِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْيُمْنَى
✧ The Prophet ﷺ saw a man supplicating with both fingers together, so he forbade him and said, "With one of them, with the right one."
«إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِلْأَمْرِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعِيشَتِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَأَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِلْأَمْرِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ شَرًّا لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعِيشَتِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي ثُمَّ اقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ أَيْنَمَا كَانَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»
✧ "When one of you intends a matter, let him say: O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and I seek ability by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. For You have power and I have none, and You know and I know not, and You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if this matter, naming it, is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and help me with it. And if this matter, naming it, is evil for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, and make me content with it. There is no power and no strength except with Allah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 886Hasan sahih
«إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَخَيْرًا لِي فِي مَعِيشَتِي وَخَيْرًا لِي فِي عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ خَيْرًا لِي فَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ وَرَضِّنِي بِقَدَرِكَ»
✧ "When one of you intends a matter, let him say: O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and I seek ability by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. For You have power and I have none, and You know and I know not, and You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if this matter is good for me in my religion, and good for me in my livelihood, and good for me in the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me and bless me in it. And if other than that is better for me, then decree for me the good wherever it may be, and make me content with Your decree."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 887Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ «إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ لِيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ يُسَمِّيهِ بِعَيْنِهِ خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فقدره لي ويسره لي وبارك فيه وإن كان شرا لي في ديني ومعادي ومعاشي وعاقبة أمري فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَقَدِّرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَرَضِّنِي بِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us the istikharah supplication as he taught us a surah from the Quran, saying, "When one of you intends a matter, let him pray two rak'ahs other than the obligatory, then let him say: O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and I seek ability by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. For You have power and I have none, and You know and I know not, and You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if You know this matter, naming it specifically, to be good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless me in it. And if it is evil for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, and make me content with it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 888Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْهِلَالَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ وَالتَّوْفِيقِ لِمَا نُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the crescent moon, he said, "O Allah, let it appear over us with security, faith, safety, Islam, and success in what we love and what pleases You. Our Lord and your Lord is Allah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 889Sahih
«إِذَا سَأَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُكْثِرْ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْأَلُ رَبَّهُ»
✧ "When one of you asks, let him ask abundantly, for he is asking his Lord."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 890Sahih
«الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ}
✧ "Supplication is worship." Then he recited this verse: {Call upon Me, I will respond to you. Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell in humiliation.}
Sahih Ibn Hibban 891Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنَّكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ بِالِاسْمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1493)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 892Sahih
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي يَدْعُو يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنَّكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ» وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأ فِي جَانِب المَسْجِدِ فَقَال رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَد أُعِطَي مِزْمَاراً مِنْ مَزَامِير آل دَاوُد» وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بن قَيسٍ قَالَ فَقُلتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ أُخْبِرُهُ؟ فَقَالَ «أَخْبِرْهُ» فَأَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا مُوسى فَقَالَ لَنْ تَزَالَ لِي صَدِيقاً
✧ He entered the mosque with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and there was a man praying, supplicating and saying, "O Allah, I ask You by virtue of the fact that I bear witness that there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal, who begets not nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable unto Him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, he has asked Allah by His greatest name, which if He is called upon using it, He answers, and if He is asked by it, He gives." And when a man was reciting in a corner of the mosque, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He has been given a melodious voice from among the melodious voices of the family of Dawood (David)." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall I inform him?" He said, "Yes, inform him." So I informed Abu Musa, and he said, "He will always be my friend."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 893Sahih
كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا فِي الْحَلْقَةِ وَرَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ سَجَدَ وَتَشَهَّدَ دَعَا فَقَالَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيَّامُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتَدْرُونَ بِمَا دَعَا؟ » قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ دَعَا بِاسْمِهِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى»
✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the circle, and a man was standing praying. When he bowed and prostrated and recited the tashahhud, he supplicated. In his supplication he said: 'O Allah, I ask You by the fact that Yours is all praise; there is no god but You, the Bestower of Favors, the Ever-Giving, Originator of the heavens and the earth; O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting. O Allah, I ask You.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do you know what he has supplicated with?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he has supplicated by His Great Name, which when one supplicates by it He answers, and when one asks by it He gives.'
«لِيَسْأَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ رَبَّهُ حَاجَتَهُ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى شِسْعَ نَعْلِهِ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ»
✧ Let one of you ask his Lord for all his needs, even the strap of his sandal when it breaks.
«لِيَسْأَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ رَبَّهُ حَاجَتَهُ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى شِسْعَ نَعْلِهِ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ»
✧ Let one of you ask his Lord for all his needs, even the strap of his sandal when it breaks.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 896Sahih
«إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُعْظِمِ الرَّغْبَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ»
✧ The translation of the given phrase in English is: "Indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When one of you supplicates, let him have great desire and hope, for indeed there is nothing too great for Allah.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 897Sahih
«خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَتَمَاشَوْنَ فَأَصَابَهُمْ مَطَرٌ فَدَخَلُوا كَهْفَ جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّ عَلَيْهِمْ حَجَرٌ فَسَدَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الطَّرِيقَ فَقَالُوا ادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ
✧ Three men went out walking, and rain caught them. They entered a cave in a mountain, and a rock fell down and blocked the path over them. They said: 'Call upon Allah with the most trustworthy of your deeds.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 898Sahih
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنَّ تُضِلَّنِي أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ يَمُوتُونَ»
✧ He used to say: 'O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned, and with You I have contended. I seek refuge in You—there is no god but You—from Your misguiding me. You are the Living Who does not die, while jinn and humans die.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 899Sahih
أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ خَيْرٌ لِقَوْمِهِ مِنْكَ كَانَ يُطْعِمُهُمُ الْكَبِدَ وَالسَّنَامَ وَأَنْتَ تَنْحَرُهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ قَالَ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى أَرْشَدِ أَمْرِي» فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَسْلَمَ وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِّمْنِي فَقُلْتَ «اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى أَرْشَدِ أَمْرِي فَمَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ حِينَ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى أَرْشَدِ أَمْرِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَمَا عَمَدْتُ وَمَا جَهِلْتُ»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Muhammad, 'Abd al-Muttalib was better for his people than you: he fed them liver and hump, while you slaughter them.' He said to him: 'Whatever Allah wills.' When he wanted to leave, he said: 'What should I say?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, protect me from the evil of my soul and resolve for me the most rightly-guided of my affairs.' The man left before he had accepted Islam, then said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I came to you and said: Teach me. You said: "O Allah, protect me from the evil of my soul and resolve for me the most rightly-guided of my affairs." So what should I say now that I have accepted Islam?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, protect me from the evil of my soul and resolve for me the most rightly-guided of my affairs. O Allah, forgive me what I conceal and what I reveal, what I do mistakenly and what I do deliberately, and what I am ignorant of.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 900Sahih
كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى»
the Prophet (saas) used to say: "Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda wat-tuqa wal-'afaf wal-ghina (O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and affluence)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3832)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 901Sahih
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَخَطَايَايَ وَعَمْدِي» وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَهْدِيكَ لِأَرْشَدِ أُمُورِي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي»
✧ From 'Uthman b. Abi al-'As and a woman from Quraysh that they both heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'O Allah, forgive me my sins and my deliberate acts.' The other said: 'I heard him say: O Allah, I seek guidance from You for the most rightly-guided of my affairs, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 902Sahih
«إِنَّ قُلُوبَ ابْنِ آدَمَ مُلْقًى بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يَصْرِفُهُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اصْرِفْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ»
✧ The hearts of the children of Adam are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful, like a single heart that He turns as He wills. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ says: 'O Allah, turn our hearts toward obedience to You.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 903No grade recorded
«أَيُّمَا رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ فَإِنَّهَا زَكَاةٌ»
✧ Any Muslim man who has no charity should say in his supplication: 'O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, and send prayers upon the believing men and women and the Muslim men and women.' Indeed, that is a purification.
«يَسْأَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ رَبَّهُ حَاجَتَهُ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى شِسْعَ نَعْلِهِ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ»
✧ “One of you should ask his Lord for all his needs, even the strap of his sandal when it breaks.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 867Sahih
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ الْجَوَامِعُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to like comprehensive supplications.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 905Sahih
«مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كُتِبَ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ»
✧ Whoever sends prayers upon me once, ten good deeds are recorded for him.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 906Sahih
«مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا»
✧ Whoever sends prayers upon me once, Allah sends prayers upon him ten times.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 907No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ «آمِينَ آمِينَ آمِينَ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ حِينَ صَعِدْتَ الْمِنْبَرَ قُلْتَ آمِينَ آمِينَ آمِينَ قَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَلَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْ آمِينَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَلَمْ يَبَرَّهُمَا فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْ آمِينَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ وَمَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْكَ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ قُلْ آمِينَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ»
✧ "The Prophet (PBUH) ascended the pulpit and said, 'Ameen, Ameen, Ameen.' It was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, when you ascended the pulpit, you said 'Ameen, Ameen, Ameen.' He said, 'Gabriel came to me and said, 'Whoever reaches the month of Ramadan and does not have his sins forgiven, and therefore enters Hell, then may Allah distance him. Say ameen.' So, I said 'ameen.' Then Gabriel said, 'Whoever's parents or one of them reaches old age and they do not earn Paradise by being dutiful towards them, then may Allah distance him. Say ameen.' So, I said 'ameen.' Then Gabriel said, 'Whoever hears your name mentioned and does not send blessings upon you, then may Allah distance him. Say ameen.' So, I said 'ameen."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 908No grade recorded
«رَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْكِبَرِ فَلَمْ يُدْخِلَاهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ انْسَلَخَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَهُ»
✧ May his nose be rubbed in dust: a man in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not send prayers upon me. May his nose be rubbed in dust: a man who attains his parents in old age and they do not cause him to enter Paradise. May his nose be rubbed in dust: a man in whose presence the month of Ramadan enters and then it slips away before he is forgiven.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 909Sahih
«إِنَّ الْبَخِيلَ مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ»
✧ “Indeed, the miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not invoke blessings upon me.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 910Sahih
«إِنَّ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ أَيَّامِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيهِ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَفِيهِ قُبِضَ وَفِيهِ النَّفْخَةُ وَفِيهِ الصَّعْقَةُ فَأَكْثِرُوا عَلَيَّ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعْرُوضَةٌ عَلَيَّ» قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ تُعْرَضُ صَلَاتُنَا عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَرَمْتَ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا حَرَّمَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ أَجْسَامَنَا»
✧ “Indeed, one of the most excellent of your days is Friday: on it Allah created Adam, on it he was taken, on it is the blast, and on it is the thunderclap. So increase in invoking blessings upon me on it, for your blessings are presented to me.” They said, “How are our blessings presented to you when you have decayed?” He said, “Indeed Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has forbidden the earth to consume our bodies.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 911Hasan
«إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً»
✧ “Indeed, the closest of people to me on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who invoked blessings upon me the most.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 912Sahih
قَالَ لِي كَعْبُ بْنُ عُجْرَةَ أَلَا أُهْدِي لَكَ هَدِيَّةً؟ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا كَيْفَ نُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ فَكَيْفَ نُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ؛ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ»
"Ka'b bin Ujrah said to me: 'Shall I not give you a gift?' We said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we know about sending salams upon you, but how should we send salah upon you?" He said: 'Say: Alahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad, kama sallaita 'ala Ibrahima wa barik 'ala Muhammad kama barakta 'ala ali Ibrahim fil-'alamin, innaka hamidun majid (O Allah, send salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent salah upon the family of Ibrahim, and send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon the family of Ibrahim among the nations. You are indeed Worthy of praise, Full of glory.)'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1289)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 913Sahih
«مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ»
✧ “Whoever invokes blessings upon me once, Allah records for him ten good deeds.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 914Sahih
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً سَيَّاحِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُبَلِّغُونِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي السَّلَامَ»
✧ “Indeed, Allah has angels who roam the earth, conveying to me the greetings of peace from my nation.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 915Hasan sahih
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَسْرُورٌ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَلَكَ جَاءَنِي فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ عِبَادِي صَلَاةً إِلَّا صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْرًا وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ تَسْلِيمَةً إِلَّا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْرًا؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى أَيْ رَبِّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out while he was joyful and said, “Indeed, the angel came to me and said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah says: Are you not pleased that no servant of My servants invokes blessings upon you but I bless him ten times for it, and no one greets you with one greeting of peace but I greet him with ten?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Lord.’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 916Sahih
أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَادَتْهُ امْرَأَتِي فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلِّ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى زَوْجِي فَقَالَ «صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلَى زَوْجِكِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, and my wife called out to him, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, invoke blessings upon me and upon my husband.” He said, “May Allah bless you and your husband.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 917Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَصَدَّقَ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ بِصَدَقَةٍ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَتَصَدَّقَ أَبِي إِلَيْهِ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي أَوْفَى»
✧ When the people of a household gave charity to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he invoked blessings upon them. He said: My father gave charity to him, so he said, “O Allah, bless the family of Abu Awfa.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 918Sahih
أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلِّ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى زَوْجِي فَقَالَ ﷺ «صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلَى زَوْجِكِ»
✧ A woman said, “O Messenger of Allah, invoke blessings upon me and upon my husband.” He ﷺ said, “May Allah bless you and your husband.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 919Sahih
«إِذَا مَضَى شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ ثُلُثَاهُ يَنْزِلُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ؟ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَدْعُونِي أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ؟ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَسْتَرْزِقُنِي أَرْزُقُهُ؟ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي أَغْفِرُ لَهُ؟ حَتَّى يَنْفَجِرَ الصُّبْحُ»
✧ “When half of the night or two-thirds of it has passed, Allah, Mighty and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven and says, ‘Who will ask Me, that I may give him? Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will seek provision from Me, that I may provide him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’ until dawn breaks.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 920Sahih
«يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا جَلَّ وَعَلَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ؟ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي أَغْفِرُ لَهُ؟ »
✧ “Our Lord, Mighty and Exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains, and says, ‘Who calls upon Me, that I may answer him? Who asks Me, that I may give him? Who seeks My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 921Sahih
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلُ نَزَلَ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ؟ هَلْ مِنْ تَائِبٍ؟ هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ؟ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ؟ حَتَّى يَنْفَجِرَ الصُّبْحُ»
✧ “Indeed, Allah gives respite until, when the first third of the night has passed, our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven and says, Mighty and Exalted, ‘Is there any seeker of forgiveness? Is there any repentant? Is there any asker? Is there any caller?’ until dawn breaks.”
«أَتَى جِبْرِيلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ فَإِنِّي مُعْطِيكَ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ تَعْجِيلَ عَافِيَتِكَ أَوْ صَبْرًا عَلَى بَلِيَّتِكَ أَوْ خُرُوجًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ»
✧ Jibril came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Allah commands you to supplicate with these words, for I will grant you one of them.' He said: 'O Allah, I ask You for the hastening of Your well-being, or patience upon Your affliction, or departure from this world to Your mercy.'
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثَلَاثًا وَيَسْتَغْفِرَ ثَلَاثًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked to supplicate three times and seek forgiveness three times.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 924Sahih
«إِنِّي لَأَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً»
✧ Indeed, I repent seventy times a day.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 925Sahih
«إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً»
✧ Indeed, I seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day.
كُنْتُ رَجُلًا ذَرِبَ اللِّسَانِ عَلَى أَهْلِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي لِسَانِي النَّارَ فَقَالَ ﷺ «فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنِ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ؟ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»
✧ I was a man with a sharp tongue against my family. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I fear that my tongue will cause me to enter the Fire.' He ﷺ said: 'Where are you with regard to seeking forgiveness? Indeed, I seek Allah's forgiveness a hundred times a day.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 927Sahih
رُبَّمَا أَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْوَاحِدِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ»
✧ I would sometimes count for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a single sitting a hundred times: 'My Lord, forgive me and turn to me; indeed You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 928No grade recorded
مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ I have never seen anyone say "I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him" more than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 929Sahih
«يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»
✧ He narrates that he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "O people, repent to your Lord, for I repent to Him one hundred times every day."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 930Hasan
«إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أَخْطَأَ خَطِيئَةً نُكِتَ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ فَإِنْ هُوَ نَزَعَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ وَتَابَ صُقِلَتْ فَإِنْ عَادَ زِيدَ فِيهَا فَإِنْ عَادَ زِيدَ فِيهَا حَتَّى تَعْلُوَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ الرَّانُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ {كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ}»
the Messenger of Allah said: “Verily, when the slave (of Allah) commits a sin, a black spot appears on his heart. When he refrains from it, seeks forgiveness and repents, his heart is polished clean. But if he returns, it increases until it covers his entire heart. And that is the ‘Ran’ which Allah mentioned: ‘Nay, but on their hearts is the Ran which they used to earn.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3334)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 931Sahih
«إِنَّهُ لَيُغَانُ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»
✧ Indeed, a covering comes over my heart, and indeed I seek Allah's forgiveness every day a hundred times.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 932Sahih
«سَيِّدُ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْعَبْدُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَصْبَحْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذُنُوبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»
✧ The master of seeking forgiveness is for the servant to say: 'O Allah, You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. There is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I have entered the morning upon Your covenant and Your promise as much as I am able. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and I acknowledge Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge my sins, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 933No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَيِّدُ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْعَبْدُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِالنِّعْمَةِ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَإِن قَالَهَا بَعْدَمَا يُصْبِحُ مُوقِنًا بِهَا ثُمَّ مَاتَ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ قَالَهَا بَعْدَمَا يُمْسِي مُوقِنًا بِهَا كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The master of seeking forgiveness is for the servant to say: "O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, upon Your covenant and Your promise as much as I am able. I acknowledge Your favor, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You." If he says it after entering the morning, being certain of it, and then dies, he will be among the people of Paradise. And if he says it after entering the evening, being certain of it, he will be among the people of Paradise.'
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ لَهُ بِوَسْقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَمَرْتُ لَكَ بِوَسْقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ عَلَّمْتُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ؟ » قَالَ عَلِّمْنِيهُنَّ وَمُرْ لِي بِوَسْقٍ فَإِنِّي ذُو حَاجَةٍ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَاعِدًا وَاحْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَائِمًا وَاحْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ رَاقِدًا وَلَا تُطِعْ فِيَّ عَدُوًّا حَاسِدًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي هُوَ بِيَدِكَ كُلِّهِ»
✧ Umar b. al-Khattab suffered a misfortune, so he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and complained to him about that, and asked him to order a wasq of dates for him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'If you wish, I will order a wasq of dates for you, and if you wish, I will teach you words that are better for you?' He said: 'Teach them to me and order a wasq for me, for I am in need of it.' He said: 'Say: "O Allah, preserve me with Islam while sitting, preserve me with Islam while standing, preserve me with Islam while lying down, and do not give power over me to a jealous enemy. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You hold by its forelock, and I ask You for all the good that is in Your hand."'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 935Sahih
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ فَنَزَلْنَا مَرْجَ الصُّفَّرِ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسُّفْرَةِ نَعْبَثْ بِهَا فَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ يَحْفَظُونَهَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي أَخِي لَا تَحْفَظُوهَا عَنِّي وَلَكِنِ احْفَظُوا مِنِّي مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اكْتَنَزَ النَّاسُ الدَّنَانِيرَ وَالدَّرَاهِمَ فَاكْتَنِزُوا هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَالْعَزِيمَةَ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ»
✧ Bring me the platter so that we may play with it, but the people kept it away from me. So, he said, "O my nephew, do not keep it away from me, but keep from me what I have heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him: 'When people hoard silver and gold coins, hoard these words: O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in affairs, determination in righteousness. And I ask You for gratitude for Your blessings and excellence in worship. And I ask You for the best of what You know. And I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know. And I seek Your forgiveness for what You know. Indeed, You are the All-Knower of the unseen.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 936Sahih
عَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا قَدْ صَارَ مِثْلَ الْفَرْخِ فَقَالَ «مَا كُنْتَ تَدْعُو بِشَيْءٍ أَوْ تَسْأَلُ؟ » قَالَ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا كُنْتَ مُعَاقِبَنِي بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَعَجِّلْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُهُ أَوْ لَا تُطِيقُهُ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited a sick man who had become like a chick. He said: 'What were you asking for or supplicating for?' He said: 'I used to say: "O Allah, whatever punishment You would inflict on me in the Hereafter, hasten it in this world."' He said: 'Glory be to Allah! You cannot bear it, or you cannot endure it. Say: "O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 937Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ «اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would supplicate with this supplication: 'O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 938Sahih
أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لَنَا فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ قَالُوا زِدْنَا فَأَعَادَهَا؛ قَالُوا زِدْنَا فَأَعَادَهَا؛ فَقَالُوا زِدْنَا فَقَالَ مَا تُرِيدُونَ؟ سَأَلْتُ لَكُمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ»
They said to Anas b. Malik: "Pray to Allah for us." He said: "O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." They said: "Increase for us." So he repeated it. They said: "Increase for us." So he repeated it. They said: "Increase for us." He said: "What do you want? I asked for you the best of this world and the Hereafter."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 939Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ دُعَاءٍ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ»
✧ I said to Anas b. Malik, 'Tell me about a supplication the Prophet ﷺ used to make.' He said, 'O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 940Sahih
سَأَلَ قَتَادَةُ أَنَسًا أَيُّ دَعْوَةٍ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَدْعُو بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ أَكْثَرُ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ»
✧ Qatadah asked Anas, 'Which supplication did the Prophet ﷺ make most often?' He said, 'The supplication the Prophet ﷺ made most often was: O Allah, our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 941Sahih
عَادَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا قَدْ جَهِدَ حَتَّى صَارَ مِثْلَ الْفَرْخِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «هَلْ كُنْتَ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ بِشَيْءٍ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا كُنْتَ مُعَاقِبِي بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَعَجِّلْهُ لِي فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَا تَسْتَطِيعُهُ أَوْ لَا تُطِيقُهُ فَهَلَّا قُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ؟ » قَالَ فَدَعَا اللَّهُ فَشَفَاهُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ visited a man who was so ill that he had become like a chick. He ﷺ said, 'Did you supplicate to Allah for anything?' He said, 'Yes. I used to say, O Allah, whatever punishment You would give me in the Hereafter, hasten it for me in this world.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You cannot bear it—or you cannot endure it. Why didn't you say, O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire?' He said, 'So he supplicated to Allah and He healed him.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 942Sahih
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قُلْ لِي قَوْلًا لَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ قَالَ «قُلْ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ»
✧ I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me a statement that I need not ask anyone about after you.' He said, 'Say, I believe in Allah; then remain upright.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 943Sahih
«مَا مِنْ قَلْبٍ إِلَّا بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ» قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى دِينِكَ» قَالَ «وَالْمِيزَانُ بِيَدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَرْفَعُ قَوْمًا وَيَخْفِضُ آخَرِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ There is no heart except that it is between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful. If He wills, He keeps it straight, and if He wills, He turns it astray. He said, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'O Turner of hearts, make our hearts firm upon Your religion.' He said, 'And the Scale is in the hand of the Most Merciful. He raises some people and lowers others until the Day of Resurrection.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 944No grade recorded
«يَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِلْعَبْدِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَرِضْتُ فَلَمْ تَعُدْنِي فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ كَيْفَ أَعُودُكَ وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَبْدِي فُلَانًا مَرِضَ فَلَمْ تَعُدْهُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ لَوْ عُدْتَهُ لَوَجَدْتَنِي
✧ Allah, Mighty and Exalted, will say to the servant on the Day of Resurrection, 'O son of Adam, I fell ill and you did not visit Me.' He will say, 'O Lord, how can I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?' He will say, 'Did you not know that My servant so-and-so fell ill and you did not visit him? Did you not know that had you visited him, you would have found Me?'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 945Sahih
قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَا تَذْكُرُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ أَذْكُرُ أَنِّي أَخَذْتُ تَمْرَةً مِنْ تَمْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَجَعَلْتُهَا فِي فِيَّ فَانْتَزَعَهَا بِلُعَابِهَا فَطَرَحَهَا فِي التَّمْرِ وَكَانَ يُعَلِّمُنَا هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ «تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ»
✧ I said to al-Hasan b. 'Ali, 'What do you remember from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said, 'I remember that I took a date from the dates of charity and put it in my mouth, and he removed it with its saliva and threw it among the dates. And he used to teach us this supplication: O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me well-being among those You have granted well-being, take me under Your care among those You have taken under Your care, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Indeed, You decree and none decrees against You. Indeed, no one whom You befriend is humiliated.' Shu'bah said, 'And I think he also said, Blessed and Exalted are You.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 946Sahih
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلَامًا أَقُولُهُ قَالَ «قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ» قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ لِرَبِّي فَمَا لِي؟ قَالَ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي»
✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, teach me words to say.' He said, 'Say: There is no god but Allah alone with no partner. Allah is Most Great, with abundant praise. Praise be to Allah, with much praise. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, the Mighty, the Wise.' The bedouin said, 'These are for my Lord. What is for me?' He said, 'Say: O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and provide for me.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 947Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلَا تَنَصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلَا تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرِ الْهُدَى لِي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَاكِرًا لَكَ ذَاكِرًا لَكَ أَوَّاهًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا لَكَ مُخْبِتًا أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'My Lord, help me and do not help against me, support me and do not support against me, devise for me and do not devise against me, guide me and make guidance easy for me, and support me against those who transgress against me. My Lord, make me grateful to You, remembering You, repentant to You, obedient to You, humble to You, devoted, returning in repentance. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, make firm my proof, guide my heart, direct my tongue, and remove the rancor from my heart.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 948Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي وَلَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلَا تَنَصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلَا تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرْ لِيَ الْهُدَى وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَكَّارًا لَكَ ذَكَّارًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا إِلَيْكَ مُخْبِتًا لَكَ أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا رَبِّ اقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate and say, 'O Allah, help me and do not help against me, support me and do not support against me, devise for me and do not devise against me, guide me and make guidance easy for me, and support me against those who transgress against me. O Allah, make me very grateful to You, very mindful of You, very obedient to You, humble to You, devoted to You, returning in repentance. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, make firm my proof, direct my tongue, and remove the rancor from my heart.'
«اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسِنْ عَافِيَتَنَا فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ O Allah, make our well-being good in all matters, and deliver us from the disgrace of this world and the punishment of the Hereafter.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 950Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ عَامَ أَوَّلٍ يَقُولُ ثُمَّ اسْتَعْبَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَنْ تُؤْتَوْا شَيْئًا بَعْدَ كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ مِثْلَ الْعَافِيَةِ فَسَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this day last year—then Abu Bakr, ؓ, was moved to tears and wept. Then he said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: You will never be given anything after the word of sincerity like well-being, so ask Allah for well-being.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 951Sahih
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ؟ قَالَ «سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ؟ قَالَ «سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ»
✧ O Messenger of Allah, what should I ask Allah for? He said: "Ask Allah for pardon and well-being." Then he said: What should I ask Allah for? He said: "Ask Allah for pardon and well-being."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 952Sahih
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَقَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ أَوَّلٍ فَخَنَقَتْهُ الْعَبْرَةُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْطَ أَحَدٌ مِثْلَ الْيَقِينِ بَعْدَ الْمُعَافَاةِ وَلَا أَشَدَّ مِنَ الرِّيبَةِ بَعْدَ الْكُفْرِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ» أَرَادَ بِهِ مُرْتَكِبَهُمَا لَا نَفْسَهُمَا
✧ I came to Madinah after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and met Abu Bakr addressing the people. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us in the first year, and he was choked with tears three times, then said: "O people, ask Allah for well-being, for no one has been given anything like certainty after well-being, nor anything more severe than doubt after disbelief. You must be truthful, for it leads to righteousness, and both are in Paradise. Beware of lying, for it leads to wickedness, and both are in the Fire." He meant by it the perpetrators of the two, not the two themselves.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 953Hasan
«أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ رَقَاهُ وَهُوَ يُوعَكُ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ وَاسْمُ () وَاللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ»
✧ "Jibril recited a ruqyah over him while he was feverish, saying: In the name of Allah, I recite over you from every ailment that harms you, from every envious person when he envies, and from every eye, and [missing word] and Allah will heal you."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 954Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي جَدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, forgive me my serious sins and my jesting, my error and my intention, and all of that is with me."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 955Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا يُطَهَّرُ الثَّوْبُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, purify me from sins with snow, hail, and water. O Allah, purify me from sins as a garment is purified from filth."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 956Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي مِنْ ذُنُوبِي كَمَا يُطَهَّرُ الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, to You is praise, filling the heavens and filling the earth and filling whatever You will after that. O Allah, purify me with snow, hail, and cold water. O Allah, purify me from my sins as a white garment is purified from filth."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 957No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَايَايَ وَعَمْدِي وَجَهْلِي وَجَدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate with this supplication: "My Lord, forgive me my error, my ignorance, and my extravagance in my affair, and what You know better than I. O Allah, forgive me my mistakes, my intention, my ignorance, my seriousness, and my jesting, and all of that is with me. O Allah, forgive me what I have done and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have made public. Indeed, You are the Advancer and You are the Delayer, and You have power over all things."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 958Sahih
«يَا أُمَّ حَارِثَةَ إِنَّهَا لَجِنَانٌ وَإِنَّ حَارِثَةَ فِي الْفِرْدَوْسِ الْأَعْلَى فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Umm Harithah, verily, it (referring to Paradise) has gardens, and Umm Harithah is in the highest level of Paradise. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for Al-Firdaus."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 959Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, "O Allah, You have beautified my physical appearance, so beautify my character ˹as well˺."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 960Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي مُنْكَرَاتِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَالْأَهْوَاءِ وَالْأَسْوَاءِ وَالْأَدْوَاءِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, keep me away from reprehensible manners, desires, evils, and ailments."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 961Sahih
لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ الدَّعَوَاتِ حِينَ يُمْسِي وَحِينَ يُصْبِحُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not abandon these supplications when he reached evening and when he reached morning: "O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from before me, from behind me, on my right, on my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being swallowed up from beneath me."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 962Sahih
قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا أَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ قَالَ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ»
✧ Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me what I should say when I reach morning and when I reach evening. He said: "Say: O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of all things and their Sovereign, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan and his polytheism."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 963Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ «أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَمِنْ خَيْرِ مَا فِيهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا بَعْدَهُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say in the morning, "We have entered the morning and the whole kingdom (of the earth) solely belongs to Allah, and all praises are due to Allah. I ask You for the goodness of this day and the goodness that follows it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 964Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ « اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say when he reached morning: "O Allah, by You we have reached morning, and by You we have reached evening, and by You we live, and by You we die, and to You is the return."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 965Sahih
كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ «اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ»
✧ He used to say when he reached morning: "O Allah, by You we have reached morning, and by You we have reached evening, and by You we live, and by You we die, and to You is the return."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 966Sahih
جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ خَادِمًا فَقَالَ لَهَا «قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ مُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْآخَرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَاغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ»
✧ Fatimah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asking him for a servant. He said to her, "Say: O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You, and You are the Hidden, so there is nothing beneath You. Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, Splitter of the seed and the date-stone. I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything whose forelock You hold. You are the First, so there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, so there is nothing after You. Settle our debt and free us from poverty."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 967No grade recorded
جَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ وَالرَّحِمَ فَقَدْ أَكَلْنَا الْعِلْهِزَ يَعْنِي الْوَبَرَ وَالدَّمَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ}
✧ Abu Sufyan b. Harb came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad, I adjure you by Allah and the ties of kinship, for we have eaten 'ilhiz—that is, wool and blood." So Allah sent down: {And We had seized them with punishment, but they did not humble themselves before their Lord, nor did they supplicate} [23:76].
Sahih Ibn Hibban 968Sahih
«لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي»
✧ "None of you should ever wish for death due to harm that befalls him. If he must do so, let him say: 'Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 969Sahih
«لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي»
✧ "None of you should ever wish for death due to harm that befalls him, but let him say: 'O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 970Hasan
«دَعَوَاتُ الْمَكْرُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»
✧ "The supplications of the distressed: O Allah, Your mercy I hope for, so do not entrust me to myself for the blink of an eye, and set right all my affairs. There is no god but You."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 971Sahih
«خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يَرْتَادُونَ لِأَهْلِهِمْ فَأَصَابَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَلَجَؤُوا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَفَا الْأَثَرُ وَوَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَكَانَكُمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ
✧ "Three men from among those before you set out seeking provision for their families. Rain overtook them, so they sought refuge in a mountain. A rock fell upon them, blocking their way. Then one of them said to the others, 'The trail has been obliterated and the rock has fallen, and none knows your place except Allah. Call upon Allah by the most trustworthy of your deeds.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 972Sahih
«مَا قَالَ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ هَمٌّ أَوْ حُزْنٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنُورَ بَصَرِي وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ هَمَّهُ وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَ حُزْنِهِ فَرَحًا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟ قَالَ «أَجَلْ يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهُنَّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No servant says when he is afflicted with sorrow or grief: 'O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Quran the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety,' except that Allah will take away his distress and replace it with joy." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn these words?" He said, "Certainly, whoever hears them should learn them."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 973Sahih
«اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah, forgive my people for they do not know."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 974Sahih
«اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ سَهْلًا إِذَا شِئْتَ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: allāhumma lā sahlan illā mā jaʿaltahū sahlan, wa-anta tajʿal al-ḥazna sahlan idhā shiʾta (O Allah, there is no ease except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if You Will.)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 975Sahih
«يُسْتَجَابُ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَعَجَلْ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُسْتَجَبْ لِي»
"One of you is granted an answer (to his supplication) provided he does not say: 'I prayed but I was not granted an answer.'" (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1484)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 976Sahih
«لَا يَزَالُ يُسْتَجَابُ لِلْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَدْعُ بِإِثْمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ مَا لَمْ يَسْتَعْجِلْ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الِاسْتِعْجَالُ؟ قَالَ «يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ قَدْ دَعَوْتُ وَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ فَمَا أَرَاكَ تَسْتَجِيبُ لِي فَيَدَعُ الدُّعَاءَ»
The supplication of the servant is granted in case he does not supplicate for sin or for severing the ties of blood, or he does not become impatient. It was said: Messenger of Allah, what does:" If he does not grow impatient" imply? He said: That he should say like this: I supplicated and I supplicated but I did not find it being responded. and theu he becomes frustrated and abandons supplication. (Using translation from Muslim 2735c)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 977Sahih
«لَا يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَهُ وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ»
✧ "None of you should say: 'O Allah, forgive me if You will,' for He cannot be compelled, but let him be firm in asking."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 978Sahih
«قُصَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ أَبِيتَ فَمَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَثَلَاثًا وَلَا أَلْفِيَنَّكَ تَأْتِي الْقَوْمَ وَهُمْ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ فَتَقْطَعَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَكِنْ إِنِ اسْتَمَعُوا حَدِيثَكَ فَحَدِّثْهُمْ وَاجْتَنِبِ السَّجْعَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَإِنِّي عَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ يَكْرَهُونَ ذَلِكَ»
✧ "Narrate on Friday once; if you refuse, then twice; if you refuse, then three times. And do not let me find you coming to a people while they are in their conversation, cutting it off. Rather, if they listen to your talk, then narrate to them. And avoid rhymed prose in supplication, for I knew the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions to dislike that."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 979Sahih
جَاءَ الطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِيُّ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ دَوْسًا قَدْ عَصَتْ وَأَبَتْ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ دَوْسًا وَائْتِ بِهِمْ»
✧ Al-Tufayl b. 'Amr al-Dawsi came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Daws has disobeyed and refused. Supplicate against them." He ﷺ said: "O Allah, guide Daws and bring them."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 980Sahih
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ دَوْسًا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ فَذَكَرَ رِجَالَهُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ هَلَكَتْ دَوْسٌ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ دَوْسًا»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned Daws, saying, "They have..." Then he mentioned their men and women. The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands, and the man said, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we return. Daws has perished, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!" The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands and said: "O Allah, guide Daws."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْمَقَابِرِ فَأَمَرَنَا فَجَلَسْنَا ثُمَّ تَخَطَّى الْقُبُورَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى قَبْرٍ مِنْهَا فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ فَنَاجَاهُ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَاكِيًا فَبَكَيْنَا لِبُكَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَتَلَقَّاهُ عُمَرُ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَا الَّذِي أَبْكَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَبْكَيْتَنَا وَأَفْزَعْتَنَا؟ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عُمَرَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «أَفْزَعَكُمْ بُكَائِي؟ » قُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُنَاجِي قَبْرُ آمِنَةَ بِنْتِ وَهْبٍ وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي الِاسْتِغْفَارَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لِي فَنَزَلَ عَلَيَّ {مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ} فَأَخَذَنِي مَا يَأْخُذُ الْوَلَدُ لِلْوَالِدِ مِنَ الرِّقَةِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي أَبْكَانِي أَلَا وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُزَهِّدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَتُرَغِّبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day, and we went out with him until we reached the graveyard. He ordered us, and we sat down. Then he stepped over the graves until he came to one of them and sat by it. He spoke privately to it for a long time, then he returned weeping. We wept because of his weeping. Then he turned to us, and 'Umar ؓ met him and said, "What made you weep, O Messenger of Allah? You have made us weep and alarmed us." He took 'Umar's hand, then turned to us and said, "Did my weeping alarm you?" We said, "Yes." He said, "The grave you saw me speaking privately to is the grave of Aminah bt. Wahb. I asked my Lord for permission to seek forgiveness for her, but He did not permit me. So it was sent down to me: {It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists} [9:113]. Then I was seized by the tenderness that a child feels for his parent, and that is what made me weep. Indeed, I had forbidden you from visiting graves, so visit them, for they make one renounce this world and desire the Hereafter."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 982Sahih
لَمَّا حَضَرَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ الْوَفَاةُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَمِّ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْهَدْ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ» قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ أَتَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَزَلِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعْرِضُهَا عَلَيْهِ وَيُعِيدُ لَهُ تِلْكَ الْمَقَالَةَ حَتَّى قَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ آخِرَ مَا كَلَّمَهُمْ هُوَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَأَبَى أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ مَا لَمْ أُنْهَ عَنْكَ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ} وَأُنْزِلَتْ فِي أَبِي طَالِبٍ {إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ}
✧ When death approached Abu Talib, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and found Abu Jahl and 'Abd Allah b. Abi Umayyah b. al-Mughirah with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O uncle, say: There is no god but Allah, and I will testify for you with it before Allah." Abu Jahl and 'Abd Allah b. Abi Umayyah said, "O Abu Talib, will you turn away from the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib?" The Prophet ﷺ kept presenting it to him and repeating those words to him until Abu Talib said, as the last thing he spoke to them, that he was on the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib, and he refused to say: There is no god but Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will surely seek forgiveness for you as long as I am not forbidden from doing so." So Allah sent down: {It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of the Blaze} [9:113]. And concerning Abu Talib was sent down: {Indeed, you do not guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills, and He is most knowing of the guided} [28:56].
Sahih Ibn Hibban 983Sahih
«أَمَا إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَوْ أَنَّهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا ثُمَّ رُزِقَا وَلَدًا لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ»
Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying “If anyone who means to have intercourse with his wife says “In the name of Allaah, O Allaah, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from what You hast provided us.” It will be ordained that no devil will ever harm the child born to them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2161)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 984Sahih
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَسْتَعِينُهُ فِي دَيْنٍ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِي فَقَالَ «آتِيكُمْ» فَقُلْتُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا فَإِيَّاكِ أَنْ تُكَلِّمِيهِ أَوْ تُؤْذِيهِ قَالَ فَأَتَى ﷺ فَذَبَحْتُ لَهُ دَاجِنًا كَانَ لَنَا قَالَ «يَا جَابِرُ كَأَنَّكَ عَلِمْتَ حُبَّنَا اللَّحْمَ؟ » فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلِّ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَزَوْجِي قَالَ فَفَعَلَ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي وَيَخْرُجُ وَلَا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْنَا؟!
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ seeking his help concerning a debt owed by my father. He said, “I will come to you.” I said to my wife, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is coming to us, so be careful not to speak to him or bother him.” He ﷺ came, and I slaughtered a domestic animal we had. He said, “O Jabir, it is as if you knew our love for meat!” When he left, my wife said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, pray for me and my husband.” He did so. Then I said to her, “Did I not tell you?” She replied, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would enter my house and leave without praying for us?!”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 985Hasan sahih
دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا تَغْفِرْ لِأَحَدٍ مَعَنَا قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتَ وَاسِعًا» ثُمَّ وَلَّى الْأَعْرَابِيُّ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَحَّجَ لِيَبُولَ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقِهَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَامَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يُؤَنِّبْنِي وَلَمْ يَسُبَّنِي وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا بُنِيَ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدُ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يُبَالُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَفْرَغَهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ A Bedouin entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting, and said, “O Allah, forgive me and Muhammad, but do not forgive anyone else with us.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed and said, “You have restricted something vast.” Then the Bedouin went away until he was at a corner of the mosque, and he spread his legs to urinate. The Bedouin said, after he had learned about Islam: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and did not scold me or insult me. He said, 'This mosque was built for the remembrance of Allah and for prayer, and it should not be urinated in.' Then he called for a bucket of water and poured it over the urine.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 986No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَحْدَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ حَجَبْتَهَا عَنْ نَاسٍ كَثِيرٍ»
✧ A man said, “O Allah, forgive me and Muhammad alone.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You have veiled it from many people.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 987Sahih
قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي وَارْحَمْ مُحَمَّدًا وَلَا تَرْحَمْ مَعَنَا أَحَدًا؛ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ «لَقَدْ تَحَجَّرْتَ وَاسِعًا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ stood for prayer and we stood with him. A Bedouin said during the prayer, “O Allah, have mercy on me and Muhammad, and do not have mercy on anyone else with us.” When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished praying, he said to the Bedouin, “You have restricted something vast.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 988Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ «رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُوسَى لَوْ صَبَرَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ لَرَأَى الْعَجَبَ الْأَعَاجِيبَ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ {إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنِي}
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned any of the prophets, he began with himself. One day he said, “May Allah's mercy be upon us and upon Musa. Had he been patient with his companion, he would have seen wonders beyond wonders. But he said, 'If I ask you about anything after this, do not accompany me.'”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 989Sahih
«مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو لِأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ إِلَّا قَالَ الْمَلَكُ وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ»
✧ “There is no Muslim who supplicates for his brother in his absence except that the angel says, 'And for you the like.' And for you the like.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 990Sahih
دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَأَتَتْهُ بِتَمْرٍ وَسَمْنٍ فَقَالَ «أَعِيدُوا سَمْنَكُمْ فِي سِقَائِهِ وَتَمْرَكُمْ فِي وِعَائِهِ فَإِنِّي صَائِمٌ» فَصَلَّى صَلَاةً غَيْرَ مَكْتُوبَةٍ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ فَدَعَا لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي خُوَيْصَةً قَالَ «مَا هِيَ يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ» قَالَتْ خَادِمُكَ أَنَسٌ فَدَعَا لِي بِخَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا وَبَارِكْ لَهُ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي مِنْ أَكْثَرِ النَّاسِ وَلَدًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Umm Sulaym, and she brought him dates and ghee. He said, “Return your ghee to its skin and your dates to their container, for I am fasting.” Then he prayed a non-obligatory prayer, and we prayed with him. He supplicated for Umm Sulaym and her household. Umm Sulaym said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have a special request.” He said, “What is it, O Umm Sulaym?” She said, “Your servant Anas.” So he supplicated for me for the good of this world and the Hereafter, and said, “O Allah, provide him with wealth and children, and bless him.” Anas said, “And I am among the people with the most children.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 991Hasan
شَكَا النَّاسُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَحْطَ الْمَطَرِ فَأَمَرَ بِالْمِنْبَرِ فَوُضِعَ لَهُ فِي الْمُصَلَّى وَوَعَدَ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا يَخْرُجُونَ فِيهِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ بَدَا حَاجِبُ الشَّمْسِ فَقَعَدَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ شَكَوْتُمْ جَدْبَ جِنَانِكُمْ وَاحْتِبَاسَ الْمَطَرِ عَنْ إِبَّانِ زَمَانِهِ عَنْكُمْ وَقَدْ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَدَعُوهُ وَوَعَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لَكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَنَحْنُ الْفُقَرَاءُ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا الْغَيْثَ وَاجْعَلْ مَا أَنْزَلْتَ لَنَا قُوَّةً وَبَلَاغًا إِلَى حِينٍ» ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَوَّلَ إِلَى النَّاسِ ظَهْرَهُ وَقَلَبَ أَوْ حَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَهُوَ رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَنَزَلَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَنْشَأَ اللَّهُ سَحَابًا فَرَعَدَتْ وَأَبْرَقَتْ وَأَمْطَرَتْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ حَتَّى سَالَتِ السُّيُولُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَثَقَ الثِّيَابِ عَلَى النَّاسِ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ وَقَالَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ»
✧ The people complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the drought. He ordered a pulpit to be placed for him in the prayer area, and he promised the people a day to go out. Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out when the edge of the sun appeared and sat on the pulpit. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, “You have complained about the barrenness of your gardens and the withholding of rain from its usual time. Allah has commanded you to supplicate to Him and promised to answer you.” Then he said, “Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. There is no god but You; You do what You will. O Allah, You are Allah; there is no god but You. You are the Self-Sufficient, and we are the poor. Send down rain upon us, and make what You send down strength and provision for us for a time.” Then he raised his hands ﷺ until we saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he turned his back to the people and reversed his cloak while still raising his hands. Then he faced the people, descended, and prayed two rak'ahs. Allah caused clouds to form, and they thundered and flashed with lightning, and it rained by Allah's permission. He did not stay long in his mosque until the torrents flowed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the people's clothes soaking wet, he laughed until his molars showed, and said, “I bear witness that Allah has power over all things, and that I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 992Sahih
دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ بَابٍ كَأَنَّ رَجَاءَهُ الْمِنْبَرُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ قَائِمًا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتِ الْمَوَاشِي وَانْقَطَعَتِ السُّبُلُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لِيُغِيثُنَا فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا» قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ سَحَابَةً وَلَا قَزَعَةً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ سَلْعٍ مِنْ بَيْتٍ وَلَا دَارٍ فَطَلَعَتْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ سَحَابَةٌ مِثْلُ تُرْسٍ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَتِ السَّمَاءَ انْتَشَرَتْ ثُمَّ أَمْطَرَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا الشَّمْسَ سِتًّا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْبَابِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ وَانْقَطَعَتِ السُّبُلُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكُفَّهَا عَنَّا فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الْآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ» قَالَ فَأَقْلَعَتْ وَخَرَجَ ﷺ يَمْشِي فِي الشَّمْسِ فَسَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا أَهُوَ الرَّجُلُ الْأَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي
✧ A man entered the mosque on Friday through a door facing the pulpit while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering the sermon. He stood facing him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, the livestock have perished and the roads are cut off. Supplicate to Allah to send us rain.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hand and said, “O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain.” Anas said, “By Allah, we saw no cloud in the sky, not even a small patch, between us and Sal' mountain, no house or dwelling. Then a cloud like a shield appeared from behind it. When it reached the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained. By Allah, we did not see the sun for six days.” Then on the following Friday, a man entered through the same door while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering the sermon. He stood facing him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, the wealth has been destroyed and the roads are cut off. Supplicate to Allah to hold it back from us.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands and said, “O Allah, around us and not upon us. O Allah, upon the hills, the rocky outcrops, the valleys, and the places where trees grow.” Anas said, “Then it stopped, and he ﷺ went out walking in the sunshine.” I asked Anas, “Was it the same man as the first time?” He said, “I do not know.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 993Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْمَطَرَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا هَنِيًّا»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw rain, he would say, “O Allah, make it a beneficial downpour.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 994Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْغَيْثَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا أَوْ سَيِّبًا نَافِعًا»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw rain, he would say, “O Allah, make it a beneficial downpour.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 995No grade recorded
«لَيْسَتِ السَّنَةُ بِأَنْ لَا تُمْطَرُوا وَلَكِنِ السَّنَةُ أَنْ تُمْطَرُوا وَأَنْ تُمْطَرُوا وَلَا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ شَيْئًا»
✧ “The year of drought is not that you are not given rain, but the year of drought is that you are given rain and are given rain, but the earth does not grow anything.”
كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا التَّشَهُّدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَيُعَلِّمُنَا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يُعَلِّمُنَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا التَّشَهُّدَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَجَنِّبْنَا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهْرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطْنَ اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنَا فِي أَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَأَزْوَاجِنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا شَاكِرِينَ لِنِعْمَتِكَ مُثْنِينَ بِهَا عَلَيْكَ قَابِلِينَ بِهَا فَأَتْمِمْهَا عَلَيْنَا»
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to teach us the tashahhud in prayer as he used to teach us a surah from the Quran, and he would teach us what he would not teach us as he taught us the tashahhud: “O Allah, unite our hearts, reconcile our differences, guide us to the paths of peace, deliver us from darkness to light, and keep us away from immoralities, both apparent and hidden. O Allah, protect us in our hearing, our sight, and our spouses, and make us grateful for Your blessing, praising You for it, accepting it, so complete it upon us.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 997Sahih
«إِنَّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ لَمَّةً وَلِلْمَلَكِ لَمَّةً فَأَمَّا لَمَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِيعَادٌ بِالشَّرِّ وَتَكْذِيبٌ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَمَّا لَمَّةُ الْمَلَكِ فَإِيعَادٌ بِالْخَيْرِ وَتَصْدِيقٌ بِالْحَقِّ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَمَنْ وَجَدَ الْأُخْرَى فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ} الْآيَةَ
✧ “Indeed Satan has a touch and the angel has a touch. As for Satan’s touch, it is threatening evil and denying the truth. As for the angel’s touch, it is promising good and affirming the truth. Whoever finds that should praise Allah, and whoever finds the other should seek refuge from Satan.” Then he recited: {Satan threatens you with poverty} (the verse).
Sahih Ibn Hibban 998Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ وَاذْكُرْ بِالتَّسْدِيدِ تَسْدِيدَ السَّهْمِ» «وَنَهَانِي نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ وَعَنِ الْخَاتَمِ فِي السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, I ask You for guidance and right direction. By guidance, I mean Your guiding me to the right path; by right direction, I mean the straightness of an arrow.” And the Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing qassi (silk clothes), from using saddle cushions, and from wearing a ring on the index or middle finger.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 904Sahih
«مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرَ صَلَوَاتٍ وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ عَشْرَ خَطِيئَاتٍ»
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever sends salah upon me once, Allah (SWT) will send salah upon him tenfold, and will erase ten sins from him, and will raise him ten degrees in status." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1297)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 1000No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي حَائِطٍ لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ فَحَادَتْ بِهِ بَغْلَتُهُ فَإِذَا فِي الْحَائِطِ أَقْبُرٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَعْرِفُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَقْبُرَ؟ » فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «مَا هُمْ؟ » قَالَ مَاتُوا فِي الشِّرْكِ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكُمْ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ تُبْتَلَى فِي قُبُورِهَا» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ While we were in a garden belonging to Banu al-Najjar with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he was on a mule, his mule shied, and there were graves in the garden. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Who knows these graves?” A man said: “I do, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “What are they?” He said: “They died in polytheism.” He said: “Were it not that you would not bury your dead, I would have prayed to Allah to make you hear the punishment of the grave that I hear. This nation will be tested in their graves.” Then he turned to us and said: “Seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Fire and the punishment of the grave, and seek refuge in Allah from trials, both apparent and hidden, and seek refuge in Allah from the trial of the Dajjal.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 1001No grade recorded
«سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seeking refuge in Allah from the punishment of the grave.”
مَا صَلَّى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعًا أَوِ اثْنَتَيْنِ إِلَّا سَمِعْتُهُ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَسُوءِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ»
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ did not pray four rak'ahs or two except that I heard him supplicating: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire and from the punishment of the grave, and from the trial of the chest and the evil of life and death.”
«تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَنْ تَظْلِمَ أَوْ تُظْلَمَ»
✧ “Seek refuge in Allah from poverty, humiliation, and from wronging or being wronged.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ كَمَا تُعَلَّمُ الْكِتَابَةُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us these words as writing is taught: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice, and I seek refuge in You from being returned to the worst age, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of this world and the punishment of the grave.”
«إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ أَصْوَاتَ الدِّيَكَةِ فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ مَلَكًا فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ وَارْغَبُوا إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نُهَاقَ الْحَمِيرِ فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ شَيْطَانًا فَاسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا رَأَتْ»
✧ “When you hear the crowing of roosters, they have seen an angel, so ask Allah and desire from Him. When you hear the braying of donkeys, they have seen a devil, so seek refuge in Allah from the evil of what they saw.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى فِي السَّمَاءِ غُبَارًا أَوْ رِيحًا تَعَوَّذَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهِ فَإِذَا أَمْطَرَتْ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw dust or wind in the sky, he would seek refuge in Allah from its evil. When it rained, he would say: “O Allah, make it a beneficial downpour.”
«الرِّيحُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللَّهِ تَأْتِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَتَأْتِي بِالْعَذَابِ فَلَا تَسُبُّوهَا وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ خَيْرَهَا وَاسْتَعِيذُوا مِنْ شَرِّهَا»
✧ “The wind is from the mercy of Allah. It brings mercy and it brings punishment, so do not curse it. Ask Allah for its good and seek refuge from its evil.”
كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَدَّتِ الرِّيحُ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ لَقْحًا لَا عَقِيمًا»
✧ When the wind intensified, he would say, “O Allah, (make it) a fertilizing (wind), not a barren (one).”
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَشَرِّ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ He used to say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, old age, miserliness, cowardice, the punishment of the grave, and the evil of the false messiah (al-Masīḥ al-Dajjāl).”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 1010No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ He used to supplicate, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, incapacity, miserliness, the trial of the false messiah, and the punishment of the grave.”
كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ «أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَبَغْيِ الرِّجَالِ»
✧ He used to supplicate with these words: “I seek refuge in Allah from being returned to the worst part of life (aradhal al-ʿumur), and I seek refuge in Allah from miserliness and cowardice, and I seek refuge in Allah from the trial of the chest and the oppression of men.”
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعَوِّذُ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا «أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ ﷺ «كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يُعَوِّذُ بِهِ ابْنَيْهِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to seek protection for Ḥasan and Ḥusayn: “I seek protection for you both with the complete words of Allah, from every devil and harmful creature, and from every evil eye.” Then he ﷺ would say, “Ibrāhīm — may Allah’s blessings be upon him — used to seek protection with these words for his two sons Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَوِّذُ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا «أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ» وَكَانَ يَقُولُ ﷺ «كَانَ أَبُوكُمَا يُعَوِّذُ بِهِمَا إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to seek protection for Ḥasan and Ḥusayn: “I seek protection for you both with the complete words of Allah, from every devil and harmful creature, and from every evil eye.” And he ﷺ used to say, “Your forefather (Ibrāhīm) used to seek protection with them for Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 1014No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ الْجَنَّةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَّا قَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا اسْتَجَارَ مُسْلِمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَّا قَالَتِ النَّارُ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “No Muslim man asks Allah for Paradise three times except that Paradise says, ‘O Allah, admit him to Paradise.’ And no Muslim seeks refuge from the Fire three times except that the Fire says, ‘O Allah, grant him refuge from me.’”
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ»
✧ “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a soul that is not satisfied, and I seek refuge in You from a prayer that does not benefit, and I seek refuge in You from a supplication that is not heard, and I seek refuge in You from a heart that does not humble itself.”
«كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلَاءِ وَدَرْكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ»
✧ “He used to seek refuge from the hardship of affliction, the attainment of misery, an evil decree, and the gloating of enemies.”
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَسَيِّئِ الْأَسْقَامِ»
✧ He used to say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from leprosy, madness, and severe diseases.”
كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَشَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ He used to seek refuge from the evil of life and death, the punishment of the grave, and the evil of the trial of the false messiah (al-Masīḥ al-Dajjāl).
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Fire, and from the evil of the trial of life and death.”
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ عَقْرَبٍ لَدَغَتْنِي الْبَارِحَةَ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ»
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what I suffered from a scorpion that stung me last night!' He said, 'If you had said when evening came: Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created), it would not have harmed you.'
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ « «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If you had said when evening came: Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created), it would not have harmed you, if Allah wills.'
«مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُمْسِي أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ تَضُرَّهُ حَيَّةٌ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ» قَالَ وَكَانَ إِذَا لُدِغَ إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ قَالَ أَمَا قَالَ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟!
✧ 'Whoever says when evening comes: Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created) three times, no snake will harm him until morning.' He said: When one of his family was stung, he would say: Did he not say the words?!
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْقَسْوَةِ وَالْغَفْلَةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَالْمَسْكَنَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْكُفْرِ وَالشِّرْكِ وَالنِّفَاقِ وَالسُّمْعَةِ وَالرِّيَاءِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الصَّمَمِ وَالْبَكَمِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْبَرَصِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَسَيِّيءِ الْأَسْقَامِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate saying: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, miserliness, senility, hardness of heart, heedlessness, humiliation, and poverty. And I seek refuge in You from poverty, disbelief, associating partners with You, hypocrisy, seeking reputation, and showing off. And I seek refuge in You from deafness, dumbness, insanity, leprosy, and evil diseases.'
حَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ حَجَّتَيْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا الَّتِي أُصِيبَ فِيهَا وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بِجَمْعٍ أَلَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ خَمْسٍ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْعُمُرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
"I went for Hajj with 'Umar, and in Muzdalifah, I heard him say that the Prophet [SAW] used to seek refuge from five things: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wa a'udhu bika min su'il-'umuri, wa a'udhu bika min fitnatis-sadri, wa a'udhu bika min 'adhabil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from miserliness and cowardice, and I seek refuge with You from reaching the age of second childhood, and I seek refuge in You from the ills of the heart, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5497)
«أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالدَّيْنِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يُعْدَلُ الدَّيْنُ بِالْكُفْرِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»
✧ 'I seek refuge in Allah from disbelief and debt.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, is debt equated with disbelief?' He said: 'Yes.'
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَيَعْتَدِلَانِ؟ قَالَ ﷺ «نَعَمْ»
✧ He used to say: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, are they equal?' He ﷺ said: 'Yes.'
كَانَ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَظُلْمَنَا وَهَزْلَنَا وَجِدَّنَا وَعَمْدَنَا وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَنَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْعِبَادِ وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ»
✧ He used to supplicate: 'O Allah, forgive us our sins, our wrongdoing, our jesting and our seriousness, our intentional acts, and all of that is with us. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being overcome by debt, from being overcome by enemies, and from the gloating of enemies.'
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief, poverty, and the punishment of the grave.'
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ»
✧ Among the supplications of the Prophet ﷺ was: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from hunger, for it is an evil bedfellow, and I seek refuge in You from treachery, for it is an evil inner companion.'
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْفَاقَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ»
The Prophet ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from poverty", lack and abasement, and I seek refuge in Thee lest I cause or suffer wrong." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1544)
سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ عَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو قَالَتْ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ»
✧ I asked the Mother of the Believers ʿĀʾishah about what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate. She said: He used to say: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done.'
سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ قُلْتُ حَدِّثِينِي بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهِ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَقُولُ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ»
✧ I asked ʿĀʾishah: 'Tell me something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate with.' She said: He used to say ﷺ: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done.'
كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَارِ السُّوءِ فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ فَإِنَّ جَارَ الْبَادِي يَتَحَوَّلُ»
✧ He used to say: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from an evil neighbor in the abode of permanence, for the neighbor in the desert moves away.'
«مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ مِنَ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتِ النَّارُ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ 'Whoever asks Allah for Paradise three times, Paradise says: O Allah, admit him to Paradise. And whoever seeks refuge from the Fire three times, the Fire says: O Allah, protect him from the Fire.'
«مَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ أَوْ لَيْلَتِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ Whoever says: O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I abide by Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favor upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You. Then he dies that day or night, he will enter Paradise.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا لُدِغَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ مَا ضَرَّكَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, if you were to say, when you enter the evening, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, [then] nothing would harm you.'"
Sahih Ibn Hibban 999Sahih
كَانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُهُمُ السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ He used to teach them this supplication as he taught them a surah from the Quran: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of life and death, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the false messiah, the Dajjal.”