An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Translation
of Imam An-Nawawi's Book
This is the book of the Islamic scholar
Yahia bin Sharaful-Deen An-Nawawi ( ). The book is now known
as "An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths". This is a popular small book
in which the author gathered forty two of the sayings of prophet
Muhammed salla Allah u alihi wa sallam. You could either
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Introduction
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Eternal Guardian of the heavens and the earths, Disposer of
all created beings, Despatcher of Messengers (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon them all) who were sent to those
they have been entrusted to guide and to reveal the religious
laws to, with positive signs and clear-cut proofs. I praise
Him for His favours and ask Him to increase His grace and generosity.
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, He having
no associate, the One, the Subduer, the Generous, the Pardoner,
and I bear witness that our master Muhammed is His servant and
His messenger, His dear one and His beloved, the best of created
beings, who was honoured with the precious Quran, the enduring
miracle through the passing of the years, and with the sunnahs
that enlighten spiritual guides; our master Muhammed, singled
out for pithiness of speech and tolerance in religion may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, upon the rest of the
prophets and messengers, and upon all their families and upon
the rest of godly persons. To proceed: It has been transmitted
to us on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, Abdullah bin Masud,
Muadh bin Jabal, Abu Al-Darda, Ibn Omar, Ibn Abbas, Anas bin
Malik, Abu Hurairah and Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased
with them all, through many chains of authorities and in various
versions, that the messenger of Allah said: "Whosoever memorises
and preserves for my people forty hadith relating to their religion,
Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment in the company
of jurists and religious scholars ". In another version it reads:
"Allah will resurrect him as a jurist and religious scholar
". In the version of Abu Al-Darda it reads: "On the Day of Judgment
I shall be an intercessor and a witness for him". In the version
of Ibn Masud it reads: "It will be said to him: Enter by whichever
of the doors of Paradise you wish ". In the version of Ibn Omar
it reads: " He will be written down in the company of the religious
scholars and will be resurrected in the company of the martyrs
". Scholars of hadith are agreed that it is a weak hadith despite
its many lines of transmission. The religious scholars, may
Allah be pleased with them, have composed innumerable works
in this field. The first one I knew of who did so was Abdullah
bin Al-Mubarak, followed by Ibn Aslam Al-Tusi, the godly scholar,
then Al-Hasan bin Sufiyan Al-Nasai, Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri, Abu-Bakr
Mubammad bin Ibrahim Al-Asfihani, Al-Daraqutni, Al-Hakim, Abu
Nuaim, Abu Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulami, Abu Saeed Al-Malini, Abu
Uthman Al-Saboni, Abdullah bin Muhammed Al-Ansari, Abu Bakr
Al-Baihaqi, and countless others, both ancient and modern. I
have asked Allah Almightly for guidance in bringing together
forty hadith in emulation af those eminant religious leaders
and guardians of Islam. Religious scholars are agreed it is
permissible to put into practice a weak hadith if virtuous deeds
are concerned; despite this, I do not rely on this hadith but
on his having said the [ following ] sound hadith: "Let him
who was a witness among you inform him who was absent",
and on his having said : "May Allah make radiant [the face
of] someone who has heard what I have said, has learnt it by
heart and has transmitted it as he heard it". Furthermore,
there were some religious scholars who brought together forty
hadiths on the basic rules of religion, on subsidiary matters,
or on jihad, while others did so on asceticism, on rules of
conduct or on sermons. All these are godly aims-may Allah be
pleased with those who pursued them. I, however, considered
it best to bring together forty hadith more important than all
of these, being forty hadith which would incolporate all of
these, each hadith being one of the great precepts of religion,
described by religious scholars as being "the axis of Islam
" or "the half of Islam" or "the third of it ", or the like,
and to make it a rule that these forty hadith be [classified
as] sound and that the majority of them be in the sahihs of
Al-Bukhari and Muslim. I give them without the chains of authorities
so as to make it easier to memorise them and to make them of
wider benefit if Allah Almighty wills, and I append to them
a section explaining abstruse expressions.(Note here) every
person wishing to attain the Hereafter should know these hadith
because of the important matters they contain and the directions
they give in respect of all forms of obedience, this being obvious
to anyone who has reflected upon it. On Allah do I rely and
depend and to Him do I entrust myself; to Him be praise and
grace, and with Him is success and immunity [to errors].
Hadith # 1
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said : I heared
the messenger of Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam
say :
"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that
which he intended. Thus he whose migration was for Allah and
His messenger, his migration was for Allah and His messenger,
and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or
to take some woman in marriage, his migration was for that for
which he migrated." related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 2
Also on the authority of Omar, who said : One day while we were
sitting with the messenger of Allah there appeared before us
a man whose clothes were exceedingly white and whose hair was
exceedingly black; no signs of journeying were to be seen on
him and none of us knew him. He walked up and sat down by the
prophet. Resting his knees against his and placing the palms
of his hands on his thighs, he said:"O Muhammed, tell me about
Islam". The messenger of Allah said: "Islam is to testify that
there is no god but Allah and Muhammed is the messenger of Allah,
to perform the prayers, to pay the zakat, to fast in Ramadhan,
and to make the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to do
so." He said:"You have spoken rightly", and we were amazed at
him asking him and saying that he had spoken rightly. He said:
"Then tell me about eman."He said:"It is to believe in
Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day,
and to believe in divine destiny, both the good and the evil
thereof." He said:"You have spoken rightly". He said: " Then
tell me about ehsan." He said: "It is to worship Allah
as though you are seeing Him, and while you see Him not yet
truly He sees you". He said: "Then tell me about the Hour".
He said: "The one questioned about it knows no better than the
questioner." He said: "Then tell me about its signs." He said:
"That the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and that
you will see the barefooted, naked, destitute herdsman competing
in constructing lofty buildings." Then he took himself off and
I stayed for a time. Then he said: "O Omar, do you know who
the questioner was?" I said: "Allah and His messenger know best".
He said: "He was Jebreel (Gabriel), who came to you to teach
you your religion."
p narrated by Muslim
Hadith # 3
On the authority of Ibn Omar, the son of Omar bin Al-Khattab,
may Allah be pleased with both, who said : I heared the messenger
of Allah say :
"Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there
is no god but Allah and that Muhammed is the messenger of Allah,
performing the prayers, paying the zakat, making the pilgrimage
to the House, and fasting in Ramadan."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 4
On the authority of Abdullah bin Masud, who said : the messenger
of Allah, and he is the truthful, the believed narrated to us
:
p "Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together
in his mother's belly for forty days in the form of seed, then
he is a clot of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh
for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows
the breath of life into him and who is commanded about four
matters: to write down his means of livelihood, his life span,
his actions, and whether happy or unhappy. By Allah, other than
Whom there is no god, verily one of you behaves like the people
of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between him and
it, and that which has been written over takes him and so he
behaves like the people of Hell-fire and thus he enters it;
and one of you behaves like the people of Hell-fire until there
is but an arm's length between him and it, and that which has
been written over takes him and so he behaves like the people
of Paradise and thus he enters it."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 5
On the authority of Aishah, who said : The messenger of Allah
said:
p "He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is
not of it will have it rejected."
p narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
And in one version by Muslim it reads :
p "He who does an act which our matter is not [in agreement]
with will have it rejected."
Hadith # 6
On the authority of Al-Numan bin Basheer, who said : I heared
the messenger of Allah say :
"That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is
plain and between the two of them are doubtful matters about
which not many people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters
clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor, but
he who falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is
unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary,
all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and
truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body
there is a morsel of flesh which, if it be whole, all the body
is whole and which, if it be diseased, all of it is diseased.
Truly it is the heart."
p narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 7
On the authority of Tamim Al-Dari that the prophet said:
p "Religion is sincerity". We said: "To whom?" He said: "To
Allah and His Book, and His messenger, and to the leaders of
the Muslims and their common folk".
p narrated by Muslim
Hadith # 8
Abdullah bin Omar narrated that the messenger of Allah said:
p "I have been ordered to fight against people until they testify
that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammed is the messenger
of Allah and until they perform the prayers and pay the zakat,
and if they do so they will have gained protection from me for
their lives and property, unless [they do acts that are punishable]
in accordance with Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah
the Almighty."
related by Bukhari and Muslim.
Hadith # 9
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : I heared the messenger
of Allah say :
"What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you
[to do], do as much of it as you can. It was only their excessive
questioning and their disagreeing with their prophets that destroyed
those who were before you."
p related bu Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 10
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the messenger of
Allah said :
p "Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is
good. Allah has commanded the faithful to do that which he commanded
the messengers, and the Almighty has said: "O ye messengers
! Eat of the good things and do right". And Allah the Almighty
has said : "O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith
We have provided you"
Then he mentioned [the case of] a man who, having journeyed
far, is dishevelled and dusty and who spreads out his hands
to the sky [saying] : "O Lord! O Lord!" - while his food is
unlawful, his drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful, and he
is nourished unlawfully, so how can he be answered !"
p related by Muslim
Hadith # 11
On the authority of Al-Hasan bin Ali, the grandson of the messenger
of Allah, who said : I memorized from the messenger of Allah
his saying : "Leave that which makes you doubt for that which
does not make you doubt."
p narrated by Termithi and Nasaee, and Tirmithi said it is true
and fine hadith.
Hadith # 12
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : The messenger of
Allah said :
"Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his leaving alone
that which does not concern him."
p fine hadith narrated by Termithi and others
Hadith # 13
On the authority of Anas bin Malik, the servant of the messenger
of Allah, that the prophet said :
"None of you [truely] believes until he wishes for his brother
what he wishes for himself."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 14
Abdullah bin Masud narrated that the messenger of Allah said
:
"The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in
one of three [instances] : the married person who commits adultery;
a life for a life; and one who forsakes his religion and abandons
the community."
p it was related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 15
Abu Hurairah narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
"Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak
good or keep silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the
Last Day be generous to his neighbour, and let him who believes
in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hadith # 16
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : a man said to the
prophet : "Counsel me". He said : " Do not become angry". The
man repeated [his request] several times, and he said: "Do not
become angry ".
p narrated by Bukhari
Hadith # 17
Abu Yaala Shaddad bin Aws said that the messenger of Allah said
:
"Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency in all things. Thus,
if you kill, kill well; and if you slaughter, slaughter well.
Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering
to the animal he slaughters."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 18
On the authority of Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah, and Muadh bin
Jabal that the messenger of Allah said :
"Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with
a good one and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards
people."
p Tirmithi narrated the hadith and said it was fine, and in
another version, said ture and fine
Hadith # 19
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, who said : One day I
was behind the prophet and he said to me: "Young man, I shall
teach you some words [of advice] : Be mindful of Allah, and
Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find
Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help,
seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together
to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with
something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that
if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would
harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for
you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried."
p narrated by Termithi, who said it is true and fine hadith
In a version other than that of Tirmithi it reads:
p "..Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. Get
to know Allah in prosperity and He will know you in adversity.
Know that what has passed you by was not going to befall you;
and that what has befallen you was not going to pass you by.
And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction,
and ease with hardship."
Hadith # 20
Uqbah bin Amre Al-Ansari narrated that the messenger of Allah
said :
p "Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy are
: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish."
p It was related by Bukhari.
Hadith # 21
On authority of Sufian bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with
him said:
p I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam
which I can ask of no one but you". He said:" Say:'I believe
in Allah', and thereafter be upright."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 21
Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Ansari narrated that :
p A man asked the messenger of Allah :
"Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast
in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is lawful and treat as
forbidden that which is forbidden, and do nothing further, I
shall enter Paradise ?"
He said: "Yes."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 22
On the authority of Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ashari said
that the messenger of Allah said:
"Purity is half of faith. alhamdu-lillah [Praise be to
Allah] fills the scales, and subhana-Allah [How far is
Allah from every imperfection] and alhamdu-lillah [Praise
be to Allah] fill that which is between heaven and earth. Prayer
is light; charity is a proof; patience is illumination; and
the Quran is an argument for or against you. Everyone starts
his day and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing
about its ruin."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 23
On the authority of Abu Dharr Al-Ghafari, of the prophet is
that among the sayings he relates from his Lord is that He said:p "O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have
made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.
O My servants, all of you are astray except for those I have
guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you. O My servants,
all of you are hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food
of Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked
except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and
I shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day,
and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall
forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so
as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to
benefit Me. O my servants, were the first of you and the last
of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to become as pious
as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not
increase My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first
of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of
you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man
of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human
of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make
a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested,
that would not decrease what I have, any more than a needle
decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your
deeds that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for,
so let him who finds good praise Allah, and let him who finds
other than that blame no one but himself."p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 24
On the authority of Abu Dharr :
p Some of the companions of the messenger of Allah said :" O
Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made of with the rewards,
they pray as we pray they fast as we fast, and they give away
in charity the superfluity of their wealth." He said:" Has not
Allah made things for you to give away in charity ? every tasbihah
is a charity, every takbirah is a charity, every tahmidah is
a charity, and every tahlilah is a charity, to enjoin a good
action is a charity, to forbid an evil action is a charity,
and in the sexual act of each of you there is a charity." They
said: "O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfils his sexual
desire will he have some reward for that?" He said: "Do you
not think that were he to act upon it unlawfully he would be
sinning ? Likewise, if he has acted upon it lawfully he will
have a reward."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 25
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The messenger of
Allah said :
p "Each person's every joint must perform a charity every day
the sun comes up : to act justly between two people is a charity;
to help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoistingd
up his belongings onto it is a charity: a good word is a charity,
every step you take to prayers is a charity and removing a harmful
thing from the road is a charity."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim.
Hadith # 26
On the authority of Al-Nawwas bin Samaan, that the prophet said:
p "Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which
wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out
about."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 27
And on the authority of Wabisa bin Mabad, may Allah be pleased
with him, who said:
p I came to the messenger of Allah and he said: "You have come
to ask about righteousness ?" . I said:" Yes." He said: "Consult
your heart. Righteousness is that about which the soul feels
tranquil and the heart feels tranquil, and wrongdoing is that
which wavers in the soul and moves to and from in the breast
even though people again and again have given you their legal
opinion [in its favor]."
p a good hadith transmetted from the Musnads of the two Imams,
Ahmed bin Hanbal and Al-Darimi, with a good chain of authorities.
Hadith # 28
On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Erbadh bin Sariah, who said
:
p The messenger of Allah gave us a sermon by which our hearts
were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: "O
Messenger of Allah, it is as though this is a farewell sermon,
so councel us." He said: "I councel you to fear Allah and to
give absolute obedience even if a slave becomes your leader.
Verily he among you who lives [long] will see great controversy,
so you must keep to my sunnah and to the sunnah of the rightly-guided
Khalifahs - cling to them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented
matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every
innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in Hell-fire."
p related by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was
a fine and true Hadith.
Hadith # 29
On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal, who said:
p I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will
take me into Paradise and will keep me away from Hell fire."
He said: "You have asked me about a major matter, yet it is
easy for him for whom Allah Almighty makes it easy. You should
worship Allah, associating nothing with Him, you should perform
the prayers, you should pay the zakat, you should fast in Ramadan,
and you should make the pilgrimage to the House." Then he said:"
Shall I not show you the gates of goodness ? Fasting [which]
is a shield, charity [which] extigueshes sin as water extebgueshes
fire; and the praying of a man in the deapth of night." Then
he recited : "Who forsake their beds to cry unto their
Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on
them. No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a
reward for what they used to do". (quran, verse) Then
he said: " Shall I not tell you of the peak of the matter, its
pillar, and its topmost part?" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of
Allah." He said: "The peak of the matter is Islam; the pillar
is prayer; and its topmost part is jihad." Then he said: "Shall
I not tell you of the controling of all that ?" I said:"Yes,
O Messenger of Allah", and he took hold of his tongue and said:
"Restrain this." I said: "O Prophet of Allah, will what we say
be held against us ?" He said: "May your mother be bereaved
of you, Muadh ! Is there anything that topples people on their
faces - or he said on their noses into Hell-fire other than
the jests of their tongues ?"
p related by Al-Tirmithi, who said it was a fine and true hadlth.
Hadith # 30
On the authority of Jurthum bin Nashir that the messenger of
Allah said :
p "Allah the Almighty has laid down religious duties, so do
not neglict them. He has set boundaries, so do not over step
them. He has prohibited some things, so do not violate them;
about some things He was silent-out of compassion for you, not
forgetfulness, so seek not after them."
p a fine hadith related by Al-Daraqutni and others.
Hadith # 31
On the authority of Sahl bin Saad Al-Saedi, who said :
p A man came to the prophet and said: "O Messenger of Allah,
direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to
love me and people to love me." He said: "Renounce the world
and Allah will love you, and renounce what people possess and
people will love you."
p a fine Hadith related by Ibn Majah and others with good chains
of authorities.
Hadith # 32
On the authority of Saad bin Malik Al-Khudari, that the messenger
of Allah said :
p "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."
p a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni and others
Hadith # 33
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah said:
p "Were people to be given in accordance with their claim, men
would claim the fortunes and lives of [other] people, but the
onus of proof is on the claimant, and the taking of an oath
is incumbent upon him who denies."
p a fine hadith related by Al-Baihaqi and others
Hadith # 34
On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khurdari, who said: I heard
the messenger of Allah say:
p "Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with
his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue;
and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart; and that
is the weakest of faith."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 35
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the messenger of
Allah said :
p "Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another;
do not hate one another; do not turn away from one another;
and do not undercut one another, but be you, O servants of Allah,
brothers. A muslim is the brother of a muslim: he neither oppresses
him nor does he fail him, he neither lies to him nor does he
hold him in contempt. Piety is right here-and he pointed to
his breast three times. It is evil enough for a man to hold
his brother muslim in contempt. The whole of a muslim for another
muslim is inviolable: his blood, his property, and his honor."
p related by Muslim.
Hadith # 36
On the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said:
p "Whosoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah
will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Judgment.
Whosoever alleviates [the lot of] a needy person, Allah will
alleviate [his lot] in this world and the next. Whosoever shields
a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the next.
Allah will aid a servant [of His] so long as the servant aids
his brother. Whosoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein,
Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather
together in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of
Allah and studying it among themselves, without tranquility
descending upon them, mercy enveloping them, the angels surrounding
them, and Allah making mention of them amongst those who are
with Him. Whosoever is slowed down by his actions will not be
hastened forward by his lineage."
p related by Muslim in these words.
Hadith # 37
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of Allah, among
the sayings he relates from his Lord is :
p "Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones."
Then he explained it [by saying that] :" He who has intended
a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done
it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds
to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he has intended
a bad deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done
it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed."
p related by Bukhari and Muslim in their two salihs
Hadith # 38
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: the messenger of
Allah said:
p Allah the Almighty has said: "Who soever shows enmity to a
friend of Mine, I shall be at war with him. My servant does
not draw near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the
religious duties I have imposed upon him, and My servant continues
to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall
love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears,
his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes,
and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something]
of Me, I would surely give it to him and were he to ask Me for
refuge, I would surely grant him it."
p related by Bukhari.
Hadith # 39
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of Allah said:
p "Allah has pardoned for me my people for [their] mistakes
and [their] forgetfulness and for what they have done under
duress."
p a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah,Al-Baihqi, and others.
Hadith # 40
On the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, who said: The messenger
of Allah took me by the shoulder and said: "Be in the world
as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer."p The son of Omar
used to say: "At evening do not expect [to live till] morning,
and at morning do not expect [to live till] evening. Take from
your health for your illness and from your life for your death."
p related by Bukhari
Hadith # 41
On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas,
who said : The messenger of Allah, said:
p "None of you [truely] believes until his inclination is accordance
with what I have brought."
p a fine and true hadith which we have transmitted from the
book of Hujjah with a sound chain of authorities.
Hadith # 42
On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger of
Allah say:
p Allah the Almighty has said: "O son of Adam, so long as you
call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you
have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins
to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness
of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come
to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then
to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness
nearly as great as its."
related by Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was a good and sound
Hadith.
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