"When the Messenger of Allah [SAW] died and Abu Bakr became the Khalifah after him, and some of the 'Arabs reverted to Kufr, 'Umar said to Abu Bakr: 'How can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship but Allah). Whoever says La ilaha illallah, his wealth and his life are safe from me except for a right that is due, and his reckoning will be with Allah.?' Abu Bakr said: 'By Allah, I will fight whoever separates Salah and Zakah, for Zakah is the compulsory right to be taken from wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me a rope that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah [SAW], I will fight them for withholding it.' 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized that Allah has expanded the chest of Abu Bakr for fighting, I knew that it was the truth.'"

A man got up (for prayer) at night, he read the Qur'an and raised his voice in reading. When the morning came, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so! Last night he reminded me a number of verses which I was about to forget.

The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright daylight, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many days before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food likewise again till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet added, "The angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read (or what shall I read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read in the name of your Lord, who has created (all that exists), created man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous." (96.1, 96.2, 96.3) Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration and with his heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija bint Khuwailid and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and after that he told her everything that had happened and said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza, who, during the pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa, "Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could ...

‘Whoever lies upon me intentionally, then let him take his seat in the Fire’.

‘A’isha told that when the people of Mecca sent about ransoming their prisoners1 Zainab sent some property to ransom Abul ‘As, sending among it a necklace of hers which Khadija had had and had sent with her when she married Abul ‘As. When God’s Messenger saw it he felt great tenderness about it and said, “If you consider that you should free her prisoner for her and return to her what belongs to her it will be well.” To this they agreed. The Prophet had made an agreement with him that he should let Zainab come to him, so he sent Zaid b. Haritha and a man of the Helpers, telling them to wait in the valley of Yajij2 till Zainab came along and bring her back with them. 1. After the battle of Badr. 2. Near at-Tan'im. Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

“A man may speak a word that angers Allah and not see anything wrong with it, but it will cause him to sink down in Hell the depth of seventy autumns.”

"I came to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) when he was using the Siwak, and the end of the Siwak was on his toungue, and he was saying, "'A','a'."

When Abdullah ibn Abbas came to Basrah, people narrated to him traditions from AbuMusa. Therefore Ibn Abbas wrote to him asking him about certain things. In reply AbuMusa wrote to him saying: One day I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah (saws). He wanted to urinate. Then he came to a soft ground at the foot of a wall and urinated. He (the Prophet) then said: If any of you wants to urinate, he should look for a place (like this) for his urination.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about the time of the subh prayer. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not answer him, but in the morning he prayed subh at first light. The following morning he prayed subh when it was much lighter, and then said, 'Where is the man who was asking about the time of the prayer?' The man replied, 'Here I am, Messenger of Allah.' He said,'The time is between these two.' "

the Prophet, said: "The key to Salat is the purification, its Tahrlm is the Takblr, and its Tahlil is the Taslim."

A'ishah (May Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said, "There is no emigration after the conquest (of Makkah) but only Jihad [(striving and fighting in the cause of Allah) will continue] and good intention.* So if you are summoned to fight, go forth."

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Abu Bakr bought a saddle from ‘Azib for thirteen dirhams, then Abu Bakr said to 'Azib. Tell al-Bara to carry it to my house. He said: No, not until you tell us what happened when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out and you were with him. Abu Bakr said: We started our journey at the beginning of the night and we hastened for one day and one night, until it was midday. I looked into the distance to see whether there was anywhere to seek shade, and I saw a rock, so I went to it and it had a little shade. I smoothed the ground for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and spread a garment of camel hair for him, and said: Lie down and rest, O Messenger of Allah. So he lay down, and I went out to see if I could spot anyone looking for us. Then I saw a shepherd and I said: Who do you belong to, O boy? He said: To a man of Quraish. He mentioned his name and I recognised it. I said: Is there any milk in your sheep? He said: Yes | said: Will you milk some for me? He said: Yes. I told him to do that, so he caught a sheep, then I told him to brush the dust from its teat, then to brush the dust off his hands. I had a small vessel with me on the neck of which was a cloth. He milked a little bit of milk for me and I poured it into the vessel until it cooled down. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When I reached him, he had already woken up. I said: Drink, O Messenger of Allah. He drank until I was pleased, then I said: Is it time to move on? So we moved on and the people were coming after us but none of them caught up with us except Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum, who was riding a horse of his, I said: O Messenger of Allah, someone has caught up with us. He said: `Do not be afraid, for Allah is with us.` When he got close to us, and there was no more between us and him then the length of a spear or two or three spears, I said: O Messenger of Allah, this pursuer has caught up with us, and I wept. He said: `Why are you weeping?` I said: I am not weeping for myself; rather I am weeping for you. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed against him [the pursuer] and said: “O Allah, protect us from him by whatever means You will.” Then his horse's legs sank into the solid ground up to its belly, and he fell off it. He said: O Muhammad, I know that this is because of you; pray to Allah to save me from my predicament, and by Allah I shall divert away from you any one who is behind me of those who are seeking you. Here is my quiver, ...

When you see the barefooted, the naked, the deaf, the dumb as kings of the earth, as -well as five things which no one but God knows. Then he recited, ‘‘God has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain…” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

The Prophet said: "Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah."

“I heard al-Bara’ ibn 'Azib say: "Allah’s Messenger(Allah bless him and give him peace)was neither curly nor lank-haired, of medium height, broad-shouldered, with luxuriant hair reaching the lobes of his ears, wearing a red suit of clothes. I have never seen anything more beautiful than him!”

Bahz ibn Hakim's grandfather said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, to whom should I be dutiful?' 'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then whom?' 'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then whom?' 'Your mother,' he replied. I asked, 'Then to whom should I be dutiful?' 'Your father,' he replied, 'and then the next closest relative and then the next.'"

Narrated Abu Umama Al-Bahili: Allah’s Messenger (saw) said: “Water cannot be rendered impure by anything except something which changes its smell, taste and colour”. [ Ibn Majar reported it and Abu Hatim described it as Da’if (weak)].

Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī `āfānī fī jasadī, wa radda `alayya rūḥī, wa 'adhina lī bidhikrihi. Praise is to Allah Who gave strength to my body and returned my soul to me and permitted me to remember Him. Reference: At-Tirmidhi 5/473. See Al-Albani's Sahih Tirmidhi 3/144.

It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka’b said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, Allah did not reveal in the Tawrāh or the Injīl anything like Umm al-Quran (al-Fātiḥah), which is the seven oft-recited (verses), and (Allah said) it is divided between Myself and My slave will have what he asked for.” Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3125

A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say, "Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the salah (prayer), paying the zakat (obligatory charity), making the hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadhan." [Bukhari & Muslim]

The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars. (2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement of stars. This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the Disposer of all things. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).

"I used to accompany Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, and he would pray near the column by which the Muṣḥaf was kept. I said to him: 'O Abū Muslim, I see you always seeking to pray beside this column.' He replied: 'I saw the Prophet ﷺ always seeking to pray near it.'" Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 502

I accompanied the Prophet ﷺ for nine months, and whenever he entered the morning he would come to the door of ʿAlī and Fāṭimah (may Allah be pleased with them) and say: "May Allah have mercy on you — Allah only intends to remove impurity from you, O people of the House, and to purify you with a thorough purification." Reference: Thulāthiyyāt ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd al-Kashshī 3

Abū ʿUmar Ziyād ibn Ṭāriq, who was then 120 years of age, told us: "I heard Abū Jarwal Zuhayr ibn Ṣard al-Jushamī say: 'When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took us captive on the Day of Ḥunayn, the day of Hawāzin, and he went to distribute the captives and the livestock, I came to him and recited the following poem: Grant us your mercy, O Messenger of Allah, out of nobility — for you are the man in whom we place our hope and wait. Show mercy upon a people whom fate has stricken, whose unity is shattered, changed by time. If your grace does not reach them to be spread abroad — O most forbearing of men when put to the test, Show mercy upon the women who once suckled you, when your mouth was filled from their pure milk like pearls. When you were a small child they suckled you, and your deeds adorned whatever you did and refrained from. Do not make us like those whose fortune has waned, but spare us, for we are a people of honour. We would give thanks for bounty even when it is withheld, and we still have in store more for this day. Put on us the pardon of one whom you once suckled, from your nursing mothers — indeed, pardon is renowned. O best of those whose horses' manes were combed for him, at the time of battle when the sparks blaze. We hope for pardon from you to clothe with these innocent ones, as you pardon and prevail. So pardon — may Allah pardon what you fear — on the Day of Resurrection when victory is granted to you. He said: When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard this poem he said: "Whatever belongs to me and to the Banū al-Muṭṭalib is yours." Quraysh then said: "Whatever belongs to us is for Allah and His Messenger." And the Anṣār said: "Whatever belongs to us is for Allah and His Messenger."'" al-Ṭabarānī said: "No one has narrated from Zuhayr ibn Ṣard with this complete account except through this chain, and ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Rumāḥis (may Allah be pleased with him) is the sole narrator. Reference: al-Ṭabarānī's al-Muʿjam al-Ṣaghīr 3

Sufyān informed us, on the authority of Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah, who heard it from Usāmah ibn Sharīk (may Allah be pleased with him). Usāmah was present with the Prophet ﷺ while the Bedouins were asking him, “Would we incur blame for such-and-such? Would we incur blame for such-and-such?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: “O servants of Allah, Allah has removed blame, except from a person who unjustly violates his brother’s honor; he is the one who has incurred blame and brought ruin upon himself.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, should we seek medical treatment?” He replied: “Seek treatment, for Allah has not sent down any illness without also sending down a remedy for it, except death.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what is the finest gift a servant may be granted?” He replied: “Excellent character.” Reference: Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 3

Kathīr ibn Sulaym narrated to us, on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Goodness reaches a household frequented by guests more swiftly than a blade reaches a camel’s hump.” Reference: Sunan Ibn Mājah 3

The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the ḍabb [spiny-tailed lizard, Uromastyx spinipes]. He said: “I do not eat it, nor do I declare it prohibited.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 3

Allāhumma anta `aḍudī, wa anta naṣīrī, bika ajūlu, wa bika aṣūlu, wa bika uqātil. O Allah, You are my strength and You are my support. For Your sake, I go forth and for Your sake, I advance and for Your sake, I fight. Reference: Abu Dawud 3/42, At-Tirmidhi 5/572. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/183.

Huwa ‘l-Awwalu wa ‘l-Ākhir, waẓ-Ẓāhiru wal-Bāṭin, wa huwa bikulli shay'in `Alīm. (Recite the Ayat) He is the First and the Last, the Most High and the Most Near. And He is the Knower of all things (in Arabic). Reference: Al-Hadid 57:3, Abu Dawud 4/329. Al-Albani graded it good in SahihAbu Dawud, 3/962.

A`ūdhu bikalimāti ‘llāhit-tāmmāti min ghaḍabihi wa `iqābihi wa sharri `ibādih, wa min hamazātish-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn. I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His slaves, and from the taunts of devils and from their presence. Reference: Abu Dawud 4/12. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At- Tirmidhi 3/171