01 Faith
1. Faith
1:23 The Prophet said: Do you know what belief in Allah really implies? It implies testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, establishment of prayer, payment of Zakat, fast of Ramadan, that you pay one-fifth of the war booty to Allah’s representative.
1:25 The Messenger of Allah said: I forbid you to do four (things): dry gourds (drinking vessel derived from a hard-shelled fruit, green-coloured jars, hollowed stumps of palm-trees, and receptacles. I, however, inquired from the Messenger of Allah (if we discard those utensils which you have forbidden us to use), then what type of vessels should be used for drink? He (the Prophet) replied: In the waterskin the mouths of which are tied (with a string). We said: Prophet of Allah, our land abounds in rats and water-skins cannot remain preserved. The Prophet of Allah said: Drink in water-skins even if these are nibbled by rats.
1:33 - The Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat (tax) and if they do it, their blood and property are guaranteed protection on my behalf.
1:34 - The Messenger of Allah said: He who professed that there is no god but Allah and denies worship of all other gods, his property and blood remains secure from destruction.
1:71 - The Messenger of Allah said: None of you is a believer till I am dearer to him than his child, his father and the whole of mankind.
1:98 - Apostle of Allah observed: Islam is sincerity and well wishing. Upon this we said: For whom? He replied: For Allah, His Book, His Messenger and for the leaders and the general Muslims.
1:102 Jabir b. 'Abdullah said: I pledged allegiance to the Apostle of Allah on sincerity and well-wishing for every Muslim.
1:122 The Messenger of Allah observed: Abusing a Muslim is an outrage and fighting against him is unbelief.
1:129 - The Prophet said: The slave who fled from his master committed an act of infidelity as long as he would not return to him.
1:131 - The Prophet said: When the slave runs away from his master, his prayer is not accepted.
1:142 – The messenger of Allah observed: O womenfolk, I saw you in bulk amongst the dwellers of Hell. You curse too much and are ungrateful to your husbands. Your lack of common sense is judged by the fact that the evidence of two women is equal to one man. You spend some nights and days in which you do not offer prayer and in the month of Ramadan you do not observe the fast.
1:148 - The Messenger of Allah was asked about the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah and His Messenger. He (the inquirer) said: What next? He (the Prophet) replied: Jihad (holy war) in the cause of Allah. He (the inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Prophet) replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord.
1:169 - The Messenger of Allah said: He who worship only Allah entered Paradise and he who worship other gods entered Fire.
1:172 - The Prophet observed: There is none who affirmed there is no God but Allah and died in this state and did not enter Paradise. I (Abu Dharr) said: Even if he committed adultery and theft? He (the Prophet) replied: Yes even though he committed adultery and theft. I (again said): Even if he committed adultery and theft? He replied: Yes even though he committed adultery and theft. The Prophet repeated it three times.
1:210 - The Messenger of Allah remarked: The small garment which he (a Muslim) stole from the war booty on the day of Khaibar but was not his share, there will be burning of the Fire of Hell on him. {Stealing from Muslims will land you in hell but war booty stolen from murdered non-Muslims would take you to paradise.}
1:220 - The Prophet observed: Are you not aware of the fact that Islam wipes out all the previous misdeeds?
1:284 - Messenger of Allah observed: He who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state of disbelief, he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.
1:287 - The Messenger of Allah said: By Him in Whose hand is my life, Jesus, will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break crosses {destroy Christianity}, kill swine and abolish Jizya {there would be no non-believers left so the Jizya tax, would be automatically abolished} and the wealth will pour forth to such an extent that no one will accept it.
1:313 - The Messenger of Allah said: The roof of my house was cleft when I was in Mecca and Gabriel descended and opened my heart and then washed it with the water of Zam-zam. He then brought a gold basin full of wisdom and faith and after emptying it into my breast, he closed it up. Then taking me by he hand, he ascended with me to heaven, and when we came to the lowest heaven, Gabriel said to the guardian of the lowest heaven: Open. He asked who was there? He replied. It is Gabriel. He again asked who is with him. He replied: It is Muhammad with me. He was asked if he had been sent for, He (Gabriel) said: Yes. Then he opened (the gate). When we ascended the lowest heaven (I saw) a man seated with parties on his right side and parties on his left side. When he looked up to his right, he laughed and when he looked to his left, he wept. He said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and the righteous son. I asked Gabriel who he was and he replied: He is Adam and these parties on his right and on his left are the souls of his descendants. Those of them on his right are the inmates of Paradise and the parties which are on his left side are the inmates of Hell; so when he looked towards his right side, he laughed, and when he looked towards his left side, he wept. Then Gabriel ascended with me to the second heaven. He asked its guardian to open (its gate), and its guardian replied in the same way as the guardian of the lowest heaven had said. He opened it. I found in the heavens Adam, Idris, Jesus, Moses and Abraham, but he did not ascertain as to the nature of their abodes except that he had found Adam in the lowest heaven and Abraham in the sixth heaven. Thereafter he ascended with me till I was taken to such a height where I heard the scraping of the pens. Allah then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned with that and passed by Moses. Moses, said: What has thy Lord enjoined on thy people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah would not be able to bear this burden. Then I came back to my Lord and He removed a portion out of that. I then again went to Moses and informed him about it He said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden. I then went back to my Lord and He said: They are now reduced to five prayers each day but will be equal to fifty, and what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said: Go back to thy Lord. Gabriel then travelled with me till we came to the farthest lote-tree many a colour had covered it which I do not know. Then I was admitted to Paradise and saw in it domes of pearls, and its soil of musk.
1:349 - The Messenger of Allah said: On the day of resurrection, Allah will gather people, a bridge would be set over hell, and I {Muhammad} and my followers would be the first to pass over it. The angels would bring out from the fire those who worshipped only Allah but had committed sins; to whom Allah decided to show mercy. Those who would say: There is no god but Allah. They (the angels) would recognise them in the Fire by the marks of prostration. Allah has forbidden the fire to consume the marks of prostration. {Muslims no matter what sins they commit will be admitted into paradise.}
1:352 – The Messenger of Allah said: You (the believers) will not feel any trouble in seeing Allah on the Day of Resurrection any more than in seeing the sun or moon on a clear day. When the Day of Resurrection comes every people follow what they used to worship. Then all who worshipped idols and stones would fall into the Fire. Then the Jews and Christians would be summoned, and it would be said to them: What did you worship? They will say: We worshipped 'Uzair or Jesus, son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a lie; Allah had never had a spouse or a son. What do you want now? They would say: We feel thirsty, O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed to a certain direction and asked: Why don't you go there to drink water? Then they would be pushed towards the Fire and the raging flames of fire would be consuming one another, and they would fall into the Fire. Then there would be no one left except he who worshipped Allah, be he pious or sinful.
1:373 - The Messenger of Allah said: Allah would gather people on the Day of Resurrection and they would be concerned about it. Ibn Ubaid said: How can we seek intercession with our Lord on that day. The Prophet said: They would come to Adam and say intercede for us with thy Lord. But he would say: I am not in a position to do this, go to Noah. He would say: I am not in a position to do that for you better you go to Ibrahim. But he would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, you better go to Moses. But he would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, you better go to Jesus. But he would say: I am not in a position to do that for you; you better go to Muhammad, a servant whose former and later sins have been forgiven. So they would come to me and I would ask the permission of my Lord and it would be granted to me. I shall then intercede bringing them out from the Fire and make them enter Paradise.
1:384 - The Messenger of Allah said: I will come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection and would seek its opening and the keeper would say: Who art thou? I would say: Muhammad. He would then say: It is for thee that I have been ordered, and not to open it for anyone before thee.
1:389 - The Prophet of Allah said: There is for every apostle a prayer which is granted, but every prophet showed haste in his prayer. I have, however, reserved my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah (community of Muslims) on the Day of Resurrection. {ie. Do not follow other apostles because they have used up their prayers, only Muhammad can beg pardon for you on the day of resurrection}.
1:418 - The Apostle of Allah said: Seventy thousand of my Ummah would enter Paradise without rendering an account. Upon this a person said: Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah that He make me one of them. He (the Prophet) said: O Allah make him one of them.
1:398 - A person inquired: Messenger of Allah, where is my father? He (Muhammad) said: He is in the Fire. Verily my father and your father are in the Fire.
1:409 - Abbas say: Messenger of Allah, verily Abu Talib (the uncle who raised Muhammad) defended you and helped you; would it be beneficial for him? He (the Prophet) said: Yes; I found him in the lowest part of the Fire and I brought him to the shallow part and he would be wearing two shoes of Fire which would boil his brain.
1:416 - Aisha asked: Messenger of Allah, the son of Jud'an (a relative of hers) established ties of relationship and fed the poor. Would that be of any avail to him? He said: It would be of no avail to him.
1:417 - The Messenger of Allah said: Behold! My forefathers are not my friends. Verily Allah and the pious believers are my friends.
SB 1:14 - The Prophet said 'None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind.'