Verily, the reward of deeds depends on the intentions, and each person will be rewarded according to what he intended Whoever introduces into this matter of ours (Islam) something that does not belong to it shall have it rejected Islam is to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish prayer, to pay Zakah, to fast Ramadan, and to perform Hajj to the House if you are able to find a way thereto Islam is built on five Allah's right upon His servants is that they should worship Him and associate no partners with Him. And the right of the servants upon Allah is that He should not punish whoever associates no partners with Him There is no one who bears witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, sincerely from his heart, except that Allah will make him forbidden to Hellfire Whoever says 'lā ilāha illa Allah (there is no god but Allah)' and disbelieves in everything worshiped besides Allah, his property and blood becomes inviolable, and his reckoning will be with Allah Whoever dies while not associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise, and whoever dies while associating anything with Allah will enter Hellfire Whoever dies while invoking besides Allah another equal will enter Hellfire You will come to a people of the Scripture. When you reach them, invite them to testify that none is worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah The happiest of people to receive my intercession on the Day of Judgment is the one who says, 'there is no god but Allah' sincerely from his heart or his soul Faith has over seventy branches - or over sixty branches - the most excellent of which is the declaration that 'lā ilāha illa Allah (there is no god but Allah)', and the lowest of which is the removal of what is harmful from the way I asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): "Which sin is the gravest in the sight of Allah?" He said: "To set an equal to Allah while He created you I am the One Who is most free from want of partners. So, he who does something for the sake of someone else beside Me, I discard him and his polytheism.' Everyone of my Ummah will enter Paradise except those who refuse Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the son of Mary, for I am only His slave. So, call me the slave of Allah and His Messenger None of you truly believes until I become dearer to him than his father, his children, and all people Leave me as I leave you. Verily, what destroyed those before you was their asking questions and their disagreement with their prophets Convey from me even if one verse, and narrate from the Children of Israel, and there is no sin in doing that. And whoever intentionally tells a lie about me, let him occupy his seat in Hellfire Lo! Soon a Hadīth from me will be conveyed to a man, while he is reclining on his couch, and he says: ‘Between us and you is Allah’s Book May the curse of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians, for they took the graves of their prophets as places of worship O Allah, do not make my grave an idol that is worshiped Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and invoke (Allah's) blessings upon me, for your invoking of Allah's blessings upon me will reach me wherever you may be Those are a people who, when a righteous slave or a righteous man from among them dies, they build a place of worship I stand acquitted before Allah that I should take anyone of you as an intimate friend, for Allah has taken me as an intimate friend just as he took Abraham as an intimate friend Shall I not send you with the same instructions as the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sent me with? Do not leave any statue without blotting it out or any raised grave without leveling it Tiyarah (belief in evil omens) is Shirk (polytheism). Tiyarah is Shirk. Tiyarah is Shirk - three times." Every one of us experiences something of that, but Allah Almighty dispels it with reliance on Him He is not one of us who seeks bad omens or has it done for him, or who practices soothsaying or has it done for him, or who practices sorcery or has it done for him There is no transitive disease and no evil omen, and I like a good omen." It was said: What is a good omen? He said: "A good word Do you know what your Lord has said?" They replied: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "He has said: 'Some of My servants have entered the morning as believers in Me and some as disbelievers Whoever hangs an amulet has committed Shirk (polytheism) Incantations, amulets, and love-potions are Shirk (polytheism) Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights 'Whoever swears by other than Allah has disbelieved or associated partners with Allah.' Whoever swears by the Amānah (trust) is not one of us By Allah, Allah Willing, if I ever take an oath and then see that another option is better than the first, I will make expiation for my oath and do what is better Do not say: What Allah wills and what so-and-so wills; rather say: What Allah wills then what so-and-so wills The thing that I fear most for you is minor Shirk (polytheism).' They said: 'What is minor Shirk, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'It is Riyā’ No man accuses another man of defiant disobedience or accuses him of disbelief except that it rebounds on him if his companion is not like that There are two things in people that are signs of disbelief: defaming lineages and wailing over the dead Do not sit on graves, and do not pray towards them Angels do not enter a house with a dog or an image inside it Angels do not accompany a group of travelers who have a dog or a bell with them Satan comes to one of you and says, 'Who created such and such, and who created such and such', until he says: 'Who created your Lord?' If a person experiences this, he should seek refuge with Allah and desist from that Whoever shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine, I declare war against him. My slave does not draw near to Me with anything dearer to Me than what I have made obligatory for him I advise you to fear Allah and to hear and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave. You will see after me great discord. So, hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Caliphs Whoever gives up obedience and isolates from the community and dies has died a death like that of jāhiliyyah (the pre-Islamic era of ignorance) There is no one whom Allah puts in a position of authority, and he dies on the day he dies while cheating those under his authority except that Allah will forbid Paradise for him There shall be rulers in charge of you, and you will approve and disapprove. So anyone who approves (their good deeds) shall be absolved, and anyone who forbids (their bad deeds) shall be safe, except for those who are content and comply There will be selfishness and other matters that you will disapprove of after me." They asked: What do you order us to do (in such circumstances), O Messenger of Allah? He said: '"Fulfill your duty (towards the ruler), and ask Allah for your rights Every one of you is a guardian and responsible for his subjects O Allah, treat harshly those who have any charge over my Ummah and treat them harshly, and treat gently those who have any charge over my Ummah and treat them gently Religion is sincerity If you see those who follow the ambiguous verses, they are those whom Allah has named; so, beware of them Whoever of you sees something evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able, then with his tongue; and if he is not able, then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith The example of the one who abides by the limits prescribed by Allah and the one who transgresses them is like the example of a people who boarded a ship after casting lots. Some of them were in its upper deck and others were in its lower deck Whoever calls to guidance shall receive a reward similar to the rewards obtained by those who followed him without diminishing anything from their rewards Whoever guides to a good deed will get the same reward as the doer of that deed for by Allah, if Allah guides a single person through you, that will be better for you than red camels Whoever imitates a people is one of them A man follows the religion (i.e. ways and manners) of his close friend. So, each of you should carefully consider whom he takes as his intimate friend A group of my Ummah will continue to be victorious until Allah's command comes while they are victorious Indeed, this matter will reach everywhere the night and day have reached. Allah will not leave a dwelling in a city or a desert except that He will make this religion enter therein Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange as it began. So, glad tidings to the strangers By the One in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, there is nobody of this Ummah (community), whether they be Jewish or Christian, who hears of me and then dies without believing in what I was sent with except that he will be among the people of Hellfire O people, beware of immoderation in religion, for those before you were doomed because of immoderation in religion Ruined are the extremists The Jews incurred Allah's wrath, and the Christians went astray Allah decreed the destinies of the creatures fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) related to us, and he is the truthful and the trusted one; he said: "The creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's womb for forty days and forty nights Paradise is nearer to one of you than his shoelaces, and so is Hellfire Hellfire is surrounded by lusts, and Paradise is surrounded by adversities When Allah created Paradise and Hellfire, He sent Jibrīl (Gabriel) (peace be upon him) Your fire is a one-seventieth part of Hellfire Allah will grab the earth and roll up the heavens in His right Hand, then, He will say: 'I am the King. Where are the kings of the earth?' the people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Judgment will be those who try to emulate Allah'sAllah's creation By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, the son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break the cross, kill the pig, and abolish Jizyah (protection tax imposed on non-Muslims living under Muslim rule), and the wealth will be abundant to such an extent that no one will accept it Say 'there is no god but Allah', and I will testify for you by it on the Day of Judgment My Cistern takes a month's journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, its smell is nicer than musk, Death will be brought forward in the shape of a black and white ram If only you rely upon Allah the way you should, He will provide for you as He provides for birds: They set out hungry in the morning and return with full bellies in the evening There are two blessings in which many people incur loss: health and free time The one who is riding should greet the one walking, the one who is walking should greet the one sitting, and the small group of people should greet the large one O My slaves, I have made oppression forbidden for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another Beware of oppression, for oppression will be layers of darkness on the Day of Judgment; beware of stinginess, as stinginess ruined those before you Verily, Allah gives respite to the oppressor, but when He seizes him, He does not release him Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then, He explained that: He who intends a good deed and does not do it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed; and if he intends it and does it, Allah writes it down with Himself as ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. Yet, if he intends a bad deed and does not do it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed. But, if he intends it and does it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed He who does good in Islam will not be punished for what he did during jāhiliyyah, and he who commits evil in Islam will be punished for the previous and later deeds What you say and invite people to is indeed good. If only you could tell us whether there is an expiation for what we did You have embraced Islam along with your past good deeds Allah does not wrong a believer in a good deed; he will be given on account of it in this world and will be rewarded for it in the Hereafter 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 shall forgive you A servant committed a sin and said: 'O Allah, forgive my sin There is no man who commits a sin, then gets up and performs Tahārah (ritual purification), then performs prayer, then seeks forgiveness from Allah, except that Allah forgives him Verily, Allah Almighty extends His Hand during the night so the sinner of the day may repent, and He extends His Hand during the day so the sinner of the night may repent until the sun rises from its west Our Lord, Glorified and Exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains Verily, the lawful is clear, and the unlawful is clear Do not revile my Companions, for if anyone of you spends gold equal to Mount ’Uhud (in Allah's cause), it will not be equal to a Mudd or even half a Mudd spent by one of them O boy, I shall teach you some words: Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him before you. If you ask, ask Allah; if you seek help, seek help from Allah tell me something about Islam regarding which I can ask none but you. He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: I believe in Allah, then remain steadfast The believers, in their mutual love, compassion, and sympathy, are like a single body; if one of its organs suffers, the whole body will respond with sleeplessness and fever Whoever performs ablution perfectly, his sins will come out from his body, to the extent that it will come out from under his nails Its water is purifying, and its dead animals are lawful If the water is two pitchers, it will bear no impurity When you go to a place to relieve yourselves, do not face or turn your back to the Qiblah (prayer direction); rather, turn towards the east or the west None of you should hold his penis with his right hand while urinating, nor wipe himself after answering the call of nature using his right hand, nor breathe into the vessel If any of you wakes up from his sleep, let him blow water out of his nose three times, as the devil spends the night on his nostrils The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to take a ritual bath with one Sā‘ up to five Mudds, and he used to perform ablution with one Mudd Allah does not accept the prayer of any of you who is in the state of Hadath (minor ritual impurity) until he performs ablution A man performed ablution and left a small part on his foot equal to the size of a nail unwashed. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw that and said: "Go back and perform your ablution properly." He performed it again and prayed Beware of negnot washing your heels properly, for not doing so can lead to them being burnt in the Hellfire! So, perform your ablution thoroughly The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution upon every prayer The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution by washing the body parts once The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution by washing the body parts twice If anyone performs ablution like this ablution of mine and offers two Rak'ahs during which he does not think of anything else, Allah will forgive his past sins When any of you performs ablution, let him sniff water in his nose and then blow it out. Whoever cleans his private parts with stones, let him do so with an odd number of stones They are being tormented, but they are not tormented for a major sin. One of them would not save himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say before entering the bathroom: "Allāhumma inni a‘ūdhu bika min al-khubuth wa al-khabā’ith (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils) When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) came out of the privy, he would say: 'Ghufrānak' (Your forgiveness) The tooth-stick purifies the mouth and pleases the Lord When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) got up at night, he would cleanse his mouth with Siwak (tooth-stick) Had it not been that I might overburden the believers—or  my Ummah—I would have commanded them to use the Siwāk (toothstick) at every prayer It is due upon every Muslim to bathe for one day every seven days, in which he should wash his head and body Five are acts of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, and plucking the armpit hair I was a man of frequent discharge of Madhi (pre-seminal fluid) and I was too shy to ask the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about it given his daughter's status. So, I asked Al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad to ask him and he did. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Let him wash his penis and perform ablution On taking a ritual bath from Janābah (major ritual impurity), the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to wash his hands and perform ablution like that for prayer, then wash himself It was sufficient for you to do this with your hands." Then, he struck the ground once with his hands, then wiped the right hand with the left one, the back side of his hands and his face Leave them, for I had put them on when they were in the state of purity this is a vein. Abstain from prayer only for a number of days similar to those of your normal menses; then, take a ritual bath and pray If one of you feels something in his stomach and doubts whether he released some wind or not, he should not leave the mosque unless he hears a sound or smells an odor When a dog drinks from the vessel of any of you, let him wash it seven times When the Muezzin (the caller to prayer) says, 'Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar When you hear the Muezzin, say what he says and then invoke Allah's blessings upon me Whoever says upon hearing the muezzin: 'Ash-hadu alla ilāha illallāh wahdahu la sharīka lah wa anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasūluh, radītu billāhi rabban, wa bi Muhammadin rasūlan wa bil Islāmi dīna (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone without any partner and that Muhammad is His slave and messenger. I am pleased with Allah as a Lord, with Muhammad as a messenger, and with Islam as a religion), his sins will be forgiven) Whoever says upon hearing the call: O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer that is to be established, grant Muhammad Al-Wasīlah and Al-Fadīlah and resurrect him to the Praiseworthy Station that You have promised him, he will be granted my intercession on the Day of Judgment Supplication between the Adhān (call to prayer) and the Iqāmah (second call to prayer) is not rejected Do you hear the Adhān?" He replied in the affirmative. Thereupon, he said: "Then respond to it What if there was a river at the door of any of you wherein he takes a bath five times a day? Would there remain any of his filth? Which deed is dearest to Allah? He said: "Offering prayer at its earliest appointed time." I said: Then, what comes next? He said: "Dutifulness to one's parents." I said: Then, what comes next? He said: "Jihad in the way of Allah No Muslim person who, when an obligatory prayer becomes due, perfects its ablution, humility, and bowing except that it becomes an expiation for the sins that preceded it as long as he has not committed a major sin, and this applies to all times The five (daily) prayers, Friday prayer to the next Friday prayer, and Ramadan to the next Ramadan are expiation of the sins committed between them, so long as major sins are avoided The prayer and what your right hands possess Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and separate them (boys and girls) in beds Allah Almighty said: 'I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for The covenant between us and them is prayer; so, whoever abandons it has disbelieved What stands between a man and polytheism and disbelief is the abandonment of the prayers 'O Bilāl, call the Iqāmah for the prayer; give us comfort by it.' Allāhumma bā‘id bayni wa bayna khatāyāy kama bā‘dta bayna al-mashriqi wa al-maghrib The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands in line with his shoulders when commencing the prayer, The prayer of the one who did not recite the Opening of the Book (Surat al-Fātihah) is invalid Go back and pray, for you have not prayed By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, I am the closest among you to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Such was his prayer until he departed this world I have been commanded to prostrate on seven bones The nearest the Lord to a servant is in the course of the last part of the night You will see your Lord as you see this moon, you will not have any difficulty in seeing Him The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) recited: {Say, “O disbelievers”} and {Say: “He is Allah, the One”} in the two Rak‘ahs of Fajr Whoever prays the Bardayn (Fajr and ‘Asr prayers) will enter Paradise Whoever performs the Fajr prayer is under the protection of Allah Whoever abandons the ‘Asr prayer, his deeds will be rendered worthless Whoever forgets a prayer should perform it as soon as he remembers it; there is no expiation for it except that The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the ‘Ishā’ and Fajr prayers. If they were to know the virtue of them, they would come to them, even if they had to crawl When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) raised his back from Rukū‘ (bowing), he would say: "Sami‘a allāhu liman hamidah The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Rabbi ighfir li, rabbi ighfir li" (My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me) The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Allahumma ighfir li warhamni wa ‘āfeni wahdeni warzuqni (O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me safety, guide me, and provide for me) 'When you pray, straighten your rows and let one of you lead in prayer, and when he says takbīr, say takbīr The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) taught me the Tashahhud, with my hand between his two hands, as he would teach me a Surah from the Qur’an Allāuhumma inni a‘ūdhu bika min ‘adhāb al-qabr, wa min ‘adhāb an-nār, wa min fitnat al-mahya wa al-mamāt, wa min fitnat al-masīh ad-dajjāl Make frequent prostrations to Allah, for you do not make a single prostration to Allah except that Allah raises you one degree therewith and remits one sin from you therewith No prayer should be offered in the presence of food or when he is resisting the need to relieve himself of the two filths That is Satan who is known as Khinzab. If you perceive his effect, seek refuge with Allah from him and spit three times to your left The worst of thieves among people is the one who steals his prayer." He said: "How does he steal his prayer?" He said: "He does not perform its Rukū‘ or prostration perfectly Is he who raises his head before the Imam not afraid that Allah may transform his head into that of a donkey or his shape into that of a donkey? When anyone of you is in doubt about his prayer, not knowing how much he prayed, three or four, let him dispel the doubt and build upon what he is certain about, then perform two prostrations before making Taslīm The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man praying alone behind the row, so he commanded him to repeat his prayer It was mentioned before the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about a man who slept throughout the night until morning. He said, "That is a man in whose ears—or, he said, in whose ear—the devil urinated The best day upon which the sun has risen is Friday Whoever takes a bath on Friday, like the bath taken from sexual impurity, and then goes (to the mosque) is like the one who offers a camel as a sacrifice Allahumma anta as-salām wa minka as-salām, tabārakta yadha al-jalāl wa al-ikrām The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to celebrate Allah’s oneness with these words after every prayer The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to say after every obligatory prayer Whoever glorifies Allah directly after each prayer thirty-three times, praises Allah thirty-three times, and proclaims the greatness of Allah thirty-three times, these are ninety-nine, and completes one hundred by saying: La ilāha illallāh wahdahu la sharīka lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadīr (There is no god except Allah. He is One and has no partner with Him. To Him belongs sovereignty and to Him belongs praise, and He is Omnipotent over everything), his sins will be forgiven even if they are like the sea foam Whoever recites the Verse of the Kursi right after each obligatory prayer will have nothing preventing him from entering Paradise except that he dies I memorized from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ten Rak‘ahs (units of prayer) The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not ever leave four before Zhuhr and two Rak‘ahs before morning There is a prayer between every two Adhāns; there is a prayer between every two Adhāns." The third time, he said: "for whoever wills When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him offer two Rak‘ahs before he sits down If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while the Imām is delivering the sermon, you have thus engaged in idle talk Pray while standing; if you cannot, then while sitting; and if you cannot, then while lying on your side A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers anywhere else, except for the Sacred Mosque He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him the like of it in Paradise.' No owner of gold or silver who does not pay what is due on it except that on the Day of Judgment they will be made for him sheets of fire Charity does not diminish wealth, and Allah does not increase a servant, on account of his forgiveness, except in honor, and no one humbles himself seeking the pleasure of Allah except that Allah will elevate him Allah said: 'O son of Adam, spend, and I will spend on you.' If a man spends something on his family, seeking reward from Allah for it, it will be recorded for him as charity When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a pious child who supplicates for him Silver for gold is Riba (usury) unless exchanged on the spot; wheat for wheat is Riba unless exchanged on the spot; barley for barley is Riba unless exchanged on the spot; and dates for dates is Riba unless exchanged on the spot The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoined Zakat al-Fitr as one Sā‘ of dates or one Sā‘ of barley on the slave and the free person, the male and the female, the young and the old from among the Muslims. He ordered that it be given before the people go out to the prayer O people, spread the greeting of peace, feed others, maintain kinship ties, and pray at night when people are asleep, and you will enter Paradise in peace O people, indeed, Allah is good and does not accept except what is good. Indeed, Allah has commanded the believers with what he commanded the messengers Whoever gives respite to an insolvent person or remits part of his debt, Allah will shade him on the Day of Judgment in the shade of His Throne, on a day when there will be no shade but His shade