Do not make your houses like graves, and do not make my grave a place for celebration, and invoke blessings (of Allah) on me for they will reach me wherever you may be The five (daily) prayers, Friday prayer to the next Friday prayer, and Ramadan to the next Ramadan, are expiation of the sins committed in between them, so long as major sins are avoided Every act of goodness is charity Whoever loves to have his sustenance expanded and his term of life prolonged should maintain ties of kinship Allah, the Exalted, says: "My reward shall be nothing less than Paradise for My faithful servant who, if I take the life of his beloved one from the inhabitants of the world, he bears it patiently in expectation of My reward." The most excellent dinar that a man spends is the dinar that he spends on his dependents, and the dinar that he spends on his riding-animal in the cause of Allah, and the dinar that he spends on his companions in the cause of Allah. Whoever supports two girls till they grow up, he and I will come on the Day of Resurrection like this I asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is dearest to Allah? He said: Offering prayer at the appointed time. I said: Then, what comes next? He said: Dutifulness to one's parents Are you not aware that Islam wipes out all (sins) that preceded it, and that Hijrah wipes out all (sins) that preceded it, and that Hajj wipes out all (sins) that preceded it? Fear Allah, pray your five, fast your month, give Zakah from your wealth, and obey your rulers, and you will enter your Lord's Paradise Shall I not tell you something by which Allah erases sins and elevates ranks (in Paradise)? The Companions said: Certainly, O Messenger of Allah! He said: Performing the ablution properly even in difficulty, increasing attendance of prayer in the mosque, and waiting for the next prayer after observing one prayer; and this is Jihad Worship in times of chaos and killing is like migration towards me O people, spread the greeting of peace profusely, maintain kinship ties, feed others, and pray at night when people are asleep, you will enter Paradise in peace No two Muslims meet and shake hands except that their sins are forgiven before they part You praised this, so Paradise has been affirmed for him, and you dispraised this, so Hell has been affirmed for him. You are Allah's witnesses on earth Allah has ninety-nine names – one hundred minus one – and no one memorizes them but that they will enter Paradise. He is One, and He loves odd numbers Observing Ribāt (guarding the Muslims' frontiers) for one day in the way of Allah is better than the world and everything therein. Because of it, Allah either admitted her to Paradise or freed her from Hell There are forty good qualities, the best of which is the lending of a milch goat. Anyone carries out any of these virtuous deeds seeking its reward (from Allah) with firm confidence that he will receive it, Allah will admit him to Paradise The closest people to Allah are the ones who give the Salām first The best of people is the one whose life is long and his deeds are good A person who is disheveled, dusty, and driven away from doors (maybe so close to Allah) that if he swears by Allah, He will definitely fulfill it for him The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was never asked anything and said 'no' Whoever spends something in the cause of Allah, it will be recorded for him as much as seven hundred times No Muslim visits a (sick) Muslim early in the morning but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him If the slave draws closer to Me by a hand-span, I shall draw closer to him by a cubit; and if he draws closer to Me by a cubit, I shall draw closer to him by the span of two outstretched arms. If he comes to Me walking, I shall come to him running A man passed by a branch of a tree on a road, so he said: By Allah, I will move this away from the path of Muslims so that it would not harm them. So he was admitted to Paradise What do you think of a man who does a good deed and people praise him for it? He said: That is instant good news for the believer Keep some of your wealth, for this is better for you If a slave serves his master sincerely and worships Allah properly, he will have a double reward Worship during times of turmoil is like emigration to me