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Irfan Alli. 101 Selected Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
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1. Serve God as you would if you could see Him; although you cannot see Him, He can see you (Umar in Muslim)
2. He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbour; and he who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or be silent (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
3. He who remembers his Lord and he who does not are as different from each other as the living and the dead (Abu Musa Al-Ashari in Bukhari and Muslim)
4. While a man was walking along, he came across a thorny branch in the way and he removed it. God praised him for that and forgave his sins (Abu Huraira in Bukhari)
5. He who does not thank people does not thank God (Abu Huraira in Ahmad and Tirmidhi)
6. If anyone of you sees a wrong he should change it with his hand, but if he cannot he should do it with his tongue, and if he cannot he should do it in his heart, that being the weakest form of faith (Abu Sa’id al-Khudri in Muslim)
7. Charity given to a poor man is just charity, but when given to a relative it serves a double purpose, being both charity and a connecting link (Sulaiman ibn Amir in Ahmad, Tirmidhi, and Nasa’i)
8. People will not gather to remember God without angels surrounding them, mercy covering them, and peace descending on them (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
9. If one of you leads the people in prayer, he should not make it too long for among them are the sick, the weak and old; but if one of you prays by himself, he may prolong it as much as he wishes (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
10. Use the right hand for taking food, and the left hand for the toilet and the like (Aisha in Abu Dawud)
11. A believer is not stung twice from the same hole (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
12. A believer’s soul is tied to his debt till it is paid (Abu Huraira in Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maja and Darimi)
13. Young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from desiring women and preserves you from immorality, but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire (Abdullah ibn Mas’ud in Bukhari and Muslim)
14. When you are three together, two (of you) must not converse privately without the third until you are in the company of other people, because it makes the third sad (Abdullah ibn Mas’ud in Bukhari and Muslim)
15. None of you should be alone with a woman unless you are her father, her husband or her brother (Ibn Abbas in Bukhari and Muslim)
16. When a man marries he has fulfilled half of religion so let him fear God regarding the remaining half (Anas in Baihaqi)
17. Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition and are kindest to their families (Aisha in Tirmidhi)
18. Prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times better than prayer performed alone (Abdullah ibn Umar in Bukhari)
19. God has created nothing on the face of the earth dearer to Him than emancipation of slaves, and God has created nothing on the earth more hateful to Him than divorce (Mu’adh ibn Jabal in Daraqutni)
20. All the children of Adam make mistakes, but the best of them are those who repent (Anas in Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi)
21. Food enough for two is sufficient for three, and food enough for three is sufficient for four (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
22. God is indeed pleased with His servant who, when he eats a morsel praises Him for it, or when he drinks a sip praises Him for it (Anas in Muslim)
23. It is better for one of you to take his rope, bring a load of firewood on his back, and sell it. God thereby preserving his self-respect, than he should beg from people, whether they give him anything or refuse him (Az-Zubair ibn al-Awwam in Bukhari)
24. No man fills a vessel worse than his stomach. Sufficient for the son of Adam are a few mouthfuls to keep his back upright, but if it has to be more, then let one third of the stomach be for his food, one third of the stomach be for his drink, and one third of the stomach left for his breathing (Abu Karima al-Miqdad ibn Ma’dikarib in Tirmidhi)
25. It is better for a man to give a small amount of money as charity during his lifetime than to give a hundred times more at the time of his death (Abu Sa’id al-Khudri in Abu Dawud)
26. Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting another person with a cheerful face (Abu Dharr in Muslim)
27. The major sins are associating other objects of worship with God, disobedience to parents, murder, and giving false witness (Abdullah ibn Amr in Bukhari and Muslim)
28. Four traits make anyone who possesses them a hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a part of hypocrisy till he abandons it: When he is trusted, he betrays his trust; when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a covenant, he acts treacherously; and when he quarrels, he abuses (Abdullah ibn Amr in Bukhari and Muslim)
29. He who is not trustworthy has no faith, and he who does not keep his promise has no religion (Anas in Baihaqi)
30. When a person dies, no further reward is recorded for their actions, with three exceptions: Charity which continues to benefit people; knowledge from which benefit continues to be reaped; or the prayers of a child for his dead parent (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
31. He who goes out in search of knowledge is in God’s path till he returns (Anas in Tirmidhi and Darimi)
32. Charity is due upon every limb of a human being on each day that the sun rises. To act justly between two (people) is a charity. To help a man mount his riding beast, or to load his provisions on it is a charity. A good word is a charity. Every step towards prayer is charity. Removing from the road what causes harm is a charity (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
33. Wondrous are the affairs of the believer. For him there is good in all of his affairs, and this is so only for the believer. When something pleasing happens to him, he is grateful, and that is good for him; and when something displeasing happens to him, he is enduring, and that is good for him (Abu Yahya Suhaib bin Sinan in Muslim)
34. The one who would have the worst position in God’s sight on the Day of Resurrection would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning (Abu Darda in Darimi)
35. God is kind and loves kindness in all affairs (Aisha in Bukhari and Muslim)
36. Judge each matter by its disposition. If you see good in its outcome, carry on with it; but if you fear transgressing the limits set by God, then abstain from it (Anas in Sharh as-Sunna)
37. Leave that which causes doubt for that which you have no doubt about; for it is truth that brings peace of mind and it is falsehood that brings doubt (Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali bin AbuTalib in Ahmad and Tirmidhi)
38. It is treachery that you tell your brother something he accepts as truth, but you were lying (Sufyan bin Asad al-Hadrami in Abu Dawud)
39. If one apologizes to another, but he does not excuse him, or accept his apology, he is as sinful as one who takes an unjust tax (Jabir in Baihaqi)
40. The most excellent charity is that you feed a hungry stomach (Anas in Baihaqi)
41. When one commits fornication he is not a believer, when one steals he is not a believer, when one drinks intoxicants he is not a believer, when one takes plunder on account of which men raise their eyes at him he is not a believer, and when one of you defrauds he is not a believer; so beware, beware! (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
42. No one has ever eaten better food than what he eats as a result of the labour of his hands. God’s Prophet David (peace be upon him) used to eat from what he has worked for with his hands (Al-Miqdad ibn Ma’dikarab in Bukhari)
43. He who grants respite to one who is in straightened circumstances or who remits his debt will be saved by God from the anxieties of the Day of Resurrection (Abu Qatada in Muslim)
44. A man asked what faith was, to which the Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, “When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer.” He then asked what was sin and received the reply, “When a thing disturbs (the peace of) your heart, give it up.” (Abu Amama in Ahmad)
45. To earn a lawful livelihood is an obligation like the other obligations in religion (Abdullah ibn Ma’sud in Baihaqi)
46. The most perfect of believers is the best of you in character; and the best of you in character are the best to their wives (Abu Huraira in Tirmidhi)
47. Eat together and not separately, for there are blessings associated with company (Umar ibn al-Khattab in Ibn Majah)
48. The one who will be dearest to God and nearest to Him on the Day of Resurrection is a just leader, and the one who will be most hateful to God on the Day of Resurrection and will receive the severest punishment will be a tyrannical leader (Abu Sa’id in Tirmidhi)
49. The most excellent struggle is when one speaks truth in the presence of a tyrannical leader (Abu Sa’id in Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ahmad and Nasa’i)
50. None of you must point a weapon at another for you do not know whether the devil may draw it out (and you accidentally kill the person) while it is in your hand, as a result of which you will fall into a pit of hell (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
51. The one who is most hateful to God is the one who is most quarrelsome (Aisha in Bukhari and Muslim)
52. There are six duties which one believer has to another: he should visit him when he is ill, be present when he dies, accept his invitation when he gives one, greet him when he meets him, say “God have mercy on you” when he sneezes, and act sincerely towards him whether he is absent or present (Abu Huraira in Nasa’i)
53. One who is riding should greet one who is walking, one who is walking should greet one who is sitting, and a small group should greet the larger one (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
54. When you return to your family (after work or school) give a salutation (greeting). It will be a blessing both to you and your family (Anas in Tirmidhi)
55. If anyone gets up from where he has been sitting and comes back he has the most right to it (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
56. A person is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the creator (An-Nawwas ibn Sam’an in Sharh as-Sunna)
57. When eating, start by mentioning God’s name, eat with your right hand, and eat what is next to you (Umar ibn Abu Salamah in Bukhari and Muslim)
58. He is not of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect for our old ones. And he is not of us who does not recommend what is good and prohibit what is evil (Ibn Abbas in Tirmidhi)
59. By Him in whose hand is my soul, a man does not believe till he likes for his brother what he likes for himself (Anas in Bukhari and Muslim)
60. When you visit an invalid ask him to pray for you, for his supplication is like that of the angels (Umar ibn al-Khattab in Ibn Majah)
61. The best house among us is one where an orphan is well treated, and the worst house among us is one where an orphan is badly treated (Abu Huraira in Ibn Majah)
62. The believer is not the one who eats to his fill when his neighbour is hungry (Ibn Abbas in Baihaqi)
63. All creatures are God’s children, and those dearest to God are the ones who treat His children kindly (Anas and Abdullah in Baihaqi)
64. If anyone protects the propriety of what is between his jaws and what is between his legs (i.e. he should not commit fornication or adultery), I can assure him paradise (Sahl ibn Sa’d in Bukhari)
65. Cling to truth, for truth leads to good deeds and good deeds lead to paradise. Falsehood is wickedness and wickedness leads to hell (Abdullah ibn Mas’ud in Muslim)
66. Coarse talk does not enter anything without disgracing it, and modesty does not enter anything without adorning it (Anas in Tirmidhi)
67. Do not display pleasure at your brother’s misfortune so that God shows mercy on him and brings misfortune to you (Wathila in Tirmidhi)
68. Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as a fire devours wood (Abu Huraira in Abu Dawud)
69. It is not permissible for a man to keep apart from his brother more than three days, the one turning away and the other turning away when they meet. The better of the two is the one who is the first to give a greeting (Abu Ayyub al-Ansari in Bukhari and Muslim)
70. Modesty is a part of faith and faith leads to paradise, but obscenity is a part of the hardness of heart and hardness of heart leads to hell (Abu Huraira in Ahmad and Tirmidhi)
71. Righteousness is good character, and sin is that which unsettles your heart and about which you do not want people to know (An Nawwas ibn Sam’an in Muslim)
72. Believers are to one another like a building whose parts support each other (Abu Musa in Bukhari and Muslim)
73. God does not look at your forms and your possessions, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
74. May he be disgraced; may he be disgraced; may he be disgraced; who finds his parents approaching old age and does not make it to Paradise by rendering services to them (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
75. Whenever you see someone who has more than you in wealth or beauty, turn your attention to those who have less. (So that you may thank God for what He has blessed you with) (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
76. One who cut ties of kinship will not enter paradise (Jubair ibn Mut’im in Bukhari and Muslim)
77. The wise and strong among you is the one who keeps his appetites under control and strives for life after death. And the foolish and weak among you is he who is a slave to sensual pleasures and still hopes for the best from his Lord (Shaddad ibn ‘Aus in Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi)
78. A person follows his friend’s religion, so each one should consider who he makes his friend (Abu Huraira in Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud)
79. Fear God wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed by a good deed so that you cancel it out; and be well-behaved towards people (Abu Darr in Ahmad and Tirmidhi)
80. The ‘strong’ man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is he who controls himself when he is angry (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
81. When one of you is standing and becomes angry he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good, otherwise he should lie down (Abu Dharr in Ahmad and Tirmidhi)
82. Those who take bribes and those who give bribes are cursed by God (Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al-as in Bukhari and Muslim)
83. The descendant of Adam grows old and weak, but two things remain strong in him: greed for wealth and greed for long life (Anas in Bukhari and Muslim)
84. When a man makes a loan to another he must not accept a present (Anas in Bukhari)
85. Do you know the thing which most commonly brings people into paradise? It is fear of God and good character. Do you know what most commonly brings people into hell? It is two things: the mouth and the private parts (Abu Huraira in Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah)
86. The believer who meets with people and tolerates their shortcomings is better than he who does not mix with them and does not endure any harm they may do (Ibn Umar in Tirmidhi)
87. When a person acknowledges his sin and repents, God forgives him (Aisha in Bukhari and Muslim)
88. Two matters are signs of disbelief on the part of those who indulge in them: slandering one’s lineage and lamentation over the dead (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
89. Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tale (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
90. Faith has more than sixty or seventy branches. The sublimest of these is the statement: There is none worth of worship but God; and the lowest of those is the removal of anything harmful from the path/road. Modesty is also a branch of faith (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
91. Do not invoke curses on yourself or on your children or on your possessions, lest you do it at the time of acceptance of your prayer (Jabir in Muslim)
92. God shows mercy to a person who adopts a kind attitude when he sells, buys, and makes demands for repayment of loans (Jabir in Bukhari)
93. None of you shall wish for death on account of an injury which afflicts him. If there is not alternative, let him pray: O’God! give me life so long as life will be good for me and take away my life when death will be good for me (Anas bin Malik in Bukhari and Muslim)
94. God has imposed certain religious duties, do not neglect them; He has forbidden certain things, do not indulge in them; He has laid down certain limits, do not transgress them; about some things He is silent - out of compassion for you, not forgetfulness - do not seek after them (Abu Tha’Labah al-Khushani Jurthum ibn Nashir in Daraqutni)
95. On the day of judgement no step shall a man take until he has answered questions on five aspects of his worldy existence: his life and how he spent it; his knowledge and what use he made of it; his wealth, how he acquired it and how it was spent; and his body and how he utilized it (Abu Hurairah in Tirmidhi)
96. There are four reasons for a man to marry a woman: her wealth, her lineage, her beauty, and her faith. Enter marriage with one who has faith (Abu Hurairah in Bukhari and Muslim)
97. The deeds most loved by God are those done consistently, even if they are small (Aisha in Bukhari and Muslim)
98. He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest. Extend hospitality for three days and provide for the road what will last for a day and a night. What goes beyond that is charity. And it is not permissible that a guest should stay till he makes himself an encumbrance (Abu Shuraih al Ka’bi in Bukhari and Muslim)
99. The truthful and honest merchant is associated with the prophets, the upright, and the martyrs (Abu Sa’id in Tirmidhi, Darimi and Daraqutni)
100. He who calls to that which is right, has the same rewards as those who follow him. It will not lessen the reward of those that follow. And he who calls to wrong, burdens himself with the sins of those who follow him. It will not lessen the sins of the followers (Abu Huraira in Muslim)
101. Take advantage of five things before five others overtake you: your youth before you grow old; your health before you fall sick; your money before you become poor; your leisure before you become busy; and your life before you die (Amr ibn Maymum in Tirmidhi)
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