Ahadith

105 · Sayings of the Prophet

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Actions are judged by intentions, and every person will get the reward according to what he intended.

Sahih al-BukhariFaith
— Umar ibn al-Khattab

The best of you are those who have the best character.

Sahih al-BukhariCharacter
— Abdullah ibn Amr

The most beloved deed to Allah is the one that is consistent, even if it is little.

Sahih al-BukhariWorship
— Aisha

Whoever Allah wants good for, He gives him understanding of the religion.

Sahih al-BukhariKnowledge
— Ibn Abbas

The five daily prayers and the Friday prayer to the Friday prayer are expiations for what comes between them, as long as major sins are avoided.

Sahih al-BukhariPrayer
— Abu Huraira

A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands other Muslims are safe.

Sahih al-BukhariCharacter
— Abu Huraira

The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family.

Sahih al-BukhariFamily
— Abu Huraira

Charity does not decrease wealth. Allah increases the honor of one who forgives, and no one humbles himself before Allah except that Allah raises his status.

Sahih al-BukhariCharity
— Abu Huraira

Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues to tell the truth until he becomes a truthful person.

Sahih al-BukhariHonesty
— Abdullah ibn Masud

Lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire. A man continues to lie until he is written as a liar before Allah.

Sahih al-BukhariHonesty
— Abdullah ibn Masud

None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

Sahih al-BukhariFaith
— Anas ibn Malik

Allah says: I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me.

Sahih al-BukhariWorship
— Abu Huraira

Allah has one hundred parts of mercy, of which He sent down one between jinn, mankind, animals and insects.

Sahih al-BukhariMercy
— Abu Huraira

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or keep silent.

Sahih al-BukhariCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Islam is built on five: testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger, establishing prayer, paying Zakat, Hajj, and fasting in Ramadan.

Sahih al-BukhariPrayer
— Ibn Umar

Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.

Sahih al-BukhariKnowledge
— Anas ibn Malik

The best of you is he who learns the Quran and teaches it.

Sahih al-BukhariQuran
— Uthman ibn Affan

Do not get angry. The Prophet repeated this three times.

Sahih al-BukhariCharacter
— Abu Huraira

He who does not thank people does not thank Allah.

Sahih al-BukhariGratitude
— Abu Huraira

Smiling in the face of your brother is charity.

Sahih al-BukhariCharacter
— Abu Huraira

He who shows no mercy to people, Allah will show no mercy to him.

Sahih MuslimMercy
— Jarir ibn Abdullah

The strong man is not the one who overcomes others. The strong man is the one who controls himself when he is angry.

Sahih MuslimCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Every good deed is charity.

Sahih MuslimGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

Purification is half of faith.

Sahih MuslimWorship
— Abu Huraira

The merciful will be shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth and the One in the heavens will have mercy upon you.

Sahih MuslimMercy
— Abdullah ibn Amr

Do not envy one another; do not hate one another; do not spy on one another. Be brothers as servants of Allah.

Sahih MuslimCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him.

Sahih MuslimKnowledge
— Abu Huraira

Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him before you.

Sahih MuslimHereafter
— Ibn Abbas

How wonderful is the affair of the believer, all of his affairs are good. If blessings befall him he is grateful, and if a calamity befalls him he is patient.

Sahih MuslimPatience
— Suhayb

The most beloved of people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to people.

Sahih MuslimCharacter
— Jabir

Allah does not look at your appearance or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.

Sahih MuslimFaith
— Abu Huraira

When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him.

Sahih MuslimGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

The first thing a person will be called to account for on the Day of Resurrection is the prayer.

Sahih MuslimPrayer
— Abu Huraira

There is not a single day in which a servant wakes except that two angels come down, one says: O Allah, give the one who spends in charity a substitute, and the other says: O Allah, give the one who withholds loss.

Sahih MuslimCharity
— Abu Huraira

Read the Quran, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection.

Sahih MuslimQuran
— Abu Umamah

Part of perfecting one's Islam is leaving alone what does not concern him.

Sahih MuslimCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Whoever prays Fajr prayer is under the protection of Allah.

Sahih MuslimWorship
— Abu Huraira

Make things easy and do not make them difficult, cheer people up and do not drive them away.

Sahih MuslimCharacter
— Anas

The heaviest thing on the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection will be good character.

Sunan Abu DawudCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Whoever goes out seeking knowledge is in the path of Allah until he returns.

Sunan Abu DawudKnowledge
— Kathir ibn Qays

Pray as you have seen me pray.

Sunan Abu DawudWorship
— Abu Huraira

Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face.

Sunan Abu DawudGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

Show mercy, and mercy will be shown to you.

Sunan Abu DawudMercy
— Abu Huraira

The wise person is the one who subdues his own self and works for what comes after death.

Sunan Abu DawudCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Shall I not tell you of the peak of the matter, its pillar, and its topmost part? The peak is Islam, its pillar is prayer, and its topmost part is jihad.

Sunan Abu DawudPrayer
— Muadh ibn Jabal

There is nothing heavier in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection than good character.

Jami al-TirmidhiCharacter
— Abu Darda

The most excellent worship is dua.

Jami al-TirmidhiWorship
— Abu Huraira

Every good deed is charity, and it is a good deed to meet your brother with a smiling face.

Jami al-TirmidhiGood Deeds
— Anas

The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.

Jami al-TirmidhiKnowledge
— Abu Huraira

Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Allah.

Jami al-TirmidhiGratitude
— Abu Huraira

Patience is at the first stroke of calamity.

Jami al-TirmidhiPatience
— Anas

Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers in your soul and you dislike people finding out about it.

Jami al-TirmidhiFaith
— Nawwas ibn Saman

Take advantage of five before five: your youth before old age, your health before illness, your wealth before poverty, your free time before being busy, and your life before death.

Jami al-TirmidhiCharacter
— Ibn Abbas

Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler.

Jami al-TirmidhiHereafter
— Ibn Masud

Dua is worship.

Jami al-TirmidhiDua
— Nu'man ibn Bashir

Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.

Sunan Ibn MajahKnowledge
— Anas ibn Malik

Modesty is part of faith, and faith is in Paradise.

Sunan Ibn MajahCharacter
— Abu Huraira

The best of people are those who benefit others the most.

Sunan Ibn MajahGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

Avoid that which I prohibit you from doing, and do that which I command you to do, to the best of your ability.

Sunan Ibn MajahWorship
— Abu Huraira

The heart of the believer is between two of the fingers of Allah. He turns it however He wills.

Sunan Ibn MajahFaith
— Ibn Umar

The key to Paradise is prayer, and the key to prayer is purification.

Sunan al-NasaiPrayer
— Jabir

Protect yourself from the fire, even with half a date in charity.

Sunan al-NasaiCharity
— Abu Huraira

Fasting is a shield from the Hellfire, just like the shield of any one of you in battle.

Sunan al-NasaiFasting
— Abu Huraira

None of you should wish for death due to a harm that has befallen him.

Sunan al-NasaiCharacter
— Anas

Whoever guarantees me what is between his jaws and his legs, I will guarantee him Paradise.

Musnad AhmadCharacter
— Abu Huraira

A good word is charity.

Musnad AhmadGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

Fear Allah wherever you are, follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe it out, and deal with people with good character.

Musnad AhmadWorship
— Muadh ibn Jabal

Do good deeds before tribulations come like pieces of a dark night.

Musnad AhmadHereafter
— Ibn Masud

A father gives his child nothing better than a good upbringing.

Musnad AhmadFamily
— Abu Huraira

You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another.

Musnad AhmadFaith
— Anas

I have left you two things. You will never go astray as long as you hold on to them: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet.

Muwatta Imam MalikCharacter
— Malik

Good character is like patience with what you dislike from others.

Muwatta Imam MalikGood Deeds
— Yahya ibn Said

A scholar's sleep is better than an ignorant man's worship.

Muwatta Imam MalikKnowledge
— Yahya

The best worship is what is done consistently, even if little.

Muwatta Imam MalikWorship
— Malik

Richness is not having many possessions, but richness is the richness of the soul.

Riyad al-SalihinCharacter
— Abu Huraira

The Prophet was the most generous of people, and he was most generous in Ramadan.

Riyad al-SalihinCharity
— Ibn Abbas

If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion.

Riyad al-SalihinKnowledge
— Abu Huraira

None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

Riyad al-SalihinGood Deeds
— Anas

The believer is a mirror for his brother.

Riyad al-SalihinCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Allah said: When I afflict my servant in his two dear things (his eyes) and he endures patiently, I will compensate him with Paradise in their place.

Riyad al-SalihinPatience
— Anas

Perform prayers and do not slacken, for verily Allah's mercy descends on those who perform prayers.

Riyad al-SalihinWorship
— Thawban

When you become five and are inflicted with these five: when lewdness appears among a people to the point that they commit it openly, plagues and new diseases will spread among them.

Riyad al-SalihinHereafter
— Ibn Umar

Whoever loves to know whether he loves Allah and His Messenger, let him look — if he loves the Quran, he loves Allah and His Messenger.

Sunan al-DarimiQuran
— Ibn Masud

The most perfect of believers in faith are those with the best character.

Sunan al-DarimiCharacter
— Abu Huraira

The believer who mixes with people and bears their harm with patience is better than the one who does not mix and has no patience.

Sahih Ibn HibbanCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Allah is Generous and loves generosity, and loves the noble traits of character.

Sahih Ibn HibbanDua
— Abu Huraira

Every good deed that benefits people is a form of charity.

Sahih Ibn HibbanGood Deeds
— Jabir

Faith has over seventy branches — or over sixty branches — the uppermost of which is the declaration that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and the least of which is the removal of harmful objects from the road.

Agreed UponFaith
— Abu Huraira

Avoid the seven grievous sins.

Agreed UponCharacter
— Abu Huraira

The most beloved of deeds to Allah are those that are most consistent, even if they are small.

Agreed UponGood Deeds
— Aisha

Allah has mercy on the servant who is easy-going when he sells, easy-going when he buys, easy-going when he makes demands.

Agreed UponMercy
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I remember him in Myself.

Hadith QudsiFaith
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: My mercy prevails over my anger.

Hadith QudsiMercy
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: O son of Adam, spend (in charity), and I shall spend on you.

Hadith QudsiGood Deeds
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived.

Hadith QudsiWorship
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: O son of Adam, as long as you call on Me and put your hope in Me, I will forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind.

Hadith QudsiForgiveness
— Anas ibn Malik

Allah says: Verily, I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves.

Hadith QudsiCharacter
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: The people of Paradise are three: one who has authority and is just and fair; a man who is truthful and is granted the ability to do good deeds.

Hadith QudsiHereafter
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: My servant's reward from Me, if I cause his dear friend to die and he remains patient, will be nothing less than Paradise.

Hadith QudsiPatience
— Abu Huraira

Allah says: Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Me.

Hadith QudsiGratitude
— Abu Huraira

When Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained.

Sahih al-BukhariRamadan
— Abu Huraira

Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.

Sahih MuslimRamadan
— Abu Huraira

Fasting is a shield. When one of you is fasting, he should avoid obscene speech and ignorance.

Sahih al-BukhariFasting
— Abu Huraira

Shall I not inform you of the best of deeds, the purest in the sight of your Lord, the most elevated in your ranks? It is the remembrance of Allah.

Jami al-TirmidhiDhikr
— Abu Huraira

Two words are light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: SubhanAllah wa bihamdih, SubhanAllah al-Azeem.

Sahih MuslimDhikr
— Abu Huraira