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Forty Hadith Qudsi
Introduction
The following is a
collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith Qudsi and how do they
differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is given in the
introduction to the book titled "Forty Hadith Qudsi" published by:
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic Translation Center, P.O.Box
38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait.
Hadith Qudsi are the
sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon
him) as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred
Hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of Hadith which are
Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to the
Prophet but to the Almighty.
Among the many definitions
given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif
al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat where he says:
"A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah the Almighty; as to
the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). It
is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through
revelation or in dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it
in his own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to it because, besides being
revealed, it is His wording."
Hadith Collection
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Hadith Qudsi 1:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
When Allah decreed the
Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid down
with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 2:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me
and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he had no right to
do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake me as
He made me at first (1) - and the initial creation [of him] is no easier
for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying:
Allah has taken to Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting
Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to
Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to
life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 3:
On the authority of Zayd
ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may
the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led the morning prayer for
us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When the
Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he
faced the people and said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said?
They said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: This morning one
of my servants became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him
who said: We have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that
one is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him
who said: We have been given rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a
disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs
believed that rain was brought about by the movement of stars. This
Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of
such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the
Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari
(also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 4:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh
against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the
night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the
Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part of
Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim).
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Hadith Qudsi 5:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He)
said:
I am so self-sufficient
that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who does an action
for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action renounced
by Me to him whom he associated with Me.
It was related by Muslim
(also by Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 6:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
The first of people against
whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a
man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to
him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say:
And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I
died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it
might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he
will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into
Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge
and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought
and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them.
[The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I
studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran
for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
[religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And
you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter.
And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his
face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah
had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be
brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will
recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them?
He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be
spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied -
you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And
so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face
until he is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim
(also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 7:
On the authority of Uqbah
ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
Your Lord delights at a
shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the call to prayer
and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at this
servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer and performs the prayers;
he is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My servant [his sins] and have
admitted him to Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i
with a good chain of authorities.
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Hadith Qudsi 8:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon
him), who said:
A prayer performed by
someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1) during it is
deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone
said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said:
Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He),
had said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two
halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the
servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me. And when he says:
Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My
servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah
says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My
servant has submitted to My power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa
iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My
servant shall have what he has asked for. And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata
l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa
la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall
have what he has asked for.
- Surat al-Fatihah, the
first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- i.e. standing behind
the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
- "Praise be to Allah,
Lord of the Worlds."
- "The Merciful, the
Compassionate".
- "Master of the Day of
Judgement".
- "It is You we worship
and it is You we ask for help".
- "Guide us to the
straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors,
not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are
astray".
It was related by Muslim
(also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 9:
On the authority of Abu
Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon
him), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
The fist of his actions for
which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of
Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will
have prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have
failed and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory
prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My
servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that
which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his
actions will be judged in like fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi
(also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).
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Hadith Qudsi 10:
On the authority of Abu
Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon
him), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I
who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food
and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts
has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his
Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better
in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 11:
On the authority of Abu
Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon
him), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Spend (on charity), O son
of Adam, and I shall spend on you.
It was related by
al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
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Hadith Qudsi 12:
On the authority of Abu
Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said:
A man from among those who
were before you was called to account. Nothing in the way of good was
found for him except that he used to have dealings with people and,
being well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off the man in
straitened circumstances [from repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet
p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are worthier than you of that (of
being so generous). Let him off.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 13:
On the authority of Adiyy
ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of
Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and there came
to him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being very poor),
while the other was complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of
Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for
brigandry, it will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able
to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of
Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around
without finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will
surely stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him and him,
nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then He will say to him: Did I
not bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not
send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his
right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left
and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself
against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it not,
then with a kind word.
(1) i.e. at the time of the
Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 14:
On the authority of Abu
Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon
him), who said:
Allah (glorified and
exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove about seeking out
gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them
and fold their wings round each other, fillin that which is between them
and between the lowest heaven. When [the people in the gathering]
depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet
p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them -
[though] He is most knowing about them: From where have you come? And
they say: We have come from some servants of Yours on Earth: they were
glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu akbar), witnessing
that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising You (Al-Hamdu
lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what do they ask of
Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He says: And have they seen
My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be were
they to have seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask protection of You.
He says: From what do they ask protection of Me? They say: From Your
Hell-fire, O Lord. He says: And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say:
NO. He says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Hell-fire:
They say: And they ask for Your forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h)
said: Then He says: I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them
what they have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that
from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They
say: O Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was
merely passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said:
And He says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with
such people shall not suffer.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 15:
On the authority of Abu
Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: Allah the Almighty said:
I am as My servant thinks I
am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention
of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes
mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble
better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near
to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at
speed.
(1) Another possible
rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be". The
meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty
is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and
merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would
be to mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari
(also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 16:
On the authority of son of
Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him), among the sayings he related from his Lord
(glorified and exalted be He) is that He said:
Allah has written down the
good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained it [by saying that] he
who has intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down
with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done
it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven
hundred times, or many times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and
has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed,
but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one
bad deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari
and Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 17:
On the authority of Abu
Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace
be upon him) is that among the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He
be glorified) is that He said:
O My servants, I have
forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you,
so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray
except for those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide
you, O My servants, all of you are hungry except for those I have fed,
so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are
naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I
shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I
forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O
My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will
not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were the
first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you
to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would
not increase My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of
you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as
wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not
decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of you
and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in
one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he
requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle
decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds
that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds
good praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but
himself.
It was related by Muslim
(also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 18:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will
say on the Day of Resurrection:
O son of Adam, I fell ill
and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You
when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that
My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not
know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of
Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and
how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say:
Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you
fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have
found that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you
to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord,
how should I give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds? He
will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you
gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely
found that with Me.
It was related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 19:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Pride is my cloak and
greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me in respect of either of
them I shall cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Abu Dawud
(also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of authority. This
Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version.
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Hadith Qudsi 20:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
The gates of Paradise will
be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant [of Allah] who
associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who
has a grudge against his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay
these two until they are reconciled; delay these two until they are
reconciled.
It was related by Muslim
(also by Malik and Abu Dawud).
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Hadith Qudsi 21:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said that Allah the Almighty said:
There are three (1) whose
adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection: a man who has given his
word by Me and has broken it; a man who has sold a free man (2) and has
consumed the price; and a man who has hired a workman, has exacted his
due in full from him and has not given him his wage.
- i.e. types of men.
- i.e. a man who has
made a slave of another and has sold him.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
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Hadith Qudsi 22:
On the authority of Abu
Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Let not any one of you
belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one of us
belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about
which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What
prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and
such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says:
Rather it is I whom you should more properly fear.
It was related by Ibn Majah
with a sound chain of authorities.
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Hadith Qudsi 23:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah will say on the Day of
Resurrection:
Where are those who love
one another through My glory? Today I shall give them shade in My shade,
it being a day when there is no shade but My shade.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Malik).
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Hadith Qudsi 24:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
If Allah has loved a
servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: I love
So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet peace be upon him) said:
So Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying:
Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the inhabitants of heaven
love him. He (the Prophet peace be upon him) said: Then acceptance is
established for him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of
His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so, therefore abhor him.
So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to the inhabitants of
heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet
peace be upon him) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is
established for him on earth.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
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Hadith Qudsi 25:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to
someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not
near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I
have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with
supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his
hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand
with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
[something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me
for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about
anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful
servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 26:
On the authority of Abu
Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Truly of those devoted to
Me the one I most favour is a believer who is of meagre means and much
given to prayer, who has been particular in the worship of his Lord and
has obeyed Him inwardly (1), who was obscure among people and not
pointed our, and whose sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him
yet he bore this patiently. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) rapped
his hand and said: Death will have come early to him, his mourners will
have been few, his estate scant i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his
obedience.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi
(also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is
sound.
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Hadith Qudsi 27:
On the authority of Masruq,
who said:
We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn
Masud) about this verse: And do not regard those who have been killed in
the cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their Lord, being
provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about that
and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Their souls are in the insides
of green birds having lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming freely
in Paradise where they please, then taking shelter in those lanterns. So
their Lord cast a glance at them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything?
They said: What shall we wish for when we roam freely in Paradise where
we please? And thus did He do to them three times. When they say that
they would not be spared from being asked [again], they said: O Lord, we
would like for You to put back our souls into our bodies so that we
might fight for Your sake once again. And when He saw that they were not
in need of anything they were let be i.e. at those who had been killed
in the cause of Allah.
It was related by Muslim
(also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 28:
On the authority of Jundub
ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
There was amongst those
before you a man who had a wound. He was in [such] anguish that he took
a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood did not cease
to flow till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My servant has himself
forestalled Me; I have forbidden him Paradise.
It was related by
al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 29:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My faithful servant's
reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best friend from amongst the
inhabitants of the world and he has then borne it patiently for My sake,
shall be nothing less than Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 30:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
If My servant likes to meet
Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to meet
him. Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet
Allah, Allah likes to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah
dislikes to meet him. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O
Prophet of Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us
dislike death? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not so, but
rather it is that when the believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His
approval and His Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to
meet him; but when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment
and His displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to
meet him.
It was related by al-Bukhari
and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 31:
On the authority of Jundub
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) related:
A man said: By Allah, Allah
will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah the Almighty said: Who is he
who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so? Verily I have
forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your [own good] deeds (1) (or as
he said [it]).
(1) A similar Hadith, which
is given by Abu Dawud, indicates that the person referred to was a
goldly man whose previous good deeds were brought to nought through
presuming to declare that Allah would not forgive someone's bad deeds.
It was related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 32:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
A man sinned greatly
against himself, and when death came to him he charged his sons, saying:
When I have died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes] into the
sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of me, He will punish me
in a manner in which He has punished no one [else]. So they did that to
him. Then He said to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there he
was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what you did? He said:
Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and
because of that He forgave him.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 33:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon
him), from among the things he reports from his Lord (mighty and sublime
be He), is that he said:
A servant [of Allah's]
committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified
and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known
that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he
sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and
exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that
he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned
again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted
be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a
Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you wish, for I
have forgiven you.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari).
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Hadith Qudsi 34:
On the authority of Anas
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) say: Allah the Almighty said:
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 would
forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as
great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to
Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi
(also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.
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Hadith Qudsi 35:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Our Lord (glorified and
exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there remains
the final third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me
that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it
him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud).
In a version by Muslim the
Hadith ends with the words:
And thus He continues till
[the light of] dawn shines.
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Hadith Qudsi 36:
On the authority of Anas
(may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him),
who said:
The believers will gather
together on the Day of Resurrection and will say: Should we not ask
[someone] to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come to Adam
and will say: You are the Father of mankind; Allah created you with His
hand He made His angels bow down to you and He taught you the names of
everything, so intercede for us with you Lord so that He may give us
relief form this place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that] - and he will mention his wrongdoing and will feel
ashamed and will say: Go to Noah, for he is the first messenger that
Allah sent to the inhabitants of the earth. So they will come to him and
he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention
his having requested something of his Lord about which he had no
[proper] knowledge (Quran Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will feel
ashamed and will say: Go to the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So
they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do
that]. Go to Moses, a servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave
the Torah. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that] - and he will mention the talking of a life other
that for a life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell
ashamed in the sight of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's
servant and messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him
and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Muhammad
(may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom
Allah has forgiven all his wrongdoing, past and future. So they will
come to me and I shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord,
and permission will be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall
prostrate myself. He will leave me thus for such time as it pleases Him,
and then it will be said [to me]: Raise your head. Ask and it will be
granted. Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and your intercession
will be accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of
praise that He will teach me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set me
a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into
Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I
shall bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a
limit [as to the number of people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise.
Then I shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and I shall say:
There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has confined and
who must be there for eternity. There shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness
weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness
weighing a grain of wheat; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness
weighing an atom.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 37:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah said:
I have prepared for My
righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not has it
occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows
what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden
(Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).
(1) The words "Thus recite
if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah.
It was related by al-Bukhari,
Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
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Hadith Qudsi 38:
On the authority of Abu
Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) said:
When Allah created Paradise
and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to Paradise, saying: Look at it and at
what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: So he came to it and looked at it and at what Allah had
prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (peace be upon him)
said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no one hears of it
without entering it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by forms of
hardship, and He said: Return to it and look at what I have prepared
therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: So he
returned to it and found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship
(1). Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one
will enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount that it was in
layers, one above the other. Then he returned to Him and said: By Your
glory, no one who hears of it will enter it. So He ordered that it be
encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And he returned to it
and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one will escape from
entering it.
(1) The Arabic word used
here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is "things that are
disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious discipline
that man usually finds onerous.
It was related by Tirmidhi,
who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 39:
On the authority of Abu
Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Paradise and Hell-fire
disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me are the mighty and the
haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah judged
between them, [saying]: You are Paradise, My mercy; through you I show
mercy to those I wish. And you are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you
I punish those I wish, and it is incumbent upon Me that each of you
shall have its fill.
It was related by Muslim
(also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
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Hadith Qudsi 40:
On the authority of Abu
Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah will say to the
inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: O our
Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and goodness rests
in Your hands. Then He will say: Are you contented? And they will say:
And how should we not be contented, O Lord, when You have given to us
that which You have given to no one else of Your creation? Then He will
say: Would not like Me to give you something better than that? And they
will say: O Lord and what thing is better than that? And He will say: I
shall cause My favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be
displeased with you.
It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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