Al-Arba’īn an-Nawawīyah

It is reported on the authority of Anas bin Mālik (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: Allāh, the Almighty has said: “O son of Ādam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done,

It is reported on the authority of Abī Muḥammad ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr bin al-‘Āṣ (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.” Continu

It is reported on the authority of ibn ‘Umar (may Allāh be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) took me by the shoulder and said: “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler.” And ibn ‘Umar (may Allāh be pleased with t

It is reported on the authority of ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Verily Allāh has pardoned [or been lenient with] for me my ummah: Their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forc

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: Verily Allāh, Mighty and Sublime, has said: “Whosoever shows enmity to a walī (friend) of Mine, then I have declared war against him. And

It is reported on the authority of ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both), from the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), from among the sayings that he related from his Lord (Glorified and Exalted be He) is that He said: “Verily Allāh has written down the good dee

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Whoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allāh will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the nee

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Do not envy one another, and do not inflate prices for one another, and do not hate one another, and do not turn away from one another, a

It is reported on the authority of Abī Sa’īd al-Khudrī (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “Whoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with

It is reported on the authority of ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Were people to be given everything that they claimed, men would [unjustly] claim the wealth and lives of [other] people. But, the burden

It is reported on the authority of Abī Sa’īd Sa’d bin Mālik bin Sinān al-Khudrī (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “There should be neither harming (ḍarara) nor reciprocating harm (ḍirār).”…

It is reported on the authority of Abī al-‘Abbās Sahl bin Sa’d as-Sā’idī (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allāh to love me and the people

It is reported on the authority of Abī Tha’labah al-Khushannī Jurthūm bin Nāshir (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Verily Allāh, has laid down religious obligations (farā’iḍ), so do not neglect them; and He has set limits,

It is reported on the authority of Mu’ādh bin Jabal (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, tell me of an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hellfire.’ He said: “You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is easy for him for whom

It is reported on the authority of Abī Najīḥ al-’Irbāḍ bin Sāriyah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. So, we said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! It

It is reported on the authority of an-Nawās bin Sam’ān (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Righteousness is in good character, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul, and which you dislike people finding out about.” And it is

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Every joint of a person must perform a charity each day that the sun rises: To judge justly between two people is a charity. To help a ma

It is also reported on the authority of Abī Dharr (may Allāh be pleased with him): Some people from amongst the companions of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him): ‘O Messenger of Allāh, the affluent have mad

It is reported on the authority of Abī Dharr al-Ghifārī (may Allāh be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) from his Lord, Mighty and Sublime, that He said: “O My servants! I have forbidden ẓulm (oppression) for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you

It is reported on the authority of Abī Mālik al-Ḥārith bin ‘Āṣim al-Ash’arī (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Purification is half of īmān (faith), and alḥamdulillāh (praise be to Allāh) fills the scales, and subḥānallā

It is reported on the authority of Abī ‘Abdillāh Jābir bin ‘Abdillāh al-Anṣārī (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that: A man questioned the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) and said: ‘Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramaḍān, treat as la

It is reported on the authority of Abī ‘Amr and he is also called Abī ‘Amrah Sufyān bin ‘Abdillāh (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, tell me something about Islām which I can ask of no one but you.’ He said: “Say: ‘I believe in Allāh’, and then be steadfast on i

It is reported on the authority of Abī Mas’ūd ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amr al-Anṣārī al-Badrī (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Verily from what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no sh

It is reported on the authority of Abīl ‘Abbās ‘Abdillāh bin ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: One day I was behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) [riding on the same mount] and he said: “O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful o

It is reported on the authority of Abī Dharr Jundub bin Junādah, and Abī ‘Abdir-Raḥmān Mu’ādh bin Jabal (may Allāh be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Have taqwā (fear) of Allāh wherever you may be, and follow up a bad deed with a

It is reported on the authority of Abī Ya’lā Shaddād bin Aws (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Verily Allāh has prescribed iḥsān (proficiency, perfection) in all things. So, if you kill then kill well; and if you slaughter,

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him): A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him): ‘Advise me’ So, he said: “Do not become angry.” The man repeated that several times, [and each time] he said: “Do not become angry.” Continue reading…

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Let him who believes in Allāh and in the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allāh and in the Last Day honour hi

It is reported on the authority of ibn Mas’ūd (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “It is not permissible to spill the blood of a Muslim except in three [instances]: The married person who commits zinā’ (adultery), a life f

It is reported on the authority of Abī Ḥamzah Anas bin Mālik (may Allāh be pleased with him), the servant of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brothe

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Part of the perfection of one’s Islām is his leaving that which does not concern him.”…

It is reported on the authority of Abī Muḥammad al-Ḥasan bin ‘Alī bin Abī Ṭālib, the grandson of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), and his beloved (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: I memorized from the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Allāh the Almighty is pure and accepts only that which is pure. And verily Allāh has commanded the believers to do that which He has comm

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Ṣakhr (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “What I have forbidden for you, avoid. What I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. For ve

It is reported on the authority of ibn ‘Umar (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allāh and that Muḥammad

It is reported on the authority of Abī Ruqayyah Tamīm bin Aws ad-Dārī (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The dīn (religion) is naṣīḥah (advice, sincerity).” We said: ‘To whom?’ He said: “To Allāh, His Book, His Messenger, and to th

It is reported on the authority of Abī ‘Abdillāh an-Nu’mān bin Bashīr (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “That which is ḥalāl (lawful) is clear and that which is ḥarām (unlawful) is clear, and between the two

It is reported on the authority of the mother of the believers Umm ‘Abdillāh, ‘Ā’ishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e., Islām) that is not of it, will have it re

It is narrated on the authority of Abī ‘Abdir-Raḥmān ‘Abdillāh bin Mas’ūd (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), and he is the truthful, the believed, narrated to us: “Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in

It is narrated on the authority of Abī ‘Abdur-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allāh be pleased with them both) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “Islām has been built on five [pillars]: Testifying that there is no deity worthy of