5. Sunan at-Tirmidhī

It is narrated 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) came across some people who were sitting, so he said: “Shall I not inform you of the best of you from your worst?” He said: They became silent, so he said that three times, then a man said: ‘Of course, O Messenger of Allāh! Inform us of the best among us from our worst.’ He said: “The best of you is the one whose goodness is hoped for, and people are safe from his evil. And the worst of you is he whose goodness is not hoped for, and people are not safe from his evil.”

Commentary by Dārussalām, and Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Awwal al-Ghaznawī added.

It is narrated on the authority of Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (may Allāh be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! Either you command good and forbid evil, or Allāh will soon send upon you a punishment from Him, then you will call upon Him, but He will not respond to you.”

Commentary by Dārussalām, Shaykh Abul Qāsim Muḥammad Maḥfūẓ A'wān, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn, Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf, and Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad 'Abdul-Awwal al-Ghaznawī added.

Qa'is bin Abī Ḥāzim said: I heard Mustawrid, a member of Banū Fihr, saying: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The world compared to the Hereafter is but like what one of you gets when placing his finger into the sea, so look at what you draw from it.”

Commentary by Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz ‘Alvī, Dārussalām, Shaykh Ibrāhīm ibn Bashīr al-Ḥusaynwī, Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Awwal al-Ghaznawī, and Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf added.

'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allāh be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said to him: “O 'Alī! Three are not to be delayed: Ṣalāt when it is due, the funeral when it is presented, and (marriage) for the single woman when someone compatible is found.”

Commentary by Dārussalām added.

It is reported on the authority of Miqdām bin Ma’dī Karib (may Allāh be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The human does not fill any container that is worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Ādam to eat what will support his back. If this is not possible, then a third for food, a third for drink, and third for his breath.”

Commentary by Dārussalām added.

Thābit narrated from Anas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) entered upon a young man while he was dying. So he said: “How do you feel?” He said: ‘By Allāh! O Messenger of Allāh! Indeed I hope in Allāh and I fear from my sins.’ So the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “These two will not be gathered in a worshipper's heart at a time such as this, except that Allāh will grant him what he hopes and make him safe from what he fears.”

[Abū 'Īsā said:] This ḥadīth is ḥasan gharīb. Some of them have reported this ḥadīth in mursal form from Thābit from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him).

Commentary by Dārussalām added.

It is reported on the authority of Abī Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Increase in remembrance of the severer of pleasures.” meaning death.

[Abū 'Īsā said:] There is a narration on this topic from Abī Sa'īd. This ḥadīth is gharīb ḥasan.

Commentary by Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf, Dārussalām, and Shaykh Ḥāfiẓ 'Abbās Anjum Gondhalwī added.

Ibn Ka'b bin Mālik al-Anṣārī narrated from his father, that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Two wolves free among sheep are no more destructive to them than a man's desire for wealth and honor is to his religion.”

[Abū 'Īsā said:] This ḥadīth is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ. There is something on this topic reported from Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), but its chain is not correct.

Commentary by Dārussalām, Shaykh ‘Abdul-Mannān Rāsikh, Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf, and Shaykhul Islām ibn Taymiyyah added.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Mālik (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The hour shall not be established until time is constricted, and the year is like a month, a month is like the week, and the week is like the day, and the day is like the hour, and the hour is like the flare of the fire.”

[Abū 'Īsā said:] This ḥadīth is gharīb from this route. Sa'd bin Sa'īd (a narrator in the chain) is the brother of Yaḥyā Bin Sa'īd Al-Anṣārī.

Commentary by Dārussalām added.

It is narrated on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Whoever wishes that Allāh would respond to him during hardship and grief, then let him supplicate plentifully when at ease”

[Abū 'Īsā said:] This ḥadīth is gharīb.