Category:The Book of Virtues in Sahih Muslim

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1. Wathila Bin AlAsqa reported I heard Allah Messenger as saying Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Ismail and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana and he granted eminence to Banu Hashim amonsgst the Quraish and he granted me eminence from the tribe of Banu Hashim
2. Her sons would come to her and ask for seasoning when they had nothing with them in the form of condiments and she would go to that skin in which she offered clarified butter to Allah Apostle and she would find in that clarified butter and it kept providing her with seasoning for her household until she had completely squeezed it
3. He then went in and later on came out and then after that offered the sunset and night prayers together and then said God willing you would reach by tomorrow the fountain of Tabuk and you should not come to that until it is dawn and he who amongst you happens to go there should not touch its water until I come
4. Jabir Bin Abdullah AlAnsiri who was one amongst the Companions of Allah Apostle reported that he went on an expedition along with Allah Messenger towards Najd and Allah Messenger stayed there and when Allah Messenger came back he also came back along with him
5. Jabir Bin Abdullah reported We went along with Allah Messenger and as we reached the place Dhat Al AlRiqa the rest of the hadith is the same but there is no mention of the word that Allah Messenger did not harm him
6. Abu Musa reported Allah Messenger as saying When Allah the Exalted and Glorious intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma He punishes it while its Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he the Apostle witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command
7. Abu Hazim said that Numan Bin Abu Ayash heard it and I narrated to them this hadith and said Is it this that you heard Sahl saying He said Yes and I bear witness to the fact that I heard it from Abu Saeed Khudri also but he made this addition that he the Holy Prophet would say They are my followers and it would be said to him You do not know what they did after you and I will say to them Woe to him who changes his religion after me
8. Abdullah Bin Amr AlAs reported Allah Messenger as saying My Cistern is as wide and broad that it requires a month journey to go round it all and its sides are equal and its water is whiter than silver and its odour is more fragrant than the fragrance of musk and its jugs placed around it are like stars in the sky and he who would drink from it would never feel thirsty after that
9. I shall be your witness and by Allah I perceive as if I am seeing with my own eyes my Cistern at this very state and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth or the keys of the earth and by Allah I am not afraid concerning you that you would associate anything with Allah after me but I am afraid that you would be vying with one another for the possession of the treasures of the earth
10. He Anas said I served him in journey and at home but by Allah he never asked me about a thing which I did as to why I did so nor about a thing which I did not do as to why I had not done that
11. Simak Bin Harb reported I said to Jabir Bin Samura Did you have the privilege of sitting in the company of Allah Messenger He said Yes very frequently and added He did not stand up and go from the place where he offered the dawn prayer until the sun rose and after the rising of the sun he stood up and they his Companions entered into conversation with one another and they talked of the things that they did during the Days of Ignorance and they laughed on their unreasonable and ridiculous acts
12. Aisha the wife of Allah Apostle said that whenever he had to choose between two things he adopted the easier one provided it was nor sin but if it was any sin he was the one wio was the farthest from it of the people and Allah Messenger never took revenge from anyone because of his personal grievance unless what Allah the Exalted and Glorious had made inviolable had been violated
13. Aisha reported that Allah Messenger never beat anyone with his hand neither a woman nor a servant but only in the case when he had been fighting in the cause of Allah and he never took revenge for anything unless the things made inviolable by Allah were made violable he then took revenge for Allah the Exalted and Glorious
14. Aisha reported that Harith Bin Hisham asked Allah Apostle How does the the wahi inspiration come to you He said At times it comes to me like the ringing of a bell and that is most severe for me and when it is over I retain that what I had received in the form of wahi and at times an Angel in the form of a human being comes to me and speaks and I retain whatever he speaks
15. Ibn Abbas reported that the People of the Book used to let their hair fall on their foreheads and the polytheists used to part them on their heads and Allah Messenger liked to conform his behaviour to the People of the Book in matters in which he received no command from God so Allah Messenger let fall his hair upon his forehead and then he began to part it after this
16. Anas Bin Malik did not like that a person should pick out his white hair from his head or beard and Allah Messenger did not dye and there was some whiteness in his hair at his chin on his temples and very little on his head
17. Anas Bin Malik reported that Allah Messenger was neither very conspicuously tall nor short statured and his color was neither glaringly white nor brown his hair was neither very curly nor very straight Allah commissioned him as a Prophet when he had reached the age of forty years and he stayed in Mecca for ten years and for ten years in Medina Allah took him away when he had just reached the age of sixty and there had not been twenty white hair in his head and beard
18. Anas Bin Malik reported that Allah Messenger died when he was sixty three years old and so was the case with Abu Bakr and so was the case with Umar who was also sixty three when he died
19. Thereupon Muawiya said Allah Messenger died when he had attained the age of sixty three and Abu Bakr died when he had attained the age of sixty three and Umar fell as a martyr when he had attained the age of sixty three
20. Ibn Abbas reported that Allah Messenger stayed in Mecca for fifteen years after his advent as a Prophet and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form and then received revelation for ten years and he stayed in Medina for ten years
21. Jubair Bin Mutim reported on the authority of his father that he heard Allah Messenger as saying I am Muhammad and I am Ahmad and I am AlMahi the obliterator by whom unbelief would be obliterated and I am Hashir the gatherer at whose feet mankind will be gathered and I am Aqib the last to come after whom there will be no Prophet
22. Jubair Bin Mutim reported on the authority of his father that he heard Allah Messenger as saying I have many names I am Muhammad I am Ahmad I am AlMahi through whom Allah obliterates unbelief and I am Hashir the gatherer at whose feet people will be gathered and I am Aqib after whom there would be none and Allah has named him as compassionate and merciful
23. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Mamar and the words are I said to Zuhri What does the word AlAqib imply He said One after whom there is no Prophet and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Mamar and Uqail there is a slight variation of wording
24. Zubair said I think by Allah that this verse Nay by the Lord they will not really believe until they make thee a judge of what is in dispute among them and find in this no dislike of what thou decidest and submit with full submission iv
25. Then there stood up Umar and he said We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Apostle and it was at that time that a person stood up and he said Who is my father Thereupon he the Holy Prophet said Your father is so and so and there was revealed the verse O you who believe do not ask about matters which if they were to be made manifest to you in terms of law might cause to you harm v
26. Anas Bin Malik reported that Allah Messenger may peace be upon him stood when the sun had passed the meridian and he led them noon prayer and after observing salutations completing the prayer he stood upon the pulpit and talked about the Last Hour and made a mention of the important facts prior to it and then said He who desires to ask anything from me let him ask me about it
27. Ibn Shihab reported Ubaidullah Bin Abdullah Bin Utba told me that the mother of Abdullah Bin Hudhafa told Abdullah Bin Hudhafa I have never heard of a son more disobedient than you
28. Then Umar Bin Khattab Allah be pleased with him dared say something and said We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Messenger seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of Turmoil
29. Allah Messenger was later on informed that the yield had dwindled whereupon he said If there is any use of it then they should do it for it was just a personal opinion of mine and do not go after my personal opinion but when I say to you anything on behalf of Allah then do accept it for I do not attribute lie to Allah the Exalted and Glorious
30. Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith from Allah Messenger and one among them was that Allah Messenger is reported to have said By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad a day would come to you when you would not be able to see me and the glimpse of my face would be dearer to one than one own family one property and in fact everything
31. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying I am most akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind and all the Prophets are of different mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus
32. She was very good looking amongst the people so he said to her If these people were to know that you are my wife they would snatch you away from me so if they ask you tell them that you are my sister and in fact you are my sister in Islam and I do not know of any other Muslim in this land besides I and you
33. He followed that and struck it with the help of a stone saying O stone my garment O stone my garments O stone until it stopped near the big gathering of Isriill and this verse was revealed pertaining to the incident O you who believe be not Iike those who maligned Moses but Allah cleared him of what they said and he was worthy of regard with Allah xxxiii
34. Allah restored his eye to its proper place and revived his eyesight and said Go to My servant and say Do you want life And in case you want life keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live such number of years as the number of hair your hand covers
35. When the horn will be blown and whatever is in the heavens and the earth would swoon but he whom Allah grants exception then another horn will be blown and I would be the first amongst those who would recover and Moses peace be upon him would be catching hold of the Throne and I do not know whether it is a compensation for that when he swooned on the Day of Tur or he would be resurrected before me and I do not say that anyone is more excellent than Yunus son of Matta peace he upon him
36. Thereupon Allah Messenger said Dont make me superior to Moses for mankind will swoon and I would be the first to recover from it and Moses would be at that time seizing the side of the Throne and I do not know whether he would swoon and would recover before me or Allah would make an exception for him
37. Anas reported Allah Messenger as saying I happened to pass by Moses as he was busy in saying prayer in his grave and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Isa there is an addition of these words I happened to pass on the occasion of the Night journey
38. He said The most God conscious amongst you They said It is not this that we are asking about whereupon he said Then he is Yusuf the Apostle of Aliah and the son of Allah Apostle Yaqub who was also the son of Allah Apostle the friend of Allah Ibrahim They said This is not what we are asking you
39. Joshua Bin Nan and Moses peace be upon him put the fish in the basket and there went along with him the young man Yusha until they came to a certain rock and Moses and his companion went to sleep and the fish stirred in that basket and fell into the ocean and Allah stopped the current of water like a vault until the way was made for the fish
40. We have been exhausted because of the journey and he Moses was not exhausted until he had crossed that particular place where he had to meet Khadir and the youth was reminded and said Did you not see that as we reached Sakhra I forgot the fish and it is satan alone who has made me forgetful of it It is strange that he has been able to find way in the ocean too

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