Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 75:
Invocations
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 317e:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "For every prophet there is one
(special invocation (that will not be rejected)
with which he appeals (to Allah), and I want to
keep such an invocation for interceding for my
followers in the Hereafter."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 317o:
Narrated Anas:
that the Prophet
said, "For every prophet there is an
invocation that surely will be responded by
Allah," (or said), "For every prophet
there was an invocation with which he appealed to
Allah, and his invocation was accepted (in his
lifetime), but I kept my (this special) invocation
to intercede for my followers on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 318:
Narrated Shaddad
bin Aus:
The Prophet said
"The most superior way of asking for
forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi
la ilaha illa anta, Anta Khalaqtani wa ana abduka,
wa ana 'ala ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu, A'udhu
bika min Sharri ma sana'tu, abu'u Laka bini'matika
'alaiya, wa Abu Laka bidhanbi faghfirli innahu la
yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta." The Prophet
added. "If somebody recites it during the day
with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day
before the evening, he will be from the people of
Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with
firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he
will be from the people of Paradise."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 319:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying." By Allah! I ask for
forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in
repentance more than seventy times a day."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 320:
Narrated Al-Harith
bin Suwaid:
'Abdullah bin
Mas'ud related to us two narrations: One from the
Prophet and the other from himself, saying: A
believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under
a mountain which, he is afraid, may fall on him;
whereas the wicked person considers his sins as
flies passing over his nose and he just drives
them away like this." Abu Shihab (the
sub-narrator) moved his hand over his nose in
illustration. (Ibn Mas'ud added): Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah is more pleased with the
repentance of His slave than a man who encamps at
a place where his life is jeopardized, but he has
his riding beast carrying his food and water. He
then rests his head and sleeps for a short while
and wakes to find his riding beast gone. (He
starts looking for it) and suffers from severe
heat and thirst or what Allah wished (him to
suffer from). He then says, 'I will go back to my
place.' He returns and sleeps again, and then
(getting up), he raises his head to find his
riding beast standing beside him."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 321:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah is more pleased with the
repentance of His slave than anyone of you is
pleased with finding his camel which he had lost
in the desert. "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 322:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet used to
pray eleven Rakat in the late part of the night,
and when dawn appeared, he would offer two Rakat
and then lie on his right side till the Muadhdhin
came to inform him (that the morning prayer was
due).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 323:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin 'Azib:
Allah's Apostle
said to me, "When you want to go to bed,
perform ablution as you do for prayer, then lie
down on your right side and say: 'Allahumma
aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu Amri ilaika wa
aljatu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika,
lamalja'a wa la manja mink a ill a ilaika. Amantu
bikitabi kalladhi anzalta wa bi nabiyyikal-ladhi
arsalta'. If you should die then (after reciting
this) you will die on the religion of Islam (i.e.,
as a Muslim); so let these words be the last you
say (before going to bed)" While I was
memorizing it, I said, "Wa birasiulikal-ladhi
arsalta (in Your Apostle whom You have sent).' The
Prophet said, "No, but say: Wa
binabiyyi-kalladhi arsalta (in Your Prophet whom
You have sent)."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 324:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
When the Prophet
went to bed, he would say: "Bismika amutu wa
ahya." and when he got up he would say:"
Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa
ilaihin-nushur."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 325:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin 'Azib:
e then (after
reciting this before going to bed) you will die on
the r
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 326:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
When the Prophet
went to bed at night, he would put his hand under
his cheek and then say, "Allahumma bismika
amutu wa ahya," and when he got up, he would
say, "Al-Hamdu lil-lahi al-ladhi ahyana ba'da
ma amatana, wa ilaihi an-nushur."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 327:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
When Allah's
Apostle went to bed, he used to sleep on his right
side and then say, "All-ahumma aslamtu nafsi
ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu Amri
ilaika, wa alja'tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa
rahbatan ilaika. La Malja'a wa la manja minka illa
ilaika. Amantu bikitabika al-ladhi anzalta wa
nabiyyika al-ladhi arsalta! Allah's Apostle said,
"Whoever recites these words (before going to
bed) and dies the same night, he will die on the
Islamic religion (as a Muslim)."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 328:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
One night I slept
at the house of Maimuna. The Prophet woke up,
answered the call of nature, washed his face and
hands, and then slept. He got up (late at night),
went to a water skin, opened the mouth thereof and
performed ablution not using much water, yet he
washed all the parts properly and then offered the
prayer. I got up and straightened my back in order
that the Prophet might not feel that I was
watching him, and then I performed the ablution,
and when he got up to offer the prayer, stood on
his left. He caught hold of my ear and brought me
over to his right side. He offered thirteen Rak'at
in all and then lay down and slept till he started
blowing out his breath as he used to do when he
slept. In the meantime Bilal informed the Prophet
of the approaching time for the (Fajr) prayer, and
the Prophet offered the Fajr (Morning) prayer
without performing new ablution. He used to say in
his invocation, Allaihumma ij'al fi qalbi nuran wa
fi basari nuran, wa fi sam'i nuran, wa'an yamini
nuran, wa'an yasari nuran, wa fawqi nuran, wa
tahti nuran, wa amami nuran, wa khalfi nuran,
waj'al li nuran." Kuraib (a sub narrator)
said, "I have forgotten seven other words,
(which the Prophet mentioned in this invocation).
I met a man from the offspring of Al-'Abbas and he
narrated those seven things to me, mentioning,
'(Let there be light in) my nerves, my flesh, my
blood, my hair and my body,' and he also mentioned
two other things."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 329:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When the Prophet
got up at night to offer the night prayer, he used
to say: "Allahumma laka-l-hamdu; Anta
nuras-samawati wal ardi wa man fihinna. Wa
laka-l-hamdu; Anta qaiyim as-samawati wal ardi wa
man fihinna. Wa laka-l-hamdu; Anta-l-,haqqun, wa
wa'daka haqqun, wa qauluka haqqun, wa liqauka
haqqun, wal-jannatu haqqun, wannaru haqqun, was-sa
atu haqqun, wan-nabiyyuna huqqun, Mahammadun
haqqun, Allahumma laka aslamtu, wa Alaika
tawakkaltu, wa bika amantu, wa ilaika anabtu, wa
bika Khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu, faghfirli ma
qaddamtu wa ma akh-khartu, wa ma asrartu, wa ma
a'lantu. Anta al-muqaddimu, wa anta al-mu-'akhkhiru.
La ilaha il-la anta (or La ilaha ghairuka)"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 330:
Narrated 'Ali:
Fatima complained
about the blisters on her hand because of using a
mill-stone. She went to ask the Prophet for
servant, but she did not find him (at home) and
had to inform 'Aisha of her need. When he came, 'Aisha
informed him about it. Ali added: The Prophet came
to us when we had gone to our beds. When I was
going to get up, he said, "'Stay in your
places," and sat between us, till I felt the
coolness of the feet on my chest. The Prophet then
said, "Shall I not tell you of a thing which
is better for you than a servant? When you (both)
go to your beds, say 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four
times, and 'Subhan Allah' thirty-three times, 'Alhamdu
'illah' thirty-three times, for that is better for
you than a servant." Ibn Sirin said, "Subhan
Allah' (is to be said for) thirty-four
times."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 331:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle went to bed, he used to blow on his hands
while reciting the Mu'auwidhat ( i.e.
Suratal-Falaq and Surat-an-Nas, 113 and 114) and
then pass his hands over his body,
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 332:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When anyone of you go to bed, he should
shake out his bed with the inside of his waist
sheet, for he does not know what has come on to it
after him, and then he should say: 'Bismika Rabbi
wada'tu Janbi wa bika arfa'uhu, In amsakta nafsi
farhamha wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu
bihi ibadakas-salihin."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 333:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When it is the last third of the
night, our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior,
descends every night to the heaven of the world
and says, 'Is there anyone who invokes Me (demand
anything from Me), that I may respond to his
invocation; Is there anyone who asks Me for
something that I may give (it to) him; Is there
anyone who asks My forgiveness that I may forgive
him?' "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 334:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Whenever the
Prophet went to the lavatory, he used to say:
"Allahumma Inni a'udhu bika mina-lkhubthi Wal
khaba'ith."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 335:
Narrated Shaddad
bin 'Aus:
The Prophet said,
"The most superior way of asking for
forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi
la ilaha illa anta. Khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka, wa
ana 'ala 'ahdika wa Wa'dika mastata'tu abu'u Laka
bi ni 'matika wa abu'u Laka bidhanbi; faghfirli
fa'innahu la yaghfiru-dh-dhunuba ill a ant a.
A'uidhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu.' If somebody
recites this invocation during the night, and if
he should die then, he will go to Paradise (or he
will be from the people of Paradise). And if he
recites it in the morning, and if he should die on
the same day, he will have the same fate."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 336:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
Whenever the
Prophet intended to go to bed, he would recite:
"Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya (With Your
name, O Allah, I die and I live)." And when
he woke up from his sleep, he would say: "Al-hamdu
lil-lahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana; wa ilaihi
an-nushur (All the Praises are for Allah Who has
made us alive after He made us die (sleep) and
unto Him is the Resurrection). "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 337:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Whenever the
Prophet lay on his bed, he used to say: "Allahumma
bismika amutu wa ahya," and when he woke up
he would say: "Al-hamdu lil-lahilladhi ahyana
ba'da ma an atana, wa ilaihi an-nushur."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 338:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
said to the Prophet, "Teach me an invocation
with which I may invoke (Allah) in my
prayer." The Prophet said, "Say:
Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wala
yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta, Faghfirli
maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka
antalGhafur-Rahim."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 339:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Verse: 'Neither
say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.'
(17.110) was revealed as regards invocation.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 340:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
We used to say in
the prayer: 'AsSalam be on Allah, As-Salam be on
so-and so.' So one day the Prophet said to us,
"Allah Himself is As-Salam; when anyone of
you sits during his prayer, he should say: 'At-tah,
iyyatu-lillahi,' up to 'As-Salihin,' (All the
compliments are for Allah ...righteous people) for
when he recites this, then he says his Salam to
all the righteous people present in the heavens
and on the earth. Then he should say, 'I testify
that none has the right to be worshipped except
Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and His
Apostle,' and then he can select whatever he likes
to celebrate (Allah's) Praises."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 341:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The people said,
"O Allah's Apostle! The rich people have got
the highest degrees of prestige and the permanent
pleasures (in this life and the life to come in
the Hereafter)." He said, "How is
that?" They said, "The rich pray as we
pray, and strive in Allah's Cause as we do, and
spend from their surplus wealth in charity, while
we have no wealth (to spend likewise)." He
said, "Shall I not tell you a thing, by doing
which, you will catch up with those who are ahead
of you and supersede those who will come after
you; and nobody will be able to do such a good
deed as you do except the one who does the same
(deed as you do). That deed is to recite 'Subhan
Allah ten times, and 'Al-Hamdulillah ten times,
and 'AllahuAkbar' ten times after every
prayer."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 342:
Narrated Warrad:
(the freed slave of
Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba) Al-Mughira wrote to Muawiya
bin Abu Sufyan that Allah's Apostle used to say at
the end of every prayer after the Taslim, "La
ilaha illa-l-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu;
lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wahuwa 'ala kulli
shai'n qadir. Allahumma la mani'a Lima a taita, wa
la mu'ta Lima mana'ta, wa la yanfa'u dhal-jaddu
minkal-jadd.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 343:
Narrated Salama bin
Al-Akwa':
We went out with
the Prophet to Khaibar. A man among the people
said, "O 'Amir! Will you please recite to us
some of your poetic verses?" So 'Amir got
down and started chanting among them, saying,
"By Allah! Had it not been for Allah, we
would not have been guided." 'Amir also said
other poetic verses which I do not remember.
Allah's Apostle said, "Who is this (camel)
driver?" The people said, "He is 'Amir
bin Al-Akwa'," He said, "May Allah
bestow His Mercy on him." A man from the
People said, "O Allah's Apostle! Would that
you let us enjoy his company longer." When
the people (Muslims) lined up, the battle started,
and 'Amir was struck with his own sword (by
chance) by himself and died. In the evening, the
people made a large number of fires (for cooking
meals). Allah's Apostle said, "What is this
fire? What are you making the fire for?" They
said, "For cooking the meat of donkeys."
He said, "Throw away what is in the pots and
break the pots!" A man said, "O Allah's
Prophet! May we throw away what is in them and
wash them?" He said, "Never mind, you
may do so." (See Hadith No. 509, Vol. 5).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 344:
Narrated Ibn Abi
Aufa:
Whenever a man
brought his alms to the Prophet, the Prophet would
say, "O Allah! Bestow Your Blessing upon the
family of so-and-so." When my father came to
him (with his alms), he said, "O Allah!
Bestow Your Blessings upon the family of Abi Aufa."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 345:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah's Apostle
said to me. "Will you relieve me from
Dhi-al-Khalasa? " Dhi-al-Khalasa was an idol
which the people used to worship and it was called
Al-Ka'ba al Yamaniyya. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle I am a man who can't sit firm on
horses." So he stroked my chest (with his
hand) and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and
make him a guiding and well-guided man." So I
went out with fifty (men) from my tribe of Ahrnas.
(The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps
said, "I went out with a group of men from my
nation.") and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and
burnt it, and then came to the Prophet and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I have not come to you
till I left it like a camel with a skin
disease." The Prophet then invoked good upon
Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 346:
Narrated Anas:
Um Sulaim said to
the Prophet "Anas is your servant." The
Prophet said, "O Allah! increase his wealth
and offspring, and bless (for him) what ever you
give him."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 347:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet heard a
man reciting (the Qur'an) in the mosque. He
said," May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as
he made me remember such and-such Verse which I
had missed in such-and-such Sura."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 348:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet divided
something (among the Muslims) and distributed the
shares (of the booty). A man said, "This
division has not been made to please Allah."
When I informed the Prophet about it, he became so
furious that I noticed the signs of anger on his
face and he then said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy on Moses, for he was hurt with more than
this, yet he remained patient."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 349:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
Ibn 'Abbas said,
"Preach to the people once a week, and if you
won't, then preach them twice, but if you want to
preach more, then let it be three times (a week
only), and do not make the people fed-up with this
Qur'an. If you come to some people who are engaged
in a talk, don't start interrupting their talk by
preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored.
You should rather keep quiet, and if they ask you,
then preach to them at the time when they are
eager to hear what you say. And avoid the use of
rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that
Allah's Apostle and his companions always avoided
it."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 350:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When anyone of you appeal to Allah for
something, he should ask with determination and
should not say, 'O Allah, if You wish, give me.',
for nobody can force Allah to do something against
His Will.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 351:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "None of you should say: 'O Allah,
forgive me if You wish; O Allah, be merciful to me
if You wish,' but he should always appeal to Allah
with determination, for nobody can force Allah to
do something against His Will."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 352:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The invocation of anyone of you is
granted (by Allah) if he does not show impatience
(by saying, "I invoked Allah but my request
has not been granted.")
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 353:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet
was delivering a sermon on a Friday, a man stood
up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah
to bless us with rain." (The Prophet invoked
Allah for rain.) So, the sky became overcast and
it started raining till one could hardly reach
one's home. It kept on raining till the next
Friday when the same man or another man got up and
said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to
withhold the rain from us, for we have been
drowned (with heavy rain )." The Prophet
said, "O Allah! Let it rain around us and not
on us." Then the clouds started dispersing
around Medina and rain ceased to fall on the
people of Medina.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 354:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Zaid:
Allah's Apostle
went out to this Musalla (praying place) to offer
the prayer of Istisqa.' He invoked Allah for rain
and then faced the Qibla and turned his Rida'
(upper garment) inside out.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 355:
Narrated Anas:
My mother said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Please invoke Allah on
behalf of your servant." He said, "O
Allah! Increase his wealth and children, and
bestow Your Blessing on whatever You give
him." a time of distress.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 356:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet used to
invoke Allah at the time of distress, saying,
"La ilaha illal-lahu al-'Azim, al-Halim, La
ilaha illal-lahu Rabbu-s-samawati wal-ard wa
Rabbu-l-arsh il-azim,"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 357:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
used to say at a time of distress, "La ilaha
illal-lahu Rabbul-l-'arsh il-'azim, La ilaha
illallahu Rabbu-s-samawati wa Rabbu-l-ard,
Rabbu-l-'arsh-il-Karim."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 358:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
used to seek refuge with Allah from the difficult
moment of a calamity and from being overtaken by
destruction and from being destined to an evil
end, and from the malicious joy of enemies. Sufyan
said, "This narration contained three items
only, but I added one. I do not know which one
that was."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 359:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When Allah's
Apostle was healthy, he used to say, "No
prophet dies till he is shown his place in
Paradise, and then he is given the option (to live
or die)." So when death approached him(during
his illness), and while his head was on my thigh,
he became unconscious for a while, and when he
recovered, he fixed his eyes on the ceiling and
said, "O Allah! (Let me join) the Highest
Companions (see Qur'an 4:69)," I said,
"So, he does not choose us." Then I
realized that it was the application of the
statement he used to relate to us when he was
healthy. So that was his last utterance (before he
died), i.e. "O Allah! (Let me join) the
Highest Companions."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 360:
Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab
who had been branded with seven brands(1) and he
said, "Had Allah's Apostle not forbidden us
to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked
(Allah) for it."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 361:
Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab
who had been branded with seven brands over his
abdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the
Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah)
for death, I would have invoked Allah for
it."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 362:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
said," None of you should long for death
because of a calamity that had befallen him, and
if he cannot, but long for death, then he should
say, 'O Allah! Let me live as long as life is
better for me, and take my life if death is better
for me.' "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 363:
Narrated As-Sa'ib
bin Yazid:
My aunt took me to
Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
My sister's son is sick." So he passed his
hand over my head and invoked for Allah's blessing
upon me and then performed the ablution. I drank
from the water of his ablution and I stood behind
him and looked at his Khatam (the seal of
Prophethood) between his shoulders (and its size
was) like the button of a tent.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 364:
Narrated Abu 'Aqil:
that his
grandfather. 'Abdullah bin Hisham used to take him
from the market or to the market (the narrator is
in doubt) and used to buy grain and when Ibn
Az-Zubair and Ibn 'Umar met him, they would say to
him, "Let us be your partners (in trading) as
the Prophet invoked for Allah's blessing upon
you." He would then take them as partners and
he would Sometimes gain a whole load carried by an
animal which he would send home.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 365:
Narrated Mahmud bin
Ar-Rabi:
On whose face
Allah's Apostle had thrown water from his mouth,
the water having been taken from their well while
he was still a young boy (who has not yet attained
the age of puberty).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 366:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The boys used to be
brought to the Prophet and he used to invoke for
Allah's blessing upon them. Once an infant was
brought to him and it urinated on his clothes. He
asked for water and poured it over the place of
the urine and did not wash his clothes.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 367:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Tha'laba bin Su'air:
whose eye Allah's
Apostle had touched, that he had seen Sa'd bin Abi
Waqqas offering one Rak'a only for the Witr
prayer.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 368:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Abi Laila:
Ka'b bin 'Ujra met
me and said, "Shall I give you a present?
Once the Prophet came to us and we said, 'O
Allah's Apostle ! We know how to greet you; but
how to send 'Salat' upon you? He said, 'Say:
Allahumma Salli ala Muhammadin wa 'ala Ali
Muhammadin, kama sal-laita 'ala all Ibrahima
innaka Hamidun Majid. Allahumma barik 'ala
Muhammadin wa 'ala all Muhammadin, kama barakta
'ala all Ibrahima, innaka Hamidun Majid."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 369:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri:
We said, "O
Allah's Apostle This is (i.e. we know) the
greeting to you; will you tell us how to send
Salat on you?" He said, "Say: 'Allahumma
Salli 'ala Muhammadin 'abdika wa rasulika kama
sal-laita 'ala Ibrahima wa barik 'ala Muhammadin
wa all Muhammadin kama barakta 'ala Ibrahima wa
Ali Ibrahim."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 370:
Narrated Ibn Abi
Aufa:
Whenever somebody
brought alms to the Prophet the used to say,
"Allahumma Salli 'Alaihi (O Allah! Send Your
Salat (Grace and Honor) on him)." Once when
my father brought his alms to him, he said,
"O Allah! Send Your Salat (Grace and Honor)
on the family of Abi Aufa."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 371:
Narrated Abu Humaid
As-Saidi:
The people said,
"O Allah's Apostle ! How may we send Salat on
you?" He said, "Say: Allahumma Salli
'ala- Muhammadin wa azwajihi wa dhurriyyatihi kama
sal-laita 'ala ali Ibrahim; wa barik 'ala
Muhammadin wa azwajihi wa dhurriyyatihi
kamabarakta 'ala ali Ibrahim innaka hamidun majid."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 372:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that he heard the
Prophet saying, "O Allah! If I should ever
abuse a believer, please let that be a means of
bringing him near to You on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 373:
Narrated Anas:
Once the people
started asking Allah's Apostle questions, and they
asked so many questions that he became angry and
ascended the pulpit and said, "I will answer
whatever questions you may ask me today." I
looked right and left and saw everyone covering
his face with his garment and weeping. Behold !
There was a man who, on quarreling with the
people, used to be called as a son of a person
other than his father. He said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Who is my father?" The Prophet
replied, "Your father is Hudhaifa." And
then 'Umar got up and said, "We accept Allah
as our Lord, and Islam as (our) religion, and
Muhammad as (our) Apostle; and we seek refuge with
Allah from the afflictions." Allah's Apostle
said, " I have never seen a day like today in
its good and its evil for Paradise and the Hell
Fire were displayed in front of me, till I saw
them just beyond this wall." Qatada, when
relating this Hadith, used to mention the
following Verse:--
'O you who believe!
Ask not questions about things which, If made
plain to you, May cause you trouble. (5.101)
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 374:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said to
Abu Talha, "Choose one of your boys to serve
me." So Abu Talha took me (to serve the
Prophet ) by giving me a ride behind him (on his
camel). So I used to serve Allah's Apostle
whenever he stayed somewhere. I used to hear him
saying, "O Allah! I seek refuge with you
(Allah) from (worries) care and grief, from
incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and
cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from
being overpowered by other men." I kept on
serving him till he returned from (the battle of)
Khaibar. He then brought Safiya, the daughter of
Huyay whom he had got (from the booty). I saw him
making a kind of cushion with a cloak or a garment
for her. He then let her ride behind him. When we
reached a place called As-Sahba', he prepared (a
special meal called) Hais, and asked me to invite
the men who (came and) ate, and that was the
marriage banquet given on the consummation of his
marriage to her. Then he proceeded till the
mountain of Uhud appeared, whereupon he said,
"This mountain loves us and we love it."
When he approached Medina, he said, "O Allah!
I make the land between its (i.e., Medina's) two
mountains a sanctuary, as the prophet Abraham made
Mecca a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless them (the people
of Medina) in their Mudd and the Sa' (units of
measuring)."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 375:
Narrated Um Khalid
bint Khalid:
I heard the Prophet
seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment of
the grave.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 376:
Narrated Mus'ab:
Sa'd used to
recommend five (statements) and mentioned that the
Prophet I used to recommend it. (It was) "O
Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness;
and seek refuge with You from cowardice; and seek
refuge with You from being sent back to geriatric
old age; and I seek refuge with You from the
affliction of this world (i.e., the affliction of
Ad-Dajjal etc.); and seek refuge with You from the
punishment of the grave."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 377:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Two old ladies from
among the Jewish ladies entered upon me and said'
"The dead are punished in their graves,"
but I thought they were telling a lie and did not
believe them in the beginning. When they went away
and the Prophet entered upon me, I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Two old ladies.." and told
him the whole story. He said, "They told the
truth; the dead are really punished, to the extent
that all the animals hear (the sound resulting
from) their punishment." Since then I always
saw him seeking refuge with Allah from the
punishment of the grave in his prayers.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 378:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Prophet
used to say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You
from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and
geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from
the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge
with You from the afflictions of life and
death."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 379:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
laziness and geriatric old age, from all kinds of
sins and from being in debt; from the affliction
of the Fire and from the punishment of the Fire
and from the evil of the affliction of wealth; and
I seek refuge with You from the affliction of
poverty, and I seek refuge with You from the
affliction of Al-Mesiah Ad-Dajjal. O Allah! Wash
away my sins with the water of snow and hail, and
cleanse my heart from all the sins as a white
garment is cleansed from the filth, and let there
be a long distance between me and my sins, as You
made East and West far from each other."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 380:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet used to
say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness,
from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily
in debt and from being overpowered by (other)
men." (See Hadith No. 374)
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 381:
Narrated Mus'ab bin
Sa'd:
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
used to recommend these five (statements) and say
that the Prophet said so (and they are): "O
Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness,
and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek
refuge with You from being brought back to
geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from
the afflictions of the world, and seek refuge with
You from the punishment of the grave."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 382:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
used to seek refuge with Allah saying, "O
Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness, and
seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek
refuge with You from geriatric old age, and seek
refuge with You from miserliness."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 383:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"O Allah! Make us love Medina as You made us
love Mecca, or more, and transfer the fever that
is in it, to Al-Juhfa. O Allah! Bless our Mudd and
our Sam' (kinds of measures)."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 384:
Narrated 'Amir bin
Sa'd:
that his father
said, "In the year of Hajjatal-Wada', the
Prophet paid me a visit while I was suffering from
an ailment that had brought me to the verge of
death. I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! My sickness has
reduced me to the (bad) state as you see, and I am
a rich man, but have no heirs except one daughter.
Shall I give 2/3 of my property in charity?' He
said, 'No.' I said, 'Then 1/2 of it?' He said,
'Even 1/3 is too much, for, to leave your
inheritors wealthy is better than to leave them in
poverty, begging from people. And (know that)
whatever you spend in Allah's Cause, you will get
reward for it, even for the morsel of food which
you put in your wife's mouth.' I said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Will I be left behind my companions (in
Mecca)?' He said, 'If you remain behind, whatever
good deed you will do for Allah's Sake, will raise
and upgrade you to a higher position (in Allah's
Sight). May be you will live longer so that some
people may benefit by you, and some e others
(pagans) may get harmed by you. O Allah! Complete
the migration of my companions and do not turn
them on their heels; But (we pity) the poor Sa'd
bin Khaula (not the above mentioned Sa'd) (died in
Mecca)" Allah's Apostle lamented (or pitied)
for him as he died in Mecca. (See Hadith No. 693,
Vol. 5)
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 385:
Narrated Sa'd:
Seek refuge with
Allah by saying the words which the Prophet used
to say while seeking refuge with Allah, "0
Allah! I seek refuge with You from cowardice, and
seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek
refuge with You from reaching a degraded geriatric
old age, and seek refuge with You from the
afflictions of the world and from the punishment
in the grave."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 386:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
laziness from geriatric old age, from being in
debt, and from committing sins. O Allah! I seek
refuge with You from the punishment of the Fire,
the afflictions of the grave, the punishment in
the grave, and the evil of the affliction of
poverty and from the evil of the affliction caused
by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. O Allah! Wash away my sins
with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my
heart from the sins as a white garment is cleansed
of filth, and let there be a far away distance
between me and my sins as You have set far away
the East and the West from each other."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 387:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
seek refuge with Allah (by saying), "O Allah!
I seek refuge with You from the affliction of the
Fire and from the punishment in the Fire, and seek
refuge with You from the affliction of the grave,
and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of
wealth, and I seek refuge with You from the
affliction of poverty, and seek refuge with You
from the affliction of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 388:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
say, 'O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the
affliction of the Fire, the punishment of the
Fire, the affliction of the grave, the punishment
of the grave, and the evil of the affliction of
poverty. O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the
evil of the affliction of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal, O
Allah! Cleanse my heart with the water of snow and
hail, and cleanse my heart from all sins as a
white garment is cleansed from filth, and let
there be a far away distance between me and my
sins as You made the East and West far away from
each other. O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
laziness, sins, and from being in debt."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 389:
Narrated Um Sulaim:
that she said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Anas is your servant, so
please invoke for Allah's blessing for him."
The Prophet said, "O Allah! Increase his
wealth and offspring and bless (for him) whatever
You give him."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 390:
Narrated Anas:
Um Sulaim said (to
the Prophet), "Anas is your servant; so
please invoke for Allah's blessings for him."
He said "O Allah! Increase his wealth and
offspring, and Bless (for him) whatever You give
him."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 391:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet used to
teach us the Istikhara for each and every matter
as he used to teach us the Suras from the Holy
Qur'an. (He used to say), "If anyone of you
intends to do something, he should offer a two-Rak'at
prayer other than the obligatory prayer, and then
say: 'Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika, wa
astaqdiruka biqudratika, wa as'aluka min
fadlika-l-'azim, fa innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru, wa
ta'lamu wala a'lamu, wa anta'allamu-l-ghuyub.
Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hadha-lamra
khairun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati amri (or
said, fi 'ajili amri wa ajilihi) fa-qdurhu li, Wa
in junta ta'lamu anna ha-dha-l-amra sharrun li fi
dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati amri (or said, fi
ajili amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu 'anni was-rifni 'anhu
wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana, thumma Raddani
bihi," Then he should mention his matter
(need).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 392:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet asked
for some water and performed the ablution, and
then raised his hands (towards the sky) and said,
"O Allah! Forgive 'Ubaid Abi 'Amir." I
saw the whiteness of his armpits (while he was
raising his hands) and he added, "O Allah!
Upgrade him over many of Your human creatures on
the Day of Resurrection "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 393:
Narrated Abu Musa:
We were in the
company of the Prophet on a journey, and whenever
we ascended a high place, we used to say Takbir
(in a loud voice). The Prophet said, "O
people! Be kind to yourselves, for you are not
calling upon a deaf or an absent one, but You are
calling an All-Hearer, and an All-Seer." Then
he came to me as I was reciting silently, "La
haul a wala quwwata illa bil-lah." He said,
"O 'Abdullah bin Qais! Say: La haul a
walaquwata illa bil-lah, for it is one of the
treasures of Paradise." Or he said,
"Shall I tell you a word which is one of the
treasures of Paradise? It is: La haul a wala
quwwata illa bil-lah."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 394:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle returned from a Ghazwa or Hajj or 'Umra,
he used to say, "Allahu Akbar," three
times; whenever he went up a high place, he used
to say, "La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la
sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wa
huwa'ala kulli Shai 'in qadir. Ayibuna ta'ibuna 'abiduna
lirabbina hamidun. Sadaqa-l-lahu wa'dahu, wa
nasara'abdahu wa hazama-l-ahzaba wahdahu."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 395:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet seeing
a yellow mark (of perfume) on the clothes of 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf, said, "What about you?" 'Abdur-Rahman
replied, "I have married a woman with a Mahr
of gold equal to a date-stone." The Prophet
said, "May Allah bestow His Blessing on you
(in your marriage). Give a wedding banquet, (Walima)
even with one sheep."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 396:
Narrated Jabir:
My father died and
left behind seven or nine daughters, and I married
a woman. The Prophet said, "Did you get
married, O Jabir?" I replied,
"Yes." He asked, "Is she a virgin
or a matron?" I replied, "She is a
matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry
a virgin girl so that you might play with her and
she with you (or, you might make her laugh and she
make you laugh)?" I said, "My father
died, leaving seven or nine girls (orphans) and I
did not like to bring a young girl like them, so I
married a woman who can look after them." He
said, "May Allah bestow His Blessing on
you."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 397:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"If anyone of you, when intending to have a
sexual intercourse with his wife, says: 'Bismillah,
Allahumma jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa
jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana,' and if the
couple are destined to have a child (out of that
very sexual relation), then Satan will never be
able to harm that child."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 398:
Narrated Anas:
The most frequent
invocation of The Prophet was: "O Allah! Give
to us in the world that which is good and in the
Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the
torment of the Fire." (2.201)
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 399:
Narrated Sa'd bin
Abi Waqqas:
The Prophet used to
teach us these words as he used to teach us the
Book (Qur'an): "O Allah! seek refuge with You
from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from
cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being
brought back to (senile) geriatric old age, and
seek refuge with You from the affliction of the
world and from the punishment in the
Hereafter."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 400:
Narrated 'Aisha:
that Allah's
Apostle was affected by magic, so much that he
used to think that he had done something which in
fact, he did not do, and he invoked his Lord (for
a remedy). Then (one day) he said, "O 'Aisha!)
Do you know that Allah has advised me as to the
problem I consulted Him about?" 'Aisha said,
"O Allah's Apostle! What's that?" He
said, "Two men came to me and one of them sat
at my head and the other at my feet, and one of
them asked his companion, 'What is wrong with this
man?' The latter replied, 'He is under the effect
of magic.' The former asked, 'Who has worked magic
on him?' The latter replied, 'Labid bin Al-A'sam.'
The former asked, 'With what did he work the
magic?' The latter replied, 'With a comb and the
hair, which are stuck to the comb, and the skin of
pollen of a date-palm tree.' The former asked,
'Where is that?' The latter replied, 'It is in
Dharwan.' Dharwan was a well in the dwelling place
of the (tribe of) Bani Zuraiq. Allah's Apostle
went to that well and returned to 'Aisha, saying,
'By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as
the infusion of Hinna, (1) and the date-palm trees
look like the heads of devils.' 'Aisha added,
Allah's Apostle came to me and informed me about
the well. I asked the Prophet, 'O Allah's Apostle,
why didn't you take out the skin of pollen?' He
said, 'As for me, Allah has cured me and I hated
to draw the attention of the people to such evil
(which they might learn and harm others with).'
"
Narrated Hisham's
father: 'Aisha said, "Allah's Apostle was
bewitched, so he invoked Allah repeatedly
requesting Him to cure him from that magic)."
Hisham then narrated the above narration. (See
Hadith No. 658, Vol. 7)
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 401:
Narrated Ibn Abi
Aufa:
Allah's Apostle
asked for Allah's wrath upon the Ahzab
(confederates), saying, "O Allah, the
Revealer of the Holy Book, and the One swift at
reckoning! Defeat the confederates; Defeat them
and shake them."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 402:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
When the Prophet
said, "Sami' al-lahu Liman hamidah (Allah
heard him who sent his praises to Him)" in
the last Rak'a of the 'Isha' prayer, he used to
invoke Allah, saying, "O Allah! Save 'Aiyash
bin Abi Rabi'a; O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid;
O Allah! Save the weak people among the believers;
O Allah! Be hard on the Tribe of Mudar; O Allah!
Inflict years of drought upon them like the years
(of drought) of the Prophet Joseph."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 403:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet sent a
Sariya (an army detachment) consisting of men
called Al-Qurra', and all of them were martyred. I
had never seen the Prophet so sad over anything as
he was over them. So he said Qunut (invocation in
the prayer) for one month in the Fajr prayer,
invoking for Allah's wrath upon the tribe of 'Usaiya,
and he used to say, "The people of 'Usaiya
have disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 404:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Jews used to
greet the Prophet by saying, "As-Samu 'Alaika
(i.e., death be upon you), so I understood what
they said, and I said to them, "As-Samu 'alaikum
wal-la'na (i.e. Death and Allah's Curse be upon
you)." The Prophet said, "Be gentle and
calm, O 'Aisha, as Allah likes gentleness in all
affairs." I said, "O Allah's Prophet!
Didn't you hear what they said?" He said,
"Didn't you hear me answering them back by
saying, 'Alaikum (i.e., the same be upon
you)?"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 405:
Narrated 'Ali bin
Abi Talib:
We were in the
company of the Prophet on the day (of the battle)
of Al-Khandaq (the Trench). The Prophet said,
"May Allah fill their (the infidels') graves
and houses with fire, as they have kept us so busy
that we could not offer the middle prayer till the
sun had set; and that prayer was the 'Asr
prayer."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 406:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
At-Tufail bin 'Amr
came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! The tribe of Daus has disobeyed (Allah
and His Apostle) and refused (to embrace Islam),
therefore, invoke Allah's wrath for them."
The people thought that the Prophet would invoke
Allah's wrath for them, but he said, "O
Allah! Guide the tribe Of Daus and let them come
to us,"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 407:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet used to
invoke Allah with the following invocation:
'Rabbi-ghfir-li Khati 'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi
amri kullihi, wa ma anta a'lamu bihi minni.
Allahumma ighfirli khatayaya wa 'amdi, wa jahli wa
jiddi, wa kullu dhalika'indi. Allahumma ighrifli
ma qaddamtu wa ma akhartu wa ma asrartu wa ma
a'lantu. Anta-l-muqaddimu wa anta-l-mu'akh-khiru,
wa anta 'ala kulli shai'in qadir.'
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 408:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet used to
invoke Allah, saying, "Allahumma ighfirli
khati'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi amri, wa ma anta
a-'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli hazali wa
jiddi wa khata'i wa amdi, wa kullu dhalika 'indi"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 409:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Abu-l-Qasim (the
Prophet) said, "On Friday there is a
particular time. If a Muslim happens to be praying
and invoking Allah for something good during that
time, Allah will surely fulfill his request."
The Prophet pointed out with his hand. We thought
that he wanted to illustrate how short that time
was.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 410:
Narrated Ibn Abi
Mulaika:
'Aisha said,
"The Jews came to the Prophet and said to
him, "As-Samu 'Alaika (i.e., Death be upon
you)." He replied, 'The same on you.' "
'Aisha said to them, "Death be upon you, and
may Allah curse you and shower His wrath upon
you!" Allah's Apostle I said, "Be gentle
and calm, O 'Aisha! Be gentle and beware of being
harsh and of saying evil things." She said,
"Didn't you hear what they said?" He
said, "Didn't you hear what I replied (to
them)? have returned their statement to them, and
my invocation against them will be accepted but
theirs against me will not be accepted."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 411:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When the Imam says 'Amin', then you should
all say 'Amin', for the angels say 'Amin' at that
time, and he whose 'Amin' coincides with the 'Amin'
of the angels, all his past sins will be
forgiven."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 412:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said," Whoever says: "La ilaha illal-lah
wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa
lahu-l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in qadir,"
one hundred times will get the same reward as
given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred
good deeds will be written in his accounts, and
one hundred sins will be deducted from his
accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for
him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody
will be able to do a better deed except the one
who does more than he."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 413:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Maimun:
Whoever recites it
(i.e., the invocation in the above Hadith (412)
ten times will be as if he manumitted one of
Ishmael's descendants. Abu Aiyub narrated the same
Hadith from the Prophet saying, "(Whoever
recites it ten times) will be as if he had
manumitted one of Ishmael's descendants."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 414:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever says, 'Subhan Allah wa
bihamdihi,' one hundred times a day, will be
forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as
the foam of the sea.
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 415:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"There are two expressions which are very
easy for the tongue to say, but they are very
heavy in the balance and are very dear to The
Beneficent (Allah), and they are, 'Subhan Allah
Al-'Azim and 'Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi.'"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 416:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, "The example of the one who
celebrates the Praises of his Lord (Allah) in
comparison to the one who does not celebrate the
Praises of his Lord, is that of a living creature
compared to a dead one."
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 417:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah 's Apostle
said, "Allah has some angels who look for
those who celebrate the Praises of Allah on the
roads and paths. And when they find some people
celebrating the Praises of Allah, they call each
other, saying, "Come to the object of your
pursuit.' " He added, "Then the angels
encircle them with their wings up to the sky of
the world." He added. "(after those
people celebrated the Praises of Allah, and the
angels go back), their Lord, asks them (those
angels)----though He knows better than
them----'What do My slaves say?' The angels reply,
'They say: Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar, and
Alham-du-lillah, Allah then says 'Did they see
Me?' The angels reply, 'No! By Allah, they didn't
see You.'
Allah says, How it
would have been if they saw Me?' The angels reply,
'If they saw You, they would worship You more
devoutly and celebrate Your Glory more deeply, and
declare Your freedom from any resemblance to
anything more often.' Allah says (to the angels),
'What do they ask Me for?' The angels reply, 'They
ask You for Paradise.' Allah says (to the angels),
'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No! By Allah,
O Lord! They did not see it.' Allah says, How it
would have been if they saw it?' The angels say,
'If they saw it, they would have greater
covetousness for it and would seek It with greater
zeal and would have greater desire for it.' Allah
says, 'From what do they seek refuge?' The angels
reply, 'They seek refuge from the (Hell) Fire.'
Allah says, 'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No
By Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.' Allah
says, How it would have been if they saw it?' The
angels say, 'If they saw it they would flee from
it with the extreme fleeing and would have extreme
fear from it.' Then Allah says, 'I make you
witnesses that I have forgiven them."'
Allah's Apostle added, "One of the angels
would say, 'There was so-and-so amongst them, and
he was not one of them, but he had just come for
some need.' Allah would say, 'These are those
people whose companions will not be reduced to
misery.' "
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 418:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet started
ascending a high place or hill. A man (amongst his
companions) ascended it and shouted in a loud
voice, "La ilaha illal-lahu wallahu Akbar."
(At that time) Allah's Apostle was riding his
mule. Allah's Apostle said, "You are not
calling upon a deaf or an absent one." and
added, "O Abu Musa (or, O 'Abdullah)! Shall I
tell you a sentence from the treasure of
Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said,
"La haul a wala quwwata illa billah,"
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 419:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah has
ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one,
and whoever believes in their meanings and acts
accordingly, will enter Paradise; and Allah is
Witr (one) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd
numbers).
Volume
8, Book 75, Number 420:
Narrated Shaqiq:
While we were
waiting for 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud). Yazid bin
Muawiya came. I said (to him), "Will you sit
down?" He said, "No, but I will go into
the house (of Ibn Mas'ud) and let your companion (Ibn
Mas'ud) come out to you; and if he should not
(come out), I will come out and sit (with
you)." Then 'Abdullah came out, holding the
hand of Yazid, addressed us, saying, "I know
that you are assembled here, but the reason that
prevents me from coming out to you, is that
Allah's Apostle used to preach to us at intervals
during the days, lest we should become
bored."
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