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Hadith Collection

35 authentic sayings of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) from Sahih sources

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 1

Faith

إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

"Actions are according to intentions, and everyone will get what was intended. Whoever migrates with an intention for Allah and His messenger, the migration will be for the sake of Allah and his Messenger."

Narrated by Umar bin Al-Khattab (RA)

#Intention#Sincerity

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 8

Faith

الإِسْلاَمُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

"Islam is to testify that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to perform prayers, to pay zakat, to fast Ramadan, and to make pilgrimage to the House if you are able."

Narrated by Umar bin Al-Khattab (RA)

#Islam#Pillars

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 8

Faith

بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ

"Islam is built upon five: testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing prayer, paying zakat, making pilgrimage to the House, and fasting Ramadan."

Narrated by Ibn Umar (RA)

#Pillars#Islam

Tabarani

Hadith Hasan

Prayer

أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الصَّلاَةُ

"The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Prayer#Judgment

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 223

Prayer

الصَّلاَةُ نُورٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ

"Prayer is light, charity is proof, patience is illumination, and the Quran is a proof for or against you."

Narrated by Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari (RA)

#Prayer#Light

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 82

Prayer

بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ تَرْكُ الصَّلاَةِ

"Between a man and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer."

Narrated by Jabir (RA)

#Prayer#Warning

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 13

Character

لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ

"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (RA)

#Love#Brotherhood

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6116

Character

لاَ تَغْضَبْ

"A man asked the Prophet for advice, and he said: 'Do not get angry.' The man repeated his request several times, and he said: 'Do not get angry.'"

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Anger#Control

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2553

Character

الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ

"Righteousness is good character, and sin is that which wavers in your heart and you would hate for people to know about it."

Narrated by Nawwas bin Sam'an (RA)

#Righteousness#Character

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6018

Manners

مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ

"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Speech#Manners

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1970

Charity

كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ

"Every good deed is charity. Verily, it is a good deed to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left from your bucket into the vessel of your brother."

Narrated by Jabir (RA)

#Charity#Kindness

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2588

Charity

مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ

"Charity does not decrease wealth, no one forgives another except that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Wealth#Honor

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1956

Charity

تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ

"Smiling in your brother's face is charity, commanding good and forbidding evil is charity, giving directions to a man in a land where he is lost is charity, removing obstacles from the road is charity."

Narrated by Abu Dharr (RA)

#Smile#Good Deeds

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2699

Knowledge

مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

"Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Knowledge#Paradise

Daraqutni

Hadith Hasan

Character

خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَنْفَعُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ

"The best of people are those who are most beneficial to people."

Narrated by Jabir (RA)

#Benefit#Service

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 2318

Wisdom

مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلاَمِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ

"Part of the perfection of one's Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Focus#Perfection

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 2516

Trust in Allah

احْفَظِ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ أَمَامَكَ

"Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him before you. Get to know Allah in times of ease and He will know you in times of hardship. Know that what has passed you by was not going to befall you, and what has befallen you was not going to pass you by."

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (RA)

#Mindfulness#Trust

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 223

Patience

الصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ

"Patience is illumination."

Narrated by Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari (RA)

#Patience#Light

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2999

Patience

عَجَبًا لأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ

"Amazing is the affair of the believer, verily all of his affairs are good and this is not for no one except the believer. If something of good happens to him, he is grateful and that is good for him. If something of harm befalls him, he is patient and that is good for him."

Narrated by Suhaib (RA)

#Gratitude#Patience

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6416

Hereafter

كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ

"Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler along a path."

Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar (RA)

#Dunya#Detachment

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6407

Dhikr

مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لاَ يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ مَثَلُ الْحَيِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ

"The example of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord is like that of the living and the dead."

Narrated by Abu Musa (RA)

#Remembrance#Life

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2137

Dhikr

أَحَبُّ الْكَلاَمِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَرْبَعٌ

"The most beloved words to Allah are four: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah, and Allahu Akbar."

Narrated by Samura bin Jundub (RA)

#Dhikr#Beloved

Ibn Majah

Hadith 2340

Justice

لاَ ضَرَرَ وَلاَ ضِرَارَ

"There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (RA)

#Harm#Justice

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2564

Rights

كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ دَمُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ

"The blood, property, and honor of a Muslim are inviolable for another Muslim."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Sanctity#Rights

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 2577

Justice

يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي

"O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another."

Narrated by Abu Dharr (RA)

#Oppression#Hadith Qudsi

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 3895

Family

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِهِ

"The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family."

Narrated by Aisha (RA)

#Family#Excellence

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6014

Society

مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ

"Jibreel kept advising me about the neighbor until I thought he would make him an inheritor."

Narrated by Aisha (RA)

#Neighbor#Rights

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 6011

Brotherhood

مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ مَثَلُ الْجَسَدِ

"The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever."

Narrated by Nu'man bin Bashir (RA)

#Unity#Compassion

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 49

Da'wah

مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ

"Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; if he cannot, then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith."

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (RA)

#Evil#Action

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 2942

Da'wah

فَوَاللَّهِ لأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ رَجُلاً وَاحِدًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ

"By Allah, if Allah were to guide one man through you it would be better for you than the best type of camels."

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (RA)

#Guidance#Reward

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 24

Character

الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ

"Modesty is part of faith."

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA)

#Modesty#Faith

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1987

Character

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ

"Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people."

Narrated by Abu Dharr (RA)

#Taqwa#Good Deeds

Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 3540

Mercy

يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ

"O son of Adam, as 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 you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you."

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (RA)

#Forgiveness#Hadith Qudsi

Sahih Muslim

Hadith 867

Guidance

إِنَّ خَيْرَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ

"The best speech is the Book of Allah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad."

Narrated by Jabir (RA)

#Quran#Sunnah

Sahih Bukhari

Hadith 52

Heart

أَلاَ وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ

"Verily, in the body there is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the whole body is sound, and if corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart."

Narrated by Nu'man bin Bashir (RA)

#Heart#Purity