Nature of virtue and vice Sahih Muslim 2553 a Nawwas b. Sam’an al-Ansari reported: I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about virtue and vice. He said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your heart and that you disapprove that people should come to know of it. This hadith from Sahih Muslim […]

Gratitude, Love, and Good Character Sunan Ibn Majah 4217 It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Abu Hurairah, be cautious, and you will be the most devoted of people to Allah. Be content, and you will be the most grateful of people to Allah. Love for people what […]

Do Good Regardless of Others Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2007 Hudhaifah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Do not be a people without a will of your own, saying: ‘If people treat us well, we will treat them well; and if they do wrong, we will do wrong,’ but accustom yourselves to do good if people […]

Taking Action Against Evil Hadith 34, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi On the authority of Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then […]

Warning Against Imitating Misguided Practices 📖 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2180Abu Waqid Al-Laithi narrated: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out to Hunain, he passed by a tree that the idolaters called Dhat Anwat, upon which they hung their weapons. The Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah! Make a Dhat Anwat for us as they have […]

Sunan an-Nasa’i 5017 It was narrated from Anas that : The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: “By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, none of you has believed until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of goodness.” This hadith from Sunan an-Nasa’i, narrated by Anas, conveys a […]

Helping Oppressors and Oppressed 📖 Sahih al-Bukhari 6065Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other, and O, Allah’s worshipers! Be brothers. Lo! It is not permissible for any Muslim to desert (not talk to) his brother […]

Love for Your Brother What You Love for Yourself Sahih al-Bukhari 13 Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.” The Prophet (ﷺ) stated that a person cannot truly have faith (iman) until they sincerely desire for their fellow […]

Rejecting Innovations in Islam Sahih al-Bukhari 2697 Narrated Aisha: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If somebody innovates something which is not in harmony with the principles of our religion, that thing is rejected.” Sahih Muslim 1718 b From this hadith (narration) of Sahih al-Bukhari, we can learn the following: The importance of adhering to the principles of […]

The Significance of Friday in Islam Sahih Muslim 854 b Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created. on it he was made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it. And the last hour […]