Tag: Hisnul Muslim

  • Chapter: Excellence of spreading the Islamic greeting

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 224

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (لاَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا، وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَوَلاَ أَدُلُّكُم عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُم، أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ)


    English Translation:

    The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “You shall not enter Paradise until you believe, and you have not believed until you love one another. Shall I tell you of something you can do to make you love one another? Spread the greetings of Salam (peace) amongst yourselves (i.e. between each other).

    Reference:
    Muslim 1/74 and others.

  • Chapter: Excellence of spreading the Islamic greeting

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 225

    ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ


    English Translation:

    Three characteristics, whoever combines them, has completed his faith: to be just, to spread greetings to all people and to spend (charitably) out of the little you have.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 1/82 as a statement of the
    Companion ‘Ammar (RA).

  • Chapter: Excellence of spreading the Islamic greeting

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 226

    وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أيُّ الْإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ: (تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ)


    English Translation:

    `Abdullah bin `Umar (RA) said: A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ), “What is the best act of Islam?” He said, “To feed others and to give greetings of Salam (peace) to those whom you know and to those whom you do not know. ”

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 1/55, Muslim 1/65.

  • Chapter: Returning a greeting to a disbeliever

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 227

    إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ


    English Translation:

    If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you, saying As-Salāmu `alaykum, then say (to him): Wa `alaykum.

    If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you saying As-Salaamu `alaykum, then say (to him):

    And upon you .

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/42, Muslim 4/1705.

  • Chapter: Upon hearing a rooster crow or the braying of a donkey

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 228

    إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ صِيَاحَ الدِّيَكَةِ فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ؛ فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ مَلَكاً وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نَهِيقَ الْحِمَارِ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَأَى شَيْطَاناً


    English Translation:

    When you hear the cock’s crow, ask Allah for His favor upon you for surely it has seen an angel. When you hear the bray of a donkey, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, for surely it has seen a devil.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 6/350, Muslim 4/2092.

  • Chapter: Upon hearing the barking of dogs at night

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 229

    إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نُبَاحَ الْكِلاَبِ وَنَهِيقَ الْحَمِيرِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُنَّ؛ فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَرَيْنَ مَا لاَ تَرَوْنَ


    English Translation:

    When you hear a dog barking or a donkey braying in the night, then seek refuge in Allah from them, for surely they have seen what you see not.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 4/327, Ahmad 3/306. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih Abu
    Dawud 3/961.

  • Chapter: For one you have insulted

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 230

    قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: “اللَّهُم فأيما مؤمن سببته فاجعل ذلك له قربة إليك يوم القيامة”


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma fa’ayyumā mu’minin sababtuhu
    faj`al dhālika lahu qurbatan ilayka yawma ‘l-qiyāmah.

    O Allah, whomever of the believers I have abused, give him the reward of a sacrificial slaughter for it on the Day of Resurrection.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/171, Muslim 4/2007. The wording
    in Muslim’s report is: ‘make it a purification for him and a source of
    mercy.

  • Chapter: The etiquette of praising a fellow Muslim

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 231

    قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: “إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم مَادِحاً صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً، أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا”


    English Translation:

    If any of you praises his companion then let him say:
    Aḥsibu fulānan wallāhu ḥasībuh
    wa lā uzakkī `alallāhi aḥada.

    If any of you praises his companion then let him say:
    I consider (such and such a person), and Allah is his Assessor, (meaning: and I cannot claim anyone to be pious before Allah) if you know of this (good character trait in the person) to be such and such (saying what he thinks is praiseworthy in that person).

    Reference:
    Muslim 4/2296.

  • Chapter: For the one that have been praised

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 232

    اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
    وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
    [وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْرًا مِمَّا يَظُّنُّونَ]


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma lā tu’ākhidhnī bimā yaqūlūn,
    waghfir lī mā lā ya`lamūn
    [waj`alnī khayran mimmā yaẓunnūn].

    O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say
    and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of
    [and make me better than they imagine].

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, Al-‘Adabul-Mufrad no. 761. See Al-Albani, Sahih
    Al-‘Adabul-Mufrad (no. 585). The portion between brackets if from
    Al-Bayhaqi, Shu’ab Al-Iman 4/228, and comes another account.

  • Chapter: The Talbiya for the one doing Hajj or ‘Umrah

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 233

    لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ،
    لَبَّيْكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ،
    إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ والنِّعْمَة لَكَ والمُلْكُ،
    لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ


    English Translation:

    Labbayk-Allāhumma labbayk,
    labbayka lā sharīka laka labbayk,
    inna ‘l-ḥamda, wanni`mata, laka wa ‘l-mulk,
    lā sharīka lak.

    I am here at Your service, O Allah, I am here at Your service.
    I am here at Your service, You have no partner, I am here at Your service.
    Surely the praise, and blessings are Yours, and the dominion.
    You have no partner.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 3/408, Muslim 2/841.