Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah said, ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious
worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I
have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil
(praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of
hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he
grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My
protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything
as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who lets the people hear of his good deeds intentionally, to win their praise,
Allah will let the people know his real intention (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who does good
things in public to show off and win the praise of the people, Allah will disclose his real intention (and
humiliate him).

While I was riding behind the Prophet (ﷺ) as a companion rider and there was nothing between me and
him except the back of the saddle, he said, “O Mu`adh!” I replied, “Labbaik O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! And
Sa`daik!” He proceeded for a while and then said, “O Mu`adh!” I said, “Labbaik and Sa`daik, O
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” He then proceeded for another while and said, “O Mu`adh bin Jabal!” I replied,
“Labbaik, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and Sa`daik!” He said, “Do you know what is Allah’s right on His
slaves?” I replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.” He said, “Allah’s right on his slaves is that
they should worship Him and not worship anything besides Him.” He then proceeded for a while, and
again said, “O Mu`adh bin Jabal!” I replied. “Labbaik, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and Sa`daik.” He said, “Do
you know what is (Allah’s) slaves’ (people’s) right on Allah if they did that?” I replied, “Allah and His
Apostle know better.” He said, “The right of (Allah’s) slaves on Allah is that He should not punish
them (if they did that).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) narrated to us two narrations, one of which I have seen (happening) and I am waiting
for the other. He narrated that honesty was preserved in the roots of the hearts of men (in the
beginning) and then they learnt it (honesty) from the Qur’an, and then they learnt it from the
(Prophet’s) Sunna (tradition). He also told us about its disappearance, saying, “A man will go to sleep
whereupon honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain, resembling the
traces of fire. He then will sleep whereupon the remainder of the honesty will also be taken away
(from his heart) and its trace will resemble a blister which is raised over the surface of skin, when an
ember touches one’s foot; and in fact, this blister does not contain anything. So there will come a day
when people will deal in business with each other but there will hardly be any trustworthy persons
among them. Then it will be said that in such-and-such a tribe there is such-and-such person who is
honest, and a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, though indeed he
will not have belief equal to a mustard seed in his heart.” The narrator added: There came upon me a
time when I did not mind dealing with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would
prevent him from cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him from
cheating; but today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so. (See Hadith No. 208, Vol. 9)

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “People are just like camels, out of one hundred, one can hardly find a
single camel suitable to ride.”

I heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “There will come a time upon the people when the best property of a
Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places of rainfall, run
away with his religion (in order to save it) from afflictions.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour.” It was asked, “How will honesty
be lost, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?” He said, “When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then
wait for the Hour.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent
persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Let him who wants to look at a man
from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look at this (man).” Another man followed him and kept on
following him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of
his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., committed
suicide).” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may
do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from
the dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions.”

A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is the best of mankind!” The
Prophet said, “A man who strives for Allah’s Cause with his life and property, and also a man who
lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people
from his evil.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) narrating about his Lord I’m and said, “Allah ordered (the appointed angels over you) that
the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody
intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his
account with Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will write for
him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven hundred times to many more times:
and if somebody intended to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good
deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah
will write one bad deed (in his account) .”