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40 Hadith Qudsi
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Introduction
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The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But
what is Hadith Qudsi and how do they differ from other Hadith? The following
discussion is given in the introduction to the book titled "Forty Hadith
Qudsi" published by: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic
Translation Center, P.O.Box 38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait. Hadith Qudsi are the
sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith)
are so named because, unlike the majority of Hadith which are Prophetic
Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to the Prophet but to the
Almighty. Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred
Hadith is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his
lexicon At-Tarifat where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning,
from Allah the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him). It is that which Allah the Almighty has
communicated to His Prophet through revelation or in dream, and he, peace be
upon him, has communicated it in his own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to
it because, besides being revealed, it is His wording."
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Hadith Qudsi 1:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book
which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath. It was related
by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 2:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah Almighty has said: The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do
so. And he reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me,
it is his saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first (1) - and the
initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his
reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to Himself a son, while I am
the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there
is none comparable to Me. (1) i.e., bring me back to life after death. It
was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 3:
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On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may
Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led the morning prayer for us at
al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When the Prophet (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and
said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his
Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a
believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been
given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a
disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given
rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in
the stars. (2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by
the movement of stars. This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever
be the direct cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the
Almighty who is the Disposer of all things. It is related by al-Bukhari
(also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 4:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah said: Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I
am Time, in My hand is the night and the day (1). (1) As the Almighty is the
Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part of Time
is tantamount to inveighing against Him. It was related by al-Bukhari (also
by Muslim).
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Hadith Qudsi 5:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said: I am so self-sufficient that I am
in no need of having an associate. Thus he who does an action for someone
else's sake as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him
whom he associated with Me. It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 6:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of
Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah
will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The
Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought
for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but
fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said.
Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious]
knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be
brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize
them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say:
I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for
Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study [religious]
knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the
Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said.
Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom
He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make
known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will
say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden]
in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He
will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]:
He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged
along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. It was related by Muslim
(also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 7:
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On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said: I heard the messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives
the call to prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say:
Look at this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer and performs the
prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My servant [his sins] and have
admitted him to Paradise. It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of
authorities.
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Hadith Qudsi 8:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: A prayer performed
by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1) during it is
deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone said
to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said: Recite
it to yourself, for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of
Allah be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have
divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant
shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi
rabbi l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has
praised Me. And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki
yawmi d-din (5), Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one
occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My power. And when he says:
Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between Me and My
servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. And when he says:
Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta alayhim
ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for My
servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. Surat al-Fatihah,
the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an. i.e. standing behind the imam
(leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah. "Praise be to Allah, Lord of
the Worlds." "The Merciful, the Compassionate". "Master of the Day of
Judgement". "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help". "Guide us
to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors,
not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray". It
was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and
Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 9:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah
will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If
they are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and if they
are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something
defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He)
will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be
completed that which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest
of his actions will be judged in like fashion. It was related by at-Tirmidhi
(also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).
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Hadith Qudsi 10:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A
man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake.
Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he
breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath
of the mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell
of musk. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi,
an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 11:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) said: Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on
you. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
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Hadith Qudsi 12:
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On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: A man from among those who were before
you was called to account. Nothing in the way of good was found for him
except that he used to have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he
would order his servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances
[from repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We
are worthier than you of that (of being so generous). Let him off. It was
related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 13:
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On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) and there came to him two men: one of them
was complaining of penury (being very poor), while the other was complaining
of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it will be but a short time
before a caravan will [be able to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for
penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes
his charity around without finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1)
one of you will surely stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him
and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then He will say to him:
Did I not bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I
not send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his
right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left and
will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself against
Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it not, then with a
kind word. (1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 14:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: Allah (glorified
and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove about seeking out
gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them and
fold their wings round each other, fillin that which is between them and
between the lowest heaven. When [the people in the gathering] depart, [the
angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is most knowing
about them: From where have you come? And they say: We have come from some
servants of Yours on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah),
exalting you (Allahu akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La
ilaha illa llah), praising You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of
You. He says: And what do they ask of Me? They say: They ask of You Your
Paradise. He says: And have they seen My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He
says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Paradise! They say: And
they ask protection of You. He says: From what do they ask protection of Me?
They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says: And have they seen My
Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how would it be were they to have seen
My Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your forgiveness. He (the Prophet
p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon
them what they have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that
from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They say: O
Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And He
says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with such
people shall not suffer. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari,
at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 15:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah the
Almighty said: I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he
makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of
him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention
of him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's
length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking,
I go to him at speed. (1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am
as My servant expects Me to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and
acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly
believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such
belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty. It was related by
al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 16:
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On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased
with them both), from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), among the
sayings he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted be He) is that He
said: Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He
explained it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and has not
done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he
has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from
ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he has
intended a bad deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes
it down as one bad deed. It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 17:
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On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be
pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace be upon him) is that among the
sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He said: O My
servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden
amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are
astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall
guide you, O My servants, all of you are hungry except for those I have fed,
so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked
except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe
you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so
seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not
attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as
to benefit Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the
human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of
any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and
the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of
you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the
first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to
rise up in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone
what he requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more that a
needle decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds
that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but himself. It
was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 18:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of Resurrection: O son
of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how
should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you
not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not?
Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him?
O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord,
and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say:
Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed
him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found
that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give
Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I
give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My
servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to
drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely found that with Me.
It was related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 19:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Pride is my cloak and greatness My
robe, and he who competes with Me in respect of either of them I shall cast
into Hell-fire. It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad)
with sound chains of authority. This Hadith also appears in Muslim in
another version.
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Hadith Qudsi 20:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every
servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven,
except for the man who has a grudge against his brother. [About them] it
will be said: Delay these two until they are reconciled; delay these two
until they are reconciled. It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu
Dawud).
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Hadith Qudsi 21:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said
that Allah the Almighty said: There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be
on the Day of Resurrection: a man who has given his word by Me and has
broken it; a man who has sold a free man (2) and has consumed the price; and
a man who has hired a workman, has exacted his due in full from him and has
not given him his wage. i.e. types of men. i.e. a man who has made a slave
of another and has sold him. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah
and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
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Hadith Qudsi 22:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Let not
any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can
any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah
about which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What
prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and such-and-such?
He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom
you should more properly fear. It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound
chain of authorities.
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Hadith Qudsi 23:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love one
another through My glory? Today I shall give them shade in My shade, it
being a day when there is no shade but My shade. It was related by
al-Bukhari (also by Malik).
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Hadith Qudsi 24:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If
Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and
says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet peace be upon
him) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven,
saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the inhabitants of
heaven love him. He (the Prophet peace be upon him) said: Then acceptance is
established for him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of His],
He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So
Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to the inhabitants of heaven:
Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet peace be upon
him) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for him on
earth. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and
at-Tirmidhi).
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Hadith Qudsi 25:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Whosoever shows enmity to someone
devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me
with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined
upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory
works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which
he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and
his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would
surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely
grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about
[seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting
him. It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 26:
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On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) said: Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most
favour is a believer who is of meagre means and much given to prayer, who
has been particular in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly
(1), who was obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose sustenance
was just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently. Then the
Prophet (peace be upon him) rapped his hand and said: Death will have come
early to him, his mourners will have been few, his estate scant i.e. he has
not been ostentatious in his obedience. It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also
by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is sound.
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Hadith Qudsi 27:
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On the authority of Masruq, who said: We asked Abdullah
(i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard those who have been
killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their Lord,
being provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about that
and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Their souls are in the insides of
green birds having lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming freely in
Paradise where they please, then taking shelter in those lanterns. So their
Lord cast a glance at them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything? They
said: What shall we wish for when we roam freely in Paradise where we
please? And thus did He do to them three times. When they say that they
would not be spared from being asked [again], they said: O Lord, we would
like for You to put back our souls into our bodies so that we might fight
for Your sake once again. And when He saw that they were not in need of
anything they were let be i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of
Allah. It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn
Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 28:
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On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
said: There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in
[such] anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and
the blood did not cease to flow till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My
servant has himself forestalled Me; I have forbidden him Paradise. It was
related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 29:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My faithful servant's reward from Me,
if I have taken to Me his best friend from amongst the inhabitants of the
world and he has then borne it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing less
than Paradise. It was related by al-Bukhari.
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Hadith Qudsi 30:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: If My servant likes to meet Me, I
like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to meet him.
Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah,
Allah likes to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes
to meet him. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of
Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike death?
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not so, but rather it is that
when the believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His
Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when the
unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment and His displeasure, he
dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet him. It was related by
al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 31:
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On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) related: A
man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah the
Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so?
Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your [own good] deeds
(1) (or as he said [it]). (1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud,
indicates that the person referred to was a goldly man whose previous good
deeds were brought to nought through presuming to declare that Allah would
not forgive someone's bad deeds. It was related by Muslim.
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Hadith Qudsi 32:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: A
man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he charged
his sons, saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my
ashes] into the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of me, He
will punish me in a manner in which He has punished no one [else]. So they
did that to him. Then He said to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and
there he was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what you did? He
said: Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You)
and because of that He forgave him. It was related by Muslim (also by
al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 33:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him), from among the things he
reports from his Lord (mighty and sublime be He), is that he said: A servant
[of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And He
(glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has
known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he
sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and
exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he
has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and
said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said:
My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives
sins and punishes for sins. Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you. It
was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari).
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Hadith Qudsi 34:
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On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Allah the
Almighty said: O son of Adam, so 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 were you then to ask
forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to
Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me,
ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at
it. It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of
authorities is sound.
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Hadith Qudsi 35:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's
sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He says: Who is
saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me
that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive
him? It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and
Abu Dawud). In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words: And thus
He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.
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Hadith Qudsi 36:
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On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)
from the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: The believers will gather
together on the Day of Resurrection and will say: Should we not ask
[someone] to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come to Adam and
will say: You are the Father of mankind; Allah created you with His hand He
made His angels bow down to you and He taught you the names of everything,
so intercede for us with you Lord so that He may give us relief form this
place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] -
and he will mention his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
Noah, for he is the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of
the earth. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position
[to do that] - and he will mention his having requested something of his
Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran Chapter 11 Verses
45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to the Friend of the
Merciful (Abraham). So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a servant to whom Allah talked and to
whom He gave the Torah. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not
in a position [to do that] - and he will mention the talking of a life other
that for a life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in
the sight of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and
messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him and he will
say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Muhammad (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven all
his wrongdoing, past and future. So they will come to me and I shall set
forth to ask permission to come to my Lord, and permission will be given,
and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself. He will leave me thus
for such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said [to me]: Raise
your head. Ask and it will be granted. Speak and it will be heard. Intercede
and your intercession will be accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise
Him with a form of praise that He will teach me. Then I shall intercede and
HE will set me a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall admit them
into Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I
shall bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a limit
[as to the number of people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I
shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and I shall say: There remains
in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has confined and who must be there
for eternity. There shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no
god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then
there shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah
and who has in his heart goodness weighing a grain of wheat; then there
shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and
who has in his heart goodness weighing an atom. It was related by al-Bukhari
(also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
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Hadith Qudsi 37:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah said: I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen
and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you
wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise)
has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17). (1) The words "Thus recite
if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah. It was related by al-Bukhari,
Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
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Hadith Qudsi 38:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to Paradise,
saying: Look at it and at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: So he came to it and looked at it and
at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no one
hears of it without entering it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by
forms of hardship, and He said: Return to it and look at what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
So he returned to it and found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship
(1). Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one
will enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount that it was in layers,
one above the other. Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, no one
who hears of it will enter it. So He ordered that it be encompassed by
lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And he returned to it and said: By Your
glory, I am frightened that no one will escape from entering it. (1) The
Arabic word used here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is "things
that are disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious
discipline that man usually finds onerous. It was related by Tirmidhi, who
said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
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Hadith Qudsi 39:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
said: Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me
are the mighty and the haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the
poor. So Allah judged between them, [saying]: You are Paradise, My mercy;
through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you are Hell-fire, My
punishment; through you I punish those I wish, and it is incumbent upon Me
that each of you shall have its fill. It was related by Muslim (also by
al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
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Hadith Qudsi 40:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
said: Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of
Paradise! They will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your
pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands. Then He will say: Are you
contented? And they will say: And how should we not be contented, O Lord,
when You have given to us that which You have given to no one else of Your
creation? Then He will say: Would not like Me to give you something better
than that? And they will say: O Lord and what thing is better than that? And
He will say: I shall cause My favour to descend upon you and thereafter
shall never be displeased with you. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by
Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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“And they (polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger, Muhammad (saw) ) will not cease fighting you until they turn you back from your religion (Islamic Monotheism) if they can.”
(Al-Baqarah, 2:217)
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