Riyad as-Salihin 18, Hadith 1

“ speak a good word or remain silent ” ―Prophet Muhammad ﷺ 

"When any one of you is engaged in prayer.He is holding intimate conversation with his hold." (Muslim)

"When any one of you is engaged in prayer.

He is holding intimate conversation with his hold." 

(Muslim)

Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that, "Purification is half of Faith."

Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that,

"Purification is half of Faith." 

Fear the Prayer of the Oppressed.

Fear the Prayer of the Oppressed.

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, even if he is an unbeliever, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 12140

Allah's Messenger (SAW) said:

'The prayer of the oppressed is answered, even if he is a sinner as his sinning is only against his own soul,'[49]

If we reflect upon the matter we will find that the one supplicating is sincere (and truthful) in his worship and he unites his heart in his supplication. There is nothing which preoccupies him from being earnest in his supplication and this is because he knows that his supplication being answered will definitely be accomplished. The Messenger (SAW) has explained the cause of the supplication not being answered when he said:

'Call upon Allah while you are certain of being answered and know that Allah does not respond to the supplication of the unmindful and heedless heart.

The supplicaton of the heart which is unmindful and heedless is not responded to. The heart of the one who is oppressed however, is not unmindful due to his constraint and dire need. Likewise, the one who is in distress, his supplication is answered even if he is not a Muslim. Allah the Exalted said:

'And who responds to the distressed one when he supplicates Him?

"The eyes also commit zina, and their zina is the lustful look." (Bukhari)

"The eyes also commit zina, and their zina is the lustful look."

 (Bukhari)

"No judge must give judgement between two people when he is angry." (Bukhari)

"No judge must give judgement between two people when he is angry."

(Bukhari)

The Prophet (saw) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must be generous with his guest."

A woman came to the Prophet (saw) and complained to him about her husband that he invites too many guests and she has become weary from preparing food for them and hosting them. The Prophet (saw) did not answer and the woman left.

Sometime later the Prophet (saw) called the woman's husband and said, "I am your guest today." The man was so happy he went home and told his wife "the Prophet of Allah (saw) is our guest today." His wife was ecstatic and spent time and effort and used every bit of food to prepare for the arrival of the Most Honored Guest, the Prophet (saw). 

After the amazing joy of hosting the Prophet (saw) generously the Prophet (saw) told the man, 'tell your wife to watch the door from which I leave your home."

So the wife watched the door from which the Prophet (saw) left her home and saw all kinds of creatures, scorpions and other harmful creatures leaving the house behind Prophet (saw) upon which she fainted due to the immense manifestation and greatness of what she had witnessed.

When she came to the Prophet (saw), he said to her, "this is what happens when the guest leaves your home, with him all kinds of harm, trials and tribulations and harmful creatures depart from your home, and that is the wisdom behind being generous to one's guest and becoming weary doing so."

The house in which the guests are frequent and many is a house which Allah loves. There is nothing better than the 'open house' for the young and the old. In such a house descends Allah's mercy and blessings from heaven.

The Prophet (saw) said, "If Allah wants good for a people, He sends them a gift." They asked "what kind of gift, oh Prophet of Allah (swt)?" He said, "the guest comes with his own provision, and leaves with the sins of the people of the house." So my beloved, know that the guest is the way to Paradise. A woman came to the Prophet (saw) and complained to him about her husband that he invites too many guests and she has become weary from preparing food for them and hosting them. The Prophet (saw) did not answer and the woman left.

Sometime later the Prophet (saw) called the woman's husband and said, "I am your guest today." The man was so happy he went home and told his wife "the Prophet of Allah (saw) is our guest today." His wife was ecstatic and spent time and effort and used every bit of food to prepare for the arrival of the Most Honored Guest, the Prophet (saw). 

After the amazing joy of hosting the Prophet (saw) generously the Prophet (saw) told the man, 'tell your wife to watch the door from which I leave your home."

So the wife watched the door from which the Prophet (saw) left her home and saw all kinds of creatures, scorpions and other harmful creatures leaving the house behind Prophet (saw) upon which she fainted due to the immense manifestation and greatness of what she had witnessed.

When she came to the Prophet (saw), he said to her, "this is what happens when the guest leaves your home, with him all kinds of harm, trials and tribulations and harmful creatures depart from your home, and that is the wisdom behind being generous to one's guest and becoming weary doing so."

The house in which the guests are frequent and many is a house which Allah loves. There is nothing better than the 'open house' for the young and the old. In such a house descends Allah's mercy and blessings from heaven.

The Prophet (saw) said, "If Allah wants good for a people, He sends them a gift." They asked "what kind of gift, oh Prophet of Allah (swt)?" He said, "the guest comes with his own provision, and leaves with the sins of the people of the house." So my beloved, know that the guest is the way to Paradise. The Prophet (saw) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must be generous with his guest."

Asking for healthy body, eyesight and hearing and refuge from disbelief and poverty

Asking for healthy body, eyesight and hearing and refuge from disbelief and poverty

Say three times:

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ، وَالفَقْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ القَبْرِ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

O Allaah, grant my body health, O Allaah, grant my hearing health, O Allaah, grant my sight health. None has the right to be worshipped except You. O Allaah, I take refuge with You from disbelief and poverty, and I take refuge with You from the punishment of the grave. None has the right to be worshipped except You.'

Allaahumma 'aafinee fee badanee, Allaahumma 'aafinee fee sam'ee, Allaahumma 'aafinee fee basaree, laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta. Allaahumma 'innee 'a'oothu bika minal-kufri, walfaqri, wa 'a'oothu bika min 'athaabil-qabri, laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta.

Abu Dawud 4/324, Ahmad 5/42, An-Nasa'i, Ibn As-Sunni (Hadith no. 69), Ibn Hibban (Hadith no. 2361)

The prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Beware of Jealousy! for verily it destroys good deeds the way fire destroys wood." -Abu Dawood

The prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:

"Beware of Jealousy! for verily it destroys good

deeds the way fire destroys wood."

-Abu Dawood

"No person knows what is kept hidden from them of joy as a reward for what they used to do." (Bukhari)

"No person knows what is kept hidden from them of

joy as a reward for what they used to do."

 (Bukhari)

Sadaqah does not decrease your wealth.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:

 "The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection 

will be his charity." 

- Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 604

 

The Prophet also said: "Every act of goodness is charity."

  - Sahih Muslim, Hadith 496

 

"Spend (in charity) out of the sustenance that

 We have bestowed on you before that time when death will come to someone, and he shall say:

 "O my Lord! If only you would grant me reprieve for a little while, then I would give in charity,

 and be among the righteous." 

 - The Holy Quran, 63:10

Tawakkul! Let your heart trust Allah alone to take care of things that you cannot understand.

‘And He will provide him from [sources] he could never imagine. And whoever puts their trust in Allāh, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allāh will accomplish His purpose. Indeed, Allāh has set a measure for all things.'

 Al-Qur’ān, 65:3.

 ‘The believers are only those who, when Allāh is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Verses are recited to them, they increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord. 

Al-Qur’ān, 8:2. 

 

 Say: “He is the Most Gracious (Allāh) in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust. So, you will come to know who it is that is in manifest error.’ 
Al-Qur’ān, 67:29.

 The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said, 

‘A group of people (both men and women) whose hearts will be like the hearts of birds, will enter Jannah’.

-Muslim

 If Allāh helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you? And in Allāh (Alone) let the believers put their trust’.

Al-Qur’ān, 3:160.

True Beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul in her Shyness in her Deen and Imaan.

Narrated by Abu Huraira (ra): The Prophet said, 

"Faith (Belief) consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). 

And Haya is a part of faith."

 (Bukhari)

 Narrated Aisha (ra): 

"I used to enter my house where 

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)  

was and take off my garment, saying that only my 

husband and my father were there; but when Umar was buried along with them, I swear by Allah that I did not enter it without having my clothes wrapped round me owing to modesty regarding Umar."

(at-Tirmidhi and Ahmed) 

 "Say to the believing men that they should lower
 their gaze and guard their modesty:
 that will make for greater purity for them:
 and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
 And say to the believing women that they should 
lower their gaze and guard their modesty; 
that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; 
that they should draw their veils over their bosoms 
and not display their beauty……."
 (Qur'an Nur, 30-31)

"The evil eye is real and can bring a person down from high mountain." -The Prophet, Sahih Al-Jami (4146)

"The evil eye is real and can bring a person 

down from high mountain." 

-The Prophet, Sahih Al-Jami (4146)

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said: "The miser is the one whose presence I am mentioned and He does not sends blessings upon me." Jami' Al-Tirmidhi # 3546

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said: 

"The miser is the one whose presence 

 I am mentioned and He does not sends blessings upon me."

Jami' Al-Tirmidhi # 3546

"Make things easy for people and do not make then difficult, and cheer people up and do not drive them away." -Bukhari

"Make things easy for people and do not make then difficult, and cheer people up and do not drive them away."

 -Bukhari

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: "Richness does not lie in the adundance of (worldly) goods, but Richness is the richness of soul (Heart, self)."

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: 

"Richness does not lie in the adundance of (worldly) goods, but Richness is the richness of soul (Heart, self)."

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Whoever loves for Allah, hates for Allah, gives for Allah, withholds for Allah has indeed perfected Imaan." -Abu Dawood, 4861

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

"Whoever loves for Allah, hates for Allah, gives for Allah, withholds for Allah has indeed perfected Imaan." 

 -Abu Dawood, 4861

What a Muslim spends on his family, for seeking the pleasure of Allah, is also counted as Charity. -Bukhari

What a Muslim spends on his family,

 for seeking the pleasure of Allah,

 is also counted as Charity.

 -Bukhari

"Be merciful to those on the earth and the One above the heavens will have mercy upon you" -Sunan At-Timadhi 1924

"Be merciful to those on the earth and the

 One above the heavens will have mercy upon you"

 -Sunan At-Timadhi 1924