Ahadith

Umar ibn Khattab has related that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Motive determines the value of all conduct, and a person attains that which he desires. If the motive of one who emigrates is to attain to Allah and His Messenger, then that is the purpose of his migration; and he who migrates seeking the world attains to it, and he who migrates for the sake of a woman, marries her and thus his migration is for the purpose he has in mind (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Ayesha has related that the Holy Prophet said: A host will advance upon the Ka‘aba and when it reaches the plain all of them, the first and the last, will be swallowed up by the earth. Whereupon she said: Messenger of Allah, why all of them? He replied: All of them will be swallowed up, but they will be raised up for judgment according to their motives (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Ayesha has related that the Holy Prophet said: After the fall of Mecca emigration is no longer obligatory; but striving in the cause of Allah and yearning for it continue obligatory; when you are called you should go forth (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Jabir ibn Abdullah has related: We were with the Holy Prophet in a campaign when he said: There are some people in Medina who are with you in spirit wherever you march and whatever valley you traverse. It is only illness that has kept them from being with you in person; and one version adds: They are your partners in reward (Muslim). Bokhari’s version is: Anas has related: We were returning from the campaign of Tabuk with the Holy Prophet when he said: There are people left behind in Medina who were with us in spirit in every pass we crossed and every valley we traversed. They were kept back by some disability. (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Ma‘an ibn Yathid ibn Akhnas (all three Companions) has related: My father set aside some dinars for charity and gave them to a person in the mosque. I went to that person and brought back the dinars to my father. He said: I had not intended these for you. So we went to the Holy Prophet and submitted the matter to him. He said to my father: Yathid, you have earned merit for what you intended; and to me he said: Ma‘an, you ate entitled to what you have taken (Bokhari). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Sa‘ad ibn Abi Waqqas (one of the ten who had been given the glad tidings of admission into Paradise) has related: The Holy Prophet came to inquire after my health when I was seriously ill in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage and I said to him: Messenger of Allah, you see how it is with me. I am a man of means and my sole heir is my daughter. May I, then, give away two-thirds of my property in charity? He said: No. Then one-half, O Messenger of Allah? Again he said: No. Well then, one-third, Messenger of Allah? On which he said: One-third, and one-third is ample. It is better that you should leave your heirs in easy circumstances rather than in want, reduced to soliciting alms from others. Whatever you spend seeking the pleasure of Allah, even a morsel of food that you put in the mouth of your wife, will bring its reward. Then I said: Messenger of Allah, shall I be left behind in Mecca, when you return to Medina with my fellow-companions? He said: You will certainly not be left behind. Whatever you do seeking the pleasure of Allah will raise your station and your high status. I am hoping that you will survive to be a source of benefit for some people and of trouble for others. Then he supplicated: Make perfect the emigration of my Companions, O Allah, and do not turn them back on their heels. But the one to be pitied was Sa‘ad ibn Khaulah who died in Mecca, and the Messenger of Allah expressed mercy and compassion for him (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah has related that the Holy Prophet said: Allah does not regard your bodies and looks, but looks at your hearts (Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Abu Musa Asha’‘ri has related: The Holy Prophet was asked: Which of three strives in the cause of Allah, one who fights in order that he should display his bravery, or one who fights out of a feeling of indignation, or one who fights in order to show off? He replied: He who fights so that the word of Allah be exalted, is the one who strives in the cause of Allah (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Abu Bakarah Thaqfi has related that the Holy Prophet said: When two Muslims confront each other with swords and one is killed, both end up in hell. I said: Messenger of Allah, as to the one who kills it is understandable; but why the other? He answered: The other was also eager to kill his opponent (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)

Abu Hurairah has related that the Holy Prophet said: Prayer in congregation is more than twenty-five times greater in merit than Prayer at home or in the shop etc. Therefore, when a person makes his ablutions carefully and proceeds to the mosque with the sole purpose of joining in the service his station rises in grade at every step and one of his sins is wiped out. From the moment he enters the mosque he is accounted as a participant in the service" while waiting for the service to begin, and, so long as he causes no inconvenience to anyone and his state of purity is maintained, the angels continue to pray for him: Allah, have mercy upon him; Allah, forgive him; Allah, turn to him with compassion (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Bayyinah 7, Al-Hajj 38, Aal-e-`Imran 31)