Ahadith

Huzaifah ibn Yaman relates: The Holy Prophet told us two things, one of which IJ have seen fulfilled, and of the other I am awaiting fulfillment. He told us that integrity was impregnated into the hearts of mankind. Then the Quran was revealed and they realised it from the Quran and learnt it from my practice. Then he told us about the disappearance of integrity and he said: A man will go to sleep and integrity will be lifted from his heart leaving only a mark on his heart like a boil which a spark of fire might leave on the skin of your foot, which arches out but is empty inside. Then he took up a pebble and started shooting it at his foot and continued: People will go on with their buying and selling, but not one of them will be a man of integrity, so much so that it will be" said: There is among such and such a tribe a man who is trustworthy. It will be said of a man: How clever he is, how handsome and how intelligent; yet he will not have in his heart faith even as much as a mustard seed. Huzaifah added: Time was when I did not mind with whom I did business, for if he was a Muslim his faith was a sufficient guarantee, and if he was.a Jew or a Christian his guardian was a sufficient guarantee. But today I do not do business except with So and So (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 60, Al-Ahzab 74)

Huzaifah and Abu Hurairah relate that the Holy Prophet said: On the Day of Judgment Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will assemble mankind and the believers will be standing close to Paradise. They will approach Adam and ask him: Father, have Paradise opened for us. He will answer them: Was it not the default of your father which brought about your expulsion from the garden? I am not qualified for this. Go to my son Abraham, the Friend of Allah. Then they will approach Abraham, and he will say to them: I am not qualified for this. | was the Friend of Allah from long ago. Address yourselves to Moses with whom Allah talked at great length. They will go to Moses and he will say to them: I am not qualified for this; go to Jesus, word of Allah and a spirit from Him. He will also say: | am not qualified for this. Then they will come to Muhammad. He will stand forth and will be granted permission to intercede. The spirit of integrity and of kinship will be released and will stand on either side of me at the right and left of the Bridge; and the first group from among you will pass over the Bridge with the speed of lightning. At this we inquired: May our fathers and mothers be your ransom, what is the speed of lightning? He said: Have you not observed how the lightning flashes forth and back in the twinkling of an eye? Those following them will pass over with the speed of the wind, and then with the speed of flying birds, and with the speed of running men, according to the quality of their deeds. Your Prophet will continue standing at the Bridge, supplicating: Lord, keep them safe, keep them safe. When the quality of people’s deeds declines the speed will slow down till a man will come who will not be able to waik but will creep along. On both sides of the Bridge will be hanging hooks which will attach themselves to those they are commanded to seize. He who is merely scratched will be saved, but those who are heaped up will fall into the Fire. Abu Hurairah adds: By Him in Whose hands is the life of Abu Hurairah, the depth of hell is equal to seventy years’ travel (Muslim).

Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet said: Eschew wrong, for on the Day of Judgment wrong will become manifold darknesses; and safeguard yourselves against miserliness, for miserliness ruined those who were before you. It incited them to murder and to treating the unlawful as lawful (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah will enforce the discharge of all obligations on the Day of Judgment, even the obligation of a horned goat to make amends to a hornless goat (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Ibn Umar relates: We were talking about the Farewell Pilgrimage, not knowing what the expression meant, as the Holy Prophet was among us. Then he stood up and recited Allah’s praise and discoursed at length about the Anti-Christ and said: Every Prophet raised by Allah has warned his people against his mischief. Noah did it and so did all the Prophets after him. If he appears among you his condition will not remain hidden from you. It is well known to you that your Lord is not one-eyed, while the Anti-Christ is one-eyed. His right eye is like a swollen grape. Hearken, Allah has sanctified for you your blood and your belongings, like the sanctity of this day and this month. Listen. Have I conveyed Allah's message to you? The people responded: Yes. On which he said: Bear witness, O Allah; and repeated it three times. He concluded: Woe unto you, take heed and do not revert to disbelief after ] am gone, some of you slaying others (Bokhari, and as to certain portions Muslim also). (Al-Mu'min 20, )

Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who acquires a hand’s breadth of land wrongfully will have seven earths suspended from his neck. (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abu Musa Ash‘ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah grants respite to a wrongdoer but when He seizes him, He does not let go. Then he recited: Such is the chastisement of the Lord which He inflicts upon corrupt cities. Surely, His chastisement is grievously painful (11.103) (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Mu‘az relates: The Holy Prophet appointed me to a governorship and said: A group of the people of the Book will come to you. So invite them to bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship save Allah and that I am His" Messenger. When they have accepted this, inform them that Allah has appointed for them five Prayer services in twenty four hours. When they have submitted to this, tell them that Allah has made obligatory upon them alms which will be collected from those who are well-to-do among them and will be restored to the poor. When they submit to this, be mindful not to take their best belongings for this purpose. Guard yourself against the plaint of a wronged one, for between that and Allah there is no barrier (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abu Hamid Sa‘idi relates that the Holy Prophet appointed a man of the Azd called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah as collector of Zakat. When he returned from his assignment he reported: This and this I have collected as Zakat and that and that are gifts presented to me. Thereupon the Holy Prophet ascended the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah and said: I appoint a man from among you to carry out some duty in connection with that which Allah has committed to me and he comes back and says: This is yours and that has been presented to me as a gift. If he is telling the truth why did he not sit in the house of his father or mother so that his gifts should have come to him? By Allah, if any one of you should take’ anything to which he has no right, he will meét Allah on the Day of Judgment carrying that thing. So let me not see any of you meet Allah carrying a grunting camel or a mooing cow or a bleating goat. Then he raised his arms so high that the white of his armpits became visible and his supplication went up: Allah, I have conveyed Thy command (Bokhari and Muslim).