Ahadith

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: How can I feel at rest when the Angel of the Trumpet has put his lips to the Trumpet so that he might blow it forthwith? He perceived as if this had distressed his companions, so he told them to seek comfort through repeating: Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He (Tirmidhi). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who is afraid sets out in the early part of the night and he who sets out early arrives at the" goal. Be warned that the equipment of Allah is precious. Beware the equipment of Allah is Paradise (Tirmidhi). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Ayesha relates that she heard the Holy Prophet say: On the Day of Judgment people will be assembled barefooted, naked, uncircumcised. I said: Messenger of Allah, will men and women be together looking at one another? He said: Ayesha, the occasion will be too terrifying for them to be concerned with looking at one another (Bokhari and Muslim). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Ubadah ibn Samit relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who bears witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah, the One, without associate, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, that Jesus is Allah’s servant and Messenger and His word that He conveyed to Mary and a spirit from Him, that Paradise is true and that the Fire is true will be admitted by Allah to Paradise (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim's version is: He who bears witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah will be safeguarded against the Fire. (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, says: He who does one good deed shall be rewarded ten times or I shall give him more, and he who does an evil deed shall be chastised in proportion thereto, or I shall forgive him; and he who approaches Me a hand’s breadth I shall approach him an arm’s length, and he who approaches Me an arm’s length I shall approach him the length of two arms; and he who comes to Me walking, I shall come to him running; and him who meets Me with an earthful of faults shall I meet with an equal degree of forgiveness (Muslim). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Jabir relates that a rustic came to the Holy Prophet and asked:" Messenger of Allah, what are the two imperatives? He answered: He who dies associating naught with Allah will enter Paradise, and he who dies associating aught with Allah will enter the Fire (Muslim). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Anas relates that Mu‘az was riding pillion with the Holy Prophet when the latter called him by name and he responded: At your service, Messenger of Allah, may you be happy. This was repeated three times and thereafter the Holy Prophet said: Of the servants of Allah whoever affirms with perfect sincerity of heart that there is none worthy of worship save Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger will be safeguarded by Allah against the Fire. Mu‘az said: Messenger of Allah, shall I proclaim this among the people so that they may be cheered? He said; No, lest they should depend entirely upon this. Mu‘az disclosed this only at the approach of death, fearing lest he should be held guilty of holding back something that was within his ken (Bokhari and Muslim). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)

Abu Hurairah (or Abu Sa‘id Khudri) relates that on the day of the battle of Tabuk the Muslims were sore pressed by hunger and they asked the Holy Prophet: Messenger of Allah, if you would permit us, we would slaughter our camels and eat of their flesh and use their fat. He gave them permission. On this Umar came and said: Messenger of Allah, if this were done we would suffer from lack of transportation. But you might ask everyone to bring whatever they have left over and if you pray over it and supplicate Allah to bless it, He would bestow His blessing upon it. The Holy Prophet agreed and called for his leather table cover and had it spread out and asked people to bring their left-overs. They started doing it. One brought a handful of beans, another brought a handful of dates, a third brought a piece of bread and thus some provisions were collected on the table cover. The Holy Prophet prayed for blessings, and then said: Now take it up in your vessels. Everyone filled his vessel with food, so that there was not left a single empty vessel in the whole camp. All of them ate their fill and there was still some left over. The Holy Prophet said: I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah, and that I am His Messenger. No servant of Allah who meets Him with these two affirmations, believing sincerely in them, would be held back from Paradise (Muslim).

Itban ibn Malik relates: I used to join in the Prayer services with my people the Bani Salim, but there was a valley between them and me, and during the rains when it was flooded I found it difficult to cross over to their mosque. So I went to the Holy Prophet and said to him: My eyesight is affected and I find it difficult to cross over the valley which separates me from my people when it gets flooded during the rains. I wish very much that you would come to my house and say your prayers therein so that I might appoint that spot as my place of Prayer. He said: I shall do that. Next day, when the sun had risen high the Holy Prophet came to my house with Abu Bakr and asked for leave to enter, which I granted, and he said: Where do you wish me to say my Prayer? I pointed out the spot to him. He stood for Prayer and" called out the Takbir and we arranged ourselves behind him. He led the Prayer for two raka’as and we prayed with him. When he had finished I detained him over pancakes that had been prepared for him. When the neighbours heard that the Holy Prophet was in my house they came and gathered in the house in large numbers. Someone said: What has happened to Malik? Another one said: He is a hypocrite. He does not love Allah and His Messenger. On this the Holy Prophet said: Do not say that. Do you not know that he says: There is none worthy of worship save Allah; seeking only the pleasure of Allah? The man said: Allah and His Messenger know best, but as for us we see that his friendship and conversation are confined to the hypocrites. The Holy Prophet said: Allah will safeguard against the Fire one who affitms: There is none worthy of worship save Allah; seeking thereby only the pleasure of Allah (Bokhari and Muslim).

Umar ibn Khattab relates: Some prisoners were brought to the Holy Prophet. There was a woman among them who ran about hither and yon. When she found a child she took it up, drew it close and suckled it. The Holy Prophet said to his companions: Can you imagine this woman throwing her child into the fire? We said: Surely not. On which he said: Allah is more compassionate towards His servants than she is towards her child (Bokhari and Muslim). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)