Ahadith

Abu Musa Ash‘ari has related that the Holy Prophet said: When Allah determines upon mercy for a people He takes custody of the soul of its Prophet before it and makes him a herald for it and a storehouse for it in the hereafter, and when He determines upon the ruin of a people He chastises it while its Prophet is alive and destroys it while he is alive and watches it and delights in its destruction because they rejected him and disobeyed his directions (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 101, Yusuf 89, Aal-e-`Imran 108, Al-A`raf 169)

. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah says: I am towards every servant of Mine as he conceives Me to be. I am with him" wherever he remembers Me. (Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant of His than one of you who recovers something of his in the desert after he has lost it). He who approaches Me over a distance of a hand’s breadth, I approach him an arm's length, and he who approaches Me an arm’s length, I approach him two arms’ length. If a servant of Mine comes to Me walking, | go to him running (Bokhari and Muslim).. (Al-A`raf 101, Yusuf 89, Aal-e-`Imran 108, Al-A`raf 169)

Jabir ibn Abdullah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say, three days before his death: Let no one of you die except in a state of mind hoping for the best from Allah, the Lord of honour and glory (Muslim). (Bani Isra'il 12)

Anas relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah, the Exalted, has said: Son of Adam, I shall continue to forgive thee so long as thou callest on Me and hopest for My forgiveness, whatever may be thy defaults. I care not, son of Adam, even if thy sins should pile up to the sky and thou shouldst supplicate Me for forgiveness I would forgive thee. Son of Adam, if thou camest to Me with an earthful of sins and meetest Me, not associating aught with Me, I would come to thee with an earthful of forgiveness (Tirmidhi). (Bani Isra'il 12)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a believer realised the full extent of the chastisement of Allah, none would desire His Paradise; and if a disbeliever realised the full extent of Allah’s mercy, none would despair of His Paradise (Muslim). (Bani Isra'il 12)

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When the bier is lifted above the shoulders of the pall-bearers, if the corpse is that of a" righteous man it urges: Go forward with me, go forward with me; if it is that of an unrighteous person, it says: Woe to it, where are you taking it? Its voice is heard by everything except man, and if man heard it he would be struck dead (Bokhari). (Bani Isra'il 12)

This hadith is the same as No. 105. (Bani Isra'il 12)

Ibn Mas‘ud relates: The Holy Prophet asked me to recite the Quran to him. I said: Messenger of Allah, shall I recite the Quran to you, whereas it is you to whom it has been revealed? He said: I like to hear it recited by another. So I recited to him a portion from the fourth Chapter till I came to the verse: How will it be when We shall bring a witness from every people, and shall bring thee as a witness against these (4.42)? when he said: That is enough for now. I looked at him and saw that his eyes were running (Bokhari and Muslim). (Bani Isra'il 12)

This hadith is the same as the first part of No. 404. (Bani Isra'il 12)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: One who weeps out of fear of Allah will not enter the Fire till the milk recedes into the breasts and the dust endured in striving in the cause of Allah and the steam of hell will never subsist together (Tirmidhi). (Bani Isra'il 12)