Ahadith

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: After I am gone you will experience discrimination and will observe things that you will disapprove. Someone asked: Messenger of Allah, what do you command us we should do in such case? He said: Discharge your obligations and supplicate Allah for your rights (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 202, Al-Baqarah 157, Az-Zumar 12, Ash-Shura 45, Al-Baqarah 155, Muhammad 33)

Usyad ibn Huzair relates that a person from among the Helpers said to the Holy Prophet: Will you not appoint me to public office as you have appointed So and So? He replied: You will experience discrimination after I am gone, but be steadfast till you meet me in Paradise (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 202, Al-Baqarah 157, Az-Zumar 12, Ash-Shura 45, Al-Baqarah 155, Muhammad 33)

Abdullah ibn Abi Aufa relates that the Holy Prophet was on a campaign and while waiting for the sun to decline he stood up and addressed his companions: Do not desire fighting and keep supplicating Allah for security. But when you are confronted with the enemy be steadfast and remember that Paradise is under the shade of the swords. Then he supplicated: Allah, Revealer of the Book, Driver of the Clouds, Vanquisher of Hosts, vanquish them and help us overcome them (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 202, Al-Baqarah 157, Az-Zumar 12, Ash-Shura 45, Al-Baqarah 155, Muhammad 33)

Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: Truth guides to virtue and virtue guides to Paradise. A person persists in telling the truth till in the sight of Allah he is named Truthful. Lying leads to vice and vice leads.to the Fire; and a person goes on lying till in the sight of Allah he is named a liar (Bokhari and Muslim). (At-Taubah 119, Al-Ahzab 37, Muhammad 23)

Hasan ibn Ali relates that he learnt the following from the Holy Prophet: Leave alone that which involves thee in doubt and adhere to that which is free from doubt, for truth is comforting, falsehood is disturbing (Tirmidhi). (At-Taubah 119, Al-Ahzab 37, Muhammad 23)

Abu Sufyan relates as part of his statement about Hiraclius that the latter asked him what does he (i.e. the Holy Prophet) teach you and Abu Sufyan said: He tells us: Worship Allah alone and do not associate anything with Him, and discard all that your ancestors said; and he commands us to observe Prayer, to tell the truth, to be chaste and to strengthen the ties of kinship (Bokhari and Muslim). : (At-Taubah 119, Al-Ahzab 37, Muhammad 23)

Sahl ibn Hunaif relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who supplicates Allah sincerely for martyrdom is raised by Him to the station of a martyr even if he should die in his bed (Muslim). (At-Taubah 119, Al-Ahzab 37, Muhammad 23)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: One of the earlier Prophets went to war and proclaimed among his people that no one should accompany him who had made a contract of marriage with a woman whom he intends to bring home but has not yet brought her, nor anyone who has constructed the walls of a house but has not yet put a roof on them, nor anyone who has purchased ewes or she-camels carrying their young and is awaiting the season of lambing. Then he set out and approached the town that was his objective an hour or so before sunset and said to the sun: Thou art commissioned and I am also commissioned, and supplicated: Lord, hold it back for us; and it was held back till God gave him the victory. Then the spoils were collected to be burnt as an offering but the fire would not consume them. Then he announced: Someone among you has embezzled a portion of the spoils, so now let one man from each tribe renew the covenant at my hands. In this process the hand of one man stuck to the hand of the Prophet and he announced: Some one of your tribe has been guilty of embezzlement; so now let each man of your tribe renew the covenant at my hands. In doing this the hands of two or three men stuck to the hand of the Prophet and he announced that one of them had been guilty of embezzlement. Upon this they produced a mass of gold like the head of a cow which was placed among the spoils and the fire consumed them. The Holy Prophet added: Spoils of war were not lawful for anyone before us. Allah made them lawful for us in view of our weakness and lack of means (Bokhari and Muslim).

Hakim ibn Hizam relates that the Holy Prophet said: A sale agreement is revocable till the buyer and seller part company. If they tell the truth and disclose everything relevant to the transaction, it becomes full of blessings for both of them; but if they speak falsely and conceal that which" should be disclosed, the blessing of the transaction is wiped out (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Hadid 6, Aal-e-`Imran 7, Al-Fajr 16, Al-Mu'min 21)

Umar ibn Khattab relates: We were sitting one day with the Holy Prophet when a man appeared among us whose clothes were of an intense whiteness, whose hair was very black, who bore no mark of travel and who was not known to any of us. He sat down in front of the Holy Prophet, their knees touching, and placing his hands on his thighs he said: Muhammad, tell me about Islam. The Holy Prophet said: Islam is that you should bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship save Allah alone and that Muhammad is His. Messenger, and that you should observe Prayer, pay the Zakat. observe the fast during Ramadhan, and perform the Pilgrimage to the House if you can afford the journey thither. The man said: That is right. We were surprised that he inquired and also confirmed the correctness of the answer. He then said: Tell me about faith. The Holy Prophet said: That you should believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and that you should believe that He determines the measure of good and evil. The man said: That is right. . Now tell me about the due performance of obligations. The Holy Prophet said: That you should worship Allah as if you are beholding Him, and if not then in the consciousness that He is watching you. The man said: Now tell me about the Hour of Judgment. The Holy Prophet said: He who is being asked knows no more about it than the one who asks. The man then said: Well, tell me some of the signs of its approach. The Holy Prophet made answer: That the hand- maiden should give birth to her master and that barefooted, barebodied, penurious goatherds should be seen lording it in great mansions. Then the man departed, and I remained a while. The Holy Prophet said to me: Umar, do you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: It was Gabriel who came to instruct you in your faith (Muslim).