Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is wrong on the part of a person of means to shilly shally in fulfilling his obligations; and if the repayment of a debt due to any of you is undertaken by a person of means you should agree to the substitution (Bokhari and Muslim).

Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who retracts a gift is like the dog that devours its vomit (Bokhari and Muslim).

Umar ibn Khattab relates: I had dedicated a horse in the cause of Allah but the person to whom I gave it was neglecting it and I was thinking of buying it from him believirig that he would sell it cheap. So I inquired about it from the Holy Prophet who said: Do not buy it even if he should be willing to sell it for a dirhem, for this would be retracting your gift and he who does that is like one who devours his vomit (Bokhari and Muslim). "274

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet cursed him who takes and him who pays interest (Muslim). Tirmidhi adds: And those who witness and transcribe a transaction involving the taking and paying of interest.

Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah, the Exalted, says: I am far above the association of associators. If any one associates another with Me in anything he does, I reject him and his act of associating anything with Me (Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: One of the first men to be judged on the Day of Judgment will be one who will have been martyred. He will be summoned and will be shown all the bounties that had been bestowed upon him. He will recognise them and will be asked: How did you employ them? He will say: I fought in Thy cause and was martyred. He will be told: You lie; you fought so that you might be called a champion; and so you were known. Judgment will be passed on him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. A man will be brought who had acquired knowledge and had studied the Quran. He will be shown the bounties bestowed on him and will recognise them and will be asked: How did you employ them? He will say: I acquired knowledge and taught it and studied the Quran to win Thy pleasure. He will be told: You lie. You acquired knowledge so that you might be called a savant and you recited the Quran so that you might be called a gari: and so you were called. Judgment will be passed on him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. A man will be brought on whom Allah will have bestowed plenty and every kind of wealth. He will be shown the bounties bestowed on him and will recognise them and will be asked: How did you employ them? He will say: I spent in every one of the causes that Thou dost approve and did not leave out one, so as to win Thy pleasure. He will be told: You lie; you did all that so that you might be called bountiful; and so were you called. Judgment will be passed on him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire (Muslim).

This hadith is the same as No. 1546.

Jundub ibn Abdullah ibn Sutyan relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who acts so as to boast among people will have his defaults noised about, and he whose motive is to show aff will be recompensed accordingly (Bokhari and Muslim).

This hadith is the same as No, 1396,

Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet was asked: What about a person who does some good deed and people praise him for it? He answered: This is an immediate appreciation of a believer's good deed (Muslim).