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follow a middle course (in worship); if you can't do this, do something near to it
`Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated that:The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, " follow a middle course (in ... [+]
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stick to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded
Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:The tribe Banu Salimah wanted to move nearer to the mosque. On learning this Messenger of Allah, may th ... [+]
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Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations
Rabi'ah bin Ka'b Al-Aslami, May Allah be pleased with him, a servant of the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and ... [+]
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Make frequent prostrations before Allah
Ma'dan ibn Talha reported:I met Thauban, may Allah be pleased with him, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be ... [+]
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'Do not forbid the female slaves of Allah from (going to) the mosques of Allah
Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 'Do not forb ... [+]
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Mention the Name of Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the dish what is nearer to you
`Umar bin Abi Salama, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:I was a boy under the care of Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be ... [+]
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'(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission)
Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated: Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, '(There is) no ... [+]
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Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure
Abu ad-Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: Allah has s ... [+]
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When a fly falls in the drink of one of you, he should fully dip it and then throw it away
Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated: Allah’s Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “When a fly ... [+]
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'Take it. If you are given something from this property, without your having asked for it or being eager to receive it
Salim bin ’Abdullah bin ’Umar narrated on the authority of his father, may Allah be pleased with them, that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace ... [+]
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When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him
Abu Hurairah, May Allah be pleased with him, reported:Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:When one of you looks ... [+]
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keep reciting the Quran
Abu Musa Al-Asha`ri, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings be upon him, said:you must ... [+]
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follow a middle course (in worship); if you can't do this, do something near to it
`Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated that:
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, " follow a middle course (in worship); if you can't do this, do something near to it, and receive good news because one's good deeds will not make him enter Paradise." They asked, "Even you, O Allah's Messenger , may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,?" He said, "Even I, unless and until Allah bestows His pardon and Mercy on me. Be informed that the dearest of deeds to Allah is that which done regularly even though it is little"
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to instruct his companions to follow a middle course in worship so as to apply the verse which means {O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.} Quran (33:70)
That is one shall stick to truthfulness in all of his acts and words. If one can not say or do the exact truth then he shall do or say what is near that as much as one can without overburdening oneself or distorting the truth. It is to do one`s best to reach the truth so if one did not reach this very aim he shall do what is near to that. For example, the testimony should be performed on the best way, without distortion or twisting, nor courtesy or favoring any one. It must be dedicated for the sake of Allah, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): { and establish the testimony for [the acceptance of] Allah } Quran (65:2). Be committed to the strict justice, and the balance that does not vary in increase or decrease.
Therefore, only the expert in the forms of speech can really bear the testimony, he must be aware of the course of things, changing of the situation, etc. he shall have an urgent desire to realize the truth and invalidate the falsehood. Yet if one can not fulfill these very requirements he shall do his best to reach what is near to that.
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stick to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded
Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
The tribe Banu Salimah wanted to move nearer to the mosque. On learning this Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to them, "I heard that you intend to move nearer to the mosque". They said, "That is so, O Messenger of Allah, we do want to do that". He said, "O Banu Salimah, stick to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded".
When the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, migrated to the Madina and built his mosque, the immigrants gathered around him and built their houses near him. Many of the Ansar did as they did to be next to the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, so that they offer the congregational prayer with him and learn the rulings of Islam. Banu Salama whose homes were distant from the Prophetic mosque wanted to leave their homes to live near the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, yet he loved to keep these areas empty for Muslims to benefit from for other purposes such as training on fighting, tying the captives and so on.
He said to them: "I was told that you want to move near the mosque" to make sure the validity of the news he heard, and to guide them to what they should do.
They said: Yes. O Messenger of Allah! We indeed wanted to do so.
They have confirmed the word "indeed" which indicates that they expect this very thing to happen, such as the saying of Allah (which means): { Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues with you, [O Muhammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah . And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.} Quran (58:1)
And as s the muezzin says: (indeed he prayer has been established) that is; what you have been waiting for will surely happen.
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: O Banu Salamah, keep to your homes, your steps (to the mosque) are recorded that is stick to your homes and do not leave them for Allah will record your steps to the mosque. The sons of Salamah rejoiced with this good tiding and thanked Allah that they did not leave their homes, as stated in another wording in the Sahih book of Imam Muslim: (it would not please us that we left our homes to live near the Prophetic mosque).
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Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations
Rabi'ah bin Ka'b Al-Aslami, May Allah be pleased with him, a servant of the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and also one of the people of As-Suffah, said:
I used to spend my night in the company of Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and used to put up water for his ablution. One day he said to me, "Ask something of me." I said: "I request for your companionship in Paradise". He inquired, "Is there anything else?" I said, "That is all." He said, "Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations".
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to reward his servant, give him abundantly, pay special attention to him, draw him close to him, forgive his faults and to commend his good deeds. He, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to do all of this not only because he serves him but also to assist him in devoting his good deeds for the sake of Allah as well as his good behavior with the Prophet`s household. This companion has characteristics that made him exceed the other companions who embraced Islam with him.
In his public policy the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to estimate people, to put the right man in the right place, and to give everyone his due rights. So that no one feels that he is degraded.
This is his servant Rabia bin Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, spent the night with him so as to serve him. One day the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, let Rabia sit near him and said to him: (ask whatever you want from me). He is sure that the Almighty will achieve his demand and respond to his expectations..
The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, knows that his servant will not wish for worldly matters since he is ascetic, even if he asks for these very matters, it would be for the sake of worshipping Allah.
The servant had a noble mind therefore he requested one of the greatest demands at all; it is accompanying the Messenger of Allah in the Paradise.Why would not he ask for it whereas it is the abode of mercy, no one enters it but those whom Allah love. Is there a better request than that.
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Make frequent prostrations before Allah
Ma'dan ibn Talha reported:
I met Thauban, may Allah be pleased with him, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and asked him to tell me about an act for which, if I do it, Allah will admit me to Paradise, or I asked about the act which was loved most by Allah. He gave no reply. I again asked and he gave no reply. I asked him for the third time, and he said: I asked Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, about that and he said: Make frequent prostrations before Allah, for you will not make one prostration without raising you a degree because of it, and removing a sin from you, because of it. Ma'dan said that then lie met Abu ad-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, and when he asked him, he received a reply similar to that given by Thauban.
Prayer is the highest form of faith, namely worship in the finest sense, and the close connection between the person and the Creator, where he finds his spirit, he finds his natural disposition on which Allah created him; because it forbids indecency and evil, restores to the slave his mind with which he recognizes the beautiful attributes of Allah. Accordingly the slave thanks him for his blessings, turns to him with a conscious heart that truly submits to the exalted Lord, as due to the great Lord who encompassed him with blessings. Along with those who have been saved by virtue of prayer from the impurities of polytheism even if they are hidden, and cleansed their minds of the stochastic suspicions, satanic tendencies, and was appropriated to be vessels of faith and knowledge.
The prayer is remembrance and thought.
As for the fact that it is a remembrance, it contains all kinds of remembering Allah by the heart and the tongue. The heart mentions Allah, the tongue translates, and the body parts are affected by this remembrance until it softens and settles. The slave continue to grow in faith and increase in the tranquility that Allah put in his heart since he multiplies his prostrations to him due to loving and longing to his Lord until his personality turnd from psychological whims to loving what pleases his Lord.
Prayer is a sort of escaping to Allah. Escaping to Allah is of three sections:
- To escape from disbelief to Islam, prayer is one of its pillars, and proof of its soundness.
- To escape from disobeying Allah to obeying him, prayer keeps one away from the sin and causes him to draw closer to his Lord Allah said (what means) :indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing
(Quran 29:45)
- To flee from him to him, in the sense that he says with his heart and tongue, as the Prophet, may the peace and blessings be upon him, says: " I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and in Your pardon from Your punishment, and in You from You. I cannot enumerate Your praises as You praise Yourself."
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'Do not forbid the female slaves of Allah from (going to) the mosques of Allah
Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said,
'Do not forbid the female slaves of Allah from (going to) the mosques of Allah'
Women are the counterparts of men, Allah has ordered them to do what men are commanded to do, except for what one of them can not do, or is not fitting to their situation and status.
Allah will reward them for their good deeds; the almighty said (what means) :
And their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another.
(Quran3:195)
The prayer is the most important of Islam after the two testimonies, it is proof of the validity of faith, as the Almighty said in the verse of the Qibla in Surah Al-Baqarah: (And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Quran (2:143)..
The closest position of the slave to his Lord is in his prostration as the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mentioned in the Hadith. Offering the prayer in a congregation is an obligation or a confirmed Sunnah - as some of the scholars mentioned- this ruling is confined to men.
But they may share the men in offering the prayer with them in the mosques, and attend the assemblies of knowledge, provided that they are well covered, not wearing make up or perfume, and that they do not mix with men.
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade husbands, guardians, and others in the same position from forbidding women from going to the mosques as they are female servants of Allah like men are servants to Allah.
This Hadith is a response to those who say that the era and the situation has changed, and corruption has spread, so preventing them from going out to the mosques is a necessity, it is obligatory to keep them in the houses to save them from falling into the sedition, and keeping men safe from falling into temptation.
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Mention the Name of Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the dish what is nearer to you
`Umar bin Abi Salama, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:
I was a boy under the care of Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and my hand used to go around the dish while I was eating. So Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me, 'O boy! Mention the Name of Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the dish what is nearer to you." Since then I have been applying those instructions when eating.
This Hadith represents one of the Islamic etiquettes. Islam legislates the rules that purify the soul and discipline the behavior, as well as abolishing the habits of the Arabs inherited from the time of Jahelyya. With these noble morals the Prophet, may the peace and blessings be upon him, disciplined his companions whether these etiquettes are related to eating and drinking, clothing and walking, sitting and sleeping, visitation and hospitality, to the other Habits of the people and their conditions.
Say "Bismillah" in the name of Allah when you begin to eat " so that your food will be blessed.
"(eat with your right hand) it is a very important matter, since the right hand has been made for everything that is a good, and that is why It was named (Yameen) meaning blessed.
(and eat of the dish that is nearer to you) eat from the side that is near you and under your hand from the dish, and do not eat from what is close to your neighbor, it is contrary to the good morals, modesty, nobility, it hurts the others and causes them to disgust you.
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'(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission)
Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:
Allah's Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, '(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission). nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor is there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a lion.''
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sent as a teacher to complete the good morals, he supported the sound beliefs and nullified the false ones.
The messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings be upon him, used to spare no effort to eliminate the myths inherited by the Arabs and the non Arabs. They transferred such false beliefs through the generations until they considered it firmly established facts.
Believing in the Teyara (bad omens), Hamah and Safar.
Believing in the Teyara (bad omens) is a sort of pessimism, taken from letting the birds then to do or to refrain from doing something according to their direction of flying.
The Hamah is what comes out in the place where the victim was killed according to the belief of the ignorant Arabs. As for Safar: the scholars differed in interpreting this word some of them held the opinion that was is meant is to fear the bad omens of the month of Safar. However, some of them said: what is meant is a snake in the abdomen, when one feels hungry it says feed me.
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Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure
Abu ad-Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
The commands and prohibitions in the book of Allah and the Sunnah of his Prophet express our reality as the truest expression, match the requirements of our lives in perfect conformity, and meet the aims of the worldly life as well as the Hereafter in an easy manner and a strong approach.
The Qur'an and the Sunnah are a clearly defined approach, and a white way whose night is the same as its day. He who learns the rulings of Islam must acknowledge that it is a wise legislation, the legislators cannot bring the like of it, and that many of the intelligent minds, that are limited to the sciences of the world, could not realize the its wisdom; hence we cannot dispense with the worldly sciences and refrain from seeking the religious knowledge.
Islam, by its realistic method, destroys the popular myths among the ignorant of the Arabs and the like. The clear argument and the clear proof respond to every suspicion that the Devil insinuates to his followers, whether they are false liars or they are among those who pretend to be of the righteous people.
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When a fly falls in the drink of one of you, he should fully dip it and then throw it away
Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:
Allah’s Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “When a fly falls in the drink of one of you, he should fully dip it and then throw it away because there is disease in one of its wings and cure in the other”.
This Hadith is a scientific miracle of the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,. He informed about what the science has proven by experience. He is not a scientist, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, nor is he an expert on insects. He does not rely on observation, experimentation, as the scientists do for the safety of the premises and the validity of the results. Rather, He is a messenger sent by Allah to guide people, so that Allah provided him with knowledge and wisdom. Moreover Allah informed him about some of these wonders including some of the benefits and harms that result from dealing with this insect.
I have been looking at the scientific references on the harms of flies and its benefits out of believing in this Hadith.
Finally, I found a scientific research published in Al-Azhar, documented by evidence, written by two of the leading scientists in the field of medicine and the study of harmful and useful insects.
In 1957, Moftis isolated antibiotic substances from the fungus farm found on the fly body. It was found to be potent in some gram-negative bacteria, such as typhoid bacteria, to resist germs that cause febrile diseases that require a short time of incubation. He found that one gram of these bio-toxic substances can sterilize more than (1000) liters of milk of contamination with the mentioned pathogenic bacteria. This is the largest evidence of the strong strength of the effect of these substances.
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'Take it. If you are given something from this property, without your having asked for it or being eager to receive it
Salim bin ’Abdullah bin ’Umar narrated on the authority of his father, may Allah be pleased with them, that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to give 'Umar bin Al-Khattab something (some money), but he would say to him, ‘Would you give it to a person, who is more needy than me'? The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to him, 'Take it. If you are given something from this property, without your having asked for it or being eager to receive it, otherwise, do not wish for it.”
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was more merciful to his companions than they were to themselves, as his Lord - the Almighty – said (what means): {There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful.
} Quran (9:128).Therefore, his obedience is obligatory on the believers both in the matters of religion and the worldly life. They highly appreciated and respected his advice because they know that he says the truth and guides them to the straight path by the permission of Allah.
Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman, 'Ali, and others who preceded to embrace Islam and committed to accompany the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, did not do anything or adopt an opinion but after consulting the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Unless there is a text in which he, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered them to go on or to refrain, They used to keep in mind the verse (which means) : { The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves} Quran (33:6).
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When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him
Abu Hurairah, May Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him".
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is the best one to describe the cure, he diagnosed the ailment out of his wisdom and prescribed medicine. He is granted an insight from his Lord and a knowledge that he was not aware of.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
And has taught you that which you did not know. And ever has the favor of Allah upon you been great
(Quran 4:113)
Allah has gathered for him the categories of knowledge of the people's habits, customs, ethics, and their behaviors despite their different races environments, times, cultures and degrees in understanding. His Lord informed him about the news of the first and the last generations, and gave him the general rules under which everything fall of the requirements of people concerning both the religious and worldly matters. The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was provided with a miraculous ability to know the ranks of men and their conditions whether in hardship or in prosperity in order to perform the function for which he was sent; to spread knowledge among the people, instilling virtues in their hearts after purifying them from vices, and taking them back to their Creator after the Devils moved them away from the straight path upon which were the Prophets, the Messengers, the truthful and the righteous.
This Hadith is a wise wisdom in which the souls of the believers find rest and the consolation in each calamity, as well one can really estimate the graces he has bestowed no matter how small are they in the eyes of people.
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keep reciting the Quran
Abu Musa Al-Asha`ri, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings be upon him, said:
you must keep on reciting the Qur'an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than a hobbled camel
The Holy Quran is a book of guidance and a curriculum of life, in which Allah clarified for people their duties and their rights, as well as what is permissible for them and what is forbidden to them, all of these details fall under general rules under which all the affairs of life- whether they already exist or they will exist- are included. Neither small nor large details people need but included in the wise legislation.
Allah said (what means): { [This is] a Book whose verses are perfected and then presented in detail from [one who is] Wise and Acquainted} Quran (11:1).
It is the book that is dominant on the other Heavenly books. It corrected what the hands of the mischievous distorted, and showed what was denied by the filthy hearts through its miraculous style.
The truth seekers learned from the Quran to distinguish what the falsifiers attributed to Allah and his Prophets, so the Quran became a balance for these heavenly books, they weigh the rulings and news mentioned in these books with what the Quran mentioned. What meets the Quran is accepted, on the other hand what contradicts the Quran is rejected and attributed to those who invented it. all the Heavenly books have come out from the same source of light to express one religion that is Islam.