Sahih Muslim · 217 hadiths
Who among the people is most deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He said: Aga...
Allah's Messenger, who amongst the people is most deserving of my good treatment? He said: Your mother, again your mother, again your mother, then you...
A person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). The rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by jarir but with this addition: By your father, you would get...
" Who amongst the people deserves the best treatment from me".
Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their) service.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Habib with the several chains of transmitters.
There came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a person and said: I owe allegiance to you for migration and Jihad seeking reward only from Allah. He (the Holy Prop...
Juraij, it is your mother, so talk to her. She found him at that time absorbed in prayer, so he said (to himself): O Lord, my mother (is calling me) (...
None spoke in the cradle but only three (persons), Christ son of Mary, the second one the companion of Juraij. Juraij had got constructed a temple and...
Let him be humbled into dust; let him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said: He who sees either of his parents duri...
Let him be humbled, let him be humbled. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said. He who finds his parents in old age, either one or both of...
Let him be humbled thrice, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
We said to him ('Abdullah b. 'Umar): May Allah do good to you, these are desert Arabs and they are satisfied even with meagre (things). Thereupon Abdu...
The finest act of goodness is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Arn't you so and so? He said: Yes He gave him his donkey and said: Ride it, and tie the turban round your head. Some of his companions said: May Allah...
I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about virtue and vice. He said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your heart and that you disappr...
I stayed with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for one year. What obstructed me to migrate was (nothing) but (persistent) inquiries from him (about Islam). (It w...
Verily Allah created the universe and when He had finished that, ties of relationship came forward and said This is the place for him who seeks refuge...
The tie of kinship is suspended to the Throne and says: He who unites me Allah would unite him and he who severed me Allah would sever him.
The severer would not enter Paradise. Ibn Umar said that Sufyan (explained it as): One who severs the tie of kinship would not enter Paradise.
The severer of the tie of kinship would not get into Paradise.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who is desirous that his means of sustenance should be expanded for him or his age may be lengthened, shou...
He who likes that his sustenance should be expanded and his age may be lengthened should join the tie of kinship.
Allah's Messenger, I have relatives with whom I try, to have close relationship, but they sever (this relation). I treat them well, but they treat me ...
Neither nurse mutual hatred, nor jealousy, nor enmity, and become as fellow brothers and servants of Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim that he shou...
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying like this. This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
" Do not cut off (mutual relations)."
" Neither nurse grudge nor sever (the ties of kinship), nor nurse enmity."
Nurse no grudge, nurse no aversion and do not sever ties of kinship and live like fellow-brothers as servants of Allah. This hadith has been narrated ...
It is not permissible for a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three nights, the one turning one way and the other turning the...
" The one turning away and the other turning away when they meet and one avoids the other and the other also avoids him."
It is not permissible for a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three days.
There should be no estranged relations beyond three days.
Avoid suspicion, for suspicion is the gravest lie in talk and do not be inquisitive about one another and do not spy upon one another and do not feel ...
Don't have estranged relations (with the others) and don't nurse enmity and don't enter into a transaction when the other (has already entered) and be...
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying. Don't nurse malice against one another, don't nurse aversion against one another and don't be in...
" Don't sever relations of kinship, don't bear enmity against one another, don't bear aversion against one another and don't feel envy against the oth...
Don't bear aversion against one another and don't be jealous of one another and be servants of Allah.
Don't nurse grudge and don't bid him out for raising the price and don't nurse aversion or enmity and don't enter into a transaction when the others h...
" Verily Allah does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He looks to your hearts," and he pointed towards the heart with his fingers.
Verily Allah does not look to your faces and your wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds.
The gates of Paradise are not opened but on two days, Monday and Thursday. and then every servant (of Allah) is granted pardon who does not associate ...
The deeds are presented on every Thursday and Monday and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. grants pardon to every person who does not associate anythin...
Leave them and put them off until they are turned to reconciliation.
Verily. Allah would say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake? Today I shall shelter them in My shadow ...
A person visited his brother in another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he came to him he said: Where do you inten...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hammid b. Salama with the same of transmitters.
The one who visits the sick is in fact like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he does not return.
He who visits the sick continues to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.
Verily, when a Muslim visits his brother in Islam he is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.
He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what is this Khurfat-ul-jannah? He said:...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Asim al-Ahwal with the same chain of transmitters.
Verily, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me. He would say: O my ...
'A'isha reported, I did not see anyone else being afflicted with more severe illness than Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). In the narration transmitted by 'Uthm...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash through other chains of transmitters.
I visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as he was running a high temperature. I touched his body with my hand and said to him: Allah's Messenger, you are runn...
He said: Yes, by Him in Whose Hand is my life, there is no Muslim upon the earth." The rest of the hadith is the same.
What makes you laugh? They said: Such and such person stumbled against the rope of the tent and he was about to break his neck or lose his eyes. She s...
A believer does not receive (the trouble) of running a thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank or effaces his sins because of that.
A believer does not undergo (the trouble) of running a thorn or more than that when Allah effaces his sins.
The above hadith has been transmitted by Hisham with the same chain.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: There is no trouble that comes to a believer except that it obliterates from his sins, even if it is the pricking of a tho...
No trouble comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a thorn that it becomes (the means) whereby his sins are effaced or his sins are oblitera...
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: There is nothing (in the form of trouble) that comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a thorn that...
Never a believer is stricken with discomfort, hardship or illness, grief or even with mental worry that his sins are not expiated for him.
"Whoever does evil will be requited for it", and when this was conveyed to the Muslims they were greatly perturbed. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sa...
Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib. why is it that you are shivering? She said:" It is fever and may it not be blessed by Allah, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet...
Ibn Abbas said to me: May I show you a woman of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said: Here is this dark-complexioned woman. She came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) ...
"O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of yo...
The hadith is narrated through Abu Mushir from Sa'id bin 'Abdil'Aziz except that the previous hadith through Marwan was the more complete of the two.
This hadith is also transmitted through Ibna Bashr and Muhammad bin Muhammad through Abu Mashur through the same chain, narrated to its (full) extent
Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Be on your guard against committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of Resurrection, and be on your guard against stinginess for s...
Oppression is the darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
A Muslim is the brother of a fellow-Muslim. He should neither commit oppression upon him nor ruin him, and he who meets the need of a brot'ier, Allah ...
Do you know who is poor? They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: A poor man amongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He (...
“Rights will certainly be restored to those entitled to them on the Day of Resurrection, (to the point that) even the hornless sheep will lay claim up...
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, grants respite to the oppessor. But when He lays Hand upon him, He does not then let him off. Re (the Holy Prophet) t...
What is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said: Allah's Messenger, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell int...
We were along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in an expedition that a person from amongst the emigrants struck at the back of a person from the Ansir. The ...
Leave it. for it is something disgusting. Ibn Mansur said that in the narration transmitted on the authority of Amr (these words are also found):" I h...
A believer is like a brick for another believer, the one supporting the other.
The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, ...
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ).
The believers are like one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness.
Nu'man b. Bashir reported that Muslims are like one body of a person; if the eye is sore, the whole body aches, and if the head aches, the whole body ...
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Nu'man b. Bashir through another chain of transmitters.
When two persons indulge in hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be the first one who would be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not tra...
Charity does not decrease wealth, no one forgives another except that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah exce...
Do you know what is backbiting? They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implie...
The servant (whose fault) Allah conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of Resurrection.
The servant (who conceals) the faults of others in this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.
Grant him permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his tribe or he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind words for him. ...
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Munkadir with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good.
He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good and he who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good.
'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not confer upon anything...
Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes it defective.
" 'A'isha mounted upon a wild camel and she began to make that go round and round. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: You should show kindness, and...
We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in some of his journeys and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel that it shied and she invoked curse...
I perceive as if I am looking towards that dromedary, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Thaqafi (the words are):" Unload it and make i...
Go ahead (but that dromedary did not move). She (that slave-girl), out of anger, said: O Allah, let that (dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apos...
" By Allah, let that accompany us not which has been damned, or he said like it."
It does not seem proper for a Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Kuraib with the same chain of transmitters.
I heard you cursing your servant during the night when you called him, and she said: I heard Abu Darda' as saying that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of transmitters.
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.
Invoke curse upon the polytheists, whereupon he said: I have not been sent as the invoker of curse, but I have been sent as mercy."
Allah's Messenger, the good would reach everyone but it would not reach these two. He said: Why so? I said: Because you have invoked curse and hurled ...
" He had a private meeting with them and hurled malediction upon them and cursed them and sent them out."
O Allah, I am a human being and for any person amongst Muslims upon whom I hurl malediction or invoke curse or give him whipping make it a source of p...
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a hadith like it but with a slight variation of wording.
Make it a source of reward, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira (the words are):" Make it a source of mercy."
O Allah, I make a covenant with Thee against which Thou wouldst never go. I am a human being and thus for a Muslim whom I give any harm or whom I scol...
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad with a slight variation of wording.
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
I heard Abu Huraira as saying that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: O Allah, Muhammad is a human being. I lose my temper just as human beings...
O Allah, for any believing servant whom I curse make that as a source of nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.
I have held covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make that an expiation on the Day of Resurrecti...
I am a human being and I have made this term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that ...
O, it is you; you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That slave-girl returned to Umm Sulaim weeping. Umm Sulaim said: O daughter, what is...
I was playing with children that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Prophet) came and patted my sho...
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abbas with a slight variation of wording.
The worst amongst the people is the double-faced one; he comes to some people with one face and to others with the other face.
The worst amongst people is one with the double face. He comes to some people with one face and to others with the other face.
You will find the worst amongst the people one having double face. He comes to some people with one face and to the others with the other face.
A liar is not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.
Should I inform you that slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst people, (and) he (further) said: The person tell...
Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obsceni...
Telling of truth is a virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obsceni...
It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to speak the truth and e...
" He who endeavours to tell the truth and endeavours to tell a lie," and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Mushir (the words are):" Until ...
Whom do you count as" Raqub" amongst you? They (his Companions) said: One who has no children (the children are born unto him but they do not survive)...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: One is not strong because of one's wrestling skillfully. They said: Allah's Messenger, then who is strong? He...
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
I know of a wording, if he were to utter that, his fit of rage (would be no more and that wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accurse...
I know of a wording; if he were to utter that, he would get out (of the fit of anger) (and the wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the a...
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
When Allah fashioned Adam in Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to see what actually that was and when he fou...
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Humaid with the same chain of transmitters.
When any one of you fights with his brother he should avoid striking at the face.
" When one amongst you strikes (at the face)."
When any one of you fights with his brother, he should spare his face.
When any one of you fights with his brother, he should not slap at the face.
When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid his face for Allah created Adam in His own image.
When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid the face.
What is this? It was said: They are being punished for (not paying) the Kharaj (the government revenue). Thereupon he said: Allah would punish those w...
What is the matter with them? They said: They have been detained for Jizya. Thereupon Hisham said: I bear testimony to the fact that I heard Allah's M...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and he made this addition of Jarir that (Hisham b. Hakim)...
What is this? I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah would torment those persons who torment people in the world.
A person happened to come to the mosque with an arrow; thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Take hold of its pointed head.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that a person happened to come to the mosque with arrows and their iron-ends were exposed, so he was commanded that he shou...
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded a person who had been distributing arrows freely in the mosque that he should not move about in th...
When any one of you happens to go to a meeting or the bazar with an arrow in his hand he must grasp its pointed head; then (he again said): He must gr...
He who amongst you moves in the mosque or in the bazar and there is an arrow with him he should take hold of its iron-head in his palm, so that none a...
Abu'l-Qasim (the kunya of Allah's Messenger, may peace be upon him), said: He who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon hi...
Abu Huraira reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.
None amongst you should point a weapon towards his brother, for he does not know that Satan might cause the weapon (to slip) from his hand and (he may...
While a person was going along the path he found a thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allah approved (this action) of his and (as a mar...
A person while walking along the path saw the branches of a tree lying there. He said: By Allah, I shall remove these from this so that these may not ...
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that he saw a person enjoying himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path w...
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that there was a tree which caused inconvenience to the Muslims; a person came there and cut that...
I said: Allah's Messenger, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He said: Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslim...
Allah's Messenger, I do not know whether I would survive after you, so confer upon me something by which Allah should benefit me. Thereupon Allah's Me...
A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had confined until it died and she had to get into Hell. She did not allow it either to eat or drink ...
The above hadith is narrated through another chain of transmitters with the same meaning
A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the vermin ...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
A woman got into Hell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied, and thus it could not eat, and she did not let it free so that it could devour the verm...
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: Glory is His lower garment and Majesty is His cloak and (Allah says, ) He who contends with Me in regard to the...
Allah would not forgive such and such (person). Thereupon Allah the Exalted and Glorious, said: Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant ...
Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he ...
When a person says that people are ruined he is himself ruined. Abu Ishaq said: I do not know whether he said" ahlakahum or ahlakuhum.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters.
Gabriel impressed upon me (kind treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters.
Gabriel impressed upon me (the kind treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would soon confer upon him the (right) of inher...
Abu Dharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.
Whenever you prepare a broth, add water to it, and have in your mind the members of the household of your neighbours and then give them out of this wi...
Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said to me: Don't consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful coun...
Make a recommendation for him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most.
The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one (iron-smith) blowing bellows, and the owner of musk...
A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She acc...
A poor woman came to me along with her daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date and brought th...
He, who brought up two girls properly till they grew up, he and I would come (together) (very closely) on the Day of Resurrection, and he interlaced h...
Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire will not touch him but for the fulfilm...
" He would enter into Fire, except for the fulfilment of the oath."
In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would ...
Allah's Messenger, men receive your instructions; kindly allocate at your convenience a day for us also, on which we would come to you and you would t...
Three (children) who die in childhood.
I said to Abu Huraira that my two children had died. Would you narrate to me anything from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith which would soothe our heart...
Allah's Apostle, invoke Allah's blessing upon him for I have already buried three. He said: You have buried three! She said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Ho...
Allah's Messenger, he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise) would be ...
When Allah loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: Verily, I so and so; you should also love him, and then Gabriel begins to love him. Then he mak...
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters except with this variation that in the hadith transmitted...
We were in Arafa that there happened to pass Umar b. Abd al-'Aziz and he was the Amir of Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of him. I s...
Souls are troops collected together and those who familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these come) would have affinity, with one ano...
People are like mines of gold and silver; those who were excellent in Jahiliya (during the days of ignorance) are excellent In Islam, when they have, ...
When would be the Last Hour? Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: What preparation have you made for that? Thereupon he said: The love of Allah and of His Mess...
When would be the Last Hour? He (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And he gave no details, but said: I love Allah and H...
When would be the Last Hour? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for the Last Hour? He said: The love of Allah and of...
I love, and what follows subsequently.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I were coming out of the mosque that we met a person on the threshold of the mosque and he said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): Wh...
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas with different chains of transmitters.
What is your opinion about the person who loves the people but his (acts or deeds are not identical to theirs)? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: ...
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah.
Abu Musa, reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ; the rest of the hadith is the same.
It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tid...
" People love him." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise him as stated by Hammad."
