Selections from Hadith

Part 1

Duties and Obligations

Love of the Prophet (pbuh)
None of you shall have faith unless I am
dearer to him than his father, and his son
and all mankind. {Bukhari}
Salah and Taharah
The key to Paradise is Salah and the key
to Salah is Taharah (purification)
{Mishkat}

Parents
Paradise lies at the feet of your mother.
{Nasai}
A fathers pleasure is Allahs pleasure, a fathers
displeasure is Allahs displeasure {Tirmidhi}
Jihad
The most excellent man is the one who works
hard in the way of Allah with his life and
property {Bukhari}
The best is to speak the truth before a tyrant
ruler {Bukhari}

Wife
The most perfect of the believers is the
best of you in character, and the best of
you are those among you who are best to
their wives. {Tirmidhi}
Children
He is not of se who has a compassion for
our little ones and does not honour our old
ones. {Tirmidhi}
No father can give his child anything better
than good manners. {Tirmidhi}

Be careful of your duty to Allah and be fair

and just to your children {Bukhari}
Whoever properly brings up two
daughters until they reach maturity, that
man and myself (the prophet) will be so
close in paradise as two adjacent fingers
{Muslim}
Guest
He who believes in Allah and the Last Day
should honour his guest {Bukhari}

Neighbours
By Allah, he has no faith (the prophet
repeated it three times) whose neighbours
are not safe from his wickedness
{Bukhari}
He is not a believer who eats his fill while
his neighbour remain hungry by his side
{Baihaqi}
Jibrail has been recommending good
treatment towards the neighbours, so
much that I thought he would give him the
right to inherit {Bukhari}

Orphan
The best house among the Muslims is the
house in which an orphan is well treated
and the worst house among the Muslims is
the house in which an orphan is badly
treated (Ibn Majah}
The needy
One who tries to help the widow and the
poor is like a warrior in the way of Allah
{Bukhari}

Basic Qualities

Intention
Actions shall be judged only by intention,
a man shall get what he intends
{Bukhari}
Truthfulness
Guarantee me six things and I shall
assure you of Paradise: When you speak,
speak the truth, keep your promise,
discharge your trust, guard your chastity
and lower your gaze and withhold your
hands from highhandedness {Baihaqi}

Keeping Promise
Do not quarrel with your brother Muslim,
nor jest with him nor make him a promise
which you cannot keep up {Tirmidhi}
Tolerance
There are two rails in me which Allah
likes, toleration and deliberation in
understanding {Tirmidhi & Ahmad}
Politeness
Allah is polite and likes politeness
{Condensed from Muslim}

Modesty
Modesty is part of faith
(Bukhari & Muslim}
Brotherhood
Each of you is a mirror of his brother, if
you see something wrong in your brother,
you must tell him to get rid of it
(Tirmidhi}
Believers are like the parts of a building to
one another each part supporting the
other {Bukhari}

None of you can be a believer unless he

loves for his brother what he loves of
himself {Bukhari}
A Muslim is he fro whom tongue and
hands, other Muslims are safe {Bukhari}
Contentment
Wealth does not come from abundance of
goods but from a contented heart
{Bukhari & Muslim}

Charity
Every good action is a charity and it is
good action to meet a friend with a smiling
face {Bukhari}
There is a man who gives charity and he
conceals it so much that his left hand does
not know what his right hand spends
{Bukhari}
Removal from a road that which is harmful
is charity {Bukhari}

Learning
The best of you is he who has learnt the
Quran and then taught it {Bukhari}
The seeking of knowledge is a must for
every Muslim man and woman {Mishkat}
The learned men are the successors of the
prophets. They leave behind knowledge as
inheritance. One who inherits it obtains a
great fortune {Bukhari}

Kindness
Allah is not kind to him who is not kind to
people {Bukhari & Muslim}
Those who are kind and considerate to
Allahs creatures, Allah bestows His
kindness and affection on them. Show
kindness to the creatures on the earth so
that Allah may be kind to you
{Abu Dawud & Tirmidhi}
Thankfulness
He who does not thank people does not
thank Allah {Tirmidhi}

Steadfastness
Sufian bin Abdullah said, I asked: O
Allahs messenger, tell me something which
I should stick to. He said: Say, my Lord is
Allah then remain steadfast.
{AnNawawis forthy Hadith}
Repentance (Tawbah)
By Allah, I (Muhammad) ask Allahs
forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance
more than seventy time a day
{Bukhari}

Gifts
Give gifts to one another, for gifts take
away malice. {Mishkat}
The messenger of Allah used to accept
gifts and give gifts in return. {Bukhari}
Visiting the Sick
Visiting the sick, feed the hungry and free
the captives. {Bukhari}