Quotes for Hadith 1-20

Question 1

1: ‘Religion is sincerity.’ We said: ‘To whom?’ The Prophet said: ‘To Allah, his Book, his Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims and to their common people.’

Answer 1

“And obey God and obey the Messenger and those charged with authority among you.” (4:59)

Question 2

2: None of you believes until he wants for his brother what he wants for himself.

Answer 2

“Believers are a single brotherhood” (49:10)

Question 3

3: Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak good or keep silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbour, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest.

Answer 3

A Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand other people are safe. (Bukhari)

Question 4

4: A man asked the Messenger of Allah (S): Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is lawful and treat as forbidden that which is forbidden, and do nothing further, I shall enter paradise? He said: Yes

Answer 4

The Prophet (S) said, ‘If anyone is pleased to see a person from Paradise, then look to that man.’

Question 5

5: Every person’s every joint must perform a charity every day the sun comes up: to act justly between two people is a charity; to help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it is a charity; a good word is a charity; every step you take to prayers is a charity, and removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity.

Answer 5

“The best among the people are those who are a source of benefit to the people” (Hadith)

Question 6

6: Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand, and if he is not able to do so then with his tongue, and if he is not able to do so then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith.

Answer 6

The Prophet (S) said, ‘The best type of jihad is speaking a true word in front of a tyrant ruler.’

Question 7

7: It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who is the most excellent of men? The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘The believer who strives hard in the way of Allah with his person and his property.’

Answer 7

‘There is no (amount of money) that you spend in His cause without him replacing it, for He is the best of all providers.’ (Saba’ 34:39)

Question 8

8: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Whom do you count to be a martyr among you?’ They said: O Messenger of Allah, whoever is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr. He said: ‘In that case, the martyrs of my community will be very few! He who is killed in the way of Allah is a martyr, he who dies a natural death in the way of Allah is a martyr, he who dies in the plague in the way of Allah is a martyr, he who dies of cholera in the way of Allah is a martyr.’

Answer 8

‘Fire will not touch a foot which trod in the path of Allah.’
(Sahih Bukhari)

Question 9

9: No one eats better food than that which he eats out of the work of his hand

Answer 9

The Prophet (S) ‘One who earns his livelihood by the sweat of his brow is a friend of Allah’s.’

Question 10

10: One who manages the affairs of the widow and the poor man is like the one who exerts himself in the way of Allah or the one who stands for prayer in the night or fasts in the day.

Answer 10

The Prophet (S) said, to his wife, ‘O Aishah! Love the poor and let them come to you for help. Allah will then surely take you near Him on the Day of Judgement.’

Question 11

11: ‘I and the man who brings up an orphan will be in paradise like this.’ And he pointed with his two fingers, the index finger and the middle finger.

Answer 11

‘Treat not the orphan with harshness.’ (ad-Duha 93)

Question 12

12: The Messenger of Allah (S) sent Abu Musa and Mu‘adh ibn Jabal to Yaman, and he sent each of them to govern a part. Then he said: ‘Be gentle and do not be hard, and cause rejoicing and do not alienate.’

Answer 12

‘The best rulers are those whom you love, and they love you’ (Muslim)

Question 13

13: He who studies the Qur’an is like the owner of tethered camels. If he attends to them he will keep hold of them, but if he lets them loose they will go away

Answer 13

‘Allah does not listen so attentively, as He listens to the recitation of the Qur’an.’ (Bukhari, Muslim)

Question 14

14: May God show mercy to a man who is kindly when he sells, when he buys, and when he demands his money back.

Answer 14

‘Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a balance that is straight.’ (al-Isra 17:35)

Question 15

15: God will not show mercy to him who does not show mercy to others

Answer 15

A Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand other people are safe. (Bukhari)

Question 16

16:The believers are like a single man; if his eye is affected he is all affected, and if his head is affected he is all affected.

Answer 16

‘And hold fast, all of you, together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate.’ (al-Imran 3:103)

Question 17

17: Modesty produces nothing but good.

Answer 17

“Modesty and faith are companions; when one is taken away, the other follows it” (Mishkat)

Question 18

18: He who has in his heart as much faith as a grain of mustard seed will not enter hell, and he who has in his heart as much pride as a grain of mustard seed will not enter paradise.

Answer 18

Allah says, ‘Pride is My cloak, and greatness is My robe, and who competes with me in respect of either, I shall cast him into hellfire.’ (Abu Daud)

Question 19

19: The world is the believer’s prison and the unbeliever’s paradise

Answer 19

‘Live in this world as if you were a stranger or wayfarer’ (Bukhari)

Question 20

20: Allah does not look at your forms and your possessions, but he looks at your hearts and your deeds.

Answer 20

“Whether you hide whatever is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it all.” (3:29)