I and two of my companions were so much afflicted by hunger that we had lost our power of seeing and hearing. We presented ourselves (as guests) to the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), but none amongst them would entertain us. So we came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and he took us to his residence and there were three goats. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Milk these for us. So we milked them and every person amongst us drank his share and we set aside the share of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). (It was his habit) to come during the night and greet (the people present there) in a manner that would not wake up one in sleep but make one who was awake hear it. He would then go to the mosque and say prayer, then go to the milk and drink it. Miqdad added: One night the Satan came to me when I had taken my share, and he said: Muhammad has gone to the Ansar, who would offer him hospitality and he would get what is with them, and he has no need for this draught (of milk). So I took (that milk) and drank it, and when it had penetrated deeply in my stomach and I was certain that there was no way out (but to digest it), the Satan aroused (my sense of) remorse and said: Woe be to thee! what have you done? You have taken the drink reserved for Muhammad! When he would come and he would not find it, he would curse you, and you would be ruined, and thus there would go (waste) this world and the Hereafter (for) you. There was a sheet over me; as I placed (pulled) it upon my feet, my head was uncovered and as I placed it upon my head, my feet were uncovered, and I could not sleep, but my two companions had gone to sleep for they had not done what I had done. There came Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and he greeted as he used to greet (by saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum). He then came to the mosque and observed prayer and then came to his drink (milk) and uncovered it, but did not find anything in it. He raised his head towards the sky, and I said (to myself) that he (the Holy Prophet) was going to invoke curse upon me and I would be thus ruined; but he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah, feed him who fed me and give drink to him who provided me drink. I held tight the sheet upon myself (and when he had supplicated), I took hold of the knife and went to the goats (possessed by the Holy Prophet) so that I may slauhter one for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which was the fattest amongst them, and in fact all of them were milch goats; then I took hold of the vessel which belonged to the family of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in which they used to milk and drink therefrom, and milked them in that until it swelled up with foam. I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said: Have you taken your share of the milk during the night? I said: Drink it. and he drank it; he then handed over (the vessel) to me and I said: Allah's Messenger, drink it, and he drank it and handed over (the vessel) to me again, I then perceived that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had been satiated and I had got his blessings. I burst into laughter (so much) so that I fell upon the ground, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Miqdad, it must be one of your mischiefs. I said: Allah's Messenger, this affair of mind is like this and this. and I have done so. Thereupon. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: This is nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why is it that you did not give me an opportunity so that we should have awakened our two friends and they would have got their share (of the milk)? I said: By Him Who has sent you with Truth. I do not mind whatever you give (to them), and whatever the (other) people happen to get, when I had got it along with you from among the people.
Sahih Muslim Book 36, Hadith 236
The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent
persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Let him who wants to look at a man
from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look at this (man)." Another man followed him and kept on
following him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of
his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., committed
suicide)." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may
do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from
the dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 81, Hadith 82
"A man was brought to 'Abdullah who had married a woman without naming a dowry for her, then he died before consummating the marriage with her. 'Abdullah said: 'Ask whether they can find any report about that.' They said: 'O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, we cannot find any report about that.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah. She should have a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah.' A man from Ashja' stood up and said: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment among us concerning a woman called Birwa' bint Washiq. She married a man who died before consummating the marriage with her, and the Messenger of Allah ruled that she should be given a dowry like that of her peers, and she could inherit, and she had to observe the 'Iddah.' 'Abdullah raised his hands and said the Takbir."
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 26, Hadith 159
A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Inform me what
Allah has made compulsory for me as regards the prayers." He replied: "You have to offer perfectly
the five compulsory prayers in a day and night (24 hours), unless you want to pray Nawafil." The
bedouin further asked, "Inform me what Allah has made compulsory for me as regards fasting." He
replied, "You have to fast during the whole month of Ramadan, unless you want to fast more as
Nawafil." The bedouin further asked, "Tell me how much Zakat Allah has enjoined on me." Thus,
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) informed him about all the rules (i.e. fundamentals) of Islam. The bedouin then said,
"By Him Who has honored you, I will neither perform any Nawafil nor will I decrease what Allah has
enjoined on me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If he is saying the truth, he will succeed (or he will be granted
Paradise).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 30, Hadith 1
The poor amongst the emigrants came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: The possessors of great wealth have obtained the highest ranks and the lasting bliss. He (the Holy Prophet) said: How is that? They said: They pray as we pray, and they observe fast as we observe fast, and they give charity but we do not give charity, and they set slaves free but we do not set slaves free. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Shall I not teach you something by which you will catch upon those who have preceded you, and get ahead of those who come after you, only those who do as you do being more excellent than you? They said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Extol Allah, declare His Greatness, and Praise Him thirty-three times after every prayer. Abu Salih said: The poor amongst the emigrants returned to the Messenger of Allah (may peace upon him) saying: Our brethren, the possessors, of property have heard what we have done and they did the same. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: This is Allah's Grace which He gives to whom He wishes. Sumayy reported: I made a mention of this hadith to some members of my family (and one of them) said: You have forgotten; he (the Holy Prophet) had said (like this): "Extol Allah thirty-three time, praise Allah thirty-three times and declare His Greatness thirty-three times." Ibn `Ajlan said: I made a mention of this hadith to Raja' b. Haiwa and he narrated to me a hadith like this from Abu Salih from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the authority of Abu Huraira.
Sahih Muslim Book 5, Hadith 184
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The believers will be kept (waiting) on the Day of
Resurrection so long that they will become worried and say, "Let us
ask somebody to intercede far us with our Lord so that He may relieve
us from our place.
Then they will go to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of the
people. Allah created you with His Own Hand and made you reside in His
Paradise and ordered His angels to prostrate before you, and taught
you the names of all things will you intercede for us with your Lord
so that He may relieve us from this place of ours? Adam will say, 'I
am not fit for this undertaking.' He will mention his mistakes he had
committed, i.e., his eating off the tree though he had been forbidden
to do so. He will add, 'Go to Noah, the first prophet sent by Allah to
the people of the Earth.' The people will go to Noah who will say, 'I
am not fit for this undertaking' He will mention his mistake which he
had done, i.e., his asking his Lord without knowledge.' He will say
(to them), 'Go to Abraham, Khalil Ar-Rahman.' They will go to Abraham
who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking. He would mention
three words by which he told a lie, and say (to them). 'Go to Moses, a
slave whom Allah gave the Torah and spoke to, directly and brought
near Him, for conversation.'
They will go to Moses who will say, 'I am not fit for this
undertaking. He will mention his mistake he made, i.e., killing a
person, and will say (to them), 'Go to Jesus, Allah's slave and His
Apostle, and a soul created by Him and His Word.' (Be: And it was.)
They will go to Jesus who will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking
but you'd better go to Muhammad the slave whose past and future sins
have been forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me, and I will ask
my Lord's permission to enter His House and then I will be permitted.
When I see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him, and He will
leave me (in prostration) as long as He will, and then He will say, 'O
Muhammad, lift up your head and speak, for you will be listened to,
and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for
anything) for it will be granted:' Then I will raise my head and
glorify my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me. Allah
will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people) I
will take them out and make them enter Paradise." (Qatada said: I
heard Anas saying that), the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I will go out and take
them out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and then I will
return and ask my Lord for permission to enter His House and I will be
permitted.
When I will see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him and He
will leave me in prostration as long as He will let me (in that
state), and then He will say, 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak,
for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted, and ask, your request will be granted.' " The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, "So I will raise my head and glorify and praise Him as He has
taught me. Then I will intercede and He will put a limit for me (to
intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out and let
them enter Paradise." (Qatada added: I heard Anas saying that) the
Prophet said, 'I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let
them enter Paradise, and I will return for the third time and will ask
my Lord for permission to enter His house, and I will be allowed to
enter.
When I see Him, I will fall down in prostration before Him, and will
remain in prostration as long as He will, and then He will say, 'Raise
your head, O Muhammad, and speak, for you will be listened to, and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask, for your
request will be granted.' So I will raise my head and praise Allah as
He has taught me and then I will intercede and He will put a limit for
me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out
and let them enter Paradise." (Qatada said: I heard Anas saying that)
the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "So I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire)
and let them enter Paradise, till none will remain in the Fire except
those whom Quran will imprison (i.e., those who are destined for
eternal life in the fire)." The narrator then recited the Verse:-- "It
may be that your Lord will raise you to a Station of Praise and
Glory.' (17.79) The narrator added: This is the Station of Praise
and Glory which Allah has promised to your Prophet.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 97, Hadith 66
Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) never told a lie but only thrice: two times for the sake of Allah (for example, his words): "I am sick," and his words: "But it was the big one amongst them which has done that" and because of Sara (his wife). He had come in a land inhabited by haughty and cruel men along with Sara. She was very good-looking amongst the people, so he said to her: If these people were to know that you are my wife they would snatch you away from me, so if they ask you tell them that you are my sister and in fact you are my sister in Islam, and I do not know of any other Muslim in this land besides I and you. And when they entered that land the tyrants came to see her and said to him (the king): 'There comes to your land a woman, whom you alone deserve to possess', so he (the king) sent someone (towards her) and she was brought to him, and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) stood in prayer. When she visited him (the tyrant king came) he could help but stretch his hand towards her and his hand was tied up. He said: 'Supplicate to Allah so that He may release my hand and I will do no harm to you.' She did that and the man repeated (the same highhandedness) and his hand was again tied up more tightly than on the first occasion. He said the same thing to her again, and she again did that (supplicated), but he repeated (the same highhandedness and his hands were tied up more tightly than on the previous occasion). He then again said: 'Supplicate your Lord so that He may set my hand free; by Allah I shall do no harm to you.' She did and his hand was freed. Then he called the person who had brought her and said to him: 'You have brought to me the satan and you have not brought to me a human being, so turn them out from my land,' and he gave Hajar as a gift to her. She returned (along with Hajar) and when Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw her, he said: 'How have you returned?' She said: 'With full safety (have I returned). Allah held the hand of that debauch and he gave me a maid-servant.' Abu Huraira said: 'O sons of the rain of the sky, she is your mother.'
Sahih Muslim Book 43, Hadith 203
I was riding behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and there was nothing between him and me but the rear part of the saddle, when he said: Mu'adh b. Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! He moved along for a few minutes, when again he said: Mu'adh b. Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! He then again moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh b. Jabal: To which I replied. At your beck and call, and at your pleasure. Messenger of Allah He, (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what right has Allah upon His servants? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily the right of Allah over His servants is that they should worship Him, not associating anything with Him. He (the Holy Prophet) with Mu'adh behind him, moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh b. Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what rights have servants upon Allah in case they do it (i. e. they worship Allah without associating anything with Him)? I (Mu'adh b. Jabal) replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. (Upon this) he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: That He would not torment them (with the fire of Hell).
Sahih Muslim Book 1, Hadith 50
Musailima Al-Kadhdhab came during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) and started saying, "If Muhammad
gives me the rule after him, I will follow him." And he came to Medina with a great number of the
people of his tribe. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to him in the company of Thabit bin Qais bin Shammas, and
at that time, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a stick of a date-palm tree in his hand. When he (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ) )
stopped near Musailima while the latter was amidst his companions, he said to him, "If you ask me for
this piece (of stick), I will not give it to you, and Allah's Order you cannot avoid, (but you will be
destroyed), and if you turn your back from this religion, then Allah will destroy you. And I think you
are the same person who was shown to me in my dream, and this is Thabit bin Qais who will answer
your questions on my behalf." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) went away from him. I asked about the statement of
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) : "You seem to be the same person who was shown to me in my dream," and Abu
Huraira informed me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two bangles
of gold on my hands and that worried me. And then I was inspired Divinely in the dream that I should
blow on them, so I blew on them and both the bangles flew away. And I interpreted it that two liars
(who would claim to be prophets) would appear after me. One of them has proved to be Al Ansi and
the other, Musailima."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 399
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated with many supplications of which we did not preserve a thing. We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you supplicated with many supplications of which we did not preserve a thing.’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘Should I not direct you to what will include all of that? That you say: O Allah, we ask You from the good of what Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) asked You for, and we seek refuge in You from the evil of that which Your Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) sought refuge in You from, and You are the one from Whom aid is sought, and it is for You to fulfill, and there is no might or power except by Allah (Allāhumma innā nas’aluka min khairi mā sa’alaka minhu nabiyyuka Muḥammad, ṣallallāhu `alaihi wa sallam, wa na`ūdhu bika min sharri masta`ādha minhu nabiyyuka Muḥammad, ṣallallāhu `alaihi wa sallam, wa antal-musta`ānu wa `alaikal-balāgh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 48, Hadith 152
Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Said, from
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi, that Rabia ibn Abdullah
ibn al-Hudayr once saw a man in a state of ihram in Iraq. So he asked
people about him and they said, "He has given directions for his
sacrificial animal to be garlanded, and it is for that reason that he
has put on ihram ."
Rabia said, "I then met Abdullah ibn az-
Zubayr and so I mentioned this to him and he said, 'By the Lord of the
Kaba, an innovation.' "
Malik was asked about some one who
set out with his own sacrificial animal and marked it and garlanded it
at Dhu'l-Hulayfa, but did not go into ihram until he had reached al-
Juhfa,and hesaid, "I do not like that, and whoever does so has not
acted properly. He should only garland his sacrificial animal, or mark
it, when he goes into ihram, unless it is someone who does not intend
to do hajj, in which case he sends it off and stays with his family."
Malik was asked if somone who was not in ihram could set out
with a sacrificial animal, and he said, "Yes. There is no harm in
that."
He was also asked to comment on the different views
people had about what became haram for some one who garlanded a
sacrificial animal but did not intend to do either hajj or umra, and
he said, "What we go by as far as this is concerned is what A'isha,
umm al-muminin said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, sent his sacrificial animal off and did not go there
himself, and there was nothing that Allah had made halal for him that
was haram for him until the animal had been sacrificed.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 20, Hadith 55