40 Ahadiths (sayings of the Prophet SAW)

“The best jihad is when a person stands up to a tyrant ruler” (Abu Dawud)                  

 “Leave alone that which causes you doubt, and adhere to that which is free

 from doubt, for the truth is comforting and falsehood is disturbing” (Tirmizi)

“The world is prison for the believer and paradise for the disbeliever” (Muslim)

“For every group of people there is a trial, and the trial of my Ummah (people) lies in wealth (Tirmizi)

“Every good deed is charity” (Bukhari and muslim)

“When you ask for permission three times and it is not granted, you should stop asking for it and turn back” (Bukhari and muslim)

“Avoid suspicion for suspicion is the greatest lie” (Bukhari and muslim)

“Softness beautifies things, and when that softness is taken away they lose their glamour” (Muslim)

“Let La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah) be the first words your children utter and instruct them to say the same at the time of their death” (Al-Bayhaqi)

“Part of someone’s being a good Muslim is leaving alone that which does not concern them” (Tirmizi)

“Do not love the world and Allah will love you and do not have a longing for that which people have and they will love you” (Abu Dawud)

“Prayer is light and charity is proof (of ones faith) (Muslim)

“He who missed his Asr prayer, it is as though he was deprived of his family and wealth” (Muslim)

“The most perfect believer (in his faith) is he whose conduct is best, and the best among you is the one who behaves best towards his wife) (Tirmizi)

“Take advantage of five things before five others occur, your youth before you become old, your health before you become sick, your wealth before you become poor, your leisure before you become busy and your life before you die” (Tirmizi)

“None of you truly believes (in Islam) until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself” (Bukhari and Muslim)

“Wherever and in whatever circumstances you are, fear Allah; do a good deed after every sin, for it will annul it and be kind and cordial in conduct towards the servants of your lord” (Tirmizi)

“One who lacks kindness of heart lacks all good” (Muslim)

“Whenever the Prophet (s) was worried or faced with a difficult situation, he would engage in prayer” (Abu Dawud)

“The Prophet (s) never assaulted anyone- neither a woman or a servant- with his own hands except while fighting in the cause of Allah” (Muslim)

“Allah does not look at your body and face; rather he looks at your heart” (Tirmizi)

“Those in whose hearts is no mercy for others will not attain the mercy of Allah”

(Bukhari and Muslim)

“The strong is not who can overcome people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger” (Bukhari)

“Virtue is good conduct, and sin fills your mind with guilt and makes you feel fear that others will know your sins”  (Muslim)

"Trim closely the moustache, and let the beard flow (grow)” (Muslim)

“He who breaks off the ties of blood will not enter paradise” (Bukhari and Muslim)

“The reward of one who directs somebody to do a good deed will be equal to the reward of the latter” (Muslim)

“Allah, the merciful shows mercy upon the merciful people. So show mercy upon the earthly creatures so that one who is in heaven should show mercy upon you”

(Abu Dawud)

“A person inevitably follows the faith of one’s friend’s therefore, be careful in choosing your friends” (Abu Dawud and Tirmizi)

“Every religion has a distinctive quality, and the quality of Islam is Modesty”

(Al-bayhaqi and Ibn Majah)

“If you are in a group of three, two should not converse secretly to the exclusion of your companion for that hurts his feeling” (Muslim)

“The man who is merciful and hearted to every relative and to every Muslim, will be an inhabitant of paradise” (Muslim)

“Be in this world as if you are a stranger of a wayfarer” (Bukhari)

“A mans spending on his family is a deed of charity” (Bukhari)

“If anyone of you enters a mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a two Rak’ah prayer” (Bukhari)

“Everyone will be among those whom he loves” (Bukhari)

“Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: The one to whom Allah and his apostle become dearer then anything else. He who loves a person and he loves him only for the sake of Allah. And he who hates to revert to disbelief after Allah has brought him out from it as he hates to be thrown in fire”

(Bukhari)

“If you really love me, then be prepared for poverty, for extreme hardship rushes more rapidly towards a person who loves me, then a flood rushes towards its goal”

(Tirmizi)

“Allah has ninety nine names one, hundred less one; and he who memorized them all by heart will enter paradise” (Muslim)

“He who does not show tenderness to the young and respect to the elder, is not one of us” (Tirmizi)

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“Whoever will preserve for my Ummah (Followers of the prophet) forty Ahadith concerning important matters of their faith, Almighty Allah will raise them, on the day of judgment, as an Alim (religious scholar) and I will intercede on his behalf and stand witness in his favor”