Call upon God being also certain of (His) response, and know that God responds not to the call of a negligent, careless heart. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI.
fe 74a] When one of you prays, let him not say, ‘O Godt pardon me if Thou please; have mercy upon me if Thou please; give me provision if Thou please;’ but let him carry firmly in his mind (what he asks), and let him be ~ most eager, for verily God does not make much of a thing which He grants. —Abu-Hurayrah, me) Baye Pe I said, ‘O Apostle of God give us permission in re ct SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 163° to castration.’ He said, ‘He is not of us who castrates or is castrated; verily the castration of my people is to. fast.” I said, “Then give us permission in regard to monasticism,” He said, “he monasticism of my people is to sit in places: of worship waiting for prayers.’ ; —Uthman b. Maz‘un, BG.
Three prayers are answered—there is no doubt therein: the prayer of a parent; the prayer of a wayfarer; and the prayer of a wronged person.
—Abu-Hurayrah, TI: AB: IB. tren | There is no Muslim servant (of God) who prays for his brother behind his back, in secret, but the angels say, ‘Amen! and thou shalt also have the like,’ —Abu-Darda‘, AB, Pray not against yourselves, nor pray against your children, nor pray against your servants, nor pray against your wea!th.
—Jabir, AB. ror Whoso prays against him who has wronged him, he ' has already avenged himself.
—‘A‘shah, TI.
The Prophet announced to the people the death of Negus (Christian King of Abyssinia) on the day on which he died, and went out with them to the place of prayer, 164 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD and made them stand in rows, and offered a shert prayer (for him). —Abu-Hurayrah, BU: MU.
Verily, there is employment enough in prayer.
—Ibni Mas‘ud, BU: MU: AB: NA.
It is not right for men to talk in prayer; it is only commemorating the name of God and magnifying Him and reciting the Qur’an.
—Mu‘awiyah b. al-Hakam, MU: AB; NA.
Verily, neglect of duty is not chargeable during sleep: neglect is only chargeable while awake; so when one of you forgets his prayer, let him say it at the time when he re- members it.
—Abu-Qatadah, AB. [rowed cig I heard the Prophet say that no prayer (is allowed) when the food is present (which the man is going to take), nor when one feels a call of nature.
—Abdu'llah b. Muhammad b, Abu-Bakr, from ‘A‘ishah, MU: AB. fur 7ebit 7 When any one of you feels sleepy while praying, let him sleep, so that his slumber go off from him. '—A‘ishah, BU: MU: AB: TI: NA: MA.
» Nothing renders a (true) prayer void.
“SFR UT —Abu-Sa‘id, BU: AB: NA: MA.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 165 O Safwan! pray whatever time thou wakest up. —Abu-Sa‘id AB.
My father said that the Prophet of God taught him religion, and in the course thereof taught him to keep watch at the five prayers. My father said ‘During these hours I have long employment, so bid me do a thing which when I perform I may have done my all.’ The Prophet said, ‘Keep watch at two times of prayer.’ He did not quite understand this, so he said again, ‘And what are the two times?, The Prophet said, ‘A prayer before the rising of the sun, and a prayer before the setting thereof.’ —Abdu'‘llah b. Fudalah, AB.
a I have seen the Prophet praying in a flat posture, — A‘ishah, NA. , roe. j Pray standing; and if thou art not able, then (do it) sitting; and if thou art not able (to do this either), then (do it) lying are" thy sides.
—‘Umar b. al-Husayn, BU: AB: TI: NA.
The Prophet prayed also with Umamah, a anette of his daughter Zaynab, in his lap.
—Abu-Qatadah, BU: MU: AB: NA: MA, The Prophet came on a visit to us at our place and we had a slut and a she-ass. The Prophet said his prayer of 166 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD “Asr* while these both lay before him. —Fadl b. ‘Abbas, AB: NA. O God! I beg of Thee guidance and piety and chastity and independence. —‘Abdu‘llah b. Mas’ud MU.
al O God! I beg of Thee a useful knowledge, an accept- able work, and a good provision. —Ummi Salamah, IB: BA: AH. [or Go we O God! give us good in this world, and good in the hereafter, and save us from the torment of the fire (of hell). —Anas, BU: MU. ericckes O God! I beg of Thee health, and chastity, and faith, and a good character, and pleasure in (Thy) decree. —Abdu'‘llah b. ‘Amru, BA. O God! make me be most thankful to Thee, and to remember ‘Thee much, and that I may follow ‘Thy counsel, and keep Thy commandments. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI.
When a man accepted Islam, the Prophet would teach him prayers, and bid him pray in these words; ‘O God! pardon me, and have mercy upon me, and guide me, and keep me safe.’ —Abu-Malik al-Ashja‘iy, MU.
Verily, the hearts of the children of Man are, all of 4 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 167 them, between two of the fingers of the (God of) Mercy even as one heart: He turns them as He pleases. O God who turnest about the hearts (of men)! turn our hearts so as to obey Thee. —Abdu'llah h. ‘Amru, MU. O God! make my inside better than my outside, and make my outside (also) righteous. O God! I beg of Thee righteousness in what Thou givest to men, namely, family and wealth and children, that they may not lead (me) astray, nor do Thou lead me astray. —Umar, TI. fi See ay O God! purify my heart from (all) hypocrisy, and my work from (all) show, and my tongue from (all) false- hood, and my eyes from (all) deception; for verily ‘Thou knowest the deceitful of eyes and what (men’s) breasts do hide. —Ummi Ma‘bad, BA.
ted! eave] O God! let me profit by what Thou hast taught me, and teach me what would profit me, and give me increase in knowledge. Praise to God in all conditions (of life)! I betake me to God from the state of the people of the fire (of hell). —Abu-Hurayrah, TI: IB.
farsa) | O God! mend for me my religion which is the pro- tection of my affairs; and mend for me my world in which I have my subsistence; and mend my hereafter to which is 168 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD my return, and make my life a (cause of) increase to me of all good things, and make (my) death a (cause of) repose from all evil. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU.
O God! grant me Thy love and the love of him whose love would profit me in Thy sight. O God! make what I love, out of that which Thou hast provided me, my power in respect of what Thou lovest. O God! make what Thou hast taken away from me, out of what I loved, (a cause of) my leisure for what Thou dost love.
—‘Abdu'llah b. Yazid, al-Katmiy, TI. be FPo I O God! by Thy knowledge of the secret, and by Thy power over the creation, let me live so long as Thou knowest life better for me, and let me die when Thou knowest death better for me. O God! I beg of thee thy fear in secret and in public, and I beg of thee the speaking of truth amidst pleasure and anger; and I beg of Thee an excellent way in poverty and affluence; and I beg of Thee a pleasure that fails not; and I beg of Thee a joy of the eyes that never ends, and I beg of Thee pleasure in (Thy) decree; and I beg of Thee repose in life after death, and I beg of Thee the delight of looking at Thy Face, and a passionate love to meet Thee without adversity to afflict (me), or a trial that may lead (me) astray. O God! adorn us with the adornment of faith, and make us guides, being (also) rightly-guided.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 169 O God! grant us a portion of Thy fear whereby Thou mayest intervene between ourselves and our rebellion against Thee, and Thy obedience by which Thou mayest make me reach Thy paradise, and the certainty (of faith) whereby Thou mayest make light to us the calamities ot this world, and give us to enjoy by our hearing and our sight and our power so long as Thou keepest us alive, and make this state to succeed us, and appoint our revenge against those who wrong us, and help us against those who are at enmity with us, and put us not into calamities affecting our religion, and make not this world our greatest sorrow, nor the amount of our knowledge; and put him not in authority over us who has no mercy upon us.
When the Prophet stood up to pray, he would say: ‘T turn my face as a Hanif* to Him who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of those who join (other gods with God); verily my prayers and my devo- tion and my life and my death are of God, the Lord of all the world, who has no partner; and that am I com- manded; and I am (one) of the Muslims. O God! Thou , art our King; there is no God but Thou. Thou art my Lord, and I am Thy servant. I have wronged my own soul, and I confess my sin: so pardon me all my sins; verily, none but Thou can pardon sins. Guide me to be the best character: none but Thou can guide to the best character: none but Thou can guide to the best thereof; none but 170 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD Thou can turn aside from me the evil thereof. I am here and at Thy service. All good is in Thy hands, and evil is not attributable to Thee. I am from Thee, and (will re- turn) to Thee. Glory to Thee, and to Thee is (all) greatness. I ask pardon of Thee, and I turn to Thee (in penitence).’
And when he bowed in prayer, he said: ‘O God! to Thee I bow, and in Thee I believe, and to Thee I submit. My hearing and my sight, my marrow and my bone, and my muscles, are (all) humbled before Thee.’
And when he raised his head, he would say: ‘O God our Lord! to Thee be praise that may fill the heavens and the earth and (all) that is between them, and that may fill anything which ‘Thou mayest be pleased { to create)’ after (this).’
And when he prostrated, he would say: ‘O God! I adore Thee, and in Thee I believe, and to Thee I submit: my face adores Him who created it and formed it, and cut open (into it) its hearing and its sight. Glory to God the best of (all) creators!’
Then he would conclude his prayer thus: “‘O God! pardon me what has gone before and what, may come after, and what I may have hidden and what I may have done in public, and what I may have been extravagant at, and what Thou knowest (in me) better than myself. Thou art the First and the Last. There is no God but Thou!’ —‘Aliy, MU.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 171 The following is prayer of the Prophet which he said over a bier: “O God! pardon him and have mercy upon him, and keep him safe, and forgive him, and honour his entertainment, and make his entrance easy, and wash him with water and ice and hail, and cleanse him from (all) faults like as we cleanse white clothes of (all) pollution; and give him in exchange a goodlier abode than his abode (here), and a people better than his people, and fellows better than his fellow (here); and make him enter into paradise, and give him refuge from the torment of the grave, and from the torment of the fire (of hell).’
—‘Auf b. Malik, MU. ek Pe The following is another specimen of the Prophet's prayer over the dead: ‘O God! pardon the living among us and the dead among us, and those who are present of us, and those who are absent of us, and the younger among us, and the elder among us, and the male among us, and the female among us. O God! he whom Thou makest to live among us, make him to live according to Islam, and he whom Thou dost take away from us, take him away while upon the faith.
Abu-Hurayrah, AB: TI: IB: AH; Ibrahim al-Ashhaliy, NA. Paarou,) } The Prophet used to receive presents, and also send returns for the same. —A‘ishah, BU: AB: TI.
Send presents to one another, for verily presents take 172 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD away the grudge of the heart; and let no neighbour des- pise the present of his neighbour, be it ever so litle. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI. fg 3d Ones | Whoso intercedes for any one with an intercession, and also sends presents to him thereon which he accepts —this man has come to a great door of the (many) doors of usury. —Abu-Umamah, AB.
[oo He who steps along proudly shall not enter paradise; nor a boaster. —Earithah b. Wahb, AB: BA.
L aoe | Whoso wears garments for good fame, God will clothe him with the garment of disgrace. —Ibni ‘Umar, AB.
[en feos God will not look, on the day of resurrection, upon him who wears long robes out of pride. —Ibni ‘Umar, BU: MU: Tl: NA: MA. God has revealed to me, saying, ‘Show humility, so that no one may rise above another, nor pride himselk above another. —Tyad ». Himar, AB.
[ep Btaal God says: Greatness is My garment, and honour My veil, whoso then would rob Me of anything out of these two, I will torment him. —Abu-Sa‘id and Abu-Hurayrah, MU: AB SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 173 When my people will walk about proudly, a the children of kings—the children of Persia and Rome—will serve them, God will put their bad men in authority over their best. —Ibni ‘Umar, TI. fyn0* Whoever has pride in his heart, of the weight of an atom, shall not enter paradise. A man said, ‘But if one like to have good clothes and: good shoes?’ The Prophet said, ‘God is beautiful, and loves beauty. Pride is rejecting the truth, and despising men.’ —Ibni Mas‘ud, MU: AB: TI.
a This your descent is no cause of reviling any one: all of you are the children of Man, near (to one another) as sa‘ to sa‘, which none (of you) fill: no one has any superiority over another unless by virtue of (his) religion and piety. It is (evil) enough for man to be impudent, shameless, or miserly. —Ugqbah b. ‘Amir, AH. BA.
[ wr] A beautiful man came to the Prophet, and said, ‘I love beauty, and I have been given it as thou seest, so that I do not like that I should be behind any one in ' respect of (even) the latchest of my shoes. It that pride, O Prophet of God?’ ‘No,’ said the Prophet, ‘but to reject the truth, and despise men is pride.’ —Abu-Hurayrah, AB.
fol ¥92i fy Let all people who boast of their forefathers who are 174 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD dead, desist; they will only be coals of hell- (fire), or they will become more disgraceful in the sight of God than a black-beetle which rolls on filth by its nose. Verily, God has now taken away from you the vainglory of {the days of) Ignorance, and its boasting of forefathers. Man is only a pious Mu‘min or a wicked sinner. Mankind are all the children of Adam, and Adam was from dust. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI: AB.
Whoso looks into the letter of his brother without his permission, he only looks into the fire (of hell into which he shall be thrown).
Verily, ye are in an age in which he among you who shall abandon one-tenth of what is bidden, will be ruined: then will come a time when he among them who shall act upon one-tenth of what is bidden, will be saved.
—Abu-Hurayrah, TI ee] Verily God loves His servant, the Mu‘min, the pure, the chaste, father of a family. —Imran b, Husayn, IB.
Pe hen ‘What man is the most excellent? it was asked of the Prophet. ‘Every clean-hearted. True-tongued man,’ said the Prophet. ‘We know the true-tongued man, but what is the clean-hearted (man)? they said. ‘He is the pure, the pious, upon whom there is no sin, and no transgres- SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 175 sion, and no grudge, and no envy,’ was the Prophet’s reply. —Abdu'‘llah b. ‘Ainru, IB: BA. It is sin enough for thee not to cease quarrelling. —lbni ‘Abbas, TI. pe i The most hateful of men in the sight of God is the most contentious, quarrelsome fellow.
—A‘ishah, BU: MU: TI: NA. ea val No nation went astray after guidance which they had. unless they were given to dispute (among themselves).
—Abu-Umamah, TI: IB: AH.
The Prophet of God came out to (meet) us while we were disputing about the decree of God and he was enraged, so that his face reddened as though the seeds of the pomegranate were pressed upon his_ cheeks, and he said, “What! have ye been commanded to do this, or was. I sent to you with this? Those who were before you perished only because they disputed about this affair. I beseech you, again, I beseech you, not to dispute about * —Abu-Hurayrah, TI; ‘Amru b, Shu‘ayb, IB.
The Prophet of God was sitting in the midst of his companions, when a man rose against Abu-Bakr, and insulted him; but Abu-Bakr turned a deaf ear. The man insulted him a second time, and Abu-Bakr took no heed.
176 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD ~ He repeated the insult a third time, whereupon Abu-Bakr retorted. Immediately the Prophet stood up (to go away). Abu-Bakr said, ‘O Prophet of God! art thou angry with me?’ He said, ‘No.! but an angel had come down from heaven to give him the lie to what he said to thee; but since thou hast retorted the angel is gone away, and now Satan sits (with thee); so I am not going to sit while Satan sits.’ —Ibni Musayyab, AB.
Learn the Quran, and teach men the same; for verily I am only a man who shall be taken away (from among you).
—Ibni Mas‘ud, DA: DQ.
fe. Sus «at The Qur’an came down under five heads: lawful, un- lawful, plain, figurative and parabolical; then observe as lawful what is lawful, and forbid what is unlawful, and act upon the plain injunctions, and believe in the figura tive, and take example from the parables. —Abu-Hurayrah, BA.
Verily, God will raise up for this people, at the begin- ning of every hundred years, one who will renew for them their religion. —Abu-Hurayrah, AB.
The Prophet loved an action which could be performed regularly, although it were little. —Ummi Salamah, NA.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 177 A man said to the Prophet, ‘Should I tie up the legs of (my) camel and then rely (upon God), or should I leave it free, and then rely (upon God to take care of it)?’ The Prophet said, “Vie up its legs, and then rely (upon God).’
—Anas, TI.
Religion is sincere admonition.
—Abu-Hurayrah, TI; Tamim a'd-Dariy, MU: AB: NA.
I said, ‘O Prophet of God! what was in the pages of Abraham and Moses?’ He said, ‘It was al admonition: 1 wonder that one should be sure of death and yet exult; I wonder how one sure of the fire (of hell) can augh (in- ordinately); I wonder that one should see the world and the vicissitudes of its people and yet feel secure therein; I wonder that one should be sure of the destiny of life and yet worry himself;—I wonder that one should be sure of the account (he will have to render before God) and yet not work (good).” ae ms —Abu-Diatlr, fA.
‘ O Abu-Dharr! be on thy guard against weakness;— ‘and I love for thee what I love for myself: never judge be- tween two men, and never take charge of the substance of orphans. —Abu-Dharr, AB: NA.
By God! if ye had known what I know, ye would surely 12 178 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD laugh little and weep much, and not enjoy the society of women on carpets, and ye would surely go out into the mountains crying to God. —Abu-Dharr, TI. i en] ‘The Prophet of God stroked upon my shoulders with his hands, and said, “Thou shalt fare well, O Qudaym! when thou art dead, for thou hast not been a governor or a secretary or a lieutenant.’
A man shall be asked concerning five (things) on the day of resurrection: concerning his life how he spent it; concerning his youth, how he grew old; concerning his wealth, whence he acquired it and in what (way) he spent it; and what was it that he did in with the knowledge that he had. —Ibni Mas‘ud, TT.
fie SI Saeed I said, ‘O Prophet of God! why dost thou not appoint me an Officer?” The Prophet stroked his hands upon my shoulders, and said, ‘O Abu-Dharr! thou art a weak man, and this is a trust; and verily on the day of resurrection it shall be a (cause of) disgrace and contrition, except to him who has held it as it ought to be held, and has fulfilled it as it was his duty to fulfil.’
—Abu-Dharr, MU: AB, I went to the Prophet in company with two of my nephews: one of them said, ‘O Prophet of God! appoint us.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 179 (governors) over a part of what God has given thee to rule. The other also said the same thing. Whereupon the Prophet said, ‘By God! I do not appoint him an officer who asks for it, or any one who covets it.’ —Abu-Musa, BU: MU: AB: NA. bb-315si Take care! each of you is a governor, and each of you shall be asked concerning his subjects: a leader is gov- ernor over (his) people, and he shall be asked concerning his subjects; and a man is governor over the people of his house, and he shall be asked concerning his subjects; and a woman is governess over the house of her husband, and over his children, and she shall be asked concerning them; and the slave of a man is governor over the substance of his master, and he shall be asked concerning it. ‘Take care, then, each of you is a governor, and each of you shall be asked concerning his subjects.
—Ibni ‘Umar, BU: MU: AB: TI.
These three are not be changed with any crime, name- ly, children until they attain their age (of strength), the sleeping man until he wakes up, and the insane man until he is cured (of his malady).
—Ibni ‘Abbas, AB, Whoso sets a good example in Islam shall have his own reward and the reward of him who shall act upon it after him, without detracting anything from the latter’s rewards; and whoso sets a bad example in Islam, its burden 180 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD shall lie upon him as also the burden of him who shall act upon it after him, without detracting anything from the latter’s burden. —Jarir, MU. Li SaGaal I never saw the Prophet referred to in any case relating to retaliation but he commanded forgiveness therein. —Anas, AB: NA.
A case in which a man had killed another was referred to the Prophet. He made the man over to the nearest kinsman of the murdered man; but the man said, ‘I did not desire to kill him.’ The Prophet said, “Take care! if he speaks the truth, and thou dost kill him, thou will enter the fire of hell.’ Then the man let him go free.
—Abu-Hurayrah, AB: NA: IB.
A man came to the Prophet with another man, and said, “This man has killed my brother.’ The Prophet said, “Go, and kill him as he killed thy brother.’ The murderer said to the man, ‘Fear God, and forgive me, for it would be better for thee in respect of reward, and better for thee and for thy brother on the day of resurection.’ ‘Then the man let him go. Afterwards when the Prophet was told what the murderer had said} he remarked, ‘It (retaliation) were better for him than what the murdered man would do to him on the day of resurrection. Then would he say, ‘O my Lord! ask this man why he killed me.’
—Buraydah, NA.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 18] hieal te) A man came to the Prophet bringing with him another man whom he had bound in a broad twisted strap, and said, ‘O Prophet of God! this man has killed my brother.’ The Prophet said, ‘Hast thou killed him?’ The man said, ‘If he confess it not, I will bring evidence against him.’ The man said, ‘Yes, I killed him.’ The Prophet said, ‘And how?’ He said, ‘He and myself were beating down leaves from a tree, when he abused me and put me into a rage; so I struck him on forehead with my axe, and killed him; but I had no desire to kill him.’ ‘The Prophet said to him, ‘Hast thou anything with which thou mayest pay the blood- money for thyself?’ He said, ‘I have no substance except my outer garment and my axe.’ The Prophet said, ‘Dost thou see any of thy people who will buy thee?’ He said, ‘I am the vilest among my people for all that.’ Then the Prophet threw towards him his outer garment, saying to the complainant “Take hold of thy companior.’ Then as the man turned to go, the Prophet said, ‘If this man kill him, he will be like him.’ Whereupon the man turned back, saying,‘ I have heard what thou didst say; but I only caught him with thy permission.’ The Prophet said, ‘Dost thou not desire that he should draw upon himself his sin ' and the sin of thy brother?’ He said, ‘Yes, O Prophet of God!’ The Prophet said, ‘Verily that is like it.’ Then the man threw away his outer garment and let him go free.
—Wa'il b. Hajar, MU: AB: NA. Deception appears not in a people but God (also) 182 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD casts dread into their hearts, nor adultery spreads among a people but there are numerous deaths also among them, nor do a people stint (their) measure and balance but (their) provision is (also) cut off from them; and no people rule unjustly but there is also blood-shedding among them; and no people break their covenant but (their) enemy is (also) placed in authority over them.
—Ibni ‘Abbas, MA.
Verily, God punishes not the general people for the doing of particular men, until they see wrongdoing in their midst, and having the power to be averse to it, are yet not averse; and when they do this, God punishes the people in general and in particular. —‘Adiy b. ‘Adiy al-Kindiy, BG.
og) s Sone | God is good, and He accepts nothing but good works. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU: TI.
A man said, ‘O Prophet of God! tell me about right- eousness. “The Prophet said, ‘(Righteousness) is that thou serve God even as thou seest Him; and if thou see Him not, yet verily does He see thee.’
—Yahya b, Ya‘mur, BU: MU: TI. ee | He who eats things acquired lawfully, and acts accord- ing to (my) example, and he from whose mischiefs men are safe, shall enter paradise.
j —Abu-Sa‘id al-Khudriy, TI. Affairs are of three (kinds): an affair the truth where- SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 185 of is evident—follow this; an affair the wrong whereof is evident—avoid this; and an affair wherein there is differ- ence (of opinion) —leave it to God.
Verily, God has enjoined many an injunction, do not, then violate it; and He has forbidden many an unlawful thing, do not then draw near to it; and He has laid down bounds, do not then transgress them; and He has been silent upon (many) things, without forgetting (them), do not dispute about them.
—Ibni ‘Abbas, AH.
Whoso fears (to do wrong), he has already set out on his journey at nightfall; and whoso sets out at nightfall, he will reach his station. Know that, verily, the merchan- ‘dise of God is very costly; and verily the merchandise of ‘God is paradise. Abu-Hurayrah, TI. Gel al An Arab of the desert came to the Prophet, and said, “Teach me a work that may make me enter into paradise.’ ‘The Prophet said, “Thou hast asked a great question al- though thou hast cut short thy speech. Set free (all) ‘breathing beings, and set free the necks (of men from servitude). And love (thy) kinsman who wrongs thee; and if thou art not able to do that, then feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty, and bid what is good and forbid what is wrong; and if thou cannot do that, then withhold thy tongue unless from good.’ te. —Bara‘ b. ‘Azib, BA, 184 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD Pests} There are seven people whom God will draw under His own shadow on the day of resurrection, when there will be no shadow except His: a just leader; a young man _ who has spent his youth in the service of God; a man whose heart is suspended in the place of prayer when he goes out of it until he returns to it; the two men who love each other for the sake of God, uniting thereat and separating thereat; a man who remembers God alone, his eyes run- ning with tears; a man whom a woman of birth and beauty attracts, and he says, ‘Verily I fear God;’ and a man who gives alms and hides it, so that his left hand knows not what his right hand expends.
—Abu-Hurayrah, BU: MU.
Shall I tell thee about the gates of (all) righteousness? Fasting is a shield, and almsgiging extinguishes sins even as water extinguishes fire; and the prayer of a man at mid- night (also does the same).
And shall I tell Thee about the principal affair and its pillars, and the height of its principal part? ‘The prin- cipal affair is Islam, and its pillar the prayer, and the height of its principal part the striving one’s utmost.
And shall I tell thee about that which governs all that? (Here the Prophet took hold of his tongue, and said,) ‘Withhold thyself from (using) this (wrongfully).’ I said, ‘O Prophet of God! shall we indeed be caught up. for what we speak by it?’ The Prophet said, “Beware, O: Mu'‘adh! for what else throws men into the fire (of hell),.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 185 upon their faces or upon their noses, but the harvests of their tongues?’ —Mu‘adh, TI: IB: AH. The most worthy of man is he who first begins the salutation. —Abu-Umamah, AB: TT. A man must salute his wife and children on entering his house. —Anas TI.
The Prophet would pass children and wish them ‘Peace!’ —Anaa, BU: MU. [Sou | The Prophet would pass women and wish them, Peace!’ E —Jarir, AH; Anas, BU. The rider shall salute the man who walks; the man who walks shall salute the man who is sitting, and the smaller party shall salute the larger party. —Abu-Hurayrah, BU: MU: TI: AB.
The Prophet would tell me, ‘O my child! when thou goest into thy family salute (them), it will be a blessing to thee and to the people of thy house.’
When ye go into (your) houses, salute the people —Anas, TI.
186 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD thereof, and when ye go out, take leave of the people thereof by a salutation. —Qatadah, BA.
‘What is salvation?’ they asked of the Prophet. ‘Hold thy tongue,’ said the Prophet, ‘and sit in thy house, and weep over thy sins.’
—Ugqbah b. Amir, TI. [. weal ral A man came to the Prophet, and said, ‘O Prophet of God! a man comes to me to take away my substance.” ‘The Prophet said, ‘Remind him of God!’ He said, ‘But if he takes no heed?’ The Prophet said, “Then ask help of those who are about thee.’ He said, ‘But if there he no Muslims about me?’ “Then ask the help of the king against him.’ “And if the king be far away from me?’ “Then fight for ‘thy substance until thou be of the martyrs in the hereafter, or save thy substance.’ | —Mukhariq, NA. Pe S42] No one of you has faith until his lusts are subdued ito what (teachings) I have brought (him).
—Abdu‘llah b. ‘Amru, NW. aE Ee Reo O Abu-Dharr! there is no wisdom like organizing, and no abstinence like self-restraint, and no distinction like good manners.
—Abu-Dharr, BA. Sy Mention was made before the Prophet of a man who SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 187 worshipped (much) and strove after it, and mention was made of a man who guarded himself from sin. The Pro- phet said, ‘Weight not (these) equally with guarding (one- self) from sin.’ —Jabir, TI.
Your servants are your brothers and your stewards: God has placed them under your hands; whoso then has a brother under his hand, let him feed him out of what he eats himself, and let him clothe him out of what he clothes himself; and compel them not to do a work which will overpower them, and if ye do compel them (to any such work), then assist them in doing the same.
—Ma’‘rur b. Suwayd, BU: MU: AB: TI. fe B4Gen When any of your servants comes to one of you with food, if he does not make him sit to dine with him, let him at least give him a mouthful or two thereof; for, verily, he has stood by its heat and its management.
—Abu-Hurayrah, BU: AB: TI. iets 2 Take each other by the hand: all grudges shall go off from you; and make presents to each other: this will in- crease love among you, and will take away the deepest hatred. —‘Ata‘ al-Khurasaniy, MU.
Even the least show (of piety) is associating (others with God). —‘Umar b. al-Khattab, from Mu‘adh b. Jabal, IB: BA.
188 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD Whoso causes (others) to hear (of his virtues), God will disgrace him thereby; and whoso shows (himself) off, God will show (him) down thereby.
—Jundub, BU: MU.
Whoso makes men hear his work, God will disgrace him thereby within the hearing of His creatures, and will make him contemptible and will belittle him.
God says: I am the most independent of (all) partners. in partnership: whoso works a work associating with Me any one else than Myself therein, I am clear of him: he is.
for him for whom he works. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU.
(ea He who prays to make a show, does but associate (an- other God with God), and he who fasts to make a show, does but associate (another God with God), and he who gives alms to make a show, does but assoiciate (another God with God). Shaddad b. Aus, AH —Shaddad b. Aus, = Shall I tell you what it is that I fear more for you than the Lying Christ!? It is the hidden shirk*; that a mam should stand up, and pray and lenghten his prayer, for that he sees (another) man looks (to him). —Abu-Sa‘id, IB.
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SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 189 When God will bring together (all) men on the day of resurrection, of which there is no doubt, a crier shall call, (saying), “Whoso has associated any one in the work which he has done for God, let him demand his recom- pense from any other than God, for verily God is the most independent of (all) partners in partnership.
A time will come over men when nothing will remain of Islam except its name, nor anything of the Qur’an ex- cept its formalities; their places of worship will be well preserved and in use, while they will (really) be ruined because of their guidance; their learned men will be the worst of (all) who are under the heaven; from these will come forth mischief-making, and in them will it settle.
—‘Aliy, BA. Leon | The Prophet said, ‘I fear for my people the associating (other gods with God) and (their) hidden desires.’ I said, ‘O Prophet of God! will thy people associate (other gods with God) after thou art gone?’ He said,‘Yes; they will not worship the sun, or the moon, or the stone, or the idol, but will make a show of their works, and their hidden