IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,THE MOST GRACIOUS , THE MOST MERCIFUL .
Introduction
The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith Qudsi and how do they differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is given in the introduction to the book titled "Forty Hadith Qudsi" published by: ItakuAllah .
Hadith Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of Hadith which are Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to the Prophet but to the Almighty.
Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah (PBUH). It is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through revelation or in dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it in his own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to it because, besides being revealed, it is His wording."
Hadith Collection
- Hadith Qudsi 1:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in
His book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my
wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 2:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he
reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it
is his saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first (1) -
and the initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking
him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Assah has taken to
Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot
not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 3:
- On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following
rainfall during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said
to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and
his Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my servants
became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said:
We have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one
is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him
who said: We have been given rain by such-and-such a star, that one
is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement of stars. This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 4:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I
am Time, in My hand is the night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part of Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
- Hadith Qudsi 5:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(glorified and exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an
associate. Thus he who does an action for someone else's sake as
well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him whom he
associated with Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 6:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on
the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be
brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will
recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about
them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will
say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of
you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered
to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and
has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought
and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize
them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He
will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I
recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you
did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]:
He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of
you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered
to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had
given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make
known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty]
will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no
path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without
spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did
but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so
it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his
face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 7:
- On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said: I heard the messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain
crag, gives the call to prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and
exalted be He) say: Look at this servant of Mine, he gives the call
to prayer and performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have
forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to
Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of authorities.
- Hadith Qudsi 8:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of
the Quran (1) during it is deficient (and he repeated the word
three times), incomplete. Someone said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even
though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said: Recite it to yourself,
for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah
be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I
have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves,
and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant
says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me. And when he says:
Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My
servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5),
Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He
said: My servant has submitted to My power. And when he says:
Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between Me
and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.
And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an
amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says:
This is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked
for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 9:
- On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime
be He) says:
The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be
held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If
they are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and
if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is
something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified
and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any
supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was
defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions
will be judged in like fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).
- Hadith Qudsi 10:
- On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime
be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives
up his sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting
is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he
breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the
breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's
estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 11:
- On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime
be He) said:
Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
- Hadith Qudsi 12:
- On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
A man from among those who were before you was called to
account. Nothing in the way of good was found for him except that
he used to have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he
would order his servants to let off the man in straitened
circumstances [from repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h)
said that Allah said: We are worthier than you of that (of being so
generous). Let him off.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 13:
- On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) and there came to him two men: one of them
was complaining of penury (being very poor), while the other was
complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry,
it will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go
out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of
Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his charity
around without finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1) one
of you will surely stand before Allah, there being no screed
between Him and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then
He will say to him: Did I not bring you wealth? And he will say:
Yes. Then He will say: Did I not send to you a messenger? And he
will say: Yes. And he will look to his right and will see nothing
but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left and will see nothing
but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself against
Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it not,
then with a kind word.
(1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 14:
- On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who
rove about seeking out gatherings in which Allah's name is being
invoked: they sit with them and fold their wings round each other,
fillin that which is between them and between the lowest heaven.
When [the people in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and
rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is most knowing
about them: From where have you come? And they say: We have come
from some servants of Yours on Earth: they were glorifying You
(Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu akbar), witnessing that there
is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising You (Al-Hamdu
lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what do they ask
of Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He says: And have
they seen My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would
it be were they to have seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask
protection of You. He says: From what do they ask protection of Me?
They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says: And have they seen
My Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how would it be were they
to have seen My Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your
forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have
forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they have asked
for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that from which they
asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They say: O Lord,
among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said:
And He says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits
with such people shall not suffer.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 15:
- On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah the Almighty
said:
I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes
mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention
of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I
make mention of him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws
near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length.
And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.
(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 16:
- On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with
them both), from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings
he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted be He) is that He
said:
Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He
explained it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and
has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good
deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it
down with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or
many times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done
it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if
he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad
deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 17:
- On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (PBUH) is that among the sayings he
relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He said:
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have
made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My
servants, all of you are astray except for those I have guided, so
seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of
you are hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and
I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except for
those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe
you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all
sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O My
servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will
not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were
the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn
of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of
you, that would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My servants,
were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the
jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man
of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of
you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request
of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, that would
not decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases the sea
if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon
up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but
himself.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 18:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of Resurrection:
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O
Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the
worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had
fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you
visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I
asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how
should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say:
Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and
you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would
surely have found that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of
Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink.
He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink whin You are
the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you
to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given
him to drink you would have surely found that with Me.
It was related by Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 19:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) said:
Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes
with Me in respect of either of them I shall cast into
Hell-fire.
It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of authority. This Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version.
- Hadith Qudsi 20:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on
Thursdays, and every servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with
Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against
his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until
they are reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled.
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu Dawud).
- Hadith Qudsi 21:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that Allah
the Almighty said:
There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the Day of
Resurrection: a man who has given his word by Me and has broken it;
a man who has sold a free man (2) and has consumed the price; and a
man who has hired a workman, has exacted his due in full from him
and has not given him his wage.
(1) i.e. types of men.
(2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of another and has sold him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
- Hadith Qudsi 22:
- On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger
of Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds
a matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and
he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to
him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying
something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was]
out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should
more properly fear.
It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities.
- Hadith Qudsi 23:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah will
say on the Day of Resurrection:
Where are those who love one another through My glory? Today I
shall give them shade in My shade, it being a day when there is no
shade but My shade.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik).
- Hadith Qudsi 24:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom
be peace) and says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls
out in heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him.
And the inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said:
Then acceptance is established for him on earth. And if Allah has
abhorred a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor
So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel
calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so,
therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor him,
and abhorrence is established for him on earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
- Hadith Qudsi 25:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at
war with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more
loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and
My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works
so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with
which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which
he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
[something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to
ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate
about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My
faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 26:
- On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) said:
Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer
who is of meagre means and much given to prayer, who has been
particular in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly
(1), who was obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose
sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this
patiently. Then the Prophet (pbuh) rapped his hand and said: Death
will have come early to him, his mourners will have been few, his
estate scant.
(1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his obedience.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is sound.
- Hadith Qudsi 27:
- On the authority of Masruq, who said:
We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not
regard those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead,
rather are they alive with their Lord, being provided for (Quran
Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about that and the Prophet
(pbuh) said: Their souls are in the insides of green birds having
lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming freely in Paradise
where they please, then taking shelter in those lanterns. So their
Lord cast a glance at them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything?
They said: What shall we wish for when we roam freely in Paradise
where we please? And thus did He do to them three times. When they
say that they would not be spared from being asked [again], they
said: O Lord, we would like for You to put back our souls into our
bodies so that we might fight for Your sake once again. And when He
saw that they were not in need of anything they were let be.
(1) i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of Allah.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 28:
- On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was
in [such] anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in
his hand, and the blood did not cease to flow till he died. Allah
the Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled Me; I have
forbidden him Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 29:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) says:
My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his
best friend from amongst the inhabitants of the world and he has
then borne it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing less than
Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 30:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) said:
If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he
dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to meet him. Prophetic explanation
of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to
meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet
him. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of
Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike
death? The Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not so, but rather it is that
when the believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and
His Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him;
but when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment and His
displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet
him.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 31:
- On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) related:
A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this
Allah the Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not
forgive So-and-so? Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have
nullified your [own good] deeds (1) (or as he said [it]).
(1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud, indicates that the person referred to was a goldly man whose previous good deeds were brought to nought through presuming to declare that Allah would not forgive someone's bad deeds.
It was related by Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 32:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him
he charged his sons, saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush
me and scatter [my ashes] into the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord
takes possession of me, He will punish me in a manner in which He
has punished no one [else]. So they did that to him. Then He said
to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there he was! And He
said to him: What induced you to do what you did? He said: Being
afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and
because of that He forgave him.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 33:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) that the Prophet (PBUH), from among the things he reports from
his Lord (mighty and sublime be He), is that he said:
A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah,
forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My
servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who
forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said:
O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He)
said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a
Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again
and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted
be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he
has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you
wish, for I have forgiven you.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari).
- Hadith Qudsi 34:
- On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: Allah the Almighty
said:
O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I
shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O
son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were
you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of
Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth
and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would
bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.
- Hadith Qudsi 35:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to
the earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night,
and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who
is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking
forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud).
In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words:
And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.
- Hadith Qudsi 36:
- On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) from
the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection
and will say: Should we not ask [someone] to intercede for us with
our Lord? So they will come to Adam and will say: You are the
Father of mankind; Allah created you with His hand He made His
angels bow down to you and He taught you the names of everything,
so intercede for us with you Lord so that He may give us relief
form this place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that] - and he will mention his wrongdoing and will
feel ashamed and will say: Go to Noah, for he is the first
messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the earth. So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do
that] - and he will mention his having requested something of his
Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran Chapter 11
Verses 45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to the
Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So they will come to him and he
will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a
servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah. So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do
that] - and he will mention the talking of a life other that for a
life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in
the sight of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant
and messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him
and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to
Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), a
servant to whom Allah has forgiven all his wrongdoing, past and
future. So they will come to me and I shall set forth to ask
permission to come to my Lord, and permission will be given, and
when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself. He will leave me
thus for such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said [to
me]: Raise your head. Ask and it will be granted. Speak and it will
be heard. Intercede and your intercession will be accepted. So I
shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of praise that He
will teach me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set me a limit
[as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into Paradise.
Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I shall
bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a
limit [as to the number of people]. So I shall admit them into
Paradise. Then I shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and
I shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran
has confined and who must be there for eternity. There shall come
out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who
has in his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall
come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah
and who has in his heart goodness weighing a grain of wheat; then
there shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god
but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing an atom.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 37:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen
and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart. Thus
recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the
inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32
Verse 17).
(1) The words "Thus recite if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah.
It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
- Hadith Qudsi 38:
- On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to
Paradise, saying: Look at it and at what I have prepared therein
for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he came to it and
looked at it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its
inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to Him and
said: By your glory, no one hears of it without entering it. So He
ordered that it be encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said:
Return to it and look at what I have prepared therein for its
inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to it and
found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then he
returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will
enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount that it was in
layers, one above the other. Then he returned to Him and said: By
Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it. So He ordered
that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And he
returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one
will escape from entering it.
(1) The Arabic word used here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is "things that are disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious discipline that man usually finds onerous.
It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 39:
- On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In
me are the mighty and the haughty. Paradise said: In me are the
weak and the poor. So Allah judged between them, [saying]: You are
Paradise, My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And
you are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I
wish, and it is incumbent upon Me that each of you shall have its
fill.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
- Hadith Qudsi 40:
- On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of
Paradise! They will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are
at Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands. Then He will
say: Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be
contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which You have
given to no one else of Your creation? Then He will say: Would not
like Me to give you something better than that? And they will say:
O Lord and what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall
cause My favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be
displeased with you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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