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Forty Hadith Qudsi
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: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic
Translation Center, P.O.Box 38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait.
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: Allah 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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