domingo, 18 de febrero de 2007

Some hadith that I´d like to share, insh´Allah

Whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, the Almighty will make him path to Paradise easy.

Seek knowledge even (from as far as) China.

The first of his actions for wich a servant of the Almighty will be held accountable on the Day of resurrection will be his prayers.

The most detesteable thing for me and in my religion is divorce.

For everything there is a door, and the door of worship is fasting.

Fasting will keep Shaytan away from you as far as the east is from the west. It will blacken Shaytan´s face.

For everything there is a way of purification, and for the body it is fasting.

The Almighty and all his angels are praying on behalf of those who fast.

One who has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of an atom will be taken out of Hell.

What comes to you in my name but it is in conflict with the Qur´an cannot be from me.

Man is tested according to the level of his faith. If his faith is firm, his trials increase in severity.

Arabs have no superiority over non-Arabs nor non-Arabs over Arabs. All are sons of Adam, and Adam was created of clay.

Prayer in congregation is better than individual prayer.

The highest kind of Small Yihad is to speak up for truth in the face of a ruling authority wich deviates from the right path.

Contentment in the heart is the best detachment from wordly possessions.

He who forgives others is forgiven by the Almighty.

The believers are to one another like (parts of ) a building -each part strengthening the other.

The five dayly Prayers remove sins, just as water removes dirt.

The believer is never closer to the Almighty than when he is prostrating himself in worship.

If a man builds a mosque for Allah´s sake, be it no bigger than the hollow where a sand grouse lays her eggs, Allah will build him a palace in Paradise.

The most meritorious form of charity is the effort to help a poor man, made in secret, by one who is himself of little means.

The mosques are Allah´s houses on His earth. His visitors are those who frequent them.

The one who is pleased with Allah as his Lord, and Islam as his religion, and with Muhammad as His Messenger has tasted faith (imaan).

Fasting is half of patience; and patience is half of faith.

The Almighty says: "If (the believer) comes to Me walking, I go to him running."

One who remembers the Most Merciful and one who does not are like the living and the dead.

The believers are like a body: when one part suffers from illness, the rest of the body shares its suffering.

Whoever sees me in a dream, indeed he sees me. Shaytan has no power to appear in my form.

(from: "Wisdom of the Prophet", Orina, Kuala Lumpur)