Narrated Zahdam bin Mudrab: I heard `Imran bin Husain saying, The Prophet said, 'The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after (the second generation). `Imran said I do not know whether the Prophet mentioned two or three generations after your present generation. The Prophet added, 'There will be some people after you, who will be dishonest and will not be trustworthy and will give witness (evidences) without being asked to give witness, and will vow but will not fulfill their vows, and fatness will appear among them.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet said, The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness. Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Prophet was asked about the great sins He said, They are:-- (1 ) To join others in worship with Allah, (2) To be undutiful to one's parents. (3) To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of murdering). (4) And to give a false witness.
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said thrice, Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins? They said, Yes, O Allah's Apostle! He said, To join others in worship with Allah and to be undutiful to one's parents. The Prophet then sat up after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, And I warn you against giving a false witness, and he kept on saying that warning till we thought he would not stop. (See Hadith No. 7, Vol. 8)
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet heard a man (reciting Qur'an) in the Mosque, and he said, May Allah bestow His Mercy upon him. No doubt, he made me remember such-and such Verses of such-and-such Sura which I dropped (from my memory). Narrated Aisha: The Prophet performed the Tahajjud prayer in my house, and then he heard the voice of `Abbad who was praying in the Mosque, and said, O `Aisha! Is this `Abbad's voice? I said, Yes. He said, O Allah! Be merciful to `Abbad!
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet said, Bilal pronounces the Adhan when it is still night (before dawn), so eat and drink till the next Adhan is pronounced (or till you hear Ibn Um Maktum's Adhan). Ibn Um Maktum was a blind man who would not pronounce the Adhan till he was told that it was dawn.
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