Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, Your life in comparison to the lifetime of the past nations is like the period between the time of `Asr prayer and sunset. Your example and the example of the Jews and Christians is that of person who employed laborers and said to them, Who will work for me till the middle of the day for one Qirat (a special weight)?' The Jews did. He then said, Who will work for me from the middle of the day till the `Asr prayer for one Qirat each? The Christians worked accordingly. Then you (Muslims) are working from the `Asr prayer till the Maghrib prayer for two Qirats each. They (the Jews and the Christians) said, 'We did more labor but took less wages.' He (Allah) said, 'Have I wronged you in your rights?' They replied, 'No.' Then He said, 'This is My Blessing which I give to whom I wish.
Read More..Narrated Talha: I asked `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa, Did the Prophet make a will (to appoint his successor or bequeath wealth)? He replied, No. I said, How is it prescribed then for the people to make wills, and they are ordered to do so while the Prophet did not make any will? He said, He made a will wherein he recommended Allah's Book.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an in a pleasant tone. The companion of the sub-narrator (Abu Salama) said, It means, reciting it aloud.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet I said, Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an in a loud and pleasant tone. Sufyan said, This saying means: a prophet who regards the Qur'an as something that makes him dispense with many worldly pleasures.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, Not to wish to be the like except of two men. A man whom Allah has given the knowledge of the Book and he recites it during the hours of the night, and a man whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it in charity during the night and the hours of the day.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle I said, Not to wish to be the like of except two men: A man whom Allah has taught the Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of the night and during the hours of the day, and his neighbor listens to him and says, 'I wish I had been given what has been given to so-and-so, so that I might do what he does; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it on what is just and right, whereupon an other man May say, 'I wish I had been given what so-and-so has been given, for then I would do what he does.
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