Narrated `Aisha: Hind bint `Utba bin Rabi`a said, O Allah 's Apostle! (Before I embraced Islam), there was no family on the surface of the earth, I wish to have degraded more than I did your family. But today there is no family whom I wish to have honored more than I did yours. Allah's Apostle said, I thought similarly, by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is! Hind said, O Allah's Apostle! (My husband) Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to feed my children from his property? The Prophet said, No, unless you take it for your needs what is just and reasonable.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin Masud: While Allah's Apostle was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to his companions, Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise? They said, 'Yes.' He said Won't you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise They said, Yes. He said, By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: A man heard another man reciting: Surat-ul-Ikhlas (The Unity) 'Say: He is Allah, the One (112) and he was repeating it. The next morning he came to Allah's Apostle and mentioned the whole story to him as if he regarded the recitation of that Sura as insufficient On that, Allah's Apostle said, By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! That (Sura No. 112) equals one-third of the Qur'an.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: I heard the Prophet saying, Perform the bowing and the prostration properly (with peace of mind), for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I see you from behind my back when you bow and when you prostrate.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: An Ansari woman came to the Prophet in the company of her children, and the Prophet said to her, By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me! And he repeated the statement thrice.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle met `Umar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders, and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet said, Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers, so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet.
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