Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: A man asked the Prophet What deeds are the best? The Prophet said: (1) To perform the (daily compulsory) prayers at their (early) stated fixed times, (2) To be good and dutiful to one's own parents. (3) and to participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause.
Read More..Narrated Al-Hasan: `Amr bin Taghlib said, Some property was given to the Prophet and he gave it to some people and withheld it from some others. Then he came to know that they (the latter) were dissatisfied. So the Prophet said, 'I give to one man and leave (do not give) another, and the one to whom I do not give is dearer to me than the one to whom I give. I give to some people because of the impatience and discontent present in their hearts, and leave other people because of the content and goodness Allah has bestowed on them, and one of them is `Amr bin Taghlib. `Amr bin Taghlib said, The sentence which Allah's Apostle said in my favor is dearer to me than the possession of nice red camels.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, My Lord says, 'If My slave comes nearer to me for a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit, I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.'
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Perhaps the Prophet mentioned the following (as Allah's Saying): If My slave comes nearer to Me for a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit; I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms. (See Hadith No. 502)
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said that your Lord said, Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is for Me, so I will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the mouth of a fasting person, is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk. (See Hadith No. 584)
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said that his Lord said: It does not befit a slave that he should say that he is better than Jonah (Yunus) bin Matta.
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