It was narrated from Abu Nawfal bin Abi 'Aqrab, from his father, that he asked the Prophet about fasting and he said: Fast one day of each month. He asked him for more, saying: May my father and mother be ransomed for you, I am able. He said: Fast two days of each month. He said May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, I am able. The Messenger of Allah said: I am able, I am able. He did not want to increase it, but when I insisted, the Messenger of Allah said: Fast three days of each month. (Sahih) The end of what the Shaikh had about fasting, all praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds.
Read More..It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah said to Mu'adh when he sent him to Yemen: 'You are going to some of the People of the book. When you come to them, call them to testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they obey you in that, then tell them that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined on them a charity (Zakah) to be taken from their rich and given to their poor. If they obey you in that, then beware of the supplication of the oppressed person. '
Read More..Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father, that his grandfather said: I said: 'O Prophet of Allah, I did not come to you until I had sworn more than this many times the number of fingers on his hands that I would never come to you or follow your religion. I am a man who does not know anything except that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and His Messenger teach me. I ask you by the Revelation of Allah, with what has your Lord sent your to us? He said: With Islam.' I said: 'What are the signs of Islam?' He said: 'To say, I submit my face to Allah and give up Shirk, and to establish the Salah and to pay the Zakah. '
Read More..It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahman bin Ghanm that Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari told him that the Messenger of Allah said: Isbagh Al-Wudu is half of faith; Alhamdu lillah (praise be to Allah) fills the balance; the Tasbih and the Takbir fill the heavens and Earth; the Salah is light; the Zakah is a sign (of sincerity); patience is an illuminating torch; and the Qur'an is proof, either for you or against you.
Read More..Suhaib narrated that he heard Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa'eed say: The Messenger of Allah addressed us one day and said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my sould' three times then he lowered his head, and each of us lowered his head, weeping, and we did not know what he had sworn that oath about. Then he raised his head with joy on his face, and that was dearer to us than red camels. Then he said: 'There is no one who offers the five (daily) prayers, fasts Ramadan, pays Zakah and avoid the seven major sins, but the gates of Paradise will be opened to him, and it will be said to him: Enter in peace. '
Read More..Abu Hurairah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say 'Whoever spends on a pair of things in the cause of Allah, he will be called from the gates of Paradise: O slave of Allah, this is good for you. Paradise had (several) gates. Whoever is one of the people of Salah, he will be called from the gate of prayer. Whoever is one of the people of Jihad, will be called from the gate of Jihad. Whoever is one of the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity. And whoever is one of the people of fasting will be called from the gate of Ar-Rayyan. Abu Bakr said: Is there any need for anyone to be called from all of these gates? Will anyone be called from all of them, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Yes, and I hope that you will be among them.
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