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Introduction
The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith Qudsi
and how do they differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is given in
the introduction to the book titled "Forty Hadith Qudsi" published by: Revival
of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic Translation Center, P.O.Box 38130,
Aldahieh, Kuwait.
Hadith Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of
Allah be upon him) as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or
Sacred Hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of Hadith which are
Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to the Prophet but
to the Almighty.
Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that
of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat
where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah the Almighty;
as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah (PBUH). It is that which
Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through revelation or in
dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it in his own words. Thus
Qur'an is superior to it because, besides being revealed, it is His wording."
Hadith Collection
- Hadith Qudsi 1:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which
is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 2:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he
had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not
remake me as He made me at first (1) - and the initial creation [of him] is no
easier for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah
has taken to Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot
not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 3:
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On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led
the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night.
When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he
faced the people and said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They
said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my
servants became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We
have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in
Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given
rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the
stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement
of stars. This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct
cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the
Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 4:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My
hand is the night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes
that are part of Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
- Hadith Qudsi 5:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who
does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action
renounced by Me to him whom he associated with Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 6:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I
heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of
Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will
make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will
say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died
a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said
[of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a
man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to
recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His
favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do
about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I
recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
[religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you
recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was
said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He
had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to
his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what
did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like
money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have
lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And
so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he
is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 7:
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On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I
heard the messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the
call to prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at
this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer and performs the prayers; he
is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to
Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of authorities.
- Hadith Qudsi 8:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1)
during it is deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete.
Someone said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said:
Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have
divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant
shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi
l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me.
And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah
says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My servant has
submitted to My power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6),
He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he
has asked for. And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an
amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for
My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have
bestowed favors, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are
astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and
Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 9:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on
the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will
have prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed
and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord
(glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory
prayers with which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory
prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and
Ahmad).
- Hadith Qudsi 10:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual
passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he
who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets
his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in
Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and
Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 11:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
- Hadith Qudsi 12:
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On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said:
A man from among those who were before you was called to account. Nothing in the
way of good was found for him except that he used to have dealings with people
and, being well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off the man in
straitened circumstances [from repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said
that Allah said: We are worthier than you of that (of being so generous). Let
him off.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 13:
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On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) and there came to him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being
very poor), while the other was complaining of brigandry (robbery). The
Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As
for brigandry, it will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go
out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) will
not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without finding anyone to
accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will surely stand before Allah, there
being no screed between Him and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him.
Then He will say to him: Did I not bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then
He will say: Did I not send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he
will look to his right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to
his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself
against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it not, then
with a kind word.
(1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 14:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said:
Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove about
seeking out gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with
them and fold their wings round each other, fillin that which is between them
and between the lowest heaven. When [the people in the gathering] depart, [the
angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is most knowing about them:
From where have you come? And they say: We have come from some servants of Yours
on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu akbar),
witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising You
(Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what do they ask of
Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He says: And have they seen My
Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be were they to have
seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask protection of You. He says: From what
do they ask protection of Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says:
And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how would it be were
they to have seen My Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your forgiveness. He
(the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have forgiven them and I have
bestowed upon them what they have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary
from that from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They
say: O Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And He says:
And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with such people shall
not suffer.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 15:
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On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah the Almighty said:
I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me.
If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he
makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble better
than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a
fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.
(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me
to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the
Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and
merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to
mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 16:
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On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings he related from his Lord (glorified
and exalted be He) is that He said:
Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained it [by
saying that] he who has intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes
it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done
it, Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred
times, or many times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done
it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 17:
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On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from
the Prophet (PBUH) is that among the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be
glorified) is that He said:
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden
amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray
except for those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you, O
My servants, all of you are hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of
Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except for those I
have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you
sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I
shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm
Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were
the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be
as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase
My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked
heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O
My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the
jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give
everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more that a
needle decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds
that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but himself.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 18:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on
the Day of Resurrection:
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how
should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not
know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you
not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of
Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how
should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not
know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you
not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for
doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave
Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink whin You
are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give
him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would
have surely found that with Me.
It was related by Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 19:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me in respect
of either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of
authority. This Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version.
- Hadith Qudsi 20:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every
servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except
for the man who has a grudge against his brother. [About them] it will be said:
Delay these two until they are reconciled; delay these two until they are
reconciled.
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu Dawud).
- Hadith Qudsi 21:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that Allah the Almighty said:
There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection: a man
who has given his word by Me and has broken it; a man who has sold a free man
(2) and has consumed the price; and a man who has hired a workman, has exacted
his due in full from him and has not given him his wage.
(1) i.e. types of men.
(2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of another and has sold him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
- Hadith Qudsi 22:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how
can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah
about which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty
and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you
from saying something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was]
out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should more
properly fear.
It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities.
- Hadith Qudsi 23:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection:
Where are those who love one another through My glory? Today I shall give them
shade in My shade, it being a day when there is no shade but My shade.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik).
- Hadith Qudsi 24:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and
says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So
Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: Allah loves
So-and-so, therefore love him. And the inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established for him on earth. And if
Allah has abhorred a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor
So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to
the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for him on
earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
- Hadith Qudsi 25:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My
servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious
duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me
with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his
hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which
he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I
would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely
grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about
[seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting
him.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 26:
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On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who is of
meagre means and much given to prayer, who has been particular in the worship of
his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly (1), who was obscure among people and not
pointed our, and whose sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him yet he
bore this patiently. Then the Prophet (pbuh) rapped his hand and said: Death
will have come early to him, his mourners will have been few, his estate scant.
(1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his obedience.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its
chain of authorities is sound.
- Hadith Qudsi 27:
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On the authority of Masruq, who said:
We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard those who
have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their
Lord, being provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about
that and the Prophet (pbuh) said: Their souls are in the insides of green birds
having lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming freely in Paradise where they
please, then taking shelter in those lanterns. So their Lord cast a glance at
them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything? They said: What shall we wish for
when we roam freely in Paradise where we please? And thus did He do to them
three times. When they say that they would not be spared from being asked
[again], they said: O Lord, we would like for You to put back our souls into our
bodies so that we might fight for Your sake once again. And when He saw that
they were not in need of anything they were let be.
(1) i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of Allah.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 28:
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On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in [such]
anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood
did not cease to flow till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My servant has
himself forestalled Me; I have forbidden him Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 29:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best friend from
amongst the inhabitants of the world and he has then borne it patiently for My
sake, shall be nothing less than Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
- Hadith Qudsi 30:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet
Me, I dislike to meet him. Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who
likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah,
Allah dislikes to meet him. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O
Prophet of Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike
death? The Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not so, but rather it is that when the
believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His Paradise, he likes
to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when the unbeliever is given news
of Allah's punishment and His displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah
dislikes to meet him.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by
Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 31:
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On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) related:
A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah the
Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so?
Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your [own good] deeds (1)
(or as he said [it]).
(1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud, indicates that the person
referred to was a goldly man whose previous good deeds were brought to nought
through presuming to declare that Allah would not forgive someone's bad deeds.
It was related by Muslim.
- Hadith Qudsi 32:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he charged his
sons, saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes]
into the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of me, He will punish
me in a manner in which He has punished no one [else]. So they did that to him.
Then He said to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there he was! And He
said to him: What induced you to do what you did? He said: Being afraid of You,
O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and because of that He forgave
him.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 33:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (PBUH), from among the things he reports from his Lord (mighty and
sublime be He), is that he said:
A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And
He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has
known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned
again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He)
said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who
forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord,
forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes
for sins. Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari).
- Hadith Qudsi 34:
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On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: Allah the Almighty said:
O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you
for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to
reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would
forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as
the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would
bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of
authorities is sound.
- Hadith Qudsi 35:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky
when there remains the final third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a
prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give
it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud).
In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words:
And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.
- Hadith Qudsi 36:
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On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
(PBUH), who said:
The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection and will say:
Should we not ask [someone] to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come
to Adam and will say: You are the Father of mankind; Allah created you with His
hand He made His angels bow down to you and He taught you the names of
everything, so intercede for us with you Lord so that He may give us relief form
this place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] -
and he will mention his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
Noah, for he is the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the
earth. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do
that] - and he will mention his having requested something of his Lord about
which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will
feel ashamed and will say: Go to the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to
Moses, a servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah. So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he
will mention the talking of a life other that for a life (Quran Chapter 28
Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in the sight of his Lord and will say:
Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to
Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom
Allah has forgiven all his wrongdoing, past and future. So they will come to me
and I shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord, and permission will
be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself. He will leave
me thus for such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said [to me]: Raise
your head. Ask and it will be granted. Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and
your intercession will be accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise Him with
a form of praise that He will teach me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set
me a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into Paradise.
Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I shall bow down] as
before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a limit [as to the number of
people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I shall return for a third
time, then a fourth, and I shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom
the Quran has confined and who must be there for eternity. There shall come out
of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart
goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing a
grain of wheat; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is
no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing an atom.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
- Hadith Qudsi 37:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has
heard, not has it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no
soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden
(Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).
(1) The words "Thus recite if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah.
It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
- Hadith Qudsi 38:
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to Paradise, saying:
Look at it and at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet
(pbuh) said: So he came to it and looked at it and at what Allah had prepared
therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to Him and
said: By your glory, no one hears of it without entering it. So He ordered that
it be encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said: Return to it and look at
what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he
returned to it and found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then
he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will enter it. He
said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and what I have prepared therein for its
inhabitants, and he fount that it was in layers, one above the other. Then he
returned to Him and said: By Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it.
So He ordered that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And
he returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one will
escape from entering it.
(1) The Arabic word used here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is
"things that are disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious
discipline that man usually finds onerous.
It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also
by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
- Hadith Qudsi 39:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me are the
mighty and the haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah
judged between them, [saying]: You are Paradise, My mercy; through you I show
mercy to those I wish. And you are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I
punish those I wish, and it is incumbent upon Me that each of you shall have its
fill.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
- Hadith Qudsi 40:
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On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They
will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and
goodness rests in Your hands. Then He will say: Are you contented? And they will
say: And how should we not be contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that
which You have given to no one else of Your creation? Then He will say: Would
not like Me to give you something better than that? And they will say: O Lord
and what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall cause My favour to
descend upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased with you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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