Obama's US Assassination Program? Information Clearing House: ICH

Obama's US Assassination Program?

By Chuck Norris

August 26, 2010 "Human Events" -- Sound too conspiratorial to be true? Like the cover-up ops of spy novels? Well, it's reality. And it is possibly the most bizarre, inhumane and abusive way that the White House is expanding its power over the American people.

It's not an extremist belief or theory of the far right. It's a fact that has been confirmed by The New York Times, The Washington Post and MSNBC and even documented by the far-left online magazine Salon.com.

And it's the gravest nightmare of U.S. citizens and abandonment of our Constitution to date: a presidential assassination program in which U.S. citizens are in the literal scopes of the executive branch based upon nothing more than allegations of terrorism involvement as the branch defines it.

Of course, the CIA has executed covert assassinations of foreigners for decades. But tragically, Obama is expanding this program to include American, non-Islamic, stateside, homegrown terrorists.

It all started in January, when The Washington Post reported: "As part of the operations, Obama approved a Dec. 24 strike against a (Yemeni) compound where a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was thought to be meeting with other regional al-Qaeda leaders. Although he was not the focus of the strike and was not killed, he has since been added to a shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing or capture."

"A shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing"?

That's right. No arrest. No Miranda rights. No due process. No trial. Just a bullet.

While the Obama administration continues its Bush-blaming for the economy, it is mega-morphing Bush policy in covert ops overseas, which was, according to the Post, "to kill U.S. citizens abroad if strong evidence existed that an American was involved in organizing or carrying out terrorist actions against the United States or U.S. interests."

Well, in recent weeks, the Obama administration has taken this overseas killing op to a new low: stateside assassinations.

A former director of national intelligence, Adm. Dennis Blair, confessed before Congress: "We take direct actions against terrorists in the intelligence community. If we think that direct action will involve killing an American, we get specific permission to do that."

If you are wondering who the "we" are to whom Adm. Blair refers, they are Smith, Wesson and the White House.

Now we know what deputy national security adviser John Brennan meant when he admitted in May, "And under President Obama, we have built upon the work of the previous administration and have accelerated efforts in many areas." (Remember when Bush's eavesdropping on U.S. citizens seemed harsh?)

Brennan further explained then that the problem of homegrown terrorists ranks as a top priority because of the increasing number of U.S. individuals who have become "captivated by extremist ideology or causes." He went on to say, "There are ... dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world and ... are very concerning to us."

Do you think "different parts of the world" doesn't include their country of origin?

Conveniently, the Obama administration also is integrating a pervasive plan to ensure the termination of radicals as the feds deem them abroad and domestic, too, with the resurrection of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, introduced by Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. Also known as H.R. 1955, it was passed in the House by the Democratic majority but was rejected by the Senate.

Everyone thought that legislation was dead until the Obama administration resurrected its tenets in its 52-page "National Security Strategy," released in May. So alarming is the feds' potential abuse of power that officials from London to the Kremlin are recognizing the threat to U.S. citizens.

The European Union Times reported, "Foreign Ministry reports circulating in the Kremlin today are warning that an already explosive situation in the United States is about to get a whole lot worse as a new law put forth by President Obama is said capable of seeing up to 500,000 American citizens jailed for the crime of opposing their government."

Woodrow Wilson, during his reign as president, incarcerated more than 2,000 U.S. citizens for speaking out against the government. And now for the first time since, a U.S. president is highlighting the threats of homegrown terror and literally hunting U.S. citizens as terrorists. One senior administration official said, "For the first time since 9/11, the (national security strategy) integrates homeland security and national security."

And what type of "integration" does that entail?

President Obama explained in an often overlooked statement within the "National Security Strategy": "We are now moving beyond traditional distinctions between homeland and national security. ... This includes a determination to prevent terrorist attacks against the American people by fully coordinating the actions that we take abroad with the actions and precautions that we take at home."

Could it be any clearer? Right out of the horse's mouth. Or do I need to spell out what "fully coordinating the actions that we take abroad with the actions and precautions that we take at home" means?

Remember the words "a shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing"?

That's right. No arrest. No Miranda rights. No due process. No trial. Just a bullet.

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An Exciting New Muslim Country To Drone Attack: Information Clearing House: ICH

An Exciting New Muslim Country To Drone Attack

By Glenn Greenwald

August 26, 2010 "Salon" -- Could Barack Obama become the first person in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize two consecutive years? It is hard to dispute the premise that awarding him the Prize this year would be every bit as justifiable as last year's award. Fresh off his Nobel-winning escalation of the war in Afghanistan, we now have this monument to world peace:

Amnesty International, June 7, 2010:

Amnesty International has released images of a US-manufactured cruise missile that carried cluster munitions, apparently taken following an attack on an alleged al-Qa’ida training camp in Yemen that killed 41 local residents, including 14 women and 21 children.

The 17 December 2009 attack on the community of al-Ma'jalah in the Abyan area in the south of Yemen killed 55 people including 14 alleged members of al-Qa’ida.

VOA News, July 30, 2010:

The Convention on Cluster Munitions goes into force Sunday, August 1, with 107 signatories agreeing to ban the use of cluster munitions . . . . Cluster bombs are damaging because they contain hundreds of smaller explosives, or submunitions, that detonate across a wide area. The submunitions that fail to explode on impact can then act as landmines, posing a threat to civilian populations long after a conflict is over.

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a law banning the export of cluster munitions that do not meet a certain standard. But the United States has not signed the cluster bomb ban. China, Israel, India and Pakistan are among other countries that have not agreed to the treaty. Neither Georgia nor Russia has signed the treaty.

The Washington Post, today:

For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, CIA analysts see one of al-Qaeda's offshoots -- rather than the core group now based in Pakistan -- as the most urgent threat to U.S. security, officials said.

The sober new assessment of al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has helped prompt senior Obama administration officials to call for an escalation of U.S. operations there -- including a proposal to add armed CIA drones to a clandestine campaign of U.S. military strikes, the officials said.

"We are looking to draw on all of the capabilities at our disposal," said a senior Obama administration official, who described plans for "a ramp-up over a period of months" . . . .

The CIA has roughly 10 times more people and resources in Pakistan than it does in Yemen. There is no plan to scale back in Pakistan, but officials said the gap is expected to shrink.

Wall St. Journal, today:

U.S. officials believe al Qaeda in Yemen is now collaborating more closely with allies in Pakistan and Somalia to plot attacks against the U.S., spurring the prospect that the administration will mount a more intense targeted killing program in Yemen.

Such a move would give the Central Intelligence Agency a far larger role in what has until now been mainly a secret U.S. military campaign against militant targets in Yemen and across the Horn of Africa. It would likely be modeled after the CIA's covert drone campaign in Pakistan. . . . Authorizing covert CIA operations would further consolidate control of future strikes in the hands of the White House, which has enthusiastically embraced the agency's covert drone program in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Reuters, yesterday:

Missiles fired from a U.S. pilotless drone aircraft killed 13 militants [sic] and 7 civilians in Pakistan's North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani intelligence officials said. . . . Four women and three children were among the dead, said the officials.

Al Jazeera, today:

Yemen's government has sacrificed human rights to preserve security in its battle against Shia rebels in the north and al-Qaeda fighters in the south, a new report by Amnesty International has alleged.

Yemen's catalogue of human-rights abuses over the past two years includes unlawful killings, arbitrary arrest, torture, unfair trials and enforced disappearances, Amnesty said.

The report, "Yemen: Cracking Down Under Pressure," says that Yemeni authorities have bowed to pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia to deal harshly with the twin threats of Yemen's local al-Qaeda branch - al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) - and the Houthi rebels in the north.

What's going on here seems fairly obvious. The absurdity of escalating a war in Afghanistan by pointing to The Scary Al Qaeda Menace -- when there is virtually no Al Qaeda presence in that country -- is becoming increasingly apparent. Just yesterday, a Washington Post article documented -- using the WikiLeaks war documents (which, remember, told us absolutely nothing worth knowing) -- that Al Qaeda is virtually non-existent in the war in Afghanistan. So now, administration officials -- hiding behind the anonymity which these media outlets naturally provided -- fanned out to announce a new, Growing, Scary Al Qaeda Threat in Yemen, which, they boast, now needs its own escalated bombing attacks and CIA operations. The goal is that the War never ends; the only variable is where it happens to increase on any given day.

The illogic and propaganda driving this is so familiar because it's what has been driving the American National Security State for the last decade. There is anti-Americanism and radicalism in Yemen; therefore, to solve that problem, we're going to bomb them more with flying killer robots, because nothing helps reduce anti-American sentiments like slaughtering civilians and dropping cluster bombs from the sky. Who could have watched the last decade and have doubts about that brilliant strategic insight? As Yemen expert Gregory Johnson told The Christian Science Monitor in June, after reports of the use of American cluster bombs:

It is incredibly dangerous what the US is trying to do in Yemen at the moment because it really fits into AQAP’s broader strategy, in which it says Yemen is not different from Iraq and Afghanistan. They are able to make the argument that Yemen is a legitimate front for jihad. They’ve been making that argument since 2007, but incidents like this are all sort of fodder for their argument.

Just imagine how helpful a new, escalated drone campaign in Yemen will be -- on top of the U.S.-backed abuses from their own government -- for helping extremists in that country make the argument that Yemen is a new front in the American crusade against Muslims, similar to what is happening in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of course none of this is new. A Rumsfeld-commissioned report from all the way back in 2004 identified the "underlying sources of threats to America's national security" and emphasized among the leading threats the "negative attitudes" towards the U.S. in the Muslim world and "the conditions that create them." That report specifically explained:

American direct intervention in the Muslim world has paradoxically elevated the stature of and support for radical Islamists, while diminishing support for the United States to single-digits in some Arab states. Muslims "do not hate our freedom," but rather, they hate our policies.

Personally, I wouldn't call that a "paradox": nothing is easier to understand than why American bombings in the Muslim world increase anti-American hatred and thus fuel anti-American Terrorism and swell the ranks of extremists. It'd be a "paradox" if that didn't happen. And it's therefore unsurprising that the 2009 Nobel Peace laureate is rapidly becoming as disliked in the Muslim world as the prior U.S. President: what looks to five Norwegians sitting in Oslo to be a Man of Peace looks much different in the region where his bombs are falling, his hit squads deploying, his war commitments expanding, and his sky robots multiplying.

There's a particularly bitter irony here. The campaign against the Park51 community center in Lower Manhattan is being condemned, rightfully so, because it is driven by a desire to stigmatize all Muslims and even institute a generalized war against Islam as American policy. But far from Ground Zero, having nothing whatsoever to do with the warped right-wing fanatics driving that campaign, we're increasingly engaging in actions perceived -- understandably so -- to be exactly the War against Muslims which, with our pretty presidential words, we renounce. Escalation in Afghanistan, a sustained bombing campaign in Pakistan, all sorts of increased covert actions in multiple Muslim countries, the ongoing imprisonment with no charges of Muslims around the world, bellicose threats to Iran, and now a proposed expansion of our drone campaign into Yemen: we can insist all we want that we are not waging a War Against Muslims, but it's going to look to a huge number of people as though we're doing exactly that.

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Also, be sure to remember: WikiLeaks has blood on its hands.

UPDATE: When I wrote the prior post this morning -- featuring the Onion's mockery of Time Magazine's child-level commentary -- I had intended it to be a stand-alone, amusing item to be read as I finished this Yemen piece. But I now realize it directly relates to the points raised here: the reason the Obama administration can so easily expand our War to yet another Muslim nation, and escalate in Afghanistan with an indefinite commitment notwithstanding our ever-worsening economic crisis, is because the discussion never really advances beyond this: there are Bad Guys there, and we have to get them!! That, of course, is the same thought which dominates the mindset of six-year-olds as they watch adventure films or cartoons, and the fact that our discourse never advances beyond that -- courtesy of outlets such as Time -- is the reason these blatantly counterproductive policies can be pursued with so little trouble, despite how illogical and obviously contradictory is the offered rationale.

UPDATE II: Chris Floyd notes that, as reported by The Los Angeles Times, Fred Kagan -- supreme neocon war cheerleader and architect of the Bush Surge in Iraq -- has now been hired to work with Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan. That's a powerful reflection of how much has changed.

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Cageprisoners : Interview with Larry Siems

Interview with Larry Siems

Written by Asim Qureshi Friday, 20 August 2010

Larry Siems speaks to Cageprisoners about the work he does at the ACLU's Torture Report.

Cageprisoners: Could you introduce yourself to our readers? Tell us a little about your background and your involvement with the ACLU.

Larry Siems: Sure, I’m Larry Siems, a writer and human rights activist for many years. I have for a long time been a director for Freedom to Write International at PEN American centre for New York and before that at PEN USA in Los Angeles.

I’m originally a poet and journalist and in the 1990’s did a lot of work on migration and particularly focusing on the US-Mexico border and did some work with documented immigrants which led to some work with Human Rights Watch, researching a report on abuses by the US border control and so I’ve been straddling writing, activism, human rights activism for about 15/20 years. I started working at PEN in Los Angeles in 1995 and the international writer’s organisation that PEN Writers for free expression around the world. And I had done that work for quite some time and came here to New York to the PEN office in 2001, shortly before the 9/11 attacks and after 9/11 of course we became very concerned about the climate for free expression and human rights in the United States and so we had been doing a lot of campaigning, that sort of looked at policies and practices in the so called ‘War on Terror’, and advocating for free expression and human rights and part of that we’ve been collaborating with the ACLU on a number of programmes, particularly programmes that were geared towards promoting accountability for torture. In the course of that we began to look at, the means of promoting accountability, the ACLU developed this idea of trying to do a kind of a comprehensive report, narrative report about the torture programme and I was thrilled to take up the job. In a way I get to do what I think every American citizen should be doing right now. It’s searching through a stack of documents and ask myself the question of what really happened, to sort it out and come to the conclusion based on just what’s in the documentary records and what exactly did the United States do and who should be accountable for it.

CP: And so did you feel that the work you are doing on the war on terror was a natural progression or does this actually feel like something quite new to you, in terms of the response of the American government?

LS: On two levels, it was really a logical extension. Personally anybody who’s a human rights activist had to be looking at what was happening in the United States with a great deal of disdain.

For somebody who has spent the last 15 years advocating for writers in countries where torture was common, where definite or arbitrary detention was common. To see my own government adopting those policies and of course there is the sense of moral repugnance also there’s a strategic kind of despair because we always counted on the support of the US government to protest these international violations and of course we lost a great deal of international credibility by taking the same practices but not only do we lose credibility but the world lost that kind of, principles, advocacy that was used to mitigate sometimes against the more extreme behaviour of more oppressive regimes. That’s more on a personal level. Professionally what’s very interesting, PEN, actually was one of a number of human rights organisations that had been working on the issue of how anti terror legislation and policies threatened free expression. Well before 9/11, in 1998 PEN had gone before the UN human rights commission to talk about the implications of anti terror legislation on free expression in a number of countries like Turkey, Peru and South Korea at that point. Until then there was perhaps unfortunately not surprising in a way all too familiar when the US responded to 9/11 by purporting the Patriot Act and other policies, other legislation and enacting executive orders that mirrors the same kind of things that we had seen in other countries. Things like dramatically expanding the notion of material support to terrorists and things like that and so we had done this work internationally, in a way that Americans didn’t understand because Americans tend to be stereotypes quite isolationists and the story in the Unites States was this was an unprecedented attack, unprecedented event and this required some sort of unprecedented response. But people in the human rights world would know that in fact the many countries around the world have dealt with significant threats to their security, had dealt with terrorism and many of the countries had made the same kind of mistakes that the US showed itself about to make or willing to make right after 9/11.

CP: You currently write for the ACLU’s ‘Torture Report’, what is the purpose of the project and why do you feel it is important?

LS: Well I think the goal is really to try to, the ACLU has secured something 130-140,000 pages of government documents from Freedom of Information act requests and these documents help release the story, really establish what happened and who’s responsible for what happened even though there are great lacunae and great gaps in the in story. Many things are still redacted, many documents still withheld. There’s enough here, in fact too much for the average person to wade through so my task is to go through and try and see if I can construct a clear readable narrative that has plot, characters and tells a story in a way that is comprehensive and readable for readers but also in addition to that work, what’s to note that this is not a construction note of what I think happened but in fact is simply a construction that comes from the documents themselves.

CP: You mention that in the description of the project that it is to give a full account of the Bush administration’s torture programme. What would be the purpose in doing this now that he has left office?

LS: Well I think it’s the same purpose that every society that’s emerging from a period of human rights abuses, which is the desire to promote a kind of truth calling and accountability. I think it’s really important, especially in a democratic system where ultimately the citizens are responsible for the decisions that are made in their name and responsible for the electing their leaders who ideally will not make the same mistake or the decisions that are illegal or wrong in the future. It’s really necessary to come to some kind of reckoning of what happened. The American political climate is one of competing versions of what happened and there are still many former Bush administration officials who are of extremely high profiles and public platforms who are still able to drive the debate about US torture policy. So if you look at something like the Christmas Day attempted bombing and the decision of the Bush administration to prosecute Abdul Mutallib in civilian courts and the response of a number of Bush administration officials including Dick Cheney. The press would challenge that position and said no you have this alternative set of procedures that the Bush administration swapped by going this route. And we should reserve the option of essentially being able to submit Abdul Mutallib to enhanced interrogation in some kind of secret site. And lastly have some kind of reckoning which really looks at exactly what happened in those programmes, exactly why it violates US and international laws, not to mention our principles and values and above all how they were all ineffective literally and strategically. That argument won’t go away. There is that the argument should not be taking place. The only way it cannot take place is if people do understand that these torture programmes that Cheney was advocating was ineffective, immoral and wrong.

CP: There has been a movement away from using the term ‘The War on Terror’ in the current Obama administration. Do you think that the ‘War on Terror’ still continues today and do you feel that the policies as under Bush have dramatically changed?

LS: Well I think that question is really up in the air right now. There’s no question that the Obama administration is finding it difficult to abandon some of the policies that are connected to the basic conceptual framework that the ‘War on Terror’ which is a kind of a indefinite struggle against a stateless enemy that’s not geographically located and poses a significant extra special threat now and in perpetuity. So you have a question of indefinite detention. So what do you do with the Guantanamo detainees, the difficulty of carrying through on the promise to close Guantanamo. The question about detainees who are held in similar indefinite detention circumstances in Afghanistan right now – what to do there. Should the United States in fact embrace the kind of indefinite detention policy? I mean these are policy questions that judge the framework has not disappeared entirely in peoples thinking.

CP: Over the course of your research of these documents – what have you found to be the most surprising findings, could you please give a few examples?

LS: I think for me personally – if you think of this as a story that has characters and voices and everything. The thing that I found most compelling and I think that by spending a lot of time trying to project this and put the thing together, is how many American voices dissented, protested, challenged these policies all along. I think this is so important for helping people grapple with this information. There’s kind of a more of a natural reaction to think on part of the public that ok maybe bad things happen and I probably would have done the same thing in those circumstances and it’s best not to dwell on it. We’re basically good and our values are solid and the Bush Administration who are out there have tried to project that feeling that we were in an impossible situation, we didn’t know what was going to happen, we thought there was a possibility of weapons of mass destruction being used any day and we did what you asked us to do and that was to keep you safe. I think the most important thing that I’ve discovered is that many, many, many of my fellow citizens in the military, intelligence agencies and the Justice department and other places were working with exactly the same sort of facts as Cheney and other senior administration officials who promoted the enhanced interrogation programme knew that this was the wrong way, knew that it was possible to obtain the goals of security by following the traditional interrogation methods, knew what was being proposed was illegal and counterproductive and you get these voices all the way from.

I quote from a military translator in Kandahar in January 2002 who is part of an interrogation team that sort of gets pushed to the side by the Special Forces team that comes in and roughs up the person that’s she and her military interrogator are debriefing. She’s appalled by what she see’s and in her official report to superiors she had this moving statement about the importance of Geneva conventions, how much she value’s that as an American and understands the importance of essentially what she seeing is a violation of the Geneva conventions. And of course this is about two to three weeks before Bush essentially suspends Geneva protection for Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees, so that’s just out in the field, ordinary Americans just instinctually knew that they were wrong – all the way to people inside who are engaged in energetic arguments and debated about these things all along.

That’s been for me, the main thing in the story, otherwise I wouldn’t have recognised anybody. The decisions that were being made would be completely alien to me. But what I see is this small group of people who had overly zealous ideas and political conceptions which I think are out of the mainstream who somehow had general control of the decision making but against that there were people like me and I understand the core American value system that operated and you get a sense of that from the documents and I find really moving.

CP: There is quite a lot of emphasis on rendition and its illegality especially here in Europe, I don’t know if it was to the same extent in the US. I think finally the torture report has redressed the balance a little. Do you feel that the human rights community has missed a trick by concentrating so much on the illegality of the rendition itself, rather than the unlawful way that individuals were detained and then subsequently treated wherever they were taken?

LS: I think that’s a really interesting question because I’m not sure. My feeling would be that rendition has gotten inadequate attention in the US.

That reflects the kind of conscience searching soul searching on the part of European governments that we’re not seeing in the United States yet. The rendition discussion is being driven as I perceive it by a number of European countries that are asking themselves difficult questions about complicity and support for a programme. And so that’s kind of a reflection and reckoning process that we’re not seeing here. Rendition or let’s call it what it really is, which is enforced disappearance, is a straight forward heinous human rights violation and I think one of the things if you’re looking for another discovery in the report, to me, I’ve been quite shocked by the extent of the programme, the details of the programme, what the last chapter we’re looking at the – the triangulation of torture involving Abu Zubaydah, Jose Padilla and Binyam Mohammed, looking at the way rendition to third countries and the torture that was being used by those countries in collaboration with or in concert with interrogations of other people elsewhere. That’s absolutely shocking and I certainly don’t take it a mistake to concentrate on. Enforced disappearances are a grotesque dirty war tactic. I think the United States should be absolutely, profoundly and deeply ashamed of having embraced that kind of a programme. I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the grievousness and calamitousness of that policy. I think all the work the Europe has done on this is extremely important and it’s from the investigations of European Parliament and individual European governments and courts in the UK, the fact that materials coming to light have not come to light in the US so it’s crucial.

CP: Can you please describe some of the worst examples of torture that you have come across in your readings?

LS: Well I guess it breaks down to two kinds. The reports of what happened at the hands of foreign governments which read like the whole manual of torture technique that we’re used to reading about in US State Department reports, cataloguing and denouncing torture in foreign governments – electric shocks and other incredible violence, physical violence against peoples persons and psyches. There’s that and then on the other hand you have this other thing that was happening in the United States which in a way I find even more chilling which is this kind of careful, calculation kind of lawyerly hair-splitting in terms of kind orchestrates that use torture but can’t quite pin down as torture, looking for exactly how many hours can you deprive somebody of sleep, having these things monitored – trying to track these things. How many times can you water-board somebody for how many seconds. The clinical, pseudo-scientific approach to something that says you can do something that’s definitely calculated to break somebody and then you can lie to others and possibly to yourself and say that what you’re doing is not torture. I find that quite disturbing.

CP: There are some who would say that you are putting American lives at risk by exposing the information from these documents? To what extent do you feel that is true?

LS: I don’t think it’s at all true. I think that the information that’s in the document is in the world because it happened to people, people’s bodies bear the marks, people’s psyches bear the marks. These stories happened to people and some of that has now been released and they have returned home. Some of them have been able to tell their stories and documenting them in the public sphere. Many of them, all the court documents are in the public sphere. I think the fact that the US abused prisoners, the fact that we violated international laws – I don’t think there is any denying that. On the contrary, it strengthens the US’ position internationally and gives some measure of protection to Americans in the future if we’re seen now as investigating and reckoning with these things. I think if we can say we did these things and we have laboured on these things and we’re done and we have accounted for that and people have had to answer for them and we are truly committed to making sure that these things do not happen in the future, I think that we will have muted what frankly has to be Al-Qaeda’s most effective recruitment tool which is the information about the US prisoner mistreatment

CP: A lot of material was destroyed, particularly that of interrogations. How do you intend on achieving full accountability when such crucial information is now missing from the public record?

LS: Well it’s interesting because I think there’s new information and I’m speaking specifically about Abu Zubaydah and Al-Shiri interrogation tapes, CIA tapes. There is a Freedom of Information act contempt case because those materials would have been covered by Freedom of Information act requests. They were destroyed so the question is how did the information that was destroyed still make it into the public domain and of course we know according to the CIA that everything that was depicted on those tapes was also described in completely meticulous detail and the everyday cable traffic back and forth between black sites and CIA headquarters in Langley and so in an attempt to win the release of those documents which of course the government continues to withhold but I think we probably don’t know the full extent of the torture of Abu Zubaydah.

We know even because of the OLC memos; we know what they planned to do and what say they did. We know that the abuse consisted of the confinement in small boxes and tall boxes, we know they consisted of frequent slamming against the walls, of sleep deprivation, of repeated water boarding. The information is out there. In fact we just landed the Senate intelligence committee, specifically to look at the Abu Zubaydah interrogation and presumably they will be able to see all of the documents that are still shielded from us and we hope that they’ll be issuing a declassified report in August. I think the broad parameters of the programmes are now becoming known and so the report I think is trying to let the public know that there’s no disputing that the broad allegation that this much is true. Then it’s up to the public to say ok now let’s have that process where we get this officially acknowledgement and some kind of accountability.

CP: Do you think that there will be actual litigation resulting from the efforts of the ‘Torture Report’?

LS: I think in most cases it is possible because of a number of things. I think litigation is mostly being driven by litigation. I have to be honest and modest. If you look at the transnational justice that’s going on in cases like Binyam Mohammed’s case, where ultimately the UK courts releases the seven redacted paragraphs because a US court has ruled a habeas corpus petition that the detainee who is being detained largely on Binyam Mohammed’s allegations or accusations that Binyam Mohammed had supposedly made and that judge ruling that those accusations can’t be admitted because of the way that he was treated then the UK courts say well the US courts has actually put in the record that Binyam Mohammed was tortured so we need to release these paragraphs and we see how the seven paragraphs bounce back to the possibility of Binyam Mohammed’s civil suit in the US against his torturers. There is a momentum that is already going here and I think that’s largely driven by litigation. But I think there’s a step, something beyond litigation. Litigation is important but that’s only part of the accountability. I think that litigation can actually go a long way towards addressing the right of individual victims or sufferers of abuse to have their claims heard and have that official acknowledgement. I think that’s important but that’s only half of the accountability question. The other half is for the society as a whole to reckon with these things and to make a decision going forward about how we’re going to behave in the future. The critical decisions for a country that no doubt will continue to face the kinds of difficult decisions that come with any major terror. So I think litigation is moving forward and the torture report is more directed towards taking the information that’s coming out of that kind of process and moving it in to the public sphere so people understand that it’s time for us all to think about what this means in a larger sense.

CP: Recently there were revelations that Abdul Manan Gul Rehman was killed by US soldiers in 2003. I met his family in 2008 and for all of those five years they felt as if he was still missing somewhere within the US detention system. It was only about two weeks ago I was able to get a message to the family just to give my condolences. Unfortunately they did not even know that he had died. This information that the AP had released had not been given to the family up to a couple of weeks after revelations. My question is can families like that of Gul Rehman’s and indeed those who were killed in Guantanamo find recourse to justice within the US courts?

LS: As we know lawyers are looking at that news. He was up until two weeks ago an unnamed victim. Even in the torture report I refer to his case and at that point I referred to him as someone whose name we may never know. But now we do know and I think that certainly does change the question. The lawyers at ACLU and number of other places, are looking at what kind of actions might be possible for his family to bring. I think it does open up a lot of possibilities and also opens up the complimentary need for litigation and just public awareness. I think this is an absolutely heart breaking story of what enforced disappearance and what that ultimately disappearance and dirty wars such as killing somebody in detention – the horrible cause. This is why enforced disappearance is illegal under international law because of that kind of anguish for families. This is a kind of torture in itself and that’s been recognised as such under international law and I think for people to understand that every single person who’s indefinitely detained, every single person whose disappeared there’s a family, there’s real pain and suffering that goes along with that. This is what due process protections are designed to litigate against. I think that’s a direct important story too.

CP: The Pinochet case in the UK established the legal precedent that there cannot be any state immunity for torture as such because torture cannot be conducted legally as actions of state – is there any way that such a principle could ever find applicability in the US, a country which refuses to bring itself under the purview of the International Criminal Court?

LS: That’s a good question. We certainly are already at the point where the vain of American isolationism is going to really be put to the test. We have indictments in Italy now, there are going to be attempts to litigate cases in foreign courts. A Superior court decision in Australia ruling that a case could go forward on behalf of a former Australian Guantanamo detainee that could not be. The Australian government tried to shield behind the notion that proceeding with the case would force it to make a judgement about the US’ conduct and whether that was illegal and it was protected from having to do that and the Australian court held those questions there’s not any need for torture and complicity for torture. Pressure is going to continue to build from around the world and I think at some point Americans are going to need to look at the fact that we spend a lot of our time demanding that the world behave according to certain rules and principles and we were even instrumental in creating the kinds of institutions that are meant to stand and protect those principles and we’re going to have to at some point participate in them or improve our own justice in a way that the world doesn’t need to rely on those institutions to get the kind of accountability that everybody deserves and needs.

CP: Do you feel that the actions of the Bush administration have been counterproductive to your country’s security?

LS: Yes! Absolutely, there are many interrogators, professional interrogators, lifelong interrogators who will tell you that there was absolutely no intelligence benefit gained from the torture programme and that in fact we would have gotten much better intelligence had we adhered to our legal methods and resources and that in fact Al-Qaeda’s greatest training tool that we were torturing people and so I don’t think there was any strategic value to it that would not have been gained by other means. I think the damage to our standing and credibility has been significant.

CP: The Bush administration was known for mass detentions and holding people beyond the law – it would seem that President Obama has gone a step forward through drone attacks which simply kill individuals without any kind of charge or trial. Do you feel that in some ways this policy is far more dangerous than anything else that has come out of the US?

LS: I think it is deeply disturbing and I think we need to I think again it argues for the importance of accountability because I think in some ways it’s the logical extension of the policies we’ve seen during the Bush administration and the sense that essentially what you can have is a kind of summary justice. There is an illusion in that essentially that the American people, the drone attacks for example, the kind of clean targeted strikes that always get exactly who you want and people who we somehow know are guilty of what they do, of what we say they are guilty of.

I think that it completely perverts and undermines core understandings of how justice works which is to defend yourself and need to prove the allegations before there’s punishment and not mention the potential for collateral damage and just outright mistakes. I think it’s certainly not a policy that I can imagine will go forward and yield positive fruits for this country. I think it is surprising and disappointing. One question is whether or not it’s a more public declaration of programmes that were in existence but covert before. I think that’s a possibility that in fact what Obama is doing is putting things more in the public sphere than were there. It’s certainly something these things are fundamental questions of principles and values that Americans should be forced to debate and come to terms with and I think at least the positive thing is there is some discussion of these policies now and one suspects that and certainly I know from your book for example, the numbers of disappearances in Pakistan for example over the last decade suggests there has been some elements of a disappearance programme which was completely off the radar and so the possibility I think that at least this administration is playing these things rather more into the light and I hope what follows is a more energetic debate about why it’s not a good idea.

CP: What do you feel will be the legacy of the ‘Torture Report’ in terms of the future of the way the US conducts its counter-terrorism operations? Do you think it will have a lasting impact?

LS: It will have an impact if enough Americans absorb, process, understand the story that the torture report tells and insist that there be some kind of reckoning for that and that’s what will have a lasting impact. If Americans shrug their shoulders, if Americans walk away from this, if we say well that was an extreme behaviour that occurred in a moment of extreme circumstances and we’re not really like that then I think we’re back to square one the next time there’s a serious threat. The question is whether the report is read, not only the report but all the materials published upon which the report was based. People really come to terms with them and then use that knowledge to ask important questions themselves that lead to some kind of public acknowledgement of excesses, some kind of accountability, some kind of reparations where appropriate. I think that’s a crucial part of every accountability process. And then real serious policy planning going forward on the question we have talked about, on indefinite detention, on targeted killing within a framework of understanding that we have exceeded our limits over the past ten years and we cannot do that again.

Larry Siems, thank you very much for giving us your time.

The Left & Right Unite in their Hate of Muslims

FOCUS: OPINION

Israel and the anti-Muslim blow-up

By MJ Rosenberg

Post-9/11 Islamophobia continues to grow within Jewish communities in the US [Gallo/Getty] I don't know why I am at all surprised that the American Right - including the Republican Party - has decided that scapegoating Muslims is the ticket to success. After all, it's nothing new. I remember right after 9/11 when the columnist Charles Krauthammer, now one of the most vocal anti-Muslim demagogues, almost literally flipped out in my Chevy Chase, Maryland synagogue when the rabbi said something about the importance of not associating the terrorist attacks with Muslims in general.   It was on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, but that did not stop Krauthammer from bellowing out his disagreement with the rabbi.  Krauthammer's point: Israel and America are at war with Muslims and that war must be won. It was shocking, not only because Krauthammer's outburst was so utterly out of place but also because the man was actually chastising the rabbi for not spouting hate against all Muslims - on the Day of Atonement. The following year, the visiting rabbi from Israel gave a sermon about the intifada that was then raging in Israel and the West Bank. A sermon with a twist The sermon was a nutty affair that tearfully made the transition from intifada to Holocaust and back again.  I remember thinking, "this guy is actually blaming the Palestinians for the suffering of his parents during the Holocaust." I thought I had missed something because it was so ridiculous. Then came the sermon's ending which was unforgettable. The rabbi concluded with the words from Ecclesiastes. "To everything there is a season. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap ... A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance..." He then looked up and said: "Now is the time to hate." At first, I thought I had not heard him correctly.  He could not be calling on the congregation to hate. There were dozens of children in the room. It wasn't possible. But it was. To their credit, many of the congregants I spoke with as we left the sanctuary were appalled. Even the right-wingers were uncomfortable with endorsing hate as a virtue. Yet, the rabbi was unrepentant. I emailed him to complain and he told me that he said what he believed. Nice. One could ask what the Middle East has to do with the vicious outbreak of Islamophobia (actually Islamo-hatred) that has seemingly seized segments of this country. US Islamophobia's origins   The answer is everything. Although the hate is directed at Arab-Americans (which makes it worse) it is justified by invoking 9/11, an attack by Muslims from the Middle East.  This hate is buttressed by the hatred of Muslims and Arabs that has been routinely uttered (or shouted from the rooftops) in the name of defending Israel for decades Just watch what goes on in congress, where liberals from New York, Florida, California and elsewhere never miss an opportunityto explain that no matter what Israel does, it is right, and no matter what Muslims do, they are wrong.  Can anyone possibly argue that such insidious rhetoric has no impact on public opinion? At the very least, it gives anti-Arab and/or anti-Muslim bias a legitimacy that other forms of hate no longer have. Bigots who hate African-Americans or Jews, for instance, feel that they must claim that they don't. That is not the case with Muslims who can be despised with impunity. And here the liberals are worse than the conservatives because liberals exempt Muslims and Arabs (and now Turks) from the humanitarian instincts that inform their views of all other groups. Conservatives combine their Arab-bashing with a general xenophobia, as is evidenced by their views on immigration.  Illiberal Liberalism? Liberals, on the other hand, single out Muslims for contempt. They do it actively - i.e., by defending every single Israeli action against Arabs with vehement enthusiasm. And they do it passively, by refusing to evince an iota of sympathy for Muslims who suffer and die at the hands of Israelis - like the 432 Palestinian children killed in the 2008 Gaza war. Liberals join conservatives in rushing to the floor of the House of Representatives and Senate to defend the Israelis against any accusation (remember how they robotically attacked the Goldstone report on Israel's war crimes in Gaza, not caring at about the horrors Goldstone described). And then they read their AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee lobby)talking points, enumerating all the terrible things Arabs have done while Israel has, Gandhi-like, consistently offered the hand of friendship. It would be laughable if the effect of all this was not so ugly. Why wouldn't all this hatred affect the perception of Arab-Americans too? Hate invariably overflows its containers, just like hatred of Israel sometimes crosses over into pure old-fashioned anti-Semitism. Bottom line: it's a witches' brew that is being stirred up, and it is one that will no doubt produce violence. But the witches are not all on the right. Just as many liberals are stirring the pot to please some of their donors. I'm not saying you should not blame Fox News' Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh for all this hate. But don't forget to blame your favorite liberal and progressive politicians. With a few (very few) exceptions, they are just as bad. MJ Rosenberg is a Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network. The above article first appeared in Foreign Policy Matters, a part of the Media Matters Action Network. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.

Source: Al Jazeera

Fear Paralyzes U.S. Muslim 'Leaders'

by Enver Masud

(Thursday, August 5, 2010)

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"...the "war on terror", and the search for nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, have brought the U.S. economy to the brink of collapse, and has caused a massive shift of wealth from poor and middle-class Americans to the wealthiest few."

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Following the events of September 11, 2001, Muslims in the U.S. had reason to fear the U.S. government. Nine years on, the failure of Muslim leaders to make a concerted, united effort to expose the false account of 9/11 put forth by the U.S. government is inexcusable.
Earlier this year, the Guardian (UK) reported:

" in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 the US government undertook the "preventative detention" of about 5,000 men on the basis of their birthplace and later sought a further 19,000 "voluntary interviews". Over the next year, more than 170,000 men from 24 predominantly Muslim countries and North Korea were fingerprinted and interviewed in a programme of "special registration". None of these produced a single terrorism conviction.
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Muslims were hauled away by the government to places unknown. They were not informed of the charges against them, had no idea when they would be released, and were not given access to lawyers. Several Muslim charities were raided, their offices shut down, and officers imprisoned.
The Orwellian named Patriot Act had destroyed habeas corpus. U.S. District Judge John Gleeson had "ruled that it is constitutionally permissible to round up foreign nationals on immigration charges based solely on their race, religion or country of origin. What's more, he said they can be detained indefinitely, even after they have agreed to be removed to their home countries" wrote David Cole, law professor at Georgetown University.
While the George W. Bush administration was rounding up Muslims, and launching attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, Jews and Christians spoke out against associating Islam with 9/11.
Since then, while evidence against the official account of 9/11 has grown, so have attacks on Muslims and Islam.
Anti-Muslim bigots and political opportunists have rallied around opposition to the Islamic Center planned near Ground Zero -- the site of the World Trade Center attacks.
Former Republican candidate for vice president Sarah Palin, candidates for 2010 elections, right-wing news media, and the Anti-defamation League (ADL) have jumped on the bandwagon.
Mosques are being vandalized, and the construction of new mosques opposed.
So why aren't Muslim "leaders" using their trump card -- the false account of 9/11, to fight back?
If Muslim "leaders" were to fight back by denouncing the official account of 9/11 as patently false, they would find many Americans supporting their effort.
The number of Americans who do not believe the official account of 9/11 is increasing
Nine years on, there's overwhelming evidence that the official account of 9/11 is false, and a significant number of Americans do not believe "The 9/11 Commission Report".
These include 220 senior military, intelligence, law enforcement, and government personnel; 1200 architects and engineers; 250 pilots and aviation personnel; 400 professors; 300 survivors of 9/11; firefighters, and their numbers keep increasing.
"A poll taken by World Public Opinion, a collaborative project of research centers in various countries managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, College Park, polled 16,063 people in 17 nations outside of the United States during the summer of 2008. They found that majorities in only 9 of the 17 countries believe Al Qaeda carried out the attacks."
In November 2007 Scripps Howard survey found that 32% believed it was "very likely", and 30% believed that it was "somewhat likely" that "some people in the federal government had specific warnings of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington, but chose to ignore those warnings."
On August 30, 2004, Zogby International, an independent U.S. polling company, reported half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act," according to the poll conducted by Zogby International.
On May 24, 2006, Zogby reported that 42% believe "believe the government and 9/11 Commission are covering up", and 44% "believe President Bush exploited the 9/11 attacks (44%) or justified an attack on Iraq (44%). 43% were "not aware of World Trade Center Building 7's collapse", and 45% believe the "government should reinvestigate the attacks".
There are dozens of books exposing the false account of 9/11 -- books by Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Theology, David Ray Griffin, are highly recommended to those who have the patience to digest the wealth of information he makes available.
Easier to digest is the 80-page "9/11 Unveiled" which is a free download -- for sources, photos, videos, referred to in "9/11 Unveiled" go to The Wisdom Fund website.
Paralyzed by fear, Muslim 'leaders' silent on 9/11
Despite the widespread skepticism voiced by non-Muslims, Muslim "leaders" remain silent about 9/11. They refuse even to examine the facts about 9/11, and silence discussion of those facts by members of their organization.
Their silence implies agreement with the official account of 9/11 -- now thoroughly debunked by engineers, architects, pilots, and others.
These silent Muslim "leaders" include officials of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) -- the organizations most often cited by establishment news media.
As far as we know, no Muslim "leader" who came with the Obama administration, or who has been funded by the Obama administration, or whose articles appear in establishment newspapers such as the Washington Post, has criticized the official account of 9/11.
Interfaith organizations in which Muslims participate have remained silent -- the truth about 9/11 would drastically change the tone and substance of their dialogue.
There are, however, exceptions. Kevin Barrett's radio shows host outspoken critics of the official account of 9/11. Several African-American, Muslim leaders have criticized the official account.
In stark contrast with U.S. Muslim "leaders", Muslims in South Africa invited me on a 3-week, 9/11 lecture tour where they arranged radio interviews, a television interview broadcast to 20 plus countries, and for me to speak to audiences of hundreds daily in 11 cities in South Africa, and in two cities in Malawi.
A similar effort by U.S. Muslim organizations in support of the "9/11 truth" movement may have quashed, or at least diminished, the anti-Islam hysteria prevalent today.
Ground Zero Islamic Center controversy -- a unique opportunity lost
The controversy over the $100 million Islamic Center being developed by the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement near "Ground Zero" in New York -- now called Park51 -- is a unique opportunity for Muslims to speak out on 9/11.
However, despite the repeated use of 9/11 by opponents of the Islamic Center, proponents of the Islamic Center have failed to point that there's hard evidence to refute the official account -- 19 Arab hijackers led by Osama bin Laden did not carry out the attacks of 9/11.
The evidence against Bin Laden and al-Qaeda promised by then Secretary of State Colin Powell on NBC's Meet the Press, September 23, 2001, has yet to be made available to the public. The Osama bin Laden poster at the FBI website, does not claim that bin Laden was responsible for 9/11.
The Cordoba Initiative (founded 2004) last filed an IRS Form 990 in 2008 showing revenues $0, expenses $2767, and net assets of $18,255. The American Society for Muslim Advancement (founded 1998) has apparently never filed an IRS Form 990.
Officials of the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement will need millions in donations to build the center. Their position on 9/11 will most likely reflect the position of their donors.
ADAMS Center officials say they 'cannot legally provide a platform' for discussion of 9/11
The Washington DC area is home to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS); its influence extends well outside the area.
A recent exchange of emails with officials at ADAMS is an example of the pervasive fear among Muslim "leaders" to speak out, or even be seen to provide a platform for others who speak out against the official account of 9/11.
Excerpts from the first email exchange:

" EM: But isn't it also our duty to stand for truth and justice even when it may involve some personal risk? Unfortunately, when it comes to the biggest issue of our time (9/11), it appears that Muslim "leaders" are unwilling to speak out. They are unwilling to even discuss the facts with fellow Muslims.
ADAMS: ...the time and place to discuss 9/11 is through political dialogues like these. While Virginia Delegates have little impact on U.S. national policy, they are responsible for legislation and regulation in Virginia that can and will affect our community... If you see our duty as being involved in these issues, why are you not signing up to attend this event?
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Excerpts from the second email exchange:

" EM: I've been trying to get ADAMS to discuss 9/11 for quite some time, and keep hitting a brick wall. I believe that the official account of 9/11 is false. I've been told that ADAMS does not permit political discussion, and I have stopped using the ADAMS list to try to express my views on the subject.
ADAMS: Thank you for clarifying what you meant... As a 501(c)(3) organization, ADAMS can organize or implement only those kind of political discussions that are non-partisan,...programs that are patently partisan would violate our legal status. Your message makes clear your strong partisan views about 9/11. It is your right to hold and promote such views. But all religious organizations are legally obliged to remain non-partisan, and to mount political outreach events only for the education of our community.... ADAMS therefore cannot legally provide a platform to promote personal and politicized views.
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Excerpts from the third email exchange:

" EM: I believe ADAMS misunderstands the role of 501(c)(3) corporations. Non-partisan means not supporting a particular candidate. A 501(c)(3) corporation may hold and expound views on any issue. The Wisdom Fund is a 501(c)(3) corporation, established in 1995, . . . as examples of public expression: (1) our quarter page advertisement in the Obama inaugural issue of the Washington Times -- (bottom right), enlarged; (2) letter to the president, attorney general, etc. How can ADAMS claim to lead, and not take a position on the biggest issue of this decade -- 9/11?
ADAMS: I have tried to rationally explain our position; it is clear you are not open to any position but your own. I have greeted you as a brother but your responses make clear you do not reciprocate that approach. I pray that Allah (SWT) will bless and guide you to the right path, and grant you Wisdom. Please do not respond to this e-mail. I will delete any further messages from you unread.
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To summarize, ADAMS invited me to attend their dialogue with "Virginia Delegates" scheduled for July 28, then they claimed that they could not "legally provide a platform" for my views on 9/11. When I informed them that a 501(c)(3) corporation may legally voice its views -- it may not support a candidate for office, ADAMS terminated the discussion.
ADAMS is not alone in shying away from 9/11.
Mosques across America have similar policies. Several invitations that I received to talk on 9/11 were cancelled after they were issued and accepted -- including two attended by high-ranking officials and imams from majority Muslim countries.
America's foreign policy establishment created the Islamic threat to advance its interests
On August 27, 1992, Leon T. Hadar, a former bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post, and an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute, wrote in "The 'Green Peril': Creating the Islamic Fundamentalist Threat":

" Now that the Cold War is becoming a memory, America's foreign policy establishment has begun searching for new enemies.... Topping the list of potential new global bogeymen, however, are the Yellow Peril, the alleged threat to American economic security emanating from East Asia, and the so-called Green Peril (green is the color of Islam)....
George Will even suggested that the 1,000-year battle between Christendom and Islam might be breaking out...
Indeed, "a new specter is haunting America, one that some Americans consider more sinister than Marxism-Leninism," according to Douglas E. Streusand....
"Islamic fundamentalism is an aggressive revolutionary movement as militant and violent as the Bolshevik, Fascist, and Nazi movements of the past," according to Amos Perlmutter.
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In 1997, former National Security Advisor to President Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, wrote in "The Grand Chessboard":

" A power that dominates Eurasia [the territory east of Germany and Poland, stretching all the way through Russia and China to the Pacific Ocean -- including the Middle East and most of the Indian subcontinent] would control two of the world's three most advanced and economically productive regions. A mere glance at the map also suggests that control over Eurasia would almost automatically entail Africa's subordination, rendering the Western Hemisphere and Oceania geopolitically peripheral to the world's central continent. About 75 per cent of the world's people live in Eurasia, and most of the world's physical wealth is there as well, both in its enterprises and underneath its soil. Eurasia accounts for 60 per cent of the world's GNP and about three-fourths of the world's known energy resources.
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The key to controlling Eurasia, said Brzezinski, is controlling the Central Asian Republics.
In the September 2000 report, Rebuilding America's Defenses, the neocon funded Project for the New American Century (PNAC) stated:

" America's global leadership, and its role as the guarantor of the current great-power peace, relies upon the safety of the American homeland; the preservation of a favorable balance of power in Europe, the Middle East and surrounding energy producing region, and East Asia...
A transformation strategy that solely pursued capabilities for projecting force from the United States, for example, and sacrificed forward basing and presence, would be at odds with larger American policy goals and would trouble American allies.
Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event -- like a new Pearl Harbor.
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9/11, many now believe, was the new Pearl Harbor, the pretext for the U.S. "war on terror", a cover for advancing perceived American interests.
In fact the "war on terror", and the search for nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, have brought the U.S. economy to the brink of collapse, and has caused a massive shift of wealth from poor and middle-class Americans to the wealthiest few.
The silence of Muslim 'leaders' is inexcusable, risks driving some to violence
The 9/11 Commission investigation (November 27, 2002 -- August 21, 2004) was flawed from the outset. It was set up despite strong resistance from the White House.
By March 2003, with the commission's staff barely in place, two men (Philip Zelikow, Executive Director, The 9/11 Commission, and Ernest R. May, a Harvard historian) had prepared a detailed outline, complete with "chapter headings, subheadings, and sub-subheadings" of the final report according to New York Times reporter Philip Shenon.
Zelikow served on the National Security Council under George H. W. Bush, on the George W. Bush transition team, and President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He coauthored a book with President Bush's National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice.
Zelikow controlled the 9/11 Commission's access to witnesses. Testimony that did not support the official account was excluded from "The 9/11 Commission Report".
For American Muslims, whose faith commands them to strive for social justice -- "the first pillar of Islam", and to "seek knowledge even unto China", blind acceptance of the official account of 9/11 is deplorable.
For Muslim "leaders", blind acceptance of the official account of 9/11, and their failure to denounce it, is inexcusable.
The renowned Indian, poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal (1877-1938), in his famous Shikwa & Jawab-i-Shikwa (Man's Complaint and God's Answer), wrote (translated from Urdu by Indian journalist-author Khushwant Singh):

" With reason as your shield and
the sword of love in your hand,
Servant of God!
the leadership of the world
is at your command.
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Excluding opposing views risks driving some to express themselves in a more violent manner.

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by courtesy & © 2010 Enver Masud

500 Ahadith

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 In the Name of Allah, Most Beneficient Most Merciful

 500 Ahadith

Note: Mirrored from Muslim Students Association at Buffalo University, USA

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Introduction

Knowledge of ahadith is essential in an effort to understand Islam. They contain rules and regulations, when implemented, would give cause to a better understanding of everyday life. This is applicable, to the individual of a society and also to the society as a whole. The messages within the ahadith are for the benefit of both, individual and society.
Among many missions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), one was to set a pattern of conduct. The conduct of the Last Messenger (peace be upon him) can be found in the voluminous sahihs. We should make an attempt to abide by these rules.
It is unnecessary to mention that research of Islam is beyond the scope of a single individual, a task unattainable in a man's lifetime, not to say, impossible. To narrow my scope, I had decided to restrict myself to ahadith (even this is a large area of study within Islam). I decided on making a small collection of ahadith. This decision resulted in a minor project that essentially consisted of reading diverse Islamic literature and reading different aspects of Islam. I could, of course, have bought one of many voluminous compilations of ahadith, but I was convinced that I would learn more by finding and compiling them myself and indeed it has been a most fruitful experience. During the compilation, I was becoming aware of the meaning and importance of ahadith and soon realised that others too could benefit from this compilation. With this in mind I was determined to share this collection with my fellow Muslims.
All ahadith in this collection have been, so to say, copied from my source (NOTE A) .Every hadith is followed by the Arabic source it can be found in (e.g. Bukhari, Muslim) along with the source I have written it from (e.g. Sayings of Muhammad by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad). If the reader feels uncertain about a particular hadith she/he can easily trace it to my source.
All the footnotes in the ahadith are not my insertions, but the author's of my sources. The titles which are given to the ahadith are also titles found in my source, they too, are not my insertions. The same applies for brackets ( ( ) or [] ) found within some ahadith. (These comments do not apply to the titles marked as "Introduction" and "Introduction to Ahadith") The ahadith are all randomly compiled. The ahadith have been written down as I have encountered them in relevant literature.
Since I have used different literature, there have come cases where two authors use the same title, e.i. "marriage" hence the title will appear twice. This is not to be regarded as a misprint. There is no personal preference as to the choice of authors of my sources. I have obtained these books from different libraries and local mosques.
A problem which was encountered was when two authors wrote on the same subject matter, but from different sahihs, both sahihs had their own wordings but giving the same meaning. I have tried to keep these sort of ahadith to a minimal as I wished to have as many diverse topics as possible. Faith, knowledge, marriage, sex, divorce, rights of wives/husbands and hospitality are a couple of areas covered in this compilation.
I have, to the very best of my abilities, tried to be as careful as possible when writing from the source, this in order not to endanger the real meaning of the hadith, nor to give cause to misinterpretations. As far as spellings are concerned, I have thoroughly checked it. The spellings of Arabic names and places have been written exactly as I have encountered them in the source.
One of my sources, "Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen" written by, Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi, has consistently used the term "Rasulullah" when addressing Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). The Arabic term, "sallallahu alayhi wasallam" has also been used throughout the book. For the ease of non-Muslim readers, I have replaced the Arabic "Rasulullah" by "Muhammad" and "sallallahu alayhi wasallam" by "may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him." I have treated similarly the terms "radiallahu anhu" and "radiallahu anha." They have been replaced by "Allah be pleased with him" and "Allah be pleased with her." I have used the term "peace be upon him" throughout the compilation as most authors have used similar attributes. The same author has also mentioned the narrators' Arabic names for most ahadith, I have done likewise.
Considering the fact that I am a computer science student (August, 1993), with access to Internet, I thought this would serve as a most remarkable media for distribution of this collection. It is recommended, to those readers who have the possibilities, to print out the file and (NOTE B) send a copy to the local mosques who might wish to include this compilation in their library etc. If mosques have the possibilities to print copies of this collection and have it distributed among the visitors/guests to the mosques, it would be appreciated. Thus the collection will not only be restricted to people with network access. The more people who read it, the more it will benefit and also the one who passes on the words of the Prophet (peace be upon him) will also be rewarded by Allah. There is no doubt about this. This compilation is dedicated to the loving memories of my maternal grandfather with whom I spent my first years of a precious life.

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Introduction to Ahadith

It goes without saying that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has left us with two powerful sources for the improvement of the individual, the society and for the nations, those are: the Holy Quran and ahadith. The Quran was revealed to the Last Messenger (peace be upon him) through the angel Gabriel. The ahadith show us the diversities a single person can have, and the ways these diversities may be used to produce an optimal performance, where the performance is exemplary for future generations. This was one of the main tasks of the Last Messenger (peace be upon him), to guide humanity on the right path.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a son, a husband, a father, an advisor, a warrior, a leader, a judge and most important of all, he was the Seal of the Prophets - the last messenger of Allah. A man with such a character and such a vast field of responsibility is indeed deserving of biographical study, and through the ages, biographical researches have been carried out. The collection of ahadith is the result of these researchers. The study of ahadith is a science itself. To mention some branches within the study of ahadith, there is the science of Asma'ul Rijal (the science of study of the life-history of 500,000 narrators), the science of Mustalih al-Hadith (the science of classifying a hadith as authentic or weak), the science of Gharib al-hadith (the study of the linguistic origins of the difficult words used in ahadith). I have mentioned only three different sciences though this list can extend to over 100. This again indicates the immense importance of ahadith and the importance of understanding them.
The main source of ahadith can be found in six sahihs (NOTE C) These six sahihs are:

Sahih al-Bukhari	(d. 256 A.H. = 870 A.D.)
Sahih Muslim	(d. 261 A.H. = 875 A.D.)
Sunan Ibn Majah	(d. 273 A.H. = 887 A.D.)
Sunan Abu Dawud	(d. 275 A.H. = 888 A.D.)
Jami al-Tirmidhi	(d. 279 A.H. = 892 A.D.)
Sunan al-Nisai	(d. 303 A.H. = 915 A.D.)
A.H. = After Hegira	A.D. = Anno Domini

"In preparing their collections, these Traditions obviously used a critical technique to decide what they would include and what they should reject. Bukhari, for example, examined 600,000 traditions of which he excepted only 7,397. There purpose was to assemble a body of traditions which would serve as a rule of life for practising Muslims, so their primary interest was in selecting such traditions as would give clear guidance concerning what Muslims belief and practice should be, what things were permissible and approved, and what were not permissible and disapproved."
(Shariah: The Islamic Law. by Abdur Rahman I. Doi:54)

It should be quite evident from the above cited paragraph that the task of compiling ahadith was by no means simple. Although the most painstaking techniques had been employed to decide which ahadith should be included and which should be rejected there were found grounds for classification of ahadith. The ahadith are therefore classified in the following manner:

1. Sahih: These are the genuine Traditions so declared after applying all tests.
2. Hasan: These are the fair Traditions although inferior in the matter of authenticity to the Sahih.
3. Daif: These are the weak traditions which are not so very reliable."
   (Ibid:57).

Before I proceed, I wish to explain the meanings of isnad and matn as the understanding of these words is considered profitable for the reader. A hadith consists of two parts. The chain of transmitters comprises one part while the message within the hadith completes it. The former is known as isnad while the latter is matn. Continuing with the classification of ahadith, the daif ahadith are divided further:

1. The Mu'allaq Traditions: These are those Traditions in which one or two transmitters are omitted in the beginning of the Isnad.
2. The Maqtu Traditions: These are those Traditions which are reported by a Tabi'i, a man of second category after the Prophet.
3. The Munqati Traditions: These are the broken Traditions.
4. The Mursal Traditions: These are the incomplete Traditions in the Isnad of which a companion (Sahabi) is omitted, e.g. A Tabi'i says, the Prophet said....
5. The Musahhaf Traditions: These are the traditions which have a mistake in words or letters of the Isnad or the Matn e.g. Hasan is written as Hashan.
6. The Shadh Traditions: These are the traditions with a reliable chain of reporters but their meanings are contrary to other similarly attested Traditions narrated by the majority of the contemporary transmitters.
7. The Maudu Traditions: These are the fabricated and untrue Traditions."
   (Ibid:57).

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FAITH (IMAN)

1. Islam is based on five things: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His servant and messenger, the observance of the prayer, the payment of Zakat, the pilgrimage, and the fast during Ramadan.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
2. The Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the Emigrant is he who abandons what God has prohibited.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
3. None of you believes till I am dearer to him than his father, his child and all mankind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
4. He who is not trustworthy has no Faith, and he who does not keep his Covenant has no religion.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
5. What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs (the peace of) your heart, give it up.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

MAJOR SINS AND SIGNS OF HYPOCRISY

6. The major sins are associating other objects of worship with God, disobedience to parents, murder, and deliberate perjury.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
7. There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
8. Avoid the seven noxious things.(1) Associating anything with God, (2) magic,(3) killing one whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause, (4) devouring usury, (5) consuming the property of an orphan, running back from the battlefield and, (7) slandering chaste women who are believers but indiscreet.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
9. Four characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously and when he quarrels he abuses.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

KNOWLEDGE

10. When a man dies no further reward is recorded for his actions, with three exceptions: Sadqa which continues to be supplied, or knowledge from which benefit continues to be reaped, or the prayers of a good son to his dead father.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
11. If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
12. He who goes out in search of knowledge is in God's path till he returns.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
13. The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
14. The one who would have the worst position in God's sight on the Day of Resurrection would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

SUPPLICATIONS(DUA)

15. A man is granted supplication provided he does not ask for anything sinful or for breaking ties of relationship.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
16. You have two characters which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
17. Nothing but supplication averts the decree, and nothing but righteousness increases life.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH

18. People will not sit remembering God without the angels surrounding them, mercy covering them, peace descending on them.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
19. He who remembers his Lord and he who does not are like the living and dead.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
20. Hadhrat Jaabir (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The distinguishing factor between kufr and Imaan is the deliberate neglect of Salaat."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
21. He who does a good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings, and I [God] shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an equivalent reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws the length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall draw the length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking I shall come to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of the size of the earth, but has not associated anything with Me, I shall meet him a similar amount of forgiveness.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
22. Hadhrat Jaabir (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Salaat is the key to Jannat."
(Darami).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
23. Hadrhat Abdulah Ibn Qart (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The first act about which one will be questioned on the Day of Qiyammah will be Salaat. If Salaat is found to be proper, other acts will pass as proper. But, if Salaat is found there to be despoiled, then all other acts too will fail."
(Tibrani, Ausat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
24. Hadhrat Hanzalah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard Muhammad say: "Whoever guards the five Salaat while believing that the Salaat is the Right of Allah, will enter Jannat."
(Ahmad).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
25. Hadhrat Bareedah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The subject of pledge which exists between the people and us (the Ambiyaa) is Salaat. Thus, whoever neglects Salaat has become a kaafir (i.e. in terms of practical life, not in terms of Imaan)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
26. A time will come to mankind when man will not care whether what he gets comes from a lawful or an unlawful source.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
27. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Will there remain any impurity on a person who baths five times a day in a river flowing in front of his house?" The people said: "No impurity will remain on him." Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "This is the effect of the five Salaat. By means of it, Allah Ta'ala purifies the performer of all sins."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
28. Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Bin Amr Bin Al-A's (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Salaat on the Day of Qiyaamah, will be a light, a proof and a means of salvation for the one who guarded it. He who neglects Salaat, will have no light, no proof and no salvation (from the direction of Salaat) He (the one who neglects Salaat) will be in the company of Qaroon, Fir'oun, Haamaan and Ubay Ibn Khalf on the Day of Qiyaamah."
(Ahmad, Darami, Baihaqi, Shu'bul Imaan).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
29. No body which has been nourished with what is unlawful will enter paradise.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
30. Flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful will not enter paradise, but hell is more fitting for all flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful.
(Ahmad, Darimi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
31. The truthful and trusty merchant is associated with the prophets, the upright and the martyrs.
(Tirmidhi, Darimi, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
32. If anyone buys a garment for ten dirhams among which one is unlawfully acquired, God most high will not accept prayer from him as long as he wears it.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

THOSE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BEG

33. He who begs the property of others to increase his own is asking only for live coals, so let him ask little as much.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
34. It is better for one of you to take a rope, bring a load of firewood on his back, and sell it, God thereby preserving his self respect, than that he should beg from people whether they give him anything or refuse him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
35. If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him paradise.
(Abu Dawud, Nasa'i).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

SPENDING

36. If you spend (to help others), O son of Adam! I [God] shall spend on you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
37. It is better for a man to give a dirham as Sadqa during his lifetime than to give a hundred at the time of his death.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
38. Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
39. Sadqa given to a poor man is just Sadqa, but when given to a relative it serves a double purpose, being both Sadqa and a connecting link.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

HOARDING

40. If anyone keeps goods till the price rises, he is a sinner.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
41. He who brings goods for sale is blessed with good fortune, but he who keeps them till the price rises is accursed.
(Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
42. If anyone withholds grain for forty days thereby desiring a high price, has renounced God and God has renounced him.
(Razin).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
43. The man who withholds goods is evil. If God lowers prices he is grieved, and if He raises then he is happy. (Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

INSOLVENCY AND RESPITE

44. He who grants a respite to one who is in straightened circumstances or who remits his debt, will be saved by God from the anxieties of the Day of Resurrection.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
45. If anyone accepts others belongings meaning to pay back, God will pay back for him, but if anyone accepts them meaning to squander them, God will on that account destroy his property.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
46. Every fault but a debt will be forgiven to a martyr.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
47. A believer's soul is attached to his debt till it is paid.
(Shafi'i, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

USURY

48. Gold is to be paid by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, dates by dates and salt by salt, like for like, payment being made on the spot. If anyone gives more or asks for more, he has dealt in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
49. A time is coming to mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain and if he does not receive it, some of its vapour will reach him.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
50. A dirham which a man knowingly receives in usury is more serious (a crime) than thirty-six acts of fornication.
(Ahmad, Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
51. When a man makes a loan to another, he must not accept a present.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
52. Even though usury be much it leads in the end to penury.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

MARRIAGE

53. Young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality, but those who cannot, should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
54. The whole world is to be enjoyed, but the best thing in the world is a pious woman.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
55. When a man marries, he has fulfilled half of the religion, so let him fear Go regarding the remaining half.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
56. After fear of God, a believer gains nothing better for him than a good wife who obeys him if he gives her a command, pleases him if he looks at her, is true to him if he adjures her to do something, and is sincere towards him regarding her person and his property if he is absent.
(Ibn Majah.)
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

RIGHTS OF WIVES

57. When a woman observes the five time of prayers, fasts during Ramadan, preserves her chastity, and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of the gates of paradise she wishes.
(Abu Nu'aim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
58. A believer must not hate his wife, and if he is displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with one that is good in her.
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam by. Imran Muhammad).
59. Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition and are kindest to their families.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

DIVORCE

60. If any woman asks her husband for divorce without some strong reason, the odour of paradise will be forbidden for her.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
61. The lawful thing God hates most is divorce.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
62. God has created nothing on the face of the earth more dearer to Him than emancipation, and God has created nothing on the face of the earth more hateful to Him than divorce.
(Daraqutni).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

THE OFFICES OF RULER AND QADI (QAZI)

63. The one who will be dearest to God and nearest to Him in the station on the Day of Resurrection will be a just imam and the one who will be most hateful to God on the Day of Resurrection, and will receive the severest punishment will be a tyrannical imam.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
64. A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the Creator.
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
65. Do not ask for any high office, for if you are given it after asking, you will be left to discharge it yourself; if you are given it without asking you will be helped to discharge it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
66. He who has been ruler over ten people, will be brought in the Day of Resurrection, shackled till justice loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction.
(Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
67. The most excellent jihad is when one speaks a true word in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
68. As you will be so will you have rulers put over you.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

THE CONDUCT OF A QADI (QAZI)

69. No judge must give judgement between two people when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
70. If anyone who seeks the office of Qadi among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over tyranny, will go to paradise; but the man whose tyranny prevails over justice will go to hell.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
71. God is with the Qadi as long as he is not tyrannical, but when he is tyrannical, He departs from him and the devil attaches himself to him.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

CASES AND DEPOSITIONS

72. If anyone swears a firm oath, acting wickedly thereby, and appropriates by it property belonging to a Muslim, God will be very angry when he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
73. The man who is most hateful to God is the one who quarrels and disputes most. (Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
74. If anyone claims what is not his, he does not belong to us, and let him come to his seat in hell. (Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

RETALIATION

75. A believer will continue to find ample scope in his religion as long as he does not kill anyone unlawfully. (Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
76. Shedding of blood will be the first matter about which judgement will be given on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
77. If anyone kills a man who had made a covenant (anyone who belongs to a Non-Muslim community with whom a treaty of peace has been made, or a member of protected communities) will not experience the fragrance of paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
78. God may forgive every sin, except in the case of one who dies a polytheist, or one who purposely kills a believer.
(Abu Dawud, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
79. The passing away of the world would mean less to God than the murder of a Muslim man.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
80. He who throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be thrown down in the fire of hell and remain in it for ever and ever; he who sips poison and kills himself will have his poison in his hand will sip it for ever and ever in the fire of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS

81. An unmarried man who commits fornication, should receive hundred lashes and be banished for a year.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
82. If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
83. Fornication will not appear among any people without their being punished by famine, and bribery will not appear among any people without their being punished by terror.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
84. God Who is glorious will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman through the anus.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

CARE ABOUT WEAPONS

85. None of you must point a weapon at his brother for he does not know whether the devil may draw it out while it is in his hand as a result of which he will fall into a pit of hell.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
86. If anyone points a piece of iron at his brother, the angels curse him till he puts it down, even if he is his brother who has the same father and mother.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
87. I [Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)] forbade that a sword which has been drawn should be handed to anyone.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

HOSPITALITY

88. He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours; and he who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or keep silent.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
89. It is part of the Sunna that a man should accompany his guest to the door of the house.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
90. He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest. Provisions for the road are what will serve for a day and night; hospitality extends for three days; what goes beyond that is Sadqa; and it is not allowable that a guest should stay till he makes himself encumbrance.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
91. Eat together and not separately, for the blessings is associated with the company.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

MANNERS OF EATING

92. Mention God's name, eat with your right hand and eat from what is next to you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
93. When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand and when he drinks he should drink with his right hand.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
94. I do not eat reclining.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
95. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never expressed disapproval of food; if he desired it he ate it and if he disliked it he left it alone.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

MANNERS OF DRINKING

96. God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
97. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade that a man should drink standing.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
98. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade breathing or blowing into a vessel.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
99. Do not leave a fire burning in your houses while you are asleep.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

VISITING THE SICK

100. Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captive.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
101. When you visit an invalid tell him to make a supplication for you, for his supplication is like of the angels.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
102. A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

SALUTATIONS

103. There are six good qualities which one believer should display to another; he should visit him when he is ill, be present when he dies, accept his invitation when he gives one, salute him when he meets him, say 'God have mercy on you' when he sneezes and act sincerely towards him whether he is absent or present.
(Nasai).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
104. One who is riding should salute one who is walking, one who is walking should salute one who is sitting and a small company should salute a large one.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
105. The God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed a mixed company of Muslims, polytheists who worshipped idols and Jews and he gave them a salutation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
106. Those who are nearest to God are they who are first to give a salutation.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
107. When you go into your family, sonny, give a salutation. It will be a blessing both to you and to your family.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

STANDING UP

108. A man must not make another get up from his place and then occupy it himself, but you should spread out and make room.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
109. If anyone gets up from where he has been sitting and comes back, he has no right to it.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
110. It is not allowable for a man to come in between two people without their permission.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

GOODNESS AND THE CEMENTING OF RELATIONSHIP

111. One who cuts ties of relationship will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
112. The Lord's good pleasure results from a father's good pleasure, and the Lord's displeasure results from the father's displeasure.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
113. "Messenger of God, who is most deserving of friendly care from me?" He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next, and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your father."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
114. "What rights can parents demand from their children?" He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "They are your paradise and your hell."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
115. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, a man does not believe till he likes for his brother what he likes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
116. Those who are merciful have mercy shown them by the Compassionate One, if you show mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who is in heaven will show mercy to you.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
117. A Muslim is a Muslim's brother; he does not wrong him or abandon him. If anyone cares for his brother's need, God will care for his need; if anyone removes his brother's anxiety, God will remove from him one of the anxieties of the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone conceals a Muslim's secret, God will conceal his secret on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
118. He does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our old ones, who does not recommend what is reputable and prohibit what is disreputable.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
119. The best house among the Muslims is the one which contains an orphan who is well treated, and the worst house among the Muslims is the one which contains an orphan who is badly treated.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
120. The believer is not the one who eats his fill when the neighbour beside him is hungry.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
121. All creatures are God's children, and those dearest to God are the ones who treat His children kindly.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
122. Touch an orphan's head and feed the poor.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)

GUARDING AGAINST SLANDER AND ABUSE

123. If anyone guarantees me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs (i.e. he should not commit fornication), I shall guarantee him paradise.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
124. Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
125. It is not fitting for an eminently truthful man to be a reviler.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad)
126. A mischief maker will not enter paradise.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahma
127. Adhere to truth, for truth leads to good deeds and good deeds leads him who does them to paradise. Falsehood is wickedness and wickedness leads to hell.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad
128. The great liar is not the one who puts things right between people, says what is good, and promotes what is good.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
129. Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby! Woe to him! Woe to him!
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
130. Do you know the thing which most commonly brings people into paradise? It is fear to God and good character. Do you know what most commonly brings people to hell? It is the hollow things; the mouth and the private parts.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
131. Sufyan bin Abdullah ath Thaqafi told when he asked God's messenger what he feared most for him, he took hold of his tongue and said, "This."
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
132. None of my companions must tell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you with no ill-feelings.
(Abu-Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
133. Coarse talk does not come into anything without disgracing it, and modesty does not come into anything without adorning it.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
134. If you guarantee me six things on your part, I shall guarantee you paradise: speak the truth when you talk, keep a promise when you make it, when you are trusted with something fulfil your trust, avoid sexual immorality, lower your eyes and restrain your hand from injustice.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

BOASTING AND PARTY-SPIRIT

135. The one who is most honourable in God's estimation is the pious.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
136. Do not eulogize me as the Christians eulogized the son of Mary, I am just His servant, so say, 'God's servant and His messenger.'
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
137. God has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts over another, or oppresses another.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
138. Wathila b. al-Asqa told that he asked God's messenger what party spirit was and he replied. "You help your people in wrongdoing.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

DISCARDING AND SEVERING OF THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP

139. It is not allowable for a man to keep apart from his brother for more than three days, the one turning away and the one turning away when they meet. The better of the two is the one who is first to give a greeting.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
140. Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
141. Accursed is he who harms a believer, or acts deceitfully towards him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
142. To harbour good thoughts (about a brother) is a part of well-conducted worship.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

GENTLENESS MODESTY AND GOOD CHARACTER

143. He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
144. Righteousness is good character, and sin is that which revolves in your heart and which you do not want people to know.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
145. I have been sent to perfect good character.
(Muwatta, Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
146. Among the best of you [are they] who have the best character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
147. Modesty is part of faith and faith is in paradise, but obscenity is part of hardness of heart and hardness of heart is in hell.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
148. O God as Thou hast made my form beautiful so make my character beautiful.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
149. The believers whose faith is most perfect are those who have the best character.
(Abu Dawud, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

TENDERNESS AND MERCY TOWARDS PEOPLE

150. God will not show mercy to him who does not show mercy to others.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
151. "If anyone cares for two girls till they grow up, he and I will come on the Day of Resurrection thus," and he joined fingers.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
152. "I and the one who takes responsibility for an orphan, whether his own kin or of others, will be in paradise thus," and he pointed his forefinger and the middle finger with a slight space between them.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
153. "Believers are to one another like a building whose parts support one other." He then interlaced his fingers.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF GOD

154. A good or bad companion is like one who carries musk and one who blows the bellow. The one who carries musk may give you some, or you may buy some from him, or you may feel a fragrance from him; but the one who blows the bellows might burn your clothing, or you may feel a bad smell from him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

CIRCUMSPECTION AND DELIBERATION IN AFFAIRS

155. A believer is not stung twice from the same hole.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
156. You have two characters which God likes; gentleness and deliberation.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
157. For one who does not stumble and no sage who does not have experience.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
158. Consider how a matter will turn out; than if you think its issue will be good carry on with it, but if you fear going astray hold back
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
159. A good way of acting, a good manner of conduct and moderation are twenty-fifth part of prophecy.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
160. When a man tells something and then departs it is trust. (What he told should be treated confidential).
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE POOR AND THE PROPHET'S LIVELIHOOD

161. When one of you looks at someone who is superior to him in property and appearance, he should look at someone who is inferior to him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
162. Seek me among you weak ones, for you are given provision from God, God will be satisfied with few good deeds from him.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
163. God loves His poor, believing servant who refrains from begging and yet has children.
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
164. O God, grant me life as a poor man, cause me to die as a poor man, and resurrect me in the company of the poor.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
165. Abu Dharr said: My friend ordered me to observe seven things. He ordered me to love the poor and be near them; he ordered me to consider my inferior and not consider my superior; he ordered me to join ties of relationship even when relatives are at a distance; he ordered me not to ask anyone for anything; he ordered me to speak the truth even when it is bitter; he ordered me not to fear for God's sake reproach anyone may cast on me; and he ordered me to repeat often, "There is no might and no power except in God," for these words are a part of the treasure under the throne.
(Ahmad).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

HOPE AND AVIDITY

166. The son of Adam becomes decrepit, but two things remain young in him: avidity for property and avidity for life.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
167. " The first thing which effects the well-being of this people is firm belief and asceticism, and the first thing which affects its corruption is niggardliness and (useless) hope.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
168. God loves the pious rich man who is inconspicuous.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

HYPOCRISY AND OSTENTATION

169. God does not look at your forms and possessions, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
170. When a man prays publicly in a good manner and prays secretly in a good manner, God most high says, "This is My servant indeed."
(Ibn Majah).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

ANGER AND PRIDE

171. The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
172. He is a bad man who is proud and puts on airs and forgets the Most Great and Sublime One.
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
173. He who has in his heart as much faith as a grain of mustard seed will not enter hell, and he who has in his heart as much pride as a grain of mustard seed will not enter paradise.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
174. When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
175. Abu Huraira reported God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as telling that Moses' son Imran said, "My Lord, who is the greatest of Thy servant in Thy estimation?" and received the reply, "The one who forgives when he is in a position of power.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

TRUST IN GOD AND ENDURANCE

176. Seventy thousand of my people will enter paradise without being taken to account. They are those who do not use spells or take omens, but put their trust in their Lord.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
177. The strong believer is better and dearer to God than the weaker believer. In all that is good be eager for what benefits you, seek help in God, and be not too weak to do so.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
178. Abu Dharr reported God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying he knew a verse which would suffice men if they would but apply it, "For him who fears God He will appoint a way out and He will give him provision from an unimagined source.
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
179. Young man, if you are mindful about God He will be mindful of you, and if you are mindful of God you will find Him before you. When you ask for anything ask it from God, and if you seek help seek in God. Know that if the people were to unite to do you some benefit they could benefit you only with what God had recorded for you and that if they were to unite to do you some injury they could injure you only with what God had recorded for you. The pens are withdrawn and the pages are dry.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

OPPRESSION

180. God grants a respite to the oppressor, but when He finally seizes him, He will not let him escape.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
181. Beware of the plea of the oppressed, for he asks God most high only for his due, and God does not keep one who has a right from receiving what is due.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
182. If anyone walks with an oppressor to strengthen, knowing that he is an oppressor, he has gone forth from Islam.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
183. Do not be a people without a will of your own saying: If others treat well you will also treat well and if they do wrong we will do wrong; but accustom yourselves to do good if people do good and do not do wrong if they do evil.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
184. Oppression will produce excessive darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
185. He who has done a wrong affecting his brother's honour, or anything else, must ask for his forgiveness for it now before he will have neither dinar or dirham. If he has any good deed to his credit it would be out of his credit that the measure of his wrongdoing would be deducted, but if he has done no good deeds it will be taken from the other's evil deeds and laid upon him.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

MANNERS OF TRAVELLING

186. If people knew what I know about the dangers of being alone, no rider would travel alone at night.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
187. God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not come to his family during the night, but was accustomed to enter only in the morning or in the evening.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
188. God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to arrive from a journey only in the daytime during the forenoon, and that when he arrived he went first to the mosque where he prayed two Raka's, after which he sat in it and gave audience to the people.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
189. God's messenger, Muhammad, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to keep to the rear when travelling and urge on the weak. He would take some up behind him and would make supplication for them all.
(Abu Dawud).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
190. The Lord of the people on a journey is their servant, (NOTE 1) and he who precedes them in service will not be preceded by them on account of any deed but martyrdom.
(Baihaqi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).

THE PROPHET'S (PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM )

CHARACTER

191. Anas said: I served the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for ten years and he never said to me, "Shame!" or "Why you do such and such?" or "Why did you not do such and such."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
192. Jabir said that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was asked for anything, he never said, "No."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
193. A'isha said: God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to patch his sandals, sew his garments and conduct himself as anyone of you did in his house. (Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
194. Anas told that when a man had asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for enough sheep to fill the valley between two mountains and had been given them, went to his people and said, "Accept Islam, my people, for I swear By God that Muhammad gives gifts to such an extent that there is no fear of poverty.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
195. Anas said: God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was one of the men in character. One day he sent me to do something, and I said, "I swear by God that I will not go." But in my heart I felt I should go to do what God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has commanded me, so I went out and came upon some boys who were playing in the street. All of a sudden God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had come up behind caught me by the back of the neck, and when I looked at him he was laughing. He said, "Did you go where I ordered you, little Anas?" "Yes, I am on my way, messenger of God." (Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
196. Abu Huraira told that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was asked to invoke curse on the polytheists he replied, "I was not sent as one given to cursing; I was sent only as a mercy."
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
197. Al-Aswad told that he asked A'isha what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) use to do in his house, she replied that he used to engage himself in Mihna i.e. the service of his family, and when the time for prayer came, he went out to prayer.
(Bukhari).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
198. Jabir b. Samura said God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was far from talkative. (He spoke only when he had a good reason for doing so).
(Sharra-as-Sunna).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
199. If anyone of you sees something objectionable, he should change it with his hand, but if he cannot, he should change it with his tongue, and if he cannot he should do it in his heart, that being the weakest form of faith.
(Muslim).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
200. Anas told that when God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) shook hands with a man, he did not withdraw his hand till the other did so, and he was not seen to put forward his knees in front of one with whom he was sitting.
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
201. Hind, son of Khadija from her former husband, says about the Prophet (peace be upon him): "Kind of heart, he was nice and sweet-tempered. He never liked to displease or cause offence to anybody. He thanked even for trifling favours. He took whatever food was placed before him, without making any adverse remark. He never got angry for anything concerning his own person, nor did he think of taking revenge or letting down anybody, but if anyone opposed what was just and right, he used to get sore and helped the right cause with all his might.
(Tirmidhi).
(Muhammad The Ideal Prophet. by Sayyid Suliman Nadwi).
202. Abdullah b. al-Harith b. Jaz said he had not seen no one more given to smiling than God's messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
(Tirmidhi).
(Sayings of Muhammad. by Prof. Ghazi Ahmad).
203. Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's belly for forty days in the form of a seed, then he is a clot of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into him and who is commanded about four matters (NOTE 2) to write down his means of livelihood, his life span, his actions, and whether happy or unhappy. By Allah, other than Whom there is no god, verily one of you behaves like the people of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he behaves like the people of Hell-fire and thus enters it; and one of you behaves like the people of Hell-fire until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he behaves like the people of Paradise and thus enters it.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
204. Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose migration (NOTE 3) was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage was for that he for which he migrated.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
205. He who innovates something in which this matter of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
206. He who does an act which our matter is not [in agreement] with, will have it rejected.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
207. None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
208. There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
209. Hazrat Umar (Allah be pleased with him) said: One day while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) there appeared before us a man whose clothes were exceedingly white and whose hair was exceedingly black; no signs of journeying were to be seen on him and none of us knew him. He walked and sat down by the Prophet (peace be upon him). Resting his knees against his and placing the palm of his hands on his thigh, he said: O Muhammad, tell me about Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Islam is to testify that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to perform the prayers, to pay the zakat (NOTE 4) , to fast in Ramadan, and to make the pilgrimage to the House (NOTE 5) if you are able to do so. He said: You have spoken rightly, and we were amazed at him asking him and saying that he had spoken right. He said: Then tell me about iman (NOTE 6) . The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said: It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers and the Last Day, and to believe in divine destiny, both the good and evil thereof. He said: You have spoken rightly. He said: Then tell me about ihsan (NOTE 7) , The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said: It is to worship Allah as though you are seeing Him, and while you see Him not yet truly He sees you. He said then tell me about the Hour (NOTE 8) , The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The one questioned about it knows no better than the questioner. He said: Tell me about its signs. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl will give birth to her mistress (NOTE 9) and that you will see the barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing in constructing lofty buildings. Then he took himself off and I stayed for a time. Then the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon) said: O Umar, do you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and hid Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It was Gabriel, who came to you to teach you your religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
210. That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is plain and between the two if them are doubtful matters about which not many people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honour, but he who falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around the sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh which, if diseased, all of it is diseased. Truly it is the heart.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
211. What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. It was only their excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their Prophets that destroyed those who were before you.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
212. Leave that which makes you in doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
(Tirmidhi, Nasai).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
213. Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does not concern him.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
214. Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people.
(Tirmidhi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
215. Purity is half of faith. Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fills the scales, and Subhana 'llah [How far is Allah from every imperfection] and Al-hamdu lillah [Praise be to Allah] fill that which is between heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is a proof; patience is illumination; and the Quran is an argument for or against you. Everyone starts his day and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
216. I have been ordered to fight (NOTE 10) against people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and until he perform the prayers and pay the zakat, and if they do so, they will have gained protection from me for their lives (NOTE 11) and property, unless [they do acts that are punishable] in accordance with Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah the Almighty.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
217. Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency in all things. Thus, if you kill, kill well; and if you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
218. There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.
(Ibn Majah and Daraqutni).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
219. Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is good. Allah has commanded the Messengers, and the Almighty has said: "O ye Messengers! Eat of the good things and do right." (NOTE 12) And Allah has said: "O ye who believe ! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you." (NOTE 13) Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned [the case of] a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty and who spreads out his hands to the sky [saying]: O Lord! O Lord! - while his food is unlawful, his drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful, and he is nourished unlawfully, so how can he be answered!
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
220. Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy (NOTE 14) are: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish. (NOTE 15) (Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
221. None of you [truly] believes until his inclination is in accordance with what I ((Muhammad), may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) have brought.
(Kitab al-Hujja).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
222. Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
223. Allah the Almighty has laid down religious duties, so do not neglect them; He has set boundaries, so do not overstep them; He has prohibited some things, so do not violate them; about some things He was silent out of compassion for you, not forgetfulness, so seek not after them.
(Daraqutni)
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
224. Each person's every joint must perform a charity every day they comes up: to act justly between two people is a charity; to help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it is a charity; a good word is a charity; every step you take to prayers (i.e. on your way to the mosque) is a charity and removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
225. The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in one of three [instances]: the married person commits adultery; a life for life; and one who forsakes his religion and abandons the community.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
226. Were people to be given in accordance with their claim, men would claim the fortunes and lives (NOTE 16) of [other] people, but the onus of proof is on the claimant and the taking of an oath is the incumbent upon him who denies.
(Al-Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
227. Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "A man who harms a Muslim and deceives him, is accursed."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
228. Allah has pardoned for me my people for [their] mistakes and [their] forgetfulness and for what they have done under duress.
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
229. 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 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.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by . Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
230. Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another; do not hate one another; do not turn away from one another; and do not undercut one another, but be you. O servants of Allah, brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him, he neither lies to him nor does he hold him in contempt. Piety is right here-and the Prophet (peace be upon him) pointed to his breast three times. It is evil enough for a man to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. The whole of a Muslim for another is inviolable: his blood, his property and his honour.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
231. Some of the Companions (NOTE 17) of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet:(peace be upon him) O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made off with the rewards: they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give away in charity the superfluity of their wealth. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Has not Allah made things for you to give away in charity? Truly every tasbiha (NOTE 18) is a charity every takbira (NOTE 19) is a charity, every tahmida (NOTE 20) is a charity and every tahlia (NOTE 21) is a charity; to enjoin a good action is a charity, to forbid an evil action is a charity and in a sexual act each of you there are a charity. They said: O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfils his sexual desire will he have some reward for that? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do you [not] think that were he to act upon it unlawfully he wold be sinning? Likewise, if he has acted upon it lawfully he will have a reward.(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
232. Allah the Almighty has said: Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I shall be at war with him. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have imposed 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 hands 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.
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
233. The son of Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) use to say: At evening do not expect [to live till] morning, and at morning do not expect [to live till] evening. Take from your health for your illness and from your life for your death (NOTE 22).
(Bukhari).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
234. A man came to the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Renounce the world and Allah will love you, and renounce what people possess and people will love you.
(Ibn Majah).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).

HALAL AND HARAM

235. The halal is that which Allah has made lawful in His Book and haram is that which He has forbidden, and that concerning which He is silent He has permitted as a favour to you.
(Reported in Al-Hakim, classified as sahih (sound), and quoted by al-Bazzar).(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
236. I have been sent with what is straight and easy.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
237. Allah has prescribed certain obligations for you, so do not neglect them; He has defined certain limits, so do not transgress them; He has prohibited certain things, so do not do them; and He has kept silent concerning other things out of mercy for you and not because of forgetfulness, so do not ask questions concerning them.
(Daraqutni).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
238. Any innovation in our matter (worship) which is not part of it must be rejected.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al-halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
239. If anyone amasses wealth through haram means and then gives charity from it, there is no regard for him and the burden of sins remains.
(Ibn Khazimah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
240. A group of people will make people's intoxications halal by giving it other names.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
241. A hadith qudsi (NOTE 23):
They prohibited to people what I had made lawful for I created people upright (hunafah). Then the evil ones came to them and led them astray from their religion and commanded them to associate with Me that for which I had sent down any authority.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
242. A time will come when people will devour usury, calling it "trade."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
243. Avoid three abominable acts (that is, the one who does them is cursed by Allah and by the people): defecating in streams, defecating on roadways, and defecating in shaded places.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Hakim, and classified as sahih by Baihaqi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
244. Actions will be judged by intentions, and everyone will be recompensed according to what he intended.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).
245. Its water (the sea's) is pure and its dead are halal.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
246. By Allah, if Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I would have her hand cut off.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
247. If a person earns property through haram means and gives charity, it will not be accepted (by Allah): if he spends it there will be no blessing on it; and if he leaves it behind (at his death) it will be his provision in the Fire. Indeed Allah Ta'ala does not obliterate one bad deed by another bad deed, but He does cancel out a bad deed by a good deed. An unclean thing does not wipe away another unclean thing.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al halal wal haram fil Islam) by. Yusuf Al Qaradawi).

SLAUGHTERING

248. Allah has ordained kindness (or excellence) in everything. If killing is to be done, do it in the best manner, and when you slaughter, do it in the best manner by first sharpening the knife, and putting the animal at ease.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
249. If someone kills a sparrow for sport, the sparrow will cry out on the Day of Judgement, 'O Lord! That person killed me in vain! He did not kill me for any useful purpose.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
250. Any part cut off a living animal is dead flesh.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
251. Whoever kills a sparrow or anything bigger than that without a just cause, Allah will hold him accountable on the Day of Judgement. The listeners asked, O Messenger of Allah, what is a just cause? He replied, That he will kill it to eat, not simply to chop off its head and then throw it away.
(Nisai, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
252. When you set your dog (for the chase), mention the name of Allah, if he catches the game, and you reach it while it is still alive, cuts, its throat.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
253. If you send your dog after the game, and it eats part of it, you should not eat of it, for the dog has hunted for itself and not for you; but if you send the dog and it kills the game without eating it, you can eat it, as it has caught it for its master.
(Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).

INTOXICANTS

254. Every intoxicant is khamr (NOTE 24) and every khamr is haram.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
255. Khamr is that which befogs the mind.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
256. Of that which intoxicates in a large amount, a small amount is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
257. If a bucketful intoxicates, a sip of it is haram.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
258. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a table at which khamr is consumed.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi ).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
259. If someone stockpiles grapes during harvest time and holds them in order to sell to a Jew or Christian or anyone else (even if he be a Muslim) who produces khamr, he will be leaping into the Fire with his eyes open.
(Tabarani, Hafiz).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
260. Truly Allah has cursed khamr and has cursed the one who produces it, the one for whom it is produced, the one who drinks it, the one who serves it, the one who carries it, the one for whom it is carried, the one who sells it, the one who earns from the sale of it the one who buys it, and the one for whom it is bought.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
261. Allah has sent down the disease and the cure, and for every disease there is a cure. So take medicine but do not use anything haram as medicine.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).

CLOTHING AND ADORNMENT

262. Cleanse yourself, for Islam is cleanliness.
(Ibn Hayyan).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
263. Cleanliness invites towards faith, and faith leads its possessor to the Garden.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
264. If you can afford it, it is befitting that you wear garments other than your working clothes to Friday prayer.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
265. Do not wear silk, for those who wear it in this life shall not wear it in the Hereafter.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
266. This is the dress [referring to a silken garment] of a man who has no character.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
267. On the day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at the person who trails his robe behind him out of pride.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
268. On the day of Resurrection, Allah will clothe the one who wears garments of fame with garments of humiliation.
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nisai, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. better than the questioner. He said: Tell me about its signs. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl will give birth to her mistress (NOTE 9) and that you will see the barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing in constructing lofty buildings. Then he took himself off and I stayed for a time. Then the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon) said: O Umar, do you know who the questioner was? I said: Allah and hid Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It was Gabriel, who came to you to teach you your religion.
(Muslim).
(Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).
269. "Anyone who has an atom of pride in his heart will not enter the Garden." A man then asked, "What about the one who likes to wear a handsome robe and good shoes?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "Surely Allah is beautiful and loves beauty."
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
270. Pride is to reject the truth and to view other people with contempt.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
271. Whoever eats or drinks from gold or silver utensils, is indeed filling his stomach with the fire of hell.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
272. Assuredly the angels do not enter a house in which there are statues or figures.
(Bukhari, Muslim, wording is from Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
273. Among the people receiving the harshest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be the makers of figures/the imitators of Allah's creation.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
274. On the Day of Resurrection, the makers of a figure will be asked to breathe a spirit into it, and he will never be able to do so.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
275. Do not glorify me in the same manner as the Christians glorify Jesus, son of Mary, but say, "He is a slave of Allah and His Messenger.
(Bukhari and reported in others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
276. hadith qudsi
Who does greater wrong than he who desires to create the like of what I create? Let them create an atom! Let them create a grain of barley!
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
277. Do not stand up as the Persians do, some people honouring the others.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
278. Do not make of my grave a site for festivals.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
279. O Lord, do not let my grave be made into an idol to be worshipped.
(Malik).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
280. Charity is halal neither for the rich nor for the able-bodied.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
281. He who begs without need is like a person holding a burning coal in his hand.
(Baihaqi, Ibn Khazimah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
282. O people, say what you said previously or part of it, and do not let Satan mislead you. I am Muhammad, a slave of Allah and His Messenger. I do not like your raising my status above the status which Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, has given me.
(Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
283. Whoever keeps a dog except for hunting, guarding cattle and crops will lose one large measure (qirat) of his reward everyday.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
284. A person keeps on begging until he meets Allah (on the Day of Resurrection) with no flesh on his face.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
285. Anyone who begs from people in order to increase his wealth will have his face scratched on the Day of Resurrection, and will eat burning stones from hell; so let him reduce it (his punishment) or let him increase it as he pleases.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
286. Begging is similar to scratching the flesh off your face; so if someone wants to save his face he should avoid it, except for asking from the ruler or asking in case of dire need.
(Abu Dawud, Nisai).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
287. It is better that a person should take a rope and bring a bundle of wood on his back to sell so that Allah may preserve his honour, than that he should beg from people, (regardless of) whether they give to him or refuse him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
288. When a Muslim plants a plant or cultivates a crop, no bird or human being eats from it without its being accounted for as a (rewardable) charity for him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
289. When a Muslim plants a plant, anything eaten of it or stolen from it, until the Day of Resurrection, is accounted as charity for him.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
290. If anyone plants a tree, patiently protects it and looks after it until it bears fruit, Allah the Mighty and Glorious will count as charity for him anything for which its fruits are used.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
291. If you deal in usury, calling it by other names, and hang onto the tails of cows, being satisfied with cultivation and ceasing to perform jihad, (NOTE 25) Allah will inflict a disgrace upon you which will not be removed until you return to your religion.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
292. Allah did not send a prophet without his having tended sheep. They asked, 'You too, O Messenger of Allah? He [Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)] replied, 'Yes, I tended sheep for wages for the people of Makkah.'
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
293. No one earns his food better than the one who worked with his hands, and the prophet of Allah, David earned his food by working with his hands.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
294. Ibn Abbas said, "David was a maker of coats of mail and shields, Adam was a farmer, Noah a carpenter, Idris a tailor, and Moses a shepherd.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
295. An honest and trustworthy merchant will be with the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection.
(Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
296. An honest and trustworthy merchant will be with the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs.
(Hakim, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
297. Merchants will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection as wicked people, with the exception of those who fear Allah, do righteous deeds, and are truthful.
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
298. Woe to the rulers, the leaders, and the trustees! On the Day of Resurrection some people will wish that they could be suspended between heaven and earth rather than having had the burden of their responsibilities.
(Ibn Hibban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
299. Merchants beware of lying.
(Tabarani).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
300. On the Day of Resurrection Allah will not look at three (kinds of) persons nor purify them. One of them is the person who swears (to the truth) while lying about his merchandise.
(Muslim and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
301. A dirham of riba (NOTE 26) which a person consumes knowingly is worse than committing zina thirty-six times.
(Ahmad).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
302. There are three classes of judges, one of whom will be in the Garden and the other two in the Fire. The one who will be in the Garden is a man who knew the truth and judged accordingly. The one who knew the truth but misjudged and the one who judged for the people in the ignorance will be in the Fire.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
303. He who seeks the office of a judge, collecting recommendations, is left to himself, but for him who is compelled to accept it, Allah sends an angel to guide him.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
304. A person does not reach the rank of the God fearing (muttaqeen) until he abandons what is harmless out of fear that it may be harmful.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
305. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must never be in privacy with woman without there being a mahrem (of hers) with her, for otherwise Satan will be the third person (with them). (Ahmad). (The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
306. Beware of entering where women are. A man from the Ansar asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about the in-laws?". He (peace be upon him) replied, The in-laws is death."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
307. The man's uncle is like his father.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
308. The eyes also commit zina, and their zina is the lustful look.
(Bukhari and others).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
309. "Ali, (Ali ibn Abu Talib) do not let a second look follow the first. The first look is allowed to you but not the second."
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
310. A man should not look at the awrah (NOTE 27) of the another man, nor a woman of a woman, nor should a man go under one cloth with another man, nor a woman with another woman.
(Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
311. At first the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited people from going to public baths, but later allowed men to enter them wearing a lower garment.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
312. Do not prevent the bond-maids of Allah from (going to) Allah's mosques.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
313. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not enter the public bath without a lower garment (to cover his private parts), and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not let his wife go to the public bath.
(Nisai, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
314. "Beware of a building called the Public Bath." Some people said, "O Messenger of Allah, it certainly removes dirt and benefits the sick." He (peace be upon him) then said, "Then whoever enters should cover his nakedness.
(Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
315. The woman who perfumes herself and passes through a gathering is an adulteress.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
316. A woman who removes her clothes (i.e. goes naked) outside her husband's house tears down the veil (hijab) between herself and her Lord.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
317. Allah has permitted you [the women] to go out for your needs.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
318. If someone's wife asks his permission to go to the mosque, he should not deny it to her.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
319. Among lawful things divorce is most hated by Allah.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
320. What is haram by reason of genealogy is haram by reason of fosterage.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
321. Young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at women (lit., lowers your gaze) and preserves your chastity; but those who cannot should fast, for it is a means of cooling sexual passion.
(Bukhari).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
322. Three matters should not be delayed: salat when its time comes, burial when the funeral has arrived, and the marriage of a single woman when a man of equal status has proposed.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
323. There are three who have a right to help from Allah: the slave whose master has agreed to his buying his freedom when he wishes to pay the sum, and the one who fights in the cause of Allah.
(Ahmad, Nisai, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
324. I [Al-Mughira ibn Shu'bah] asked for a woman in marriage and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) asked me whether I had looked at her. When I replied that I had not, he said, "Then look at her, for it may produce love between you." I went to her parents and informed them of the Prophet's advice. They seemed to disapprove of the idea. Their daughter heard the conversation from her room and said, "If the Prophet has told you to look at me, then look." I looked at her, and subsequently married her.
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah Ibn Hibban, Darimi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
325. When someone with whose religion and character you are satisfied asks for your daughter in marriage, accede to his request. If you do not do so there will be corruption and great evil on the earth.
(Tirmidhi).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
326. Anyone who has two wives and does not treat them equally will come on the Day of Resurrection dragging one part of his body which will be hanging down.
(Ibn Habban, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
327. If it were not for the fear of retaliation on the Day of Resurrection, I would have beaten you [his servant] with this miswak (tooth-cleaning stick).
(Ibn Sa'd).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
328. There are three (persons) whose salat does not rise even a single span above their heads; a man leading a congregational salat while the people hate him, a woman passing the night while her husband is angry with her, and two quarrelling brothers.
(Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
329. Whoever wants to take an oath should take it in the name of Allah or keep silent.
(Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
330. Anyone who swears by (anything) other than Allah has committed shirk.(NOTE 28)(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
331. If any woman asks her husband for a divorce without some strong reason, the fragrance of the Garden will be forbidden for her.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
332. If someone claims a person as his father with the knowledge that he is not his father, the Garden will be forbidden to him.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
333. The one who claims descent from someone other than his (real) father, and the slave who attaches himself to someone other than his (real) master, are cursed by Allah, His angels, and the people, Allah will accept neither repentance nor ransom from such person on the Day of Resurrection.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
334. Wasting the sustenance of his dependents is sufficient sin for a man.
(Abu Dawud, Nisai, Hakim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
335. Each one of you is a caretaker (ra'iy) and is responsible for those under his care.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
336. Allah will ask every caretaker (ra'iy) about the people under his care, and the man will be asked concerning the people of his household.
(Ahmad, Nisai and Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
337. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked: "What is the greatest sin?" He (peace be upon him) replied, "To ascribe divinity to someone else other than Allah, when He is the One Who created you." What next?" the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked, "To kill your child out of fear that it will share your food," he (peace be upon him) replied.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
338. When one of you asks for a woman in marriage, if he is able to look at what will induce him to marry her, he should do so.
(Abu Dawud).
(The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (arb: Al Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam) by. Yusuf Qaradawi).
339. Hadhrat Ibn Mas'ood (Allah be pleased with him) and Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrate the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "There will dawn a time over people when the destruction of a man will be at the hands of his wife, parents, and children. They will humiliate him because of his poverty and will make such demands which will induce him to engage in such activities (to gain more money) which will finally destroy his Deen."
(Baihaqi)
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
340. Verily, Allah sent Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with truth and He sent down the Book upon him and the verse of stoning was included in what was sent down to him. We recited it, retained in our memory and understood it. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) awarded the punishment of stoning to death (to the married adulterer and adulteress) and after him, we also awarded the punishment of stoning to death. I am afraid that, with the lapse of time, the people (may forget it) and may say: We do not find the punishment of stoning to death in the Book of Allah, and thus go astray by abandoning this duty prescribed by Allah. Stoning to death is a duty laid down in Allah's Book for married men and women who commit adultery when proof is established.
(Muslim).
(The Penal Law of Islam by Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi).
341. Abdullah b. Umar reported that a Jew and a Jewess were brought to Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had committed adultery. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to the Jews and said: What do you find in Torah for one who commits adultery? They said: We darken their faces and make them ride on the donkey with their faces turned to the opposite direction (and their backs touching each other) and then they are taken round (the city). He said: Bring the Torah if you are truthful. They brought it and recited it until when they came to the verse pertaining to stoning, the person who was reading placed his hand on the verse pertaining to stoning, and read (only that which was) between his hands and what was subsequent to that. Abdullah b. Salam who was at that time with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Command him (the reciter) to lift his hand. He lifted his hand and there was, underneath that, the verse pertaining to stoning. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) pronounced judgement about both of them and they were stoned. Abdullah b. Umar said: I was one of those who stoned them, and I saw him (the Jew) protecting her (the Jewess with his body).
(Muslim).
(The Penal Law of Islam by Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi).
342. Allah the Almighty has 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 as it (NOTE 29)
(Tirmidhi).
(From: Forty Hadith translated by. Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies).

ETHICS

343. The Prophet (peace be upon him) use to say: "The best of you are those who have the best morals.
(Bukhari)
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
344. Mu'aviyah ibn Jahimah reported, Jahimah came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I intend that I should enlist in the fighting force and I have come to consult thee. He said "Hast thou a mother?" He said, "Yes." He said: "Then stick to her, for paradise is beneath her two feet.
(Nisai).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
345. Abu Huraira said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The most perfect of the believers in faith is the best of them in moral excellence, and the best of you are the kindest of you to their wives.
(Tirmidhi).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
346. Aswad said, I asked A'isha, "What did the Prophet (peace be upon him) do when in his house? She said, he served his wife, meaning that he did work for his wife.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
347. Anas said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Help thy brother whether he is the doer of wrong or wrong is done to him." They (his companions) said, "O Messenger of Allah! We can help a man to whom wrong is done, but how could we help him when he is the doer of wrong?" He said: "Take hold of his hands from doing wrong."
(Bukhari).
Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
348. Anas said reported, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Do not hate one another and be not jealous of one another and do not boycott one another, and be servants of Allah (as) brethren; and it is not lawful for a Muslim that he should sever his relations with his brother for more than three days."
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
349. A'isha reported, The Jews came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "Death overtake you! may Allah curse you and may Allah's wrath descend on you. He (the Prophet) said: "Gently, O A'isha! Be courteous, and keep thyself away from roughness. (Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
350. Ibn Abbas said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "He is not of us who does not show mercy to our little ones and respect to our great ones.
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).

SAHIH AL-BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE)

351. Narrated Anas Ibn Masud (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with sermons and knowledge all the time).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
352. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whomsoever Allah intends to do good, He gives right understanding of religion, and knowledge is maintained only through teaching."
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
353. Abu Huraira said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The word of wisdom is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it he has a better right to it."
(Tirmidhi).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
354. Narrated Abdullah bin Masud (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (1) (The first is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (2) (the second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Quran) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
355. Narrated Abu Wail (Allah be pleased with him): Abdullah used to give religious talk to the people on every Thursday. Once a man said, "O Aba Abdur-Rahman! (By Allah) I wish if you could preach us daily." He replied, "The only thing which prevents me from doing so, is that I hate to bore you, and no doubt I take care of you in preaching by selecting a suitable time just as the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to do with us, for fearing of making us bored."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
356. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What is Harj O Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) ?" He replied by beckoning with his hand indicating "killing."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
357. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: "From among the potents of the Hour are (the following):

1. Religious knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men).
2. (Religious) ignorance will prevail.
3. Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be very common).
4. There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.

(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
358. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) There is none among the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) who has narrated more Hadiths than I except, Abdullah bin Amr (bin Al-As) who used to write them and I never did the same.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
359. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him): Whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke a sentence (said something), he used to repeat it thrice so that the people could understand it properly from him and whenever he asked permission to enter, (he knocked the door) thrice with greeting.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
360. Narrated Abu Musa (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of which was fertile soil that absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain water and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking, making their animals drink from it and for irrigation of the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation (then the land did not give any benefits). The first is the example of the person who comprehends Allah's religion and gets benefit (from the knowledge) which Allah has revealed through me (the Prophet) and learns and then teaches others. The last example is that of person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's guidance revealed through me (He is like the barren land)."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
361. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him): I will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about after it. I heard Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) saying:

1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of religious learned men).
2. (Religious) ignorance will prevail.
3. There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
4. Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much that fifty women will be looked after by one man.

(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
362. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him): The fact which stops me from narrating a great number of Hadiths to you is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever tells a lie against me intentionally, then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
363. Narrated Salama (Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon) him) saying, "Whoever (intentionally) ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
364. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): I said: O Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) !, "Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession in the Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Apostle (may the blessings and peace of Allah be) upon him) said: O Abu Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
365. Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote to Abu Bakr bin Hazm, "look for the knowledge of Hadith and get it written, as I am afraid that religious knowledge will vanish and the religious learned men will pass away (die). Do not accept anything save the Hadiths of the Prophet may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Circulate knowledge and teach the ignorant, for knowledge does not vanish except when it is kept secretly (to oneself).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
366. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "The fornication of the eyes is to look with lust; the fornication of the tongue is to speak lustful things; the fornication of the hands is to touch with lust; the fornication of the feet is to walk towards lust; the fornication of the heart is to desire evil;..."
(Muslim)
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
367. Narrated Abdullah bin Amr bin Al As (Allah be pleased with him): I heard Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) saying: "Allah does not take away the knowledge by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religious learned men) remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant persons who when consulted will give their verdict without knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead people astray."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
368. Abu Huraira said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "People are like mines of silver and gold; the more excellent of them in the days of Ignorance are the more excellent of them in Islam when they attain knowledge (NOTE 30)
(Muslim, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
369. Narrated Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him): While I was going with the Prophet (peace be upon him) through the ruins of Medina and he was reclining on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to the others; Ask him ( the Prophet (peace be upon him)) about the spirit. Some of them said that they should not ask him that question as he might give a reply which would displease them. But some of them insisted on asking, and so on of them stood up and asked, "O Aba-l-Qasim! What is the spirit?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) remained quiet. I thought he was being inspired Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the Prophet (while being inspired) was over. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said, "And they ask you (O Muhammad (peace be upon him) ) concerning the spirit - Say: The spirit - its knowledge is with my Lord. And of knowledge you have been given but little." (17:85).
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).

MARRIAGE

370. Jabir said, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When one of you asksa woman in marriage, then if he is able that he should look into what invites him to have her in marriage, he should do it.
(Abu Dawud).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
371. Ibn Abbas said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed a ram each in the case of Hassan and Hussain. (Abu Dawud,
Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
372. Abu Huraira reported, The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "A woman is married on account of four things; on account of her wealth, on account of (the nobility) of the family, and her beauty, and on account of her character (NOTE 31)
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
373. Ai'sha said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Make the marriage publicly known, and perform it in mosques and beat at it with duff.(NOTE 32)
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
374. Ibn Umar reported, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When one of you is invited to a marriage feast, he should go to it.
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
375. Ali reported, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade temporary marriage with women, and the eating of domestic asses, on the day of Khaibar. (NOTE 33)
(Bukhari).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).
376. Umm Kurz said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: "In the case of a boy, two goats, and in the case of a girl, one goat (should be sacrificed). (NOTE 34)
(Tirmidhi, Mishkat).
(A Manual of Hadith by. Maulana Muhammad Ali).

THE BOOK OF BELIEF (FAITH)

377. Narrated Abu Musa (Allah be pleased with him): Some people asked Allah's Apostle, (peace be upon him) "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
378. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: 1.The one to whom Allah and his Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. 2.Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. 3.Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
379. Narrated Anas (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith and hatred for the Ansar is a sign of hypocrisy.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
380. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
381. Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, they are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favours and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees something in you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any good from you.'"
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
382. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever establishes the prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off) all his past sins will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
383. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
384. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "If anyone of you improves his religion then his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven hundred times for each good deed and a bad deed will be recorded as it is."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
385. Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, afternoons and during the last hours of the nights."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
386. Narrated Umar (bin Al-Khattab) (Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle (peace be upon him) then his emigration was for Allah and his Apostle (peace be upon him). And whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was what he emigrated for."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).
387. O my people! You have certain rights over your wives and so have your wives over you. They are the trust of Allah in your hands, So you must treat them with kindness.
(Muslim).
(The Living thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad by. Muhammad Ali).
388. Narrated Umar bin Al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him). Once a Jew said to me, "O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy Book which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed to us, we would have taken that day (on which it was revealed) as a day of celebration." Umar bin Al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Which is that verse?" The Jew replied,

"This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, And have chosen for you Islam as your religion." (5:3)

Umar (Allah be pleased with him) replied, "No doubt, we know when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him) . It was Friday and the Prophet (peace be upon him) was standing at Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj)."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 1).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).

THE SPLITTING OF THE MOON IN TWO PIECES

389. Narrated Anas bin Malik (Allah be pleased with him): The people of Mecca asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw the Hira mountain (NOTE 35)
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 5).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).

AL-MIRAJ

(i.e. Ascension of the Prophet (peace be upon him) to the heavens).
390. Narrated Anas bin Malik from Malik bin Sa'sa'a (Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) described to them his Night Journey saying, "While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to here." I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "It means from his throat to his pubic area," or said, "from the top of the chest." The Prophet (peace be upon him) further said, "He then took out my heart. Then a gold tray full of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey, was brought to me." (on this Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried on it, and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven. When he asked for the gate to be opened it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has Muhammad been called?' Gabriel replied in affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there.
Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious son and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the second heaven, there I saw Yaya (i.e. John) and Isa (i.e. Jesus), who were cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them your greetings.' So I greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the third heaven, there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Joseph; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the fifth heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aron) Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Aron; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went (over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Moses; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious brother and pious Prophet.' When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked, 'What makes you weep?' Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your father; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, o pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the farthest limit). Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote Tree of the farthest limit.' Behold! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible. I asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied, 'As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.' Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (i.e.the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked, 'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israil (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reducing your followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I went back and Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went back to Allah was ordered to observe five prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day,(NOTE 36) and no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israil, so go back to your Lord and ask for reducing your followers' burden.' I said, 'I have requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah's order.' When I left, I head a voice saying, 'I have passed My Order and have reduced the burden of My Worshippers.'"
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 5).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan et.al.).

WOMEN IN ISLAM

391. Reported from Anas b. Malik, the Prophet said: "Girls are models of affection and sympathy and a blessing to the family. If a person has one daughter, God will screen him from the fire of hell owing to his daughter; if he has two daughters, God will admit him to paradise; if he has three, God will exempt him from the obligation of charity and Jehad."
(Kanz al-Ummal:277).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
392. Abu Hurairah says, "The Prophet of God said that if a person has three daughters whom he provides for and brings up, God will surely reward him with paradise."
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
393. According to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, the Prophet is reported to have said; "If a daughter is born to a person and he brings her up, gives her a good education and trains her in the arts of life, I shall myself stand between him and hell-fire.
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
394. Ibn Abbas reported that a virgin grown-up girl came to the Prophet of Allah and narrated that her father had given her in marriage to a person whom she disliked. The Prophet gave her option.
(Abu Dawud).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
395. Khansa' b. Khidham reported that her father gave her in marriage, after she had became a widow. She disliked it and came to the Prophet. He annulled the marriage.
(Bukhari).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
396. According to Ayeshah, the Prophet's wife, he said about women: "They are like pleasing roses."(NOTE 37)
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
397. Man is the ruler in his home. He will be held responsible for the conduct of his dependents, and woman is the ruler in her husband's home. She will also be held responsible for the conduct of her dependents.
(Bukhari).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
398. A person who has a female slave in charge and takes steps to give her a sound education and trains her in arts and culture, and then frees her and marries her, he will be doubly rewarded.
(Sahih Bukhari, Kitab al-Nikah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
399. A report from Bahz b. Hakim states: I inquired the Prophet (peace be upon him) about hi teaching in respect of women. He replied: "Feed them as you feed yourselves, clothe them as you clothe yourselves, and do not beat or scold them."
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
400. According to a report from Abdullah b. 'Umar, the Prophet (peace be upon him) declared: "The whole world is a thing to be made use of and the best thing in the world is a virtuous wife."
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
401. Ayeshah praised the women of Ansar for their spirit of enquiry and learning, saying, 'How praiseworthy are the women of Ansar that their modesty does not prevent them from attempts at learning and the acquisition of knowledge.'
(Sahih Muslim Kitab al Tahrat).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
402. Umar, the Second Caliph, says, 'When a person marries a woman, and the woman stipulates that she would not be taken out of the town or city, of her residence, it is necessary for the husband to abide by the stipulation.'
(Tirmidhi p. 385).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
403. Ali, the Fourth Caliph, say: 'The conditions laid down by God take precedence over the conditions set by man.'
(Ahmad).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
404. A report from Ibn Abbas states that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'A previously married woman is more a guardian for herself than her guardian and a virgin should be asked permission about herself, and her permission is her silence.'
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
405. Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'A grown-up girl shall be asked permission about herself. If she is silent, it is her permission; and if she declines, there shall be no compulsion on her.'
(Muslim).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
406. Ibn Abas reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) declared: 'Those women are adulteresses who marry themselves without the presence of witnesses.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
407. Ibn Umar says: 'Uthman b. Mazu'um left behind a young daughter. My uncle, Qudamah, married her to me, and did not even consult her. When the girl came to know this, she disliked this marriage and she wished to marry Mughirah b. Shu'bah. So she was married to Mughirah.
(Ibn Majah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
408. Ayeshah, says, 'A girl came and stated that her father had given her in marriage to his nephew and she disliked him. I told her to wait till the Prophet arrived. When the Prophet came, I told him the full story of the girl. He at once sent for the father of the girl and enquired whether the facts stated were true, after which he told the girl the she was at liberty to choose or repudiate her husband. The girl replied that she chose to retain her marriage, and she wanted only to know whether women had the rights in the matter.'
(Nasai).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
409. Ayeshah said, the Prophet (peace be upon him) of God declared: 'Marriage of a woman is invalid without there being a guardian.'
(Tirmidhi Kitab al-Nikah).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
410. Ayeshah, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), reports: The Prophet (peace be upon him) of God said: 'The best of you is he who is best to his wife.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
411. A report from Abu Hurairah says: 'No believer should be angry towards his wife. If some of her qualities are displeasing, there will be many other qualities worth appreciation.'
(Nail al-Autar).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
412. The Angel of God advised me so many times about women that I became convinced that it is not lawful for a man to divorce his wife, except when she commits adultery.
(Irshad al-Muhtaj, Huquq al-Azwaj).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).
413. According to a report from Anas b Malik, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Girls are models of affection and sympathy and a blessing to the family. If a person has one daughter, God will screen him from the fire of hell owing to his daughter; if he has two daughters, God will admit him to Paradise; if he has three, God will exempt him from the obligations of charity and Jihad.
(Kanz al-Ummal).
(Women in Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi).

THE PRAYER (SALAT)

414. According to Utham, may God be pleased with him, the blessed Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'To perform the late evening Prayer, (Isha), in congregation is equivalent to spending half the night in vigil, while to perform the dawn Prayer, (Fajr), in congregation is like keeping vigil throughout the night.
(Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).
416. Said the Prophet,(peace be upon him): 'The five set Prayers may be compared to a stream of fresh water, flowing in front of your house, into which you plunge five times each day. Do you think that would leave any dirt on your body?' When they replied: 'None at all!' The Prophet, on him be peace, said: 'Indeed the five Prayers remove sins, just as water removes dirt.'
(Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).
415. Said the Prophet, (peace be upon him): 'On the Day of Resurrection, three people will find themselves on the ridge of black musk. They will have no reckoning to fear, nor any cause for alarm while human accounts are being settled. First, a man who recites the Quran to please God, Great and Glorious is He, and who leads the Prayer to people's satisfaction. Second, a man who gives the Call to Prayer in a Mosque, inviting people to God, Great and Glorious is He, for the sake of His good pleasure. Third, a man who has a hard time making a living in this world, yet is not distracted from the work of the Hereafter.'
(Tirmidhi).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).

ALMSGIVING (ZAKAT)

417. Said the Prophet (peace be upon him): 'The most meritorious form of Almsgiving is the effort to help a poor man, made in secret, by one who is himself of little means.'
(Ahmad).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).
418. Seven will God shade on the day when there will be no shade but the shade of His Throne: one of them is a man who offers Alms without his left hand knowing what his right hand has given.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).
419. Blessed is the servant who spends out of the wealth he has earned without sin.
(Ibn Adi, Bazzar).
(Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship. by Al-Ghazali). (Translated by Muhtar Holland).

STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM

420. Act kindly towards women, for they were created from a rib and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it you will break it, if you leave it alone it will remain crooked: so act kindly towards women.
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
421. Paradise lies under the feet of the mother.
(Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
422. Advice and warning rendered by Hazrat Umar, the second caliph: "Beware! don't make a heavy dower of women. Had it been a cause of honour in the world and piety near Allah, the Holy Prophet would have been the first about it. I did not know whether the Holy Prophet married any of his wives and got his daughters married for more than 12 auqiahs (NOTE 38)"
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Daud, Nasai, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).

THE TRUE QUALITY OF A GOOD WIFE

423. Thauban reported that the Messenger of Allah said: "The best of the property is a remembering tongue (about Allah), and a grateful heart and a believing wife who helps him in his faith."
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
424. Hazrat Aishah (R.A.) (NOTE 39) told that Allah's Messenger said to her, "If you wish to join me (in the Hereafter), be satisfied with worldly things to the extent of a rider's provision, avoid sitting with the rich, and do not consider a garment worn out till you patch it."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
425. Hadrat Anas reported that the Holy Prophet had said: "For the woman her husband is Paradise as well as Hell."
(Ahmad, Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
426. Imran bin Hussain reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "The perfume used by men should have an odour, but no colour, and the perfume used by women should have colour but no odour."
(Abu Daud).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
427. Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "Every eye is adulterous (when it cast glances with lust on strange women) and when a woman perfumes herself and passes a company, she is such and such." -meaning adulterous.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
428. Hadrat Aisha reports that she asked the Holy Prophet whose right was greatest on the woman and the Holy Prophet said: Husband's. Then she asked: Whose right was the greatest on man and the Holy Prophet said: His mother's.
(Bazaz, Hakim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
429. Hadrat Ibn Umar reported that the Holy Prophet had said: "Allah would not like even to look at the woman who is not thankful to her husband."
(Nasai).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
430. Hazrat Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger Of Allah said: " When a wife spends food of her house without spoiling there is for her its reward for what she gives away and there is also a reward for her husband for what he earns, and the like (reward) for the storekeeper - none of them diminishing aught from the reward of another."
(Bukhari).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
431. A hadith related by Hadrat Anas says that the Holy Prophet observed: "When the following five evils shall creep into my Ummah, it will then be destroyed:

1. invoking curses on one another
2. use of liquor on large scale
3. wearing of silken clothes
4. increased number of dancing girls and their frequent entertainment shows in large gatherings.
5. when man shall engage in sexual intercourse with males and women shall engage in sexual acts with other females i.e. sodomy and homosexuality."

(Baihaqi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).

HOW ESSENTIAL IS HIJAB (VEIL)

432. Ibn Masud reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: "A woman is an object of concealment for when she goes out the devil presents her in alluring looks before men."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
433. There are three types of eyes whom hell fire will not touch - the eye which keeps itself shut from the things forbidden by Allah, the eye which guards the frontiers of Islam and remains open to keep vigil over it and the eye which constantly sheds tears out of Allah's fear.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
434. The fornication of the eyes consists of looking, of ears in hearing, of the tongue in speech, of the hand in violence and of the foot in walking. The heart lusts and wishes and the private parts accord with that or reject it.
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).

WEALTH AND WOMEN ARE A GREAT TRIAL

435. Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said: "Wealth is not in vast riches but wealth is in self-contentment."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
436. Two hungry wolves do not do so much havoc to a flock of sheep as greed and desire do to one's religion.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
437. Abu Umama reported that the Prophet as saying, "The most enviable of my friends in my estimation is a believer with little property who finds pleasure in prayer, who performs the worship of his Lord well, who obeys Him in secret, who is obscure among men, who is not pointed out by people, and whose provision is bare sufficiency with which he is content." He then snapped his fingers and said, "His death will come speedily, the women who bewail him will be few and what he leaves will be little."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
438. Umar reported the Prophet saying, "Whenever a man is alone with a woman the devil makes a third."
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
439. Do not call on women in the absence of their husbands, because Satan might be circulating in any one of you like blood.
(Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
440. Abu Said a-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "the world is sweet and verdant, and Allah having put you in it in your turn watches how you act; so fear the world and fear women, for the trial of the Bani Israel had to do with woman."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).

HUSBAND-WIFE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

441. Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: "If anyone amongst you intends to go to his wife he should say: In the name of Allah, O Allah, ward us against Satan and keep away the Satan from the one that you have bestowed upon us, and if He has ordained a male child for them, Satan will never be able to harm him."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
442. Abu Said a-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger as saying, "The most important of the trusts in the sight of Allah in the Day of Judgement is that a man goes to his wife and she goes to him (and the breach of trust is) that he should divulge her secret."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
443. Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah told his companions that "...in man's sexual intercourse (with his wife) there is Sadqa (charity)." They (the companions) said: Messenger of Allah, is there a reward for him who satisfied his sexual passion among us? He said: Tell me, if he were to devote it to something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward."
(Muslim).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
444. Hazrat Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) said: "I never looked at (or, I never saw) Allah's Messenger's private parts."
(Ibn Majah).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).
445. Ibn Abbas reported: "It was revealed to the Messenger of Allah: your wives are a tilth for you. So come to your tilth as you like; come from the front and back, and guard against the rectum and menstruation."
(Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi).
(Ideal Woman in Islam. by Imran Muhammad).

ACQUISITION OF AND IMPARTING DEENI KNOWLEDGE

446. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The noblest charity is that a Muslim acquires some knowledge (of the Deen) then imparts it to a brother Muslim."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).
447. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "no one has given his children anything better than adab (which in this context refers to Denni knowledge)."
(Tirmidhi, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).
448. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "O Abu Zarr (a Sahaabi) if you go anywhere to learn one ayaat of the Qur'aan, it is better for you than a hundred rakaats (Nafal) Salaat; if you go anywhere to acquire one law of the knowledge (of Deen), it is better for you than performing a thousand rakaats (Nafal) Salaat, irrespective of whether you practised on it (the knowledge) or not."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Maulana Mohammad Ali Thanvi).

TAKING SPECIAL CARE TO FULFIL THE RIGHTS OF MUSLIMS

449. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "On the Day of Qiyaamah, the one in the vilest of conditions will be a two-faced person. He says one thing (in favour) of one person and then another thing (in regard to the same affair) to another person."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
450. Hadhrat Sufyaan Ibn As'ad Khadrami (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: "Indeed it is an act of the greatest abuse of trust if you tell a Muslim brother something which is false while he believes that you are telling him the truth."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
451. Hadhrat Muaaz (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever taunts a brother (Muslim) with a sin (which the Muslim has committed), will not die until he (the taunter) commits the same sin."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
452. Hadhrat Abdur Rahman Ibn Ghanam and Asma Bint Yazeed (Allah be pleased with them) narrate that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The worst among the servants of Allah are those who gossip and create rifts between friends."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
453. Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Do not unnecessarily dispute with a brother (Muslim) nor joke with him in such a way which displeases him. Do not promise him something which you cannot fulfil."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
454. Hadhrat Zaid bin Arqam (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that according to Muhammad (peace be upon him) one who has the intention of fulfilling a promise but fails because of some real reason is not guilty of sin.
(Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
455. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Despising a Muslim is a sufficient evil in a man."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
456. All things of a Muslim are sacred and to be honoured by other Muslims. His life, property and honour must be respected.
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
457. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Every man is a mirror to his brother (Muslim)."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
458. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A Mu'min (Believer) is the repository of love. There is no goodness in a man who does not have love for anyone nor does anyone love him."
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
459. Hadhrat Anas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "He who fulfils a need of a person in order to give him pleasure, has given me pleasure; whoever has given me pleasure has given Allah pleasure, He will give him Jannat."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
460. Hadhrat Anas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Seventy three acts of pardon (Maghfirat) are recorded for a person who aids a man in difficulty. Of these (seventy three pardons) one is sufficient for the rectification of all his affairs. The other seventy two will serve as means for the acquisition of lofty stages in the Aakhirah."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
461. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whenever a Muslim visits a sick brother (Muslim) or merely goes to meet his brother, then Allah says: 'You are holy; your walking is holy; you have arranged your abode in Jannat.'"
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
462. Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansaari (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "It is not lawful for a Muslim to sever his ties with another Muslim for more than three days, in such a way that when they meet, the one who turns his face one way and the one other turns his face the other way. The better of these two is the one who makes Salaam first."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
463. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "refrain from suspicion. The worst of lies is suspicion (thinking ill of others on mere supposition). Do not pry into the private affairs of others. Do not bid a higher price (for any object of sale) with the intention to deceive (and not to buy). Do not have jealousy for one another nor entertain malice for each other. Do not scandal (gheebat). Fear Allah! All servants (of Allah) should live like brothers."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
464. Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A man who harms any Muslim and deceives him, is accursed."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).

FASTING

465. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Allah Ta'Ala has ordained fasting in Ramadhan compulsory, and I have decreed (by the command of Allah) wakefulness at night (i.e. Taraweeh, etc.) Sunnat. Whoever in the state of Imaan and the belief of thawaab fasts in Ramadhan and stays awake at night (i.e. for taraweeh), emerges from sin, purified as the day when his mother gave birth to him."
(Nisai).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
466. Hadhrat Abu bin Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Fasting and the Qu'ran will intercede on behalf of one on the Day of Qiyaamah. The Fast will proclaim: 'O Allah! I prevented him from eating at carnal desire. Therefore for my sake accept my intercession on his behalf.' The Qu'ran will proclaim: 'I prevented him from sleep. Therefore accept my intercession on his behalf.' The intercession of both will be accepted."
(Ahmad, Tibrani, Hakim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
467. Hadhrat Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates, in a lengthy hadith, that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Fasting is exclusively for Allah Ta'ala. The thawaab of it (being limitless) no one knows besides Allah Ta'ala."
(Tibrani, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
468. Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The doors of the Heavens are opened up on the first night of Ramadhan. Not a single Door (among the Doors of Heaven) is then closed until the last night of Ramadhan. For every Salaat performed (this refers to Taraweeh Salaat) during the nights of Ramadhan, Allah Ta'ala records one and a half thousand good deeds for every Sajdah (of the Salaat). And, for the fasting person, Allah Ta'ala creates in Jannat a mansion of red Ya'koot (a precious stone in Jannat). This mansion will have seven thousand entrances. (So huge will these entrances be that in each entrance will be located) a palace of gold adorned with red Ya'koot. When the Muslims fast the first day if Ramadhan, Allah Ta'ala forgives all his sins committed from the first of the previous Ramadhan. Daily (i.e. during Ramadhan) from the time of Fajr Salat until sunset, seventy thousand Malaaikah supplicate for his forgiveness. In return for every Sajdah which he (the fasting person) makes, of any Salat, whether during the day or night, he will obtain (such a wonderful) tree (so huge) that a horseman will take five hundred years to pass under its shade."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
469. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Fasting is a shield and a powerful fortress."
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
470. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Keep fasting and you will remain healthy."
(Tibrani).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
471. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Every person has a zakaat (to pay) and the zakaat of the body is fasting."
(Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
472. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) in a lengthy hadith, narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "I swear by That Being in Whose possession is the life of Muhammad! The odour of the mouth of a fasting person is sweeter to Allah Ta'ala than the fragrance of musk."
(Bukhari).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).

HAJJ

473. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Allah Ta'ala accepts the dua of one who performs Hajj and Umrah and if he seeks forgiveness. Allah Ta'ala forgives him."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
474. Hadhrat Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Making Tawaaf of Baitullah, to walk between Safa and Marwah and to pelt stones (at the Jimmar) have been ordained for establishing the remembrance of Allah Ta'ala."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
475. Hadhrat Aabis Bin Rabeeah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once Hadhrat Umar (Allah be pleased with him) after kissing Hajr-e-Aswad (the Black Stone) said: "I know you are a stone. You can neither benefit me nor harm anyone. If I did not see Muhammad (peace be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you."
(Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
476. Hadhrat Ibn Mas'ood (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "Unite Hajj and Umrah (during Hajj period). Both (acts of Ibaadat) eliminate poverty and sins in a similar way in which the impurities of gold, silver and iron are eliminated. The reward of Hajj which was performed correctly is nothing other that Jannat."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
477. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever sets out for Hajj, Umrah or Jihad but dies on the journey (before being able to render these obligations), Allah Ta'ala records for him the thawaab of the ghazi (one who returns victorious from the Jihaad field) and the thawaab of one who has performed the Hajj and Umrah."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
478. Hadhrat Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "The one who after Hajj visits me after my death (i.e. the Holy Raudah) is like one who has visited me while I was alive."
(Mishkaat).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

479. Hadhrat Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The seeking of a halal earning is the (next) Fardh (duty) after the Fardh (Salat)."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
480. Hadhrat Mugheerah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Allah Ta'ala detests that you destroy wealth (i.e. by means of wasting)."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
481. Hadhrat Abu Khimari (Allah be pleased with him) narrates a lengthy hadith in which Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The world is of four (types) of persons, (one among the four) is a man whom Allah Ta'ala granted wealth as well as understanding of the Deen. He fears his Raab and is kind (and renders service) to his relatives. And, in regard to the wealth he follows the commands of Allah and discharges rights. This man is the noblest..."
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).

ABSTAINING FROM SIN

482. Hadhrat Ka'b Bin Malik (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad said: "Two hungry wolves let loose in a flock of sheep do not cause so much damage to the flock as does the love of wealth and vanity to one's Deen."
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
483. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "When a Mum'in sins, a black spot forms on his heart. If he makes isitighfaar and taubah, the black mark is removed and his heart is purified. If he increases his sin, the black mark increases. This is the corrosion of the heart spoken by Allah Ta'ala (in the Qur'an)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
484. Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) cursed the taker and giver of bribery.
(Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
485. Hadhrat Anas Bin Malik (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Should I not show you your sickness and its remedy? Your sickness is sinning and your remedy is to seek forgiveness (istighfaar)."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
486. Hadhrat Ibn Abaas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "When khiyaanat (abuse of trust) becomes rampant in a people, Allah Ta'ala overwhelms their hearts with fear. A nation perpetrating injustice will be overpowered by its enemies."
(Malik).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
487. Hadhrat Thaubaan (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "There will soon come a time when all nations (of the kufaar) will unite against you ( Muslims)..." Someone asked: "Will we be less in numbers at that time?" Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: 'In fact, you will be numerous, but useless...Allah Ta'ala will remove your respect and your fears from the hearts of your enemies (who will then despise you) and Allah will instil weakness in your hearts." Someone asked: 'What is the cause of the weakness?' Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Love of the world and detestation for Maut."
(Abu Dawud, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
488. Hadhrat Anas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The hearts too become corroded (by means of sin). Its polish is istighfaar."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
489. Hadhrat Thu'baan (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) cursed the agent who arranged the bribe as well.
(Ahmad, Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
490. Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Mas'ood (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A sincere repenter of sins is like one who has not committed sins."
(Baihaqi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).

RECITING AND TEACHING THE QUR'AN MAJEED

491. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "He who recites the Qur'an well and clearly is equal in rank to the Angels who record creation's deeds. These Angels are gracious, honourable and of lofty rank. He who finds difficulty in reciting the Qur'an will obtain a double reward."
(Bukhari, Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
492. A person whose breast is devoid of the Qur'an (i.e. has not learnt anything of the Qur'an Majeed) is like a desolate house.
(Tirmidhi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
493. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A person who recites one harf (letter) of the Qur'an, obtains one virtue; each virtue multiplies to ten virtues. I am not saying that (ALM) is one harf. But, Alif in it is one harf; the Laam in it is one harf and the Meem in it is one harf."
(Tirmidhi, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
494. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "On the day of Qiyaamah a crown of such brilliance will be placed on the heads of the parents of one who learnt the Qur'an and practised on its laws, that its glitter will outshine the brilliance of the sun which penetrates your houses. What then do you think will be the position of the one who himself learnt the Qur'an and acted in accordance with it?"
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
495. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "He who recites the Qur'an, memorizes it,accepts its halal (lawful things) as halal and haram (forbidden things) as haram (i.e. his beliefs in these matters are correct), Allah Ta'ala will enter him to Jannat and accept his intercession on behalf of ten such persons of his family upon whom entry into Janhannum has become incumbent (i.e. Allah Ta'ala will forgive them because of his intercession)."
(Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Darimi).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
496. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Continue reciting the Qur'an because on the Day of Qiyaamah it will appear as an intercessor for the reciter."
(Muslim).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
497. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "He who listens to even a single aayat (being recited by another) obtains such a virtue which perpetually multiplies (it increases in thawaab continuously). The one who recited the aayat will on the Day of Qiyaamah find the recited aayat in the form of a Noor (which will be of greater value and significance than the virtue which accrued to the one who had listened to the recitation)."
(Ahmad).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
498. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The best of you are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."
(Bukhari).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
499. Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "On the Day of Qiyaamah the Qur'an will petition Allah to cloak the one who had recited it with garments of honour and respect. A crown of honour will then be placed on the head of the reciter. The Qur'an will then petition Allah Ta'ala to shower His pleasure on the reciter. Allah will then become pleased with him. The reciter will then be asked to recite the Qur'an, thereby attaining higher ranks of elevation. In reward for each aayat a virtue will accrue to him."
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Khuzaimah).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).
500. Continue climbing (higher and higher in rank) with your recitation in the same way as you recited with care and concern on earth. Your abode (of residing) is located (at that rank attained) with the last aayat recited.
(Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ibn Habbaan).
(Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. by Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi).