“Whoever plunders is not one of us.”

“Verbally abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience) and fightinghimis Kufr.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) prayed one day, and made the prayer lengthy. When hefinished wesaid (or they said): ‘O Messenger of Allah, you madethe prayerlengthy today.’ He said: ‘I offered a prayer of hopeand fear. I askedAllah for three things for my nation, and Hegranted me two andrefused one. I asked Him not to let my nation bedestroyed by enemiesfrom without, and He granted me that. And Iasked Him not to let thembe destroyed by drowning, and He granted methat. And I asked Him notto let them be destroyed by fighting amongthemselves, but He refusedthat.’”

“We were sitting with ‘Umarand he said: ‘Which of you has remembered a Hadith from theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) concerning Fitnah?’” Hudhaifah said: “Isaid: ‘I have.’ He said: ‘You are very bold.’ He said: ‘How?’He said: ‘I heard him say: “The fitnah of a man with regard tohis family, his children and his neigbors are expiated by hisprayers, fasts, charity and enjoining what is good and forbiddingwhat is evil.” ‘Umar said: ‘This is not what I meant, rather Imeant that which moves like the waves of the sea.’” Hudhaifahsaid: “Don’t worry about it, O Commander of the Believers! Forthere is a closed door between you and them.” ‘Umar said: “Willthat door be broken or opened?” I said: “No, it will be broken.”‘Umar said: “Then it will never be closed.’”We asked Hudhaifah: “Did ‘Umar know what that door meant?” He said: "Yes, just as he knows that there will be night before morning, because I narrated to him a Hadith in which there are no errors.” We were afraid to ask him who the door was, so we said to Masruq: “Ask him." He said: “‘Umar.”

“Beware of tribulations, for at that time the tongue will belike the blow of a sword.”

“A man may speak a word that angers Allah and not seeanythingwrong with it, but it will cause him to sink down in Hellthe depth ofseventy autumns.”

“I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah,tell me of something that I can adhere to.’ He said: ‘Say:“Allah ismy Lord,” then stand straight (adhere steadfastly toIslam).’ He said:‘O Messenger of Allah, what is the thing thatyou fear most for me?’The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold ofhis own tongue, then hesaid: ‘This.’”

“I was with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) on a journey. One morning I drew close tohim when wewere on the move and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, tellme of an actionthat will gain me admittance to Paradise and keep mefar away fromHell.’ He said: ‘You have asked for somethinggreat, but it is easyfor the one for whom Allah makes it easy.Worship Allah and do notassociate anything in worship with Him,establish prayer, pay charity,fast Ramadan, and perform Hajj to theHouse.’ Then he said: ‘Shall Inot tell you of the means ofgoodness? Fasting is a shield, andcharity extinguishes sin as waterextinguishes fire, and a man’sprayer in the middle of the night.’Then he recited: “Their sidesforsake their beds” until hereached: “As a reward for what they usedto do.”[32:16-17] Thenhe said: ‘Shall I not tell you of the head ofthe matter, and itspillar and pinnacle? (It is) Jihad.’ Then he said:‘Shall I nottell you of the basis of all that?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ Hetook holdof his tongue then said: ‘Restrain this.’ I said: ‘O ProphetofAllah, will we be brought to account for what we say?’ He said:‘May your mother not found you, O Mu’adh! Are people thrown ontotheirfaces in Hell for anything other than the harvest of theirtongues?’”

“It was said to Ibn ‘Umar:‘Weenter upon our rulers and say one thing, and when we leave wesaysomething else.’ He said: ‘At the time of the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ), we used to regard that as hypocrisy.’”

“Which of the people is best?” He said:“A manwho strives in Jihad in the cause of Allah with himself andhiswealth.” He said: “Then who?” He said: “A man in amountain pass whoworships Allah and leaves the people from hisevil.”

“Thebeliever should not be stung from the same hole twice.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say:‘That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful isplain,and between them are matters that are not clear, about whichnot manypeople know. Thus he who guards against the unclear matters,he clearshimself with regard to his religion and his honor. But hewho fallsinto the unclear matters, he falls into that which isunlawful. Likethe shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all butgrazing therein.Every king has a sanctuary. And beware! Allah’ssanctuary is Hisprohibitions. Beware! In the body there is a pieceof flesh which, ifit is sound, the whole body will be sound, and ifit is corrupt, thewhole body will be corrupt. It is the heart.’”

“Worship during the time of bloodshed is likeemigratingto me.”

“Islam began as something strange and will go back to beingstrange, so glad tidings to the strangers.’”

“Islam began as something strange and will go back to beingstrange, so glad tidings to the strangers.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood upandaddressed the people saying: ‘No, by Allah, I do not fear foryou, Opeople, but I fear the attractions of this world that Allahbringsforth for you.’ A man said to him: ‘O Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ), doesgood bring forth evil?’ The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) remained silentfor a while, then he said: ‘What did yousay?’ He said: ‘I said, doesgood bring forth evil?’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Good doesnot bring forth anythingbut good, but is it really good? Everythingthat grows on the banksof a stream may either kill if overeaten or(at least) make theanimals sick, except if an animal eats its fill ofKhadir* and thenfaces the sun, and then defecates and urinates,chews the cud andthen returns to graze again. Whoever takes wealth ina lawful manner,it will be blessed for him, but whoever takes it inan unlawfulmanner, his likeness is that of one who eats and it neversatisfied.’”

“O slavewoman of theCompeller,where are you headed?” She said: “To the mosque.” Hesaid: “And haveyou put on perfume for that?” She said: “Yes.”He said: “I heard theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Any womanwho puts on perfume then goesout to the mosque, no prayer will beaccepted from her until she takesa bath.’”

“When the Children of Isral became deficient in religiouscommitment, a man would see his brother committing sin and would tellhim not to do it, but the next day, what he had seen him do did notprevent him from eating or drinking with him, or mixing with him. SoAllah made the hearts of those who did not commit sin like the heartsof those who did, and He revealed Qur’an concerning them and said:“Those among the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed bythe tongue of David and ‘Eisa, son of Maryam” until he reached:“And had they believed in Allah, and in the Prophet and in what hasbeen revealed to him, never would they have taken them (thedisbelievers) as their friends; but many of them are disobedient (toAllah).”[5:78-81]The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat up and said: "No, not until they take the hand of the wrongdoer (i.e. restrain him] and force him to follow the right way."

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no people amongwhom sins arecommitted when they are stronger and of a higher status(i.e. theyhave the power and ability to stop the sinners) and theydo not changethem, but Allah will send His punishment upon themall.’”

“Nafi’ bin Azraq and his companions came and said: ‘Youare doomed, O ‘Imran!’ He (‘Imran) said: ‘I am not doomed.’They said: ‘Yes you are.’ I said: ‘Why am I doomed?’ Theysaid: ‘Allah says: “And fight them until there is no more Fitnah(disbelief and polytheism, i.e., worshipping others besides Allah),and the religion (worship) will be all for Allah Alone.”[8:39] Hesaid: ‘We fought them until they were defeated and the religion wasall for Allah Alone. If you wish, I will tell you a Hadith that Iheard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ They said: ‘Did you(really) hear it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Yes.I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had sent an army ofthe Muslims to the idolaters. When they met them they fought themfiercely, and they (the idolaters) gave them their shoulders (i.e.,turned and fled). A man among my kin attacked an idolator man with aspear, and when he was defeated he said: “I bear witness that nonehas the right to be worshipped but Allah, I am a Muslim.” But hestabbed him and killed him. He came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I am doomed.” He said “What isit that you have done?” one or two times. He told him what he haddone and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: “Why didn’tyou cut open his belly and find out what was in his heart?” Hesaid: “O Messenger of Allah, I wish I had cut open his belly andcould have known what was in his heart.” He said: “You did notaccept what he said, and you could not have known what was in hisheart!” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remained silent concerning him(that man), and a short while later he died. We buried him, but thefollowing morning he was on the surface of the earth. They said:“Perhaps an enemy of his disinterred him.” So we buried him(again) and told our slaves to stand guard. But the following morninghe was on the surface of the earth again then we said: ‘Perhaps theslaves dozed off.’ So we buried him (again) and stood guardourselves, but the following morning he was on the surface of theearth (again). So we threw him into one of these mountain passes.’”