“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.”

“Islam began as something strange and will go back to beingstrange, so glad tidings to the strangers.” It was said: “Who arethestrangers?’ He said: “Strangers who have left their familiesandtribes.”

“Why are you weeping?” He said: “I am weeping because ofsomethingthat I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I heard theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘A little showing off is polytheismand whoevershows enmity towards a friend of Allah has declared waron Allah.Allah loves those who se righteousness and piety arehidden, thosewho, if they are absent, are not missed, and if theyare present, theyare not invited or acknowledged. Their hearts arelamps of guidanceand they get out of every trial and difficulty.’”

“People are like a hundred camels; you can hardlyfind oneworth riding among them.”

“The Jews split into seventy-one sects and my nation willsplitinto seventy-three sects.”

“The Jews split intoseventy-one sects, one of which will be inParadise and seventy inHell. The Christians split into seventy-twosects, seventy-one ofwhich will be in Hell and one in Paradise. Iswear by the One WhoseHand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation willsplit into seventy-threesects, one of which will be in Paradise andseventy-two in Hell.”It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who arethey?” He said: “Themain body.”

‘The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and mynation will split into seventy-two, all of which will be in Hellapartfrom one, which is the main body.”

“You will most certainly follow the ways of those who camebefore you, arm’s length by arm’s length, forearm’s length byforearm’s length, hand span by hand span, until even if theyentered ahole of a mastigure (lizard) you will enter it too.” Theysaid: “OMessenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and theChristians?” Hesaid: “Who else?”

“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.’”

“When the treasures of Persia andRome are openedfor you, what kind of people will you be?”‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awfsaid: “We will say what Allah hascommanded us to say.” The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: “Orsomething other than that. You will competewith one another, thenyou will envy one another, then you will turnyour backs on oneanother, then you will hate one another, orsomething like that. Thenyou will go to the poor among the Muhajirunand appoint some of themas leaders of others.”

‘I think you haveheard that Abu ‘Ubaidah has brought somethingfrom Bahrain?’ Theysaid: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Be ofgood cheerand hope for that which will make you happy. By Allah, I donot fearpoverty for you, rather I fear that you will enjoy ease andplentylike those who came before you, and that you will compete withoneanother as they did, and you will be destroyed as they were.’”

“I am not leaving behind me any tribulation that ismoreharmful to men than women.”

“No morning comes but two angels call out: ‘Woe to men fromwomen, and woe to women from men.’”

“This world is fresh and sweet, and Allah will make your successivegenerations therein, so look at what you do and beware of (thetemptations of) this world and beware of (the temptations of) women.”

“While the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) was sitting in the mosque, a woman from Muzainah (tribe)entered, trailing her garment in the mosque. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:‘O people, tell your women not to wear their adornments and showpridein the mosque, for the Children of Israel were not cursed untiltheirwomen wore adornments and walked proudly in their places ofworship.’”

“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.’”

“O women, give in charity and pray a great dealforforgiveness, for I have seen that you form the majority of thepeopleof Hell.” A woman who was very wise said: “Why is it, OMessenger ofAllah, that we form the majority of the people of Hell?”He said: “Youcurse a great deal and you are ungrateful to yourhusbands, and I havenever seen anyone lacking in discernment andreligion moreoverwhelming to a man of wisdom than you.” She said:“O Messenger ofAllah, what is this lacking in discernment andreligion?” He said:“The lack of discernment is the fact that thetestimony of two womenis equal to the testimony of one man; this isthe lack of reason. And(a woman) spends several nights when she doesnot pray, and she doesnot fast in Ramadhan, and this is the lack inreligion.”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) say: ‘enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil,before youcall and you are not answered.’”