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

“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.”

“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?”

“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.’”

“Indeed, fear of people should not prevent a man from speakingthe truth, if he knows it.”Then Abu Sa'eed wept and said: "By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up)."

“When the emigrants who hadcrossedthe sea came back to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he said:‘Why don’tyou tell me of the strange things that you saw in theland ofAbyssinia?’ Some young men among them said: ‘Yes, OMessenger ofAllah. While we were sitting, one of their elderly nunscame past,carrying a vessel of water on her head. She passed by someof theiryouth, one of whom placed his hand between her shoulders andpushedher. She fell on her knees and her vessel broke. When shestood up,she turned to him and said: “You will come to know, Otraitor, thatwhen Allah sets up the Footstool and gathers the firstand the last,and hands and feet speak of what they used to earn, youwill come toknow your case and my case in His presence soon.’”The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘She spoke the truth, she spokethe truth. How canAllah purify any people (of sin) when they do notsupport their weakfrom their strong?’”

“The best of jihad is a just word spoken to anunjustruler.”

“The believer should not humiliate himself.” They said:“Howcould he humiliate himself?” He said: “By taking on atrial that hecannot deal with.”

‘Allah gives respite to the wrongdoer, then when He seizes him, Hedoes not let him go.” Then he recited: “Such is the Seizure ofyourLord when He seizes the (population of) towns while they aredoingwrong.”[11:102]

“We are more likely to express doubt than Ibrahim when hesaid:“My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.’ He(Allah) said: ‘Doyou not believe?’ He (Ibrahim) said: ‘Yes (Ibelieve), but to bestronger in Faith.’[2:260] And may Allah havemercy on Lut. He wishedto have a powerful support. And if i were tostay in prison as long asYusuf stayed, I would have accepted theoffer.’”

“The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. WhenAllahloves a people He tests them. Whoever accepts that wins Hispleasurebut whoever is discontent with that earns His wrath.”

“The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyancewith patience will have a greater reward than the believer who doesnot mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance.”

“There are three things, whoever has them has found the tasteoffaith (One of the narrators) Bundar said: ‘The sweetness offaith;When he loves a man and only loves him for the sake of Allah.WhenAllah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anythingelse;and when being thrown into the fire is dearer to him than goingbackto disbelief after Allah has saved him from it.”

“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘There isnothingleft of this world except trials and tribulations.’”

“There will come to the people years of treachery, when theliarwill be regarded as honest, and the honest man will be regardedas aliar; the traitor will be regarded as faithful, and the faithfulmanwill be regarded as a traitor; and the Ruwaibidah will decidematters.’ It was said: ‘Who are the Ruwaibidah?’ He said: ‘Vileandbase men who control the affairs of the people.’”

“The Hour will not begin until you kill your ruler andfight one another with swords, and your world is inherited by theworst of you.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ)mentioned something and said: ‘That will be at the time whenknowledge(of Qur’an) disappears.’ I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah, how willknowledge disappear when we read the Qur’an andteach it to ourchildren, until the Day of Resurrection?’ He said:‘May your mother bebereft of you, Ziyad! I thought that you werethe wisest man in Al-Madinah. Is it not the case that these Jews andChristians read theTawrah and the Injil, but they do not act uponanything of what is inthem?’”

“Just before the Hour, there will be days when knowledge willdisappear, ignorance will become widespread and there will be muchHarj. And Harj means killing.”

“The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are fivethingswith which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allahlest youlive to see them: Immorality never appears among a people tosuch anextent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseasesthat werenever known among the predecessors will spread among them.They do notcheat in weights and measures but they will be strickenwith famine,severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. Theydo notwithhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheldfrom thesky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall onthem. Theydo not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger,but Allahwill enable their enemies to overpower them and take someof what isin their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to theBook ofAllah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed,Allah willcause them to fight one another.’”

On the Day of Uhud, a molarof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was broken and he was wounded. Bloodstarted pouring down his face, and he started to wipe his face andsay: “How can any people prosper if they soak the face of theirProphet with blood when he is calling them to Allah?” Then Allahrevealed: “Not for you is the decision.”[3:128]