Zuhd

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Kathir ibn ‘Ubayd al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Warqa’ ibn ‘Umar, from ‘Abdullah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When a servant prays well in public and prays well in private, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: ‘This servant of Mine is truly sincere.’”

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‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amir ibn Zurarah and Isma‘il ibn Musa narrated to us; they said: Sharik ibn ‘Abdullah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Be moderate and aim for what is right, for none of you will be saved by his deeds alone.” They said: “Not even you, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Not even me, unless Allah envelops me in mercy and grace from Him.”

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Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah, Mighty and Sublime, says: ‘I am the One most free of need of partners. Whoever does a deed for My sake while associating someone else with Me in it, I disown him, and the deed belongs to the one he associated with Me.’

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Abu Sa‘d ibn Abi Fadalah al-Ansari, who was one of the Companions, reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘When Allah gathers the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, a day about which there is no doubt, a caller will proclaim: “Whoever associated another in a deed he did for Allah, let him seek his reward from someone other than Allah, for Allah is the One most free of need of partners.”’

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Abu Sa‘id reported: The Messenger of Allah came out to us while we were discussing the False Messiah and said, ‘Shall I tell you what I fear more for you than the False Messiah?’ We said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Hidden association: a man rises to pray and makes his prayer look fine because he sees another man watching him.’

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Shaddad ibn Aws reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘The thing I fear most for my community is associating others with Allah. I do not mean that they will worship the sun, the moon, or an idol, but deeds done for someone other than Allah and a hidden desire.’

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Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ‘Whoever seeks to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of; and whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will expose him.’

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Jundab reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘Whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will expose him; and whoever seeks to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of.’

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‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘There is no envy except in two cases: a person whom Allah has given wealth and enabled to spend it for what is right, and a person whom Allah has given wisdom, by which he judges and which he teaches.’

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Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘There is no envy except in two cases: a person whom Allah has given the Qur’an and who devotes himself to it by night and day, and a person whom Allah has given wealth and who spends it by night and day.’

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Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘Envy consumes good deeds just as fire consumes wood. Charity extinguishes sin just as water extinguishes fire. Prayer is the believer’s light, and fasting is a shield from the Fire.’

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Abu Bakrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘No sin is more deserving of having Allah hasten its punishment for its perpetrator in this world, in addition to what He has stored up for him in the Hereafter, than transgression and severing ties of kinship.’

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‘A’ishah, Mother of the Believers, reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘The good deeds rewarded most swiftly are dutiful kindness and maintaining ties of kinship; and the evil deeds punished most swiftly are transgression and severing ties of kinship.’

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Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘It is enough evil for a person to look down on his Muslim brother.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble toward one another and that none of you should wrong another.’

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‘Atiyyah al-Sa‘di, who was one of the Prophet’s Companions (peace be upon him), reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘A servant does not attain the rank of the God-fearing until he gives up what is harmless, out of caution against what is harmful.’

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‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah was asked, ‘Which people are best?’ He replied, ‘Everyone pure of heart and truthful in speech.’ They said, ‘We know what truthful in speech means, but what does pure of heart mean?’ He said, ‘It is the God-fearing, pure-hearted person, with no sin, transgression, rancor, or envy in the heart.’

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Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘O Abu Hurairah, be scrupulous and you will be the most devoted of people in worship; be content and you will be the most grateful of people; love for others what you love for yourself and you will be a believer; be a good neighbor to whoever is your neighbor and you will be a Muslim; and laugh little, for frequent laughter deadens the heart.’

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Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘There is no intelligence like sound deliberation, no God-conscious restraint like holding oneself back, and no nobility like good character.’

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Samurah ibn Jundab reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘Social standing is wealth, and nobility is God-consciousness.’