Zuhd
كتاب الزهد
Chapter 26: Intention
Asimilar report (as above) was narrated from Ibn Abu Kabshah, fromhisfather, from the Prophet (ﷺ).
“People will be resurrected (and judged) according to theirintentions.”
“Peoplewill be gathered (on the Day of Resurrection) according totheirintentions.”
Chapter 28: Persisting in a good deed
“There was a woman with me, andtheProphet (ﷺ) entered upon me and said: ‘Who is that?’ I said:‘So-and-so; she does not sleep,’” – she mentioned herexcessivepraying. “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Keep quiet. Youshould do what youare able to, for by Allah, Allah does not gettired (of giving reward)but you get tired.’” She said: “Themost beloved of religious deed tohim was that in which a personpersists.”
“Takeononly as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds isthat which is done consistently, even if it is little.”
Chapter 29: Sins
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saidtome: ‘O ‘Aishah, beware of (evil) deeds that are regarded asinsignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah. (i.e.accountability).”
Chapter 30: Repentance
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The one who repents from sinislike one who did not sin.’”
“Aman went to extremes in committing sins. When death came tohim, heleft instructions to his sons, saying: ‘When I die, burn me,thengrind me into powder, then scatter me in the wind and in the sea,forby Allah, if my Lord has power over me, He will subject me to apunishment that He has never subjected anyone to.’ So they did thattohim, then (Allah) said to the earth: ‘Return what you havetaken,’ andthere he was, standing. He said to him: ‘What madeyou do what youhave done?’ He said: ‘Fear of You, O Lord.’ SoHe forgave him becauseof that (fear).”
Chapter 31: Death and preparing for it
“If the appointed time of death of anyone of you is in a certainland, some need will cause him to go there, then when he reaches thefurthest point that it is decreed he will reach, Allah takes (hissoul). And on the Day of Resurrection the earth will say: ‘My Lord,this is what You entrusted to me.’”
Chapter 32: The grave and disintegration (of the body)
“Thedeadperson ends up in his grave, then the righteous man is made tosit upin his grave with no fear or panic. Then it is said to him:‘Whatreligion did you follow?’ He said: ‘I was in Islam.’ It is saidto him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘Muhammad the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ). He brought us clear signs from Allah and we believedhim.’ Itis said to him: ‘Have you seen Allah?’ He says: ‘Noone is able to seeAllah.’ Then a window to Hell is opened for him,and he sees it, partsof it destroying others. Then it is said tohim: ‘Look at what Allahhas saved you from.’ Then a window toParadise is opened to him, andhe looks at its beauty and what is init. It is said to him: ‘This isyour place.’ And it is said tohim: ‘You had certain faith and youdied in that state, and in thatstate you will be resurrected if Allahwills.’ And the evil man ismade to sit up in his grave with fear andpanic. It is said to him:‘What religion did you follow?’ He says: ‘Ido not know.’ Itis said to him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘I heardthe peoplesaying something and I said it too.’ Then a window toParadise isopened to him, and he looks at its beauty and what is init. It issaid to him: ‘Look at what Allah has diverted away fromyou.’Then a window to Hell is opened for him, and he sees it, partsof itdestroying others, and it is said to him: ‘This is your place.Youwere doubtful; in this state you died and in this state you willberesurrected, if Allah wills.’”
Chapter 33: The Resurrection
“A Jewish man said in themarketplace of Al-Madinah: ‘By the One Who chose Musa above all ofmankind.’ An Ansari man raised his hand and slapped him. He said:‘Howdare you say this when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is amongus?’Mention of that was made to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), andhe said:‘Allah says: “And the trumpet will be blown, and all whoare in theheavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away,except him whomAllah wills. Then it will be blown a second time, andbehold they willbe standing, looking on (waiting).” [39:68] I willbe the first one toraise his head, and I will see Musa holding on toone of the pillarsof the Throne, and I do not know whether he willhave raised his headbefore me, or he will be one of those whom Allahexempts. And whoeversays that I am better than Yunus bin Matta, heis lying.”
“I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say on the pulpit: ‘The Compeller (Al-Jabbar) willseize His heavens and His earths in His Hand’ – and he clenchedhishand and started to open and close it – ‘Then He will say: “Iam theCompeller, I am the King. Where are the tyrants? Where are thearrogant?” And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was leaning to hisrightand his left, until I could see the pulpit shaking at thebottom, andI thought that it would fall along with the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ).”
“TheSirat will be placed across Hell, on thorns like the thorns of Sa’danplant.* Then the people will cross it. Some will pass over safe andsound, some will be detained, and some will fall in headfirst.”
Chapter 34: Description of the Nation of Muhammad (saws)
“We were with the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) in a tent, and he said: ‘Will it not please you to beonequarter of the people of Paradise?’ We said: ‘Yes.’ Hesaid: ‘Will itnot please you to be one third of the people ofParadise?’ We said:‘Yes.’ He said: ‘By the One in Whose Handis my soul, I hope that youwill be half of the people of Paradise.For no one will enter Paradisebut a Muslim soul, and among thepeople of polytheism you are like awhite hair on the hide of a blackbull, or like a black hair on thehide of a red bull.’”
“The people of Paradise are one hundred andtwentyranks, eighty from this nation and forty from all othernations.”
“We arethelast of the nations, and the first to be brought to account. Itwillbe said: ‘Where is the unlettered nation and its Prophet?’ So weare the last and the first.”
Chapter 35: What is hoped of the Mercy of Allah on the Day of Resurrection
“When Allah created the universe, He decreed for Himself: ‘Mymercy prevails over My wrath.’”
Another chain reports a similar hadith.
“A man from my nation will be called before all of creationon the Dayof Resurrection, and ninety-nine scrolls will be spreadout for him,each one extending as far as the eye can see. Then Allahwill say: “Doyou deny anything of this?” He will say: “No, OLord.” He will say:“Have My recording scribes been unfair toyou?” Then He will say:“Apart from that, do you have any gooddeeds?” The man will beterrified and will say: “No.” (Allah)will say: “Indeed, you have gooddeeds with Us, and you will not betreated unjustly this Day.” Then acard will be brought out onwhich is written Ash-hadu an la ilahaillallah wa anna Muhammadan‘abduhu wa rasuluhu (I bear witness thatnone has the right to beworshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad isHis slave and Messenger).He will say: “O Lord, what is this cardcompared with thesescrolls?” He will say: “You will not be treatedunjustly.” Thenthe scrolls will be placed in one side of the Balanceand the card inthe other. The scrolls will go up (i.e., be light) andthe card willgo down (i.e., will weigh heavily).”
Chapter 26: Intention
“I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) say: ‘Actions are but by the intention and every man willhavebut that which he intended. So he whose emigration was for AllahandHis Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger.But hewhose emigration was for some worldly benefit or to take somewoman inmarriage, his emigration was for that which he migrated.”