The Book Of Faith and its Signs

Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Faith has more than seventy branches. The best is the declaration that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah; the least is removing something harmful from the road; and modesty is one branch of faith.”

Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Modesty is a branch of faith.”

Amr bin Shurahbil reported from a man among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ammar is filled with faith to the marrow of his bones.”

Abu Saeed said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever among you sees a wrong, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot, then with his tongue; if he cannot, then with his heart, and that is the weakest level of faith.”

Tariq bin Shihab reported that Abu Saeed Al-Khudri said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever sees a wrong and changes it with his hand has discharged his duty. Whoever cannot change it with his hand but changes it with his tongue has discharged his duty. Whoever cannot change it with his tongue but changes it with his heart has discharged his duty; that is the weakest level of faith.”

Abu Saeed Al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you argues more fiercely in this world for a right owed to him than the believers will plead with their Lord for their brothers who were admitted to the Fire. They will say, Our Lord, they used to pray, fast, and perform Hajj with us, yet You admitted them to the Fire. He will say, Go and bring out those whom you recognize. They will recognize them by their appearance. Some will have been reached by the Fire to mid-shin, others to the ankles. They will bring them out and say, Our Lord, we have brought out those You commanded us to. He will say, Bring out whoever has faith in his heart weighing a dinar, then half a dinar, until He says, the weight of a speck. Abu Saeed said: Whoever does not believe this, let him recite the verse: Allah does not forgive association with Him, but forgives what is less than that for whomever He wills.”

Abu Saeed Al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “While I was asleep, people were shown to me wearing shirts, some reaching their chests and some lower. Umar bin Al-Khattab was also shown to me wearing a shirt that dragged along the ground.” They asked, “How did you interpret that, Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Religion.”

Tariq bin Shihab reported that a Jewish man came to Umar bin Al-Khattab and said, “Commander of the Believers, there is a verse in your Book that you recite; had it been revealed to us Jews, we would have taken that day as a festival.” Umar asked which verse. The man recited: “Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and chosen Islam as your religion.” Umar said, “I know where and on what day it was revealed to the Messenger of Allah: at Arafat, on a Friday.”

Qatadah heard Anas report that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you truly believes until I am dearer to him than his child, his father, and all people.”

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you truly believes until I am dearer to him than his family, his wealth, and all people.”

Abu Hurairah reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, none of you truly believes until I am dearer to him than his child or his father.”

Qatadah said: I heard Anas report that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. In one version, Humaid bin Masadah added that the Prophet of Allah said: “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, none of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of goodness.”

Zirr reported that Ali said: The unlettered Prophet ﷺ made a covenant with me that none but a believer would love me, and none but a hypocrite would hate me.

Anas reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith, and hatred for the Ansar is a sign of hypocrisy.”

Abdullah bin Amr reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “There are four traits: whoever has them is a hypocrite, and whoever has one of them has a trait of hypocrisy until he gives it up: when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he breaks it; when he makes a covenant, he betrays it; and when he argues, he behaves abusively.”

Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The signs of a hypocrite are three: when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he breaks his promise; and when entrusted with something, he betrays that trust.”

Ali reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a covenant with me: “None but a believer will love me, and none but a hypocrite will hate me.”

Abu Wail reported that Abdullah said: “There are three traits that make a person a hypocrite: when he speaks, he lies; when entrusted with something, he betrays the trust; and when he promises, he breaks it. Whoever has one of these traits continues to have a trait of hypocrisy until he abandons it.”

Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever spends the nights of Ramadan in prayer out of faith and seeking reward will have his previous sins forgiven.”