Chapters On Zuhd
كتاب الزهد عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapter 48: What Has Been Related About Showing Off And The Desire To Be Heard Of
"Seek refuge in Allah from the Pit of Sorrows." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the Pit of Sorrows?" He said: "gorge in Hell from which Hell seeks Allah's refuge a Hundred times every day." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! Who shall enter it?" He said: "The reciters who were showing off with their deeds."
Chapter 54: What Has Been Related About Making One's Love Known
"When a man becomes the brother of another man,then let him ask him about his name and his father's name and who he is,for indeed it shall nurture affection."
Chapter 55: What Has Been Related About Praising Others Is Disliked,And Those Who Praise Others
"A man stood and praised one of the 'Amirs so Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad threw dust in his face and said: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) ordered us to throw dust in the faces of those who praise others.'"
Chapter 57: (What Has Been Related) About Having Patience With Afflictions
"Trials will not cease afflicting the believing man and the believing woman in their self, children, and wealth, until they meet Allah without having any sin."
Chapter 60: Those Who Try To Swindle The World By Using The Religion, And Their Punishment.
"Indeed Allah, Most High, said:'I have created creatures whose tongues are sweeter than honey and their hearts are more bitter than aloes. So by Me, I swear to abase them with a Fitnah, leaving them utterly devoid of reason. Is it Me whom they try to delude, or it is against Me whom they conspire?'"
Chapter 61: What Has Been Related About Protecting The Tongue
"When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning, all of his body parts bow to the tongue and say: 'Fear Allah regarding us, we are only part of you. If you are straight we are straight and if you are crooked we are crooked."
Chapter 49: The Secret Deed
"O Messenger of Allah! A man does a deed and conceals it, but when it is discovered that he did it, he is happy about that." He said: " The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'He receives two rewards: A reward in its concealment, and a reward in its publicity.'"
Chapter 51: What Has Been Related About Having Good Thoughts About Allah, Most High
"Indeed Allah Most High says: 'I am as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him when He calls upon Me.'"
Chapter 53: What Has Been Related About Loving For The Sake Of Allah
"Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said: 'Those who love each other for the sake of My Majesty shall be upon podiums of light, and they will be admired by the Prophets and the martyrs.'"
Chapter 56: What Has Been Related About Accompanying The Believer
"Do not accompany except a believer, and do not serve your food except to one with Taqwa."
Chapter 58: What Has Been Related About Losing One's Sight
"Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, said: 'For whomever I take his sight, and he is patient and seeking a reward, I shall not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise.'"
Chapter 59: The Day Of Judgement And The Regrets Of The Good Doer And The Evil Doer On That Day
"On the Day of Judgement, when the people who were tried (in this world) are given their rewards, the people who were pardoned (in life), will wish that their skins had been cut off with scissors while they were in the world."This Hadith is Gharib, we do not know of it with this chain except through this route. Some of them have reported something similar to this Hadith from Al-A`mash, from Talhah bin Musarrif from Masruq.
"There is no one who dies but he shall regret." They said: "What shall he regret over O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "If he was a good doer, he regrets that he did not do more, and if he was an evil doer, he regrets that he did not stop."
Chapter 61: What Has Been Related About Protecting The Tongue
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What is the means to salvation?' He said:'That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.'"
"For whomever Allah protects against the evil of what is between his jaws and the evil of what is between his legs, he shall enter Paradise."
Chapter 62: The Prohibition Of Talking Too Much Without The Remembrance Of Allah
"Do not talk too much without remembrance of Allah. Indeed excessive talking without remembrance of Allah hardens the heart. And indeed the furthest of people from Allah is the harsh-hearted."
Chapter 50: What Has Been Related About A Man Shall Be With Whom He Loves
" O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour be established?" So the Propher (s.a.w) stood to perform Salat and when he was finished his Salat he said: "Where is the one who asked when the hour will be established?" The man said: "It was I, O Mesenger of Allah!" He said: "What have you prepared for it?" He said: "O Messenger of allah! I have not prepared very much of salat nor fasting for it, but I love Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: "A man shall be with whom ever he loves, and you shall be with whomever you love." So after the advent of Islam, I did not see that anything brought the Muslims more happiness than that.
" O Muhammad! A man loves the people but does not catch up to them (in deeds)." So the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: "A man shall be with whomever he loves."
Chapter 55: What Has Been Related About Praising Others Is Disliked,And Those Who Praise Others
"The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) ordered us to throw dut in the mouths of those who praise others."
Chapter 57: (What Has Been Related) About Having Patience With Afflictions
"O Messenger of Allah(s.a.w)! Which of the people is tried most severely?" He said:"The Prophets, then those nearest to them, then those nearest to them. A man is tried according to his religion; if he is firm in his religion, then his trials are more severe, and if he is frail in his religion, then he is tried according to the strength of his religion. The servant shall continue to be tried until he is left walking upon the earth without any sins."