Book 81: Softening of the Heart
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6412
Makki bin Ibrahim narrated to us that Abdullah bin Sa'id, who is the son of Abu Hind, told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He used to say: The Prophet (saw) said: “There are two blessings in which many people suffer loss: health and leisure.” And Abbas (bin Abdul Azim) Anbari said: Safwan bin Isa told us, narrating from Abdullah bin Sa'id bin Abi Hind, Abdullah from his father, that I heard Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), and he narrated a similar hadith from the Prophet (saw).
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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us that Ghundar told us. Shu'bah narrated to us. Shu'bah narrated from Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah, Mu'awiyah from Hazrat Anas (ra), Hazrat Anas (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter, so set right the condition of the Ansar and the Emigrants (Muhajirin).”
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Ahmad bin Miqdam narrated to me that Fudail bin Sulaiman told us. Abu Hazim narrated to us. Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd Sa'idi (ra) told us. He said that we were with the Messenger of Allah (saw) at the Trench, and he (saw) was digging the earth and we were carrying the earth away. He would pass by us and say: “O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter. Forgive the Ansar and the Emigrants (Muhajirin).” Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd (ra) also corroborated this narration, on the authority of the Prophet (saw).
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Abdullah bin Maslamah narrated to us that Abdul Aziz bin Abi Hazim told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Sahl (bin Sa'd Sa'idi (ra)). He said: I heard the Prophet (saw). He used to say: “A place in Paradise the size of a whip is better than the world and all that is in it. And setting out in the way of Allah in the morning or setting out in the evening is better than the world and all that is in it.”
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman Abul Mundhir Tufawi told us. He narrated from Sulaiman A'mash. A'mash said: Mujahid told me. He narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) took hold of my shoulder and said: “Live in the world as if you were a stranger or a wayfaring traveller.” And Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to say: When evening comes to you, do not wait for the morning, and when morning comes, do not wait for the evening, and take (provision) from your health for your sickness and from your life for your death.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 6417
Sadaqah bin Fadl narrated to us that Yahya bin Sa'id (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Sufyan (Thauri). He said: My father told me. He narrated from Mundhir, Mundhir from Rabi' bin Khuthaim, Rabi' from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) drew a square and drew a line in its middle which went out beyond the square, and he drew some lines on this middle line towards the part of it which is in the middle of the square, and said: “This is man, and this is his appointed term which surrounds him on all four sides,” or (he said:) “which has encircled him on all four sides, and this which is outside is his hope, and these small lines are the mishaps. If he escapes this mishap, this one will seize him with its teeth; if he escapes that one, this one will seize him.”
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Muslim (bin Ibrahim) narrated to us that Hammam (bin Yahya) told us. He narrated from Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abi Talhah. Ishaq narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) drew some lines. Then he said: “These are the hopes and this is his appointed term. While he is cherishing his hopes, the nearest line suddenly reaches him.”
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Abdus Salam bin Mutahhar narrated to us that Umar bin Ali told us. He narrated from Ma'n bin Muhammad Ghifari, Ma'n from Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id Maqburi, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Allah has left no excuse for the man to whom He gave such respite in his life that He brought him to sixty years.” (Like Ma'n) Abu Hazim and (Muhammad) bin Ajlan also narrated this hadith from Maqburi.
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Abu Safwan Abdullah bin Sa'id told us. Yunus informed us. Yunus narrated from Ibn Shihab. Ibn Shihab said: Sa'id bin Musayyab told me that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He used to say: “The heart of an old man remains young with regard to two things: love of the world and long hopes.” Laith related it, narrating from Yunus (bin Yazid), and Ibn Wahb also related it from Yunus, Yunus from Ibn Shihab. He said: Sa'id and Abu Salamah told me.
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Muslim bin Ibrahim narrated to us that Hisham (Dastuwa'i) told us. Qatadah narrated to us. Qatadah narrated from Hazrat Anas (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The son of Adam grows old, and two things also grow with him: love of wealth and the desire for a long life.” Shu'bah also narrated this from Qatadah.
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Mu'adh bin Asad narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. Ma'mar informed us. He narrated from Zuhri. He said: Hazrat Mahmud bin Rabi' (Ansari (ra)) told me, and Hazrat Mahmud (ra) believed that he remembered the Messenger of Allah (saw), and he said that he also remembered the water spurted from the mouth which he (saw) had spurted, taking it from a bucket that was in their house.
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He said: I heard Hazrat Itban bin Malik Ansari (ra), who was a man of the tribe of Banu Salim. He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to me in the morning. He (saw) said: “On the Day of Resurrection, whatever servant comes affirming that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah, Allah will certainly make the Fire forbidden for him.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 6424
Qutaibah narrated to us. Ya'qub bin Abdur Rahman told us. He narrated from Amr, Amr from Sa'id Maqburi, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Allah the Exalted says: I have no better reward for My believing servant than this: when I take away in the world something dear to My believing servant and he remains content with My will, his reward is certainly Paradise.”
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Isma'il bin Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Isma'il bin Ibrahim bin Uqbah narrated to me. He narrated from Musa bin Uqbah that Ibn Shihab said: Urwah bin Zubair told me that Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah (ra) informed him that Hazrat Amr bin Auf (ra), who was an ally of Banu Amir bin Lu'ayy and took part in Badr with the Prophet (saw), narrated to him that the Messenger of Allah (saw) sent Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (ra) to Bahrain to collect the Jizyah, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) had made peace with the people of Bahrain and had appointed Hazrat Ala' bin Hadrami (ra) as their governor. Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) came back from Bahrain with wealth, and the Ansar heard about the arrival of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra). They came and offered the morning Prayer (Salat) with the Prophet (saw). When he (saw) turned towards them (after the Prayer), the Companions came and sat before him. When the Messenger of Allah (saw) saw them, he smiled and said: “I think you have heard that Abu Ubaidah (ra) has brought something.” They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah (saw)! He (saw) said: “Then receive glad tidings and hope for what will please you. By God! I do not fear poverty for you. Rather I fear that the world may be made abundant for you as it was made abundant for those who were before you, and you vie with one another in desiring it as they vied in desiring it, and it may make you heedless as it made them heedless.”
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Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Laith bin Sa'd told us. He narrated from Yazid bin Abi Habib, Yazid from Abul Khair, Abul Khair from Hazrat Uqbah bin Amir (ra), that one day the Messenger of Allah (saw) went out and offered the funeral Prayer for the people of Uhud in the same way as he used to offer the funeral Prayer for the deceased. Then he (saw) came to the pulpit and said: “I am your forerunner, and I am a witness over you, and by Allah, I am seeing my Pool even now, and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth,” or he said: “the keys of the earth. And by God, I do not fear for you that you will become polytheists after me, but I fear for you that you may begin to compete with one another in the world.”
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Isma'il narrated to us. He said: Malik told me. He narrated from Zaid bin Aslam, Zaid from Ata' bin Yasar, Ata' from Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “What I fear most for you is that Allah will bring forth for you the blessings of the earth.” He was asked: What are the blessings of the earth? He (saw) said: “The adornment of the world.” Thereupon a man asked him: Does good also bring evil? The Prophet (saw) became silent, so much so that I thought revelation was descending upon him. Then he (saw) began to wipe (the sweat) from his forehead and said: “Where is the one who asked?” He said: Here I am. Hazrat Abu Sa'id (ra) used to say: We thought well of him when he came forward. He (saw) said: “Good brings only good. This wealth is green and sweet. But see that when grass grows in the spring season, it kills that (animal) or brings it close to death (which gets bloated from eating it). But that (animal) which eats the green grass, and when both its flanks are full, goes and stands facing the sun, chews the cud, passes urine and dung, and then goes on grazing (is saved). Look, this wealth too is green and sweet. Whoever takes it in the right way and spends it in the right way, then what an excellent helper it is. And whoever takes it unlawfully will be like the one who eats and is never satisfied.”
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Muhammad bin Bashshar told me that Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us. Shu'bah told us. He said: I heard Abu Jamrah. He said: Zahdam bin Mudarrib told me. Zahdam said: I heard Hazrat Imran bin Husain (ra). He narrated from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “The best of you are the people of my time, then those who come immediately after them.” Hazrat Imran (ra) used to say: I do not know whether, after this saying of his, the Prophet (saw) said it twice or three times. “Then after them there will be people who will come forward as witnesses although they will not be called to bear witness, and they will betray and will not be considered trustworthy, and they will make vows and will not fulfil them, and obesity will be conspicuous among them.”
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Abdan told us. He narrated from Abu Hamzah, Abu Hamzah from A'mash, A'mash from Ibrahim, Ibrahim from Ubaidah, Ubaidah from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra), Hazrat Abdullah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “The best people are the people of my time, then those immediately after them, then those who will be immediately after them. Then after them people will come whose testimony will precede their oaths and whose oaths will precede their testimony.”
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Yahya bin Musa narrated to us that Waki' told us. Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid Kufi) narrated to us. Isma'il narrated from Qais (bin Abi Hazim). He said: I heard Hazrat Khabbab (ra), and in those days he had had his stomach cauterised in seven places, and he used to say: Had the Messenger of Allah (saw) not forbidden us to pray for death, I would certainly have prayed for death. The Companions of Muhammad (saw) have passed away, and the world did not diminish their faith at all, and we have acquired so much of this world that we find no place to put it except in the earth.
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Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to us that Yahya (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid). Isma'il said: Qais (bin Abi Hazim) told me. He used to say: I came to Hazrat Khabbab (ra) while he was building a wall of his. He said: Our companions who have passed away, the world did not diminish their faith at all, and after them we have acquired such things that we find no place for them except putting them in the earth.
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