Heart
Actions are by intentions
Actions are according to intentions, and every person will have what they intended.
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 1 · Sahih Muslim 1907
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- القرآن الكريمAl-Quran · 114 surahs · Hafs from Asim
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The Nine Books
Libraryالقرآن الكريم
Al-Quran
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The Nine Books
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Sahih al Bukhari
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Sahih Muslim
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سنن النسائي
Sunan an Nasai
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Sunan Abu Dawud
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Jami At Tirmidhi
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Sunan Ibn Majah
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موطأ مالك
Muwatta Malik
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مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad
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Sunan al-Darimi
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Verse of the day
He is One · 112:1
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Verse of the week
He is One · 112:1
Hafs from Asim
Hadith of the week
لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Richness is not having many possessions. True richness is the richness of the soul.
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1. Al-Fatiha
My Quran learning
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Hadith of the day
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ
Allah does not look at your appearances or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.
Abu Hurairah · Sahih Muslim 2564
A reflection
المدينة المنورة
The Prophet’s Mosque
وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
Hud 11:88
These words were first spoken in Madinah. The ummah still holds them as that city held the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — close, and alive.
To read them is to sit with a lantern and an open Book, and to hear him ﷺ as if this room were still that room.
Read this hadithصَلَاةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ
A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque.
Bukhari 1190 · Muslim 1394
The method
Compare the roads
Lay two chains side by side. Open Ibn Majah, name by name. See which books are not on this shelf.
Collection
Hadith
Faith
Love for your brother
None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 13 · Sahih Muslim 45
Faith
Worship as if you see Him
It is to worship Allah as though you see Him — and though you do not see Him, He sees you.
أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 8
Character
True strength
The strong one is not the one who overpowers others. The strong one is the one who controls himself when angry.
لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6114 · Sahih Muslim 2609
Character
Do not become angry
Do not become angry.
لَا تَغْضَبْ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6116
Speech
Speak good or remain silent
Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.
مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6018 · Sahih Muslim 47
Mercy
Mercy on earth
The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth, and the One in heaven will be merciful to you.
الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ، ارْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ
Sahih·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1924 · Sunan Abi Dawud 4941
Character
Make things easy
Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Give glad tidings and do not drive people away.
يَسِّرُوا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوا، وَبَشِّرُوا وَلَا تُنَفِّرُوا
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 69 · Sahih Muslim 1734
Family
Best to your family
The best of you are the best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family.
خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي
Sahih·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 3895
Charity
A smile is charity
Your smile in the face of your brother is charity for you.
تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ
Hasan·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1956
Faith
Religion is sincerity
The religion is sincerity — sincere counsel.
الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 55
Heart
He looks at the hearts
Allah does not look at your appearances or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2564
Hereafter
Be in this world as a stranger
Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler passing through.
كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6416
Heart
The deeds most beloved
The deeds most beloved to Allah are those done most consistently, even if they are few.
أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6464 · Sahih Muslim 783
Mercy
Relieve a hardship
Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship of this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship of the Day of Resurrection.
مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا، نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2699
Character
Sent to perfect character
I was sent only to perfect noble character.
إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ مَكَارِمَ الْأَخْلَاقِ
Sahih·Muwatta Malik 1614 · Musnad Ahmad 8952
Mercy
A hungry neighbor
He has not believed in me who sleeps full while his neighbor beside him is hungry, and he knows it.
مَا آمَنَ بِي مَنْ بَاتَ شَبْعَانَ وَجَارُهُ جَائِعٌ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ
Hasan·Musnad Ahmad 12674 · al-Bayhaqi
Mercy
No mercy, no mercy
Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.
مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمِ النَّاسَ لَا يَرْحَمْهُ اللَّهُ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 7376 · Sahih Muslim 2319
Faith
Purity is half of faith
Purity is half of faith.
الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 223
Knowledge
Seeking knowledge
Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.
طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ
Hasan·Sunan Ibn Majah 224
Knowledge
A path of knowledge
Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.
وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا، سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2699
Speech
A good word is charity
A good word is charity.
وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 2989 · Sahih Muslim 1009
Character
The most complete in faith
The most complete of the believers in faith is the best of them in character.
أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا
Sahih·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1162 · Sunan Abi Dawud 4682
Character
Thanking people
Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Allah.
مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرِ النَّاسَ لَا يَشْكُرِ اللَّهَ
Sahih·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1954 · Sunan Abi Dawud 4811
Character
Fear Allah wherever you are
Fear Allah wherever you are. Follow a bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out. And treat people with good character.
اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ
Hasan·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1987
Speech
A word of justice
The best jihad is a word of justice spoken before a tyrannical ruler.
أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ
Hasan·Sunan Abi Dawud 4344 · Jami' al-Tirmidhi 2174
Family
Your mother, your mother
A man asked, “Who is most deserving of my good companionship?” He ﷺ said, “Your mother.” “Then who?” “Your mother.” “Then who?” “Your mother.” “Then who?” “Your father.”
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ صَحَابَتِي؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أَبُوكَ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 5971 · Sahih Muslim 2548
Charity
Do not belittle any good
Do not belittle any act of goodness, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face.
لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2626
Charity
The most beneficial
The best of people are those who are most beneficial to people.
خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَنْفَعُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ
Hasan·al-Mu'jam al-Awsat · al-Albani graded Hasan
Faith
Modesty is from faith
Modesty is part of faith.
الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 24 · Sahih Muslim 36
Heart
Leave what makes you doubt
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَرِيبُكَ
Sahih·Jami' al-Tirmidhi 2518 · Sunan al-Nasa'i 5711
Mercy
A building that holds
The believer to the believer is like a building — each part strengthens the other.
الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 481 · Sahih Muslim 2585
Faith · Qudsi
I have forbidden oppression
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and made it forbidden among you, so do not oppress one another.
يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2577 · Hadith Qudsi
Faith · Qudsi
I have divided the prayer
Allah the Exalted said: I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he asked for. When he says, “All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds,” Allah says: My servant has praised Me. When he says, “the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,” Allah says: My servant has extolled Me. When he says, “Sovereign of the Day of Recompense,” Allah says: My servant has glorified Me. When he says, “It is You we worship and You we ask for help,” Allah says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he asked for. When he says, “Guide us to the straight path…” Allah says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he asked for.
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: قَسَمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي نِصْفَيْنِ وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ. فَإِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي. وَإِذَا قَالَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ أَثْنَى عَلَيَّ عَبْدِي. وَإِذَا قَالَ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ قَالَ مَجَّدَنِي عَبْدِي. فَإِذَا قَالَ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ قَالَ هَذَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ. فَإِذَا قَالَ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ … قَالَ هَذَا لِعَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 395 · Hadith Qudsi
Mercy
Conceal a fault
Whoever conceals the fault of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.
وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 2442 · Sahih Muslim 2580
Hereafter
Five before five
Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death.
اغْتَنِمْ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسٍ: شَبَابَكَ قَبْلَ هَرَمِكَ، وَصِحَّتَكَ قَبْلَ سَقَمِكَ، وَغِنَاكَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِكَ، وَفَرَاغَكَ قَبْلَ شُغْلِكَ، وَحَيَاتَكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِكَ
Sahih·al-Hakim · al-Albani graded Sahih
Character
Kindness beautifies
Kindness is not found in anything except that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.
إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ، وَلَا يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ
Sahih·Sahih Muslim 2594
Heart
Richness of the soul
Richness is not having many possessions. True richness is the richness of the soul.
لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 6446 · Sahih Muslim 1051
Mercy
The orphan's guardian
I and the one who cares for an orphan will be in Paradise like this — and he held his two fingers together.
أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 5304
Knowledge
Learn the Quran and teach it
The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it.
خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 5027
Faith
Until I am more beloved
None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child, and all people.
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 15 · Sahih Muslim 44
Family
Each of you is a shepherd
Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock.
كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 893 · Sahih Muslim 1829
Character
The religion of a friend
A man follows the religion of his close friend, so let each of you look at whom he befriends.
الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ
Hasan·Sunan Abi Dawud 4833 · Jami' al-Tirmidhi 2378
Faith
A prayer in this mosque of mine
A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque.
صَلَاةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 1190 · Sahih Muslim 1394
Hereafter
A garden from the gardens of Paradise
What is between my house and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.
مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ
Sahih·Sahih al-Bukhari 1196 · Sahih Muslim 1391
Translations are approximate. Grades follow well-known collections (Bukhari, Muslim, and widely accepted Hasan reports). For legal rulings, consult a qualified scholar.