Random Looks

Aisha (RadiAllaahu anha) said: I asked the Messenger of Allaah (SallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about random looks in salat (prayer), and he replied, “It is something which satan snatches from the slave’s salat.”
[Al-Bukhari]

What you should say instead

Aisha (RadiAllaahu anha) said: The Prophet (SallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “None of you should say: ‘My soul has become evil.’ He should say: ‘My soul is in bad shape.’”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

..Which act in Islam is the best?..

Abdullaah bin Amr bin Al-As (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah (SallAllaahu alayhi wa sallaam), “Which act in Islam is the best?” He (SallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) replied, “To feed (the poor and the needy) and to greet those whom you know and those you do not know.”

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

The world is accursed.....

Abu Hurairah (RadiAllaahu anhumma) reported: Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said: "Verily! The world is accursed and what it contains is accursed, except remembrance of Allaah and those who associate themselves with Allaah; and a learned man, and a learned person."

[At-Tirmidhi-Hasan]

....as long as you pray to Me.....

Anas (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, "Allaah, the Exalted, has said: 'O son of Adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earth load of forgiveness."
[At-Tirmidhi- Hasan]

"But if he intends to do an evil act........"

Abdullah bin Abbas (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said;
that Allaah(Subhaana wa ta ala) has ordered that the good and the bad deeds be written down. Then he explained it clearly how (to write): He who intends to do a good deed but he does not do it, then Allaah records it for him as a full good deed, but he who carries out his intention, then Allaah (Subhaana wa ta ala) writes it down for him as from ten to seven hundred folds, and even more. But if he intends to do an evil act and has not done it, then Allaah writes it down with Him as a full good deed, but if he intends it and has done it, Allaah writes it down as one bad deed."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

"What has happened to you,...."

Usamah bin Zaid (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said,
" A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be cast into Hell, and his intestines will pour forth and he will go round them as a donkey goes round a millstone.The inmates of Hell will gather round him and say, "What has happened to you, O so-and-so? Were you not enjoining us to do good and forbidding us to do evil? He replied:
' I was enjoining you to do good, but was not doing it myself; and I was forbidding you to do evil, but not doing it myself."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Two Statements

Abu Hurairah (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said,
"There are two statements that are light for the tongue to remember, heavy in the Scales and are dear to the Merciful:
'Subhaan Allaahi wa bihamdihi, Subhaan Allaahil- Azim' [Glory be to Allaah and His is the praise, (and) Allaah, the Greatest is free from imperfection]."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Do not express........

Wathilah bin Al-Asqa (RadiAllaahu anhu), said:
The Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " Do not express pleasure at the misfortune of a (Muslim) brother lest Allaah should bestow mercy upon him and make you suffer from a misfortune."

[At-Tirmidhi]

If you depend on Allaah with due reliance....

Umar (RadiAllaahu anhu) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) saying:
"If you all depend on Allaah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk."

[At- Tirmidhi- Hasan]

Gain Knowledge for the Pleasure of Allaah!

Abu Hurairah (RadiAllaahu anhu) said The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " A person who acquires (religious) knowledge, which is (normally) acquired to gain the pleasure of Allaah, (for the sole reason) to secure worldly comforts will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah on the Day of Resurrection (i.e., will not enter Jannah)."
 [Abu Dawud]

Sneezing vs. Yawning

 

Abu Hurairah (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported: The Prophet (Salallahu alaihe wa sallam) said, "Allaah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning. When any one of you sneezes and says 'Al-hamdu lillaah (praise be to Allaah)', it becomes obligatory upon every Muslim who hears him to respond with 'Yarhamuk-Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you)'. Yawning is from the shaitan (devil). When one of you feels like yawning, he should restrain it as much as possible, for the devil laughs when one of you yawns." 

 

[Al-Bukhari]

In Prostration

Abu Hurairah (Radi Allaahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allaah (salallahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " A slave becomes nearest to his Rubb when he is in prostration. So increase supplications in prostrations."

[Muslim]

...DO NOT NURSE HATRED...

 Anas bin Malik (RadiAllaahu anhu), said the Messenger of Allaah (sallaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " Do not desert (stop talking to ) one another, do not nurse hatred towards one another, do not be jealous of one another, and become as fellow brothers and slaves of Allaah. It is not lawful for a Muslim to stop talking to his brother (Muslim) for more than three days." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Beware of Suspicion...

Abu Hurairah (radiallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales. Do not look for other’s faults. Do not spy one another, and do not practice najsh (means to offer a high price for something in order to allure another customer who is interested in the thing). Do not be jealous of one another and do not nurse enmity against one another. Do not sever ties with one another. Become slaves of Allaah, and be brothers to one another as He commanded. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He should never oppress him nor humiliate him. The piety is here! The piety is here!” While saying so he pointed towards his chest. “It is enough evil for a Muslim to look down upon his Muslim brother. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in faith: his blood, his wealth and his honor. Verily, Allaah does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He looks to your hearts and your deeds.”
Another narration is: “Do not feel envy against one another; do not nurse enmity; do not spy on one another and do not cheat one another. Be Allaah’s slaves, brethren to one another.” [Muslim]

"Fear Allaah wherever you are......."

Abu Dharr and Mu'adh bin Jabal (RadiAllaahu anhu) reported that Messenger of Allaah (SalAllaahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " Fear Allaah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people." [At- Tirmidhi -- Hasan]

Whether he is Oppressed or an Oppressor

Anas (RadiAllaahu Anhu) reported: Messenger of Allaah (Salallahu alaihe wa sallam) said, " Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed." A man inquired: "O Messenger of Allaah! I help him when he is oppressed, but how can I help him when he is an oppressor?" He (Salallahu alaihe wa sallam) said, "You can keep him from committing oppression. That will be your help to him." [Al-Bukhari]