Hadith of the week (Piety in Selection)

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364. Abu Hurairah (R.A.A.) reported: The Prophet (S.A.W.) said, "A woman is married for four things: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty or for her piety. Select the pious, may you be blessed!".


(Bukhari and Muslim)





Commentary: Only a pious woman is in the true sense faithful and obedient to her husband of good conduct. Such a couple not only lead a happy life but its future generation is also brought up on the right lines with the help of such a woman. The women of the remaining three types are generally a source of trouble for their husbands and spoil their future generations. For this reason, while selecting a wife, one should give preference to religion over all other qualities.





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Naadir

Hadith of the week

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203. Jabir bin `Abdullah (R.A.A.) reported: Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said, "Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you. It incited them to shed blood and treat the unlawful as lawful.''

(Muslim)

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Naadir

Hadith of the week (Virtue obliterates vice)

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61. Abu Dharr and Mu`adh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that: Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people".



(Tirmizi)



Commentary: Virtue obliterates vice means that virtue becomes an atonement for sin. But this applies to minor sins only because major ones will not be forgiven without sincere repentance. Similar is the case of encroachment on public rights which will not be forgiven without their compensation.











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Naadir

Hadith of the week (Visiting the Sick)

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899. `Ali bin Abu Talib (R.A.A.) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) saying, "When a Muslim visits a sick Muslim at dawn, seventy thousand angels keep on praying for him till dusk. If he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels keep on praying for him till the morning; and he will have (his share of) reaped fruits in Jannah.''



(Tirmizi)



Commentary: Both, this Hadith and the preceding one, lay stress on the virtue of visiting a sick person so as to obtain the Divine reward. The Hadith mentions "dawn'' and "evening'' to mean at all times, and not necessarily at those particular times.









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Naadir

Hadith of the week

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123. Abu Hurairah (R.A.A.) reported: The Prophet (S.A.W.) said, "He who goes to the mosque at dawn or dusk (for Salat), Allah prepares a hospitable abode for him in Jannah, every time when he walks to it or comes back from it".

(Bukhari and Muslim)



Commentary: This Hadith induces us to go to the mosque and perform Salat in congregation.







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Naadir

Hadith of the week (Speaking Truth & Falsehood)

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54. Abdullah bin Mas`ud (R.A.A.) reported: The Prophet (S.A.W.) said, "Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to vice and vice leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar".'
[Agreed upon]

Commentary: Siddiq (veracious) and Kadhdhab (liar) both are adjectives of intensive degree. That is to say, the words stand respectively for someone whose truth has become his second nature; and in the opposite case, one is a liar who is in the habit of telling lies. As one acquires a reputation in this world for his good or bad deeds similar is his position before Allah. One who is ranked among the truthful with Him is entitled to reward, and if one is a liar, he has to suffer retribution for it. This Hadith provides incentive for truthfulness because it is a source of every good deed and contains a warning against lying as it gives rise to all kinds of mischief.





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Naadir

Hadith of the week (Beware of Envy)

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1569. Abu Hurairah (R.A.A.) said: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Beware of envy because envy consumes (destroys) the virtues just as the fire consumes the firewood,'' or he said "grass.''

(Abu Dawud)

Commentary: Envy is one of the major sins which are bound to destroy virtues as fast as the fire burns the wood and dry grass to ashes.





Salams,



Naadir