Abu Hurairah (radiAllahu anhu) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: 'In the last third of every night our Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) (Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala)) descends to the lowermost heaven and says; "Who is calling Me, so that I may answer him? Who is asking Me so that may I grant him? Who is seeking forgiveness from Me so that I may forgive him?."'
Allah says: O son of Adam, devote yourself to worshipping Me, and I shall fill your heart with contentment and I will remove your poverty; but if you do not do so, I shall fill your hands with the concerns of this worldand I will not keep you away from poverty. (Tirmidhi)
Help! I Can't Concentrate In My Salah & I Get Confused
Evil whispers during prayer and at other times come from the devil who is keen to misguide the Muslim, deprive him of good and keep it far away from him.
One of the Companions (ra) complained to the Messenger of Allah (saw) about waswaas (devilish whispers) during prayer, and said: "The devil comes between me, my prayers and my recitation, confusing me therein." The Messenger of Allah (saw): "That is a devil called Khanzab. If he affects you seek refuge in Allah from him and spit drily to your left 3 times." He (the companion) said: "I did that and Allah took him (Khanzab) away from me." (Muslim)
Virtues of Adhan
The Prophet (saw) said to Abdur Rahman (ra): I see that you love the wilderness (bedouin life) and that you love being a shepherd. So whenever you are with your sheep or in the wilderness (and it is time for salah (prayer)), then Raise your voice when you proclaim the Adhan. For whatever hears you, whether a human being, a jinn or any other creation (the mountains, the rocks, the trees etc), they will be a witness for you on the Day of Judgement. (Bukhari)
The Prophet (Saw) mentioned a man who had travelled on a long journey, dishevelled and covered with dust. He stretches out his hands to the heavens (making dua - supplicating): “O Lord, O Lord”, but his food is haraam, his drink is haraam, his clothing is haraam, so how can his dua be accepted?” (Muslim)
Asma bint Yazid radi Allahu anha reported that the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Shall I tell you who is the best of you?" "Yes," they replied. He said, "Those who remind you of Allah when you see them." [Adab al Mufrad, Graded Hasan by Shaykh Albaani]
Al-Tirmidhi (1984) narrated that ‘Ali said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “In Paradise there are apartments the outside of which can be seen from the inside and the inside of which can be seen from the outside.” A Bedouin stood up and said: “Who are they for, O Messenger of Allaah?” He said: “They are for ****those who speak good words, feed others, fast regularly and pray to Allaah at night when people are sleeping.” **Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
Al-Haakim narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Jibreel came to me and said: ‘O Muhammad, live as long as you want, for you will die. Love whomever you want, for you will leave him. Do whatever you want for you will be requited for it. Remember that the believer’s honour is his praying at night, and his pride is his being independent of people.” Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
...and do not speak bad of one another..[49:12]
Sufyân ibn Husayn al-Wâsitî narrates:
“I spoke ill of a person in the presence of Iyâs bin Mu’âwiyah al-Muzanî who was the judge of Basra, a Tâbi’î and a very intelligent person. He looked straight in my face and asked
Did you wage war against the Romans?’
I replied: “No”.
He asked, 'Did you wage war against Sind, India and the Turks?'
I replied “No”,
‘How is it then, that the Romans, the Sindis, the Indians and the Turks are safe from you whilst your own Muslim Brother is not safe from you?”
Sufyan narrates: I never did this again
The Holy Prophet (saww) said: "The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of one's parents (in the case that it is right), and His wrath lies in their wrath."
The Prophet (saw) said that some people will enter Paradise at a certain level, but then suddenly, they will see that they are rising to an elevated level, so they will ask: Our deeds only brought us to this level so how come we are rising higher? So it will be said: Because your childrens used to make istighfaar (asking Allah for forgiveness) for you. (Ahmad)
Ali radiallahu anhu said, “People before us used to advise each other of three things - the one who works for his Hereafter, Allah will take care of the matters of his din and dunya for him; and the one who beautifies his inner self, Allah will beautify his appearance; and the one who rectifies that which is between him and Allah, Allah will rectify that which is between him and people”
*Hazrt Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "O Abu Zarr (a Sahaabi) if you go anywhere to learn one ayaat of the Qur'aan, it is better for you than a hundred rakaats (Nafal) Salaat; if you go anywhere to acquire one law of the knowledge (of Deen), it is better for you than performing a thousand rakaats (Nafal) Salaat, irrespective of whether you practised on it (the knowledge) or not."
(Ibn Majah).
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Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The noblest charity is that a Muslim acquires some knowledge (of the Deen) then imparts it to a brother Muslim."
(Ibn Majah).
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What is Harj, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied by beckoning with his hand indicating "killing." (Fateh-al-Bari Page 192, Vol. 1)
*Ibn Umar (ra) reported that Allah's Messenger (saw) said, "The Dajjal's destination is this hillock. Most of those who go to him will be women so much so that a man will go to his wife, to his mother, his daughter and his aunt and chain them lest they go to him." -Muslim
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"A group of people from my Ummah shall remain steadfast to the truth, they will continue to fight in obedience to the command of Allah and remain dominant over their enemies. Those who will oppose them shall not do them any harm — except for hardship and hunger. They will remain in this condition until victory (or that the Hour overtakes them).' He was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), where are they?' He replied, 'In Al-Quds and its precincts." (Ahmad)