"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:

'Actions are according to intentions, and everyone will get what was intended. Whoever migrates with an intention for Allah and His messenger, the migration will be for the sake of Allah and his Messenger. And whoever migrates for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his migration will be for the sake of whatever he migrated for.'"

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day when a man appeared with very white clothes and very black hair. There were no signs of travel on him and we did not recognize him. He sat down in front of the Prophet and rested his knees by his knees and placed his hands on his thighs. The man said, 'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.' The Prophet said:

'Islam is to testify there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish prayer, to give charity, to fast the month of Ramadan, and to perform pilgrimage to the House if a way is possible.'

The man said, 'You have spoken truthfully.' We were surprised that he asked him and then said he was truthful. He said, 'Tell me about faith.' The Prophet said:

'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in providence, its good and its evil.'

The man said, 'You have spoken truthfully. Tell me about excellence.' The Prophet said:

'Excellence is to worship Allah as if you see Him, for if you do not see Him, He surely sees you.'

The man said, 'Tell me about the final hour.' The Prophet said:

'The one asked does not know more than the one asking.'

The man said, 'Tell me about its signs.' The Prophet said:

'The slave girl will give birth to her master and you will see barefoot, naked, and dependent shepherds compete in the construction tall buildings.'

Then, the man left and I remained. The Prophet said to me:

'O Umar, do you know who he was?'

I said, 'Allah and his messenger know best.' The Prophet said:

'Verily, he was Jibril who came to teach you your religion.'"

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:

'Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakah, making the pilgrimage to the House, and fasting in Ramadan.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he is the truthful and the believed, narrated to us:

'Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's womb for forty days in the form of a drop, then he becomes a clot of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into him and who is commanded with four matters: to write down his sustenance, his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or unhappy (whether or not he will enter Paradise).

By Allah, other than Whom there is no deity, verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, and so he acts with the actions of the people of the Hellfire and thus enters it; and verily one of you performs the actions of the people of the Hellfire, until there is but an arm's length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and thus he enters it.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He who innovates something in this matter of ours [Islam] that is not of it will have it rejected [by Allah].'"

"He who does an act which we have not commanded, will have it rejected [by Allah]."

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:

'The halal is clear and the haram is clear, and between them are matters unclear that are unknown to most people. Whoever is wary of these unclear matters has absolved his religion and honor. And whoever indulges in them has indulged in the haram. It is like a shepherd who herds his sheep too close to preserved sanctuary, and they will eventually graze in it. Every king has a sanctuary, and the sanctuary of Allah is what He has made haram. There lies within the body a piece of flesh. If it is sound, the whole body is sound; and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted. Verily this piece is the heart.'"

"The religion is naseehah (sincerity)."

We said, "To whom?"

He said, "To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk."

I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and until they establish the prayer and pay the Zakah. And if they do so then they will have gained protection from me for their lives and property, unless [they commit acts that are punishable] in accordance to Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah the Almighty.

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'What I have prohibited for you, avoid it. What I have commanded you, do it as much as you can. Verily, those before you were ruined only due to their excessive questioning and contradicting their prophets.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

'Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is good. And verily Allah has commanded the believers to do that which He has commanded the Messengers. So the Almighty has said: "O (you) Messengers! Eat of the tayyibat (good things), and perform righteous deeds" [23:51] and the Almighty has said: "O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you" [2:172].

Then the Prophet ﷺ mentioned a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty, and who spreads out his hands to the sky saying, "O Lord! O Lord!" while his food is haram, his drink is haram, his clothing is haram, and he has been nourished with haram, so how can [his supplication] be answered?'"

"I memorized from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Leave what makes you doubtful for what does not.'"

"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

'Part of the perfection of one's Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.'"

"None of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself."

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'It is not permissible to spill the blood of a Muslim except in three [instances]: the married person who commits adultery, a life for a life, and the one who forsakes his religion and separates from the community.'"

"Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbour; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest."

“A man said to the Prophet, ‘Give me advice.’ The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Do not get angry.’ The man asked repeatedly and the Prophet answered each time, ‘Do not get angry.’”

"Verily Allah has prescribed ihsan (perfection) in all things. Thus if you kill, kill well; and if you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters."

"Fear Allah wherever you are. Follow the bad deed with a good one to erase it, and behave with good character towards people."

"I was riding with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said:

'Young man, I will teach you some words. Be mindful of Allah and He will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him before you. If you ask, ask from Allah. If you seek help, seek help from Allah.

Know that if the nations gathered together to benefit you, they could not benefit you unless Allah has decreed it for you. And if the nations gathered together to harm you, they could not harm you unless Allah has decreed it for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.'"

"Know that there is much good in being patient with what you detest, victory will come with patience, affliction will come with relief, and with hardship will come with ease."

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Among the early prophetic teachings that have reached people is this: if you do not feel shame, do what you wish.'"

"I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam which I can ask of no one but you.' He said, 'Say "I believe in Allah" — and then be steadfast.'"

"A man questioned the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is halal, and treat as forbidden that which is haram, and do not increase upon that [in voluntary good deeds], then I shall enter Paradise?' He replied, 'Yes.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Purity is half of Iman. Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) fills the scales, and subhan-Allah (how far from imperfection is Allah) and Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) fill that which is between heaven and earth. And the Salah (prayer) is a light, and charity is a proof, and patience is illumination, and the Qur'an is a proof either for you or against you. Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin.'"

"O My servants! I have forbidden oppression for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.

O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you.

O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you.

O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you.

O My servants, you sommit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you.

O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it.

O My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself."

"Some people from amongst the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the Prophet ﷺ, 'O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have made off with the rewards; they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give [much] in charity by virtue of their wealth.'

He ﷺ said, 'Has not Allah made things for you to give in charity? Truly every tasbeehah [saying subhan-Allah] is a charity, and every takbeerah [saying Allahu akbar] is a charity, and every tahmeedah [saying alhamdulillah] is a charity, and every tahleelah [saying la ilaha illAllah] is a charity. And commanding the good is a charity, and forbidding an evil is a charity, and in the sexual act of each one of you there is a charity.'

They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, when one of us fulfills his sexual desire, will he have some reward for that?'

He ﷺ said: 'Do you not see that if he were to act upon it [his desire] in an unlawful manner, then he would be deserving of punishment? Likewise, if he were to act upon it in a lawful manner, then he will be deserving of a reward.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Every joint of a person must perform a charity each day that the sun rises: to judge justly between two people is a charity. To help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it, is a charity. And the good word is a charity. And every step that you take towards the prayer is a charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is a charity.'"

"Righteousness is in good character, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul, and which you dislike people finding out about."

"I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, 'You have come to ask about righteousness.' I said, 'Yes.'

He said, 'Consult your heart. Righteousness is that about which the soul feels at ease and the heart feels tranquil. And wrongdoing is that which wavers in the soul and causes uneasiness in the breast, even though people have repeatedly given their legal opinion [in its favour].'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered an admonition that made our hearts fearful and our eyes tearful. We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is as if this were a farewell sermon, so advise us.'

He said, 'I enjoin you to have fear of Allah and that you listen and obey, even if a slave is made a ruler over you. He among you who lives long enough will see many differences. So for you is to observe my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-principled and rightly-guided successors, holding on to them with your molar teeth. Beware of newly-introduced matters, for every innovation (bid'ah) is an error.'"

"I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hellfire.'

He said, 'You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah makes it easy. Worship Allah without associating any partners with Him; establish the prayer; pay the Zakah; fast in Ramadan; and make the pilgrimage to the House.'

Then he said, 'Shall I not guide you towards the means of goodness? Fasting is a shield, charity wipes away sin as water extinguishes fire, and the praying of a man in the depths of the night.' Then he recited: '[Those] who forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allah's cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do' (32: 16-17).

Then he said, 'Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer and its peak is jihad.'

Then he said, 'Shall I not tell you of the foundation of all of that?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' So he took hold of his tongue and said, 'Restrain this.' I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, will we be taken to account for what we say with it?' He said, 'May your mother be bereaved of you, O Muadh! Is there anything that throws people into the Hellfire upon their faces, or on their noses, except the harvests of their tongues?'"

"Verily Allah the Almighty has laid down religious obligations, so do not neglect them. He has set boundaries, so do not overstep them. He has prohibited some things, so do not violate them; about some things He was silent, out of compassion for you, not forgetfulness, so seek not after them."

"A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and the people to love me.'

So he said, 'Renounce the world and Allah will love you, and renounce what people possess and the people will love you.'"

"There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."

"Were people to be given everything that they claimed, men would [unjustly] claim the wealth and lives of [other] people. But, the onus of proof is upon the claimant, and the taking of an oath is upon him who denies."

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not envy one another, and do not inflate prices for one another, and do not hate one another, and do not turn away from one another, and do not undercut one another in trade, but [rather] be slaves of Allah and brothers [amongst yourselves]. A muslim is the brother of a muslim: he does not oppress him, nor does he fail him, nor does he lie to him, nor does he hold him in contempt.

Taqwa (piety) is right here [and he pointed to his chest three times]. It is evil enough for a man to hold his brother muslim in contempt. The whole of a muslim is inviolable for another muslim: his blood, his property, and his honour.'"

"Whoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the need of a needy person, Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever shields [or hides the misdeeds of] a muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah will aid His slave so long as he aids his brother.

And whoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that sakeenah (tranquility) descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him. And whoever is slowed down by his actions, will not be hastened forward by his lineage."

"Verily Allah has written down the good deeds and the evil deeds, and then explained it [by saying]:

'Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Verily Almighty Allah has said:

"Whosoever shows enmity to a wali of Mine, then I have declared war against him. And My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved to Me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him; and were he to seek refuge with Me, I would surely grant him refuge."'"

"Verily Allah has pardoned for me my ummah: their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do under duress."

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took me by the shoulder and said, 'Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.'

And Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say, 'In the evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening. Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.'"

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.'"

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Allah the Almighty has said:

"O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind.

O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you.

O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too]."'"