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HADITHS
Talhah
bin 'Ubaidullah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported
A person with disheveled hair, one of the people of
Najd, came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
We heard the humming of his voice, but could not fully
discern what he had been saying, till he came nigh to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). It was then
(disclosed to us) that he was asking questions pertaining
to Islam. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Five Prayers during the day and night. (Upon this)
he asked: Am I obliged to perform any other (Prayer)
besides these? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, except
that which you observe voluntarily, out of your own
free will; and fasting the month of Ramadan. The inquirer
asked: Am I obliged to fast anything else besides this?
He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, except that which you
observe out of your own free will. And the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) told him about the
Zakah (poor-due). The inquirer asked: Am I obliged to
pay anything else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: No, except that which you pay voluntarily out
of your own free will. The man turned back and said:
I would neither make any addition to this, nor will
I decrease anything out of it. The Prophet remarked:
He is successful, if he is truthful in what he affirms.
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Anas
bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
We were forbidden to ask Allah's Messenger about anything
(without the genuine need). It, therefore, pleased us
that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the
desert should come and ask him (the Holy Prophet) and
we should listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the
desert came (to the Holy Prophet) and said: Muhammad,
your messenger came to us and told us that you claim
that Allah had sent you (as a prophet). He (the Holy
Prophet) remarked: He told the truth. He (the Bedouin)
asked: Who created the Heaven? He (the Holy Prophet)
replied: Allah. He (the Bedouin again) asked: Who created
the earth? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. He
(the Bedouin again) asked: Who raised these mountains
and who created in them whatever is created there? He
(the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. Upon this he (the
Bedouin) remarked: By Him Who created the Heaven and
created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has
Allah (in fact) sent you? He (the Holy Prophet) said:
Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your messenger also told
us that five Prayers (had been made) obligatory for
us during the day and night. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:
He told you the truth. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him
Who sent you, is it Allah Who ordered you about this
(i.e. Prayers)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He
(the Bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that Zakah
had been made obligatory in our riches. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: He has told the truth. He (the Bedouin)
said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah
Who ordered you about it (Zakah)? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your messenger told
us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every
year during the month of Ramadan. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: He has told the truth. He (the Bedouin) said:
By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah Who
ordered you about it (the Fasting of Ramadan)? He (the
Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the Bedouin) said: Your
messenger also told us that Pilgrimage (Hajj) to the
House (of Ka'bah) had been made obligatory for whoever
is able to undertake the journey to it. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: He has told the truth. The narrator said
that he (the Bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of
this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked:
By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would neither
make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything
out of them. Upon this the Holy Prophet remarked: If
he were truthful (to what he said) he must enter Paradise |
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Abu
Aiyub Al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Once during a journey of the Holy Prophet (may peace
of Allah be upon him), a Bedouin appeared before him
and caught hold of the nose string of his she-camel
and then said: Messenger of Allah (or Muhammad), inform
me about that which takes me near to Paradise and draws
me away from the Fire (of Hell). He (the narrator) said:
The Prophet (may peace be upon him) stopped for a while
and cast a glance upon his Companions and then said:
He was afforded a good opportunity (or he had been guided
well). He (the Holy Prophet), addressing the Bedouin,
said: (Repeat) whatever you have uttered. He (the Bedouin)
repeated that. Upon this the Messenger (may peace be
upon him) remarked: You worship Allah and associate
none with Him, and you perform the Prayer and pay Zakah,
and do good to your kin. After having uttered these
words, the Holy Prophet asked the Bedouin to release
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Ibn
'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, reported:
The Holy Prophet (may peace of Allah be upon him) said:
(The superstructure of) Islam is raised on five (pillars):
The Oneness of Allah, performance of the Prayer, payment
of Zakah, Fast of Ramadan, and Pilgrimage (to Makkah). |
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Abu
Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
A Bedouin came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and said: Messenger of Allah, direct me to a deed
by which I may be entitled to enter Paradise. Upon this
he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: You worship Allah and
never associate anything with Him, perform the obligatory
Prayer, and pay the prescribed Zakah, and observe the
Fast of Ramadan. He (the Bedouin) said: By Him in Whose
Hand is my life, I will never add anything to it, nor
will I decrease anything from it. When he (the Bedouin)
turned his back, the Prophet (may peace be upon him)
said: He who is pleased to see a man from the dwellers
of Paradise should catch a glance at this man.
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