Muhammad

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All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly.

Muhammad or Mahomet, (Arabic: محمد) (c. 570 - 8 June 632) full name: Abu al-Qasim, Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Abd al-Muttalib Ibn Hashim is believed to be the Last Prophet of God (Allah). He was a political, military, and religious leader. Muslim religious belief holds that he is the Seal of the prophets, and that the Qur'an is the message of Allah revealed to him by the angel Jibreel (Gabriel).

See also quotes from the Qur'an (القرآن) and Non-Islamic views of Muhammad.

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Hadith

Note: Hadith ("Traditions") of the Prophet are those sayings attributed directly to him, and to Muslims they are second in importance only to the Qur'an. They are seen as explanations of the Quranic verses and the second source of legislation in Islamic jurisprudence.

(Arranged alphabetically)

• {A man came to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and said: “O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship?” The Prophet said: { Your mother. } The man said: “Then who?” The Prophet said: { Then your mother. } The man further asked: “Then who?” The Prophet said: { Then your mother. } The man asked again: “Then who?” The Prophet said: { Then your father. }
  • Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2548, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #5971.

• Allah's Apostle [=Muhammad] said, "The deeds of anyone of you will not save you (from the (Hell) Fire)." They said, "Even you (will not be saved by your deeds), O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "No, even I (will not be saved) unless and until Allah bestows His Mercy on me. Therefore, do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and worship Allah in the forenoon and in the afternoon and during a part of the night, and always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course whereby you will reach your target (Paradise).
  • Narrated in Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 76, Number 470. This is a good hadith which mentions about a moderate and middle path, not that of extreme, in order to get a place in Paradise.

• A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that.
  • Bukhari 4:538 This is an extraordinary hadith, because following the Sunnah of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) , prostitutes can be extremely despised figures among most Muslims, yet it expresses the idea that even someone working in one of the most despised of professions, in showing mercy to an animal, can merit the forgiveness of Allah, and the wise.

• A woman was punished because she imprisoned a cat until it died. On account of this, she was doomed to Hell. While she imprisoned it, she did not give the cat food or drink, nor did she free it to eat the insects of the earth.
  • Saheeh Muslim, #2422, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #2365.

• Allah has revealed to me that you should adopt humility so that no one oppresses another.
  • Riyadh-us-Salaheen, Hadith 1589

• Allah’s Messenger kissed Al-Hasan ibn `Ali while Al-Aqra` ibn Habis At-Tamim was sitting with him . Al-Aqra` said, “I have ten children and have never kissed one of them.” The Prophet cast a look at him and said, “Whoever is not merciful to others will not be treated mercifully.”
  • Al-Bukhari

• Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to people.
  • Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 9, #473

• Anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should not harm his neighbor. Anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should entertain his guest generously. And anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or keep quiet.
  • Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 47

• Avoid cruelty and injustice for, on the Day of Judgment, the same will turn into several darknesses; and guard yourselves against miserliness; for this has ruined nations who lived before you.
  • Riyadh-us-Salaheen, Hadith 203

• By his good character, a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.
  • Abu Dawood, Hadith 2233

• ...Do not betray, do not be excessive, do not kill a newborn child.
  • Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1731, and Al-Tirmizi, #1408.

• Do not turn away a poor man...even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you...God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection.
  • Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1376

• (Each one) of you should save himself from the fire by giving even half of a date (in charity). And if you do not find a half date, then (by saying) a pleasant word (to your brethren).
  • Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Hadith 394

• Fear Allah and treat your children [small or grown] fairly (with equal justice).
  • Al-Bukhari and Muslim

• Five kinds of animals are mischief-doers and can be killed even in the Sanctuary: They are the rat, the scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog.
  • Hadith - Bukhari 4:531, Narrated 'Aisha

• "God does not judge you according to your bodies and appearances, but He looks into your hearts and observes your deeds."
  [The man asked] "Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your father."
  • Sahih al-Bukhari, 8:2

• Happy is the man who avoids dissension, but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance.
  • Sunah of Abu Dawood, Hadith 1996

• He who has been a ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection, until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction.
  • Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1037

• "I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this," — putting his index and middle fingers together.
  • Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 8 Book 73 Number 34

• I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."
  • Narrated by 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 1, Number 1

• In the name of God, I put my trust in God. O God, I seek refuge in Thee lest I stray or be led astray or cause injustice or suffer injustice or do wrong or have wrong done to me!
  • Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 2, Number 67b.

• It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.
  • Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1011

• It is a fine thing when a believer praises and thanks God if good comes to him, and praises God and shows endurance if smitten by affliction. The believer is rewarded for (every good action), even for the morsel he raises to his wife's mouth.
  • Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 537

• It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else.
  • Riyadh-Us-Saleheen, Chapter 59, hadith 540

• Narrated Abu Qatadah: “The Messenger of Allah came towards us while carrying Umamah the daughter of Abi Al-`As (Prophet’s granddaughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, and when he wanted to bow, he put her down, and when he stood up he lifted her up.”
  • Al-Bukhari

• Narrated Umm Khalid: I (the daughter of Khalid ibn Said) went to Allah’s Messenger with my father and I was wearing a yellow shirt. Allah’s Messenger said, “Sanah, Sanah!” (`Abdullah, the narrator, said that sanah meant “good” in the Ethiopian language). I then started playing with the seal of prophethood (between the Prophet’s shoulders) and my father rebuked me harshly for that. Allah’s Messenger said, “Leave her.” The Prophet, then, invoked Allah to grant her a long life thrice.
  • Al-Bukhari

• O people! Your God is one and your forefather (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab, and a red (i.e. white tinged with red) person is not better than a black person and a black person is not better than a red person, except in piety.
  • Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad, #22978.

• People, beware of injustice, for injustice shall be darkness on the Day of Judgment.
  • Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad, #5798, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #2447.

• Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded.
  • Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 38

• Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.
  • An-Nawawi's "Forty Hadith," Hadith 27

• Seven kinds of people will be sheltered under the shade of God on the Day of Judgment...They are: a just ruler, a young man who passed his youth in the worship and service of God...one whose heart is attached to the mosque...two people who love each other for the sake of God...a man who is invited to sin...but declines, saying 'I fear God'...one who spends his charity in secret, without making a show...and one who remembers God in solitude so that his eyes overflow.
  • Riyadh-us-Salaheen, Hadith 376

• Sometimes I enter prayer and I intend to prolong it, but then I hear a child crying, and I shorten my prayer thinking of the distress of the child's mother.
  • Fiqh us-Sunnah, Volume 2, Number 51b

• The best among you are those who are best to their wives.
  • Narrated in Ibn Majah, #1978, and Al-Tirmizi, #3895.

• The example of a believer is like a fresh tender plant; from whichever direction the wind blows, it bends the plant. But when the wind dies down, (it) straightens up again.
  • Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 4, Number 1

• The first cases to be adjudicated between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed [killing and injuring]
  • Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1678, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #6533.

• The first to be summoned to Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be those who praise God in prosperity and adversity.
  • Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 730

• The Prophet said, “(It happens that) I start the prayer intending to prolong it, but on hearing the cries of a child, I shorten the prayer because I know that the cries of the child will incite its mother’s passions.”
  • Al-Bukhari

• There is a reward for kindness to every living animal or human.
  • Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2244, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #2466.

• Usamah ibn Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) shows this humane aspect of the Prophet’s personality:
  Allah’s Messenger used to put me on (one of) his thighs and put Al-Hasan ibn `Ali on his other thigh, and then embrace us and say, “O Allah! Please be merciful to them, as I am merciful to them.”
  • Al-Bukhari

• When you slaughter an animal, do so in the best way. One should sharpen his knife to reduce the suffering of the animal.
  • Saheeh Muslim, #1955, and Al-Tirmizi, #1409

• "What is the best type of Jihad [struggle]?" He answered: "Speaking truth before a tyrannical ruler."
  • Riyadh us-Saleheen Volume 1:195

• While a man was walking along a road, he became very thirsty and found a well. He lowered himself into the well, drank, and came out. Then [he saw] a dog protruding its tongue out with thirst. The man said: "This dog has become exhausted from thirst in the same way as I." He lowered himself into the well again and filled his shoe with water. He gave the dog some water to drink. He thanked God, and [his sins were] forgiven. The Prophet was then asked: "Is there a reward for us in our animals?" He said: "There is a reward in every living thing."
  • Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 104

• Whoever has killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance is found for a span of forty years.
  • Narrated in Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #3166, and Ibn Majah, #2686

Final sermon

The final sermon of Muhammad delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul Hijjah 10 A.H (c. 630 AD)

• O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I don't know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you carefully and take these words to those who could not be present here today.

• O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women, but they also have right over you. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers.

• All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. You know that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not astray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.

• All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly.

• Even as the fingers of the two hands are equal, so are human beings equal to one another. No one has any right, nor any preference to claim over another. You are brothers.

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It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Miscellaneous

Note: The following are quotes sourced from The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches. MacArthur, Brian, ed. Penguin Books, 1996. They have not been arranged, and include individual quotes from either the Quran or the Hadith.

"It is not righteousness that ye turn your face towards the east or the west, but righteousness is [in] him who believeth in God and the Last Day, and the angels and the Scripture, and the Prophets, and who giveth wealth for the love of God to his kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the son of the road and them that ask and for the freeing of slaves, and who is instant in prayer, and giveth the alms; and those who fulfil their covenant when they covenant, and the patient in adversity and affliction and in time of violence, these are they who are true, and these are they who fear God.

Say: We believe in God, and what hath been sent down to thee, and what was sent down to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and what was given to Moses, and to Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord—we make no distinction between any of them—and to Him are we resigned: and whoso desireth other than Resignation [Islam] for a religion, it shall certainly not be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the losers.

Observe the prayers, and the middle prayer, and stand instant before God. And if ye fear, then afoot or mounted; but when ye are safe remember God, how he taught you what ye did not know.

When the call to prayer soundeth on the Day of Congregation (Friday), then hasten to remember God, and abandon business; that is better for you if ye only knew: and when prayer is done, disperse in the land and seek of the bounty of God.

Turn thy face towards the Sacred Mosque; wherever ye be, turn your faces thitherwards.

Give alms on the path of God, and let not your hands cast you into destruction; but do good, for God loveth those who do good; and accomplish the pilgrimage and the visit to God: but if ye be besieged, then send what is easiest as an offering.

They will ask thee what it is they must give in alms. Say: Let what good ye give be for parents, and kinsfolk, and the orphan, and the needy, and the son of the road; and what good ye do, verily God knoweth it.

They will ask thee what they shall expend in alms; say, The surplus.

If ye give alms openly, it is well; but if ye conceal it, and give it to the poor, it is better for you, and will take away from you some of your sins: and God knoweth what ye do.

O ye who believe, make not your alms of no effects by taunt and vexation, like him who spendeth what he hath to be seen of men, and believeth not in God and the Last Day: for his likeness is as the likeness of a stone with earth upon it, and a heavy rain falleth upon it and leaveth it bare; they accomplish nothing with what they earn, for God guideth not the people that disbelieve. And the likeness of those who expend their wealth for the sake of pleasing God and for the certainty of their souls is as the likeness of a garden on a hill: a heavy rain falleth on it and it bringeth forth its fruit twofold; and if no heavy rain falleth on it, then the dew falleth; and God seeth what ye do.

Kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms which vexation followeth; and God is rich and ruthful.

The hearts of men are at the disposal of God like unto one heart, and He turneth them about in any way that He pleaseth. O Director of hearts, turn our hearts to obey Thee.

The first thing which God created was a pen, and He said to it, 'Write.' It said, 'What shall I write?' And God said, 'Write down the quantity of every separate thing to be created.' And it wrote all that was and all that will be to eternity.

There is not one among you whose sitting-place is not written by God whether in the fire or in Paradise. The Companions said, 'O Prophet! since God hath appointed our place, may we confide in this and abandon our religious and moral duty?' He said, 'No, because the happy will do good works, and those who are of the miserable will do bad works.'

The Prophet of God said that Adam and Moses (in the world of spirits) maintained a debate before God, and Adam got the better of Moses; who said, 'Thou art that Adam whom God created by the power of his hands, and breathed into thee from His own spirit, and made the angels bow before thee, and gave thee an habitation in His own Paradise: after that thou threwest man upon the earth, from the fault which thou committedst.' Adam said, 'Thou art that Moses whom God elected for His prophecy, and to converse with, and He gave to thee twelve tables, in which are explained everything, and God made thee His confidant, and the bearer of His secrets: then how long was the Bible written before I was created?' Moses said, 'Forty years.' Then Adam said, 'Didst thou see in the Bible that Adam disobeyed God?' He said, 'Yes.' Adam said, 'Dost thou then reproach me on a matter which God wrote in the Bible forty years before creating me?'"

About Muhammad

• ...the Prophet who can neither read nor write.
  • ^{[Quran 7:158 (Pickthall)]}

• O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;- this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large);
  • ^{[Quran 33:50 (Yusuf Ali)]}; special provision for the Prophet to exceed the four wives stipulated by sharia.

More quotes from prophet Muhammad

• Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith.
• The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr.
• Faith (Belief) consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya (This term "Haya" covers a large number

of concepts which are to be taken together; amongst them are self respect, modesty, bashfulness, and scruple, etc.) is a part of faith.

• Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith:

1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. 2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. 3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.

See also

• Ali (son in the law)

External links

Authentic Sunni Islamic Hadith

• • USC: Sahih Bukhari
  • USC: Sahih Muslim
• IslamiCity

Non-sectarian biography:

• Public Broadcasting System program on Muhammad
• Encarta Encyclopedia
• 1911 Encyclopedia article of Muhammad

Sunni biography:

• [[1]] Evidences for the truth of Islam.

• The Life of Muhammad Muhammad Husayn Haykal Translated by Isma'il Razi A. al-Faruqi

• Islamonline
• About the Prophet Muhammad

Shia biography:

• A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy
• The Life of Muhammad The Prophet by Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi

Critical perspectives:

• The Quest for the Historical Mohammed
• Trends in Biographies of Muhammad

Miscellaneous:

• Early manuscript editions of the Qur'an
• Prophet Muhammad's Final Sermon at Wikisource