36. Chapters On Zuhd

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet(s.a.w) said:

"There is no one who dies but he shall regret." They said: "What shall he regret over O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "If he was a good doer, he regrets that he did not do more, and if he was an evil doer, he regrets that he did not stop."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"In the end of time there shall come men who will swindle the world with religion, decieving the people in soft skins of sheep, their tongues are sweeter than sugar and their hearts are the hearts of wolves. Allah says: 'Is it me you try to delude or is it against me whom you conspire? By Me, I swe…

Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet(s.a.w) said:

"Indeed Allah, Most High, said:'I have created creatures whose tongues are sweeter than honey and their hearts are more bitter than aloes. So by Me, I swear to abase them with a Fitnah, leaving them utterly devoid of reason. Is it Me whom they try to delude, or it is against Me whom they conspire?'…

'Uqbah bin 'Amir narrated:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What is the means to salvation?' He said: 'That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.'"

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated (that the Prophet s.a.w) said:

"When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning, all of his body parts bow to the tongue and say: 'Fear Allah regarding us, we are only part of you. If you are straight we are straight and if you are crooked we are crooked."

Sahl bin Sa'd narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

"Whoever guarantees for me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I shall guarantee Paradise for him."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

"For whomever Allah protects against the evil of what is between his jaws and the evil of what is between his legs, he shall enter Paradise."

Sufyan bin 'Abdullah Ath-Thaqafi said:

I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Inform me about a matter that I may hold fast to." He said: 'Say: My Lord is Allah, then be steadfast.' I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What do you fear most for me?" So he took hold of his tongue and said: 'This.'"

Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

"Do not talk too much without remembrance of Allah. Indeed excessive talking without remembrance of Allah hardens the heart. And indeed the furthest of people from Allah is the harsh-hearted."

Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (s.a.w), narrated from the Prophet (s.a.w) who said:

"The son of Adam's speech is against him not for him, except for commanding good, or forbidding evil, or remembrance of Allah."

Ubu Juhaifah narrated from his father who said:

"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Ad-Darda. Salman went to visit Abu Ad-Darda, and saw Umm Ad-Darda wearing shabby clothes, So he said: 'Why are you wearing such shabby clothes?' She said: 'Your brother Abu Ad-Darda has no interest in the world.' So w…

'Abdul-Wahhab bin Al-Ward narrated from a man among the inhabitants of Al-Madinah who said:

"Mu'awiyah wrote a letter to 'Aishah, that: 'Write a letter to advise me , and do not overburden me.'" He said: "So 'Aishah wrote to Mu'awiyah: 'Peace be upon you. As for what follows: Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: Whoever seeks Allah's pleasure by the people's wrath, Allah w…