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إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

Innamā al-aʿmālu bi-n-niyyāt, wa-innamā li-kulli imriʾin mā nawā

Deeds are only judged by intentions, and every person will get only what they intended.

Narrator

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu)

Source

Bukhārī 1 · Muslim 1907

Grade

sahih

Topics

Niyyah

بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ

Buniya al-Islāmu ʿalā khams

Islam is built upon five pillars: the shahādah, performing salah, giving zakat, the pilgrimage and fasting Ramadan.

Narrator

Ibn ʿUmar (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 8 · Muslim 16

Grade

sahih

Topics

Faith

لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ

Lā yuʾminu aḥadukum ḥattā yuḥibba li-akhīhi mā yuḥibbu li-nafsih

None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

Narrator

Anas ibn Mālik (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 13 · Muslim 45

Grade

sahih

Topics

Faith · Character · Community

إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ لِأُتَمِّمَ مَكَارِمَ الْأَخْلَاقِ

Innamā buʿithtu li-utammima makārima al-akhlāq

I was only sent to perfect noble character.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī (al-Adab al-Mufrad) 273

Grade

sahih

Topics

Character

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ

Khayrukum khayrukum li-ahlih

The best of you is the one who is best to his family — and I am the best to my family.

Narrator

ʿĀʾishah (rh)

Source

Tirmidhī 3895

Grade

sahih

Topics

Family · Character

لَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ النَّاسَ

Lā yarḥamu-Llāhu man lā yarḥamu an-nās

Allāh does not show mercy to those who do not show mercy to people.

Narrator

Jarīr ibn ʿAbdillāh (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 7376 · Muslim 2319

Grade

sahih

Topics

Mercy · Character

مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ

Man kāna yuʾminu bi-Llāhi wal-yawmi-l-ākhir fal-yaqul khayran aw li-yaṣmut

Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 6018 · Muslim 47

Grade

sahih

Topics

Tongue · Faith · Character

صَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي

Ṣallū kamā raʾaytumūnī uṣallī

Pray as you have seen me pray.

Narrator

Mālik ibn al-Ḥuwayrith (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 631

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah

لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ

Laysa-sh-shadīdu bi-ṣ-ṣurʿah, innamā-sh-shadīdu-lladhī yamliku nafsahu ʿinda-l-ghaḍab

The strong one is not the wrestler; the strong one is the one who controls himself in anger.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 6114 · Muslim 2609

Grade

sahih

Topics

Character · Patience

الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ

Aṭ-ṭuhūru shaṭru-l-īmān

Cleanliness is half of faith.

Narrator

Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī (rh)

Source

Muslim 223

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah · Faith

إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ

Idhā māta-l-insānu inqaṭaʿa ʿanhu ʿamaluhu illā min thalāthah

When a person dies, their deeds end — except in three: ongoing sadaqah, knowledge that benefits, or a righteous child who supplicates for them.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Muslim 1631

Grade

sahih

Topics

Charity · Knowledge · Family

الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

Al-ḥayāʾu mina-l-īmān

Modesty (ḥayāʾ) is a branch of faith.

Narrator

Ibn ʿUmar (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 9 · Muslim 35

Grade

sahih

Topics

Character · Faith

خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

Khayrukum man taʿallama-l-Qurʾāna wa ʿallamah

The best of you is the one who learns the Qurʾān and teaches it.

Narrator

ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 5027

Grade

sahih

Topics

Knowledge · Character

نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ: الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ

Niʿmatāni maghbūnun fīhimā kathīrun mina-n-nās: aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu wa-l-farāgh

Two blessings in which many people are deceived: health and free time.

Narrator

Ibn ʿAbbās (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 6412

Grade

sahih

Topics

Taqwa

مَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ تُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْهُ

Mā min muṣībatin tuṣību-l-muslima illā kaffara-Llāhu bihā ʿanhu

No misfortune befalls a Muslim except that Allāh expiates some of his sins through it — even a thorn that pricks him.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 5642 · Muslim 2573

Grade

sahih

Topics

Patience · Faith

كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ

Kalimatāni khafīfatāni ʿalā-l-lisān, thaqīlatāni fī-l-mīzān

Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: "Subḥān-Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihi, Subḥān-Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm".

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 6406 · Muslim 2694

Grade

sahih

Topics

Dhikr · Character

صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ وَالسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهُ

Ṣiyāmu yawmi ʿArafata aḥtasibu ʿalā-Llāhi an yukaffira-s-sanata-llatī qablahu wa-s-sanata-llatī baʿdah

Fasting on the Day of ʿArafah — I hope from Allāh that it expiates the sins of the year before and the year after.

Narrator

Abū Qatādah (rh)

Source

Muslim 1162

Grade

sahih

Topics

Fasting

تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ

Tabassumuka fī wajhi akhīka laka ṣadaqah

A smile to your brother is a sadaqah for you.

Narrator

Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī (rh)

Source

Tirmidhī 1956

Grade

sahih

Topics

Charity · Character

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ

Inna-Llāha lā yanẓuru ilā ṣuwarikum wa amwālikum, wa-lākin yanẓuru ilā qulūbikum wa aʿmālikum

Allāh does not look at your appearances or your wealth; rather, He looks at your hearts and your deeds.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Muslim 2564

Grade

sahih

Topics

Niyyah · Character · Taqwa

الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَضِعْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوِ احْفَظْهُ

Al-wālidu awsaṭu abwābi-l-jannah, fa-in shiʾta fa-aḍiʿ dhālika-l-bāba aw-iḥfaẓh

The parent is the middle gate of Paradise. If you wish, lose that gate, or guard it.

Narrator

Abū-d-Dardāʾ (rh)

Source

Tirmidhī 1900

Grade

sahih

Topics

Family · Character · Jannah

إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ

Inna-r-rifqa lā yakūnu fī shayʾin illā zānah

Gentleness is not found in anything except that it adorns it — and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.

Narrator

ʿĀʾishah (rh)

Source

Muslim 2594

Grade

sahih

Topics

Character · Mercy

إِنَّ الدِّينَ يُسْرٌ

Inna-d-dīna yusr

Religion is ease; and no one ever makes this religion difficult without it overwhelming him.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 39

Grade

sahih

Topics

Faith · Taqwa

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ

Ittaqi-Llāha ḥaythumā kunt, wa atbiʿi-s-sayyiʾata-l-ḥasanata tamḥuhā, wa khāliqi-n-nāsa bi-khuluqin ḥasan

Fear Allāh wherever you are; follow a bad deed with a good deed to wipe it out; and treat people with good character.

Narrator

Abū Dharr & Muʿādh ibn Jabal (rh)

Source

Tirmidhī 1987

Grade

hasan

Topics

Taqwa · Character

خَيْرُ النَّاسِ أَنْفَعُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ

Khayru-n-nāsi anfaʿuhum li-n-nās

The best of people is the one most useful to people.

Narrator

Jābir (rh)

Source

al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3289

Grade

hasan

Topics

Character · Community

مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ

Man dalla ʿalā khayrin fa-lahu mithlu ajri fāʿilih

Whoever guides to good has the same reward as the one who does it.

Narrator

Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī (rh)

Source

Muslim 1893

Grade

sahih

Topics

Knowledge · Charity · Community

الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، وَالْجُمْعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمْعَةِ، وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ، مُكَفِّرَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ

Aṣ-ṣalawātu-l-khamsu, wal-Jumʿatu ilā-l-Jumʿah, wa Ramaḍānu ilā Ramaḍān, mukaffirātun li-mā baynahunn

The five daily prayers, Jumuʿah to Jumuʿah and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for what is between them — as long as major sins are avoided.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Muslim 233

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah · Fasting · Taqwa

إِنَّ أَمْثَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ

Inna amthala mā tadāwaytum bihi-l-ḥijāmah

The best of the treatments you may use is ḥijāmah (cupping).

Narrator

Anas ibn Mālik (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 5697 · Muslim 1577

Grade

sahih

Topics

Character · Community

مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا، سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

Man salaka ṭarīqan yaltamisu fīhi ʿilman, sahhala-Llāhu lahu bihi ṭarīqan ilā-l-jannah

Whoever takes a path seeking knowledge, Allāh makes a path to Paradise easy for them.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Muslim 2699

Grade

sahih

Topics

Knowledge · Jannah

إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْعَبْدُ فَقَدِ اسْتَكْمَلَ نِصْفَ الدِّينِ

Idhā tazawwaja-l-ʿabdu fa-qadi-stakmala niṣfa-d-dīn

When the servant marries, they have completed half of their deen; let them fear Allāh ﷻ regarding the other half.

Narrator

Anas ibn Mālik (rh)

Source

al-Bayhaqī (Shuʿab al-Īmān) 5100

Grade

hasan

Topics

Family · Faith

مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، أَضَاءَ لَهُ مِنَ النُّورِ مَا بَيْنَ الْجُمُعَتَيْنِ

Man qaraʾa Sūrata-l-Kahfi yawma-l-Jumuʿah, aḍāʾa lahu mina-n-nūri mā bayna-l-Jumuʿatayn

Whoever recites Sūrah al-Kahf on the Day of Jumuʿah, nūr (light) shines for them between this Jumuʿah and the next.

Narrator

Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (rh)

Source

al-Ḥākim, authenticated by adh-Dhahabī

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah · Knowledge

جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا

Juʿilat liya-l-arḍu masjidan wa ṭahūran

The earth has been made for me a place of prayer and a means of purification — wherever my ummah goes, there one can pray.

Narrator

Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 335 · Muslim 521

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah

أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ

Afḍalu-ṣ-ṣiyāmi baʿda Ramaḍāna shahru-Llāhi-l-Muḥarram

The best fasting after Ramadan is in Shahrullāh — the month of Muḥarram.

Narrator

Abū Hurayrah (rh)

Source

Muslim 1163

Grade

sahih

Topics

Fasting

مَا نَحَلَ وَالِدٌ وَلَدًا مِنْ نَحْلٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَدَبٍ حَسَنٍ

Mā naḥala wālidun waladan min naḥlin afḍala min adabin ḥasan

No father has given his child a better gift than good manners (adab).

Narrator

ʿAmr ibn Saʿīd (rh)

Source

Tirmidhī 1952

Grade

hasan

Topics

Family · Character

أَحَبُّ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صَلَاةُ دَاوُدَ

Aḥabbu-ṣ-ṣalāti ilā-Llāhi ṣalātu Dāwūd

The most beloved prayer to Allāh is the prayer of Dāwūd (ʿalayhi as-salām): he slept half the night, stood for a third, and slept again for a sixth.

Narrator

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr (rh)

Source

Bukhārī 1131 · Muslim 1159

Grade

sahih

Topics

Salah · Patience

إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لَكَ، فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

Idhā dakhalta ʿalā marīḍin fa-murhu an yadʿuwa lak, fa-inna duʿāʾahu ka-duʿāʾi-l-malāʾikah

When you visit a sick person, ask them to supplicate for you — for their duʿāʾ is like the duʿāʾ of the angels.

Narrator

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (rh)

Source

Ibn Mājah 1441

Grade

hasan

Topics

Mercy · Community · Dhikr