Hadiths · 33 hadiths

Merits of Good Deeds

  1. Allah has ninety-nine names – one hundred minus one – and no one memorizes them but that they will enter Paradise. He is One, and He loves odd numbersSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  2. If the slave draws closer to Me by a hand-span, I shall draw closer to him by a cubit; and if he draws closer to Me by a cubit, I shall draw closer to him by…Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon)
  3. Allah Almighty does not sleep, and it is not befitting of Him to sleepSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  4. Indeed, I am the most God-fearing among you and the most knowledgeable of AllahSahih (authentic)al-Bukhari · البخاري
  5. The five (daily) prayers, Friday prayer to the next Friday prayer, and Ramadan to the next Ramadan are expiation of the sins committed between them, so long as…Sahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  6. Which deed is dearest to Allah? He said: "Offering prayer at its earliest appointed time." I said: Then, what comes next? He said: "Dutifulness to one's…Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  7. Are you not aware that Islam wipes out all (sins) that preceded it, and that Hijrah wipes out all (sins) that preceded it, and that Hajj wipes out all (sins)…Sahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  8. O people, spread the greeting of peace, feed others, maintain kinship ties, and pray at night when people are asleep, and you will enter Paradise in peaceSahih (authentic)at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Ahmad · الترمذي وابن ماجه وأحمد
  9. You praised this, so Paradise has been affirmed for him, and you dispraised this, so Hell has been affirmed for him. You are Allah's witnesses on earthSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  10. Observing Ribāt (guarding the Muslims' frontiers) for one day in the cause of Allah is better than the world and everything in itSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  11. Keep some of your wealth, for this is better for youSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  12. Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and invoke (Allah's) blessings upon me, for your invoking of Allah's…Hasan (good)Abu Dawud · أبو داود
  13. Every act of goodness is charitySahih (authentic)al-Bukhari and Muslim
  14. Whoever loves to have his sustenance expanded and his term of life prolonged should maintain his kinship tiesSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  15. Allah, the Exalted, says: "My reward shall be nothing less than Paradise for My faithful servant who, if I take the life of his beloved one from the…Sahih (authentic)al-Bukhari · البخاري
  16. The best dinar a man spends is a dinar that he spends on his dependents, and a dinar that a man spends on his mount in the cause of Allah, and a dinar that he…Sahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  17. Whoever provides for two girls until they reach puberty, he will come on the Day of Judgment, me and him," and he joined his fingersSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  18. Fear Allah your Lord, pray your five, fast your month, give the Zakah due on your wealth, obey your rulers, and you will enter your Lord's ParadiseSahih (authentic)at-Tirmidhi and Ahmad · الترمذي وأحمد
  19. Shall I not guide you to what Allah erases the sins and elevates the ranks with?Sahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  20. Indeed, Allah has made Paradise obligatory for her because of it, or He has freed her from Hellfire because of itSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  21. There are forty good qualities, the best of which is the lending of a milch goat. Anyone carries out any of these virtuous deeds seeking its reward (from…Sahih (authentic)al-Bukhari · البخاري
  22. The closest people to Allah are the ones who give the Salām firstSahih (authentic)Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi
  23. The best of people is the one whose life is long and his deeds are goodSahih (authentic)at-Tirmidhi, Ahmad and ad-Darimi · الترمذي وأحمد والدارمي
  24. Perhaps a disheveled, rejected person at the doors, if he were to swear by Allah, He would fulfill his oathSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  25. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was never asked anything and said 'noSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon)
  26. Whoever spends something in the cause of Allah, it will be recorded for him as much as seven hundred timesSahih (authentic)at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ahmad · الترمذي والنسائي وأحمد
  27. No Muslim visits a (sick) Muslim early in the morning but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon himSahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Ahmad
  28. While a man was walking on a path, he found a thorn branch on the road, so he put it aside. Allah, thus, thanked him and forgave himSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  29. What do you think of a man who does a good deed and people praise him for it? He said: That is instant good news for the believerSahih (authentic)Muslim · مسلم
  30. If a slave serves his master sincerely and worships Allah properly, he will have a double rewardSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon)

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