This is the book of the Islamic scholar Yahia bin Sharaful-Deen An-Nawawi. The book is now known as “An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths”. This is a popular small book in which the author gathered forty two of the sayings of prophet Muhammed salla Allah u alihi wa sallam.
A man came to the prophet and said: “O Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to love me.” He said: “Renounce the world and Allah…
The messenger of Allah said : “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” Reporters.A fine hadith related by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni and others.
The Messenger of Allah said: “Were people to be given in accordance with their claim, men would claim the fortunes and lives of [other] people, but the onus of proof is on the claimant, and the taking of an oath…
I heard the messenger of Allah say: “Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able…
The messenger of Allah said : “Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another; do not hate one another; do not turn away from one another; and do not undercut one another, but be you, O…
The Prophet said: “Whosoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Judgment. Whosoever alleviates [the lot of] a needy person, Allah will alleviate [his lot] in this…
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of Allah, among the sayings he relates from his Lord is : “Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones.” Then he explained it [by saying that] :”…
The messenger of Allah said: “Allah the Almighty has said: ‘Who soever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I shall be at war with him. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved by Me…
The messenger of Allah said : “Allah has pardoned for me my people for [their] mistakes and [their] forgetfulness and for what they have done under duress.” Reporters.A fine hadith related by Ibn Majah, Al-Baihqi, and others.
The messenger of Allah took me by the shoulder and said : “Be in the world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.” The son of Omar used to say: “At evening do not expect [to live till]…
The messenger of Allah, said : “None of you [truely] believes until his inclination is accordance with what I have brought.” Reporters.A fine and true hadith which we have transmitted from the book of Hujjah with a sound chain of…
I heard the messenger of Allah say : Allah the Almighty has said : “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I…