Ibn Majah

Benefits and Issues:

➊ Every action is a good deed from which people derive benefit or are protected from harm (provided that it does not contradict any specific ruling of the Shariah), and every action is an evil deed which is contrary to this.

➋ One should not abandon any good deed considering it insignificant, nor should one commit any evil deed considering it insignificant.

➌ Special care should be taken regarding the cleanliness of the mosque.

➍ In that era, the floor was unpaved, so by throwing soil over phlegm, etc., it would be absorbed and eliminated. According to present circumstances, cleaning with water is necessary.

➎ If there is a need to spit, one should go to the place of ablution (wudu) and spit there, or spit into a handkerchief; if there is any aversion, the handkerchief may be washed afterwards.

Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: This hadith establishes that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was shown the good and bad deeds of his ummah during his lifetime so that he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) could inform the ummah about good and bad deeds (with clear insight), and he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fulfilled this duty. However, to say (and this is an explicit statement) that all the deeds of the ummah are presented to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is an addition to the meaning and purport of the hadith from one's own side, and this is not the intent or objective of the hadith.