Shurayh bin Ubayd al-Hadrami from Abu Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The sweetness of this world is the bitterness of the Hereafter, and the bitterness of the Hereafter is the sweetness of this world."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There were three men. One of them had ten dinars and gave one dinar of them in charity; another had ten uqiyahs and gave one uqiyah of them in charity; and the third had a hundred uqiyahs and gave ten uqiyahs of them in charity." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are all equal in reward; each of them gave a tenth of his wealth in charity." Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: "Let the one who has abundance spend according to his abundance" [Surah al-Talaq: 7].

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has protected you from three things: that your Prophet should invoke a curse upon you so that you all perish, that the people of falsehood should prevail over the people of truth, and that you should unite upon misguidance. These are the things from which Allah has protected you. And your Lord has warned you of three things: the Smoke, which will affect the believer like a cold, while it will cause the disbeliever to swell up until it comes out of every opening of his; the second is the Beast (of the earth), and the third is the Dajjal."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man sneezes, let him say 'Alhamdulillahi 'ala kulli hal' (Praise be to Allah in every state), and let those around him say 'Yarhamuk Allah' (May Allah have mercy on you), and let him say to those around him: 'Yahdikumullahu wa yuslihu balakum' (May Allah guide you and set your affairs right)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I fear for my Ummah only three things: that wealth becomes abundant for them, so that they envy one another and fight one another; that the Books are opened up for them, so that the believer seeks its interpretation, though no one knows its interpretation except Allah, and those firmly grounded in knowledge say: We believe in it, all of it is from our Lord, and none take heed except people of understanding; and that they see the one who possesses their knowledge and neglect him, and pay no heed to him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever, after believing in Allah, does not associate anything with Him, establishes the obligatory prayer, pays the obligatory zakah, fasts Ramadan, listens and obeys, and dies in that state, Paradise becomes binding for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the Farewell Hajj, on the days of sacrifice, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people: "Is this not the sacred day?" They said: Indeed it is, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the sanctity between you until the Day of Resurrection is like the sanctity of this day. Shall I tell you who the Muslim is? The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe. Shall I tell you who the believer is? The believer is the one whom the Muslims trust with their lives and their wealth. Shall I tell you who the emigrant (muhajir) is? The emigrant is the one who has abandoned sins. And the believer is sacred to the believer like the sanctity of this day: his flesh is forbidden to him, that he should eat it by backbiting him; his honour is forbidden to him, that he should tear it; his face is forbidden to him, that he should slap it; his blood is forbidden to him, that he should shed it; his wealth is forbidden to him, that he should wrong him in it; harming him is forbidden to him; and pushing him is forbidden to him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your enemy is not the one who, if you kill him, it becomes light for you, and if he kills you, you enter Paradise. Rather, your greatest enemy is your child who came forth from your loins, and then your greatest enemy is your wealth which your right hand possesses."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Trial (fitnah) is sent, and desire and patience are sent along with it. Whoever follows desire, his death will be black, and whoever follows patience, his death will be white."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There are three things that I have hidden from My servants; if they saw them, they would never do any evil: if I were to lift My veil so that he saw Me in such a way that he became certain and knew what I do with My creation when I cause them to die and grasp the heavens in My Hand, then grasp the earth and the earths, then say: I am the King; who is there who has dominion besides Me? Then that I show them Paradise and all the good I have prepared for them in it, so that they become certain of it; and that I show them the Fire and all the evil I have prepared for them in it, so that they become certain of it. But I have deliberately hidden this from them, so that I may know how they act, even though I have made it clear to them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any man who wakes up at night and wakes his wife, and if sleep overcomes her he sprinkles water on her face, and then the two of them stand in their house and remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, for an hour of the night, they will both be forgiven."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most complete words with Allah are that the servant says: O Allah, You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I confess my sin, and none forgives sins except You. My Lord, forgive me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to say, in the morning, in the evening and when lying down on our beds: "O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You are the Lord of everything, and the angels bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but You. We seek refuge in You from the evil of our own selves, from the evil of the accursed Satan and his shirk, and from committing evil against ourselves or bringing it upon a Muslim."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the son of Adam sleeps, the angel says to Satan: Give me your record. He gives it to him, and for every good deed the angel finds in that person's record, he erases with it ten evil deeds from Satan's record and writes them as good deeds. So when one of you wishes to sleep, let him say Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) thirty-four times, and Subhan Allah (glory be to Allah) thirty-three times, and that makes a hundred."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "When a man enters his house, let him say: O Allah, I ask You for the best entering and the best exiting. In the name of Allah we enter, and in the name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah, our Lord, we rely. Then let him give the salam to himself."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you reaches the morning, let him say: We have reached the morning, and the dominion has reached the morning belonging to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this day: its victory, its help, its light, its blessing and its guidance; and I seek refuge in You from the evil that is in it, and from the evil of what is before it and the evil of what is after it. Then when he reaches the evening, let him say the same."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you wishes to sleep, let him say: I believe in Allah and I reject the taghut (false deities). The promise of Allah is true, and the messengers have spoken the truth. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the calamities that come by night, except a visitor that comes with good."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Listen! By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, on the Day of Resurrection a host from among you will be raised up towards Paradise like the dark night, all of them together encompassing the earth. The angels will say: Those who have come with Muhammad are more than those who came with the other prophets."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not look at your bodies, nor at your lineage, nor at your wealth; rather, He looks at your hearts. Whoever has a righteous heart, Allah is compassionate towards him. You are all the children of Adam, and the most beloved of you to me is the one with the most taqwa (God-consciousness)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, make death beloved to whoever knows that I am Your Messenger."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Promised Day is the Day of Resurrection; the witnessing day is Friday, and the day that is witnessed is the Day of Arafah. Friday is a day that Allah has reserved for us, and the middle prayer is the Asr prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Friday is an expiation for the sins between it and the Friday before it, with an addition of three days. That is because Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times the like of it' [Surah al-An'am: 160]."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayers are an expiation for the sins between them, because Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'Indeed good deeds remove evil deeds' [Surah Hud: 114]."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are an Ummah that has been shown mercy and granted pardon, so remain steadfast and take up the matter of the religion to the extent of your ability."