Mukhtasar Muslim

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever dies while having certainty that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Majestic and Glorious, will enter Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (or Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id, there is doubt in this narration from A'mash, who is the narrator of this hadith) that when the time of the Battle of Tabuk came (Tabuk is the name of a place in the land of Syria), the people suffered from severe hunger. They said, "O Messenger of Allah! If only you would permit us, we would slaughter our camels on which we bring water, eat the meat, and make oil from the fat." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do so." In the meantime, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! If we do this, the mounts will become fewer. (Instead) You should call all the people and tell them to bring whatever food they have left. Then pray to Allah to bless the food; perhaps Allah will make a way out in it (i.e., grant blessing and improvement)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Very well." Then a dining cloth was brought and spread out, and everyone's leftover food was called for. Someone brought a handful of barley, someone brought a handful of dates, someone brought a piece of bread, until all together a little was gathered on the dining cloth. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for blessing. After that, he said, "Fill your vessels with food." So all the people filled their vessels until there was not a single vessel left in the army that was not filled. Then everyone began to eat and were satisfied. Even then, some was left over. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I bear witness that there is no true deity except Allah, and I am the Messenger sent by Allah. Whoever meets Allah with faith in these two things will not be deprived of Paradise."

Sanabahi narrates from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that I went to him when he was near death. I began to weep, so he said, "Wait, why are you crying? By Allah, if I am made a witness, I will bear witness for you (regarding faith), and if my intercession is of benefit, I will intercede for you, and if I have the power, I will benefit you." Then he said, "By Allah, there is no such hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and in which there was good for you, except that I have conveyed it to you. However, there is one hadith which I have not narrated until now; today I narrate it because my soul is about to depart. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever bears witness (that is, believes in his heart and declares with his tongue) that there is no true deity except Allah and indeed Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, then Allah will make the Fire of Hell forbidden for him (that is, to remain in Hell forever, or the level of Hell in which the disbelievers who will remain forever are placed)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and among the men with us were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) as well. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up (and went outside). Then he delayed in returning to us, so we became afraid that perhaps an enemy might find him alone and kill him. We became anxious and stood up. I was the first to become anxious, so I set out to look for him and reached the garden of Banu Najjar. (Banu Najjar was one of the tribes of the Ansar.) I went around looking for a door on all sides so that I could enter (because I thought perhaps the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had gone inside). I did not find a door. (Perhaps there was no door to this garden, or if there was, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, did not see it due to his anxiety.) I saw that a water channel from the well outside was going into the garden, so I crouched like a fox and entered through that channel and reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is it Abu Hurairah? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is the matter? I said: O Messenger of Allah! You were with us, then you went outside and delayed in returning, so we became afraid that perhaps an enemy might see you separated from us and harm you. We became anxious, and I was the first to become anxious and came to this garden (did not find a door), so I entered like a fox enters by curling up its body, and all the people have come behind me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Hurairah! — and gave me his shoes (as a sign), and said: Take these two shoes of mine and whoever you meet behind this garden who testifies that there is no god but Allah and believes in it with his heart, then give him the glad tidings of Paradise. (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, says: I took the shoes and set out.) The first person I met was Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked: O Abu Hurairah, what are these shoes? I said: They are the shoes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them to me and sent me that whoever I meet who testifies to La ilaha illallah with certainty in his heart, I should give him the glad tidings of Paradise. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) struck me in the middle of my chest with his hand, so I fell on my back. Then he said: O Abu Hurairah! Go back. I returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and was about to cry when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also arrived behind me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Hurairah! What happened to you? I said: I met Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and conveyed the message you sent me with, so he struck me in the middle of my chest so that I fell on my back and said: Go back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Why did you do that? He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! May my parents be sacrificed for you. You sent Abu Hurairah with your shoes that whoever he meets who testifies to La ilaha illallah with certainty in his heart, he should give him the glad tidings of Paradise? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (May my parents be sacrificed for you) Do not do this, for I fear that people will rely on it and stop acting (righteously). Let them act. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: All right, let them act.

´Sayyiduna Mu’adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) says that` I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on a mount, and between me and him there was nothing except the rear wooden part of the saddle. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “O Mu’adh bin Jabal!” I replied, “I am present at your service and obedient to you, O Messenger of Allah!” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) moved on a little, and then said, “O Mu’adh bin Jabal!” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I am present at your service and obedient to you.” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) moved on a little, and then said, “O Mu’adh bin Jabal!” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I am present at your service and obedient to you.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do you know what is Allah’s right upon His slaves?” I said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Allah’s right upon His slaves is that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him.” Then he moved on a little and then said, “O Mu’adh bin Jabal!” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! I am present at your service and obedient to you.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do you know what right the slaves have upon Allah when they do that?” (i.e., when they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him) I said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Their right is that Allah will not punish them.”

Sayyiduna Mahmood bin Rabee’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna ‘Itbaan bin Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) that:
I came to Madinah and met ‘Itbaan, and I said, “There is a hadith that has reached me from you (so narrate it).” ‘Itbaan said, “My eyesight has become weak (in another narration it is mentioned that he became blind, and perhaps weakness of sight is meant). I sent word to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that I wish you would come to my house and pray at a certain place so that I may make that place my prayer area (i.e., so that I may always pray there, and this request was made because, due to the weakness of his eyesight, it had become difficult for him to come to the Prophet’s Mosque). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and brought with him whomever Allah willed from among his companions. He entered and began to pray, and his companions were talking among themselves. (The mention of the hypocrites came up, so they began to discuss their condition and mention their bad deeds and bad habits.) Then they mentioned the great hypocrite Maalik bin Dukhshum (or Maalik bin Dukhayshum, or Maalik bin Dukhshan, or Dukhayshan), and they wanted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to supplicate against him so that he would die or some calamity would befall him (so it is understood that wishing for the destruction of evildoers is not wrong). Meanwhile, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer and said, “Does he (i.e., Maalik bin Dukhshum) not bear witness that there is no true deity except Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?” The companions said, “He says this with his tongue, but he does not have certainty of it in his heart.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever bears witness with a true heart that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, then he will not enter the Fire, or the Fire will not consume him.” Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I found this hadith very pleasing, so I said to my son to write it down, and so he wrote it.”