Good and Pure Speech is also Charity
① Sayyiduna Uday bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
اتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرة فمن لم يجد فبكلمة طيبة
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his guest, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent.”
② Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
من صمت نجا
“He who remains silent has been saved.”
③ Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, I asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is salvation? He (peace be upon him) said:
أمسك عليك لسانك وليسعك بيتك وابك على خطيئتك
“Control your tongue, let your home suffice you, and weep over your mistakes.”
Doing Good Deeds Morning and Evening
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
ما من حافظين رفعا إلى الله تعالى ما حفظا من عمل العبد فى ليل أو نهار فيجد الله تعالى فى أول الصحيفة وآخرها خيرا إلا قال الله تعالى لملائكته : أشهدكم أني قد غفرت لعبدي ما بين طرفي الصحيفة
“When two guardian angels bring the deeds of a servant, whether by day or night, before Allah Almighty, and Allah finds only goodness and righteousness at the beginning and end of the register, He says to the angels: I bear witness that I have forgiven My servant for everything contained on both sides of this register.”
Poverty and Its Related Commands
① Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas and Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with them) narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
اطلعت فى الجنة فرأيت أكثر أهلها الفقراء ، واطلعت فى النار فرأيت أكثر أهلها النساء
“I looked into Paradise and saw that the majority there were the poor, and when I looked into Hell, I saw that the majority there were women.”
② Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
إن فقراء المهاجرين يسبقون الأغنياء يوم القيامة إلى الجنة بأربعين خريفا
“The poor among the emigrants will enter Paradise forty years before the wealthy.”
③ Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
يدخل فقراء المسلمين الجنة قبل الأغنياء بنصف يوم وهو خمس مائة عام
“Poor Muslims will enter Paradise half a day before the wealthy, and that half day is equivalent to five hundred years.”
④ Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
ابغوني ضعفاءكم فإنما ترزقون وتنصرون بضعفائكم
“Look for me among the weak, for you are provided sustenance and aided because of your weak ones.”
⑤ Sayyiduna Mus’ab bin Sa’d narrates that Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sa’d’s opinion has precedence over others, so the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
هل تنصرون وترزقون إلا بضعفائكم
“You are given sustenance and helped because of your weak ones.”
⑥ Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
رب أشعث أغبر مدفوع بالأبواب لو أقسم على الله لأبره
“Sometimes a disheveled-haired, dust-covered-footed person, who is pushed away from the doors, if he swears by Allah, He fulfills it for him.”
⑦ Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! By Allah! I love you. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
انظر ماذا تقول
“Look at what you are saying?”
He said: By Allah! I love you, three times in the same way. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
إن كنت تحبني فأعد للفقر تجفافا ، فإن الفقر أسرع إلى من يحبني من السيل إلى منتهاه
“If you love me, then prepare yourself for poverty and hardship, for the one who loves me will face poverty faster than the flood that flows towards low-lying areas.”
⑧ Sayyiduna Qatadah bin Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
إذا أحب الله عبدا حماه الدنيا كما يظل أحدكم يحمي سقيمه الماء
“When Allah loves a servant, He protects him from the world as one of you protects his sick from water in his illness.”
⑨ Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrate that many nights passed continuously for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in such a way that his family was hungry, they did not get dinner, and often their bread was made from barley.
⑩ Samak bin Harb heard Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them) say: “Do you not eat and drink according to your liking? I have seen your Prophet (peace be upon him) who did not have even low-quality dates to fill his stomach.”
⑪ Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed away, his armor weighing thirty Sa’ (approximately seventy kilograms) was pledged as collateral with a Jew.
