✍ Written by: Abu Hamzah Abdul Khaliq Siddiqi
Rights of the Prophet ﷺ upon the Ummah
إن الحمد لله نحمده، ونستعينه، من يهده الله فلا مضل له، ومن يضلل فلا هادي له، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمدًا عبده ورسوله. أما بعد:
❶ First Right: Faith in the Messenger ﷺ (Iman bil-Rasul)
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
**﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا﴾
[An-Nisā’: 136]
Translation:
"O you who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book which He has sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray."
وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ﴾
[Al-Ḥujurāt: 15]
Translation:
"Indeed, the believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger."
❖ Hadith ①
عن أبي هريرة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله، ويؤمنوا بي وبما جئت به، فإذا فعلوا ذلك عصموا مني دماءهم وأموالهم إلا بحقها وحسابهم على الله»
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān, ḥadīth: 126]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, and believe in me and in what I have brought. If they do that, their blood and wealth are protected from me, except by right, and their reckoning is with Allah."
❖ Hadith ②
وعنه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال:
«والذي نفس محمد بيده! لا يسمع بي أحد من هذه الأمة يهودي ولا نصراني ثم يموت ولم يؤمن بالذي أرسلت به، إلا كان من أصحاب النار»
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān, ḥadīth: 386]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! No one from this nation, Jew or Christian, hears about me and then dies without believing in what I was sent with, except that he will be among the inhabitants of the Fire."
❖ Hadith ③
**وعن عبد الله قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«ما أصاب أحد قط همٌّ ولا حزنٌ، فقال:
اللهم إني عبدك، وابن عبدك، وابن أمتك، ناصيتي بيدك، ماضٍ في حكمك، عدلٌ في قضاؤك، أسألك بكل اسمٍ هو لك، سميت به نفسك، أو أنزلته في كتابك، أو علمته أحدًا من خلقك، أو استأثرت به في علم الغيب عندك، أن تجعل القرآن ربيع قلبي، ونور صدري، وجلاء حزني، وذهاب همّي، إلا أذهب الله همه وحزنه، وأبدله مكانه فرجًا»
قال: فقيل يا رسول الله! ألا نتعلمها؟ قال: بلى! ينبغي لمن سمعها أن يتعلمها»
[Musnad Aḥmad: 3712, Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān: 2372, Mustadrak Ḥākim: 1/509–510, etc.]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh bin Masʿūd رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whenever a servant is afflicted with grief or sorrow and says:
‘O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is forever executed, and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept with Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen, that You make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my grief, and the reliever of my distress’
— then Allah will remove his sorrow and replace it with joy."
The companions asked: “O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn this?” He said: “Indeed! Whoever hears it should learn it.”
❖ Hadith ④
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«إن مثلي ومثل الأنبياء من قبلي كمثل رجلٍ بنى بيتًا فأحسنه وأجمله، إلا موضع لبنة من زاوية، فجعل الناس يطوفون به ويعجبون له ويقولون: هلا وضعت هذه اللبنة؟ قال: فأنا اللبنة، وأنا خاتم النبيين»
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Manāqib, ḥadīth: 3535]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"My example and the example of the Prophets before me is like a man who built a house and made it beautiful and complete, except for a place of one brick in a corner. People went around it and admired it and said: Why has this brick not been placed? I am that brick, and I am the Seal of the Prophets."
❷ Second Right: Obedience to the Messenger ﷺ (Ta‘at al-Rasul)
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ﴾
[An-Nisā’: 80]
Translation:
“Whoever obeys the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah.”
وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبْطِلُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ﴾
[Muḥammad: 33]
Translation:
“O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and do not render your deeds worthless.”
❖ Hadith ⑤
**عن أبي سعيد رضي الله عنه قال:
بعث عليٌّ رضي الله عنه إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بذهيبة، فقسمها بين الأربعة: الأقرع بن حابس الحنظلي، وعيينة بن بدر الفزاري، وزيد الطائي، وعلقمة بن علاثة العامري،
فغضبت قريش والأنصار، وقالوا: يعطي صناديد أهل نجد ويدعنا؟
قال: إنما أتألفهم،
فأقبل رجل غائر العينين، مشرف الوجنتين، ناتئ الجبين، كثّ اللحية، محلوق، فقال: اتق الله يا محمد!
فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: من يطع الله إذا عصيته؟ أيأمنني الله على أهل الأرض فلا تأمنونني؟
فسأله رجل قتله ـ أحسبه خالد بن الوليد ـ فمنعه،
فلما ولى، قال: إن من ضِئضِئِ هذا ـ أو في عقب هذا ـ قومًا يقرؤون القرآن لا يجاوز حناجرهم، يمرقون من الدين مروق السهم من الرمية، يقتلون أهل الإسلام، ويدعون أهل الأوثان،
لئن أدركتهم لأقتلنهم قتل عاد»
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 3344, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 2541]
Translation:
Abu Saʿīd al-Khudri رضي الله عنه reported: ʿAli رضي الله عنه sent gold to the Prophet ﷺ, who distributed it among four men: al-Aqraʿ ibn Hābis al-Ḥanẓali, ʿUyainah ibn Baḍr al-Fazāri, Zayd al-Ṭāʾī, and ʿAlqamah ibn ʿUlāthah al-ʿĀmirī.
The Quraysh and the Anṣār became upset and said: "He gives to the leaders of Najd and leaves us?"
The Prophet ﷺ replied: "I am drawing their hearts closer (to Islam)."
Then a man with sunken eyes, raised cheeks, a protruding forehead, thick beard, and shaven head approached and said, "O Muhammad! Fear Allah!"
The Prophet ﷺ replied: "If I disobey Allah, then who would obey Him? Allah has entrusted me with the people of the earth, yet you do not trust me?"
A man (believed to be Khālid ibn al-Walīd) asked for permission to kill him, but the Prophet ﷺ forbade it.
When the man left, the Prophet ﷺ said:
"From his descendants—or from his kind—there will come people who will recite the Qur’an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will exit the religion just as an arrow passes through its target. They will kill the Muslims and spare the idolaters. If I live to see them, I will kill them like the people of ʿĀd were destroyed."
❖ Hadith ⑥
عن المقدام بن معدي كرب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«ألا إني أوتيت الكتاب ومثله معه، ألا يوشك رجل شبعان على أريكته يقول: عليكم بهذا القرآن، فما وجدتم فيه من حلال فأحلوه، وما وجدتم فيه من حرام فحرموه»
[Sunan Abū Dāwūd: 4604, Sunan Ibn Mājah: 12, Musnad Aḥmad: 17213 — graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī]
Translation:
Al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdīkarib رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Indeed, I have been given the Qur’an and something similar to it along with it. Soon, a well-fed man reclining on his couch will say: 'Adhere only to the Qur’an. Whatever you find lawful in it, declare it lawful; and whatever you find unlawful in it, declare it unlawful.'"
❖ Hadith ⑦
عن عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال:
سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول:
«من نزع يداً من طاعة الله، فإنه يأتي يوم القيامة لا حجة له، ومن مات وليس في عنقه بيعة، مات ميتة جاهلية»
[Musnad Aḥmad: 5551, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Imārah: 4793]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما narrated:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
"Whoever withdraws his hand from obedience (to the legitimate Muslim authority) will come on the Day of Resurrection with no proof (to save him), and whoever dies without having pledged allegiance (to the Muslim ruler) dies a death of the pre-Islamic ignorance (Jāhiliyyah)."
❖ Hadith ⑧
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«كل أمتي يدخلون الجنة إلا من أبى»
قالوا: يا رسول الله! ومن يأبى؟
قال: «من أطاعني دخل الجنة، ومن عصاني فقد أبى»
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 7280]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"All of my ummah will enter Paradise except those who refuse."
They asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Who would refuse?”
He said: "Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me has refused."
❸ Third Right: Following the Messenger ﷺ (Ittibāʿ al-Rasul)
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ﴾
[Āl ʿImrān: 31]
Translation:
Say, “If you love Allah, then follow me, and Allah will love you and forgive your sins.”
وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ﴾
[Al-Aʿrāf: 158]
Translation:
“And follow him so that you may be rightly guided.”
وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنجِيلِ﴾
[Al-Aʿrāf: 157]
Translation:
"Those who follow the Messenger—the unlettered Prophet—whom they find written in the Torah and the Gospel with them."
❖ Hadith ⑨
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«ما من الأنبياء نبي إلا أُعطي من الآيات ما مثله آمن عليه البشر، وإنّما كان الذي أوتيته وحيًا أوحاه الله إليّ، فأرجو أن أكون أكثرهم تابعًا يوم القيامة»
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 4981, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 239]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"There was no Prophet among the Prophets except that he was given signs which caused people to believe in him. What I have been given is revelation which Allah has revealed to me. So I hope that I will have the most followers among them on the Day of Resurrection."
❖ Hadith ⑩
عن سلمان رضي الله عنه قال:
قال له بعض المشركين وهم يستهزئون به: إني أرى صاحبكم يعلمكم كل شيء حتى الخِراءة!
قال: أجل! أمرنا أن لا نستقبل القبلة، ولا نستنجي بأيماننا، ولا نكتفي بدون ثلاثة أحجار ليس فيها رجيع ولا عظم»
[Sunan Ibn Mājah: 316, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 262]
Translation:
Salman al-Farsi رضي الله عنه narrated:
Some polytheists mockingly said to him: “Indeed, your companion (i.e., Muhammad ﷺ) teaches you everything—even how to relieve yourselves!”
He replied: “Indeed! He forbade us from facing the qiblah when relieving ourselves, from cleaning ourselves with our right hand, and from using less than three stones, or using dung or bones."
❖ Hadith ⑪
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنه قال:
اتخذ النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خاتمًا من ذهب، فاتخذ الناس خواتيم من ذهب، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: إني اتخذت خاتمًا من ذهب، فنبذه، وقال: إني لن ألبسه أبدًا، فنبذ الناس خواتيمهم
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Iʿtiṣām bil-Kitāb wa al-Sunnah, Bāb: al-Iqtidāʾ bi-Aʿmāl al-Nabī ﷺ, ḥadīth: 7298]
Translation:
Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنه narrated: The Prophet ﷺ made a gold ring, and so the people made gold rings too. The Prophet ﷺ said, “I made a ring of gold,” and then he threw it away and said, “I shall never wear it.” So the people threw their rings away.
❖ Hadith ⑫
عن عمر رضي الله عنه،
أنه جاء إلى الحجر الأسود فقبّله، وقال: إني لأعلم أنك حجر لا تضر ولا تنفع، ولولا أني رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقبلك ما قبّلتك
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Ḥajj, Bāb: Mā Dhukira fī al-Ḥajar al-Aswad, ḥadīth: 1597]
Translation:
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه came to the Black Stone and kissed it, then said: “Verily, I know that you are only a stone and can neither harm nor benefit. Had I not seen the Prophet ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you.”
❹ Fourth Right: Referring to the Messenger ﷺ in Disputes
Allah Almighty said:
﴿فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ﴾
[An-Nisāʾ: 59]
Translation:
“If you differ in anything, then refer it to Allah and the Messenger.”
Allah Almighty also said:
﴿فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا﴾
[An-Nisāʾ: 65]
Translation:
“But no, by your Lord, they will not truly believe until they make you [O Prophet] judge in their disputes, then find in themselves no discomfort concerning what you have decided, and submit fully.”
❖ Hadith ⑬
عن العرباض بن سارية رضي الله عنه قال:
صلى بنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات يوم ثم أقبل علينا، فوعظنا موعظة بليغة، ذرفت منها العيون، ووجلت منها القلوب،
فقال قائل: يا رسول الله! كأن هذه موعظة مودّع، فماذا تعهد إلينا؟
فقال: أوصيكم بتقوى الله، والسمع والطاعة، وإن عبدًا حبشيًّا، فإنه من يعش منكم بعدي، فسيرى اختلافًا كثيرًا، فعليكم بسنتي، وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين، تمسكوا بها، وعضوا عليها بالنواجذ، وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة
[Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Kitāb al-Sunnah, ḥadīth: 4607 – graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī]
Translation:
ʿIrbāḍ ibn Sāriyah رضي الله عنه narrated:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once led us in prayer, then turned to us and gave us an eloquent sermon that caused our eyes to shed tears and our hearts to tremble.
Someone said, “O Messenger of Allah! It seems this is the farewell sermon. What do you command us?”
He ﷺ said:
“I advise you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey—even if a black slave is appointed as your leader. Whoever among you lives after me will see great differences. So adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold on to it firmly with your molar teeth. Beware of newly invented matters, for every innovation is misguidance.”
❖ Hadith ⑭
عن قبيصة بن ذؤيب رضي الله عنه،
أن الجدة جاءت إلى أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه تسأله ميراثها،
فقال: ما لك في كتاب الله شيء، وما علمت لك في سنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم شيئًا، فارجعي حتى أسأل الناس،
فسأل الناس،
فقال المغيرة بن شعبة: حضرتُ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أعطاها السدس،
فقال أبو بكر: هل معك أحد؟
فقام محمد بن مسلمة، فقال مثل ما قال المغيرة،
فأعطاها أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه السدس
[Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 2894, Ibn Mājah: 2824]
Translation:
Qabīṣah ibn Dhuʾayb رضي الله عنه narrated:
A grandmother came to Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq رضي الله عنه asking for her inheritance.
He replied: “You have nothing in the Book of Allah, and I am not aware of anything in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this regard. Return until I inquire.”
He asked the people, and al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah said: “I was present when the Prophet ﷺ gave the grandmother one-sixth.”
Abu Bakr then asked, “Is there anyone else with you?”
Muḥammad ibn Maslamah stood and confirmed what al-Mughīrah had said.
So Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه granted her one-sixth.
❖ Hadith ⑮
عن سعيد بن المسيّب:
أن عمر رضي الله عنه كان يقول: الدية للعاقلة، ولا ترث المرأة من دية زوجها شيئًا،
حتى قال له الضحاك بن سفيان:
كتب إليّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن أورّث امرأة أشيم الضبابي من دية زوجها
[Sunan Ibn Mājah: 2642, Abū Dāwūd: 2927, al-Tirmidhī: 1415 – graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī]
Translation:
Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib reported:
ʿUmar رضي الله عنه used to say: "Blood money (diyah) is for the male relatives ('āqilah), and a wife does not inherit any share from her husband’s blood money."
Then Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Sufyān informed him:
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to me that I should give a share of the blood money of Ashyam al-Ḍaḍābī to his wife."
Thereupon, ʿUmar retracted his earlier position.
❖ Hadith ⑯
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه:
أنه كان يقول: من أدركه الفجر جنبًا فلا يصم،
فذكر ذلك عبد الرحمن بن الحارث لأبيه، فأنكر ذلك،
فذهب هو وأبو بكر بن عبد الرحمن إلى عائشة وأم سلمة رضي الله عنهما،
فقالتا: كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يصبح جنبًا من غير احتلام ثم يصوم،
فذكروا ذلك لمروان، فأمرهم أن يذهبوا إلى أبي هريرة،
فقال له عبد الرحمن: أهما قالتاه لك؟
قال: نعم.
قال: هما أعلم.
ثم رجع عن قوله وقال: سمعت ذلك من الفضل بن العباس، ولم أسمعه من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ṣiyām, ḥadīth: 2589]
Translation:
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه used to say: “Whoever is overtaken by dawn in a state of janābah (major impurity) should not fast.”
ʿAbdur-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith informed his father, who denied it.
So ʿAbdur-Raḥmān went along with Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbdur-Raḥmān to ʿĀʾishah and Umm Salamah رضي الله عنهما and asked them.
They both said: “The Prophet ﷺ would begin the day in a state of janābah not due to a wet dream and still fast.”
They then went to Marwān who told them to confront Abū Hurairah.
When confronted, Abū Hurairah said: “Did they both say this?”
He was told: “Yes.”
He replied: “They know better.”
Then he retracted and said: “I heard that from al-Faḍl ibn ʿAbbās, not directly from the Prophet ﷺ.”
❺ Fifth Right: The Messenger ﷺ Must Not Be Opposed in Any Matter
Allah Almighty said:
﴿لَا تَجْعَلُوا دُعَاءَ الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعَاءِ بَعْضِكُم بَعْضًا ۚ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمْ لِوَاذًا ۚ فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴾
[An-Nūr: 63]
Translation:
"Do not make the calling of the Messenger among you like your calling of one another. Allah certainly knows those who slip away among you under cover. So let those beware who oppose his command, lest a trial afflict them or a painful punishment befall them."
❖ Hadith ⑰
عن إياس بن سلمة بن الأكوع، أن أباه حدثه:
أن رجلًا أكل عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بشماله،
فقال: كُل بيمينك
قال: لا أستطيع
قال: لا استطعت، ما منعه إلا الكبر
قال: فما رفعها إلى فيه
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ashriba, ḥadīth: 2021]
Translation:
Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ reported from his father:
A man was eating with his left hand in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Eat with your right hand.”
The man said, “I cannot.”
The Prophet ﷺ replied, “May you not be able to,” for nothing prevented him except pride.
And the narrator said: The man was never able to raise his hand to his mouth again.
❖ Hadith ⑱
عن عبد الله قال:
قرأ النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سورة النجم، فسجد،
فما بقي أحد إلا سجد،
إلا رجلٌ أخذ كفًّا من حصى فسجد عليه،
وقال: هذا يكفيني،
فرأيته بعدُ قُتل كافرًا بالله
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Manāqib al-Anṣār, ḥadīth: 3853; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Masājid, ḥadīth: 1297]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd رضي الله عنه narrated:
The Prophet ﷺ recited Sūrat al-Najm and then performed a prostration, and no one remained except that they prostrated,
except for one man who took a handful of pebbles and prostrated on them,
saying, “This is sufficient for me.”
Later, I saw that man killed as a disbeliever in Allah.
❖ Hadith ⑲
عن عبد الله بن عمر، قال:
أقبل علينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال:
يا معشر المهاجرين! خمسٌ إذا ابتليتم بهن، وأعوذ بالله أن تدركوهن:
لم تظهر الفاحشة في قوم قط حتى يعلنوا بها، إلا فشى فيهم الطاعون والأوجاع التي لم تكن في أسلافهم
ولم ينقصوا المكيال والميزان إلا أخذوا بالسنين، وشدة المؤونة، وجور السلطان
ولم يمنعوا زكاة أموالهم إلا مُنعوا القطر من السماء، ولولا البهائم لم يُمطروا
ولم ينقضوا عهد الله وعهد رسوله إلا سلط الله عليهم عدوًّا من غيرهم، فأخذ بعض ما في أيديهم
وما لم تحكم أئمتهم بكتاب الله، ويتخيروا مما أنزل الله، إلا جعل الله بأسهم بينهم
[Sunan Ibn Mājah, Kitāb al-Fitan, Bāb al-ʿUqūbāt, ḥadīth: 4019; al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah, no. 106]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“O Emigrants! There are five things which, if your people are afflicted with them—and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them:
① Immorality never appears among a people to the extent they practice it openly except that plagues and diseases never seen before appear among them.
② They do not cheat in weights and measures except that they are stricken with famine, hardship, and the oppression of rulers.
③ They do not withhold zakāh except that rain is withheld from the sky; were it not for the animals, they would receive no rain.
④ They do not break the covenant of Allah and His Messenger except that Allah enables an enemy to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands.
⑤ And as long as their rulers do not judge by what Allah has revealed and choose other laws, Allah will cause internal division and conflict among them.”
❖ Hadith ⑳
عن ابن عمر قال:
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
ائذنوا للنساء بالليل إلى المساجد
فقال ابنٌ له يُقال له واقد:
إذن يتخذنه دَغَلًا
قال: فضرب في صدره، وقال:
أحدثك عن رسول الله وتقول: لا!
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Bāb Khurūj al-Nisāʾ ilā al-Masājid, ḥadīth: 442]
Translation:
Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنه narrated:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allow women to go to the mosques at night.”
His son, named Wāqid, said: “They will use it as a means of mischief.”
Ibn ʿUmar struck him on the chest and said: “I am telling you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and you say, ‘No’?!”
❻ Sixth Right: Abandoning Innovations (Bidʿah)
Allah Almighty said:
﴿وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ﴾
[Āl ʿImrān: 85]
Translation:
"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam—it will never be accepted of him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter."
Allah Almighty also said:
﴿الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا﴾
[Al-Māʾidah: 3]
Translation:
"This day I have perfected for you your religion, and completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."
❖ Hadith ㉑
وعن العرباض ابن سارية قال: صلى بنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات يوم، ثم أقبل علينا بوجهه فوعظنا موعظة بليغة، ذرفت منها العيون، ووجلت منها القلوب...
[Musnad Aḥmad: 4/126, Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 4607, Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 2676, Sunan Ibn Mājah: 42 – declared authentic by al-Albānī]
Translation:
ʿIrbāḍ ibn Sāriyah رضي الله عنه narrated:
One day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer. Then he turned towards us and gave us an emotional sermon that caused our eyes to weep and hearts to tremble.
A man said, “O Messenger of Allah! It seems this is the sermon of someone bidding farewell. So advise us.”
He ﷺ said:
"I advise you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey [your leaders], even if a slave from Abyssinia is appointed over you.
For whoever lives after me will see great differences. So you must adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs—cling to it firmly with your molars.
And beware of newly invented matters, for every innovation is misguidance."
❖ Hadith ㉒
وعن سمرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إذا حدثتك حديثًا فلا تزيدن عليه...
[Musnad Aḥmad: 5/11, ḥadīth no. 20126 – authenticated by Shaykh Shuʿayb al-Arnāʾūṭ]
Translation:
Samurah رضي الله عنه narrated from the Prophet ﷺ:
“When I narrate a ḥadīth to you, do not add anything to it.”
Then he said:
“There are four of the best statements, and they are from the Qur’an. It does not matter which one you begin with:
Subḥānallāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illallāh, and Allāhu Akbar.”
Then he ﷺ said:
“Do not name your children: Aflāḥ, Najīḥ, Rabāḥ, or Yasār.”
❖ Hadith ㉓
وعن أنس، قال: جاء ثلاثة رهط إلى بيوت أزواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم...
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Nikāḥ, ḥadīth: 5063; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 1401]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated:
Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ to ask about his worship.
When they were informed, it seemed as though they considered it insufficient.
So they said: “Where are we compared to the Prophet ﷺ? His past and future sins have been forgiven.”
One of them said: “As for me, I will pray all night forever.”
Another said: “I will fast every day and never break it.”
The third said: “I will abstain from women and never marry.”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them and said:
“Are you the ones who said such and such?
By Allah, I am the most God-fearing among you and the most mindful of Him.
Yet I fast and break my fast, I pray and sleep, and I marry women.
So whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.”
❖ Hadith ㉔
وعن عائشة، قالت: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من أحدث في أمرنا ما ليس فيه فهو رد
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Ṣulḥ, ḥadīth: 2697]
Translation:
ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Whoever introduces into our matter (religion) that which does not belong to it, it is rejected."
❼ Seventh Right: Sincerity and Good Will Towards the Messenger ﷺ
Allah Almighty said:
﴿وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۚ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْسِنِينَ مِن سَبِيلٍ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ﴾
[At-Tawbah: 91]
Translation:
"There is no blame upon those who find nothing to spend, so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger. There is no cause of blame against the doers of good. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
❖ Hadith ㉕
عن تميم الداري، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: الدين النصيحة، قلنا: لمن؟ قال: لله، ولكتابه، ولرسوله، ولأئمة المسلمين، وعامتهم
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān, ḥadīth: 196]
Translation:
Tamīm al-Dārī رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Religion is sincere advice.”
We said: “To whom?”
He ﷺ replied: “To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the leaders of the Muslims, and to their common people.”
❖ Hadith ㉖
عن عثمان رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من مات وهو يعلم أنه لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنة
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān, ḥadīth: 136]
Translation:
ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Whoever dies knowing that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise."
❖ Hadith ㉗
عن عبد الله بن عمرو أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: بلغوا عني ولو آية...
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Aḥādīth al-Anbiyāʾ, ḥadīth: 3461]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Convey from me, even if it is one verse.
And narrate from the Children of Israel, for there is no harm.
And whoever lies upon me deliberately, let him prepare his seat in the Hellfire.”
❖ Hadith ㉘
عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: المرء على دين خليله، فلينظر أحدكم من يخالل
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb al-Zuhd: 2378; Musnad Aḥmad: 2/334 (no. 8398); Mustadrak al-Ḥākim: 7319; al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah: 927]
Translation:
Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“A man follows the religion of his close companion, so let each of you look to whom he befriends.”
❽ Eighth Right: Love for the Messenger ﷺ
Allah Almighty said:
﴿قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ... أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ... فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ﴾
[At-Tawbah: 24]
Translation:
"Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your relatives, the wealth you have acquired, the commerce you fear may decline, and the dwellings you love are dearer to you than Allah, His Messenger, and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient."
❖ Hadith ㉙
عن أنس قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا يؤمن عبد حتى أكون أحب إليه من أهله وماله والناس أجمعين
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān, ḥadīth: 168]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“No servant truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his family, his wealth, and all the people.”
❖ Hadith ㉚
عن عبد الله بن هشام قال: كنا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو آخذ بيد عمر بن الخطاب...
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Īmān wa al-Nudhūr, ḥadīth: 6632]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn Hishām رضي الله عنه narrated:
We were with the Prophet ﷺ while he was holding the hand of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه.
ʿUmar said: “O Messenger of Allah! You are more beloved to me than everything except myself.”
The Prophet ﷺ replied:
“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, not until I am more beloved to you than your own self.”
ʿUmar said: “Now, by Allah, you are more beloved to me than my own self.”
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Now, O ʿUmar!”
❖ Hadith ㉛
عن أنس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ثلاث من كن فيه وجد بهن حلاوة الإيمان...
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 16, 6941; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 165]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"There are three qualities whoever possesses them will taste the sweetness of faith:
- That Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else.
- That he loves a person solely for the sake of Allah.
- That he hates to return to disbelief as he would hate to be thrown into fire."
❖ Hadith ㉜
عن أنس، قال: جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: يا رسول الله متى الساعة؟...
[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 6171; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 6713]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated:
A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked:
“O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour (Day of Judgment)?”
The Prophet ﷺ replied:
“What have you prepared for it?”
The man said: “I have not prepared much, except that I love Allah and His Messenger.”
The Prophet ﷺ said: “You will be with those whom you love.”
Anas said: “After accepting Islam, we were never happier than upon hearing this statement from the Prophet ﷺ.”
He further said: “I love Allah, His Messenger, Abu Bakr, and ʿUmar. I hope that I will be with them even if I do not do deeds like theirs.”
❾ Ninth Right: Honoring and Respecting the Messenger ﷺ
Allah Almighty said:
﴿وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُ﴾
[Al-Fatḥ: 9]
Translation:
“And [that] you may honor him (the Messenger), and respect him.”
❖ Hadith ㉝
عن أنس بن مالك... لما نزلت هذه الآية: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ...﴾
[Musnad Aḥmad: 3/137, ḥadīth: 399; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 119/188]
Translation:
When the verse "O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet..." [al-Ḥujurāt: 2] was revealed,
Thābit ibn Qays ibn Shamās, who had a naturally loud voice, said:
“I used to raise my voice above the voice of the Prophet ﷺ. My deeds are ruined, and I am from the people of Hell.”
He remained sad and isolated at home.
The Prophet ﷺ noticed his absence and asked about him. When informed of his concern, the Prophet ﷺ said:
“No, he is from the people of Paradise.”
❖ Hadith ㉞
عن أنس بن مالك قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا صلى الغداة جاء خدم المدينة بآنيتهم...
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 2324]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated:
Whenever the Prophet ﷺ finished the morning prayer, the servants of Madinah would bring containers of water to him,
and he would dip his blessed hand in each of them.
Even on cold mornings, he would place his hand in the water to bless it.
❖ Hadith ㉟
عن أنس بن مالك قال: دخل علينا النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال عندنا فعرق...
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 2331]
Translation:
Anas رضي الله عنه said:
The Prophet ﷺ came to our house and rested. He began to sweat.
Umm Sulaym brought a container and began collecting his sweat.
The Prophet ﷺ asked: “O Umm Sulaym, what are you doing?”
She replied: “This is your sweat. We mix it with our perfume. It is the most fragrant of scents.”
The Prophet ﷺ said: “You have done well.”
❖ Hadith ㊱
عن عياش بن أبى ربيعة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا تزال هذه الأمة بخير...
[Sunan Ibn Mājah: 3110; al-Mishkāt: 2727]
Translation:
ʿIyāsh ibn Abī Rabīʿah رضي الله عنه reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“This Ummah will remain in goodness as long as it honors this sacred land (Makkah) with due respect.
But once they lose this respect, they will perish.”
❿ Tenth Right: Sending Blessings and Peace Upon the Messenger ﷺ
Allah Almighty said:
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا﴾
[Al-Aḥzāb: 56]
Translation:
"Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet.
O you who believe, send blessings upon him and greet him with peace."
❖ Hadith ㊲
عن أبي بن كعب... قلت: أجعل لك صلاتي كلها؟ قال: إذاً تُكفى همك، ويُغفر لك ذنبك
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 2457; al-Ṣilsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah: 954]
Translation:
Ubayy ibn Kaʿb رضي الله عنه said:
I asked the Prophet ﷺ, “O Messenger of Allah, how much of my supplication should I dedicate to sending ṣalāh (blessings) upon you?”
He ﷺ replied: “As much as you wish.”
I said: “A quarter?” He said: “Whatever you wish, but if you increase, it will be better.”
I said: “Half?” He replied: “Whatever you wish, but if you increase, it will be better.”
I said: “Two-thirds?” He replied: “Whatever you wish, but if you increase, it will be better.”
I said: “Shall I make all my supplications ṣalāh upon you?”
He ﷺ said: “Then your worries will be relieved, and your sins will be forgiven.”
❖ Hadith ㊳
عن أبي هريرة: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: من صلى علي واحدة، صلى الله عليه عشرا
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 912]
Translation:
Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whoever sends one ṣalāh (blessing) upon me, Allah will send ten blessings upon him.”
❖ Hadith ㊴
عن عبد الله بن مسعود أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن أولى الناس بي يوم القيامة...
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 484; Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān: 908]
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“The closest of people to me on the Day of Judgment will be those who send the most blessings upon me.”
❖ Hadith ㊵
عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: رغم أنف رجل ذكرت عنده فلم يصل علي
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 3545; al-Mishkāt: 927 – authenticated by al-Albānī as ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ]
Translation:
Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“May the nose of a man be rubbed in dust (i.e., may he be humiliated) before whom I am mentioned, and he does not send blessings upon me.”
وَصَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ خَلْقِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ
