Introduction
Praise be to Allah, Lord of
the worlds. Eternal Guardian of the heavens and the
earths, Disposer of all created beings, Despatcher
of Messengers (may the blessings and peace of Allah
be upon them all) who were sent to those they have
been entrusted to guide and to reveal the religious
laws to, with positive signs and clear-cut proofs. I
praise Him for His favours and ask Him to increase
His grace and generosity. I bear witness that there
is no god but Allah alone, He having no associate,
the One, the Subduer, the Generous, the Pardoner,
and I bear witness that our master Muhammed is His
servant and His messenger, His dear one and His
beloved, the best of created beings, who was
honoured with the precious Quran, the enduring
miracle through the passing of the years, and with
the sunnahs that enlighten spiritual guides; our
master Muhammed, singled out for pithiness of speech
and tolerance in religion may the blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him, upon the rest of the
prophets and messengers, and upon all their families
and upon the rest of godly persons.
To proceed: It has been
transmitted to us on the authority of Ali bin Abi
Talib, Abdullah bin Masud, Muadh bin Jabal, Abu Al-Darda,
Ibn Omar, Ibn Abbas, Anas bin Malik, Abu Hurairah
and Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with
them all, through many chains of authorities and in
various versions, that the messenger of Allah said:
"Whosoever memorises and preserves for my
people forty hadith relating to their religion,
Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment in
the company of jurists and religious scholars
".
In another version it reads:
"Allah will resurrect him as a jurist and
religious scholar ". In the version of Abu Al-Darda
it reads: "On the Day of Judgment I shall be an
intercessor and a witness for him". In the
version of Ibn Masud it reads: "It will be said
to him: Enter by whichever of the doors of Paradise
you wish ". In the version of Ibn Omar it
reads: " He will be written down in the company
of the religious scholars and will be resurrected in
the company of the martyrs ". Scholars of
hadith are agreed that it is a weak hadith despite
its many lines of transmission.
The religious scholars, may
Allah be pleased with them, have composed
innumerable works in this field. The first one I
knew of who did so was Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak,
followed by Ibn Aslam Al-Tusi, the godly scholar,
then Al-Hasan bin Sufiyan Al-Nasai, Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri,
Abu-Bakr Mubammad bin Ibrahim Al-Asfihani, Al-Daraqutni,
Al-Hakim, Abu Nuaim, Abu Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulami,
Abu Saeed Al-Malini, Abu Uthman Al-Saboni, Abdullah
bin Muhammed Al-Ansari, Abu Bakr Al-Baihaqi, and
countless others, both ancient and modern.
I have asked Allah Almightly
for guidance in bringing together forty hadith in
emulation af those eminant religious leaders and
guardians of Islam. Religious scholars are agreed it
is permissible to put into practice a weak hadith if
virtuous deeds are concerned; despite this, I do not
rely on this hadith but on his having said the [
following ] sound hadith: "Let him who was a
witness among you inform him who was absent",
and on his having said : "May Allah make
radiant [the face of] someone who has heard what I
have said, has learnt it by heart and has
transmitted it as he heard it".
Furthermore, there were some religious scholars who
brought together forty hadiths on the basic rules of
religion, on subsidiary matters, or on jihad, while
others did so on asceticism, on rules of conduct or
on sermons. All these are godly aims-may Allah be
pleased with those who pursued them. I, however,
considered it best to bring together forty hadith
more important than all of these, being forty hadith
which would incolporate all of these, each hadith
being one of the great precepts of religion,
described by religious scholars as being "the
axis of Islam " or "the half of
Islam" or "the third of it ", or the
like, and to make it a rule that these forty hadith
be [classified as] sound and that the majority of
them be in the sahihs of Al-Bukhari and Muslim. I
give them without the chains of authorities so as to
make it easier to memorise them and to make them of
wider benefit if Allah Almighty wills, and I append
to them a section explaining abstruse
expressions.(Note here) every person wishing to
attain the Hereafter should know these hadith
because of the important matters they contain and
the directions they give in respect of all forms of
obedience, this being obvious to anyone who has
reflected upon it. On Allah do I rely and depend and
to Him do I entrust myself; to Him be praise and
grace, and with Him is success and immunity [to
errors].
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said :
I heared the messenger of Allah salla Allah u
alihi wa sallam say :
"Actions are but by intention and every man
shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose
migration was for Allah and His messenger, his
migration was for Allah and His messenger, and he
whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit
or to take some woman in marriage, his migration was
for that for which he migrated."
related by Bukhari and
Muslim
Also on the authority of Omar, who said :
One day while we were
sitting with the messenger of Allah there appeared
before us a man whose clothes were exceedingly white
and whose hair was exceedingly black; no signs of
journeying were to be seen on him and none of us
knew him. He walked up and sat down by the prophet.
Resting his knees against his and placing the palms
of his hands on his thighs, he said:"O Muhammed,
tell me about Islam". The messenger of Allah
said: "Islam is to testify that there is no god
but Allah and Muhammed is the messenger of Allah, to
perform the prayers, to pay the zakat, to fast in
Ramadhan, and to make the pilgrimage to the House if
you are able to do so." He said:"You have
spoken rightly", and we were amazed at him
asking him and saying that he had spoken rightly. He
said: "Then tell me about eman."He
said:"It is to believe in Allah, His angels,
His books, His messengers, and the Last Day, and to
believe in divine destiny, both the good and the
evil thereof." He said:"You have spoken
rightly". He said: " Then tell me about ehsan."
He said: "It is to worship Allah as though you
are seeing Him, and while you see Him not yet truly
He sees you". He said: "Then tell me about
the Hour". He said: "The one questioned
about it knows no better than the questioner."
He said: "Then tell me about its signs."
He said: "That the slave-girl will give birth
to her mistress and that you will see the
barefooted, naked, destitute herdsman competing in
constructing lofty buildings." Then he took
himself off and I stayed for a time. Then he said:
"O Omar, do you know who the questioner
was?" I said: "Allah and His messenger
know best". He said: "He was Jebreel
(Gabriel), who came to you to teach you your
religion."
narrated by Muslim
On the authority of Ibn Omar, the son of Omar bin
Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with both, who said
: I heared the messenger of Allah say :
"Islam has been built on five [pillars]:
testifying that there is no god but Allah and that
Muhammed is the messenger of Allah, performing the
prayers, paying the zakat, making the pilgrimage to
the House, and fasting in Ramadan."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abdullah bin Masud, who said :
the messenger of Allah, and he is the truthful, the
believed narrated to us :
"Verily the creation of each one of you is
brought together in his mother's belly for forty
days in the form of seed, then he is a clot of blood
for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like
period, then there is sent to him the angel who
blows the breath of life into him and who is
commanded about four matters: to write down his
means of livelihood, his life span, his actions, and
whether happy or unhappy. By Allah, other than Whom
there is no god, verily one of you behaves like the
people of Paradise until there is but an arm's
length between him and it, and that which has been
written over takes him and so he behaves like the
people of Hell-fire and thus he enters it; and one
of you behaves like the people of Hell-fire until
there is but an arm's length between him and it, and
that which has been written over takes him and so he
behaves like the people of Paradise and thus he
enters it."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Aishah, who said : The messenger
of Allah said:
"He who innovates something in this matter of
ours that is not of it will have it rejected."
narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
And in one version by Muslim it reads :
"He who does an act which our matter is not [in
agreement] with will have it rejected."
On the authority of Al-Numan bin Basheer, who said :
I heared the messenger of Allah say :
"That which is lawful is plain and that which
is unlawful is plain and between the two of them are
doubtful matters about which not many people know.
Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself
in regard to his religion and his honor, but he who
falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is
unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a
sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king
has a sanctuary, and truly Allah's sanctuary is His
prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of
flesh which, if it be whole, all the body is whole
and which, if it be diseased, all of it is diseased.
Truly it is the heart."
narrated by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Tamim Al-Dari that the prophet
said:
"Religion is sincerity". We said: "To
whom?" He said: "To Allah and His Book,
and His messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims
and their common folk".
narrated by Muslim
Abdullah bin Omar narrated that the messenger of
Allah said:
"I have been ordered to fight against people
until they testify that there is no god but Allah
and that Muhammed is the messenger of Allah and
until they perform the prayers and pay the zakat,
and if they do so they will have gained protection
from me for their lives and property, unless [they
do acts that are punishable] in accordance with
Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah the
Almighty."
related by Bukhari and Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : I
heared the messenger of Allah say :
"What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I
have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you
can. It was only their excessive questioning and
their disagreeing with their prophets that destroyed
those who were before you."
related bu Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the
messenger of Allah said :
"Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only
that which is good. Allah has commanded the faithful
to do that which he commanded the messengers, and
the Almighty has said: "O ye messengers ! Eat
of the good things and do right". And Allah the
Almighty has said : "O ye who believe! Eat of
the good things wherewith We have provided you"
Then he mentioned [the case of] a man who, having
journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty and who
spreads out his hands to the sky [saying] : "O
Lord! O Lord!" - while his food is unlawful,
his drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful, and he is
nourished unlawfully, so how can he be answered
!"
related by Muslim
On the authority of Al-Hasan bin Ali, the grandson
of the messenger of Allah, who said : I memorized
from the messenger of Allah his saying :
"Leave that which makes
you doubt for that which does not make you
doubt."
narrated by Termithi and Nasaee, and Tirmithi said
it is true and fine hadith.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : The
messenger of Allah said :
"Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his
leaving alone that which does not concern him."
fine hadith narrated by Termithi and others
On the authority of Anas bin Malik, the servant of
the messenger of Allah, that the prophet said :
"None of you [truely] believes until he wishes
for his brother what he wishes for himself."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
Abdullah bin Masud narrated that the messenger of
Allah said :
"The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt
other than in one of three [instances] : the married
person who commits adultery; a life for a life; and
one who forsakes his religion and abandons the
community."
it was related by Bukhari and Muslim
Abu Hurairah narrated that the messenger of Allah
said :
"Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day
either speak good or keep silent, and let him who
believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to
his neighbour, and let him who believes in Allah and
the Last Day be generous to his guest."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : a man
said to the prophet :
"Counsel me". He
said : " Do not become angry". The man
repeated [his request] several times, and he said:
"Do not become angry ".
narrated by Bukhari
Abu Yaala Shaddad bin Aws said that the messenger of
Allah said :
"Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency in all
things. Thus, if you kill, kill well; and if you
slaughter, slaughter well. Let each one of you
sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the
animal he slaughters."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah, and
Muadh bin Jabal that the messenger of Allah said :
"Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a
bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out,
and behave well towards people."
Tirmithi narrated the hadith and said it was fine,
and in another version, said ture and fine
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, who said :
One day I was behind the prophet and he said to me:
"Young man, I shall
teach you some words [of advice] : Be mindful of
Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of
Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you
ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of
Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather
together to benefit you with anything, it would
benefit you only with something that Allah had
already prescribed for you, and that if they gather
together to harm you with anything, they would harm
you only with something Allah had already prescribed
for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages
have dried."
narrated by Termithi, who said it is true and fine
hadith
In a version other than that of Tirmithi it reads:
"..Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him
before you. Get to know Allah in prosperity and He
will know you in adversity. Know that what has
passed you by was not going to befall you; and that
what has befallen you was not going to pass you by.
And know that victory comes with patience, relief
with affliction, and ease with hardship."
Uqbah bin Amre Al-Ansari narrated that the messenger
of Allah said :
"Among the words people obtained from the First
Prophecy are : If you feel no shame, then do as you
wish."
It was related by Bukhari.
On authority of Sufian bin Abdullah, may Allah be
pleased with him said:
I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me
something about Islam which I can ask of no one but
you". He said:" Say:'I believe in Allah',
and thereafter be upright."
related by Muslim.
Jaber bin Abdullah Al-Ansari narrated that :
A man asked the messenger of Allah :
"Do you think that if I perform the obligatory
prayers, fast in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which
is lawful and treat as forbidden that which is
forbidden, and do nothing further, I shall enter
Paradise ?"
He said: "Yes."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ashari
said that the messenger of Allah said:
"Purity is half of faith. alhamdu-lillah
[Praise be to Allah] fills the scales, and subhana-Allah
[How far is Allah from every imperfection] and alhamdu-lillah
[Praise be to Allah] fill that which is between
heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is a
proof; patience is illumination; and the Quran is an
argument for or against you. Everyone starts his day
and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or
bringing about its ruin."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dharr Al-Ghafari, of the
prophet is that among the sayings he relates from
his Lord is that He said:
"O My servants, I have
forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it
forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one
another.
O My servants, all of you
are astray except for those I have guided, so seek
guidance of Me and I shall guide you. O My servants,
all of you are hungry except for those I have fed,
so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My
servants, all of you are naked except for those I
have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall
clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by
day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of
Me and I shall forgive you.
O My servants, you will not
attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not
attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O my
servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
the human of you and the jinn of you to become as
pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you,
that would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked
as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that
would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in
one place and make a request of Me, and were I to
give everyone what he requested, that would not
decrease what I have, any more than a needle
decreases the sea if put into it.
O My servants, it is but
your deeds that I reckon up for you and then
recompense you for, so let him who finds good praise
Allah, and let him who finds other than that blame
no one but himself."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Dharr :
Some of the companions of the messenger of Allah
said :" O Messenger of Allah, the affluent have
made of with the rewards, they pray as we pray they
fast as we fast, and they give away in charity the
superfluity of their wealth." He said:"
Has not Allah made things for you to give away in
charity ? every tasbihah is a charity, every
takbirah is a charity, every tahmidah is a charity,
and every tahlilah is a charity, to enjoin a good
action is a charity, to forbid an evil action is a
charity, and in the sexual act of each of you there
is a charity." They said: "O Messenger of
Allah, when one of us fulfils his sexual desire will
he have some reward for that?" He said:
"Do you not think that were he to act upon it
unlawfully he would be sinning ? Likewise, if he has
acted upon it lawfully he will have a reward."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The
messenger of Allah said :
"Each person's every joint must perform a
charity every day the sun comes up : to act justly
between two people is a charity; to help a man with
his mount, lifting him onto it or hoistingd up his
belongings onto it is a charity: a good word is a
charity, every step you take to prayers is a charity
and removing a harmful thing from the road is a
charity."
related by Bukhari and Muslim.
On the authority of Al-Nawwas bin Samaan, that the
prophet said:
"Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing
is that which wavers in your soul and which you
dislike people finding out about."
related by Muslim.
And on the authority of Wabisa bin Mabad, may Allah
be pleased with him, who said:
I came to the messenger of Allah and he said:
"You have come to ask about righteousness
?" . I said:" Yes." He said:
"Consult your heart. Righteousness is that
about which the soul feels tranquil and the heart
feels tranquil, and wrongdoing is that which wavers
in the soul and moves to and from in the breast even
though people again and again have given you their
legal opinion [in its favor]."
a good hadith transmetted from the Musnads of the
two Imams, Ahmed bin Hanbal and Al-Darimi, with a
good chain of authorities.
On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Erbadh bin Sariah,
who said :
The messenger of Allah gave us a sermon by which our
hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our
eyes. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is as
though this is a farewell sermon, so councel
us." He said: "I councel you to fear Allah
and to give absolute obedience even if a slave
becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives
[long] will see great controversy, so you must keep
to my sunnah and to the sunnah of the rightly-guided
Khalifahs - cling to them stubbornly. Beware of
newly invented matters, for every invented matter is
an innovation and every innovation is a going
astray, and every going astray is in
Hell-fire."
related by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmithi, who said that
it was a fine and true Hadith.
On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal, who said:
I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an
act which will take me into Paradise and will keep
me away from Hell fire." He said: "You
have asked me about a major matter, yet it is easy
for him for whom Allah Almighty makes it easy. You
should worship Allah, associating nothing with Him,
you should perform the prayers, you should pay the
zakat, you should fast in Ramadan, and you should
make the pilgrimage to the House." Then he
said:" Shall I not show you the gates of
goodness ? Fasting [which] is a shield, charity
[which] extigueshes sin as water extebgueshes fire;
and the praying of a man in the deapth of
night." Then he recited :
"Who forsake
their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope,
and spend of that We have bestowed on them. No soul
knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a
reward for what they used to do". (quran,
verse)
Then he said: " Shall I
not tell you of the peak of the matter, its pillar,
and its topmost part?" I said: "Yes, O
Messenger of Allah." He said: "The peak of
the matter is Islam; the pillar is prayer; and its
topmost part is jihad." Then he said:
"Shall I not tell you of the controling of all
that ?" I said:"Yes, O Messenger of
Allah", and he took hold of his tongue and
said: "Restrain this." I said: "O
Prophet of Allah, will what we say be held against
us ?" He said: "May your mother be
bereaved of you, Muadh ! Is there anything that
topples people on their faces - or he said on their
noses into Hell-fire other than the jests of their
tongues ?"
related by Al-Tirmithi, who said it was a fine and
true hadlth.
On the authority of Jurthum bin Nashir that the
messenger of Allah said :
"Allah the Almighty has laid down religious
duties, so do not neglict them. He has set
boundaries, so do not over step them. He has
prohibited some things, so do not violate them;
about some things He was silent-out of compassion
for you, not forgetfulness, so seek not after
them."
a fine hadith related by Al-Daraqutni and others.
On the authority of Sahl bin Saad Al-Saedi, who said
:
A man came to the prophet and said: "O
Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I
do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and people to
love me." He said: "Renounce the world and
Allah will love you, and renounce what people
possess and people will love you."
a fine Hadith related by Ibn Majah and others with
good chains of authorities.
On the authority of Saad bin Malik Al-Khudari, that
the messenger of Allah said :
"There should be neither harming nor
reciprocating harm."
a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni and
others
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of
Allah said:
"Were people to be given in accordance with
their claim, men would claim the fortunes and lives
of [other] people, but the onus of proof is on the
claimant, and the taking of an oath is incumbent
upon him who denies."
a fine hadith related by Al-Baihaqi and others
On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khurdari, who said:
I heard the messenger of Allah say:
"Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him
change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do
so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to
do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest
of faith."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the
messenger of Allah said :
"Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices
one to another; do not hate one another; do not turn
away from one another; and do not undercut one
another, but be you, O servants of Allah, brothers.
A muslim is the brother of a muslim: he neither
oppresses him nor does he fail him, he neither lies
to him nor does he hold him in contempt. Piety is
right here-and he pointed to his breast three times.
It is evil enough for a man to hold his brother
muslim in contempt. The whole of a muslim for
another muslim is inviolable: his blood, his
property, and his honor."
related by Muslim.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Prophet
said:
"Whosoever removes a worldly grief from a
believer, Allah will remove from him one of the
griefs of the Day of Judgment. Whosoever alleviates
[the lot of] a needy person, Allah will alleviate
[his lot] in this world and the next. Whosoever
shields a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this
world and the next. Allah will aid a servant [of
His] so long as the servant aids his brother.
Whosoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein,
Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No
people gather together in one of the houses of
Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it
among themselves, without tranquility descending
upon them, mercy enveloping them, the angels
surrounding them, and Allah making mention of them
amongst those who are with Him. Whosoever is slowed
down by his actions will not be hastened forward by
his lineage."
related by Muslim in these words.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of
Allah, among the sayings he relates from his Lord is
:
"Allah has written down the good deeds and the
bad ones." Then he explained it [by saying
that] :" He who has intended a good deed and
has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and
has done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as
from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many
times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and
has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and
has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad
deed."
related by Bukhari and Muslim in their two salihs
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: the
messenger of Allah said:
Allah the Almighty has said: "Who soever shows
enmity to a friend of Mine, I shall be at war with
him. My servant does not draw near to Me with
anything more loved by Me than the religious duties
I have imposed upon him, and My servant continues to
draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I
shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing
with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees,
his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with
which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I
would surely give it to him and were he to ask Me
for refuge, I would surely grant him it."
related by Bukhari.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas that the messenger of
Allah said:
"Allah has pardoned for me my people for
[their] mistakes and [their] forgetfulness and for
what they have done under duress."
a fine hadith related by Ibn Majah,Al-Baihqi, and
others.
On the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, who said: The
messenger of Allah took me by the shoulder and said:
"Be in the world as
though you were a stranger or a wayfarer."
The son of Omar used to say:
"At evening do not
expect [to live till] morning, and at morning do not
expect [to live till] evening. Take from your health
for your illness and from your life for your
death."
related by Bukhari
On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Amr
bin Al-Aas, who said : The messenger of Allah, said:
"None of you [truely] believes until his
inclination is accordance with what I have
brought."
a fine and true hadith which we have transmitted
from the book of Hujjah with a sound chain of
authorities.
On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the
messenger of Allah say:
Allah the Almighty has said: "O son of Adam, so
long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall
forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not
mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the
clouds of the sky and were you then to ask
forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of
Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as
great as the earth and were you then to face Me,
ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you
forgiveness nearly as great as its."
related by Al-Tirmithi, who said that it was a good
and sound Hadith.
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Organizations
translated by Ezzeddin Ibrahim and Denys
Johnson-Davies
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