In The Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful

Da`wah - An Obligation

The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) SAID: "ALLAH AND HIS ANGLES AND THE CREATURES OF HEAVENS AND EARTH EVEN THE ANT IN ITS OWN NEST AND EVEN THE FISH IN THE SEA, DO BLESS THE ONE WHO TEACHES PEOPLE THE GOOD." (Tirmizi)

Abdullah ibn Abbaas who said: One day I was riding behind the Prophet (s) and he said to me, "O 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 in Allah. Know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded for you. If they gather to harm you by something, they would not be able to harm you by anything except what Allah has already recorded against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages dried." (Musnad Ahmad and at-Tirmidhi)

In another narration, it is written, "Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him in front of you. Become beloved to Allah during times of prosperity, He will know you in times of adversity.....And know that victory accompanies perseverance, releif accompanies affliction, and ease accompanies hardship."

The Prophet (s) said that his Lord [Allah] said, "O My servants, I have forbidden wrongdoing for Myself and I have made it forbidden for you. Therefore, do not wrong one another. O My servants, all of you are lost except for those whom I have guided. Therefore, seek guidance from Me and I will guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except for those whom I have fed. Therefore, seek food from Me and I will feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except for those whom I have clothed. Therefore, seek clothing from Me and I will clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins. Therefore, seek forgiveness from Me and I will forgive you. O My servants, you will not be able to harm Me so as to bring any harm to Me, and you will not be able to benefit Me so as to bring any benefit to Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you and the human of you and the jinn of you were as pious as the most pious heart of anyone among you, it would not add anything to My dominion. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you and the human of you and the jinn of you were as wicked as the most wicked heart of anyone among you, it would not decrease anything from My dominion. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you and the human of you and the jinn of you were to gather together on [the same sector] of land and all asked of Me and if I were to give everyone of them what he asked, that would not decrease what I have any more than a needle decreases what is in the ocean when it is put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon for you. Then I recompense you for them. The one who finds good is to give praises to Allah. The one who finds other than this should not blame anyone but himself." (Sahih Muslim)

"A man came to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and asked, "Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your father." (Sahih al-Bukhari, 8:2)

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "Sometimes I enter prayer and I intend to prolong it, but then I hear a child crying, and I shorten my prayer thinking of the distress of the child's mother." (Fiqh us-Sunnah, Volume 2, Number 51b)

The Prophet Muhammad was asked "what is the best type of Jihad." He answered: “Speaking truth before a tyrannical ruler.” (Riyadh us-Saleheen Volume 1:195)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Do not consider the smallest good deed as insignificant. Even meeting your brother with a cheerful face (is a good deed).” Riyadh us-Saleheen Volume 1:121

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A man walking along a path felt very thirsty. Reaching a well he descended into it, drank his fill and came up. Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out, trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst. The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt, so he went down into the well again and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink. God forgave his sins for this action." The Prophet was asked: "...Are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?" He said, "There is a reward for kindness to every living being." Sahih Al-Bukhari, 3:551

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once told a man: “You have two qualities which God, the Most Exalted, likes and loves. One is mildness and the other is toleration.” (Riyadh us-Saleheen Volume 1:632)

The Prophet Muhammad also said: “God is kind and likes kindness in all things.” (Riyadh us-Saleheen Volume 1:633)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever has three daughters, cares and provides for them, and shows them mercy, will enter Paradise."

A man once told the Prophet that he had many children but did not kiss any of them. The Prophet (pbuh) replied: "Verily, God will only show mercy to those of His servants who do good to others."

As he carried his grandson on his shoulders, the Prophet was heard to say: "O God! I love him, so You love him too." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "[The angel] Gabriel continued to recommend that I treat neighbors kindly and politely so much so that I thought he would order me to make them my heirs." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, 8:43)

The Prophet also said: "A believer will not eat his fill while his neighbor is hungry." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "If one of you loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon hi) said: "Doing good is having good manners. Doing evil is what troubles you inside and what you would not like others to know about." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it. Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished."?

He also said: "Make things simple and do not complicate them. Calm people and do not drive them away." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “One who covers up the failings of someone in this world will have his shortcomings covered up by God on the Day of Judgment.” (Riyadh us-Saleheen, 240 )

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “One who treads a path in search of knowledge has his path to Paradise made easy by God…” (Riyadh us-Saleheen, 245)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is oppressed." People asked, "...It is right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet said, "By preventing him from oppressing others." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, 3:624)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "If Judgment Day comes when you are planting a seedling, if you are able to plant it before the Day arrives, do so." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Muslim Morals and Manners, Hadith 479)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “When God created living creatures, He wrote in the Book which is with Him in the highest heaven: ‘My mercy shall prevail over My wrath.’”

He also said: “God divided mercy into 100 parts, out of which he retained 99 parts with Him, and sent down one part to earth. From this one part emanates all the compassion that all of creation exercises toward one another, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof above its young lest it should get hurt…On Judgment Day, He will perfect and complete His mercy.” (That is, he will use all 100 parts of mercy for His servants on that day.) (Riyadh us-Saleheen, 1:419-420)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “If a young man honors an older person on account of his age, God will appoint someone to honor him when he attains old age.” (Riyadh us-Saleheen, 1:359)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Be in the world as though you were a stranger or wayfarer." (An-Nawawi's "Forty Hadith," Number 40 )

Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais (RA)

The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) SAID: " 'When two Muslims fight (meet) each other with their swords, both the murderer as well as the murdered will go to the Hell-fire.' I (the Ravi) said, 'O Rasulullah (SAW)! It is all right for the murderer but what about the murdered one?' Rasulullah (SAW) replied, "He surely had the intention to kill his companion." (Source: Sahi Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 30)

Aisha (may God be pleased with her), the wife of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), related the following: “A poor woman came to me along with her two daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a date to each of them and then she took one date and brought it to her mouth in order to eat, but her daughters expressed desire to eat it. She then divided the date that she intended to eat between them. This (kind) treatment impressed me and I mentioned what she did to the Holy Prophet (Muhammad). Thereupon he said: ‘Verily God has assured her Paradise because of (this act)...’” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1210)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun rises." He was then asked: "From what do we give charity every day?" The Prophet answered: "The doors of goodness are many...enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf, leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the feeble with the strength of one's arms--all of these are charity prescribed for you."

He also said: "Your smile for your brother is charity." (Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 98)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "If any Muslim plants something and a human being or animal eats of it, he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity." (Sahih Al-Bukhari Summarized, Hadith 2021)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "To administer justice between two people is charity." (Fiqh-us-Sunnah, 3:98)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "When a person dies, his actions come to an end, with three exceptions: Recurring charity (sadaqah jariyah*), knowledge from which benefit continues to be reaped and the prayers of his pious children for him." (Sahih Muslim) * Examples of sadaqah jariyah include the building of a school, a hospital or a charitable institution from which the community derives continuous benefit.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) quoted a person who will face severe punishment on Judgment day as saying: "I enjoined others to do good, but did not do it myself, and I forbade them to do evil, but did it myself." (Riyadh-us-Saleheen, Hadith 198)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Charity does not diminish wealth.” (Riyadh-us-Saleheen, Volume 1, Hadith 556)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded..." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, 1:38)

He also said: "...I have been sent with an easy and straight-forward religion." (Fiqh-us-Sunnah, 2:153)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "...you should show courtesy and be cordial with each other, so that nobody should consider himself superior to another nor do him harm." (Riyadh-us-Saleheen. Hadith 602)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The just and fair will be seated on chairs of light before God. Such people are those who decide with justice and deal justly in matters relating to their families and other affairs entrusted to them." (Riyadh-us-Saleheen, Hadith 650)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The just and fair will be seated on chairs of light before God. Such people are those who decide with justice and deal justly in matters relating to their families and other affairs entrusted to them." (Riyadh-us-Saleheen, Hadith 650)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Spread peace abroad, and you will remain safe." (Imam Bukhari's Book of Morals and Manners, Hadith 982)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said in his last sermon: "Know that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. You are all equal. Nobody has superiority over others except by piety and good action."

This Sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul Hijjah 10 A.H. in the Uranah Valley of mount Arafat. SEE: http://www.discoverislam.com/11.html

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "...you will not believe as long as you do not love one another." (Sahih Muslim, Hadith 19)

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