Introduction (cont.)

778 "Q MY SERVANTS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HARM ME SO AS BRING TO ME ANY HARM, AND YOU WILL NOT ABLE TO BENEFIT ME SO AS TO BRING ME ANY BENEFIT." .................................... ... 782 "Q MY SERVANTS, IF THE FIRST AND LAST OF YOU AND THE HUMAN AND JINN OF YOU WERE AS PIOUS AS THE MOST PIOUS HEART OF ANYONE AMONG YOU, THAT WOULD NOT ADD ANYTHING TO MY DOMINION. 0 MY SERVANTS ... THAT WOULD NOT DECREASE ANYTHING FROM MY DOMINION.". 783 "Q MY SERVANTS, IF THE FIRST AND LAST OF YOU AND THE HUMAN AND JINN OF YOU WERE TO GATHER TOGETHER ON A PIECE OF LAND AND ALL ASK OF ME ... ANY MORE THAN A NEEDLE DECREASES WHAT IS IN THE OCEAN WHEN IT IS PUT INTO IT." ............................................................... 784 "Q MY SERVANTS, IT IS BUT YOUR DEEDS THAT I RECKON FOR YOU. THEN I RECOMPENSE YOU FOR THEM.11 ... .. ................................................................................................................. 785 "THE ONE WHO FINDS GOOD SHOULD GIVE PRAISES TO ALLAH." ................. .......................... 786 "THE ONE WHO FINDS OTHER THAN THAT SHOULD NOT BLAME ANYONE BUT HIMSELF." ............ 787 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH .. ....................................................................... 790 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ............................................................................................ 794 HADITH #25 ACTS OF CHARITY ................................................................................ 795 SELECTED VOCABULARY ............................................................................ .................... 796 TAKHREEJ .............................................. ..................................................................... 796 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ....................................................................... 797 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU DHARR ........................... .................................................... 797 "SOME OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM) SAID ... 11 ...................................................................................................... 798 ''THEY ALSO GIVE IN CHARITY FROM THEIR EXTRA WEALTH." ................................................. 800 x Table of Contents "HAS NOT ALLAH MADE THINGS FOR YOU TO DO IN CHARITY?" ............................................. 801 " VERILY, EVERY TASBEEHAH IS A CHARITABLE ACT, EVERY TAKBEERAH IS A CHARITABLE ACT, EVERY TAHMEEDAH IS A CHARITABLE ACT, EVERY TAHLEELAH IS A CHARITABLE ACT." •••••••••••••••.••........ 804 "ORDERING GOOD IS A CHARITABLE ACT, FORBIDDING EVIL IS A CHARITABLE ACT" •.••••••••••••••••.•. 805 "HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH YOUR WIFE IS A CHARITABLE ACT." ............................••• 806 "THEY SAID, '0 MESSENGER OF ALLAH, WHEN ONE OF US FULFILLS HIS DESIRE, HE WILL HAVE A REWARD FOR THAT?' ... " .....•..........................•..........•........................•.•.••••••••••••••••••••••• 808 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH .......•...•.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••.•....................... 809 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH .............................•.....................•••••••••••.••••••••••••••..•.......... 812 HADITH #26 A CHARITABLE ACT UPON EVERY BONE .............................................. 813 SELECTED VOCABULARY •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•.••••......••.•..•...............................•.......•....••• 813 TAKHREEJ ................................................••.•••..••••••••••••••••••••••••••...•...•......................... 814 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ....•.•........................................................•••••••• 815 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU HURAIRA •••.•••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••...••...........• 816 "EVERY JOINT OF EVERYONE HAS UPON IT A [RECOMMENDED] CHARITY FOR EVERY DAY UPON WHICH THE SUN RISES." •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•.••••.••••.•.••...•..•...•.•......•........•.•........................••••• 816 "BRINGING ABOUT JUSTICE BETWEEN TWO IS AN ACT OF CHARITY." •.•..•.•................•.•......••..•• 822 "HELPING A MAN GET ON HIS MOUNT ...

IS A CHARITABLE ACT." ..........••.••••••••.••••••••••••••.••••••• 823 "A GOOD WORD IS A CHARITABLE ACT" •••••••.••••••••••...•....•..................•............•.••.•••••••••• 823 "EVERY STEP YOU TAKE TOWARD THE PRAYER IS A CHARITABLE ACT." ..................••••••••.•.......•. 824 "AND REMOVING A HARMFUL THING FROM THE PATH IS A CHARITABLE ACT" •••••••••••••••..••••...•.. 824 THE DHUHA PRAYER •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••....•............•..•..•••••••••• 825 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH .....•.•........•......•..........•.......••.••.••••••••••••••••.•..... 827 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ....................................•........•............•.......••.••••••••••.•......... 829 HADITH #27 "RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GOOD CHARACTER ... " ......................................... 831 SELECTED VOCABULARY .•..•..•..••....•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••...........•....•.•• 832 TAKHREEJ ............................................ ........ ................................ ............................... 832 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ...................... ................................................. 834 ABOUT THE NARRATOR (I): AL-NAWWAAS IBN SAMAAN ••••••...•...•..........•.............•.••••••••••• 834 ABOUT THE NARRATOR {II): WAABISAH IBN MABAD .......................................................... 834 "RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GOOD CHARACTER." ........... ......................................................... ..... 834 "SIN IS THAT WHICH WAVERS IN YOUR SOUL AND WHICH YOU DISLIKE THE PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT." •.••.••.••••••.•................................................•.....•.••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••....•. 844 HE SAID, "You HAVE COME TO ASK ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SINFULNESS?" •••••••••••••••••••••• 845 "CONSULT YOUR HEART.11 ................................................................................ .............. 846 "RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ...

AND SIN IS ...

" ..................•.................•••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 846 "EVEN IF THE PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN YOU [THEIR] VERDICT ON IT AND [CONTINUE] TO GIVE YOU [THEIR] VERDICT." ..•.....•..••••.••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••..•.•••....................••..•••••••• 847 "THIS IS A HASAN HADITH. WE HAVE TRANSMITIED IT IN THE TWO MUSNADS OF THE TWO IMAMS AHMAD IBN HANBAL AND AL-DAARIMI WITH A GOOD (HASAN) CHAIN." •••••••••••••••............•...•. 852 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ......................................... ........................... ..... 855 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH .......................................... .................................................. 856 xi Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi HADITH #28 "I ADVISE YOU TO HAVE TAQWA. .. " .................................................... 857 SELECTED VOCABULARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 TAKHREEJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . 858 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: AL-IRBAAD IBN SAARIYAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., ................................. 859