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﴿ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ﴾

سورة الماعون

4. So woe unto those performers of Salât (prayers) (hypocrites),

﴿ لِنُرِيَكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا ٱلۡكُبۡرَى ﴾

سورة طه

That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

﴿ يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ لِيُرۡضُوكُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرۡضُوهُ إِن كَانُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ﴾

سورة التوبة

62. They swear by Allâh to you (Muslims) in order to please you, but it is more fitting that they should please Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), if they are believers.

﴿ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرۡحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ﴾

سورة التوبة

The believers, both men and women, are allies of one another; they enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, they establish prayer, give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. It is they who will receive Allah’s mercy, for Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

﴿ وَأَنفِقُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تُلۡقُواْ بِأَيۡدِيكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلتَّهۡلُكَةِ وَأَحۡسِنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ﴾

سورة البقرة

195. And spend in the Cause of Allâh (i.e. Jihâd of all kinds) and do not throw yourselves into destruction (by not spending your wealth in the Cause of Allâh), and do good. Truly, Allâh loves Al-Muhsinûn [43] (the good-doers).

﴿ فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ﴾

سورة العنكبوت

40. So We punished each (of them) for his sins; of them were some on whom We sent Hâsib (a violent wind with shower of stones) [as on the people of Lût (Lot)], and of them were some who were overtaken by As-Saihah [torment - awful cry. (as Thamûd or Shu‘aib’s people)], and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow [as Qârûn (Korah)], and of them were some whom We drowned [as the people of Nûh (Noah), or Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his people]. It was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.

﴿ بِئۡسَمَا ٱشۡتَرَوۡاْ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمۡ أَن يَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغۡيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٖۚ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ﴾

سورة البقرة

How miserable is the price for which they sold their souls – disbelieving in Allah’s revelation out of jealous hatred that Allah would send down His grace to whom He wills of His slaves! Thus they have incurred wrath upon wrath[41], and for the disbelievers, there will be a disgracing punishment.

﴿ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَرِهُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ﴾

سورة محمد

9. That is because they hate that which Allâh has sent down (this Qur’ân and Islâmic laws, etc.); so He has made their deeds fruitless.

﴿ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ تَوۡصِيَةٗ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ﴾

سورة يس

50. Then they will not be able to make bequest, nor they will return to their family.

﴿ وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ﴾

سورة الحجر

No messenger came to them except that they ridiculed him.

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Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: My father's mutilated body was brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and placed in front of him. I went to uncover his face but my people stopped me. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels continue to shade him with their wings."

Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn Harām al-Ansāri, the father of Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him), was brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the battle of Uhud. On that day, the disbelievers mutilated the bodies of the Muslims killed in that battle. When ‘Abdullāh's body was placed in front of the Prophet, Jābir wanted to uncover his face in agony for what the disbelievers had done with his body. However, his people stopped him from that and the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: The angels are still shading him with their wings, as an honor and tribute to him.

Abu Muhammad Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are forty good qualities, the best of which is the lending of a milch goat. Whoever carries out any of these virtuous deeds seeking its reward (from Allah) with firm confidence that he will receive it, Allah will admit him to Paradise."

Narrated by Bukhari

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encourages his Ummah to do goodness that involves, as he mentioned, forty good qualities. He mentioned only one quality, which is the best of them, and kept the rest unknown. This quality is the case when a sheep owner lends a poor person a milch goat to benefit from its milk and return it after meeting his/her need to its owner. This Hadīth indicates that righteous deeds are easy and numerous, and thus people should compete in doing them.

Abdullāh ibn Busr al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of people is the one whose life is long and his deeds are good."

Narrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Ahmad - Ad-Daarimi

Hadīth explanation: The longer a person lives while being obedient to Allah, the closer he becomes to Allah, because every good deed that he does in his long life brings him closer to Allah. Hence, the best of people is the one who attained these two: long life and good deeds. Having a long life is not good for a person unless his deeds are good and are done in obedience to Allah. Sometimes, a long life could be evil for someone and a source of harm for him, as mentioned in another Hadīth, where the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "Who is the best of people?" He said: "The one who lives long and his deeds are good." He was then asked: "And who is the worst of people?" He said: "The one who lives long and his deeds are bad" [Abu Dawūd and At-Tirmidhi; classified as Sahīh by Al-Albān]. Allah, the Almighty, says: {And let not those who disbelieve ever think that when We extend their time, it is good for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment} [Sūrat Āl-‘Imrān: 178]. The fact that Allah gives those disbelievers respite in terms of a long life, sustenance, health, children, and wives, is not good for them; rather it is bad for them - we seek refuge in Allah from that - because they increase in sin thereby. At-Tayyebi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Times and hours (to a person) are like the capital of a trader, so he should trade in what yields profit. The more capital he invests, the more profit he makes. Whoever works for what benefits him, wins and attains success; and whoever wastes his capital, incurs an evident loss."

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A person who is disheveled, dusty and driven away from doors (maybe so close to Allah) that if he swears by Allah, He will definitely fulfill it for him."

Narrated by Muslim

"A disheveled, dusty and driven away from doors person (maybe so close to Allah) that if he swears by Allah, He would definitely fulfill it for him." He is disheveled because he does not own anything to oil or comb his hair with, nor does he care about his appearance. His body and clothes are dusty due to his extreme poverty. He is driven away from doors because he is of no social standing, so if he knocks on someone's door, they do not let him in; rather, they turn him away because he has no value to them. However, he has value in the sight of Allah, to the level that if he were to swear by Allah, Allah would answer him. In other words, if he says: "By Allah, such and such will or will not happen", it indeed will or will not happen. Allah grants him what he swears by because of his honorable status with Allah. The scale to measure someone's status in Allah's sight is his piety and mindfulness of Allah, as Allah says in the Qur'an: {Indeed the best amongst you in the sight of Allah are the most pious amongst you} [Sūrat al-Hujurāt: 13]. The more pious a person is, the more honored he is in Allah's sight. Allah will makes his affairs easy, answers his supplication, relieve his distress, and grant him what he swears by. That pious person would not swear by Allah regarding injustice towards anyone. He would not dare to challenge Allah in His dominion. He only swears by Allah regarding what pleases Allah or in lawful things, out of his confidence and reliance upon Allah, the Almighty.

Abu Yahya Khuraym ibn Fātik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever spends something in the cause of Allah, it will be recorded for him as much as seven hundred times.”

Narrated by At-Termedhy - An-Nasaa’i - Narrated by Ahmad

Spending anything small or little in the cause of Allah, be that in jihad or in anything that is good or helps obey Allah, yields multiplied reward up to seven hundred times on the Day of Judgment.

‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "No Muslim visits a (sick) Muslim early in the morning but seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him until evening comes, and if he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels will send blessings upon him until morning comes, and he will have a share of reaped fruits in Paradise.”

Narrated by Ibn Majah - Narrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Abu Daoud - Narrated by Ahmad

This Hadīth proves that when a person visits his sick Muslim brother, it is as if he is in the fruitful gardens of Paradise, and Allah's blessings are numerous. It is proof that visiting the sick is a virtuous deed. If it takes place in the morning, then his reward will be that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him until evening comes, and if it takes place in the evening, his reward will be that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him until morning comes.

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw a man enjoying himself in Paradise for cutting a tree that was in the middle of the road and harming Muslims.'' Another narration reads: "A man passed by a branch of a tree lying in the middle of a road, so he said: 'By Allah, I will move this away from the path of Muslims so that it would not harm them.' So he was admitted to Paradise.'' A third narration reads: "While a man was walking on a road, he saw a thorny branch on the road and he removed it, so Allah was thankful to him so He granted him forgiveness.''

Muslim with its two versions - Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man moving around in Paradise because of cutting a tree that was harming Muslims. Another narration of the Hadīth says that a man was admitted to Paradise and Allah granted him forgiveness because of a branch that he removed from the path of Muslims, whether the branch was dangling from a tree and harming their heads or lying on the road and harming their legs. He removed it away from their path, so Allah was thankful to him for doing that and He admitted him into Paradise.

Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: 'It was said to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him): "What do you think of a man who does a good deed and people praise him for it?" He said: "That is instant good news for the believer."

Narrated by Muslim

Here we are told of a man who does a righteous deed for the sake of Allah, without intending it for others. People, however, commend him and say that he is a charitable person, etc. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) says that such an appreciation is an instant good news for the believer, because people are witnesses over Allah's creation, so their testimony does count. That is why when a coffin passed by the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions spoke well of the deceased, he said that they confirmed that he would be admitted to Paradise. Also, when another coffin passed by him and the Companions spoke badly of the deceased, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that they confirmed that he would be admitted to Hell. In both cases, he justified that people are Allah's witnesses on earth. So, the commendation that a believer gets from people for the good thing that he does is an instant good news for him in the world. However, the one who does something ostentatiously to draw people's attention and favorable remarks, has thus associated partners with Allah. This is what makes the other sincere person greatly different from him.

Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If a slave serves his master sincerely and worships Allah properly, he will have a double reward.'" Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A slave who worships his Lord properly and discharges his duties towards his master, and is sincere and obedient to him will get a double reward."

Al-Bukhari and Muslim with its two versions

If a slave carries out his duties towards his master, serving and obeying him in what is good and being sincere to him, and performs the obligations and shuns the prohibitions laid down by Allah, the Almighty, he shall have a double reward on the Day of Judgment. This is because he is under two obligations: 1. To fulfill the rights of his master, and if he does so, he will get a reward. 2. To obey his Lord, and if he does so, he will get a reward.

Ma‘qil ibn Yasār (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Worship during times of turmoil is like emigration to me.”

Narrated by Muslim