Woking Mosque

Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)

The most perfect of the believers in faith are the best of them in morals.  And the best among them are those who are best to their wives (Mosnad Ahmad, #7354 & Tirmizi, #1162).

   None of you believes (completely) until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself (Bukhari, #13 & Muslim, #45).

 "You will not enter paradise until you have faith; and you will not complete your faith till you love one another." (Muslim)

The believers, in their love, mercy, and kindness to one another are like a body: if any part of it is ill, the whole body shares its sleeplessness and fever (Muslim, #2586 & Bukhari, #6011).

 "Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind." (Muslims & Bukhari)

  "Who is the most favoured of Allah? He, from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures." (Bukhari)  

A Muslim who plants a tree or sows a field, from which man, birds and animals can eat, is committing an act of charity. (Muslim)

God does not judge you according to your appearance and your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and looks into your deeds (Muslim, #2564).

 "He, who wishes to enter paradise at the best gate, must please his father and mother." (Bukhari & Muslim)

"No believer should be angry with his wife. If some of her qualities are displeasing, there will be many other qualities worth appreciation" (Ibid)

"He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old(Ibn Abbas: Tirmidhi)

 "Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms." (Muslim)

 Whoever believes in God and the Last Day (the Day of Judgment) should do good to his neighbour (Muslim, #48, & Bukhari, #6019).

 "The perfect Muslim is not a perfect Muslim, who eats till he is full and leaves his neighbors hungry." (Ibn Abbas: Baihaqi)

  The merciful are shown mercy by the All-Merciful.  Show mercy to those on earth, and God will show mercy to you (Tirmizi, #1924 & Abu-Dawood, #4941).

 "Acquire knowledge, it enables its professor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude and companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament amongst friends and an armour against enemies." (widely attributed to the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh))

"The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self (ie self rectification/purification)." (Bukhari)

 "When Allah created his creatures He wrote above His throne: 'Verily, my Compassion overcomes my wrath." (Bukhari & Muslim)

" 'Son, if you are able, keep your heart from morning till night and from night till morning free from malice towards anyone.' Then the Prophet said: 'O my son! This is one of my laws, and he, who loves my laws verily loves me.' " (Bukhari)

"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith." (Muslim)

 "When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those, who have been given less." (Muslim)

 "It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better than idle words." (Bukhari)

"The best richness is the richness of the soul." (at the field of Tabuk, Syria, Rajab 9 A.H.: Bukhari)

"Keep yourselves far from envy; because it eats up and takes away good actions, like a fire eats up and burns wood." (Abu Daud)

"Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two things better than these." (Bukhari)

"Verily, Allah is mild and is fond of mildness, and He gives to the mild what He does not give to the harsh." (Muslim)

 “ The strong is not the one who over comes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger." (Narrated by Abu Huraira (R.A.)

 "Once the Prophet was asked:'Tell us, which action is dearest to Allah?' He answered:'To say your prayer at its proper time.' Again he was asked: 'What comes next?' Mohammed said: 'To show kindness to parents.' 'Then what?' he was asked, 'To strive for the cause of Allah!' " (Ibn Masad: Bukhari)

  "When two persons are together, two of them must no whisper to each other, without letting the third hear; because it would hurt him." (Bukhari & Muslim)

 "Verily, it is one of the respects to Allah to honor an old man." (Bukhari)

"Strive always to excel in virtue and truth." (Bukhari)

 "Allah is One and likes Unity." (Muslim)

"Oppression will produce excessive darkness on the Day of Resurrection." (Bukhari, Muslim).

"The best of alms is that, which the right hand gives and the left hand knows not of." (Bukhari)

"Do not be a people without a will of your own saying: If others treat well you will also treat well and if they do wrong we will do wrong; but accustom yourselves to do good if people do good and do not do wrong if they do evil." (Sunan At-Tirmidhî)

"Be not like the hypocrite who, when he talks, tells lies; when he gives a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he proves dishonest." (Bukhari & Muslim)

"The proof of a Muslim's sincerity is, that he pays no heed to that, which is not his business." (Abu Hureira: Tirmidhi)

 "What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured." (Bukhari)

A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that (Bukhari 4:#538, Narrated Abu Huraira).

Once the Prophet was seated at some place in Madinah, along with his Companions. During this time a funeral procession passed by. On seeing this, the Prophet stood up. One of his companions remarked that the funeral was that of a Jew. The Prophet replied, "Was he not a human being?" (Sahîh Bukhârî, Sahîh Muslim, Sunan An-Nasâ'î)

A disbelieving Bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Apostle ordered them to leave him alone, let him finish and pour water over the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet then explained to the Bedouin calmly, "This is a place of worship, in it is the worship of God and the woking of Qur'an." After the Bedouin had left, the Prophet then said to his companions, " You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have not been sent to make things difficult for them." (Sahîh Bukhârî, Sahîh Muslim)

'There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor for a fair-skinned person over a person with dark skin, nor for a dark-skinned person over a person with fair skin. Whoever is more pious and God-fearing is more deserving of honour.' (Musnad Ahmad)

'Blessed is he who preoccupies himself with his own defects, rather than those of others.' (Musnad Al-Bazzâr)

 'The religion (of Islam) is easy. No one ever made it difficult without it becoming too much for him. So avoid extremes and strike a balance, do the best you can and be cheerful, and seek Allah's help (through prayer) in the morning, and evening, and part of the night.' (Sahîh Bukhârî)

'Charity (sadaqah) is due upon every joint of a person on every day that the sun rises. Administering justice between two people is an act of charity; and to help a man concerning his riding beast by helping him on to it or lifting his luggage on to it is an act of charity; a good word is charity; and every step which you take to prayer is charity; and removing that which is harmful from the road is charity.' (Sahîh Bukhârî)

'A truthful and trustworthy merchant will be in the company of the prophets, the very truthful, and the martyrs.' (Sunan At-Tirmidhî, Sunan Ad-Dârimî, Sunan Ad-Dâraqutnî)

Pay the worker his wage before his sweat dries (Ibn Majah, #2443).

'Anyone who kills even a sparrow for no reason (should know that) it will cry alound to Allah on the Day of the Resurrection, saying, "O my Lord! So-and-so killed me just for fun; he killed me for no reason!" ' (Sunan An-Nasâ'î)

Smiling at your brother is charity (Tirmizi, #1956).

A good word is charity (Muslim, #1009 & Bukhari, #2989).

  "Conduct yourself in this world, as if you are here to stay forever; prepare for eternity as if you have to die tomorrow." (Bukhari)

"Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know." (Bukhari)

 "The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way." (Tirmidhi)