Hadith Qudsi 11: On the
authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Spend (on charity), O son of
Adam, and I shall spend on you. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
Hadith Qudsi 12: On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) said: A man from among those who were before you was called
to account. Nothing in the way of good was found for him except that he used to
have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he would order his servants to
let off the man in straitened circumstances [from repaying his debt]. He (the
Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are worthier than you of that (of
being so generous). Let him off. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari
and an-Nasa'i). Hadith Qudsi 13: On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah
be pleased with him), who said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and there came to him two men: one of
them was complaining of penury (being very poor), while the other was
complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it will be but a short
time before a caravan will [be able to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for
penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his
charity around without finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1) one of you
will surely stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him and him, nor
an interpreter to translate for him. Then He will say to him: Did I not bring
you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not send to you a
messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his right and will see
nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his left and will see nothing but
Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself against Hell-fire, be it with even
half a date - and if he finds it not, then with a kind word. (1) i.e. at the
time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari. Hadith Qudsi 14: On the
authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
who said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove
about seeking out gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit
with them and fold their wings round each other, fillin that which is between
them and between the lowest heaven. When [the people in the gathering] depart,
[the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is most knowing about
them: From where have you come? And they say: We have come from some servants of
Yours on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu
akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising
You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what do they
ask of Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He says: And have they seen
My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be were they to
have seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask protection of You. He says: From
what do they ask protection of Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He
says: And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how would it
be were they to have seen My Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your
forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have forgiven them
and I have bestowed upon them what they have asked for,and I have granted them
sanctuary from that from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h)
said: They say: O Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was
merely passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And He
says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with such people
shall not suffer. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and
an-Nasa'i). Hadith Qudsi 15: On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah the Almighty
said: I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of
Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and
if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble
better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a
fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed. (1)
Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to
be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the
Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and
merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to
mock the Almighty. It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and
Ibn-Majah). Hadith Qudsi 16: On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be
pleased with them both), from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings
he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted be He) is that He said: 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. It was
related by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Hadith Qudsi 17: On the authority of Abu Dharr
al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH) is that among
the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) 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 will not attain benefitting 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 be
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 that 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 finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but himself. It was
related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah). Hadith Qudsi 18: On the
authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the
Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will
say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He
will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you
visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found
Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will
say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He
will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you
fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found
that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to
drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You
to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so
asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him
to drink you would have surely found that with Me. It was related by Muslim.
Hadith Qudsi 19: On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) said: Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who
competes with Me in respect of either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire. It
was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of
authority. This Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version. Hadith Qudsi
20: On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said
that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: The gates of Paradise will be opened on
Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant [of Allah] who associates nothing
with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against his
brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are
reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled. It was related by Muslim
(also by Malik and Abu Dawud).