Hadith Qudsi 1
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which
is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 2:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he
had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not
remake me as He made me at first (1) - and the initial creation [of him] is no
easier for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah
has taken to Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot
not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 3:
On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him),
who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led
the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night.
When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he
faced the people and said to them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They
said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: This morning one of my
servants became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We
have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in
Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given
rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the
stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement
of stars. This Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct
cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the
Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 4:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My
hand is the night and the day (1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes
that are part of Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
Hadith Qudsi 5:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who
does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action
renounced by Me to him whom he associated with Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 6:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I
heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of
Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will
make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will
say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died
a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said
[of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a
man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to
recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His
favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do
about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I
recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
[religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you
recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was
said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He
had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to
his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what
did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like
money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have
lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And
so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he
is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 7:
On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I
heard the messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the
call to prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at
this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer and performs the prayers; he
is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to
Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of authorities.
Hadith Qudsi 8:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1)
during it is deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete.
Someone said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said:
Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have
divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant
shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi
l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me.
And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah
says: My servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My servant has
submitted to My power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6),
He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he
has asked for. And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an
amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for
My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have
bestowed favors, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are
astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and
Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 9:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on
the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will
have prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed
and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord
(glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory
prayers with which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory
prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and
Ahmad)
Hadith Qudsi 10:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual
passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he
who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets
his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in
Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and
Ibn Majah).