Hadith A Day

i get these hadith through my email regularly, so am going to start posting them here to share with you.


HONORING PARENTS

One companion asked, "O Apostle of God! Who is the person worthiest of my
consideration?" He replied, "Your mother." He asked again, "And second to my
mother?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The companion insisted, "And then?"
The Messenger of God said, "After your mother, your father."

Hadith of Bukhari and Muslim.

HADITH.

Allah's Messenger said: The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and
what it contains.
(Muslim number 354)

[-thetruth_]

"The world and all things in the world are precious but the most precious thing in the world is a virtuous woman. He once told the future khalif, 'Umar: "Shall I not inform you about the best treasure a man can hoard? It is a virtuous wife who pleases him whenever he looks towards her, and who guards herself when he is absent from her."
On other occasions the Prophet said:

"The best property a man can have is a remembering tongue (about Allah), a grateful heart and a believing wife who helps him in his faith." And again: "The world, the whole of it, is a commodity and the best of the commodities of the world is a virtuous wife."

[Khalidz]

The mercy of the merciful Prophet

A Bedouin came to Rasul Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and told him, "Give me from what Allah gave you, not from the wealth of your mother nor from the wealth of your father." The Sahaabah were furious at the man and step forward to discipline him for what he said. Rasul Allah commanded everyone to leave him.

Then by the hand, Rasul Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took him home, opened his door and said, "Take what you wish and leave what you wish." The man did so and after he completed, Rasul Allah asked him, "Have I honored you?" "Yes, by Allah,"
said the Bedouin. "Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah."

When the Sahabah heard of how the man changed, Rasul Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught them.

"Verily the example of myself, you and this Bedouin is that of a man who had his camel run away. The townspeople tried capturing the camel for him by running and shouting after the camel, only driving it further away. The man would shout, 'Leave me and my camel, I know my camel better.' Then he took some grass in his hand, ruffled it in front of the camel, until it came willingly.

'By Allah, had I left you to this Bedouin, you would have hit him, hurt him, he would have left without Islam and eventually have entered hellfire."

[Khalidz]

Hadhrat Umar (RA ) and an old woman

One night, when Umar Bin Al Khattab(may Allaah be pleased with him) was on his usual rounds in Madina, he saw an old woman busy cooking something while her children cried continuously. Feeling pity for them, Umar(may Allaah be pleased with him) asked why they were crying and the woman sadly told him that she had no food in the house and that there was only water in the pot on the fire. She was pretending to cook something until the children fell asleep. Umar was shocked by the misery he witnessed and thought, being the Caliph, he was responsible for this tragedy..

Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him)immediately hurried away with his servant to the state storehouse and came back carrying flour, butter, dates, clothes and money. He had even refused to let his servant carry anything saying that he was responsible for the welfare of his people and that his servant would not be there on the Day of Judgment to carry his sins.
Umar reached the woman’s house and started cooking the food himself. After every one had eaten, Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him)started playing with the little kids and crawling around them as if he was a horse making them laugh and giggle. And he said ‘I saw them crying and I hated to leave them until I saw them laugh.’
The woman replied: “May Allah bless you. You are better than Umar Bin Al Khattab himself.”
So he said: “And how is Umar supposed to know about you?”
She said: “He takes our welfare onto his shoulders (she is referring to him accepting the position of being Caliph) and forgets about us?
This made Umar cry and say: “All the people are more knowledgeable than Umar.”
Source: "Glimpses From the Lives of the Sahaba and Tabi'een, Umar Ibn Al Khattab." By Dr. M. Jilani. Taiba Publishers, 2003.

[Khalidz]

Advice to his daughters

The following incident took place when Muhammad Ali's daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were not modest. Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:

When we finally arrived, the chauffer escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father's suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day.

My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them."

He looked at me with serious eyes. "Your body is sacred. You're far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too." Source: Taken from the book: More Than A Hero: Muhammad Ali's Life Lessons Through His Daughter's Eyes.

[Ghazala]

What a lovely quote - makes sense too