50 Short Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad

General Short Hadiths From Sahih Al-bukhari and Sahih Muslim

1. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship from the hardships of this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes it easy for a person in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for him in the world and the Hereafter. Whoever conceals a Muslim, Allah will conceal him in the world and the Hereafter. Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother. Whoever follows a path to seek knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather in a house among the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that tranquility descends upon them, mercy envelops them, angels surround them, and Allah mentions them to those with Him. And whoever is slowed down by his deeds will not be hastened forward by his lineage. However, the hadith of Abu Usamah does not include the mention of making things easy for the one in difficulty".
2. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The chief of supplications for forgiveness is to say: 'O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I am upon Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for there is none who forgives sins except You'".
3. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden".
4. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, while there is good in both. Be eager for what benefits you, seek help from Allah, and do not be frustrated. If a misfortune happens to you, do not say, 'If only I had done such and such,' but rather say, 'This is from Allah's destiny, and He does what He wills'. For if opens the door for the Shaytan".
5. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The example of a believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron, which smells good and tastes good. The believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date which has no smell but tastes sweet".
6. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Every person in my Ummah will enter Paradise except those who refuse". They said, "O Messenger of Allah, who will refuse?" He said, "Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me has refused".
7. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "There is no envy except in two cases: a man whom Allah has given the Qur'an and he recites it during the night and day, and his neighbor hears him, and a man whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it in the way of Allah, and a man hears of it and says, 'If I had wealth like so-and-so, I would also spend it in the way of Allah'".
8. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Every morning, two angels come down and one of them says, 'O Allah, compensate every person who spends in Your cause,' and the other says, 'O Allah, destroy every miser'".
9. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Allah says: 'I am the most independent of partners. Whoever performs an action in which he associates others with Me, I abandon him and his shirk'".
10. It was narrated from Aisha, the mother of the believers, that she said: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, never left praying four Rak'ahs before Zuhr prayer and two Rak'ahs before Fajr prayer".
11. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Whoever stands (in prayer) during the Night of Al-Qadr with faith and seeking his reward, his previous sins will be forgiven".
12. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The best among you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it".
13. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Two words are light on the tongue, heavy on the scales, and beloved to the Most Merciful: SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi, SubhanAllahil 'Azim".
14. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Whoever memorizes ten verses from the beginning of Surah Al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal (Anti-Christ)".
15. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The Messenger of Allah cursed men who imitate women, and women who imitate men".
16. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced! It was said, "Who, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "The one who finds his parents in old age, one or both of them, but does not enter Paradise by serving them".
17. A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him: "O Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my good companionship?" He said, "Your mother". The man asked, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother". The man asked, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother". The man asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then your father".
18. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Is anyone of you incapable of earning one thousand Hasanah (rewards) a day?" Someone from the gathering asked, "How can one earn a thousand Hasanah?" He replied, "Glorify Allah a hundred times by saying Subhanallah, one thousand Hasanah will be recorded for you or one thousand sins will be blotted out".

Short Hadiths about the Virtue of Knowledge and Work

In the Prophetic tradition, several hadiths are emphasizing the importance of seeking knowledge and performing righteous deeds. Among these hadiths are the following:

1. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him".
2. Jabir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Ask Allah for beneficial knowledge and seek refuge with Allah from knowledge that is of no benefit".
3. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: "There will come a people who will seek knowledge. When you see them, greet them with 'Welcome, welcome, to the heirs of the Messenger of Allah. Encourage and help them'".
4. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Whoever comes to my mosque for no other reason than to learn or teach what is good, then he is in the rank of a fighter in the cause of Allah. And whoever comes for any other reason, it is as if he looks at the wealth of others".
5. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "May Allah brighten a man who hears a saying of ours and memorizes it until he conveys it to others. Perhaps he who carries knowledge is not a scholar, and perhaps the one who carries knowledge is more knowledgeable than him".
6. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim".
7. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The superiority of knowledge is more beloved to me than the superiority of worship, and the best of your religion is piety".
8. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "O Allah, bless my nation in its early mornings". He used to send out military detachments or armies in the early morning. He also mentioned, "Sa'd was a man who used to be a merchant. Whenever he sent out a trade caravan, he would send it out in the early morning, and he became rich and had much wealth".
9. The Prophet, peace be upon him, passed by a man and saw the companions of the Messenger of Allah -peace be upon him- toiling hard while working, and they saw that the man's skin and flesh were active. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, if only this were in the way of Allah". He replied, "If he went out to strive to provide for his young children, he is in the way of Allah. If he went out to strive to provide for his aged parents, he is in the way of Allah. If he went out to strive to provide for himself to avoid begging, he is in the way of Allah. If he went out to show off and boast, he is in the way of Satan".
10. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Allah loves that when one of you does something, he does it excellently".
11. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "If the Hour comes while you have a palm-cutting in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it".
12. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "To take a rope and bring a bundle of wood on one's back is better for one of you than to ask someone who may give to you or deny you".

Short Hadiths about the Delights of Paradise

Many hadiths have been narrated that describe the beauty and pleasures of Paradise. Here are some of these hadiths:

1. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Verily, in Paradise, there is a market that is visited every Friday by the wind from the north. It blows on their faces and garments, and increases them in beauty and elegance. They then return to their families, with increased beauty and elegance. Their families say to them: 'By Allah, you have increased in beauty and elegance since you left us'. They reply: 'And so have you, by Allah, increased in beauty and elegance since we left you'".
2. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Verily, Paradise has one hundred grades which Allah has reserved for the Mujahideen in His cause. The distance between each of the two grades is like the distance between the heavens and the earth. So, when you ask Allah, ask for Al-Firdaws, for it is the middle and highest part of Paradise, and above it is the Throne of the Most Merciful, and from it spring the rivers of Paradise".
3. Some of the companions of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them, asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, tell us about Paradise. What is it built of?" He said, "Bricks of gold and silver, and mortar of fragrant musk. Its pebbles are pearls and rubies, and its soil is saffron. Whoever enters it will be in a state of bliss and will not experience any misery. He will live forever and will not die. Their garments will not wear out, and their youth will not fade away".
4. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The people of Paradise will see the dwellers in the chambers above them in the same way as one sees a star in the east or in the west on the horizon, because of the superiority some have over others. They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, those are the dwellings of the prophets which no one else can attain'. He replied, 'Yes, by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, men who believed in Allah and acknowledged the truthfulness of the messengers'".
5. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The first group to enter Paradise will be in the form of the full moon on a night when it is full, and those who follow them will be like the brightest star in the sky. Each person among them will have two wives, and the marrow of their shanks will glimmer beneath the flesh. There will be none unmarried in Paradise".
6. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The space of a whip in Paradise is better than the whole world and whatever is in it. If one of the women of Paradise were to look at the earth, she would fill the space between them with light, and she would fill the space between them with fragrance. And the scarf on her head is better than the world and whatever is in it".
7. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "In Paradise, there are eight gates, among which is a gate called Ar-Rayyan. None but those who observe fasting will enter it".

Short Hadiths about the Virtue of Remembrance

Many hadiths from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) demonstrate the virtue of remembering Allah and encourage it. Here are some of these hadiths:

1. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Two words are light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, and beloved to the Most Merciful: SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi, SubhanAllahil 'Adheem (Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him, Glory is to Allah, the Most Great)".
2. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Shall I not inform you of the best of your actions, which is the purest to your Lord, which raises your rank the highest, which is better for you than spending gold and silver, and better for you than meeting your enemies, so that you strike their necks and they strike yours?" The companions said, "Certainly, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet said: "Remembering Allah".
3. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "To say SubhanAllah (Glory is to Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise is to Allah), La ilaha illallah (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah), and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest), is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises".
4. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever glorifies Allah thirty-three times, praises Allah thirty-three times, and exalts Allah thirty-three times after every prayer, that makes ninety-nine, and completes one hundred by saying La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shay'in Qadeer (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, alone without partner, to Him belongs the dominion and the praise, and He is Able to do all things), his sins will be forgiven even if they are as abundant as the foam of the sea".
5. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever says La ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shay'in Qadeer (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, alone without partner, to Him belongs the dominion and the praise, and He is Able to do all things) one hundred times in a day, he will have a reward equivalent to freeing ten slaves, and a hundred good deeds will be written for him, and a hundred bad deeds will be wiped away from him, and it will be a protection for him from Satan on that day until evening. No one will do anything better than what he does except someone who does more than that".

Short Hadiths about the Virtue of Charity

Numerous hadiths from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) emphasize the virtue of charity and encourage it. Here are some of these hadiths:

1. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said regarding the seven people whom Allah will shade under His shade on the Day when there will be no shade except His: "And a man who gives in charity and conceals it, so much so that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given".
2. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Every morning two angels come down from heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah, give in compensation to the one who spends (in charity),' and the other says, 'O Allah, destroy the one who withholds (charity) until morning'".
3. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "This world is for four kinds of people: One, a slave of Allah who is given wealth and knowledge and he fears his Lord regarding them, joins family ties, and acknowledges the rights of Allah over them, so this is the best rank. Another is a slave of Allah who is given knowledge but not wealth, so he says, 'Had I been given wealth, I would have done the same as so-and-so does'. He does not do (good) deeds, so this is the worst rank. Another is a slave of Allah who is given wealth but not knowledge, so he spends his wealth frivolously without knowledge and does not fear Allah regarding it, nor does he join family ties nor acknowledge the right of Allah over it, so this is the worst rank. Another is a slave of Allah who is given neither wealth nor knowledge, so he says, 'Had I possessed wealth, I would have done the same as so-and-so does,' and if he had said the truth, this would have been done for him".
4. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "If you want to soften your heart, then feed the needy and stroke the head of the orphan".
5. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "A man's charity given in secret extinguishes his sins, just as water extinguishes fire".
6. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "There is no day on which the people get up but two angels come down and one of them says, 'O Allah, give in compensation to the one who spends (in charity),' and the other says, 'O Allah, destroy the one who withholds (charity)'".
7. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Charity does not decrease wealth".
8. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Treat your sick ones with charity".

Short Hadiths about Good Character

Numerous hadiths from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) encourage good character and emphasize its importance. Here are some of these hadiths:

1. It is reported from Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Prophet (peace be upon him) was not obscene nor did he utter obscenities, and he used to say: 'Among the best of you are those with the best manners'".
2. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Nothing is heavier on the scale of deeds than one's good manners".
3. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Among the most beloved of you to me and the closest to me in sitting on the Day of Resurrection are those of you with the best manners".
4. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, the believer reaches, with his good manners, the rank of one who fasts and prays (at night)".
5. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The most complete of the believers in faith are those with the best manners".
6. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The most beloved of Allah's servants to Allah are those with the best manners".
7. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was asked about that which admits most people into Paradise, so he replied: "Fear of Allah and good manners".
8. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "I was sent to perfect good manners".