Fazaail A’maal

Hazrat Ali bin Ma’bad (rahimahullah) was a Muhaddith. He says: I was living in a rented house, and I once wrote something which I needed to dry quickly. The house walls were made of mud, and when I intended to scrape off a little mud to dry up the ink, …

Once, Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was given some milk to drink. When he drank it, he found that it tasted different. Upon asking the person who presented the milk to him how he had acquired it, the person replied, “The camels given in sadaqah were grazing in the desert, and …

There was once a famine in Egypt during the time of Abdul Hamid bin Sa’d (rahimahullah) who was the governor of Egypt. Abdul Hamid said to himself, “I shall prove to shaitaan that I am his enemy (i.e. I shall beat shaitaan when he tries to stop me from spending …

Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had a slave who used to give him a portion of his daily wages after working. Once, he brought him some food and Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) ate a morsel from it. The slave said, “Everyday, you ask me from which source I acquired …

Once, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) spent the entire night turning from side to side, being unable to sleep. His respected wife asked him, “O Rasul of Allah! It seems that you are unable to sleep tonight?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “A date was lying about, so I picked it …

The habits and ways of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) are worthy of being emulated, as they were the people specially chosen by Allah Ta‘ala to be the companions of His beloved Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “I have been sent in the best period of human …

عَنْ اَبِيْ بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِلَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَالْاِسْتِغْفَارِ فَاَكْثِرُوْا مِنْهُمَا فَاِنَّ اِبْلِيْسَ قَالَ اَهْلَكْتُ النَّاسَ بِالذُّنُوْبِ وَاَهْلَكُوْنِيْ بِلَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَالْاِسْتِغْفَارِ فَلَمَّا رَاَيْتُ ذٰلِكَ اَهْلَكْتُهُمْ بِالْاَهْوَاءِ وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُوْنَ (اخرجه السيوطي في الجامع الصغير # 8232) Hazrat …

In the month of Rajab of the year 8 AH, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) sent an army of three hundred Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) towards the coast under the leadership of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). When dispatching the army, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had given them a bag full of …

A Sahaabi once came to Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and said, “O Rasul of Allah! I really have a great amount of love for you!” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “Consider well what you are saying.” However, the Sahaabi repeated his statement saying, “I really have a great amount of …

The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) were once sitting with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) when a certain person passed by. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) asked the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum), “What do you think of this person?” The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) responded by saying, “O Rasul of Allah! He is one of the …