40 Hadiths Nawawy (islamic)

 

Many scholars was keen to collect 40 Hadiths, classified according to their purposes; as Hadiths of monotheism, Hadiths of the Attributes of Allah, Hadiths of worships, and so on, and may be “Al- Nawawi’s forty Hadiths” is one of the most famous 40 Hadiths, which are 40 Hadiths of building of Islam and bases of rules . And we should know that, the Hadith is what was attributed to prophet Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him- from deeds, sayings, manners, even geometrical characteristics.

In this article, we will take up Hadiths of calling to Allah the Almighty:

1# On the authority of Omar Ibn Al-Khatab, may God be pleased with him, said: I heard Messenger of Allah -peace and blessings be upon him- saying: (The deeds depend on the intentions, and for every person what he intended, then whoever emigrated to God and His Messenger, then his emigration is to God and his Messenger, and whoever emigrated to worldly benefits, or to marry a woman, so, his emigration is to what he emigrated to). **This Hadith refers to the importance of the sincerity of the intention in all our acts. 2#On the authority of Abi Mousa Al-Ashary, that the Prophet -peace and blessings be upon him- said to him and to Moath Ibn Gabal, whan he sent them to Yemen: (Facilitate and don’t toughen, augur well and don’t scare away, and be obedient and don’t dispute). 3#When a tribe called “Dos” refused to respond to the calling of -Allah the Almighty- Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) said: (Oh Allah, guide Dos and bring them to the right path). 4# On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said: While the Prophet -peace and blessings be upon him- was praying the evening prayer, he said (God heard those who praised him), then he said before he prostrated: (Oh God, save Ayyash bin Abi Rabia, Oh God, save Salama bin Hisham, Oh God ,save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid, Oh God survive the powerless from the believers, Oh Allah, strengthen your retribution on the tribe of “Madr”, Oh God, make it years like years of Yousuf) **There is no conflict between the pray of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) in Hadith#3 and Hadith#4, he prayed for the tribe of Dos with guidance, and prayed for the tribe of Madr with retribution; this is because Dos was doing sins, but they didn’t harm Muslims, but Madr was harming Muslim preachers and capture them to prevent the call to God. 5# On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them,: When Muslims came to Medina, they were waiting for the prayer time without a call for prayer (azaan), then, one day they talked about that, some of them said: Make a bell like the bell of the Christians, and some of them said: No, a bugle like the horn of Jewish , then Omar said: Why don’t you send a man to call for prayer?!, then the Messenger of Allah -peace and blessings be upon him- said: Oh Belal! Get up and call for prayer.) ** this Hadith indicates that it is legal in Islam to consult in the important things. 6# On the autority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with them, that the Messenger of Allah -peace and blessings be upon him- when he sent Moath, may God be pleased with him, to Yemen, he said: (You are going to people who are a people of a book, so, the first thing you call them for, is to worship God, and if they know Allah, then tell them that Allah has imposed upon them five prayers in their day and night, and if they did so, then tell them that Allah have imposed upon them Zakat from their money to be given to the poor of them, and if they obey, take from them, but don’t take from the precious money of the people). **In this Hadith, the word “precious” may refers to the valuable things, or the dearest things. It means that Zakat or charity shouldn’t be taken from the valuable things or from the things that one is emotionally attached to it. 7# On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, said: when a delegation of the tribe of ” Abd Al-qais” came to the Prophet -peace and blessings be upon him- he said: from the delegation or from the people?, they said: Rabyah. He said: Welcome the delegation or the people not being humiliated nor remorseful. Then they said: Oh, Messenger of Allah, we could not come to you except in the Sacred month, and in the way between you and us, there is the district of the disbeliever of Madr, so, order us an order to tell who are behind us and gets us into paradise, then he ordered them four things, and forbad them from four things; he ordered them to believe in God alone, he said: Do you know what is believing in God alone?, they said: God and his Messenger know best, he said: to testify that no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and performance of prayer, and giving Zakat, and fasting in Ramadan, and to give the fifth of the spoils. And forbad them from four: “al-Hantab”, “al-Dabaa'”, “al-Naqir”, “al-Mizfat” and he may said: “al-Maqir”. And he said memorize them and tell them to people behind you. **this Hadith refers to the sweet talk with people during calling to God, and al- Hantab, al- Dabaa, al-Naqir, and al-Mizfat, are pots people used to put syrup in It, to make win. 8#On the authority of Abd Allah Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them, that a man asked the Prophet -peace and blessings be upon him: What is the best of Islam?, he said: To feed the food, and to recite peace upon whom you know and whom you don’t know. **The question of “What is the best of Islam?” may ask about the best deeds of Islam, or ask about the best Muslims, and in either meanings, it encourage to spread affection and mercy between Muslims. To Be Continued…