Forty Hadith on Islam – Imam Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri
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Title: Forty Hadith on Islam by Imam, Abi Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Abdullah al-Ajurti [d.360H] Translated from the original Arabic ISBN 1-904336-52-3 Paper-back First Edition 1438°4/2017° Typeset by: Dar as-Sunnah Publishers While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book neither the authors, translators, nor Dar as-Sunnah Publishers, shall have any liability with respect to any loss or damages caused nor do the views expressed in this book are necessarily held by the publisher directly or indirectly by the instructions or advice contained in this book. CONTENT THE AUTHOR 14 FORWARD 17 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION 21 HADITH ONE “Whoever Allah intends good for...” 27 HADITH TWO “Seek Knowledge before it is Seized and Lifted...” 29 HADITH THREE “Actions are by Intentions...” 31 HADITH FOUR “Islam has been Built upon Five...” 34 HADITH FIVE “The first person who spoke about the Qadrin Basrah...” 37 HADITH SIX “Verily the Creation of Each One of you is Brought Together in his...” 44 HADITH SEVEN “There is Not a Single Soul from among You except his Place has been Written in either Paradise or Hell...” 47 HADITH EIGHT “Verily this is a Farewell Speech, so what do you Instruct us?...” 50 HADITH NINE “The Qur’an has been Revealed from Seven doors according to Seven Apmf..” 57 HADITH TEN “The Ten Companions of Paradise...” 63 HADITH ELEVEN “Verily Allah has Chosen Me and has Chosen my Companions...” 65 HADITH TWELVE “Faith is Speech of the Tongue, Actions...” 67 HADITH THIRTEEN “My Nation will Break up into Seventy-Three sects...” 74 HADITH FOURTEEN “This is My Ablution and the Ablution of the Messengers who were Sent before Me...” 77 HADITH FIFTEEN “Whoever is pleased to know the Wada’ of the Messenger of Allah (38) then this is it.” 80 HADITH SIXTEEN “I placed water for the Ghus/ of the Prophet ()...” 82 HADITH SEVENTEEN “There are Five Things that whoever comes with them on the Day of Resurrection...” 84 HADITH EIGHTEEN “T will Teach you the Prayer of Allah’s Messenger...” 86 HADITH NINETEEN “We were with the Prophet (38) when a man came in and offered the Prayer...” 89 HADITH TWENTY “The Prophet (8) Lead his Companions in Prayer...” 92 HADITH TWENTY ONE “Whoever Throws an Arrow in the Path of Allah...” 94 HADITH TWENTY TWO “Whoever makes Ablution as it has been commanded...” 97 HADITH TWENTY THREE “Any man who has Wealth and does not give Allah His rights from it...” 99 HADITH TWENTY FOUR “T went to the Prophet (#8) whilst he was sitting under the shade of the Kabah...” 101 HADITH TWENTY FIVE “There is no sadaqah...” 103 HADITH TWENTY SIX “The Messenger of Allah wrote a letter (detailing the rules) of sadagah” 105 HADITH TWENTY SEVEN “Whoever fasts during Ramadan, having faith and expecting his reward (from Allah)” 109 HADITH TWENTY EIGHT “The Fast was for Three days in Every month...” 111 HADITH TWENTY NINE “A Month can be only Twenty-Nine Days...” 118 HADITH THIRTY “Whoever intends to make Ala7 then let him hasten...” 121 HADITH THIRTY ONE “If a person died without making Hay...” 123 HADITH THIRTY TWO “Tbn ‘Abbas (radiyAllabu ‘anhuma) said about the verse:...” 125 HADITH THIRTY THREE “Guarding the Frontier for a Day in the Cause of Allah...” 127 HADITH THIRTY FOUR “Strive in the Path of Allah far and near ...” 129 HADITH THIRTY FIVE “Indeed the Friends of Allah are those who Pray...” 131 HADITH THIRTY SIX “The Messenger of Allah (#8) Took Hand...” 135 ‘My HADITH THIRTY SEVEN “The Religion is Advice (nasihah)...” 139 HADITH THIRTY EIGHT “That which is Lawful is Clear and that which is Unlawful is also Clear...” 141 HADITH THIRTY NINE “There are Seven whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic will shade in His Shade...” 143 HADITH FORTY “T entered the Masjid [and surprisingly found] the Messenger of Allah (38) sitting by himself...” 145 PICTURE PLATES OF THE MANUSCRIPT 158 APPENDIX ONE The Divine Decree (a+-Qadr) 173 APPENDIX TWO The Ten Promised Paradise by Allah’s Messenger (38) 188 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 197 INDEX OF SECTS 200 INDEX OF ARABIC WORDS 203 NOTES 208 THE AUTHOR Imam Aba Bakr al-Ajurti He is the Imam, the Scholar of Hadith, the Example, the Shaykh of the Noble Haram, author of many beneficial works, trustwor- thy and precise, the devout worshipper and the one who closely followed the Sunnah: Abia. Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Abdullah al-Ajursi. He was born in Baghdad in the year 264H or 280H at a time of great political upheaval and social unrest. Baghdad was submerged in innovation, superstitious beliefs and corruption which seemed to worsen day by day, with the trend of abusing the Companions be- coming dangerously prominent. The leaders and affluent were liv- ing in luxury and religious decadence, not caring for the poverty in which the majority of their subjects lived, nor the rampant disease and illness that plagued the land. At the peak of this corruption, in the year 330H, in order to save himself from the tribulations of Baghdad, al-Ajurri moved to Makkah and died there in the year 360H after having lived there for some thirty years. Despite the political and social condition of Baghdad at that time, it was still a great centre of religious learning, ibn Kathir remarked, 14 TheAuthor ‘The scholars of Baghdad at that time were the world’, as such al-Ajurri studied predominantly under its scholars, and for a short time, some of the scholars of Mecca; this when he visited it before finally moving there. His main field of study was hadith and figh. Much of his teaching centred on correcting the religious and spiritual problems of his era, coupled with the teaching of hadith and fiqh, and his written works reflect these efforts. = In the field of creed he authored, ash-Shari‘ah, an out- standing work dealing with many essential aspects of the Sunni belief; and a/-Ru’yah, dealing with seeing Allah in the Hereafter. = In hadith he authored a/-Arba‘n, al-Thamanin, Hikayat alShafi’, Turng Hadith al-Ifk, Kitab al-Fitan and Akhbar Umar ibn ‘Abdu'l-‘Aziz. # In the field of morals and manners he authored, Akh/aq wa’l- Hamalatu’l-Quran, Akhlaq al-Ulema’,AkhlagAbl al-Birr Tuga, Adab an-Nufus, al-Amr bi Luzim al-Jama‘ah wa Tark al- Ibtida’, Kitab al-Tawbah, al-Tafarrndwa’l-Uzlah, Husn al-Khulugq, Fadl al-Tlm, and Sifatu’l-Ghuraba’. = In the field of figh he authored, Zabrim an-Nard wa’l- Shatranj wa’l-Malahi, Abkam an-Nisa’, at-TaHajjud, Mukbiasar and an-Nasibah al-Kabir. Amongst his teachers were: Abii Muslim al-Kajji, the Shaykh of his age; al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Alwial-Qattn, Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Firyabi, Misa ibn Haran, Khalf ibn ‘Amr al-‘Ukbari, ‘Abdullah ibn Najiyah, Muhammad ibn Salihal-‘Ukbari, Ja‘far ibn Ahmad ibn 15 FORTY HADITH ON ISLAM WITH COMMENTARY ‘Asim al-Dimashki, ‘Abdullah ibn al-‘Abbas al-Tayalisi, Hamid ibn Shu‘ayb al-Balkhi, Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Muqri’, Ahmad ibn Misa ibn Zanjaway al-Qattan, ‘Isa ibn Sulayman, Abi ‘Ali al-Hasan ibn al- Hubab al-Mugri’, Abt al-Qasim al-Baghawi, and ibn Aba Dawid. Amongst his students were: ‘Abdu’l-Rahman ibn ‘Umar ibn Nahhis, Abu al-Husayn ibn Bishran, his brother Abi al-Qasim ibn Bishran, al-Muqri’ Abi al-Hasan al-Hammami, ‘Ubaydullah ibn Muhammad ibn Battah al-Ukbari, and Abii Nu‘aym al-Asbahani. Many of the pilgrims also would sit in his circles and narrate from him. All his biographers concur on praising him and commending his scholarly efforts and asceticism. Ibn al-Athir described him as being a Hafiz as did al-Dhahabi.’ al-Khatib al-Baghdadi said about him, ‘He was a person possess- ing religion, trustworthy and precise. He authored [some] works.” Ibn Khallikan said, ‘He is the Shafi‘ legal jurist, the Scholar of Hadith and author of the famous book, a/-Arba‘m (this is the book in your hands).