Sahih Muslim Book 1 – Hadith 155-170

Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 155-170

 

Chapter 36: Clarifying that faith in Allah most high is the best of deeds

 

Abu Huraira reported:

 

The Messenger of Allah was asked about the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah. He (the inquirer) said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Jihad (struggle to the utmost) in the cause of Allah. He (the inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord. In the. tradition narrated on the authority of Muhammad b. Ja'far (the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Belief in Allah and His Messenger. Muhammad b. Rafi and 'Abd b. Humaid, 'Abdur-Razzaq and Ma'mar and Zuhri have narrated a hadith like this on the authority of the same chain of transmitters. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 155)

 

Abu Dharr reported:

 

I said: Messenger of Allah, which of the deeds is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Belief in Allah and Jihad in His cause. I again asked: Who is the slave whose emancipation is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: One who is valuable for his master and whose price is high. I said: If I can't afford to do it? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Help an artisan or make anything for the unskilled (labourer). I (Abu Dharr) said: Messenger of Allah, you see that I am helpless in doing some of these deeds. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Desist from doing mischief to the people. That is the charity of your person on your behalf. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 156)

 

Muhammad b. Abu Rafi' narrated the hadith on the authority of Abu Dharr with a slight difference. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 157)

 

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that he observed. I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) which deed was the best. He (the Holy Prophet) replied:

 

Prayer at its appointed hour. I (again) said: Then what? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Kindness to the parents. I (again) said: Then what? He replied: Earnest endeavour (Jihad) in the cause of Allah. And I would have not ceased asking more questions but out of regard (for his feelings). (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 158)

 

'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported:

 

I said: Messenger of Allah, which of the deeds (takes one) nearer to Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Prayer at its proper time, I said: What next, Messenger of Allah? He replied: Kindness to the parents. I said: What next? He replied: Jihad in the cause of Allah. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 159)

 

It was heard from Abu 'Amr Shaibani that, pointing towards the house of Abdullah, he said:

 

The owner of this house told me that he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Which of the deeds are liked by Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Prayer at its proper time. I (again) said: What next? He replied: Then goodness to the parents. I (again) said: What then? He replied: Then Jihad in the cause of Allah. He ('Abdullah) said: This is what I was told (by the Holy Prophet). Had I questioned further, he would have made additions for me. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 160)

 

This hadith has been transmitted by Muhammad b. Bashshar, Muhammad b. Ja'far Shu'ba with this chain of narrators, with the addition that he pointed towards the house of 'Abdullah, but he did not mention his name for us. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 161)

 

It is reported on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah observed:

 

The best of' the deeds or deed is the (observance of) prayer at its proper time and kindness to the parents. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 162)

 

Chapter 37: Clarifying that Shirk is the worst of sins, and the worst sins after Shirk.

 

'Abdullah reported:

 

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Which sin is the gravest in the eye of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you associate a partner with Allah (despite the fact) that He has created you. He (the reporter) said: I told him (the, Holy Prophet): Verily it is indeed grave. He (the reporter) said: I asked him what the next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you kill your child out of fear that he shall join you in food. He (the reporter) said: I asked (him) what the next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Then (the next gravest sin) is that you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbour. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 163)

 

It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that a man said:

 

Messenger of Allah, which offence is the most grievous in the eye of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you associate a partner with Allah (despite the fact) that He created you. He (the man) said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you kill your child out of fear that he would join you in food. He (the inquirer) said (again): What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbour. And the Almighty and Exalted Lord testified it (with this verse): All those who call not unto another god along with Allah, and slay not any soul which Allah has forbidden, except in the cause of justice, nor commit fornication, and he who does this shall meet a requital of sin (xxv. 68). (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 164)

 

Chapter 38: The major sins and the most serious of them.

 

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdur-Rahman b. Abu Bakra that his father said:

 

We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he observed: Should I not inform you about the most grievous of the grave sins? (The Holy Prophet) repeated it three times, and then said: Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, false testimony or false utterance. The Prophet was reclining, then he sat up, and he repeated it so many times that we wished that he should become silent. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 165)

 

Anas narrated from the Apostle (ﷺ) about the major sins. He (the Holy Prophet) observed:

 

Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, killing a person and false utterance. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 166)

 

Ubaidullah b. Abu Bakr said:

 

I heard Anas b. Malik saying: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) talked about the major sins, or he was asked about the major sins. Upon this he observed: Associating anyone with Allah, killing of a person, disobedience to parents. He (the Prophet further) said: Should I not inform you about the gravest of the major sins, and (in this connection) observed: False utterance or false testimony. Shu'ba said. It was most probably" false testimony". (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 167)

 

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:

 

Avoid the seven noxious things. It was said (by the hearers): What are they, Messenger of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Associating anything with Allah, magic, killing of one whom God has declared inviolate without a just cause, consuming the property of an orphan, and consuming of usury, turning back when the army advances, and slandering chaste women who are believers, but unwary. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 168)

 

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Amr b. al-'As that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:

 

Abusing one's parents is one of the major sins. They (the hearers) said: Messenger of Allah, does a man abuse his parents too? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Yes, one abuses the father of another man, who in turn abuses his father. One abuses his mother and he in turn abuses his (the former's) mother. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 169)

 

This hadith has also been transmitted on the authority of Sa'd b. Ibrahim with this chain of narrators. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 170)