Deeds which may admit to Jannah

Abu Ayyub (Radhiallahu anhu) reported:

A man said to the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam): "Direct me to a deed which may admit me to Jannah.''

Upon this he (the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)) said: "Worship Allah and never associate anything with Him in worship, establish Salat, pay Zakat, and strengthen the ties of kinship.''

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]


Commentary:
This Hadith mentions the compassion for relatives. It indicates the importance of compassion for relation in Islam. The term `strengthen the ties of kinship' implies nice treatment of one's relatives regardless of circumstances, maintenance of contact with them and fulfillment of the requirements of relationship with them.

Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No: 1211.

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Virtues of the Prophet (PBUH) and Companions

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "I have been sent (as an Apostle) in the best of all the generations of Adam's offspring since their Creation."

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 757

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Hadith -- Prophet (SAWS) Was The Most Generous

Narrated Ibn Abbas (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan when Gabriel ('Alaihis-Salam) met him. Gabriel ('Alaihis-Salam) used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the Qur'an with him. Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) then used to be more generous than the fast wind.

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 754

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Hadith -- Prophet (SAWS) Appearance

Narrated Anas (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) was neither very tall nor short, neither absolutely white nor deep brown. His hair was neither curly nor lank. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) when he was forty years old. Afterwards he resided in Makkah for ten years and in Medina for ten more years. When Allah took him unto Him, there was scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard.

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 748

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Hadith -- Prophets's ( SAW) 5 Names

Narrated Jubair bin Mutim (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahi through whom Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected there after; and I am also Al-'Aqib (i.e. There will be no Prophet after me)."

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 732

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Virtues of the Prophet (PBUH) and Companions

Narrated Abu Dhar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "If somebody claims to be the son of any other than his real father knowingly, he disbelieves in Allah, and if somebody claims to belong to some folk to whom he does not belong, let such a person take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 711

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There is for every Messenger a prayer

Abu Huraira (Radhi-Allah-hu 'anhu) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said:

There is for every Messenger a prayer, and I intend (if Allah so willed) that I would reserve my prayer for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.

[Sahih Muslim - Book #001 - Hadith #0386]

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10 nullifiers of Islam (NAWAAQID-UL-ISLAM)

Following are the 10  Nawaaqid (nullifiers) which takes the Person out of Islam

1. Shirk (Associating Partners to Allah)

2. Placing Intermediary between himself and Allah 

3. Whoever does not hold the Polytheist as Disbeliever or Doubts about their disbelieve (eg;Jew,Christian,Magians,Idol worshiper,Hypocrites and  Communist )

4. Believes that some guidance other than that of the Prophet's (Sallallahu Alahi wa sallam) is more complete than his guidance.

5. Whoever hates something that the Messenger came with, even though he may act on it, has disbelieved ( Eg:prayer)

6. Whoever mocks or ridicules any part of the Messenger’s Religion or its rewards or punishments has committed an act of disbelief

7. Sorcery, which includes magic spells. Practice or seeking assistance from A fortune-teller (Kaahin),A sorcerer (Saahir),astrologer (Munajjim),An ‘arraaf (diviner)(informing a person about something lost or stolen),Abaajaad (numeric symbols of letters) and horoscopes(This is tanjeem (predicting the future based on astrology).

8. Supporting and assisting the polytheists against the Muslims

9. Whoever believes that it is permitted for some people to be free of (implementing) the Sharee’ah (revealed laws) of Muhammad (i.e. Islam)

10.Turning away from Allaah’s Religion, not learning it or implementing it (is an act of disbelief)

May Allah bless us the knowledge of Tawheed  and we ask Allaah to save and protect us from Shirk and disbelief.

Ameen

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Hajj Photos 2010

Yesterday marked the start of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said that a record number of Muslims were expected to make the Hajj this year - over 3.4 million anticipated over the five days of the pilgrimage. One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so. Pilgrims perform a series of rituals including walking around the Kaaba, standing vigil on Mount Arafat and a ritual Stoning of the Devil. At the end of the Hajj, on November 16th, the three day festival of Eid al-Adha begins around the world. (34 photos total)

A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010

A general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010

A Saudi worker stitches Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a silk drape to cover the Kaaba at the Kiswa factory in Mecca< Saudi Arabia on November 8, 2010. The Kaaba cover is called Kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. 

An Indian Hajj pilgrim holds prayer beads prior to his departure for Mecca at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India on October 26, 2010. 

Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage.

Saudi special forces show their skills during a military parade in preparation for the Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca on November 10, 2010.

Saudi special forces take part in a military parade, preparing for the Hajj in Mecca on November 10, 2010.

Saudi workers load carboys of "zamzam" water containers at the Zamazemah United Office in Mecca, on November 7, 2010. According to Islamic belief, zamzam is a miraculously-generated source of water from God, which began thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was thirsty and crying for water and discovered a well by kicking the ground. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water. 

Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims walk past construction outside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. 

Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Quran.

Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. 

Pilgrims fill the streets in prayer, near Namira mosque in Arafat, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

A Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13, 2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave.

A Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010.

Pilgrims pray on the side of Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

Pilgrims climb up Mount Arafat on the Plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

A Muslim pilgrim reads the Holy Quran at Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj on November 11, 2010.

Muslims on the Hajj pilgrimage take a rest in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2010.

His head resting on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar, a Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. 

Muslims touch and write on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago.

At sunset, a Muslim man prays on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010.

The Grand Mosque and the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers are seen from the top of al-Noor mountain in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 11, 2010. 

The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bait Towers, above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010.

In shadows and sunlight, thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010.

Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010. 

A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010.

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Glorified is Allah and praised is He

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radhi-Allah-hu 'anhu):

The Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

"Whoever says, 'Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi' (Glorified is Allah and praised is He), one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.

[Sahih Bukhari  - Book #75, Hadith #414]

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Virtues of the Prophet (PBUH) and Companions

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "We are the last (to come) but we will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection, nations were given the Book (i.e. Scripture) before us, and we were given the Holy Book after them. This (i.e. Friday) is the day about which they differed. So the next day (i.e. Saturday) was prescribed for the Jews and the day after it (i.e. Sunday) for the Christians. It is incumbent on every Muslim to wash his head and body on a Day (i.e. Friday) (at least) in every seven days."

Bukhari Vol. 4 : No. 693

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Eid Mubarak

On the Joyous Occasion of "EID"..

Hope ALLAH's Blessings Bring U Blissful Happiness, Spirit of Celebration & Togetherness of ur Dear Ones.
Eid Mubarak to all of u.

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

When 'Abdullah, reached the big Jamra (i.e. Jamrat-ul-Aqaba) he kept the
Ka'ba on the left side and Mina on his right side and threw seven pebbles
(at the Jamra) and said, "The one on whom Surat-al-Baqara was revealed
(i.e. the Prophet) had done the Rami similarly."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 804

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Wabra (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

I asked Ibn 'Umar, "When should I do the Rami of the Jimar?" He replied,
"When your leader does that." I asked him again the same question. He
replied, "We used to wait till the sun declined and then we would do the
Rami (i.e. on the 11th and 12th of Dhul-Hijja)."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 802

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

I witnessed the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) when he was
delivering the sermon on the Day of Nahr. A man stood up and said, "I
thought that such and such was to be done before such and such. I got my
hair shaved before slaughtering." (Another said), "I slaughtered the Hadi
before doing the Rami." So, the people asked about many similar things. The
Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Do it (now) and there is no
harm in all these cases." Whenever the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam) was asked about anything on that day, he replied, "Do it (now) and
there is no harm in it."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 793

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "O Allah! Forgive
those who get their heads shaved." The people asked. "Also those who get
their hair cut short?" The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "O
Allah! Forgive those who have their heads shaved." The people said, "Also
those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam) (invoke Allah for those who have their heads shaved and) at the
third time said, "also (forgive) those who get their hair cut short."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 786

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn Abbas (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) was asked about a person who had
his head shaved before slaughtering (his Hadi) (or other similar ceremonies
of Hajj). He replied, "There is no harm, there is no harm."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 779

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated 'Ali (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) offered one hundred Budn (camel)
as Hadi (sacrifice) and ordered me to distribute their meat (in charity)
and I did so. Then he ordered me to distribute their covering sheets in
charity and I did so. Then he ordered me to distribute their skins in
charity and I did so.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 776

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Zaid bin Jubair (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

I saw Ibn 'Umar passing by a man who had made his Badana (i.e. camel) sit
to slaughter it. Ibn 'Umar said, "Slaughter it while it is standing with
one leg tied up as is the tradition of Muhammad (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam)."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 771

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

During the last Hajj (Hajj-al-Wada') of Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi
Wa Sallam) he performed 'Umra and Hajj. He drove a Hadi along with him from
Dhul-Hulaifa. Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) started by
assuming Ihram for 'Umra and Hajj. And the people, too, performed the 'Umra
and Hajj along with the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam). Some of
them brought the Hadi and drove it along with them, while the others did
not.

So, when the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) arrived at Makkah he
said to the people, "Whoever among you has driven the Hadi, should not
finish his Ihram till he completes his Hajj. And whoever among you has not
(driven) the Hadi with him, should perform Tawaf of the Ka'ba and the Tawaf
between Safa and Marwa, then cut short his hair and finish his Ihram, and
should later assume Ihram for Hajj; but he must offer a Hadi (sacrifice);
and if anyone cannot afford a Hadi, he should fast for three days during
the Hajj and seven days when he returns home.

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) performed Tawaf of the Ka'ba on
his arrival (at Makkah); he touched the (Black Stone) corner first of all
and then did Ramal (fast walking with moving of the shoulders) during the
first three rounds round the Ka'ba, and during the last four rounds he
walked. After finishing Tawaf of the Ka'ba, he offered a two Rakat prayer
at Maqam Ibrahim, and after finishing the prayer he went to Safa and Marwa
and performed seven rounds of Tawaf between them and did not do any deed
forbidden because of Ihram, till he finished all the ceremonies of his Hajj
and sacrificed his Hadi on the day of Nahr (10th day of Dhul-Hijja). He
then hastened onwards (to Makkah) and performed Tawaf of the Ka'ba and then
everything that was forbidden because of Ihram became permissible. Those
who took and drove the Hadi with them did the same as Allah's Apostle
(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) did.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 750

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated 'Aisha (Radi-Allahu 'anha):

We got down at Al-Muzdalifa and Sauda asked the permission of the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) to leave (early) before the rush of the people. She was a slow woman and he gave her permission, so she departed (from Al-Muzdalifa) before the rush of the people. We kept on staying at Al-Muzdalifa till dawn, and set out with the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) but (I suffered so much that) wished I had taken the permission of Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) as Sauda had done, and that would have been dearer to me than any other happiness.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 741

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) offered the Maghrib and 'Isha
prayers together at Jam' (i.e. Al-Muzdalifa) with a separate Iqama for each
of them and did not offer any optional prayer in between them or after each
of them.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 733

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated 'Amr bin Dinar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

We asked Ibn 'Umar whether a man who, while performing 'Umra, had performed Tawaf of the Ka'ba; and had not yet performed Tawaf between Safa and Marwa, could have sexual relation with his wife, Ibn 'Umar replied "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) reached Makkah and performed the seven rounds (of Tawaf) of the Ka'ba and then offered a two-Rakat prayer behind Maqam ibrahim and then performed the seven rounds (of Tawaf) between Safa and Marwa." He added, "Verily! In Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) you have a good example." We asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah (the same question) and he said, "He (that man) should  not come near (his wife) till he has completed Tawaf between Safa and Marwa."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 708

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Hadith -- Charity

On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
"Each person's every joint must do a charity every day the Sun comes up:
to act justly between two people is a charity;
to help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto it is a charity;
a good word is a charity;
every step you take to perform prayers is a charity
and removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity."

Related by Bukhari and Muslim.

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Hadith -- Greed and Faith

Ibn 'Abbas and Anas bin Malik (Radhiallahu anhu) reported:

Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said:
"If a son of Adam were to own a valley full of gold, he would desire to have two. Nothing can fill his mouth except the earth (of the grave). Allah turns with mercy to him who turns to Him in repentance".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Commentary:
This Hadith deals with man's greed and his lust for material wealth. Only the person who has a perfect Faith can save himself from it.

Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No :23

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) reached Makkah, circumambulated
the Kaba seven times and then offered a two Rakat prayer behind Maqam
Ibrahim. Then he went towards the Safa. Allah has said, "Verily, in Allah's
Apostle you have a good example."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 693

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn Abbas (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) saw a man performing Tawaf of
the Kaba tied with a string or something else. So the Prophet (Sallallahu
'Alaihi Wa Sallam) cut that string.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 688

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

When the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) performed the Tawaf of the
Ka'ba, he did Ramal during the first three rounds and in the last four
rounds he used to walk and while doing Tawaf between Safa and Marwa, he
used to run in the midst of the rain water passage.

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 685

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Hadith -- Bakr Eid

Narrated Ibn Abbas (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) performed Tawaf (of the Kaba) ending a camel (at that time the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) had foot injury). Whenever he came to the Corner (having the Black Stone) he would point out towards it with a thing in his hand and say, "Allahu-Akbar."

Bukhari Vol. 2 : No. 697

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