40 Ahadith of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) The Best of Words from the Best of Creation 40
AHADITH*
 The
Prophet
(pbuh)
has
said:
 “One
who
protects
my
forty
ahadith*,
so
that
 people
may
benefit
from
them,

will
be
amongst
 those
of
wisdom
and
learning
on
the
day
of
 Resurrection”.
 *A
hadith
is
a
report
of
the
sayings
or
actions
of
 Prophet
Muhammad
(pbuh).”
 1. When
he
spoke
he
would
smile.
 2. He
would
always
sit
in
a
circle
with
his
 companions.
 3. He
used
to
mend
his
shoes,
patch
his
 clothes,
and
grind
the
wheat.
 4. His
hands
were
like
those
of
a
perfume
 seller,
always
with
a
beautiful
fragrance.
 He
used
to
love
perfume.
 5. He
would
always
wear
his
rings
on
his
 right
hand.
 6. He
always
sat
facing
qibla
especially
when
 he
went
to
the
mosque.
 
 1 7. When
he
entered
the
mosque
he
would
 sit
at
the
first
available
space.
 8. He
would
drink
water
in
sips
and
not
gulp
 it
down
all
together.

 9. He
said:
“Food
that
is
hot
does
not
have
 blessings
so
let
it
cool”.
 10. “Olive
oil
and
vinegar
are
the
food
of
the
 Prophets”.
 11. He
would
have
dates
and
raisins
for
 breakfast.
 12. There
was
no
fruit
more
liked
by
him
than
 pomegranates.
 13. “The
one
who
brushes
his
teeth
twice
a
 day
has
kept
alive
the
sunna
of
the
 Prophets”.
 14. “Cleanliness
is
half
of
faith”.
 15. “Wear
the
right
shoe
before
the
left
shoe
 and
take
off
the
left
shoe
before
the
right
 shoe”.
 
 2 16. “One
of
the
qualities
of
the
Prophets
is
to
 know
the
times
of
salaa”.
 17. When
the
time
of
salaa
came
he
would
 tell
Bilal
to
call
out
the
adhan
loudly.
 18. He
would
place
a
staff
in
front
of
him
 when
he
prayed.

 19. In
Salatul
Jama’a
he
would
say
“Stand
in
a
 straight
line
and
do
not
differ
for
if
you
do
 your
hearts
will
disagree”.
 20. Nothing
would
distract
him
from
the
 Maghrib
salaa
when
the
sun
had
set.
 21. “If
you
have
a
pearl
in
your
hands
and
 people
call
it
a
peanut
it
will
not
cease
to
 be
a
pearl”.
 22. “There
are
5
things
I
will
not
give
up
until
 death
–
eating
with
slaves
on
the
ground,
 riding
a
donkey
without
a
saddle,
milking
 goats
with
my
hands,
wearing
coarse
 clothes
and
greeting
children”.
 
 3 23. “No
honour
is
nobler
than
humility
and
 kindness”.
 24. “Human
beings
from
Adam
to
this
day
are
 like
the
teeth
of
a
comb,
there
is
no
 superiority
for
an
Arab
over
a
non‐Arab,
 nor
for
one
colour
over
another
except
 with
God
awareness”.
 25. He
was
always
first
to
greet
others.
 26. Imam
Ali
(AS)
“In
the
past
I
had
a
brother
 in
God.
The
insignificance
of
the
world
in
 his
eyes
made
him
great
in
my
eyes.
He
 was
not
ruled
by
his
stomach.
He
used
to
 keep
silent
most
of
the
time
–
yet
when
 he
spoke
he
silenced
all
speakers
and
 quenched
the
thirst
of
all
questioners.
He
 was
more
eager
to
listen
than
to
speak.
 He
was
considered
weak,
yet
in
an
 emergency
he
was
a
lion
of
the
forest.
He
 would
not
advance
an
argument
unless
it
 was
decisive,
and
he
would
not
censure
 
 4 anyone
for
what
could
be
excused
until
he
 had
heard
the
excuse.
He
would
say
what
 he
would
do
and
not
say
what
he
would
 not
do.

When
two
things
came
to
him,
he
 would
see
which
was
more
emotionally
 desirable
and
then
do
the
contrary”.
 27. He
spoke
in
short,
meaningful
sentences
 and
was
never
heard
to
interrupt
 anybody's
speech.
 28. He
never
spoke
with
a
sad
or
frowned
 face.
 29. ”The
character
of
Rasulullah
(SAW)
was
 the
Qur’an”.
 30. The
one
who
recites
the
Qur’an
and
the
 one
who
listens
have
an
equal
share
of
 the
reward”.
 31. “We
forgive
those
who
wrong
us
and
give
 those
who
deprive
us”.
 32. He
travelled
on
Thursdays.
 
 5 33. When
something
made
him
sad
he
would
 turn
to
prayer.
 34. He
used
to
recite
Istighfar
all
the
time.
 35. He
used
to
fast
in
Rajab
and
Sha’ban
 saying
they
were
the
months
of
Allah
 where
all
sins
would
be
forgiven.
 36. “The
weapon
of
the
Prophets
is
du’a”.
 37. “Masajid
are
the
gathering
places
of
the
 Prophets”.
 38. He
would
not
sleep
until
he
had
recited
 one
of
the
Musabbihaat.
The
suwer
of
the
 Qur’an
beginning
with
‘Sabbaha’.
 39. When
he
congratulated
someone
he
said
 “Baarakallahu
lakum
wa
baarakallahu
 alaykum”
May
Allah
bless
you
and
keep
 you
blessed.
 40. When
he
gave
condolences
he
would
say:
 “Ajarakumullahu
wa
rahimakum”
May
 Allah
recompense
you
and
have
mercy
on
 you.
 
 6 PROPHET
MUHAMMAD
(pbuh)
 He
was
born
in
Makka
on
the
29th
of
August,
570
 CE,
17
Rabi
ul
Awwal
(Friday),
and
when
he
died
 at
the
age
of
63
in
622
CE
(11
AH)
the
whole
of
 the
Arabian
Peninsula
had
changed
to
the
worship
 of
 One
 God;
 from
 tribal
 quarrels
 and
 wars
 to
 national
solidarity;
from
lawlessness
to
disciplined
 living;
 from
 moral
 bankruptcy
 to
 the
 highest
 standards
of
moral
excellence.
Human
history
has
 never
known
such
a
complete
transformation
of
a
 people
or
a
place
before
or
since.
 He
 was
 born
 an
 orphan
 but
 belonged
 to
 the
 noblest
 of
 the
 Arabian
 tribes,
 his
 genealogy
 accepted
as
the
most
righteous,
yet
he
said
“No
 honour
is
nobler
than
humility
and
kindness”

 His
 opponents
 created
 enmity
 with
 him
 –
 wronged
him,
spoke
ill
of
him,
harassed
him,
yet
 he
would
say
“Oblige
your
brother
by
warning
 them,
correct
them
by
showing
favours.”
 
 7 When
it
came
to
bravery
there
was
no
parallel.
 His
 most
 perfect
 student
 and
 successor,
 
 Ali
 (pbuh)
would
say
“
When
we
used
to
meet
the
 enemies
and
battle
was
at
it’s
peak,
we
would
 stand
 behind
 Muhammad.
 When
 our
 hearts
 wavered,
he
was
always
closest
to
the
enemy.”
 During
battles
he
instructed
his
people
never
to
 start
 war
 and
 to
 fight
 only
 when
 they
 were
 attacked
first.
If
the
enemy
lost
his
orders
were
 not
 to
 chase
 the
 fleeing
 soldiers
 –
 he
 would
 always
try
and
talk
to
the
enemy
hoping
that
their
 humanity
would
shine
through
and
the
fighting
 averted.
 He
 emancipated
 women,
 teaching
 that
 both
 genders
were
created
for
the
same
purpose;
the
 recognition
 of
 their
 Creator
 and
 therefore
 the
 realisation
of
their
full
potential
as
human
beings,

 but
have
been
given
different
tools
with
which
to
 fulfil
 their
 common
 goal.
 Indeed,
 their
 physiological,
 emotional,
 and
 psychological
 differences
are
a
result
of
their
divergent
spiritual
 
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