(71) “When you pass by the meadows of Paradise, then graze therein.” They asked, “And what are the meadows of Paradise?” He replied, “Circles of remembrance.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 699; al-Tirmidhī 3510; Mishkāt 729; also in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2562 and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1511.

(72) “The best form of charity is to reconcile between people.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1012; found in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2639.

(73) “When the people of Paradise have intercourse with their wives, they return as virgins.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1830; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3351.

(74) “Boiling water will be poured upon their heads; it will penetrate until it reaches the inside of the body, stripping out whatever is within until it runs out through their feet. That is al-ṣahr (molten liquid); then they will be restored as they were.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1433; Mishkāt 5679; al-Tirmidhī 2582; included in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3470, al-Targhīb 3679, and Hidāyat al-Ruwāt 5607.

(75) Whenever he saw something pleasing, the Messenger of Allah would say, “Praise be to Allah; by His favour good deeds are perfected,” and when he saw something displeasing he would say, “Praise be to Allah in every circumstance.” Al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (3rd ed.) p. 139; Ibn Mājah 3803; see al-Kalim (al-Maʿārif) p. 140 and al-Ṣaḥīḥah 265.

(76) The Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, we eat but are not satisfied.” He asked, “Perhaps you eat separately?” They replied, “Yes.” The Messenger of Allah said, “Gather together for your meal and mention the name of Allah; He will bless it for you.” Al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (3rd ed.) p. 185; Mishkāt 4252; Abū Dāwūd 3764; Ibn Mājah 3286; see al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (al-Maʿārif) p. 186 and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 2128.

(77) “Once you have paid the zakat due on your wealth, you have fulfilled what is required of you.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 312; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1719.

(78) Jābir reported: I said, “How did you awaken, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “In a state better than that of a man who did not begin the day fasting and did not visit a sick person.” See al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2952; al-Adab al-Mufrad 1132, 1133.

(79) “When you conduct a sale, say: lā khilābah (no deception). Thereafter, concerning any commodity you purchase, you have a three-night option: if you are pleased, keep it; if you are displeased, return it to its owner.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 402; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2875.

(80) “Woe to the rulers! Woe to the record-keepers! Woe to the rulers! On the Day of Resurrection some people will wish that their forelocks were suspended from the Pleiades, hanging between heaven and earth, rather than that they had held any office.” Mishkāt 3698; Ghayat al-Marām 173; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 788, al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2620, and Hidāyat al-Ruwāt 3626.

(81) “Do not annoy the inhabitant of this grave.” Mishkāt 1721; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 3566; al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2960; Hidāyat al-Ruwāt 1662.

(82) “Traders will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as wicked people, except those who feared Allah, were righteous, and spoke the truth.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 6405; Mishkāt 2799; Ghayat al-Marām 168; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1785 and al-Ṣaḥīḥah 1458.

(83) The Messenger of Allah recited: “And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you” (Q 47:38). They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, who are the people who, if we turn away, will replace us and will not be like us?” He struck the thigh of Salmān the Persian and said, “This man and his people. Even if the religion were suspended at the Pleiades, a man from among the Persians would reach it.” Mishkāt 6244; Hidāyat al-Ruwāt 6205; al-Tirmidhī 3260, 3261; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 1017 and al-Istidrāk 14-21, p. 488 at the end of vol. 3 of al-Ṣaḥīḥah, where the Shaykh cited two supporting chains and concluded, “With these corroborations the hadith is sound, and Allah knows best.”

(84) “This goodness is (like) treasuries, and for those treasuries there are keys; the keys are men. Glad tidings to a servant whom Allah makes a key to goodness and a lock against evil, and woe to a servant whom Allah makes a key to evil and a lock against goodness.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 2021; Mishkāt 5208; Ibn Mājah 238; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 66; al-Ṣaḥīḥah 1332; Hidāyat al-Ruwāt 5136; Ẓilāl al-Jannah 296–2989.

(85) “For every pointing gesture in prayer there are ten good deeds.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 4016; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3286.

(86) “Indeed every building is a liability for its owner, except what is indispensable.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1230, 1229; Mishkāt 5184; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2830 and al-Targhīb 1874.

(87) It was asked, “Which supplication is most likely to be heard?” He said, “In the last part of the night and after the prescribed prayers.” Al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (3rd ed.) p. 113; Mishkāt 968; al-Tirmidhī 3499; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1648; al-Kalim (al-Maʿārif) p. 114; and the introduction to al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (al-Maʿārif) p. 5.

(88) “O people, what is the matter with one of you? He marries his male slave to his female slave and then wants to separate them. Divorce belongs only to the one who has taken hold of the leg.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ, p. 925 after hadith 6387; also in al-Irwāʾ 2041, where the Shaykh said: “All in all, it appears stronger to me that, with this supporting narration, the hadith is ḥasan.”

(89) The Prophet passed by Saʿd while he was performing wuduʾ and said, “What is this extravagance?” He replied, “Can there be extravagance in wuduʾ?” He said, “Yes, even if you were on a flowing river.” Ibn Mājah 425; al-Irwāʾ 140; Mishkāt 427; included in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3292.