Abu Zakareyye An-Nawawy - Videos

On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from his Lord that He said, "O My servants! I have forbidden oppression for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself." (Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Malek al-Harith ibn Asim al-Asharee (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Purity is half of faith. ‘Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah)’ fills the scales, and ‘subhan-Allah (how far is Allah from every imperfection) and ‘Al-hamdulillah (praise be to Allah)’ fill that which is between heaven and earth. And the salah (prayer) is a light, and charity is a proof, and patience is illumination, and the Quran is a proof either for you or against you. Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or causing its ruin.'" (Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Abdullah Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansaree (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man questioned the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “Do you think that if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadhan, treat as lawful that which is halal, and treat as forbidden that which is haram, and do not increase upon that [in voluntary good deeds], then I shall enter Paradise?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, “Yes.” (Muslim)

On the authority of Abu `Amr - also called Abu `Amrah - Sufyan ibn Abdullah ath- Thaqafee (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said, "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam which I can ask of no one but you.' He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Say I believe in Allah — and then be steadfast.'" (Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Masood Uqbah ibn’Amr al-Ansaree al-Badree (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, from what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.” (Bukhari)

On the authority of Abu Abbas Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "One day I was behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) [riding on the same mount] and he said, “O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, then ask Allah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help from Allah [alone]. And know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allah had already prescribed against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.” It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said it is a good and sound hadeeth. Another narration, other than that of Tirmidhi, reads, "Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. Recognize and acknowledge Allah in times of ease and prosperity, and He will remember you in times of adversity. And know that what has passed you by [and you have failed to attain] was not going to befall you, and what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and hardship with ease."

On the authority of Abu Dharr Jundub ibn Junadah, and Abu Abdur-Rahman Muadh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Have taqwa (fear) of Allah wherever you may be, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed which will wipe it out, and behave well towards the people." It was related by at-Tirmidhi who said it is a hasan (good) hadeeth. In some copies, it is stated to be a hasan (good) saheeh (authentic) hadeeth.

On the authority of Abu Ya’la Shaddad ibn Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Verily Allah has prescribed ihsan (proficiency, perfection) in all things. So if you kill then kill well; and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters." (Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbor; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest." (Bukhari & Muslim)

On the authority of Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'It is not permissible to spill the blood of a Muslim except in three [instances]: The married person who commits adultery, a life for a life, and the one who forsakes his religion and separates from the community.” (Bukhari & Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Hamzah Anas ibn Malek (may Allah be pleased with him), the servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself." (Bukhari & Muslim)

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.'" A hasan (good) hadeeth which was related by at-Tirmidhi and others in this fashion.

On the authority of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abee Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the one much loved by him, who said, "I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 'Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.'" (At-Tirmidhi & An-Nasai) At-Tirmidhi said, "That it was a good and sound (hasan saheeh) hadeeth."

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'Allah the Almighty is Good and accepts only that which is good. And verily Allah has commanded the believers to do that which He has commanded the Messengers. So the Almighty has said, 'O (you) Messengers! Eat of the tayyibat [all kinds of halal (legal) foods], and perform righteous deeds.' [23:51] and the Almighty has said, 'O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you.' [2:172] Then he (ﷺ) mentioned [the case] of a man who, having journeyed far, is disheveled and dusty, and who spreads out his hands to the sky saying, 'O Lord! O Lord!,' While his food is haram (unlawful), his drink is haram, his clothing is haram, and he has been nourished with haram, so how can [his supplication] be answered?'" [Muslim]

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, 'What I have forbidden for you, avoid. What I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. For verily, it was only the excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their Prophets that destroyed [the nations] who were before you.'" [Bukhari & Muslim]

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and until they establish the salah and pay the zakat. And if they do that then they will have gained protection from me for their lives and property, unless [they commit acts that are punishable] in Islam, and their reckoning will be with Allah." [Bukhari & Muslim]

On the authority of Tameem ibn Aus ad-Daree (may Allah be pleased with him), The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The deen (religion) is naseehah (advice, sincerity).” We said, “To whom?” He (ﷺ) said, “To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.” [Muslim]

On the authority of an-Nu’man ibn Basheer (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, 'That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor, but he who falls into doubtful matters [eventually] falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allah’s sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh, which, if it be whole, all the body is whole, and which, if it is diseased, all of [the body] is diseased. Truly, it is the heart.'" [Bukhari & Muslim]

On the authority of the mother of the faithful, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said, "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e. Islam) that is not of it will have it rejected (by Allah).'" [Bukhari & Muslim] In another version in Sahih Muslim, it reads, “He who does an act which we have not commanded, will have it rejected (by Allah).”

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he is the truthful, the believed, narrated to us, 'Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty days in the form of a nutfah (a drop), then he becomes an alaqah (clot of blood) for a like period, then a mudghah (morsel of flesh) for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows his soul into him and who is commanded with four matters: to write down his rizq (sustenance), his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or unhappy (i.e. whether or not he will enter Paradise). By the One, other than Whom there is no deity, verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, and so he acts with the actions of the people of the Hellfire and thus enters it; and verily one of you performs the actions of the people of the Hellfire, until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and thus he enters it.'" [Bukhari & Muslim]