99 Short Hadiths with English Meaning and Source
Below are 99 short hadiths with their English meaning and source; some include the Arabic text. They are the hadiths the Bismillah app shows one day at a time.
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ
“Actions are only by intentions.”
Bukhari, Muslim
يَسِّرُوا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوا وَبَشِّرُوا وَلَا تُنَفِّرُوا
“Make things easy, not difficult; give good news, do not drive people away.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ
“A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.”
Bukhari, Muslim
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
“None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
Bukhari, Muslim
مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ
“A good word is charity.”
Bukhari, Muslim
تَبَسُّمُكَ فِي وَجْهِ أَخِيكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ
“Your smile to your brother is charity.”
Tirmidhi
مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ لَا يُرْحَمُ
“Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The strong one is not the one who wins at wrestling, but the one who controls himself in anger.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Allah does not look at your appearance or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.”
Muslim
أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ
“The most beloved deeds to Allah are those done consistently, even if small.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ
“Religion is sincerity.”
Muslim
الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ
“Modesty is part of faith.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ
“Cleanliness is half of faith.”
Muslim
مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرُ النَّاسَ لَا يَشْكُرُ اللَّهَ
“Whoever does not thank people does not thank Allah.”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ
“Charity does not decrease wealth.”
Muslim
خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
“The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.”
Bukhari
لَا يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ
“A believer is not stung from the same hole twice.”
Bukhari, Muslim
مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ
“Whoever guides to good earns a reward like the one who does it.”
Muslim
“There are two blessings many people waste: health and free time.”
Bukhari
الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
“A person will be with those they love.”
Bukhari, Muslim
كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ
“Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.”
Bukhari
لَا تَغْضَبْ
“Do not get angry.”
Bukhari
إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحْسَنَكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا
“The best of you are those with the best character.”
Bukhari, Muslim
وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا
“O servants of Allah, be brothers.”
Bukhari, Muslim
إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ
“Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.”
Muslim
وَمَا تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ
“No one humbles himself for Allah except that Allah raises him.”
Muslim
“The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, yet there is good in both.”
Muslim
“When a person dies, his deeds end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who prays for him.”
Muslim
خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ
“The best of you are those who are best to their families.”
Tirmidhi
“He is not of us who sleeps full while his neighbor goes hungry.”
Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad
أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ
“Spread greetings of peace among yourselves.”
Muslim
تَهَادَوْا تَحَابُّوا
“Give gifts to one another, and you will love one another.”
Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad
“Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship of this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship on the Day of Resurrection.”
Muslim
وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ
“Allah helps His servant as long as the servant helps his brother.”
Muslim
“The believers in their love and mercy toward one another are like one body: when one part aches, the whole body shares its pain.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا
“A believer to another believer is like the bricks of a building, each supporting the other.”
Bukhari, Muslim
إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَاصْنَعْ مَا شِئْتَ
“If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.”
Bukhari
“The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. Whoever avoids the doubtful protects his religion and honor.”
Bukhari, Muslim
مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ
“Part of a person’s good Islam is leaving what does not concern him.”
Tirmidhi
دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَرِيبُكَ
“Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt.”
Tirmidhi, Nasa’i
“Be mindful of Allah wherever you are. Follow a bad deed with a good one to erase it, and treat people with good character.”
Tirmidhi
احْفَظِ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْكَ
“Be mindful of Allah, and He will protect you.”
Tirmidhi
إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ
“When you ask, ask Allah; when you seek help, seek help from Allah.”
Tirmidhi
لَا ضَرَرَ وَلَا ضِرَارَ
“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
Ibn Majah
أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَاذِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ
“Remember often the destroyer of pleasures: death.”
Tirmidhi, Nasa’i
“Richness is not having many possessions; true richness is the richness of the soul.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى
“The upper hand (that gives) is better than the lower hand (that takes).”
Bukhari, Muslim
اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
“Protect yourselves from the Fire, even with half a date in charity.”
Bukhari, Muslim
أَعْطُوا الْأَجِيرَ أَجْرَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجِفَّ عَرَقُهُ
“Give the worker his wage before his sweat dries.”
Ibn Majah
لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيُوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَنَا
“He is not of us who does not show mercy to our young and respect to our elders.”
Tirmidhi
الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ
“Supplication is worship itself.”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
“Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.”
Bukhari, Muslim
أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ
“A servant is closest to his Lord while in prostration.”
Muslim
“The five daily prayers are like a river at your door in which you bathe five times a day; no dirt remains.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Prayer in congregation is twenty-seven degrees better than praying alone.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ
“Fasting is a shield.”
Bukhari, Muslim
تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً
“Eat the pre-dawn meal, for in it there is blessing.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The fasting person has two joys: when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Islam is built on five: bearing witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, prayer, charity, pilgrimage, and fasting in Ramadan.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“In the body there is a piece of flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Faith has seventy-some branches. The highest is saying ‘There is no god but Allah’, and the lowest is removing something harmful from the road.”
Muslim
كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ
“Every good deed is charity.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Allah said: My mercy prevails over My wrath.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Allah said: If My servant draws near to Me a hand’s span, I draw near to him an arm’s length. If he comes walking, I come running.”
Bukhari, Muslim
الْمَرْءُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ
“A person follows the way of his close friend, so be careful whom you befriend.”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
“The most beloved words to Allah are four: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah and Allahu Akbar.”
Muslim
“Two phrases are light on the tongue, heavy on the scale and beloved to the Most Merciful: SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi, SubhanAllahil-‘Azim.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“It is not lawful for a Muslim to stay estranged from his brother for more than three days.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Do not envy one another and do not turn your backs on one another. O servants of Allah, be brothers.”
Muslim
“Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most false of speech.”
Bukhari, Muslim
إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ
“Truthfulness leads to righteousness.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The signs of a hypocrite are three: when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks it, and when trusted he betrays.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Whoever wishes for his provision to be increased and his life to be blessed, let him keep good ties with his relatives.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“A man asked: ‘Who most deserves my good companionship?’ The Prophet said: ‘Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father.’”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The pleasure of the Lord lies in the pleasure of the parent.”
Tirmidhi
“A Muslim has five rights over another: returning his greeting, visiting him when sick, attending his funeral, accepting his invitation, and blessing him when he sneezes.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Allah forgave a man who gave water to a dog dying of thirst. When asked if there is reward in kindness to animals, the Prophet said: ‘There is reward in kindness to every living being.’”
Bukhari, Muslim
ارْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ
“Show mercy to those on earth, and the One in heaven will show mercy to you.”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ
“Gentleness is not found in anything except that it beautifies it.”
Muslim
إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ
“Allah is gentle and loves gentleness in all matters.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“How wonderful is the affair of the believer! All of it is good. If something good happens he is grateful, and that is good for him; if hardship befalls him he is patient, and that is good for him.”
Muslim
“No fatigue, illness, sorrow or hardship befalls a believer, not even a thorn that pricks him, except that it expiates some of his sins.”
Bukhari, Muslim
إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى
“True patience is at the first moment of a calamity.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Whoever takes a path seeking knowledge, Allah makes easy for him a path to Paradise.”
Muslim
مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ
“When Allah wills good for someone, He gives him understanding of the religion.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Read the Qur’an, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its companions.”
Muslim
خَيْرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ
“The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday.”
Muslim
مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا
“Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah sends blessings upon him tenfold.”
Muslim
“Allah extends His hand by night so that the one who sinned by day may repent, and extends His hand by day so that the one who sinned by night may repent.”
Muslim
كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ
“Every child of Adam errs, and the best of those who err are those who repent.”
Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah
“No one fills a vessel worse than his stomach; a few morsels to keep him upright are enough.”
Tirmidhi
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Gabriel kept urging me to be kind to the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“On the Day of Resurrection a servant’s feet will not move until he is asked about his life and how he spent it, his knowledge and what he did with it, his wealth and how he earned and spent it, and his body and how he used it.”
Tirmidhi
“Whoever of you sees a wrong, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart.”
Muslim
“Hearts rust as iron rusts, and their polish is the remembrance of Allah.”
Bayhaqi
الصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ
“Prayer is light.”
Muslim
“No Muslim plants a tree or sows a crop from which a person, bird or animal eats, except that it is charity for him.”
Bukhari, Muslim
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