Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ, sourced and explained
Sayings and acts of the Prophet ﷺ, each carrying the collection it comes from and its number in that collection. Each one carries its full source and a short explanation of what it was answering.
- The best of you are those who are best to their families.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3895
- Whoever follows a path in pursuit of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.Sahih Muslim 2699
- The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, while there is good in both.Sahih Muslim 2664
- Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Give glad tidings and do not drive people away.Sahih al-Bukhari 69
- None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.Sahih al-Bukhari 13
- The most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little.Sahih al-Bukhari 6464
- When you ask, ask Allah. When you seek help, seek help from Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2516
- Patience is a light.Sahih Muslim 223
- Supplication is worship.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3372
- A good word is charity.Sahih al-Bukhari 2989
- The best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it.Sahih al-Bukhari 5027
- Tie your camel and then put your trust in Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2517
- Actions are but by intentions, and every person will have only what he intended.Sahih al-Bukhari 1
- Wondrous is the affair of the believer, for all his affairs are good. If prosperity comes to him he is grateful, and that is good for him; if hardship befalls him he is patient, and that is good for him.Sahih Muslim 2999
- No fatigue, illness, worry, grief, harm or distress befalls a Muslim, even the prick of a thorn, but that Allah expiates by it some of his sins.Sahih al-Bukhari 5641
- If you relied upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they set out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2344
- The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. When Allah loves a people, He tests them; whoever is content attains His pleasure, and whoever is discontent attains His displeasure.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2396
- Whoever tries to be patient, Allah will make him patient. No one is granted a gift better and more comprehensive than patience.Sahih al-Bukhari 1469
- Look at those who are below you and do not look at those who are above you, for that is more likely to keep you from belittling the favor of Allah upon you.Sahih Muslim 2963
- Whoever among you wakes up secure in his home, healthy in his body, with food for his day, it is as if he were given the entire world.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2346
- The first thing for which a servant will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection is his prayer. If it is sound, he has succeeded; if it is deficient, he has failed and lost.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 413
- The five daily prayers, and one Friday to the next, are an expiation for what lies between them, so long as major sins are avoided.Sahih Muslim 233
- The coolness of my eyes has been placed in prayer.Sunan an-Nasa'i 3940
- Your Lord is Generous and Shy. When His servant raises his hands to Him, He is shy to return them empty.Sunan Abi Dawud 1488
- The supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence will be answered. At his head is an appointed angel; whenever he prays for good for his brother, the angel says, 'Ameen, and for you the like.'Sahih Muslim 2733
- Nothing is more honorable to Allah than supplication.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3370
- When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: an ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him.Sahih Muslim 1631
- Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.Sunan Ibn Majah 224
- Convey from me, even a single verse.Sahih al-Bukhari 3461
- Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father.Sahih Muslim 2548
- He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young and honor to our elders.Riyad as-Salihin 355
- Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.Sahih Muslim 2319
- The most complete of the believers in faith are those with the best character.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1162
- Nothing is heavier on the scale of deeds than good character.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2002
- Whoever guides someone to good will have a reward like that of the one who does it.Sahih Muslim 1893
- Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.Sahih al-Bukhari 6018
- Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler.Sahih al-Bukhari 6416
- Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.al-Mustadrak al-Hakim 7846
- The son of Adam will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about his life and how he spent it, and his knowledge and what he did with it.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2417
- Part of the excellence of a person's Islam is his leaving what does not concern him.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2317
- Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1956
- Richness is not in having many possessions; rather, true richness is the richness of the soul.Sahih al-Bukhari 6446
- The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.Sahih al-Bukhari 10
- Be merciful to those on the earth, and the One above the heavens will be merciful to you.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1924
- Modesty brings nothing but good.Sahih al-Bukhari 6117
- Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his neighbour.Sahih Muslim 47
- The best of people are those most beneficial to people.al-Tabarani
- Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship in this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship on the Day of Resurrection.Sahih Muslim 2699
- Charity does not decrease wealth.Sahih Muslim 2588
- The upper hand is better than the lower hand.Sahih al-Bukhari 1429
- Fear Allah wherever you are; follow a bad deed with a good one to wipe it out; and treat people with good character.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1987
- Every act of kindness is a charity.Sahih al-Bukhari 6021
- He is not a believer who eats his fill while his neighbour beside him goes hungry.al-Adab al-Mufrad 112
- Whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the next.Sahih Muslim 2699
- O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, and from being overcome by debt and overpowered by men.Sahih al-Bukhari 6369
- O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.Sahih al-Bukhari 6306
- O Turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2140
- O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and contentment.Sahih Muslim 2721
- O Allah, set right for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs; set right my worldly life in which is my living; and set right my Hereafter to which is my return.Sahih Muslim 2720
- O Allah, help me to remember You, to give thanks to You, and to worship You in the best manner.Sunan Abi Dawud 1522
- O Allah, You are Pardoning; You love to pardon, so pardon me.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3513
- O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not fear, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered.Sahih Muslim 2722
- O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and deeds that are accepted.Sunan Ibn Majah 925
- O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty, and from the punishment of the grave.Sunan Abi Dawud 5090
- O Allah, grant my soul its piety and purify it, for You are the best of those who purify it; You are its Guardian and Protector.Sahih Muslim 2722
- O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and in the Hereafter.Sunan Ibn Majah 3871
- O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being, and provide for me.Sahih Muslim 2697
- O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and place your hope in Me, I will forgive you whatever comes from you. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then sought My forgiveness, I would forgive you.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3540
- Indeed My mercy prevails over My wrath.Sahih al-Bukhari 7554
- I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me.Sahih al-Bukhari 7405
- Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His servant than one of you who suddenly finds his lost camel in the desert.Sahih al-Bukhari 6309
- My servant has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and holds accountable for them; I have forgiven My servant.Sahih al-Bukhari 7507
- All the children of Adam sin, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2499
- Whoever repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will accept his repentance.Sahih Muslim 2703
- Be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise.Sahih al-Bukhari 6094
- The strong man is not the one who overpowers others; the strong man is the one who controls himself at the time of anger.Sahih al-Bukhari 6114
- Do not become angry.Sahih al-Bukhari 6116
- Allah is gentle and loves gentleness in all matters.Sahih Muslim 2593
- Protect yourself from the Fire, even with half a date given in charity.Sahih al-Bukhari 1417
- No one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises him.Sahih Muslim 2588
- Modesty is a branch of faith.Sahih Muslim 35
- Spread peace among yourselves, and you will love one another.Sahih Muslim 54
- Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1954
Questions on this
- What is the Sunnah, and how is a hadith different from the Qur’an?Qur’an 33:21 · Qur’an 59:7
- “No one with an atom of pride enters Paradise” — does that mean me?Sahih Muslim 91 · Qur’an 31:18
- Is it true that Allah created the universe for the sake of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?Qur’an 51:56 · Sahih Muslim 1718