"The Poor Man Whose Name Lives in Thousands of Hadiths"

Who was this poor man who only lived with Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam for three years - but today his name is immortalized in thousands of hadiths throughout the world?

That is the story of Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu 'anhu.

Abu Hurairah came to Medina without wealth, without family, and without a place to shelter. He arrived late after the Khaibar War, when many other friends already had stories of struggle. Meanwhile, he only brought a piece of clothing... and a mountain of determination in his chest.

He lived in Shuffah—a small veranda behind the Nabawi Mosque which housed the poor. People who don't have a home, but have a big dream: heaven.

The days are full of hunger.
Sometimes he held his stomach until his body almost collapsed. Sometimes he tied stones to his stomach to keep it strong.

But every time the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went out to teach, Abu Hurairah was always there. Sitting in the front row, listening with a fully awake heart.

In just three years, he managed to memorize more than 5,000 hadith.

Without a pen.
Without paper.
With only his memory—and an unwavering love.

While other companions were trading, waging jihad, or taking care of their families, Abu Hurairah memorized every sentence of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as if the world stopped turning every time he spoke.

When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) died, Abu Hurairah wept—not only because he had lost a prophet, but because he realized:
the voice he had memorized was no longer in this world.

He said through tears:
"I am not crying because he is gone.
I am crying because the knowledge that once came from his tongue... is no longer heard."

From that day on, every time he narrated a hadith, tears often came to his eyes. For him, every hadith is not just knowledge—but memories, light, and wisdom that live in his heart.

Abu Hurairah lived in poverty.
But he bequeathed endless wealth:
science that today continues to be taught throughout the world.

He left no wealth behind.
However, every hadith that begins with his name is proof that Allah honors anyone who sincerely seeks knowledge.

He came to Medina empty-handed—
but return to the afterlife with radiant lips.

Because people who guard the knowledge of the Prophet sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wasallam...
will not die, even when the body has been buried.

✒ If Only You Were To Know

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

“If you knew what (reward) is for you with Allāh (for patience upon hardship); you would LOVE to be INCREASED in POVERTY and NEED.”

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٥٢٦٥ ، صححه الألباني]

Al Ma’moon said:

"People are of three types:

1 – One that is like food, and are a necessity,

2 – One that is like Medicine, one needs them during times of illness,

3 – One that is like an illness, despicable in every circumstance."

[Collected By Imaamudh Dhahabi In Siyar A’laamin Nubalaa, (10/283) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]

Life isn’t always amazing.
Sometimes you’re happy, and within minutes, you’re sad.

Sometimes you love deeply, and suddenly you’re broken.
Today you’re healthy, tomorrow you’re sick.

And this reminds us that life is not balanced.
Accept whatever comes your way as a test, and keep moving forward.

Don’t dwell on what’s beyond your understanding because truly, we can’t carry everything. Only the One who created everything can.

Remember you can’t have it all, wallāhi.
Life can humble you at any moment.
Be grateful for what brings you joy,
and be patient with the moments that bring pain.

Life itself may not always be amazing,
but with Allāh, everything will be okay in the end.

🌠Today’s Beautiful Hadith is about Oppression

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA): That the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim, he doesn't oppress him and doesn't put him into ruin, and whoever is concerned for the needs of his brother, Allah is concerned for his needs, and whoever relieves a Muslim of a burden, Allah will relieve him of a burden from the burdens of the Day of Judgement and whoever covers (the faults of) a Muslim, Allah will cover (his faults) on the Day of Judgement."
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1426, Book 17, Hadith 6)

Care for others and you will be cared for, looked after and protected just as you protect others. Do as you would want done to you and help those far away and near with whatever you can, be it assistance, support or charity.🌠

❝You don't really know a person until you live with him, travel with him or do business with him.❞
- Umar ibn al-Khattab  رضي الله عنه‎ 

A man bore witness in the presence of Umar ibn al-Khattaab -radiyallaahu anhu, so `Umar said to him: “I do not know you, and it does not harm you that I do not know you, but bring someone who does know you.”

So a man said: ‘I know him, O Chief of the Believers.’

Umar said: “What do you know of him?”

The man said: ‘Uprightness.’

Umar said: “Is he your closest neighbour; so that you know about his night and his day, and his comings and goings?”

The man said: ‘No.’

Umar said: “So have you had (monetary) dealings with him involving dirhams and deenars, which will indicate his piety?”

The man said: ‘No.’

Umar said: “Then has he been your companion upon a journey which could indicate to you his good character?”

The man said: ‘No.’

Umar said: “Then you do not know him.”

Then he said to the man (who bore witness): “Bring me someone who knows you.”
[Reported by Al-Bayhaqi and classed as Sahih by Al-Albani in Irwaa' Al-Ghaleel; 2637]

HOW TO FIGHT AGAINST ONE'S OWN SOUL

▪️Shaikh Muḥammad Naṣir ud-Dīn Al-Albānī, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:

My opinion is:

وجَاهِد النَّفْسَ والشَّيطانَ واعْصِهِما

وَإنْ هُما مَحَضاك النُصْحَ فَاتَّهِمِ

Fight hard against [both] soul and devil, and disobey them both;

And were the two to advise you truly, cast doubt upon [that].

The devil (shaytān) never gives true, sincere advice to his enemy, Man, and because of that, it is an obligation on every Muslim to do his utmost in fighting against himself and his desires. It’s because of that he ﷺ said: “The mujāhid [one who fights for Allāh’s sake to make His word uppermost] is the one who fights his own soul for Allāh’s sake.”

It’s not allowed for [a Muslim] to surrender to the desires of his soul because this surrendering will take him to destruction. Accordingly, a Muslim should always keep in mind the final outcome, [always] keep in mind [his] final home in the Hereafter:

وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ

And the Hereafter is certainly better for you than the present (Ad-Ḍuḥā, 4)

And the final place of the Hereafter, as you know, has Pleasure [Paradise] there and has a Blazing Hot Fire there, and this Blazing Hot Fire, that is to say, has within it various kinds of torment that the human mind cannot conceive of. From that, for example, is his ﷺ saying: “This fire of yours [in this world] is [just] one part of 70 parts of the fire of the Blazing Hellfire.”

[A Muslim] lives with the awareness that Allāh, Almighty and Majestic, is watching Him, [keeping away from what displeases Him accordingly]; in that, is protection for him from straying to the right or to the left or having his inclinations and desires play him for a fool, he ﷺ having said: “Paradise has been surrounded on all sides by things [the soul] doesn’t like, [while] the Fire has been surrounded on all sides by things [the soul] desires [or leans to].”

So whoever yearns to be among the people of Paradise, it’s incumbent upon him to fight hard against his own soul because of this ḥadīth and whatever [else] is along [the same] meaning.

O Allāh, it’s only Your mercy that I hope for.

Source: Silsilah Al-Hudā wa-l-Nūr, tape no. 488, 00:29:33.🎙

🌿https://tasfiyah.com/al-albani-how-to-fight-against-ones-own-soul/

📌[[The Meaning of Khushū’ (Calm Humility), a Core Attribute of Faith]]

🖋Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH) wrote:

«وَالْخُشُوعُ يَتَضَمَّنُ مَعْنَيَيْنِ: أَحَدُهُمَا: التَّوَاضُعُ وَالذُّلُّ. وَالثَّانِي: السُّكُونُ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةُ،

"Khushūʿ (reverent humility) contains two meanings: 1️⃣ Humility and submissiveness. 2️⃣ Stillness and tranquility.

وَذٰلِكَ مُسْتَلْزِمٌ لِلِينِ الْقَلْبِ الْمُنَافِي لِلْقَسْوَةِ، فَخُشُوعُ الْقَلْبِ يَتَضَمَّنُ عُبُودِيَّتَهُ لِلَّهِ وَطُمَأْنِينَتَهُ أَيْضًا؛ وَلِهٰذَا كَانَ الْخُشُوعُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ يَتَضَمَّنُ هٰذَا، وَهٰذَا؛ التَّوَاضُعَ وَالسُّكُونَ.»

That necessarily requires a soft heart, the opposite of hardness. Thus, the heart’s khushūʿ includes both its servitude to Allah and its inner calm. For this reason, khushūʿ in the prayer comprises both meanings: humility and serene stillness."

📚Ibn Taymiyyah, Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm. Al-Iman. Edited by Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī. Amman, Jordan: Al-Maktab al-Islāmī, 5th edition, 1416 AH / 1996 CE, p. 26.

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"Do not be fooled if you do not see the effect of your sin immediately, because you may experience its effect after 40 years."
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✒ Two Greeds That Harm A Man's Deen

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

ما ذئبان جائعان أرسلا في غنم بأفسد لها من حرص المرء على المال والشرف لدينه

“Two hungry wolves sent among a flock of sheep are NOT MORE destructive to them than a person's GREED for WEALTH and FAME are to his RELIGION.”

● [الجامع الصحيح سنن الترمذي ٢٣٧٦ ، صححه الألباني]

✒ Make Ākhirah Your Concern And Dunyā Will Come To You

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:

“Whoever makes Hereafter (Ākhirah) his goal, Allāh will GATHER his AFFAIRS for him and make him CONTENT in his HEART and the WORLD (Dunyā) will come to him SUBMISSIVELY.”

● [سنن إبن ماجه كتاب الزهد ٤١٠٥ ، صححه الألباني]

Translated By: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)

*The Reward for Sabr*

✍🏼Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله تعالى said:

Verily, the one who is afflicted with an affliction and is patient, Allaah سبحانه و تعالى will guide his heart, cause it to be opened to acceptance and make the affliction easy for him because of the hope he has in Allaah's reward.

Then when he is resurrected on the Last Day, he will be very much in need of those rewards which he had gained from his patience and persevering during the times of tribulations. He would have found them preserved for him with Allaah سبحانه و تعالى.

{Verily, the Patient will be given their reward}.

*إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ اجرهم بغير حساب*

*Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning*."
(Az-Zumar, 39:10)

▪الضياء للامم من الخطب الحوامع 《٧٩》

✒ Translated by:
Umm Hyatt al-Amerikiyyah حفظها الله

worship and hence doesn't find khushū’ (tranquility) in it, a duʿā’ that finds no response, a provision that comes with strain instead of ease.

He explains that obedience is light and disobedience is darkness. When darkness accumulates, it clouds perception, weakens resolve, and interrupts the flow of Allah's assistance. He also explains that blessings are not limited to just money or ease the way everyone has clouded their judgement of these two things; they include clarity, barakah in time, tranquility of the heart, love for good deeds, and being guided toward what benefits you. Sin can subtly block these without you realizing what you lost, because Allah may still give you what sustains your body while withholding what sustains your soul. Quick breakout, but this is one of the reasons why people who enjoy the dunya think people who are Allah-driven or Islam-centered are missing out.

At the same time, Al-Imām Ibnul Qayyim was careful and balanced. He neither said that every hardship is a punishment, nor that every delay is proof of sin. In fact, this idea was a lot referenced in the early chapters too. Some delays are elevation. Some trials are purification. Some hardships are gifts wrapped in difficulty so that the servant will rise to the level of that goodness. But he makes a crucial distinction: when sins are persistent and repentance is absent, deprivation becomes a form of discipline. And in cases like this, it is not that Allah has abandoned the servant, but that He intends to correct him.

He likens sins to poison. A little may not kill immediately, but repetition weakens the body over time. Likewise, repeated sins weaken īmān, and weakened īmān struggles to carry Barakah. Allah is generous, but His generosity flows through wisdom. He gives, withholds, opens, and delays in ways that align with justice and mercy together.

The cure, then, is not despair or obsessive self-blame. The cure is sincere tawbah, humility, and returning to Allah with honesty. Al-Imām Ibnul Qayyim reminds us that repentance itself attracts provision, relief, and light. When a servant turns back to Allah, Allah turns to him more swiftly. Many blockages are removed the moment the heart softens and admits its need.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sālih al-‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

“Each and every time a person increases in obedience to Allāh, He [Allāh] opens up the realms of knowledge and ēmān for him which He [Allāh] does not open up for anyone else.”

Sifatus-Salāh | Page 9 | Shaykh Sālih al-‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله

Translation: Authentic Quotes

🎯 [[The Strong Devour the Weak: Success in Business Requires Shrewdness & Audacity]]

📜 Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808 AH), the famous historian, said:

«وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ فَاقِدًا لِلْجَرَاءَةِ وَالْإِقْدَامِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، فَاقِدَ الْجَاهِ مِنَ الْحُكَّامِ، فَيَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَجْتَنِبَ الِاحْتِرَافَ بِالتِّجَارَةِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يُعَرِّضُ مَالَهُ لِلضَّيَاعِ وَالذَّهَابِ، وَيَصِيرُ مَأْكَلَةً لِلْبَاعَةِ، وَلَا يَكَادُ يَنْتَصِفُ مِنْهُمْ. لِأَنَّ الْغَالِبَ فِي النَّاسِ، وَخُصُوصًا الرِّعَاعَ وَالْبَاعَةَ، شَرِهُونَ إِلَىٰ مَا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ سِوَاهُمْ، مُتَوَثِّبُونَ عَلَيْهِ. وَلَوْلَا وَازِعُ الْأَحْكَامِ لَأَصْبَحَتْ أَمْوَالُ النَّاسِ نَهْبًا.»

“As for someone who lacks courage and initiative within himself, and who has no standing or influence with those in authority, he should avoid taking up trade as a profession. Doing so exposes his wealth to loss and ruin, makes him easy prey for merchants, and leaves him scarcely able to secure justice against them. This is because what predominates among people—especially the common rabble and traders—is a greedy desire for what lies in the hands of others, along with a readiness to seize it. Were it not for the restraining power of law, people’s wealth would become outright plunder.“

🗝 Sustainable trade is built on wisdom, vigilance, and legal protection. This passage is a sober reminder that being naive and dupable makes a person vulnerable to sharks. Trade and business demand savvy judgment, firm resolve, and legal protection. Where a person lacks these, the marketplace becomes more dangerous than productive. Human nature tends toward greed and encroachment. Only a healthy degree of audacity, clear rules, strong institutions, and informed shrewdness prevent commerce from turning into exploitation.

📚 Ibn Khaldun. al-ʿIbar wa-Dīwān al-Mubtadaʾ wa-l-Khabar fī Tārīkh al-ʿArab wa-l-Barbar wa-man ʿĀṣarahum min Dhawī al-Shaʾn al-Akbar (Tārīkh Ibn Khaldūn), vol. 1, ed. Khālīl Shiḥādah, rev. Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1st ed., 1401 AH / 1981 CE), 495.

The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:

“A man achieves by his good conduct the same degree [i.e. reward] as a person who prays [the voluntary prayer] during the night and who fasts during the day.

Silsilah as-Saheeha 795 | Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله | Saheeh li-Ghayrihi

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:

إِنَّ الرجلَ لَيُدْرِكُ بحسنِ خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَاتِ قائِمِ الليلِ، صائِمِ النَّهارِ

السلسلة الصحيحة ٧٩٥ | الشيخ الألباني رحمه الله | صحيح لغيره

Translation: Authentic Quotes

⚠ Benefit ⚠

🚫 Fabricated Narration 🚫 Prophet Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Paradise lies beneath the feet of mothers.” ● [al-'Uqaylee said: It's Munkar (rejected) and al-Albānī said: It's fabricated]

✔ Authentic Narration ✔ A man who wished to go out for Jihād came to the Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam seeking his advice, so he Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam asked him: “Do you have a mother?!!”, he replied: “Yes.”, so the Prophet Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said to him: “Then stay with her for indeed Paradise is beneath her feet.” ● [Authentic with al-Ḥākim, adh-Dhahabī, al-Mundhiree and al-Albānī Raḥimahumullāh]

#KnowTheDifferenceBetweenTwo BaarakAllaahu Feekum !!

WHOEVER LEAVES OFF SOMETHING FOR ALLĀH'S SAKE WILL BE REWARDED WITH SOMETHING BETTER.

The great Imām, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah said:

"The basis of this chapter and its principle is:

That whoever leaves off something for the sake of ALLĀH; then ALLĀH will replace that with something better.

Just as Yūsuf – as-Siddīq (peace be upon him) left the wife of 'Azīz for the sake of ALLĀH and chose the prison over fornication. Thus ALLĀH exchanged it by: empowering him upon the earth – to engage and take charge therein – as and how he liked.

Subsequently the woman herself returned to him; belittled – in a state of appeal – desirous of permissible association and so he married her, and so when he entered upon her he said: 'this is better than that which you sought.'

Observe how ALLĀH, the Glorified, rewarded him over the confined restriction of the prison with: empowering and granting him full authority in the land to take up quarters – wherever he liked. He humbled the 'Azīz (ruler) and his wife before him. Moreover this woman herself as well as the other women acknowledged his being free of fault – and this is HIS Sunnah (practice) the Most High, towards HIS servants past and present – until the Day of Judgment.

Likewise when Sulaimān bin Dāwūd (peace be upon them) became distracted with the horses which preoccupied him from the 'Asr prayer until the sun had set – and so he became angered for the sake of ALLĀH (by slaughtering them). ALLĀH replaced them for him with the wind; upon which he along with his military force would subsequently travel – airborne – wherever he so desired.

Likewise when the Muhājirūn (the companions who migrated) left their homes and dwellings for the sake of ALLĀH, they left their homelands which were of the most beloved things to them. ALLĀH compensated them by opening upon them the whole world in conquests and sanctioned for them the empowerment of the east of the earth as well as its west."

📚 Rawdhatul-Muhibbīn || Pages 600-601

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Can the evil eye cause physical sickness or financial or social problems ?

Dr. ‘Abdullah as-Sadhaan – who is a specialist in matters of ruqyah and whose doctoral thesis was ennoscriptd Diraasah Muqaarinah ‘an ar-Ruqyah ash-Shar‘iyyah (A Comparative Study of Ruqyah as prescribed in Islam) was asked:

Can the evil eye cause physical sickness or financial or social problems ?

He replied:

Yes, the evil eye can cause a lack of healing from many physical problems and may even make them worse. It may also cause financial and marital problems, breakdown in relationships and a lot of calamities. How can it be otherwise, when the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: “Death among my ummah is mostly caused, after the will and decree of Allah, by the evil eye.” So whatever occurs of calamities that are less serious than death are more likely to be caused by the evil eye.

Majallat ad-Da‘wah, issue no. 2018, 15 Shawwaal 1426 AH/17 November 2005 CE

Types of Companions

Ibn Al-Qayyim rahimahullah said:

People are of four categories:

1⃣. Those whose companionship is like food - one cannot do without them. They are rarer than red sulfur. They are the people of knowledge of Allāh and His commands, those who are sincere to Allāh, His Book, His Messenger, and His creation.

2⃣. Those whose companionship is like medicine - needed only at times of illness. They are those whose company one cannot avoid for the necessities of livelihood.

3⃣. Those whose companionship is like a disease associating with them brings harm, whether religious or worldly.

4⃣. Those whose companionship is total destruction and how many people fall under this category! They are the people of innovation and misguidance.

[Al-Fawā’id (1/519)]

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Ibn al-Mubaarak رحمه الله said:

“A small act may be made GREAT due to the intention [behind it] & a great act may be made SMALL due to the intention [behind it].”

[Jaami al-Uluum wa al-Hikam V.1/pg.71]