In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful 

Forty Hadith Qudsi



Introduction 

The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith Qudsi and how do they
differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is given in the introduction to the book
titled "Forty Hadith Qudsi" published by: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic
Translation Center, P.O.Box 38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait.

Hadith Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith) are so named because,
unlike the majority of Hadith which are Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not to
the Prophet but to the Almighty. 

Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of as-Sayyid
ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon At-Tarifat where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is,
as to the meaning, from Allah the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah
(PBUH). It is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through revelation or in
dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it in his own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to
it because, besides being revealed, it is His wording." 

Hadith Collection 



Hadith Qudsi 1:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid
     down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 2:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said: 

     The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he had no
     right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake me as He made me at
     first (1) - and the initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his
     reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to Himself a son, while I am the One, the
     Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me. 

     (1) i.e., bring me back to life after death. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 3:

     On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 

     The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) led the morning
     prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When the Prophet (may the
     blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do
     you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said:
     This morning one of my servants became a believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him
     who said: We have been given rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in
     Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given rain by
     such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars.

     (2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was brought about by the movement of stars. This
     Hadith draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of such natural phenomena
     as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the Disposer of all things.

     It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 4:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said: 

     Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the night
     and the day (1). 

     (1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part of
     Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim). 



Hadith Qudsi 5:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said:

     I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who does an action
     for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him whom
     he associated with Me.

     It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 6:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:

     The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will
     be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours
     and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will
     say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it
     might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
     dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied
     [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought
     and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will
     say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught
     it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
     [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran
     that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
     dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had
     made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will
     make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what
     did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be
     spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it
     might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
     dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.

     It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 7:

     On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the
     messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:

     Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, gives the call to prayer
     and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at this servant of Mine, he gives
     the call to prayer and performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My servant [his
     sins] and have admitted him to Paradise.

     It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of authorities. 



Hadith Qudsi 8:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
     who said: 

     A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1) during it is
     deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone said to Abu Hurayrah:
     [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said: Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the
     Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be
     He), had said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My
     servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi l-alamin
     (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has praised Me. And when he says:
     Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me,
     and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on
     one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My power. And when he says: Iyyaka na
     budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant
     shall have what he has asked for. And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina
     an amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for My servant,
     and My servant shall have what he has asked for.

     (1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of the Qur'an. 

     (2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah. 

     (3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds." 

     (4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".

     (5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".

     (6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".

     (7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors, not
     of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".

     It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 9:

     On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
     who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: 

     The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of
     Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and
     succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something
     defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My
     servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was defective
     in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion. 

     It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad). 



Hadith Qudsi 10:

     On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
     who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: 

     Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food
     and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he
     breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him
     who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 11:

     On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
     who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: 

     Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim). 



Hadith Qudsi 12:

     On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: 

     A man from among those who were before you was called to account. Nothing in the way of
     good was found for him except that he used to have dealings with people and, being
     well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from
     repaying his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are worthier than you of
     that (of being so generous). Let him off. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 13:

     On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 

     I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and
     there came to him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being very poor), while
     the other was complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
     and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it will be but a short time before a
     caravan will [be able to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of
     Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without finding anyone to
     accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will surely stand before Allah, there being no screed
     between Him and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then He will say to him: Did I not
     bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not send to you a messenger?
     And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will
     look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself against
     Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he finds it not, then with a kind word. 

     (1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by al-Bukhari. 



Hadith Qudsi 14:

     On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
     who said: 

     Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove about seeking out
     gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them and fold their wings round
     each other, fillin that which is between them and between the lowest heaven. When [the people
     in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.)
     said: Then Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He is most knowing about
     them: From where have you come? And they say: We have come from some servants of Yours
     on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu akbar), witnessing that
     there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours]
     of You. He says: And what do they ask of Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. He
     says: And have they seen My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be
     were they to have seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask protection of You. He says:
     From what do they ask protection of Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says:
     And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how would it be were they to
     have seen My Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h)
     said: Then He says: I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they have
     asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that from which they asked protection. He
     (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They say: O Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning
     servant, who was merely passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said:
     And He says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with such people shall not
     suffer. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 15:

     On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Prophet
     (PBUH) said: Allah the Almighty said: 

     I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes
     mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in
     an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws near to Me
     an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to
     him at speed. 

     (1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be". The
     meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His
     servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such belief
     with right action would be to mock the Almighty. 

     It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 16:

     On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Messenger
     of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings he related from his Lord (glorified and exalted be He) is
     that He said: 

     Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He explained it [by saying that]
     he who has intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a
     full good deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as
     from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times over. But if he has intended a bad
     deed and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
     intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim. 



Hadith Qudsi 17:

     On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet
     (PBUH) is that among the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He
     said: 

     O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst
     you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except for those I
     have guided, so seek guidance of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of you are
     hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all
     of you are naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you.
     O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me
     and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and
     will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the
     last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any
     one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first
     of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most
     wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My
     servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise
     up in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested,
     that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases the sea if put into it. O
     My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let
     him finds good praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but himself. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 18:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of
     Resurrection: 

     O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit
     You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant
     So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you
     would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He
     will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will
     say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not?
     Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for doing
     so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink.
     He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds? He
     will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink.
     Had you given him to drink you would have surely found that with Me. 

     It was related by Muslim. 



Hadith Qudsi 19:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: 

     Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me in respect of either of
     them I shall cast into Hell-fire. 

     It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of authority.
     This Hadith also appears in Muslim in another version. 



Hadith Qudsi 20:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant [of
     Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge
     against his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are reconciled; delay
     these two until they are reconciled. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu Dawud). 



Hadith Qudsi 21:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said that Allah the Almighty said: 

     There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection: a man who has
     given his word by Me and has broken it; a man who has sold a free man (2) and has consumed
     the price; and a man who has hired a workman, has exacted his due in full from him and has not
     given him his wage.

     (1) i.e. types of men.

     (2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of another and has sold him.

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal). 



Hadith Qudsi 22:

     On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
     Allah (PBUH) said:

     Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one of
     us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about which he should say
     something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the
     Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and
     such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you
     should more properly fear.

     It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities. 



Hadith Qudsi 23:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection:

     Where are those who love one another through My glory? Today I shall give them shade in My
     shade, it being a day when there is no shade but My shade.

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik). 



Hadith Qudsi 24:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

     If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: I love
     So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he
     (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the
     inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established for
     him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor
     So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to the
     inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh)
     said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for him on earth.

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi). 



Hadith Qudsi 25:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:

     Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant
     draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined
     upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I
     shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he
     sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
     [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would
     surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul
     of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him.

     It was related by al-Bukhari. 



Hadith Qudsi 26:

     On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: 

     Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who is of meagre means and
     much given to prayer, who has been particular in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him
     inwardly (1), who was obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose sustenance was
     just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently. Then the Prophet (pbuh) rapped his
     hand and said: Death will have come early to him, his mourners will have been few, his estate
     scant. 

     (1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his obedience. 

     It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of
     authorities is sound. 



Hadith Qudsi 27:

     On the authority of Masruq, who said: 

     We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard those who have been
     killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their Lord, being provided for
     (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He said: We asked about that and the Prophet (pbuh) said:
     Their souls are in the insides of green birds having lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming
     freely in Paradise where they please, then taking shelter in those lanterns. So their Lord cast a
     glance at them (1) and said: Do you wish for anything? They said: What shall we wish for when
     we roam freely in Paradise where we please? And thus did He do to them three times. When
     they say that they would not be spared from being asked [again], they said: O Lord, we would
     like for You to put back our souls into our bodies so that we might fight for Your sake once
     again. And when He saw that they were not in need of anything they were let be. 

     (1) i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of Allah. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 28:

     On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in [such] anguish that
     he took a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood did not cease to flow till he
     died. Allah the Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled Me; I have forbidden him
     Paradise. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari. 



Hadith Qudsi 29:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: 

     My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best friend from amongst the
     inhabitants of the world and he has then borne it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing less
     than Paradise. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari. 



Hadith Qudsi 30:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: 

     If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to
     meet him. Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah, Allah likes
     to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him. Aishah (may Allah
     be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us
     dislike death? The Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not so, but rather it is that when the believer is
     given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah
     likes to meet him; but when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment and His
     displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet him. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim. 



Hadith Qudsi 31:

     On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of
     Allah (PBUH) related: 

     A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah the Almighty said: Who is
     he who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so? Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and
     have nullified your [own good] deeds (1) (or as he said [it]). 

     (1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud, indicates that the person referred to was a
     goldly man whose previous good deeds were brought to nought through presuming to declare
     that Allah would not forgive someone's bad deeds. 

     It was related by Muslim. 



Hadith Qudsi 32:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he charged his sons, saying:
     When I have died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes] into the sea, for, by Allah, if
     my Lord takes possession of me, He will punish me in a manner in which He has punished no
     one [else]. So they did that to him. Then He said to the earth: Produce what you have
     taken-and there he was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what you did? He said:
     Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and because of that He
     forgave him. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 33:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (PBUH),
     from among the things he reports from his Lord (mighty and sublime be He), is that he said: 

     A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified
     and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord
     who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my
     sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has known
     that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O
     Lord, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed
     a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you
     wish, for I have forgiven you. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari). 



Hadith Qudsi 34:

     On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of
     Allah (PBUH) say: Allah the Almighty said: 

     O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you
     have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky
     and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to
     come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no
     partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it. 

     It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound. 



Hadith Qudsi 35:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there
     remains the final third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may
     answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of
     Me that I may forgive him? 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud). 

     In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words: 

     And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines. 



Hadith Qudsi 36:

     On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:

     The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection and will say: Should we not ask
     [someone] to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come to Adam and will say: You are
     the Father of mankind; Allah created you with His hand He made His angels bow down to you
     and He taught you the names of everything, so intercede for us with you Lord so that He may
     give us relief form this place where we are. And he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] -
     and he will mention his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to Noah, for he is
     the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the earth. So they will come to him and
     he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention his having requested
     something of his Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran Chapter 11 Verses
     45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So
     they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a
     servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah. So they will come to him and
     he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention the talking of a life other that
     for a life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in the sight of his Lord
     and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and messenger, Allah's word and spirit. So they will
     come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Muhammad (may the
     blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven all his
     wrongdoing, past and future. So they will come to me and I shall set forth to ask permission to
     come to my Lord, and permission will be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate
     myself. He will leave me thus for such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said [to me]:
     Raise your head. Ask and it will be granted. Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and your
     intercession will be accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of praise that
     He will teach me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set me a limit [as to the number of people],
     so I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I
     shall bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me a limit [as to the number
     of people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I shall return for a third time, then a
     fourth, and I shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has confined and
     who must be there for eternity. There shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no
     god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come
     out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness
     weighing a grain of wheat; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no
     god but Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing an atom. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah). 



Hadith Qudsi 37:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah said: 

     I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not has
     it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them
     (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17). 

     (1) The words "Thus recite if you wish" are those of Abu Harayrah. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. 



Hadith Qudsi 38:

     On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to Paradise, saying: Look at it and
     at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he came to it
     and looked at it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh)
     said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no one hears of it without entering it. So
     He ordered that it be encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said: Return to it and look at
     what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to it
     and found that it was encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then he returned to Him and
     said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and
     what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount that it was in layers, one above the
     other. Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it. So
     He ordered that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And he returned to it
     and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no one will escape from entering it. 

     (1) The Arabic word used here is "makarih", the literal meaning of which is "things that are
     disliked". In this context it refers to forms of religious discipline that man usually finds onerous. 

     It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also by Abu Dawud
     and an-Nasa'i). 



Hadith Qudsi 39:

     On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me are the mighty and the
     haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah judged between them,
     [saying]: You are Paradise, My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you are
     Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I wish, and it is incumbent upon Me that
     each of you shall have its fill. 

     It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi). 



Hadith Qudsi 40:

     On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
     Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: 

     Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: O our
     Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands. Then
     He will say: Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be contented, O
     Lord, when You have given to us that which You have given to no one else of Your creation?
     Then He will say: Would not like Me to give you something better than that? And they will say:
     O Lord and what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall cause My favour to descend
     upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased with you. 

     It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi). 


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