Narrated Abu Huraira (radhiAllahu ‘anhu):

The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until (religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time will pass quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and money
will overflow amongst you.” (See Hadith No. 85 Vol 1).

— [Sahih Bukhari Vol. 2, no. 146

haakym:

It was narrated that Abu Lubaabah ibn ‘Abd al-Mundhir said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Friday is the master of days, and the greatest of them before Allaah. It is greater before Allaah than the day of al-Adha and the day of al-Fitr. It has five characteristics: on this day Allaah created Adam, on it He sent Adam down to the earth, on it Allaah caused Adam to die, on it there is a time when a person does not ask Allaah for anything but He gives it to him, so long as he does not ask for anything haraam, and on it the Hour will begin. There is no angel who is close to Allaah, no heaven, no earth, no wind, no mountain and no sea that does not fear Friday.” 

[Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 1084; classed as hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 2279]

Inspirations come from true stories. Relying on lies and made up stories is not from our deen, even if they appease us.

Hafs Ibn ‘Aasim said: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “It is sufficient that a man has lied who narrates everything that he hears.”

[Reported by Imaam Muslim in the introduction to his Saheeh. Imaam Muslim also quotes another chain on the authority of Hafs bin `Aasim from Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. It was also reported in Sunan Abu Dawood (4992) and authenticated by Shaikh al-Albaanee.]

— (via meditatingsouls)

Messenger of Allaah said, ‘I have not left you anything that will bring you closer to Allaah except that I have commanded you with it.’

— [Silsilah as-Saheehah (Collection of Sahih Ahadith) of Shaykh Al-Albaani, No. 1803] (via abu-amatullah)

(Source: arkofnoah, via zombiejihadi)

Hudhaifa ibn al-Yaman (radiAllaahu ta’aala ‘anhu) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (salAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) say:

“Trials and Tribulations will be presented to the hearts just like as a reed mat is interwoven, stick by stick. Any heart which absorbs these trials will have a black mark put in it. However, any heart that rejects them will have a white mark put in it. The result is that hearts will be of (one of) two kinds: one white like a white stone, which will not be harmed by trials as long as the heavens and earth endure; and the other dark and rusty, like an over-turned vessel, not able to recognize the good, nor reject evil, but rather being absorbed with its desires.”

— (Source)

“Whoever innovates or accommodates (shelters or harbors) an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind”

The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) [Bukhari (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)]

Narrated Abu Huraira (radhiAllahu ‘anhu): Allah’s Apostle (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,

“When the Imam says, ‘Sami’ a-l-lahu Liman hamida,’ you should say, ‘Allahumma Rabbana laka-l-hamd.’ And if the saying of any one of you coincides with that of the angels, all his past sins will be forgiven.”

— [Sahih Bukhari Vol. 1, no. 762]
The Believer is the Mirror of the Believer

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allaah, may peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“The believer is the mirror of the believer.”

[Abu Daawud, no. 4918, with a good chain]

Commentary:

Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan, may Allaah preserve him, explains this hadeeth by saying:

A mirror is that which you see yourself when you stand in front of it whether the picture is presentable or needs fixing and modification. When a person wishes to leave from his home, he stands in front of the mirror because there may be something that he needs to correct on himself or remove from his clothing or the like. For a person to have a pleasant appearance in front of the people is a good thing, however there is the figurative meaning of mirror that shows you your deficiencies and that is your Muslim brother/sister.

The believer is the mirror of his fellow brother. Your brother knows the mistakes and shortcomings that you may have and therefore informs you of them so accept what he tells you. This is an encouragement to accept what your brother presents to you which entails the beautification of your inward and outward appearance. Also he sees things in you that you can’t see yourself. A person may think he is complete and is mistake-free whereas his sincere and genuine Muslim brother sees that he has mistakes and shortcomings thus he instructs him to rectify them. So do not restrict yourself solely to your own assumptions and considerations but consult your brother and listen to the advice he has to give.

In this hadeeth are two important matters:

  1. A person should accept the advice of his sincere brother from that which he sees in him from defects and correct them.
  2. It is compulsory upon the Muslim to advise his brother/sister and not remain silent about what he sees in him from defects and the like or the opposite; praising him and being phony with him by relaying to him that which isn’t true (about himself). This is deceit and treachery. “The believer is the mirror to the believer,” he sees in him his own picture and what needs perfecting and reformation.

[Source: ‘Tasheelul Ilmaam bi fiqhil Ahaadeeth min Buloogh Al-Maraam’ by Sheikh Saalih al-Fouzaan, Translated by Abu Fouzaan Qaasim]

Narrated Anas bin Malik (radhiAllahu ‘anhu): The Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,

“What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?” His talk grew stern while delivering this speech and he said, “They should stop (looking towards the sky during the prayer); otherwise their eye-sight would be taken away.”

— [Sahih Bukhari Vol. 1, no. 717]
Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit (radhiAllahu ‘anhu): Allah’s Apostle (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid.”

[Sahih Bukhari Vol. 1, no. 723]