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7 Authentic Hadith About Mercy in Islam

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Mercy — 7 hadith.

1. Jami' at-Tirmidhi #3180

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ لَمَّا ذُكِرَ مِنْ شَأْنِي الَّذِي ذُكِرَ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِيَّ خَطِيبًا فَتَشَهَّدَ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَشِيرُوا عَلَىَّ فِي أُنَاسٍ أَبَنُوا أَهْلِي وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي مِنْ سُوءٍ قَطُّ وَأَبَنُوا بِمَنْ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْ

Mahmoud bin Ghaylan told us, Abu Usama told us, on the authority of Hisham bin Urwa, my father told me, on the authority of Aisha, she said of what was mentioned of As for me, which was mentioned, and what I knew about, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, stood up to give me a preacher, and he bore witness and praised God and praised him as he deserved, then he said “But after they advised me about people who blamed my family, by God, I have never known any evil to be do

'Aishah — Jami' at-Tirmidhi #3180 (Sahih)

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2. Hadis Sambhar #1493

عَن جَابِرٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أوْقَدَ نَاراً فَجَعَلَ الجَنَادِبُ والفَرَاشُ يَقَعْنَ فِيهَا وَهُوَ يَذُبُّهُنَّ عَنْهَا وَأَنَا آخذٌ بحُجَزِكُمْ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأنْتُمْ تَفَلَّتُونَ مِنْ يَدَيَّ رواه مسلم

On the authority of Jabir, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “My likeness and your likeness is like a man who kindled a fire and made grasshoppers and moths fall into it while he was He will remove them from it, and I will protect you from the Fire while you escape from my hand. Narrated by Muslim.

Jaber (RA) — Hadis Sambhar #1493 (Sahih)

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3. Sahih Muslim #1429

قال مسلم: روى الأشجاعي هذا الحديث عن سفيان الثوري، الذي رواه عن الأسود بن قيس، الذي رواه عن شقيق بن عقبة، الذي رواه عن البراء بن عازب. قال البراء: "قرأنا هذه الآية مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في وقت واحد"، فرواها على غرار حديث فضيل بن مرزوق. كل هذه الروايات تدل على أن الصلاة الوسطى هي صلاة العصر. وفي حديث عائشة فقط نُسبت صلاة العصر إلى الصلاة الوسطى. انطلاقًا من أن المقصود بالوسطى والمقصود به أمران مختلفان، قال بعض علماء المذهب الشافعي: "الوسطى ليست صلاة العصر"، لكنهم قالوا أيضًا: "لا يُستدل على

Muslim says: Ashja'i also narrated this hadith from Sufyan al-Thawri, who narrated it from Aswad ibn Qays, who narrated it from Shaqiq ibn Uqba, who narrated it from Bara' ibn Azib. Bara' said, "We recited that verse with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at one time," thus narrating it like the hadith of Fudayl ibn Marzuk. Each of these narrations indicates that the middle prayer is the Asr (afternoon) prayer. Only in the hadith of Aisha is the Asr prayer attributed to the middle pr

— Sahih Muslim #1429 (Sahih)

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4. Sahih Al-Bukhari #4726

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَغَيْرَهُمَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ إِنَّا لَعِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ، إِذْ قَالَ سَلُونِي قُلْتُ أَىْ أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ ـ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ ـ بِالْكُوفَةِ رَجُلٌ قَاصٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ نَوْفٌ، يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِمُوسَى

Ya`la bin Muslim and `Amr bin Dinar and some others narrated the narration of Sa`id bin Jubair. Narrated Sa`id: While we were at the house of Ibn `Abbas, Ibn `Abbas said, "Ask me (any question)" I said, "O Abu `Abbas! May Allah let me be sacrificed for you ! There is a man at Kufa who is a storyteller called Nauf; who claims that he (Al-Khadir's companion) is not Moses of Bani Israel." As for `Amr, he said to me, "Ibn `Abbas said, "(Nauf) the enemy of Allah told a lie." But Ya`la said to

Ibn Juraij — Sahih Al-Bukhari #4726 (Sahih)

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5. Jami' at-Tirmidhi #2377

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَقَامَ وَقَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اتَّخَذْنَا لَكَ وِطَاءً ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا لِي وَمَا لِلدُّنْيَا مَا أَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا

Musa bin Abdul Rahman Al-Kindi told us, Zaid bin Hubab told us, Al-Masoudi told me, Amr bin Murrah told us, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Alqamah, on the authority of Abdullah, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, slept on a mat, then he got up and it affected his side, so we said, O Messenger of God If we had taken you as an intermediary, he said, “What is mine and what is in this world? I am in this world only as a rider who took shade under a t

'Abdullah narrated — Jami' at-Tirmidhi #2377 (Sahih)

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6. Sunan an-Nasa'i #930

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا قَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ آمِينَ وَقَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ آمِينَ فَوَافَقَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If any one of you says: 'Amin' and the angels in Heaven say Amin, and the one coincides with the other, his previous sins will be forgiven

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that — Sunan an-Nasa'i #930 (Sahih)

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7. Sahih Al-Bukhari #6512

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مُسْتَرِيحٌ، وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ الل

A funeral procession passed by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him."

Abu Qatada bin Rib'i Al-Ansari — Sahih Al-Bukhari #6512 (Sahih)

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