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7 Authentic Hadith About Mercy in Islam

S Sehri.bd August 8, 2026 4 min read 221 views

Mercy — 7 hadith.

1. 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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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. 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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5. Sunan an-Nasa'i #2581

أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي هِلاَلٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي مَا يُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ مِنْ زَهْرَةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَوَيَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّر

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:"The Messenger of Allah sat on the Minbar, and we sat around him. He said: 'What I fear most for you after I am gone is the (worldly) delights that will come to you.' And he spoke of this world and its attractions. A man said: 'Can good bring forth evil? 'The Messenger of Allah remained silent and it was said to him (that man): 'What is the matter with you? You speak to the Messenger of Allah when he does not speak to you? We noticed that he was rec

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said — Sunan an-Nasa'i #2581 (Sahih)

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6. Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #373

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ‏:‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي لَأَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ فَأَرْحَمُهَا، أَوْ قَالَ‏:‏ إِنِّي لَأَرْحَمُ الشَّاةَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَهَا، قَالَ‏:‏ وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا، رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ‏.‏

Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Ismail bin Ibrahim narrated to us, he said: Ziyad bin Mikhraq narrated to us, on the authority of Muawiyah bin Qurra, on the authority of his father He said: A man said: O Messenger of God, I will slaughter a sheep and have mercy on it, or he said: I will have mercy on a sheep if I slaughter it. He said: And the sheep.

— Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #373 (Sahih)

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7. Mishkat al-Masabih #2486

وَعَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ الرجل إِذا أسلم علمه النَّبِي صلى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ: «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم

On the authority of Abu Malik Al-Ashja’i, on the authority of his father, he said: When a man converted to Islam, the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, taught him the prayer and then ordered him to pray with these words: “O God, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, protect me, and provide for me.” Narrated by Muslim

— Mishkat al-Masabih #2486 (Sahih)

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