Authentic Sunan : Part - 3
# Observing fast for three days every month: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: My friend (the Messenger of Allah ) directed me to observe fast for three days in every month, to perform two Rak`ah (optional) Duha prayer at forenoon and to perform the Witr prayer before going to bed. [Agreed upon: 1672 & 1178]
# Observing fast on the day of Arafah: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatadah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “Fasting on the day of ‘Arafah is an expiation for two years, the year preceding it and the year following it.” [Muslim: 3746]
# Observing fast on the day of Ashurah: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatadah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “Fasting the day of ‘Ashurah is an expiation for the year preceding it.” [Muslim: 3746]
# Appointing a leader when travelling: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed and Abu Hurayrah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “When three men travel together, they should make one of them their leader.” [Abu Dawood: 2608]
# Saying ‘Allahu akbar’ (Allah is Great) when ascending and saying ‘Subhaanallah’ (Glory be to Allah) when descending: It is narrated on the authority of Jaabir who said: “We used to say Allahu akbar when we ascended and we said subhanallah when descending” [Bukhari 2994]
# Supplication for stopover: It is narrated on the authority of Khawlah bint Hakeem who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever stops over somewhere and says, ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created,’ nothing will harm him until he sets off from that stopover of his.”[Muslim: 6878]
# Stopping first at the mosque when returning from a journey: It is narrated on the authority of Ka’b bin Maalik who said that the Prophet used to stop first at the mosque and pray there when he returned from a journey.[Agreed upon: 443 & 1659]
# Supplication upon wearing new clothes: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed al-Khudree who said that when the Messenger of Allah used to wear new clothing, he would name it by its name either qamees (shirt) or ‘imamah (turban) then say: “O Allah for you is praise! You clothed me it and I ask you for its good and the for what it was made for. And I seek refuge in you from its evil and the evil of what it has been created for” [Abu Dawood: 4020]
# Starting wearing the shoe with the right: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah who said that when the Messenger of Allah said: “If one of you puts on shoes, let him begin with the right. And when he takes it off, let him begin with the left. And let him put them both on or let him take them off both.” [Agreed upon: 5495 & 5855]
# Saying ‘bismillah’ at the start of eating: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Salamah I was in the room of the Messenger of Allah and my hand was flying around the plate. So he said to me: “O young man, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right and eat what is nearest to you.” [Agreed upon: 5376 & 5269]
# Praising Allah after eating and drinking: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik who said the Messenger of Allah said: “Indeed Allah is pleased with the slave who eats food and then praises Him for it or drinks a drink and then praises Him for it.” [Muslim 6932]
# Sitting when drinking: It is narrated on the authority of Anas who said the Prophet prohibited a man drinking whilst standing. [Muslim 5275]
# Rinsing one’s mouth after consuming milk: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah drank milk and then rinsed his mouth. He said: “It contains fat.” [Agreed upon 5609 & 798]
# Not criticising food: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that he said the Messenger of Allah did not ever criticise food. If he liked it, he ate it and if he disliked it, he left it. [Agreed upon 5380 & 5409]
# Eating with three fingers: It is narrated on the authority of Ka’b bin Maalik that the Messenger of Allah used to eat with three fingers and lick his hand before wiping it. [Muslim 5297]
# Drinking Zamzam water and using it as a cure: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr that he said the Messenger of Allah said about Zamzam water: “It is blessed and a food that nourishes” al-Tayaalisee adds, “And a cure for sickness.” [Muslim 6359]
# Eating on Eed al-Fitr before going to the prayer area: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik that he said the Messenger of Allah did not proceed on the day of al-Fitr until he had eaten some dates. And in another narration: He used to eat an odd number. [al-Bukhari: 953]
# Reading the Quran frequently: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Amaama al-Baahileewho said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Read the Quran, as it will come on the day of resurrection as an intercessor for its devotees.” [Muslim: 1874]
# Beautifying one’s voice in the recitation of the Quran: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur’an in a loud and pleasant tone.” [Agreed upon: 5024 & 1847]
# Always remembering Allah: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that she said the Messenger of Allah would remember Allah at all times. [Muslim: 826]
# Glorification: It is narrated on the authority of Juwayriyya that the Messenger of Allah left her company one morning when he had prayed the dawn prayers and she was in the mosque. Then he returned after the sun had risen whilst she was still sitting, and said: “Have you been like this since I left you?” She said, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “I have said four utterances after you three times that should they be weighed with what you have said since daytime they would outweigh them: ‘How perfect Allah is and I praise Him by the number of His creation and His pleasure, and by the weight of His throne, and the ink of His words.’” [Muslim: 2726]
# Responding to the one who sneezes: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: “When one of you sneezes, let him say, al-hamdu-lillah (’All praise be to Allah’). And let his brother or companions say to him, yarhamukallah (’May Allah have mercy upon you’), and if he says, yarhamukallah, let him say, yahdikumullahu wa yuslihu baalakum (’May Allah guide you and straighten your affairs’).” [al-Bukhari: 6224]
# Praying for the ill: It is narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Messenger of Allah entered upon a man he was visiting, and said: “laa ba`s tuhoor in shaa` Allah (’No harm, purification if Allah wills’)” [al-Bukhari: 5662]
# Putting one’s hand on a painful area and the supplication: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Uthmaan bin Abee al-’Aas that he complained about some pain to the Messenger of Allah that he found in his body since becoming Muslim. He said to him: “Put your hand on the part of your body that hurts and say: bismillah three times and then say seven times: `a’oodhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri maa ajidu wa uhadhir. ” [Muslim: 5737]
# Supplications when hearing the cock crow and seeking refuge with Allah on hearing the donkey bray: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: “When you hear the cock crow ask from Allah’s grace as it has seen an angel and when you hear the donkey bray seek refuge in Allah from the devil as it has seen a devil. ” [Agreed upon: 6920 - 3303]
# Supplication during rainfall: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that when the Messenger of Allah saw rain he would say: “Allaahumma sayyiban naafi’an. (O Allah make it a beneficial rain cloudl).” [al-Bukhari: 1032]
# Remembering Allah when entering the house: It is narrated on the authority of Jaabir bin ‘Abd Allaah that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “When a man enters his house and remembers Allah - the Honourable and Majestic - with his entering and eating, Satan says, ‘No place to sleep and no supper for you.’ And when man enters and does not remember Allah with his entrance, Satan says, ‘You’ve found your place to sleep.’ If he doesn’t remember Allah when eating, he says, ‘You’ve found somewhere to sleep and have supper.’” [Muslim: 5362]
# Remembering Allah in gatherings: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that when the Prophet said: “People do not sit in a gathering that doesn’t remember Allah or send benedictions upon their prophet except that there is sorrow upon them. If Allah wills He will punish them, and if He wills He wil forgive them.” [al-Tirmidhi: 3380]
# Supplication for entering the toilet: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik that he said: When the Prophet would enter where he answer the call of nature he would say: “Allahumma innee a’oodhu bika min al-khubthi wal-khabaa`ith (O Allah I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils).” [Agreed upon: 6322 - 831]
# Supplication for strong winds: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that the Prophet would say when it got very windy: “Allahumma innee as`aluka khayrahaa wa khayra maa feehaa wa khayra maa ursilat bihi wa a’oodhu bika min sharrihaa wa sharri maa feehaa wa sharri maa ursilat bih (O Allah I ask you for its good and whatever good is in it and any good sent by it, and I seek refuge in you from its evil and whatever evil is in it and any evil sent by it).” [Muslim 2085]
# Observing fast on the day of Arafah: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatadah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “Fasting on the day of ‘Arafah is an expiation for two years, the year preceding it and the year following it.” [Muslim: 3746]
# Observing fast on the day of Ashurah: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatadah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “Fasting the day of ‘Ashurah is an expiation for the year preceding it.” [Muslim: 3746]
# Appointing a leader when travelling: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed and Abu Hurayrah who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “When three men travel together, they should make one of them their leader.” [Abu Dawood: 2608]
# Saying ‘Allahu akbar’ (Allah is Great) when ascending and saying ‘Subhaanallah’ (Glory be to Allah) when descending: It is narrated on the authority of Jaabir who said: “We used to say Allahu akbar when we ascended and we said subhanallah when descending” [Bukhari 2994]
# Supplication for stopover: It is narrated on the authority of Khawlah bint Hakeem who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever stops over somewhere and says, ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created,’ nothing will harm him until he sets off from that stopover of his.”[Muslim: 6878]
# Stopping first at the mosque when returning from a journey: It is narrated on the authority of Ka’b bin Maalik who said that the Prophet used to stop first at the mosque and pray there when he returned from a journey.[Agreed upon: 443 & 1659]
# Supplication upon wearing new clothes: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed al-Khudree who said that when the Messenger of Allah used to wear new clothing, he would name it by its name either qamees (shirt) or ‘imamah (turban) then say: “O Allah for you is praise! You clothed me it and I ask you for its good and the for what it was made for. And I seek refuge in you from its evil and the evil of what it has been created for” [Abu Dawood: 4020]
# Starting wearing the shoe with the right: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah who said that when the Messenger of Allah said: “If one of you puts on shoes, let him begin with the right. And when he takes it off, let him begin with the left. And let him put them both on or let him take them off both.” [Agreed upon: 5495 & 5855]
# Saying ‘bismillah’ at the start of eating: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Salamah I was in the room of the Messenger of Allah and my hand was flying around the plate. So he said to me: “O young man, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right and eat what is nearest to you.” [Agreed upon: 5376 & 5269]
# Praising Allah after eating and drinking: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik who said the Messenger of Allah said: “Indeed Allah is pleased with the slave who eats food and then praises Him for it or drinks a drink and then praises Him for it.” [Muslim 6932]
# Sitting when drinking: It is narrated on the authority of Anas who said the Prophet prohibited a man drinking whilst standing. [Muslim 5275]
# Rinsing one’s mouth after consuming milk: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah drank milk and then rinsed his mouth. He said: “It contains fat.” [Agreed upon 5609 & 798]
# Not criticising food: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that he said the Messenger of Allah did not ever criticise food. If he liked it, he ate it and if he disliked it, he left it. [Agreed upon 5380 & 5409]
# Eating with three fingers: It is narrated on the authority of Ka’b bin Maalik that the Messenger of Allah used to eat with three fingers and lick his hand before wiping it. [Muslim 5297]
# Drinking Zamzam water and using it as a cure: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr that he said the Messenger of Allah said about Zamzam water: “It is blessed and a food that nourishes” al-Tayaalisee adds, “And a cure for sickness.” [Muslim 6359]
# Eating on Eed al-Fitr before going to the prayer area: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik that he said the Messenger of Allah did not proceed on the day of al-Fitr until he had eaten some dates. And in another narration: He used to eat an odd number. [al-Bukhari: 953]
# Reading the Quran frequently: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Amaama al-Baahileewho said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Read the Quran, as it will come on the day of resurrection as an intercessor for its devotees.” [Muslim: 1874]
# Beautifying one’s voice in the recitation of the Quran: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur’an in a loud and pleasant tone.” [Agreed upon: 5024 & 1847]
# Always remembering Allah: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that she said the Messenger of Allah would remember Allah at all times. [Muslim: 826]
# Glorification: It is narrated on the authority of Juwayriyya that the Messenger of Allah left her company one morning when he had prayed the dawn prayers and she was in the mosque. Then he returned after the sun had risen whilst she was still sitting, and said: “Have you been like this since I left you?” She said, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “I have said four utterances after you three times that should they be weighed with what you have said since daytime they would outweigh them: ‘How perfect Allah is and I praise Him by the number of His creation and His pleasure, and by the weight of His throne, and the ink of His words.’” [Muslim: 2726]
# Responding to the one who sneezes: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: “When one of you sneezes, let him say, al-hamdu-lillah (’All praise be to Allah’). And let his brother or companions say to him, yarhamukallah (’May Allah have mercy upon you’), and if he says, yarhamukallah, let him say, yahdikumullahu wa yuslihu baalakum (’May Allah guide you and straighten your affairs’).” [al-Bukhari: 6224]
# Praying for the ill: It is narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Messenger of Allah entered upon a man he was visiting, and said: “laa ba`s tuhoor in shaa` Allah (’No harm, purification if Allah wills’)” [al-Bukhari: 5662]
# Putting one’s hand on a painful area and the supplication: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Uthmaan bin Abee al-’Aas that he complained about some pain to the Messenger of Allah that he found in his body since becoming Muslim. He said to him: “Put your hand on the part of your body that hurts and say: bismillah three times and then say seven times: `a’oodhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri maa ajidu wa uhadhir. ” [Muslim: 5737]
# Supplications when hearing the cock crow and seeking refuge with Allah on hearing the donkey bray: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: “When you hear the cock crow ask from Allah’s grace as it has seen an angel and when you hear the donkey bray seek refuge in Allah from the devil as it has seen a devil. ” [Agreed upon: 6920 - 3303]
# Supplication during rainfall: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that when the Messenger of Allah saw rain he would say: “Allaahumma sayyiban naafi’an. (O Allah make it a beneficial rain cloudl).” [al-Bukhari: 1032]
# Remembering Allah when entering the house: It is narrated on the authority of Jaabir bin ‘Abd Allaah that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “When a man enters his house and remembers Allah - the Honourable and Majestic - with his entering and eating, Satan says, ‘No place to sleep and no supper for you.’ And when man enters and does not remember Allah with his entrance, Satan says, ‘You’ve found your place to sleep.’ If he doesn’t remember Allah when eating, he says, ‘You’ve found somewhere to sleep and have supper.’” [Muslim: 5362]
# Remembering Allah in gatherings: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that when the Prophet said: “People do not sit in a gathering that doesn’t remember Allah or send benedictions upon their prophet except that there is sorrow upon them. If Allah wills He will punish them, and if He wills He wil forgive them.” [al-Tirmidhi: 3380]
# Supplication for entering the toilet: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Maalik that he said: When the Prophet would enter where he answer the call of nature he would say: “Allahumma innee a’oodhu bika min al-khubthi wal-khabaa`ith (O Allah I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils).” [Agreed upon: 6322 - 831]
# Supplication for strong winds: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Aa`ishah that the Prophet would say when it got very windy: “Allahumma innee as`aluka khayrahaa wa khayra maa feehaa wa khayra maa ursilat bihi wa a’oodhu bika min sharrihaa wa sharri maa feehaa wa sharri maa ursilat bih (O Allah I ask you for its good and whatever good is in it and any good sent by it, and I seek refuge in you from its evil and whatever evil is in it and any evil sent by it).” [Muslim 2085]
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