Volume 8, Book 76, Number 500:
Narrated Sa’d bin Sahl As-Sa’idi:
The Prophet looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent
persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet said, “Let him who wants to look at a man
from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look at this (man).” Another man followed him and kept on fol –
lowing him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of his
sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., committed sui –
cide).” The Prophet added, “A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people
of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may do
deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from the
dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions.”
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 501:
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri:
A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Who is the best of mankind!” The
Prophet said, “A man who strives for Allah’s Cause with his life and property, and also a man who
lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the
people from his evil.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 502:
Narrated Abu Said:
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 503:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour.” It was asked, “How will honesty
be lost, O Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait
for the Hour.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 504:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
Allah’s Apostle narrated to us two narrations, one of which I have seen (happening) and I am
waiting for the other. He narrated that honesty was preserved in the roots of the hearts of men (in
the beginning) and then they learnt it (honesty) from the Qur’an, and then they learnt it from the
(Prophet’s) Sunna (tradition). He also told us about its disappearance, saying, “A man will go to sleep
whereupon honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain, resembling the
traces of fire. He then will sleep whereupon the remainder of the honesty will also be taken away
(from his heart) and its trace will resemble a blister which is raised over the surface of skin, when an
ember touches one’s foot; and in fact, this blister does not contain anything. So there will come a day
when people will deal in business with each other but there will hardly be any trustworthy persons
among them. Then it will be said that in such-and-such a tribe there is such-and-such person who
is honest, and a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, though indeed
he will not have belief equal to a mustard seed in his heart.” The narrator added: There came upon
me a time when I did not mind dealing with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion
would prevent him from cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him
from cheating; but today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so. (See Hadith No. 208,
Vol. 9)
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 495:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his shoe, and
so is the (Hell) Fire.
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 496:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The truest poetic verse ever said by a poet, is: Indeed! Everything except Allah, is
perishable.”
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 497:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If anyone of you looked at a person who was made superior to him in prop –
erty and (in good) appearance, then he should also look at the one who is inferior to him, and to
whom he has been made superior.”