Volume 8, Book 77, Number 613:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Take refuge with Allah from the difficulties of severe calamities, from having an
evil end and a bad fate and from the malicious joy of your enemies.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 614:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
When taking an oath, the Prophet very often used to say, “No, by Him Who turns the hearts.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 605:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet forbade vowing and said, “In fact, vowing does not prevent anything, but it makes a
miser to spend his property.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 606:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said (that Allah said), “Vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not
already written in his fate, but vowing is imposed on him by way of fore ordainment. Through vow –
ing I make a miser spend of his wealth.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 607:
Narrated Abu Musa:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle in a holy battle, we never went up a hill or reached its peak or
went down a valley but raised our voices with Takbir. Allah’s Apostle came close to us and said, “O
people! Don’t exert yourselves, for you do not call a deaf or an absent one, but you call the All-
Listener, the All-Seer.” The Prophet then said, “O ‘Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I teach you a sentence
which is from the treasures of Paradise? ( It is): ‘La haula wala quwata illa billah. (There is neither
might nor power except with Allah).”
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Volume 8, Book 77, Number 595:
Narrated Imran bin Husain:
A man said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Can the people of Paradise be known (differentiated) from the
people of the Fire; The Prophet replied, “Yes.” The man said, “Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds?”
The Prophet said, “Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been created to do or he will do those
deeds which will be made easy for him to do.” (i.e. everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will
lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 596:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
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The Prophet ; was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He said, “Allah knows what they would
have done (were they to live).”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 597:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He said, “Allah knows what they
would have done (were they to live).”
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its par –
ents turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their
offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
What do you think about those (of them) who die young?” The Prophet said, “Allah knows what they
would have done (were they to live).”