Volume 4, Book 55, Number 624:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “None of you should say that I am better than Yunus (i.e. Jonah).” Musadded ad –
ded, “Jonah bin Matta.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 595:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet recited:– ‘Hal-min-Muddakir’ (54.15) (Is there any that will remember) (and avoid
evil).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 580:
Narrated Abdullah:
When the Verse:–“It is those who believe and do not confuse their belief with wrong ( i.e. joining
others in worship with Allah” (6.83) was revealed, we said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Who is there amongst
us who has not done wrong to himself?” He replied, “It is not as you say, for ‘wrong’ in the Verse and
‘do not confuse their belief, with wrong means ‘SHIRK’ (i.e. joining others in worship with Allah).
Haven’t you heard Luqman’s saying to his son, ‘O my son! Join not others in worship with Allah, ver –
ily joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.” (31.13)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 549:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle, the true and truly inspired said, “(as regards your creation), every one of you is
collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then he becomes a clot for an other
forty days, and then a piece of flesh for an other forty days. Then Allah sends an angel to write four
words: He writes his deeds, time of his death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be
wretched or blessed (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into his body. So a man may do deeds
characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit
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between him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he starts doing
deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters Paradise. Similarly, a person may do deeds
characteristic of the people of Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between
him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the
people of the (Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 552:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of
the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 557:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle recited the following Verse) in the usual tone: ‘Fahal-Min-Muddalkir.’ (54.15)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 559:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet reciting: “Fahal Min Muddakir.” (See Hadith No. 557)
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 534:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Once we were in the company of Allah’s Apostle in a cave. Surat-al-Mursalat (77) was revealed
there, and we were learning it from Allah’s Apostle . Suddenly a snake came out of its hole and we
rushed towards it to kill it, but it hastened and entered its hole before we were able to catch it. Allah’s
Apostle said,” It has been saved from your evil and you have been saved from its evil.”