Muhammad

Prophet of Islam

Medieval influential 117 sayings

Sayings by Muhammad

Do not curse the wind, for it is from the mercy of Allah.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Abi Dawud 5097
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The most beloved of deeds to Allah is that you die and your tongue is moist with the remembrance of Allah.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Ibn Majah 3793
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If a Muslim plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, it is regarded as a charitable gift for him.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 2320
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The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 2956
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When you are commanded to do a good deed, do it as much as you can, and when you are forbidden from doing a bad deed, avoid it completely.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 1337
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The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 6114
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A man will be with those whom he loves.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 6169
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Indeed, Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 91
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The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

c. 610-632 CE (attributed) — Not found in major canonical hadith collections. Often attributed to him, but its authenticity is de…
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Whoever kills a mu'ahid (a non-Muslim living under Muslim rule) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 3166
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Do not wish for death; for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 7235
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The upper hand is better than the lower hand (i.e., the one who gives is better than the one who takes).

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 1429
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Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan an-Nasa'i 3104
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Modesty is part of faith.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 24
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A believer is not stung twice from the same hole.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 6133
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When you put on your shoes, begin with the right one, and when you take them off, begin with the left one.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 5855
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Keep your women from the markets, lest they mix with the men.

c. 610-632 CE — Musnad Ahmad 1045
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Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies or your forms, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 2564c
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Do not enter the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, unless you enter weeping, lest you be afflicted by what afflicted them.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 4702
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The prayer of a person who has had a sexual discharge is not accepted until he performs ablution (ghusl).

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 282
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