" Hadith on MODERATION "

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MODERATION IN ALL THINGS

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) once asked a companion: " (Is it true) that you fast all day and stand in prayer all night ? " The companion replied that the report was indeed true. The Prophet ( PBUH ) then said: " Do not do that ! Observe the fast sometimes and also leave (it) at other times. Stand up for prayer at night and also sleep at night. Your body has a right over you, your eyes have a right over you and your wife has a right over you." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Hadith 127

ADOPT A MODERATE COURSE

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately. . .Always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course, whereby you will reach your target (of paradise)." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Hadith 470

BE MODERATE IN YOUR RELIGIOUS DEEDS

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " The good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise ( i.e., no one enters paradise only through his good deeds )." The Prophet's (PBUH) companions asked: " Not even you ? " The Prophet replied: " Not even myself, unless ALLAH bestows HIS favor and mercy on me. So be moderate in your religious deeds and do what is within your ability. None of you should wish for death, for if he is a doer of good, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to ALLAH." - Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Hadith 577

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" Hadith on LYING "

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The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) was asked: " Can a believer be a coward ? " The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " Yes." He was then asked: " Can a believer be a miser? " He replied: " Yes." And finally, he was asked: " Can a believer be a liar? " The Prophet said: " NO."-Al-Muwatta, Volume 56, Hadith 19

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" Hadith on LOVE FOR POOR PEOPLE "

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LOVE THE POOR

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " O ALLAH, grant me life as a poor man, cause me to die as a poor man and resurrect me in the company of the poor." His wife asked him why he said that, and he replied: " Because (the poor) will enter Paradise (before) the rich. Do not turn away a poor man even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you ALLAH will bring you near HIM on the Day of Resurrection." - Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1376

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " If you love the poor and bring them near you. . . ALLAH will bring you near HIM on the Day of Resurrection." - Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1376


The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) also said: " The people before you were destroyed because they inflicted legal punishments on the poor and forgave the rich." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Hadith 778
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" Hadith on LOVE "

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THOSE WHO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " There are people from the servants of ALLAH (SWT) who are neither prophets nor martyrs, (but) the prophets and martyrs will envy them on the Day of Resurrection. . .They are those who love one another for the spirit of ALLAH. . .I swear by ALLAH, their faces will glow and they will be (sitting) in (pulpits of) light. They will have no fear (on the day) when the people will have fear, and they will not grieve when the people will grieve." He then recited the verse: " Behold ! Verily for the friends of ALLAH ( SWT ), there is no fear, nor shall they grieve." (Quran, 10:62) - Sunan of Abu Dawood, Hadith 1563

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said: " You will not believe as long as you do not love one another." - Sahih Muslim, Hadith 19

The Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) said : " No man loves another for ALLAH sake without his LORD honoring him." - Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1301

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" Hadith on Kindness to Family "

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BE KIND TO YOUR FAMILY

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: " I have never seen anyone more kind to one's family than (the Prophet Muhammad)." - Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1077
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