Hadeeth Cards
Da'wa cards that highlight great meanings from the noble prophetic hadiths in a simple style and attractive display that helps the Muslim to have a deeper understanding of his religion in an easy way
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Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A person entered the mosque on a Friday through the gate facing Dar al-Qadā’ while the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was standing delivering the sermon. The man stood in front of the Messenger and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the livestock are dying and the roads are cut off. So supplicate to Allah for rain." The Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said: "O Allah, bless us with rain. O Allah, bless us with rain. O Allah, bless us with rain!" By Allah! There were no clouds in the sky and there was no house or building between us and Mount Sal‘. Then, all of a sudden, a big cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (the mountain) and when it arrived to the middle of the sky, it spread out and rained. By Allah! We could not see the sun for a week. Next Friday, a person entered through the same gate while the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon. The man stood in front of him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the livestock are dying and the roads are cut off. So supplicate to Allah to withhold the rain." The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said: "O Allah, round about us and not on us. O Allah, on the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the valleys, and on the places where trees grow." The rain stopped, and we came out walking in the sunshine. Sharīk said: “I asked Anas whether it was the same person who had asked for rain the previous Friday, and he replied: ‘I do not know.’”
Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim
While the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the Friday sermon, a man entered the mosque, stood in front of him, and called him to point out the hardship they were going through as the cattle were dying for lack of grass, the roads were blocked, and the camels they used for travel and to transport things had become lean due to the drought. He asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to supplicate to Allah, the Almighty, to end their distress. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and supplicated: “O Allah, send down rain.” He said it three times, as he usually did in a supplication and on important issues. Although there were no clouds in the sky, a small cloud suddenly appeared from behind the mountain, due to the Prophet's supplication. When it was positioned in the middle of the sky, it grew, spread, and rained for seven consecutive days. Interestingly, the next Friday as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, a man came to complain about the ceaseless rain, as it was keeping the cattle in their stalls, unable to go grazing, until they were starving, and it was preventing people from seeking their livelihood. He asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to invoke Allah, the Almighty, to stop the rain. So he, once again, raised his hands and supplicated to Allah to make the rain fall around the city, not on it, so the people could go about their daily lives, unharmed, and their livestock could go to their pasture. And he implored Allah, the Almighty, to let the rain fall on the areas where it would be beneficial, such as the mountains, valleys, hills, and pastures. The rain came to a halt, and they left the mosque walking in sunshine.
‘Abdullāh ibn Zayd ibn ‘Āsim al-Māzini (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) went out to invoke Allah for rain. He faced the direction of Qiblah as he invoked Allah, and turned his upper garment inside out. Then he prayed two Rak‘ahs and recited the Qur'an out loud in them. In another wording: "...facing the place of praying."
Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim
Allah, the Exalted, tests His slaves with many types of trials, so that they will invoke Him alone and remember Him. So, when the earth became barren during the lifetime of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) he went out with the people toward the place where Eid prayer is performed in the desert to ask for rain from Allah, the Exalted, and in order to show more humbleness and need to Allah, the Exalted. So, he faced the direction of Qiblah, where supplication is more likely to be answered, and began to invoke Allah to send down rain for the Muslims and to remove the drought that afflicted them. Out of optimism that their situation would change from drought and hardship to fertility and life of ease, he turned his upper garment inside out, then led the people in Istisqā' prayer. The prayer consisted of two Rak‘ahs in which his recitation of the Qur'an was out loud, because it was a largely congregational prayer.
Mahmūd ibn Labīd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: 'Uthmān ibn' Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to build the mosque, but the people did not like this idea, and they wished that he should keep it as it was. Thereupon, he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him the like of it in Paradise.'"
Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim
'Uthmān ibn' Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to rebuild the Prophet's Mosque in a better way than its former state. But the people disliked that, as it would involve a change to the earlier condition of the Mosque's structure during the Prophet's lifetime. The Mosque was made of mud bricks, and its ceiling was made of palm branches. 'Uthmān, however, wanted to build it with stones and plaster. So, 'Uthmān (may Allah be pleased with him) informed them that he heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever builds a mosque to win the pleasure of Allah Almighty, not for show-off or reputation, Allah will give him the best reward of the same kind of his deed. The reward is that Allah will build for him the like of it in Paradise.
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The deeds of my Ummah, the good and the bad thereof, were presented to me. I found the removal of harm from the road among their good deeds, and the spittle in a mosque that was not buried among their bad deeds."
Narrated by Muslim
Allah, Glorified and Exalted, presented the deeds of all Muslims to our Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and he found the removal of harmful things from the road among the good deeds, and spitting in the mosque and not removing the spit by burying it or by any other way is among the bad deeds.
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not appropriate to use mosques for urinating or filth. Indeed, they are built for the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur’an." Or he said words similar to this.
Narrated by Muslim
There is a story behind this Hadīth which Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported. He said: Once we were in the mosque with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) when a Bedouin came in and started urinating in the mosque. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah started to shout at him to stop. The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not interrupt him; leave him alone." So they left him until he finished urinating. Then the Messenger of Allah called him over and gently told him that these mosques are not built for urinating or any kind of filth; rather, they are built for prayer, reading the Qur’an, and remembrance of Allah. It is the duty of the believer to respect the houses of Allah. He should never throw anything filthy or harmful inside them nor raise his voice unduly, and be at his best behavior inside mosques because they are the houses of Allah.
Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a man announced (the loss of his camel) in the mosque, saying out loud: "Has any one seen the red camel?" Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May you not find it! The mosques are built for the purpose they are built."
Narrated by Muslim
Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates in this Hadīth that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man inside the mosque asking if anyone had seen his red camel, and that whoever would find it should let him know. The Prophet supplicated against him that he would not find it, or that Allah would not restore it to him (as in another reporion). He then explained why he supplicated against him, saying that the Houses of Allah were not built for worldly affairs such as asking about lost items or buying and selling; rather, they were built for prayer, the remembrance of Allah, and seeking the Hereafter.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hears a man inquiring in the mosque about something he has lost should say: 'May Allah not restore it to you,' for indeed mosques are not built for this."
Narrated by Muslim
This Hadīth teaches us that if we find someone asking in the mosque about something he has lost, we should say to him: "May Allah not restore it to you" or "May you not find it", according to another narration. This aims at scolding such a person for his lack of reverence for the mosque. Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified the reason for this rebuke, saying: "Indeed, mosques were not built for this." In fact, mosques are built for remembering Allah, the Almighty; prayer; knowledge; good discussions; and so on. Therefore, as the seeker of a lost item in the mosque has used this sacred place for a purpose not befitting it, he deserves supplication against him that he may not find his lost property. This is to punish him by giving him the opposite of what he seeks and also to intimidate others and repel them from doing the same. Overall, the Hadīth falls under commanding the right and forbidding the wrong, with the relevant conditions. If the supplication deters such a person and makes him stop, that is good; otherwise, it should be repeated.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see someone buying or selling in the mosque, say to him: 'May Allah not make your sale profitable!' And when you see someone announcing a lost item in the mosque, then say: 'May Allah not return it to you!'"
Narrated by At-Termedhy
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see someone buying or selling in the mosque." Not naming the item that is being sold implies the coverage of this verdict to any purchasable item. The Messenger ordered his followers to supplicate against those who buy and sell in the mosque out loud. He ordered them to say: "May Allah not make your sale profitable." This verdict has a connection to this verse: {So their commerce was profitless} [Sūrat al-Baqarah: 16]. It is also allowed to supplicate against both the buyer and the seller. The reason why purchasing inside the mosque is not allowed is because the mosque is the marketplace of the Hereafter. The one who treats it as a marketplace of this world and not of the Hereafter makes himself liable to be supplicated against with loss and deprivation, which is the very opposite of his purpose, so that people would restrain from doing it. This action is undesirable inside the mosque out of veneration for it.
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not appear until people boast about mosques."
Narrated by Abu Daoud
This Hadīth means that the Hour will not appear until people boast about mosques: their beautiful architecture, decoration, embellishment, height, and tall walls, so that some would say: "Our mosque is better than the mosque of the other neighborhood," and so on. Boasting is induced by actions, which involve an exaggerated decoration of mosques, building them to considerable heights, etc., so that they appear more splendid than other mosques. As such, it is mandatory to avoid excessiveness in building and decorating mosques, because mosques are not built for such ends. They are built only to be maintained with prayer, remembering and obeying Allah, the Almighty. In this respect, Allah says: {The mosques of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish the prayer.} [Sūrat At-Tawbah: 18] ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered building a mosque and gave these instructions: "[Build only to] shelter people from rain. Do not paint red or yellow, lest you should distract people's attention." Here, ‘Umar instructs to build a mosque that will protect people from rain and heat when they pray in it. Decoration is not advised. Anas said: "They will boast about [mosques], but little will they maintain them." Ibn ‘Abbās said: "Indeed you will embellish [mosques] just as the Jews and Christians embellished [their churches and synagogues]." To conclude, boasting about mosques is one of the signs of the Hour which will appear only when religious observance has grown weak. People will not be doing things for the sake of Allah, the Almighty, but for ostentation, reputation, competition, and boasting.
