The Ahadeeth Islaam Revolves Around

[Ibn Abi Ahmed]

‘Uthmaan ibn Sa’eed narrated that Abu ‘Ubayd said: “The Prophet - صلى الله عليه وسلم – gathered the affair of the afterlife in one phrase:

“Whoever innovates something in this affair of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.”

And the affair of the life of this world in one phrase:

“Indeed actions are only based on intentions.”

They are incorporated in all knowledge.

Al Imaam Ahmad stated:

“The basis of Islaam are three Ahadeeth:

Umar’s Hadeeth – “Actions are based on intentions…”
‘Aa-isha’s Hadeeth – “Whoever innovates something in this affair of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.”
An Nu’maan ibn Basheer’s Hadeeth – “What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”

Al Haakim stated:

‘It was narrated to us on the authority of ‘Abdullaah ibn Ahmad that his father mentioned the saying of the Messenger; “Actions are based on intentions…”, and his saying; "Indeed the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's stomach for forty days…”, and his saying; “Whoever innovates something in this affair of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.” and then said: “Every book should start with these Ahadeeth because they are the basis of Hadeeth.”

Ishaaq ibn Rahuyah stated:

“Four Ahadeeth are from the basis of the religion:

‘Umar’s Hadeeth – “Indeed actions are only based on intentions…”
[An Nu’man ibn Basheer’s] Hadeeth – “What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”
[Ibn Mas’ood’s] Hadeeth: ”Indeed the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's stomach…”
and [‘Aa-isha’s] Hadeeth – “Whoever innovates something in this affair of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.”

Abu Dawood stated:

‘I examined the Ahadeeth on the authority of the Messenger- صلى الله عليه وسلم – and found they were [approximately] four thousand Ahadeeth, I further examined them and found that these four thousand revolve around four:

An Nu’maan ibn Basheer’s Hadeeth; “What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”
‘Umar’s Hadeeth; “Indeed actions are only based on intentions…”
Abu Hurayrah’s Hadeeth; “Indeed Allaah is good and does not accept anything except good, and Allaah ordered the believers with the same things he ordered the messengers…” and
[Abu Hurayrah’s Hadeeth;] “From the proficiency of a person’s Islaam, is to leave off what does not concern him.”

He then stated; ‘Each of these four Ahadeeth is a quarter of knowledge.’

It was also narrated that Abu Dawood said: “I wrote 500,000 Ahadeeth on the authority of the Messenger of Allaah - صلى الله عليه وسلم -, I selected from them what I included in this book – meaning ‘Sunan Abu Dawood’ – I collected 4,800 Ahadeeth in it [1], it is sufficient for a person to know four of them for his religion:

The First; the saying of the Messenger - صلى الله عليه وسلم - “Indeed actions are only based on intentions…”
The Second; the saying of the Messenger - صلى الله عليه وسلم – “From the proficiency of a person’s Islaam, is to leave off what does not concern him.”
The Third; the saying of the Messenger - صلى الله عليه وسلم – “A person would not be a true believer, until he does not accept for his brother except what he accepts for himself.”
The Fourth; the saying of the Messenger - صلى الله عليه وسلم – “What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”

In another narration he stated: “Fiqh revolves around five Ahadeeth:

“What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”
"There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."
“Indeed actions are only based on intentions…”
“Religion is sincerity…” and
“What I have prohibited you from, you must avoid, and what I have ordered you to do, you must carry out according to your ability…”

In another narration: ‘The basis of the Sunan in every science are four Ahadeeth:

Umar’s Hadeeth – “Indeed actions are only based on intentions…”
“What is permissible is clear and what is forbidden is clear…”
“From the proficiency of a person’s Islaam, is to leave off what does not concern him.”
and the Hadeeth: “Practice Zuhd in the life of this world and Allaah will love you, practice Zuhd in what people own and the people will love you.”

Al Haafidh Abul Hassan Taahir al Andalosee stated in a poem:

The basis of religion to us are four,
Ahadeeth from the sayings of the best of Mankind.
Avoid Shubuhaat, practice Zuhd and leave off,
that which does not concern you and act with an intention.

Ibn-Rajab al-Hanbali; See Jaami' al 'Uloom wal Hikkam: Vol. 1 P. 62

[IbnAbdulHakim]

Assalamu Alaikum

It would be so cool to have those ahadeeth in arabic.

[Saimah Ali]

subhanallah this is amazing

[Olive]

MashaAllah, amazing post. May Allah reward you for it.

[ayesha.ansari]

a beautiful Way of Life! On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah say:
Allah the Almighty has said: “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its.”

[ayesha.ansari]

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The disease of the peoples before you, namely envy and hatred, has crept to you, and it is the unhappy thing. I do not say that it shaves off the hair, but it shaves off the religion."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith ...Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

[Insaanah]

The Ahadeeth Islaam Revolves Around

This is the first one that comes to mind:

'Abdullah bin 'Umar said:
"Umar bin Al-Khattab told me: 'While we were with the Messenger of Allah one day, a man appeared before us whose clothes were exceedingly white and whose hair was exceedingly black. We could see no signs of travel on him, but none of us knew him. He came and sat before the Messenger of Allah , putting his knees against his, and placing his hands on his thighs, then he said: "O Muhammad, tell me about Islam." He said: "It is to bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah [SWT] and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the Salah, to give Zakah, to fast Ramadan, and to perform Hajj to the House if you are able to bear the journey." He said: "You have spoken the truth." And we were amazed by his asking him, and then saying, "You have spoken the truth". Then he said: "Tell me about Faith." He said: "It is to believe in Allah [SWT] , His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and in the Divine Decree, its good and its bad." He said: "You have spoken the truth." He said: "Tell me about Al-Ihsan." He said: "It is to worship Allah [SWT] as if you can see Him, for although you cannot see Him, He can see you." He said: "Tell me about the Hour." He said: "The one who is asked about it does not know more about it than the one who is asking." He said: "Then tell me about its signs." He said: "When a slave woman gives birth to her mistress, when you see the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in making tall buildings.'" 'Umar said: 'Three (days) passed, then the Messenger of Allah said to me: "O 'Umar, do you know who the questioner was?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "That was Jibril, peace be upon him, who came to you to teach you your religion." (Sahih)

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا كَهْمَسُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ ‏.‏ فَعَجِبْنَا إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِيمَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ بِهَا مِنَ السَّائِلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَاتِهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَبِثْتُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ يَا عُمَرُ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ أَتَاكُمْ لِيُعَلِّمَكُمْ أَمْرَ دِينِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏


Sunan an-Nasai (English reference : Vol. 6, Book 1, Hadith 4993) (Arabic reference : Book 48, Hadith 5007)

[Bhatti22]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful Ahadeeth.