some more Ahadeeth from "Islahul Mujtama' "

assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah

Hadeeth 58:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "The poor person is not the one for whom a date or two or a morsel or two (of food is sufficient but the poor person is he who does not (beg or) ask the people (for something) or show his poverty at all. Recite if you wish, (Allah's Statement):

"They do not beg of people at all." (2.273)



Hadeeth 59:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "One would rather cut and carry a bundle of wood on his back than ask somebody who may or may not live him."

Hadeeth 60:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar

The Prophet said, "A man keeps on asking others for something till he comes on the Day of Resurrection without any piece of flesh on his face."

Hadeeth 61:

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

The prophet said," show them leniency and do not be hard upon them.Give tidings (to the people) , do not create (in their minds) aversion (towards religion)"

Hadeeth 62:

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

Somebody asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the best among the people?" Allah's Apostle replied "A believer who strives his utmost in Allah's Cause with his life and property." They asked, "Who is next?" He replied, "A believer who stays in one of the mountain paths worshiping Allah and leaving the people secure from his mischief."


Hadeeth 63:

Narrated Sad:

I was the first Arab to shoot his arrow for the sake of Allah and we were ones who fought(naghzu) with Allah's Apostle and we had nothing to eat then, except the leaves of the Habala (Hubula) tree and samuru tree, so that our stool used to be similar to that of sheep.

****these are trees that grow in the oultands of Arabia


Hadeeth 64:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "(There are) three (types of persons to whom) Allah will neither speak to them on the Day of Resurrections, nor look at them (They are):--(1) a man who takes a false oath that he has been offered for a commodity a price greater than what he has actually been offered; (2) and a man who takes a false oath after the 'Asr (prayer) in order to grab the property of a Muslim through it; (3) and a man who forbids others to use the remaining superfluous water. To such a man Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection, 'Today I withhold My Blessings from you as you withheld the superfluous part of that (water) which your hands did not create.' "

Enjoy! =)

Compiled by Umm Abdullah