📚 Hadith Repository

Explore 55 authentic narrations of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ guiding our daily life.

Prayer Hadith • Virtue of Fajr and Asr
Authentic

مَنْ صَلَّى الْبَرْدَيْنِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

Man sallal-bardayni dakhalal-jannah.

"He who prays the two cool prayers (i.e., Fajr and Asr) will enter Paradise."

Narrated by: Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari
Sahih Bukhari 574, Sahih Muslim 635
Prayer Hadith • Virtue of Fajr Sunnah
Authentic

رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

Rak'atal-fajri khayrun minad-dunya wa ma fiha.

"The two rakat (sunnah before) Fajr are better than this world and all that it contains."

Narrated by: Aisha (ra)
Sahih Muslim 725
Prayer Hadith • Virtue of Dhuhr prayers
Authentic

مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَأَرْبَعٍ بَعْدَهَا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ

Man hafadha ala arba'i raka'atin qabladh-dhuhri wa arba'in ba'daha harramahullahu 'alan-nar.

"Whoever consistently observes four rakat before Dhuhr and four rakat after it, Allah will forbid him from the Fire."

Narrated by: Umm Habibah
Jami at-Tirmidhi 427, Sunan Abu Dawud 1269
Prayer Hadith • Virtue of four rakat before Asr
Authentic

رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً صَلَّى قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا

Rahimallahumra'an salla qablal-'asri arba'a.

"May Allah have mercy on a person who prays four rakat before the Asr prayer."

Narrated by: Abdullah ibn Umar
Jami at-Tirmidhi 430
Prayer Hadith • Voluntary prayer before Maghrib
Authentic

صَلُّوا قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ

Sallu qabla salatil-maghrib, qala fit-thalithati liman sha'a.

"Pray before the Maghrib prayer. He said it the third time: For whoever wills (to show it is voluntary)."

Narrated by: Abdullah Al-Muzani
Sahih Bukhari 1183
Prayer Hadith • Virtue of Isha in congregation
Authentic

مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَامَ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ

Man sallal-'isha'a fi jama'atin faka'annama qama nisfal-layl.

"He who prays Isha in congregation is as if he has prayed half the night."

Narrated by: Uthman ibn Affan
Sahih Muslim 656
Prayer Hadith • Isha and Fajr Congregation
Authentic

مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ وَالْفَجْرَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ كَانَ كَقِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ

Man sallal-'isha'a fi jama'ah wal-fajra fi jama'ah kana kaqiyami laylah.

"Whoever prays Isha in congregation and Fajr in congregation, it is as if he spent the entire night in prayer."

Narrated by: Uthman ibn Affan
Jami at-Tirmidhi 221
Prayer Hadith • Importance of Witr prayer
Authentic

إِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ فَأَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ

Innallaha witrun yuhibbul-witra fa awtiru ya ahlal-qur'an.

"Indeed, Allah is One and He loves the Witr prayer, so perform Witr, O people of the Quran."

Narrated by: Ali ibn Abi Talib
Sunan Abu Dawud 1416, Jami at-Tirmidhi 453
Prayer Hadith • Virtue of Tahajjud (Night Prayer)
Authentic

عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأْبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ

Alaykum bi qiyamil-layli fa innahu da'bus-salihina qablakum.

"Hold fast to night prayer, for indeed it was the practice of the righteous people before you."

Narrated by: Abu Umamah
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3549
Prayer Hadith • Sunnah of Istikhara prayer
Authentic

إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ لْيَقُلْ...

Idha hamma ahadukum bil-amri falyarka' rak'atayni min ghayril-faridati thumma liyaqul...

"If any of you thinks of doing any job, he should pray two rakat other than the compulsory prayers and then say (the dua of Istikhara)..."

Narrated by: Jabir ibn Abdullah
Sahih Bukhari 1162
Eating Hadith • Three golden rules of eating
Authentic

يَا غُلَامُ سَمِّ اللَّهَ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ

Ya ghulamu sammillaha wa kul bi yaminika wa kul mimma yalik.

"O young boy, say Bismillah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is closest to you."

Narrated by: Umar ibn Abi Salamah
Sahih Bukhari 5376, Sahih Muslim 2022
Eating Hadith • Rule of Thirds for Eating
Authentic

مَا مَلأَ آدَمِيٌّ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنٍ بِحَسْبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ أُكُلَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَثُلُثٌ لِطَعَامِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِشَرَابِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِهِ

Ma mala'a adamiyyun wi'a'an sharran min batn, bihasbibni adama ukulatin yuqimna sulbah. Fa in kana la mahala fathuluthun lita'amih, wa thuluthun lisharabih, wa thuluthun linafasih.

"A human being fills no vessel worse than his stomach. A few morsels are sufficient for him to keep his spine straight. But if he must, then one third for food, one third for drink, and one third for air."

Narrated by: Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2380
Eating Hadith • Eating from the sides of the dish
Authentic

الْبَرَكَةُ تَنْزِلُ وَسَطَ الطَّعَامِ فَكُلُوا مِنْ حَافَتَيْهِ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهِ

Al-barakatu tanzilu wasatat-ta'am, fakulu min hafatihi wa la ta'kulu min wasatih.

"Blessing descends upon the center of the food, so eat from the sides and do not eat from the center."

Narrated by: Abdullah ibn Abbas
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1805, Sunan Abu Dawud 3772
Eating Hadith • Licking the fingers after eating
Authentic

إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا

Idha akala ahadukum ta'aman fala yamsah yadahu hatta yal'aqaha aw yul'iqaha.

"When one of you finishes eating, he should not wipe his hand until he has licked his fingers or had them licked."

Narrated by: Abdullah ibn Abbas
Sahih Bukhari 5409, Sahih Muslim 2031
Eating Hadith • Never criticizing food
Authentic

مَا عَابَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَعَامًا قَطُّ إِنِ اشْتَهَاهُ أَكَلَهُ وَإِنْ كَرِهَهُ تَرَكَهُ

Ma 'aban-nabiyyu sallallahu alayhi wa sallama ta'aman qattu, inishtahahu akalahu wa in karihahu tarakah.

"The Prophet (ﷺ) never criticized any food; if he liked it, he ate it, and if he disliked it, he left it."

Narrated by: Abu Hurayrah
Sahih Bukhari 5409, Sahih Muslim 2064