Whenever the meal was concluded the Prophet Muhammad PBUH would say,

'Praise to be Allah, in plenty, in the best form and in abundance. The praise, which we ourselves offer and the praise which does not desert us, and whose desire never leaves us and we do not become indifferent to praise (of God), O Our Lord.'

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI
On the Authority of Abu Umamah

"God is bountiful and feels unhappy if He has to refuse to grant a wish. He feels embarrassed when a man holds out both his hands before Him, and He has to disappoint him by turning him away empty-handed."

HADITH OF ABU DAWUD AND AT-TIRMIDHI
On the Authority of Salman Al-Farsi

'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, 'It is as if I see the Prophet Muhammad PBUH describing the life of one of the prophets,^[1] who is assaulted by his people until the blood runs. He wipes the blood from his face and says, "O God, forgive my people for they know not what they do."'

HADITH OF BUKHARI AND MUSLIM

1. The allusion is probably made to the Prophet Nuh (Noah).

"O God, I seek divine guidance so that I may remain steadfast in what is just.
I seek divine guidance in order to be firm in righteousness.
I seek divine guidance in the manner that I express my gratitude for Your favour and worship with devotion.
I seek from You a tongue that speaks the truth and a heart which is pure and clean."

HADITH OF AT-TIRMIDHI

"God accepts the repentance of a man right to his last gasp, before he dies."

HADITH OF AT-TIRMIDHI
On the Authority of 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar

"Allah has made the Muslims duty bound to pay zakat (alms). It will be realised from the wealthy to be distributed among the needy."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM
On the Authority of 'Abdullah Ibn Al-'Abbas

"Anyone who unjustly flogs his servant will be punished on the Day of Judgement."

HADITH OF AT-TABARANI
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah

"Part of someone's being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does not concern him."

HADITH OF AT-TIRMIDHI
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah

"On the Day of Judgement, God will not even look at a man who, in a show of arrogance, lets his clothes sweep the ground."

Abu Bakr said,

"The cloth which I have worn around my waist trails no matter what I do."

To this the Prophet PBUH said,

"You are not one of those who do it out of arrogance."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI
On the Authority of 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar

"A man who borrows things, with the intention of returning them, has them returned on his behalf by the Almighty. A man who borrows things, with no intention of returning them, has such possession destroyed by the Almighty."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah

"One who walks with a tyrant, in the full knowledge that he is a tyrant, in order to strengthen him, is such as has already left the fold of Islam."

HADITH OF AL-BAYHAQI
On the Authority of Aus Bin Shurahabil

"O young people, those among you who are able must enter into marriage. For it helps to divert your attention from women. And it is a safeguard against lust. And those who cannot marry should observe fasts, for fasting too is a safeguard."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM
On the Authority of 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud

Young man, (the Prophet PBUH said to 'Abdullah ibn al-Abbas) hear some words of advice:

"Be mindful of God and God will protect you. Be mindful of God and you will find Him before you. If you ask, ask of God; if you seek help, seek help of God. Know that if all the people were to gather together to give you the benefit of anything, it would be some that God had already prescribed for ou, and that if they gathered together to harm you with anything, this would only be as God had already ordained."

HADITH OF AT-TIRMIDHI

"Anger is the devil, and the devil has been created from fire. And fire is extinguished by water, therefore, when any of you feel angry, you should perform your ablutions."

HADITH OF ABU DAWUD
On the Authority of 'Atiyah Sa'di

"Anyone who unjustly flogs his servant will be punished on the Day of Judgement."

HADITH OF AT-TABARANI
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah

"Anywhere that three Muslims reside, the prayer must be offered in congregation, otherwise Satan will overpower them. Adhere, therefore, to congregational prayer, lest the wolf eat up the goat which strays away from the herd."

HADITH OF ABU DAWUD
On the Authority of Abu D-Darda

"Greed and faith can never co-exist in the human heart."

HADITH OF AN-NASA'I
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah

"It is not proper for a man to keep away from his brother for more than three days, and then when they meet to turn their faces away from each other. The better of the two is the one who greets the other first."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM
On the Authority of Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari

Giving alms to the poor is a single good deed, but giving alms to a poor relative has the double virtue of giving alms and, at the same time, treating one's own relative well.

HADIT OF AN-NASA'I AND AT-TIRMIDHI
On the Authority of Salman Ibn Amir

Tariq ibn Ahyam relates that when anyone entered the fold of Islam, the Prophet would teach him to pray. Then he would instruct him how to invoke his Maker in these words:

"O God, forgive me and have mercy on me. Give me properity and sustenance."

HADITH OF MUSLIM

Abu Hurayrah relates how the Prophet never criticised food.

"If he liked it, he ate it. If he did not, he just left it."

HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM

A man once went to the Prophet PBUH with a grievance against his relatives. "O Messenger of God," he said, "I have some relatives whom I treat with kindness. Yet they show me no kindness. I treat them well and they treat me badly. I show them forbearance and they treat me with brutality." The Prophet PBUH replied, "If you are as you say you are, then it is as if you have smeared their faces with dust. And you will always have God's help against them so long as you continue to be well-behaved towards them."

HADITH OF MUSLIM
On the Authority of Abu Hurayrah