Sayings (Hadiths) of Prophet Muhammad
About Longing for Allah’s Forgiveness
- Narrated Obada: ‘The Prophet said, “If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, and that Jesus is Allah’s servant and Messenger and His word (Be! And he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is the truth, and Hell is the truth,’ Allah will admit him into Paradise no matter what deeds he had done, even if those good deeds were few."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 645: Prophets)
Narrated Omar Ibn Al-Khattab: Some war prisoners were brought before the prophet and behold, a woman amongst them was offering her breasts to feed [the babies] and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took the baby to her breast and nursed him [she had lost her child but later she found him]. The Prophet said to us: “Do you think that this lady could throw her son into the fire?" We replied: “No, except in case she cannot do." The Prophet then said: “Allah is more Merciful to His servants than this lady is to her son."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 28: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab))
Narrated Abu-Huraira: ‘ I heard Allah’s Messenger saying: “Allah has divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and He kept ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down one part to the earth, and because of that one single part, His creatures are merciful to each other. So that even the mare lifts up its hoof away from its foal, lest it should trample on it."
(Translation of Sahih Muslim: The Book Pertaining to Repentance and Exhortation to Repentance (Kitab Al-Tauba))
