Hadith 42 - The Expanse of the Forgiveness of Allah

Sharh Arba'een an Nawawî

Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadeeth

Hadeeth 42

On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say, “Allah the Almighty has said: ‘O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke 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 you then asked forgiveness from 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 it [too].’”

It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said that it was a hasan hadeeth.

Source: Arba'een an Nawawî

to be continued . . . .

Hadith 41 - The World is the Means for Attaining the Hereafter

Sharh Arba'een an Nawawî

Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadeeth

Hadeeth 41

On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin ’Amr bin al-’Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.”

[Imam an-Nawawi says:] We have related it in Kitab al-Hujjah with a saheeh chain of narrators.

Source: Arba'een an Nawawî

to be continued . . . .

Hadith 37 - The Grace of Allah and His Mercy

Sharh Arba'een an Nawawî

Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadeeth

Hadeeth 37

On the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from what he has related from his Lord:

Verily Allah ta’ala has written down the good deeds and the evil deeds, and then explained it [by saying]: “Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.”

It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim in their two Saheehs in these words.

Source: Arba'een an Nawawî

to be continued . . . .