Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the Islamic scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (821–875 CE). It is considered second only to Sahih al-Bukhari in terms of authenticity and is part of the “Sahihain,” the two most reliable hadith collections. Sahih Muslim meticulously gathers sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with a rigorous methodology that emphasizes the reliability of the chain of narrators. The collection covers a broad spectrum of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, theology, and ritual practices, serving as a foundational reference for scholars and students of Islamic knowledge worldwide.

Book 50, The Book of Repentance (Taubah), discusses turning to Allah in repentance, conditions, and rewards.

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 25

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 25 Salman reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Verily, Allah created, on the same very day when He created the heavens and the earth, one hundred parts of mercy. Every part of mercy is coextensive with the space between the heavens. and the earth and He out of this mercy […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 26

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 26 ‘Umar b. Khattab reported that there were brought some prisoners to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) amongst whom there was also a woman, who was searching (for someone) and when she found a child amongst the prisoners, she took hold of it, pressed it against her chest and provided it suck. […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 27

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 27 ‘Ala’ reported on the authority of his father who reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: If a believer were to know the punishment (in Hell) none would have the audacity to aspire for Paradise (but he would earnestly desire to be rescued from […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 28

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 28 Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that a person who had never done any good deed asked the members of his family to burn his dead body when he would die and to scatter half of its ashes over the land and half in the ocean. By […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 29

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 29 Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that a person committed sin beyond measure and when he was going to die, he left this will: (When I die), bum my dead body and then cast them (the ashes) to the wind and in the ocean. By Allah, if […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 30

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 30 Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that a servant transgressed the litnit in committing sins. The rest of the hadith is the same but there is no mention of the story of the cat in it and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ziibaidl (the […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 31

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 31 Abu Sa’id Khudri reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said that a person amongst the earlier nations before you was conferred property and children by Allah, He said to his children: ‘You must do as I command you to do, otherwise I will make others besides you as my inheritors. […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 32

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 32 This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu’ba with the chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording and Qatada explained the word” lam yasiru” as: ” I find no good in store for rxie in the eye of Allah.” وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 33

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 33 Abu Huraira reported from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, thus said. A servant committed a sin and he said: O Allah, forgive me my sins, and Allah (the Exalted and Glorious) said: My servant commited a sin and then he came to realise that […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 34

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 34 – The hadlth has been narrated on the authority of ‘Abd al-A’la b. Hammad with the same chain of transmitters. قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَنْجُويَهْ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 34   The above hadith is […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 35

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 35 – Abu Huraira reported lie heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that a servant committed a sin. The rest of the hadith is the same, but there is a slight variation of wording. حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، بْنِ أَبِي […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 36

Sahih Muslim: Book 50, Hadith 36 – Abu Musa reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Stretches out His Hand during the night so that the people may repent for the fault committed from dawn till dusk and He stretches out His Hand during the day so that the people […]