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 55, The Book of Zuhd & Softening of Hearts, encourages asceticism, spiritual reflection, and purification of the heart.

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 85

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 85 – his hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu’ba with a slight variation of wording. وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمَا […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 86

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 86 Abu Musa reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said: You killed him, or you sliced the back of a person. حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ، عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 87

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 87 Abu Ma’mar reported that a person lauded a ruler amongst the rulers and Miqdad began to throw dust upon him and he said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of those who shower too much praise. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 88

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 88 Hammam b. al-Harith reported that a person began to praise ‘Uthman and Miqdad sat upon his knee; and he was a bulky person and began to throw pebbles upon his (flatterer’s) face. Thereupon ‘Uthman said: What is the matter with you? And he said: Verily, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 89

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 89 – This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Miqdad through another chain of transmitters. وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَشْجَعِيُّ، عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، وَمَنْصُورٍ، […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 90

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 90 ‘Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing my mouth with miswak and two persons began to contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was older than the other. I gave the miswak to the younger […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 91

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 91 It was reported that Abu Huraira used to say: Listen to me, inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the apartment, while ‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) had been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she said to” Urwa: Did you hear his words? […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 92

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 92 Abu Sa’id Khudri reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from me except the Qur’an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for there is no harm in it and he who attributed any falsehood to […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 93

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 93 Suhaib reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) thus said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should teach him magic. He […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 94

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 94 ‘Ubadah b. Walid b. Samit reported: I and my father set out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the Companions of the Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet Abu Yasar, a Companion of Allah’s […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 95

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 95 Al-Bara’ b. ‘Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddiq came to the residence of my father (‘Azib) and bought a haudaj from him and said to ‘Azib: Send your son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So I carried […]

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 96

Sahih Muslim: Book 55, Hadith 96 Al-Bara’ reported: Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for thirteen dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration of Uthman b. ‘Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b. Malik) drew near Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his […]