Immerse yourself in Riyad as-Salihin (The Gardens of the Righteous), the beloved compilation by Imam An-Nawawi. This timeless work is not merely a Hadith collection; it is a comprehensive guide to spiritual and ethical refinement. Here, you will find carefully curated chapters on everything from sincerity and patience to family life and social conduct. Each Hadith is selected to provide clear, practical guidance for modern life. Furthermore, its thematic organization makes it an accessible resource for Muslims at every level.

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 497

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 497 Khalid bin ‘Umar Al-‘Adawi reported: ‘Utbah bin Ghazwan, the governor of Basrah, delivered a Khutbah. He praised Allah, glorified Him, then said: “Amma b’adu, verily, the world has been given the news of its end and is running to meet its end swiftly. Nothing is left out of it […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 498

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 498 Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) showed us a sheet and a thick lower garment and said to us Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was wearing them when he died.. وعن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ أخرجت […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 499

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 499 Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: By Allah, I am the first Arab who shot an arrow in the Cause of Allah. We fought along with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when our food was only the leaves of Hublah and Samur trees (wild trees) […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 500

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 500 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “O Allah, make the provisions of family of Muhammad (ﷺ) bare subsistence.”. وعن أبي هريرة، رضي الله عنه، قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏”‏ اللهم اجعل رزق آل محمد […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 501

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 501 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: By Allah other than Whom there is none worthy of worship, I used to press my stomach against the earth owing to my hunger; I would tie a stone over it. One day, I was sitting on the way they […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 502

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 502 Muhammad bin Sirin (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “I would fall in swoon between the pulpit of (the mosque of) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the chamber of ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) and every passer-by […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 503

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 503 ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, his armour was mortgaged with a Jew for thirty Sa’ (measures) of barley.. وعن عائشة، رضي الله عنها قالت‏:‏ توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ودرعه مرهونة عند يهودي في ثلاثين صاعاً من شعير‏.‏ […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 504

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 504 Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) mortgaged his armour for a quantity of barley, and I took to him some barley bread and rancid fat. I heard him saying: “The family of Muhammad never possessed a measure of wheat from dawn to dusk although […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 505

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 505 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw seventy of the people of As-Suffah and none of them had a cloak. They had either a lower cloth or a blanket which they suspended from their necks. Some reached half way down to the legs and some […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 506

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 506 ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The mattress of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was a piece of tanned skin stuffed with palm fibres.. وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت‏:‏ كان فراش رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من أدم حشوه ليف‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 507

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 507 Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: We were once sitting in the company of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a man from the Ansar came and greeted. As he was leaving, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, “O brother of the Ansar, how is my […]

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 508

Riyad as-Salihin: Book 0, Hadith 508 ‘Imran bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best of you, are my contemporaries, then those who follow them, then those who will come after them. (‘Imran said, I do not know if he said this twice or thrice). Then, they will […]