(An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths)
(Takhreej of An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths)
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Hadith No.7
On the authority of Tamim Al-Dari that the prophet said:
"Religion is sincerity". We said: "To whom?" He said: "To Allah and His Book, and His messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk".
narrated by Muslim
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Muslim: CD no. 82, The Book: Kitaab al Imaan”, Ch. “Anna Dinu Naseeha”,
An Nisaaee: Vol. 3, The Book: “Kitaab al Bay’ah”, Ch. 31, Hadeeth no. 4208, pg132
Abi Dawood: Vol. 3 The Book: “Kitaab al Adaab”, Ch. 67, Hadeeth 4944, pg. 213
Musnad Ahmad: CD no. 16332, The Book: “Musnad Ashamee”, Ch. “Tameem ad Daaree …”
HADEETH SEVEN: RELIGION IS COUNSEL
1- The religion of Islam is based on sincerity.
2- No sincerity, no religion.
3- Sincerity to Allah means to do all what is deserved by Him, i.e. to believe in Him, His existence, attributes, along with obeying and loving Him, etc.
4- Sincerity to His Book is to believe in it and to follow its judgments and rules, along with reciting its verses and getting to have full and accurate understanding of their meaning.
5- Sincerity to His Messenger is to believe in all that he was sent down with and to stick firmly to it.
6- Sincerity to Muslim leaders is to assist them in serving the cause of justice and to obey them in all other than unlawful matters.
7- Sincerity to Muslim Community is to guide and direct the people to all that may help them in matters of religion and these pertaining to this present life.