Hadith
Short hadith to live by
24 well-known sayings of the Prophet ﷺ on worship, character, brotherhood, patience and knowledge, with their sources.
“Actions are only by intentions, and everyone shall have what they intended.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The deeds most beloved to Allah are those done regularly, even if they are few.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Supplication is worship itself.”
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud
“Purity is half of faith.”
Muslim
“There are two blessings in which many people are deceived: health and free time.”
Bukhari
“The most complete of the believers in faith is the one with the best character.”
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let them speak good or remain silent.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“A good word is charity.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Your smile in the face of your brother is charity.”
Tirmidhi
“Modesty is part of faith.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Allah does not look at your appearance or your wealth, but at your hearts and your deeds.”
Muslim
“Fear Allah wherever you are; follow a bad deed with a good one to erase it; and treat people with good character.”
Tirmidhi
“None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Do not envy one another, do not turn your backs on one another; be, O servants of Allah, brothers.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship of this world, Allah will relieve them of a hardship of the Day of Resurrection.”
Muslim
“Whoever shows no mercy will be shown no mercy.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let them honour their neighbour.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The strong one is not the one who overcomes others in wrestling, but the one who controls himself in anger.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“How wonderful is the affair of the believer! All of it is good for him: in ease he is grateful, in hardship he is patient.”
Muslim
“Make things easy, not difficult; give glad tidings, do not drive people away.”
Bukhari, Muslim
“The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.”
Bukhari
“Whoever takes a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for them a path to Paradise.”
Muslim
“Whoever guides someone to good will have a reward like that of the one who does it.”
Muslim
Meaning-translations; numbering differs between editions, so only the collections are named.