Hadith on Eid: Recitation of seven and five takbir in the Eid prayers

Kathir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would declare the greatness of Allah (takbir) during the Eid prayer seven times before reciting the Quran in the first bowing and five times before reciting the Quran in the second bowing.

At-Tirmidhi said, “This tradition is acted upon by some of the scholars among the companions of the Prophet and others.”

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 536

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to At-Tirmidhi

عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَبَّرَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فِي الْأُولَى سَبْعًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ

536 سنن الترمذي أبواب العيدين عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم باب ما جاء في التكبير في العيدين

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَدِّ كَثِيرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌوَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ

Tags: Companions الصحابة, Congregational Prayer صلاة الجماعة, Eid العيد, Exaltation التكبير, Good Deeds الحسنات, Manners الادب, Prayer صلاة, Righteous Predecessors السلف الصالح, Supplication دعاء

Hadith on Eid: There are no calls to prayer for Eid or any voluntary prayer

Jabir ibn Samura reported: I performed the Eid prayers with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, several times without announcing the two calls to prayer.

Source: Sahih Muslim 887, Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

At-Tirmidhi said, “This tradition is acted upon by the scholars among the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and others that there is no announcement for the Eid prayers and neither for any other voluntary prayer.”

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 532

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِيدَيْنِ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ

887 صحيح مسلم كتاب صلاة العيدين

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُ لَا يُؤَذَّنُ لِصَلَاةِ الْعِيدَيْنِ وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ النَّوَافِلِ

532 سنن الترمذي أبواب العيدين عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم باب ما جاء أن صلاة العيدين بغير أذان ولا إقامة

Hadith on Ansar: Allah will love those who love the companions that supported the emigrants

Al-Bara reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said about the Ansar, “None loves them but a believer and none hates them but a hypocrite. Whoever loves them, then Allah will love him, and whoever hates them, then Allah will hate him.”
Source: Sahih Bukhari 3572, Sahih Muslim 75
Grade: Mutaffaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim

الْبَرَاءَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْأَنْصَارُ لَا يُحِبُّهُمْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يُبْغِضُهُمْ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّهُمْ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَبْغَضَهُمْ أَبْغَضَهُ اللَّهُ

3572 صحيح البخاري كِتَاب مَنَاقِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ بَاب حُبِّ الْأَنْصَارِ

75 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْإِيمَانِ حب الأنصار آية الإيمان وبغضهم آية النفاق

Hadith on Ramadan: Look for the Night of Decree in the last week of Ramadan

Ibn Umar reported: Some men among the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were shown the Night of Decree while sleeping in the last week of Ramadan. So, the Messenger of Allah said, “I see that your dreams agree regarding the last week; so he who wants to seek the Night of Decree should seek it in the last week.”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 6, Number 2617]

عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُرُوا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي الْمَنَامِ فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرَى رُؤْيَاكُمْ قَدْ تَوَاطَأَتْ فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فَمَنْ كَانَ مُتَحَرِّيَهَا فَلْيَتَحَرَّهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ 

صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الصِّيَامِ باب فَضْلِ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَى طَلَبِهَا وَبَيَانِ مَحَلِّهَا وَأَرْجَى أَوْقَاتِ طَلَبِهَا

Hadith on Salaf: The best generations are the Companions and the Righteous Predecessors (Salaf As-Salih)

Narrated Abdullah: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “The best people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. And then after them will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness (i.e. they are treacherous).”

[Sahih Bukhari, Book 76, Number 437]

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏”‏ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ ‏”‏‏