Hadith on Sunnah: The Prophet delivered all the commands and prohibitions of Allah

Al-Mutalib ibn Hantib reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I have not left anything which Allah has commanded you except that I have commanded you, and I have not left anything which Allah has forbidden for you except that I have forbidden it for you.”

Source: Musnad Ash-Shafi’ee 1072

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ash-Shafi’ee and Ibn Al-Atheer

عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ إِلا وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ وَلا تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ إِلا وَقَدْ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ

1072 مسند الشافعي

المحدث ابن الأثير خلاصة حكم المحدث مشهور

Hadith on Sunnah: Let me not find one of you rejecting the traditions of the Prophet

Abu Rafi’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch and when he is informed of a command which I have commanded, he says: I do not know this, for we only follow what we find in the Book of Allah.”
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 13
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Wadi’ee

عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا أُلْفِيَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَمْرُ مِمَّا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ أَوْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ اتَّبَعْنَاهُ

13 سنن ابن ماجه – كِتَاب الْمُقَدِّمَةِ لا ألفين أحدكم متكئا على أريكته يأتيه الأمر مما أمرت به أو نهيت عنه فيقول لا أدري ما وجدنا في كتاب الله اتبعناه

المحدث الوادعي خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح على شرط الشيخين

Hadith on Sunnah: Eat lawful food, follow the Sunnah, and be a good neighbor, then you will enter Paradise

Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, “Whoever eats lawful food, works according to the Sunnah, and the people are safe from his evil; then he will enter Paradise.” A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, indeed, today there are many people.” He said, “They will be from generations after me.”
[Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book of the Resurrection, Number 2520, Hasan]

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَكَلَ طَيِّبًا وَعَمِلَ فِي سُنَّةٍ وَأَمِنَ النَّاسُ بَوَائِقَهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ فِي النَّاسِ لَكَثِيرٌ قَالَ وَسَيَكُونُ فِي قُرُونٍ بَعْدِي

2520 سنن الترمذي كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم باب منه

المحدث المنذري خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح أو حسن أو ما قاربهم

Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Weak narrations are more beloved to me than my personal opinion

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “A narration with a weak chain is more beloved to us than our opinion.”

[Ibn Hazm, Al-Muhalli 677]

قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ  ضَعِيفُ الْحَدِيثِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ الرَّأْيِ

المحلى بالآثار لابن حزم كتاب الصلاة الأعمال المستحبة في الصلاة

Ibn Taymiyyah: Permission to relate weak narrations only as supporting evidence for established good manners

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “It is not permissible to establish something in the Sharia based upon a weak narration which is not authentic or good, but Ahmad bin Hanbal and other scholars considered it permissible to narrate regarding virtuous deeds which are not known to be affirmed but when it is known not to be a lie. That is because when the action is known to be legislated with authentic evidence and it is not known to be a false narration, then it is possible that the reward is true, but not one of the Imams said that he considered it to be permissible to make something obligatory or recommended based upon a weak narration.”

[Majmu Al-Fatawa 250/1]

قال ابن تيمية ولا يجوز أن يعتمد في الشريعة على الأحاديث الضعيفة التي ليست صحيحة ولا حسنة، لكن أحمد بن حنبل وغيره من العلماء جوزوا أن يروى في فضائل الأعمال ما لم يعلم أنه ثابت إذا لم يعلم أنه كذب، وذلك أن العمل إذا علم أنه مشروع بدليل شرعي وروى حديث لا يعلم أنه كذب جاز أن يكون الثواب حقا، ولم يقل أحد من الأئمة أنه يجوز أن يجعل الشيء واجبا أو مستحبا بحديث ضعيف

مجموع الفتاوى

Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Strictness in legislating from authentic narrations but leniency in narrating about virtuous deeds

Thabit reported: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and other Imams said, “When we narrate regarding the lawful and unlawful, then we are strict; but when we narrate regarding virtuous deeds and the like, then we are lenient.”

[Ibn Hajr Al-Asqalani, Al-Qawl Al-Masadid fidh-Dhabb ‘An Musnad Al-Imam Ahmad]

وقد ثبت عن الإمام أحمد وغيره من الأئمة أنهم قالوا إذا روينا في الحلال والحرام شددنا ، وإذا روينا في الفضائل ونحوها تساهلنا

القول المسدد في الذب عن مسند الإمام أحمد كتاب للحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني

Hadith on Fasting: The Best Fast after Ramadan is in the month of Muharram

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was asked about which prayer was most excellent after the prescribed prayer, and which fast was most excellent after the month of Ramadan. He said, “The best prayer after the prescribed prayers is prayer offered in the middle of the night, and the most excellent fast after the month of Ramadan is the fast in Allah’s month, Al-Muharram.”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 6, Number 2612]

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، – رضى الله عنه – يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الصَّلاَةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَأَىُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ الصَّلاَةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ صِيَامُ شَهْرِ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمِ

Hadith on Medina: The Virtue of the Prophet’s City, Al-Madinah

Narrated Anas: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “Medina is a sanctuary from this place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever innovates in it a heresy or commits sins, then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people.”

[Sahih Bukhari, Book 30, Number 91]

عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ  عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَمٌ مِنْ كَذَا إِلَى كَذَا لَا يُقْطَعُ شَجَرُهَا وَلَا يُحْدَثُ فِيهَا حَدَثٌ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

Al-Qadi Iyad: It is disliked to shave the beard but not absolutely prohibited

Ibn Hajr Al-Asqalani reported: Al-Qadi Iyad said, “It is disliked to cut, shave or trim the beard.”

[Fath ul-Bari, Book of Dress]

وَقَالَ عِيَاضٌ : يُكْرَهُ حَلْقُ اللِّحْيَةِ وَقَصُّهَا وَتَحْذِيفُهَا

فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري كِتَاب اللِّبَاسِ حلق اللحية وقصها وتحذيفها

Hadith on Dress: The Sunnah of trimming the moustache and letting the beard grow

Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “Trim your moustaches and grow your beards.”
[Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Number 498]

عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ  عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى

صحيح مسلم كتاب الطهارة باب خصال الفطرة

Hadith on Pilgrimage: Do not perform a religious journey except to the Sacred Masajid in Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem

Abu Huraira reported: I heard from the Prophet, peace be upon him, that he said, “Do not undertake a (religious) journey except to three mosques: this mosque of mine (in Medina), the Sacred Mosque (in Mecca), and the Farthest Mosque (in Jerusalem).”

[Sahih Muslim, Book 7, Number 3218]

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُشَدُّ الرِّحَالُ إِلَّا إِلَى ثَلَاثَةِ مَسَاجِدَ مَسْجِدِي هَذَا وَمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى

صحيح مسلم كتاب الحج باب لا تشد الرحال إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد

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 ‏”‏‏