Faith (Iman) Hadiths
Explore authentic hadiths concerning Faith (Iman) — the cornerstone of Islamic belief and the foundation of every Muslim's relationship with Allah.
Overview
Iman (Faith) is the foundation of Islamic belief, encompassing belief in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Day of Judgment, and divine decree. The Prophet ﷺ defined Iman through the famous Hadith of Jibreel as believing in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and predestination. Authentic hadiths reveal that Iman has over sixty branches, with the highest being the testimony of faith and the lowest being removing harm from the road.
Key Lessons
Faith is not static — it increases with obedience and decreases with sin. A believer must continually renew and strengthen their Iman through dhikr, knowledge, and righteous deeds. The concept of Iman also encompasses action of the heart, tongue, and limbs.
Practical Guidance
Strengthen your faith by learning the six pillars of Iman deeply, attending Islamic circles, reading Quran daily, and making dua for firm faith (thabaat). Recite "Allahumma thabbit qalbi ala dinik" regularly. Avoid sins that weaken faith and seek repentance immediately.
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Narrated Ibn 'Umar: I remember ten Rakat of Nawafil from the Prophet, two Rakat before the Zuhr prayer and two after it; two Rakat after Maghrib prayer in his house, and two Rakat after 'Isha' prayer in his house, and two Rakat before the Fajr prayer and at that time nobody would enter the house of the Prophet. Hafsa told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer two Rakat after the call maker had made the Adhan and the day had dawned
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: I remember ten Rakat of Nawafil from the Prophet, two Rakat before the Zuhr prayer and two after it; two Rakat after Maghrib prayer in his house, and two Rakat after 'Isha' prayer in his house, and two Rakat before the Fajr prayer and at that time nobody would enter the house of the Prophet. Hafsa told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer two Rakat after the call maker had made the Adhan and the day had dawned
Narrated Aisha:The Prophet (ﷺ) never missed four rak`at before the Zuhr prayer and two rak`at before the Fajr prayer
ہم سے مسدد بن مسرہد نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے یحییٰ بن سعید قطان نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے شعبہ نے، ان سے ابراہیم بن محمد بن منتشر نے، ان سے ان کے باپ محمد بن منتشر نے اور ان سے عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا نے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ظہر سے پہلے چار رکعت سنت اور صبح کی نماز سے پہلے دو رکعت سنت نماز پڑھنی نہیں چھوڑتے تھے۔ یحییٰ کے ساتھ اس حدیث کو ابن ابی عدی اور عمرو بن مرزوق نے بھی شعبہ سے روایت کیا۔
Narrated `Abdullah Al-Muzani:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Pray before the Maghrib (compulsory) prayer." He (said it thrice) and in the third time, he said, "Whoever wants to offer it can do so." He said so because he did not like the people to take it as a tradition
ہم سے ابومعمر نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے عبدالوارث نے بیان کیا، ان سے حسین معلم نے، ان سے عبداللہ بن بریدہ نے، انہوں نے کہا کہ مجھ سے عبداللہ بن مغفل مزنی رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا ان سے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ارشاد فرمایا کہ مغرب کے فرض سے پہلے ( سنت کی دو رکعتیں ) پڑھا کرو۔ تیسری مرتبہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے یوں فرمایا کہ جس کا جی چاہے کیونکہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو یہ بات پسند نہ تھی کہ لوگ اسے لازمی سمجھ بیٹھیں۔
Narrated Marthad bin `Abdullah Al-Yazani:I went to `Uqba bin 'Amir Al-Juhani and said, "Is it not surprising that Abi Tamim offers two rak`at before the Maghrib prayer?" `Uqba said, "We used to do so in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." I asked him, "What prevents you from offering it now?" He replied, "Business
ہم سے عبداللہ بن یزید نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے سعید بن ابی ایوب نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ مجھ سے یزید بن ابی حبیب نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا کہ میں نے مرثد بن عبداللہ یزنی سے سنا کہ میں عقبہ بن عامر جہنی صحابی رضی اللہ عنہ کے پاس آیا اور عرض کیا آپ کو ابوتمیم عبداللہ بن مالک پر تعجب نہیں آیا کہ وہ مغرب کی نماز فرض سے پہلے دو رکعت نفل پڑھتے ہیں۔ اس پر عقبہ نے فرمایا کہ ہم بھی رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے زمانہ میں اسے پڑھتے تھے۔ میں نے کہا پھر اب اس کے چھوڑنے کی کیا وجہ ہے؟ انہوں نے فرمایا کہ دنیا کے کاروبار مانع ہیں۔
Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-rabi' Al-Ansari:that he remembered Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he also remembered a mouthful of water which he had thrown on his face, after taking it from a well that was in their house. Mahmud said that he had heard `Itban bin Malik, who was present with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle of Badr saying, "I used to lead my people at Bani Salim in the prayer and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it rained it used to be difficult for me to cross it to go to their mosque. So I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, 'I have weak eyesight and the valley between me and my people flows during the rainy season and it becomes difficult for me to cross it; I wish you would come to my house and pray at a place so that I could take that place as a praying place.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I will do so.' So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came to my house in the (next) morning after the sun had risen high. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked my permission to let him in and I admitted him. He did not sit before saying, 'Where do you want us to offer the prayer in your house?' I pointed to the place where I wanted him to pray. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and we aligned in rows behind him; and he offered two rak`at, and finished them with Taslim, and we also performed Taslim with him. I detained him for a meal called "Khazir" which I had prepared for him.--("Khazir" is a special type of dish prepared from barley flour and meat soup)-- When the neighbors got the news that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house, they poured in till there were a great number of men in the house. One of them said, 'What is wrong with Malik, for I do not see him?' One of them replied, 'He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle.' On that Allah's Apostle said, 'Don't say this. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah for Allah's sake only.' The man replied, 'Allah and His Apostle know better; but by Allah, we never saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'No doubt, whoever says. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and by that he wants the pleasures of Allah, then Allah will save him from Hell." Mahmud added, "I told the above narration to some people, one of whom was Abu Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle in which he (Abu Aiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'awiya was their leader in Roman Territory. Abu Aiyub denounced the narration and said, 'I doubt that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ever said what you have said.' I felt that too much, and I vowed to Allah that if I remained alive in that holy battle, I would (go to Medina and) ask `Itban bin Malik if he was still living in the mosque of his people. So when he returned, I assumed Ihram for Hajj or `Umra and then I proceeded on till I reached Medina. I went to Bani Salim and `Itban bin Malik, who was by then an old blind man, was leading his people in the prayer. When he finished the prayer, I greeted him and introduced myself to him and then asked him about that narration. He told that narration again in the same manner as he had narrated it the first time
ہم سے اسحاق بن راہویہ نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے یعقوب بن ابراہیم نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے ہمارے باپ ابراہیم بن سعد نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابن شہاب نے کہا کہ مجھے محمود بن ربیع انصاری رضی اللہ عنہ نے خبر دی کہ انہیں نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم یاد ہیں اور آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی وہ کلی بھی یاد ہے جو آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ان کے گھر کے کنویں سے پانی لے کر ان کے منہ میں کی تھی۔
Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-rabi' Al-Ansari:that he remembered Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he also remembered a mouthful of water which he had thrown on his face, after taking it from a well that was in their house. Mahmud said that he had heard `Itban bin Malik, who was present with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle of Badr saying, "I used to lead my people at Bani Salim in the prayer and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it rained it used to be difficult for me to cross it to go to their mosque. So I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, 'I have weak eyesight and the valley between me and my people flows during the rainy season and it becomes difficult for me to cross it; I wish you would come to my house and pray at a place so that I could take that place as a praying place.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I will do so.' So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came to my house in the (next) morning after the sun had risen high. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked my permission to let him in and I admitted him. He did not sit before saying, 'Where do you want us to offer the prayer in your house?' I pointed to the place where I wanted him to pray. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and we aligned in rows behind him; and he offered two rak`at, and finished them with Taslim, and we also performed Taslim with him. I detained him for a meal called "Khazir" which I had prepared for him.--("Khazir" is a special type of dish prepared from barley flour and meat soup)-- When the neighbors got the news that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house, they poured in till there were a great number of men in the house. One of them said, 'What is wrong with Malik, for I do not see him?' One of them replied, 'He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle.' On that Allah's Apostle said, 'Don't say this. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah for Allah's sake only.' The man replied, 'Allah and His Apostle know better; but by Allah, we never saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'No doubt, whoever says. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and by that he wants the pleasures of Allah, then Allah will save him from Hell." Mahmud added, "I told the above narration to some people, one of whom was Abu Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle in which he (Abu Aiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'awiya was their leader in Roman Territory. Abu Aiyub denounced the narration and said, 'I doubt that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ever said what you have said.' I felt that too much, and I vowed to Allah that if I remained alive in that holy battle, I would (go to Medina and) ask `Itban bin Malik if he was still living in the mosque of his people. So when he returned, I assumed Ihram for Hajj or `Umra and then I proceeded on till I reached Medina. I went to Bani Salim and `Itban bin Malik, who was by then an old blind man, was leading his people in the prayer. When he finished the prayer, I greeted him and introduced myself to him and then asked him about that narration. He told that narration again in the same manner as he had narrated it the first time
ہم سے اسحاق بن راہویہ نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے یعقوب بن ابراہیم نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے ہمارے باپ ابراہیم بن سعد نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابن شہاب نے کہا کہ مجھے محمود بن ربیع انصاری رضی اللہ عنہ نے خبر دی کہ انہیں نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم یاد ہیں اور آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی وہ کلی بھی یاد ہے جو آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ان کے گھر کے کنویں سے پانی لے کر ان کے منہ میں کی تھی۔
Narrated Ibn `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Offer some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves
ہم سے عبدالاعلی بن حماد نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے وہیب بن خالد نے بیان کیا، ان سے ایوب سختیانی اور عبیداللہ بن عمر نے، ان سے نافع نے اور ان سے ابن عمر رضی اللہ عنہما نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ اپنے گھروں میں بھی کچھ نمازیں پڑھا کرو اور انہیں بالکل قبریں نہ بنا لو ( کہ جہاں نماز ہی نہ پڑھی جاتی ہو ) وہیب کے ساتھ اس حدیث کو عبدالوہاب ثقفی نے بھی ایوب سے روایت کیا ہے۔
Narrated Quza'a: I heard Abu Said saying four words. He said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) (saying the following narrative)." He had participated in twelve holy battles with the Prophet
ہم سے حفص بن عمر نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے شعبہ نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا کہ مجھے عبدالملک نے قزعہ سے خبر دی، انہوں نے کہا کہ میں نے ابوسعید رضی اللہ عنہ سے چار باتیں سنیں اور انہوں نے بتلایا کہ میں نے انہیں نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے سنا تھا، آپ نے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے ساتھ بارہ جہاد کئے تھے۔
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not set out on a journey except for three Mosques i.e. Al-Masjid-Al-Haram, the Mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and the Mosque of Al-Aqsa, (Mosque of Jerusalem)
(دوسری سند) ہم سے علی بن مدینی نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے سفیان بن عیینہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے زہری نے، ان سے سعید بن مسیب نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ تین مسجدوں کے سوا کسی کے لیے کجاوے نہ باندھے جائیں۔ ( یعنی سفر نہ کیا جائے ) ایک مسجد الحرام، دوسری رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی مسجد ( مسجد نبوی ) اور تیسری مسجد الاقصیٰ یعنی بیت المقدس۔