Hadiths on Mercy

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ارْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ

“Give mercy to those who are on the earth and those who are in the heaven will give you mercy.”
Musnad of Imam Ahmad…, Companion Transmitter: Abdullah Ibn Amr ibn Al Aas
Link to the documentation of this hadith.

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قَبَّلَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ ﷺ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ، وَعِنْدَهُ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ جَالِسٌ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ لِي عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ! فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ : مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ لَا يُرْحَمُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissed Al Hassan Ibn Ali [Ibn Abi Talib] while Aqra Ibn Habis Al Tamimi was sitting in his presence. And Aqrah said, “I have ten boys and I have never kissed a single one of them.” Prophet ﷺ looked at him and said, “Whoever does not give mercy will not be granted mercy.”
Bukhari, Muslim…, Companion Transmitter: Abu Hurayra
Link to the documentation of this hadith.

h4

تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ كَالْجَسَدِ ، إِذَا اشْتَكَى عُضْوًا تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ جَسَدِهِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You can see the believers in their mutual mercy and their mutual love and their mutual tenderness like a body. If a single limb is ailing, all the rest of the body mutually mobilises with vigil and fever.”
Bukhari, Companion Transmitter: Numan Ibn Bashir
Link to the documentation of this hadith.

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إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ ، كُلُّ رَحْمَةٍ طِبَاقَ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ، فَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَحْمَةً ، فَبِهَا تَعْطِفُ الْوَالِدَةُ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا ، وَالْوَحْشُ وَالطَّيْرُ عَلَى بَعْضِهَا الْبَعْضِ ، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْمَلَهَا بِهَذِهِ الرَّحْمَةِ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“Truly Allah created, on the day that he created the heavens and the earth, truly he created on that day a hundred mercies, every mercy filled up all that is between the heaven and the earth. And he placed out of these hundred mercies, one of them in the earth. By that mercy, the mother enfolds her child, likewise wild beasts and birds over one another [i.e. over their kin]. On the day of judgement, he will complete it with that mercy.”
Muslim, Companion Transmitter:Salman Al Farsi
Link to the documentation of this hadith.

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لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ : إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“When Allah created creation, He wrote in His writ above the Throne: ‘Truly my Mercy has vanquished my Anger.’

And in another narration, '… has overtaken my Anger,' and another narration ‘Indeed my Mercy supplants my wrath.’
Muslim, Companion Transmitter: Abu Hurayra
Link to the documentation of this hadith.

h13

مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“Whoever does not give mercy to our small ones, and does not acknowledge the right of our seniors is not from us.”
Ibn Abi Shaybah, Sa’rah, Abi Dawud; Companion Transmitter: Abdullah Ibn Umar
Link to the documentation of this hadith.