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INTRODUCTION:

The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith
Qudsi and how do they differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is
given in the introduction to the book titled "Forty Hadith Qudsi" published
by: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic Translation Center, P.O.Box
38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait.

Hadith Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
as revealed to him by the Almighty Allah.
Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith) are so named because, unlike the majority of
Hadith which are Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad) is traced back not
to the Prophet but to the Almighty.

Among the many definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith
is that of as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon
At-Tarifat where he says: "A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from Allah
the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah ﷺ. It
is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His Prophet through
revelation or in dream, and he, peace be upon him, has communicated it in his
own words. Thus Qur'an is superior to it because, besides being revealed, it
is His wording."

Hadith Collection:

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Hadith Qudsi 1:
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When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His
book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.

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Hadith Qudsi 2:
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The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled
Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his
saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first (1) - and the initial
creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his
reviling Me, it is his saying: Assah has taken to Himself a son, while
I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten,
and there is none comparable to Me.

It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).

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Hadith Qudsi 3:
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The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall
during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do
you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger
know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer
in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given
rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a
disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been given
rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a
believer in the stars.

It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa'i).

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Hadith Qudsi 4:
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Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am
Time, in My hand is the night and the day (1).

It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).

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Hadith Qudsi 5:
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I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate.
Thus he who does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine
will have that action renounced by Me to him whom he associated with
Me.

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Hadith Qudsi 6:
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The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the
Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be
brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will
recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about
them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will
say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]:
He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be
dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another]
will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it
and who used to recite the Quran.

He will be brought and Allah will
make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The
Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I
studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran
for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
[religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned.
And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a
reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged
along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.

[Another] will be
a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of
wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His
favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what
did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in
which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake.


He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said

[of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be
ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into
Hell-fire.

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Hadith Qudsi 7:
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Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag,
gives the call to prayer and prays. Then Allah (glorified and exalted
be He) say: Look at this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer
and performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have forgiven My
servant [his sins] and have admitted him to Paradise.

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Hadith Qudsi 8:
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A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the
Quran (1) during it is deficient (and he repeated the word three times),
incomplete. Someone said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind
the imam? (2) He said: Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the
Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have divided prayer between
Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what
he has asked for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi
l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has
praised Me. And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and
sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says:
Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on
one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My power. And when
he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between
Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.
And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta
alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for
My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.

bestowed favors, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those
who are astray".

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Hadith Qudsi 9:
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The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held
accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they
are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and if they
are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something
defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted
be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with
which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory
prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like
fashion.

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Hadith Qudsi 10:
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Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his
sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a
shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast
and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the
mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell
of musk.

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Hadith Qudsi 11:
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Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.

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Hadith Qudsi 12:
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A man from among those who were before you was called to account.
Nothing in the way of good was found for him except that he used to
have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he would order his
servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from repaying
his debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are
worthier than you of that (of being so generous). Let him off.

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Hadith Qudsi 13:
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I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) and there came to him two men: one of them was
complaining of penury (being very poor), while the other was
complaining of brigandry (robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it
will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go out of
Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement)
will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without
finding anyone to accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will surely
stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him and him, nor an
interpreter to translate for him. Then He will say to him: Did I not
bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not
send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to
his right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his
left and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect
himself against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he
finds it not, then with a kind word.

It was related by al-Bukhari.

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Hadith Qudsi 14:
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Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove
about seeking out gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked:
they sit with them and fold their wings round each other, fillin that
which is between them and between the lowest heaven. When [the people
in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven.
He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah (mighty and sublime be He)
asks them - [though] He is most knowing about them: From where have
you come? And they say: We have come from some servants of Yours on
Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu
akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah),
praising You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says:
And what do they ask of Me? They say: They ask of You Your Paradise.
He says: And have they seen My Paradise? They say: No, O Lord. He
says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Paradise! They
say: And they ask protection of You. He says: From what do they ask
protection of Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord. He says:
And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say: NO. He says: And how
would it be were they to have seen My Hell-fire: They say: And they
ask for Your forgiveness. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He
says: I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they
have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that from which
they asked protection. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They say: O
Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And
He says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with
such people shall not suffer.

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Hadith Qudsi 15:
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I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention
of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to
Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention
of him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws near to Me an
arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes
to Me walking, I go to him at speed.

It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).

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Hadith Qudsi 16:
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Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then He
explained it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and has
not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed,
but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down with
Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times
over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done it, Allah
writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.

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Hadith Qudsi 17:
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O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it
forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants,
all of you are astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance
of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of you are hungry
except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you.
O My servants, all of you are naked except for those I have clothed,
so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin
by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me
and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming
Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to
benefit Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious
heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in
anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most
wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom
in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and
make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested,
that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases
the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I
reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but
himself.

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Hadith Qudsi 18:
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O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O
Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?
He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill
and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him
you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food
and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You
when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know
that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did
you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that
(the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give
Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how
should I give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds? He
will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you
gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have
surely found that with Me.

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Hadith Qudsi 19:
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Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me
in respect of either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire.

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Hadith Qudsi 20:
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The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and
every servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be
forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against his brother.
[About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are
reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled.

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Hadith Qudsi 21:
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There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection:
a man who has given his word by Me and has broken it; a man who has
sold a free man (2) and has consumed the price; and a man who has hired a
workman, has exacted his due in full from him and has not given him
his wage.

It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad ibn Hanbal).

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Hadith Qudsi 22:
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Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of
Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a
matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and he
does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on
the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something
about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear
of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should more properly
fear.

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Hadith Qudsi 23:
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Where are those who love one another through My glory? Today I shall
give them shade in My shade, it being a day when there is no shade but
My shade.

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Hadith Qudsi 24:
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If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be
peace) and says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out
in heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And
the inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then
acceptance is established for him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred
a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so,
therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out
to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor
him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is
established for him on earth.

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Hadith Qudsi 25:
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Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war
with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by
Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant
continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall
love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his
seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot
with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely
give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant
him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about
[seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate
hurting him.

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Hadith Qudsi 26:
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Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who
is of meagre means and much given to prayer, who has been particular
in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly (1), who was
obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose sustenance was
just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently. Then
the Prophet ﷺ rapped his hand and said: Death will have come
early to him, his mourners will have been few, his estate scant.

It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its
chain of authorities is sound.

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Hadith Qudsi 27:
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We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard
those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are
they alive with their Lord, being provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse
169). He said: We asked about that and the Prophet ﷺ said: Their
souls are in the insides of green birds having lanterns suspended from
the Throne, roaming freely in Paradise where they please, then taking
shelter in those lanterns. So their Lord cast a glance at them (1) and
said: Do you wish for anything? They said: What shall we wish for
when we roam freely in Paradise where we please? And thus did He do
to them three times. When they say that they would not be spared from
being asked [again], they said: O Lord, we would like for You to put
back our souls into our bodies so that we might fight for Your sake
once again. And when He saw that they were not in need of anything
they were let be.

It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).

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Hadith Qudsi 28:
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There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in
[such] anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his
hand, and the blood did not cease to flow till he died. Allah the
Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled Me; I have
forbidden him Paradise.

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Hadith Qudsi 29:
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My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best
friend from amongst the inhabitants of the world and he has then borne
it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing less than Paradise.

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Hadith Qudsi 30:
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If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes
to meet Me, I dislike to meet him. Prophetic explanation of this
Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to meet him;
and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him. Aishah
(may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of Allah, is it
because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike death? The
Prophet ﷺ said: It is not so, but rather it is that when the
believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His
Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when
the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment and His
displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet
him.

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Hadith Qudsi 31:
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A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so. At this Allah
the Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive
So-and-so? Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your
[own good] deeds (1) (or as he said [it]).

It was related by Muslim.

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Hadith Qudsi 32:
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A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he
charged his sons, saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush me and
scatter [my ashes] into the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes
possession of me, He will punish me in a manner in which He has
punished no one [else]. So they did that to him. Then He said to
the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there he was! And He said
to him: What induced you to do what you did? He said: Being afraid
of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and because of
that He forgave him.

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Hadith Qudsi 33:
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A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me
my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me
my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
punishes for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me
my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
punishes for sins. Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.

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Hadith Qudsi 34:
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O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall
forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of
Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then
to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were
you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you
then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you
forgiveness nearly as great at it.

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Hadith Qudsi 35:
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Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the
earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He
says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is
asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking
forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?

In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the words:

And thus He continues till
[the light of] dawn shines.

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Hadith Qudsi 36:
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The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection and will
say: Should we not ask [someone] to intercede for us with our Lord?
So they will come to Adam and will say: You are the Father of mankind;
Allah created you with His hand He made His angels bow down to you and
He taught you the names of everything, so intercede for us with you
Lord so that He may give us relief form this place where we are. And
he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention
his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to Noah, for he
is the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the
earth. So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that] - and he will mention his having requested
something of his Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran
Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So they will come to him and he
will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a
servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah. So they
will come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that]
- and he will mention the talking of a life other that for a life
(Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in the sight
of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and messenger,
Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him and he will say: I
am not in a position [to do that]. Go to Muhammad (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven
all his wrongdoing, past and future. So they will come to me and I
shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord, and permission
will be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself.
He will leave me thus for such time as it pleases Him, and then it
will be said [to me]: Raise your head. Ask and it will be granted.
Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and your intercession will be
accepted. So I shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of
praise that He will teach me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set
me a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into
Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I
shall bow down] as before. Then I shall intercede and He will set me
a limit [as to the number of people]. So I shall admit them into
Paradise. Then I shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and I
shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has
confined and who must be there for eternity. There shall come out of
Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in
his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come out
of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in
his heart goodness weighing a grain of wheat; then there shall come
out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who
has in his heart goodness weighing an atom.

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Hadith Qudsi 37:
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I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no
ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you
wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of
Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).

It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

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Hadith Qudsi 38:
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When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to
Paradise, saying: Look at it and at what I have prepared therein for
its inhabitants. The Prophet ﷺ said: So he came to it and looked
at it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The
Prophet ﷺ said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no
one hears of it without entering it. So He ordered that it be
encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said: Return to it and look
at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet
ﷺ said: So he returned to it and found that it was encompassed by
forms of hardship (1). Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I
fear that no one will enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at
it and what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount
that it was in layers, one above the other. Then he returned to Him
and said: By Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it. So He
ordered that it be encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it.
And he returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no
one will escape from entering it.

It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound Hadith (also
by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).

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Hadith Qudsi 39:
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Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me
are the mighty and the haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and
the poor. So Allah judged between them, [saying]: You are Paradise,
My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you are
Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I wish, and it is
incumbent upon Me that each of you shall have its fill.

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Hadith Qudsi 40:
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Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of
Paradise! They will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are at
Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands. Then He will say:
Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be
contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which You have given
to no one else of Your creation? Then He will say: Would not like Me
to give you something better than that? And they will say: O Lord and
what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall cause My
favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased
with you.