Abu Musa Al-Ashari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah, the Exalted,
will continue to stretch out His Hand in the night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and continue to stretch
His Hand in the daytime so that the sinners of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west.
[Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith confirms an essential Attribute of Allah, i.e., the Hand which He stretches out anytime
He wishes without drawing similarity to it, nor interpretation. Such was the attitude of the pious predecessors with
regards to all of the essential Attributes of Allah. It is deduced from this Hadith that if one commits a sin during any
hour of day or night, he should immediately seek the forgiveness of Allah as a result.

Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ashar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that: The Messenger of
Allah (PBUH) said: Wudu' is half of Salah; the utterance of (Al-hamdu lillah - all praise belongs to Allah) fills the
Scales of good actions; the utterance of (Subhan Allah wa Al-hamdu lillah) (Allah is far removed from every
imperfection and all praise belongs to Allah) fills the space between the heavens and the earth, and Salat (ie, prayer) is
light; and charity is the proof of Faith; and endurance is light, and the Qur'an is a plea in your favour or against you.
Every person departs; he either ransoms it or puts it into perdition.
[Muslim].
Commentary:
1. Piety in all forms is meritorious. And Faith means Faith in its perfect form. Some people are of the opinion that
here Faith means Salat. Purification is essential for Salat and this is the reason it is regarded as half of Salat.
2. Excellence of the remembrance of Allah.
3. Inducement for concentration on Salat because it is a light which provides guidance to a Muslim at every step and
prevents him from obscenity and unlawful actions.
4. Sadaqah signifies a Muslim's sincerity and devotion.
5. The praiseworthiness of patience. It is a strong weapon of a Muslim which provides him with steadfastness.
6. The Qur'an is a means of salvation as well as destruction for a Muslim. If one acts upon its orders, it becomes a
means of his salvation; if he shuns them, it ruins him.
7. One should not leave oneself idle but keep it busy - busy in some noble work, otherwise it would tend to evil
which will eventually ruin him.
8. One should spend this transitory earthly life in the obedience of Allah.

Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, Do not disdain a
good deed, (no matter how small it may seem) even if it is your meeting with your (Muslim) brother with a cheerful
face.''
[Muslim].
Commentary: Every deed approved by the Shariah is considered good and rewarding. Howsoever seemingly small
people may consider it, it must not be looked at from a highbrow angle. Even to meet people cheerfully is one of the
Islamic virtues, though it may appear quite insignificant to some people.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, He who repents
before the sun rises from the west, Allah will forgive him.
[Muslim].
Commentary: Taubah means returning to Allah from sins. When a person commits a sin, he goes away from Allah.
When he repents, he returns to Allah and desires for being pardoned by Him, and getting near Him. This returning
towards Him is Taubah. When it is said that Allah turns towards him', it means that Allah accepts his repentance.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: The
reward for Salat performed by a person in congregation is more than 20 times greater than that of the Salat
performed in one's house or shop. When one performs Wudu' perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the
sole intention of performing Salat, then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in
reward and one of his sins is eliminated until he enters the mosque, and when he enters the mosque, he is considered
as performing Salat as long as it is the Salat which prevents him (from leaving the mosque); and the angels keep on
supplicating Allah for him as long as he remains in his place of prayer. They say: 'O Allah! have mercy on him; O
Allah! forgive his sins; O Allah! accept his repentance'. This will carry on as long as he does not pass wind.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith shows that although it is permissible to perform Salat individually in market places and
houses, but its collective performance in the mosque is 25, 26, or 27 times more meritorious, as mentioned in other
Ahadith.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying,
Whosoever visits an ailing person or a brother of his to seek the Pleasure of Allah, an announcer (that is, an angel) calls out: May you be happy, may your walking be blessed, and may you be awarded a dignified position in Jannah.
[At-Tirmidhi].
Commentary: This Hadith highlights the merit of visiting the sick and Muslim to gain the Pleasure of Allah.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, It is from the
excellence of (a believer's) Islam that he should shun that which is of no concern to him.
[At-Tirmidhi].
Commentary: This Hadith lays down a very important principle that one should avoid senseless talk and actions. If
one acts upon this principle, he can save himself from many sins and evils.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, Three
supplications are answered without doubt. The supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveller, and
the supplication of the parent for his son.''
[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].
Commentary: This Hadith mentions two dimensions of supplications. First, the supplication of an oppressed person
will be in favour of the one who will come to his help and redress his complaint, whereas the oppressor will be hit
by his supplication. Second, Allah also answers the father's supplication for his disobedient and impudent son; and
the mother's supplication is even more effective than that of the father's because, as compared to him, she has more
rights over them. Man should, therefore, restrain himself from disobeying parents, so that he may escape in both
cases the supplication which is not rejected by Allah.

Sahl bin Sad (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, I will be like this
in Jannah with the person who takes care of an orphan. Messenger of Allah (PBUH) raised his forefinger and
middle finger by way of illustration.
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: It will be indeed a great honour to be close to the Prophet (PBUH) in Jannah. This honour will be
given to those who are kind to the orphans. The Prophet (PBUH) has regarded it the best house' in which an orphan
is treated with kindness. He declared the worst home in which an orphan child is not treated with affection.

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, No one of you becomes a true
believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary: We learn from this Hadith about the importance and virtue of mutual love among the Muslims. If we
act upon the injunctions mentioned in this Hadith, the Muslim societies will be immediately purged of the evils like
exploitation, bribery, dishonesty, falsehood, cheating, forgery, etc., which are rampant in them at present. Islam has
taught golden principles to its followers who have unfortunately neglected them and in consequence are leading a
life of utter disgrace and moral turpitude. May Allah guide them to the Straight Path.

Abu Said Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, Whoever
amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is
unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith.
[Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith contains a very important prescription to prevent the Muslim society from all things
which are forbidden in Islam. So long as Muslims adhered to it and ceaselessly and fearlessly performed their
obligation of enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong, their society was largely safe from many evils and sins.

Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (PBUH) said, Allah, the Exalted, and Glorious,
said; 'O My slaves, I have prohibited Myself injustice; and have made oppression unlawful for you, so do not
oppress one another. O My slaves, all of you are liable to err except the one whom I guide on the Right Path, so seek
guidance from Me so that I will guide you to the Right Path. O My slaves, all of you are hungry except the one
whom I feed, so ask food from Me, I will feed you. O My slaves, all of you are naked except those whom I clothe,
so ask clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O My slaves, you commit sins night and day and I forgive all sins, so
seek My forgiveness and I shall forgive you. O My slaves, you can neither do Me any harm nor can you do Me any
good. O My slaves, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and jinn of you to be as pious as the
most pious heart of any man of you, that would not increase My domain a thing. O My slaves, 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 man of
you, that would not decrease My domain in a thing. O My slaves, were the first of you and the last of you, the
human of you and the jinn of you to stand 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 than a needle decrease the sea if put into it. O My
slaves, it is but your deeds that I reckon for you and then recompense you for, so let him who finds good (i.e., in the
Hereafter) praise Allah and let him who finds other than that blame no one but himself.'''.
[Muslim].

Commentary: This Hadith mentions the Power and Majesty of Allah and stresses that one should supplicate Allah
for everything that one needs. From guidance to sustenance, the treasures of everything are with Him - the treasures
which are unlimited and any withdrawal from them does not make any reduction in them. Similar is the case of His Sovereignty; it is not affected even if the whole universe supports or opposes them. Thus, it is in the interest of man
that he should dedicate himself entirely to Allah and beg all his needs from Him and Him Alone.

Abu Dharr and Muadh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people.
[At-Tirmidhi].
Commentary: Virtue obliterates vice means that virtue becomes an atonement for sin. But this applies to minor sins
only because major ones will not be forgiven without sincere repentance. Similar is the case of encroachment on
public rights which will not be forgiven without their compensation.

Clearly a set of morals to control the masses (scare them in to behaving civilised). Like the Bible was

Who will be controlling the masses? the ones in highest power of the country?
cool...
That'd be true if, and only if, people were assumed be in un-equal classes and bias was the prevailing theme between leaders and the public.
Yet, leaders are equally (if not more) required follow same morals (that's certainly beside the heavy responsibility upon their shoulders to work hard to make everyone's life at best as possible, etc).
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Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: I heard the the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) supplicating in
my house: O Allah! Treat harshly those who rule over my Ummah with harshness, and treat gently those who rule
over my Ummah with gentleness.''
[Muslim].
Commentary: How fortunate is a ruler who establishes his claim to the special benediction of Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) by providing justice to people! On the other hand, how unfortunate is that ruler who incurs the Prophetic
imprecations by doing injustice to people! This Hadith is suggestive of a rulership based on justice and lays
emphasis on refraining injustice and atrocity.

Abu Yala Maqil bin Yasar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
Any slave whom Allah makes him in charge of subjects and he dies while he is not sincere to them, Allah will
make Jannah unlawful for him.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration is: Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said, He who does not look after his subjects with goodwill and
sincerity, will be deprived of the fragrance of Jannah.''
A narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, A ruler who, having control over the affairs of the
Muslims, does not strive diligently for their betterment and does not serve them sincerely, will not enter Jannah with
them.''
Commentary: Here the attention of rulers has been invited to their obligations. They are told that their designation
is very important because they are responsible for tackling the problems and affairs of millions of people. If their
single-minded devotion, determined efforts and heartfelt feelings of well-wishing will not go to solving these
problems, they will be deemed guilty by Allah. Rulers are, therefore, warned, lest power should go to their head and
make them unheedful of people's problems, rights and concerns. Instead being fully conscious of their accountability
to Allah (SWT) they are apt to make full efforts to provide justice and peace to people. By forbid from entering
Jannah'' means they will not enter it with the first successful people until they get punished for their wrongdoings. If
however, they were treacherous to their subjects while regarding this injustice lawful, thus disobeying Allah and His
Commands, they will stay in Hell forever because this way they have made permissible and lawful what Allah has
forbidden.

Auf bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, The best of your
rulers are those whom you love and who love you, and those who supplicate Allah in your favour and you supplicate
Allah in their favour. The worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and who hate you; and whom you curse and
who curse you.'' It was asked (by those who were present): Should not we oppose them?'' He said, No, as long as
they establish Salat; as long as they establish Salat in your midst.''
[Muslim].
Commentary: The Hadith identifies two categories of rulers. First, those rulers who are well-wishers of people and
provide them with justice. These are the best rulers for whom people also pray. Second, the worst rulers who are
only concerned with their rule and interests and take no interest in providing justice to people and removing their
difficulties. In fact, rulers are advised to adhere to justice, uprightness and equity as this can endear them to Allah as
well as to people. Moreover, we are told that rebellion against rulers is disallowed till they commit a flagrant act of
disbelief and stop abiding by the duties of Islam, particularly Salat (the prayer).