68 hadith
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. Whichever direction the wind blows, it bends it, and when the wind subsides, it straightens up again, bending with each trial. The wicked person, however, is like a cedar…
الأعظمي 3440SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. Its leaves bend whichever way the wind blows it, and when the wind dies down, it stands upright again. In the same way, the believer is bent low by trials. The…
البخاري 7466SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. Whichever way the wind comes, it bends it, and when it straightens, it is bent again by trial. The wicked person is like a cedar tree, firm and upright, until…
البخاري 5644SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of grain. At times it stands upright, and at times it bends and then straightens again. The disbeliever is like the cedar tree, standing rigidly upright, unaware of anything until…
أحمد 15245HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. The winds bend it down at times and straighten it up at others, until his appointed time comes. The disbeliever is like the firm cedar tree, standing solidly on…
أحمد 27171SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. The wind bends it, knocking it down at times and straightening it at others, until it ripens. The disbeliever is like a firm cedar standing rigid on its trunk,…
مسلم 7094SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The likeness of a believer is like a fresh stalk of grain. Whichever way the wind blows, it bends it down, and when the wind dies down, it straightens up again. Likewise, the believer is bent by trials. The likeness of…
أحمد 10775SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of grain that the winds bend, straightening it at one moment and knocking it down at another, until its appointed time comes. The disbeliever is like a firm cedar tree,…
أحمد 15769SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of grain that the wind keeps bending back and forth, and the believer is constantly afflicted with trials. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, which does not shake until it is…
أحمد 7814SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer is like a stalk of grain, sometimes standing upright and sometimes falling over. The likeness of the disbeliever is like the cedar tree, remaining upright until it falls all at…
أحمد 15154HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of crop, the wind keeps bending it, and the believer is constantly struck by trials. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, it does not sway until it is uprooted at harvest."
مسلم 7092SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of grain, sometimes bending and sometimes standing upright. The disbeliever is like the cedar tree, remaining straight and rigid until it suddenly falls without warning."
الأعظمي 3441HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer is like a stalk of grain. It bends at times and stands upright at times. And the likeness of the disbeliever is like the cedar tree. It remains standing upright until it suddenly falls…
أحمد 14761HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of grain, the wind keeps bending it, and the believer is constantly afflicted by trials. The hypocrite is like a cedar tree, it does not sway until it is uprooted."
أحمد 7192SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of crop, the winds keep bending it back and forth, and the believer is continually struck by trials. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, it does not sway until it is cut down."
الترمذي 2866SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a tender stalk of grain. The wind bends it one moment and straightens it the next. The hypocrite is like a cedar tree, standing firm until it is uprooted all at once."
الأعظمي 14681SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer is like a stalk of crop, the wind keeps bending it, and the believer keeps being struck by trials. The likeness of the hypocrite is like the cedar tree, it does not sway until it…
الأعظمي 14680SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer is that of a fresh stalk of grain. The winds bend it about, knocking it down at one moment and setting it upright at another, until his appointed time comes. And the likeness of…
الأعظمي 3439SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a standing crop that the wind keeps bending, and the believer is likewise never free of affliction. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, which does not sway until it is cut down." In…
مسلم 7093SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a stalk of crops that the wind keeps bending, for the believer is constantly afflicted with trials. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, which does not sway until it is ready to be cut…
الأعظمي 15055SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of crop. The wind bends it one moment and straightens it the next. The hypocrite is like the cedar tree, standing firm until it is uprooted all at once."
الأعظمي 15056SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believer is like a fresh stalk of crop. The winds bend it, knocking it down at times and straightening it again, until its appointed time comes. The hypocrite is like a firm cedar tree that nothing…
مسلم 7095SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer is like a fresh stalk of crop. The wind bends it one moment and straightens it the next. The likeness of the hypocrite is like the cedar tree, standing firm until it is uprooted all at…
البخاري 5643SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ahead of you lie trials like patches of dark night. In them a man will wake up a believer and go to sleep a disbeliever, and go to sleep a believer and wake up a disbeliever. The one who sits still through…
أحمد 19662SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be tribulations, then more tribulations. Behold, the one who walks during them is better than the one who hastens toward them. Behold, the one who sits during them is better than the one who…
أحمد 20490SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be trials in which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Whoever exposes himself to…
البخاري 7081SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be trials in which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Whoever exposes himself to…
مسلم 7247SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer is like a horse tied to its post. It wanders about, then returns to its post. Likewise, the believer becomes heedless, then returns to faith."
أحمد 11335DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Before you lie trials like patches of dark night. A man will wake up a believer and go to bed an unbeliever. The one sitting during them will be better than the one standing, the one standing better than the…
أبو داود 4262HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be tribulations during which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Whoever exposes…
البخاري 7082SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near. Trials will come like patches of dark night. A man will wake up a believer and reach the evening a disbeliever. People will sell their religion for a small…
أحمد 9073SahihIt is reported from the Prophet ﷺ, except that Mahmud said in his narration from Bishr, "The example of the disbeliever is like the cedar tree." As for Ibn Hatim, he said, "The example of the hypocrite," as Zuhayr said.
مسلم 7096SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be trials in which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Whoever exposes himself to…
الأعظمي 15727SahihRegarding the verse *"And among the people is he who worships Allah on an edge"* [Hajj 22:11], Ibn Abbas said, "A man would arrive in Madinah, and if his wife bore him a son and his mares produced foals, he would say, 'This is a good…
الأعظمي 12774SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be tribulations in which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Whoever exposes…
البخاري 3601SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A time will come upon people when the one who holds firmly to his religion will be like one grasping a hot coal."
الترمذي 2260HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near. Trials like patches of dark night, in which a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening, or a believer in the evening and a disbeliever by…
الأعظمي 15798HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This month of yours has cast its shadow upon you. By Him whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ swears by, no month has ever passed over the Muslims that was better for them than this one, and no month has ever passed…
أحمد 10783DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People are like mines, varying in their qualities of good and evil. The best of you in the days of ignorance are the best of you in Islam, provided they gain understanding of the religion."
أحمد 10296SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Trials are presented to hearts like a reed mat woven stick by stick. Any heart that absorbs them has a black mark placed upon it, and any heart that rejects them has a white mark placed upon it, until…
الأعظمي 11905SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to say, "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near. Trials like patches of dark night, in which a man wakes up a believer and goes to sleep an unbeliever, and goes to sleep a believer and wakes up an unbeliever,…
الأعظمي 15741HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Before the Hour there will come trials like patches of dark night. A man will wake up a believer and go to sleep an unbeliever, and go to sleep a believer and wake up an unbeliever. The one sitting during…
الأعظمي 15731HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to do good deeds before tribulations come like patches of dark night. A man will wake up as a believer and go to bed as a disbeliever, or go to bed as a believer and wake up as a disbeliever, selling his faith…
أحمد 8848SahihI heard Abu Qasim ﷺ say, "People are like mines, varying in good and evil. The best of them in the days of ignorance are the best of them in Islam, provided they gain understanding of the religion."
أحمد 10297SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A time is about to come when the best property of a man will be a flock of sheep which he takes to the mountain peaks and places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from trials."
أحمد 11542SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "People are like ores. The best of them in the age of ignorance are the best of them in Islam, once they gain understanding. And you will find that among the best of people is the one most reluctant to take on this…
البخاري 3496SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "You will find that among the best of people is the one most averse to holding this office, until he is placed in it. People are like ores, the best of them in the days of ignorance are the best of them in Islam."
البخاري 3588SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to do good deeds before tribulations come like patches of a dark night. A man will wake up a believer and go to sleep an unbeliever, or go to sleep a believer and wake up an unbeliever, selling his…
الأعظمي 15705SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This month of yours has cast its shadow over you. By the One the Messenger of Allah swears by, no month has ever passed over the believers that was better for them than this one, and no month has ever passed…
أحمد 8870DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to do good deeds before tribulations come like stretches of dark night. A man will wake up as a believer and reach evening as a disbeliever, or reach evening as a believer and wake up as a disbeliever,…
الترمذي 2195SahihI asked, "Messenger of Allah, which people face the most severe trials?" He replied, "The prophets, then those who most resemble them, then those who most resemble them. A person is tested according to the strength of his faith. If his…
الأعظمي 13006HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah loves the believing servant who is repeatedly tested and who repeatedly turns back to Him in repentance."
أحمد 605DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform good deeds before trials come like patches of a dark night, when a man will wake up as a believer and go to sleep as a disbeliever, or go to sleep as a believer and wake up as a disbeliever, selling…
أحمد 8030SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A time is about to come when the best property of a man will be a flock of sheep which he takes to the mountain peaks and places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from trials."
البخاري 3300SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Trials are about to overshadow you like patches of dark night. The safest of people from them will be a man with sheep, eating from the milk of his flock, or a man beyond the frontier passes, holding…
الأعظمي 15713HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "People are like mines. The best of them in the days of ignorance are the best of them in Islam, provided they gain understanding of the religion. You will find that among the best of people are those who most strongly…
الأعظمي 1204SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Every endeavor has a period of zeal, and every period of zeal is followed by a slackening. If the one who slackens stays on the straight path and keeps close to it, then have hope for him. But if fingers are pointed at…
الأعظمي 15655HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah [[r4]] loves a people, He tests them. Whoever bears it with patience, patience is his reward, and whoever gives way to despair, despair is all he gains."
أحمد 23623SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform good deeds before trials come like patches of a dark night, when a man will wake up as a believer and go to sleep as a disbeliever, or go to sleep as a believer and wake up as a disbeliever, selling…
أحمد 10772SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, which people are tested most severely?" He replied, "The prophets, then those who most resemble them, then those who most resemble them. A person is tested according to the strength of his faith. If his faith is…
الأعظمي 3395Hasan