Shahih Muslim 1

Bismi-llahi ar-rahmani ar-rahimi, In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. And I beg for forgiveness from Allah for whatever sin that I have done in the past and to show me the right path. Ameen.

Assalamualaikum / Greetings dear readers.

Alhamdulillah. Allah has opened up my mind for a new idea to keep this da'wah blog going on for everyday insya'Allah. Since i have books regarding hadiths that are Shahih (approved and CORRECT), i must use this opportunity to post all the hadiths that are in the books everyday. I think that will be a great idea. Insya'Allah, i will post the hadiths by numbering order, so as to achieve better consistency. The book is in indonesian language, so i'll try my very best to translate it to good english. Make dua'as for me =)

This post is regarding hadiths that are extracted out of the book "Terjemahan Hadis SHAHIH MUSLIM (translation of Hadith by SHAHIH MUSLIM)", 1st part, 5th edition, 1984 by H.A. Razak and H. Rais Lathief.
(Page 37)

This whole account was from 'Umar bin Khattab Radiallahu-an, who said,

"When we were sitting alongside Rasulullah SAW, a man approached us. He wore white piece clothing, has very black hair, does not look as if he had travelled on a long journey, and none amongst us recognise him. He sat in front of Rasulullah SAW, knees to knees to Rasulullah SAW and placed his two palms on Rasulullah's SAW thighs and

He asked, "O Muhammad! Explain to me what is Islam"
Rasulullah SAW replied, "Islam is reciting the two kalimah syahadah, carrying out the prayers, paying zakat, fasting during the month of Ramadhan and performing the Hajj if possible".
He replied, "What you have said is true".

We were puzzled because the man asked, and verified that it was the truth.

He then asked about iman.
Rasulullah SAW replied, "Iman is believing in Allah, His angels, His Books of revelations, His prophets, Qiyamah ( day of judgement ) and all good or bad happenings that occur are Allah's decision".
He replied, "What you have said is true".

He then asked about ihsan.
Rasulullah SAW replied, "Ihsan is worshipping Allah so whole-heartedly that you as if see Allah, but in real fact you don't.

He then asked about Qiyamah.
Rasulullah SAW replied, "The one who asks knows more himself".

He then asked about the signs of Qiyamah.
Rasulullah SAW replied, "The signs are when you see a woman who doesn't recognise her child (due to excessive and widespread fornication and divorce. also possible that the child lost so much respect to the parents that it has become a small matter) and you see a race/competition to build houses by many people (because wealth has increased so much but it is not in Allah's path. that means the wealth is achieved in a haraam way such as corruption)".

Then the man went off, after which Rasulullah SAW asked, "Do you know who that man was?"

We replied, "Only Allah and his prophets knows better".

Rasulullah replied to us, "He is none other than the angel Jibril, and he came to teach you about your religion".

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May we gain more knowledge from this hadith and increase our iman (belief) to Allah, insya'Allah. Aameen.

If there's any error, I'm open for rectification. None is perfect as perfection only belongs to Allah (God Almighty). All good things come from Allah and all the bad things are from my side and the side of Shaiytan the accursed.