The most liked deeds to Allah
- Categories: Asceticism and Heart Softening -
In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
Praise be only to Allah, and
peace and blessings on the last Prophet, and so:
From the
most liked deeds to Allah the Exalted:
1-
The generous Hanifia (Islam):
according to the Prophet's (pbuh) speech: "The most loved religion
to Allah is the generous Islam (Hanifia)" [Narrated by Ahmad and
declared Hasan by Al-Albani]
2-
Praying, kindness to parents,
and Jihad (fighting): according to the the Prophet (pbuh) speech:
"The most liked deeds by Allah are Prayer at its proper time,
Kindness to the parents, and Jihad in the cause of Allah."
[Corrected by Al Albani]
3-
Faith, maintain ties of
kinship, enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong, according to
the Prophet (pbuh): "The most liked deeds to Allah is Faith in
Allah, then maintaining the ties of kinship, then enjoining the
right and forbidding the wrong." [declared Hasan by
Al-Albani]
4-
Persistence on the duties,
according to the Prophet's (pbuh) speech: "The most beloved deeds
to Allah's the most regular and constant even though it were
little" [Narrated by Al Bukhari]
5-
Remembrance of Allah,
according to the Prophet's (pbuh) speech: "The best deeds to Allah
is that you die and your tongue is wet with the remembrance of
Allah") [declared Hasan
by Al-Albani]
6-
The mosques, as the Prophet
(pbuh) said: "The dearest parts on the face of the earth near Allah
are its mosques, and the most hated parts near Allah are its
markets" [Narrated by Muslim]
7- A word of justice in
front of a cruel (inequitable) king, as the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"The most liked Jihad in Allah's cause to Allah is a justice word
said to a cruel king" [declared Hasan by
Al-Albani]
8- Saying the truth, as
the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The most liked speech to Allah is the
most truthful" [Narrated by Al Bukhari]
9- Fast as Dawud,
depending on the Prophet's (pbuh) speech: "The best fasting with
Allah is that of the Prophet Dawud (pbuh), he observed fast one day
and leave off the other. And the best prayer with Allah is that of
Dawud (pbuh) for he would sleep half of the night and stand for
prayer for the third of it and then would sleep sixth part of it."
[Narrated by Al Bukhari]
10-
Having a lot of people eating
from the food, as the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The most liked food to
Allah is the one that many people eat from it" [declared Hasan by
Al-Albani]
11-
Saying "Sobhan Allah wa
Behamdih", as the Prophet said: "The most loved expression by Allah
is Subhan Allah wa bihamdih (Allah is free from imperfection and
his is the praise)" [Narrated by Muslim]
12-
Saying Sobhan Allah, Al Hamdo
Lellah, La Ilaha Ila Allah, and Allaho Akbar, depending on what the
Prophet (pbuh) said: "The dearest words to Allah are four: Subhan
Allah (Hallowed be Allah), Al Hamdulillah (praise be to Allah), Wa
la ilaha illa Allah (there is no God but Allah), Allah-O-Akbar (God
is the greatest)." [Narrated by Muslim]
13-
Having good Morals (temper),
as the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The most liked servants of Allah to
Allah who have the best temper"[declared Hasan by
Al-Albani]
14-
Naming after Abdullah and
Abdul Rahman, depending on what the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The
dearest names to Allah the Almighty are 'Abdullah and 'Abd al-
Rahman" [Corrected by Al-Albani]
15-
Helping people, make the
Muslims happy (glad), revealing sorrow, paying the debt for the
people who are in debt, feeding the starving (hungry), as the
Prophet (pbuh) said: "The most loved people to Allah are the most
beneficial, the most loved deeds to Allah the Exalted are making a
Muslim happy, revealing his sorrow, paying his debt, or revealing
his hunger, and I'd prefer to help my Muslim brother who is in need
of something than staying in the mosque for praying (I'tikaf) for a
month, and who stopped his anger God will cover his private parts,
and who absorbed his rage (and if he wants to leave it he would do
it), God will fill his heart with satisfaction on the Day of
Resurrection, and who walked with his Muslim brother in a need till
he attained it God will attain (strengthen) his feet on the day
when all the feet will fall (slip), and the bad morals decays the
deed as when the vinegar decomposes the honey"[declared Hasan by
Al-Albani]
Al Watan House
Translated by
Wathakker website