Hadith
1Intention
اِنَّمَا الۡاَعۡمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ
🗣️ Innama-l-a'malu bi-n-niyyat.
Actions are judged only by intentions.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
✦الحديث
20 Short Hadith for Children
Brief sayings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with Arabic, meaning and source.
20 short sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), chosen because they are brief, easy to memorise and teach good character.
Sources. Each hadith names the collection it is found in. Most are a short part of a longer narration. Learn one a week, with its meaning, and practise it.
Hadith
2Sincerity
الدِّيۡنُ النَّصِيۡحَةُ
🗣️ Ad-dinu-n-nasihah.
The religion is sincerity and wishing well.
📖 Sahih Muslim
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3Who is a Muslim
الۡمُسۡلِمُ مَنۡ سَلِمَ الۡمُسۡلِمُوۡنَ مِنۡ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ
🗣️ Al-Muslimu man salima-l-Muslimuna min lisanihi wa yadih.
A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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4Loving for others
لَا يُؤۡمِنُ اَحَدُكُمۡ حَتّٰى يُحِبَّ لِاَخِيۡهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفۡسِهِ
🗣️ La yu'minu ahadukum hatta yuhibba li-akhihi ma yuhibbu li-nafsih.
None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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5Learning the Quran
خَيۡرُكُمۡ مَنۡ تَعَلَّمَ الۡقُرۡاٰنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
🗣️ Khayrukum man ta'allama-l-Qur'ana wa 'allamah.
The best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches it.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari
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6Cleanliness
الطُّهُوۡرُ شَطۡرُ الۡاِيۡمَانِ
🗣️ At-tuhuru shatru-l-iman.
Purity is half of faith.
📖 Sahih Muslim
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7Kind words
الۡكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ
🗣️ Al-kalimatu-t-tayyibatu sadaqah.
A good word is charity.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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8Mercy
مَنۡ لَا يَرۡحَمُ لَا يُرۡحَمُ
🗣️ Man la yarhamu la yurham.
Whoever shows no mercy will be shown no mercy.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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9Anger
لَا تَغۡضَبۡ
🗣️ La taghdab.
Do not become angry.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari
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10Modesty
الۡحَيَاءُ شُعۡبَةٌ مِنَ الۡاِيۡمَانِ
🗣️ Al-haya'u shu'batun mina-l-iman.
Modesty is a branch of faith.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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11Silence
مَنۡ صَمَتَ نَجَا
🗣️ Man samata naja.
Whoever keeps silent is saved.
📖 Jami at-Tirmidhi
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12Dua
الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الۡعِبَادَةُ
🗣️ Ad-du'a'u huwa-l-'ibadah.
Supplication is worship.
📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi
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13Smiling
تَبَسُّمُكَ فِيۡ وَجۡهِ اَخِيۡكَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ
🗣️ Tabassumuka fi wajhi akhika laka sadaqah.
Your smile to your brother is charity for you.
📖 Jami at-Tirmidhi
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14Guiding to good
مَنۡ دَلَّ عَلٰى خَيۡرٍ فَلَهُ مِثۡلُ اَجۡرِ فَاعِلِهِ
🗣️ Man dalla 'ala khayrin falahu mithlu ajri fa'ilih.
Whoever guides someone to good has a reward like the one who does it.
📖 Sahih Muslim
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15Making things easy
يَسِّرُوۡا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوۡا
🗣️ Yassiru wa la tu'assiru.
Make things easy and do not make them hard.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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16Giving
اَلۡيَدُ الۡعُلۡيَا خَيۡرٌ مِنَ الۡيَدِ السُّفۡلٰى
🗣️ Al-yadu-l-'ulya khayrun mina-l-yadi-s-sufla.
The upper hand, which gives, is better than the lower hand, which takes.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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17Leaving what does not concern you
مِنۡ حُسۡنِ اِسۡلَامِ الۡمَرۡءِ تَرۡكُهُ مَا لَا يَعۡنِيۡهِ
🗣️ Min husni Islami-l-mar'i tarkuhu ma la ya'nih.
Part of the excellence of a person's Islam is leaving what does not concern him.
📖 Jami at-Tirmidhi
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18Being mindful of Allah
اِتَّقِ اللّٰهَ حَيۡثُمَا كُنۡتَ
🗣️ Ittaqi-llaha haythuma kunt.
Be mindful of Allah wherever you are.
📖 Jami at-Tirmidhi
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19Real strength
لَيۡسَ الشَّدِيۡدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ اِنَّمَا الشَّدِيۡدُ الَّذِيۡ يَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسَهُ عِنۡدَ الۡغَضَبِ
🗣️ Laysa-sh-shadidu bi-s-sura'ah, innama-sh-shadidu-lladhi yamliku nafsahu 'inda-l-ghadab.
The strong one is not the one who wrestles others down; the strong one is the one who controls himself when angry.
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
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20The believer's mirror
الۡمُؤۡمِنُ مِرۡاٰةُ الۡمُؤۡمِنِ
🗣️ Al-mu'minu mir'atu-l-mu'min.
A believer is the mirror of a believer.
📖 Sunan Abi Dawud
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