Muhammad

Prophet of Islam

Medieval influential 117 sayings

Sayings by Muhammad

Booty has been made lawful for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.

c. 620s-630s CE — Sahih Bukhari 2977, describing one of the five things given to him.
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Kill any pagan you encounter on the spot.

c. 630 CE — Instruction given shortly after the conquest of Mecca.
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On another occasion, again against a Jewish tribe of Medina, he ordered all the tribe's adult males, some nine hundred, beheaded in the city square, the women and children sold into slavery, and their property distributed among his Muslim followers.

c. 627 CE — Action taken against the Banu Qurayza tribe.
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The best kind of manumission (of slaves) is the manumission of the most expensive slave and the most beloved by his master.

c. 620s-630s CE — Hadith (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 46, Number 694), defining a virtuous act.
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No servant should be called a 'slave,' for all of you are the slaves of Allah. Rather, you should refer to him as 'my young man.' The servant should not refer to anyone as 'my lord,' but rather he should refer to him as 'my master.'

c. 620s-630s CE — Hadith (Sahih Muslim 2249), regarding the terminology for servants.
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I have been made victorious with terror.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 2977
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I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.'

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 25
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I looked into Paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the poor, and I looked into Hell and saw that the majority of its people were women.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 3241
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No nation will prosper that entrusts its affairs to a woman.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 4425
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The best women are those who are fertile and loving. The worst women are those who are barren and hateful.

c. 610-632 CE — Musnad Ahmad 16867
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If you see a woman, and she appeals to you, then go to your wife and have intercourse with her, for that will repel what you feel.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 1403a
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I used to forbid you from visiting graves, but now visit them, for they remind you of the Hereafter.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 977
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When one of you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand into a utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand spent the night.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 278
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When you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of donkeys at night, seek refuge with Allah, for they see what you do not see.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Abi Dawud 5105
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The earth has been made for me a place for prostration and a means of purification.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 438
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No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter Paradise.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 91
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Indeed, I have been sent with concise words and comprehensive meanings.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 2977
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If a fly falls into the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 3320
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The greatest Jihad is to speak a word of truth to a tyrannical ruler.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Abi Dawud 4344
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There is no disease that Allah has sent down, except that He has also sent down its cure.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 5678
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