Portrait of Muhammad

Muhammad

Prophet of Islam

Medieval influential 47 sayings

Sayings by Muhammad

Heraclius' city, Constantinople, will be conquered.

c. 620s-630s CE — Hadith, a prophecy of the conquest of Constantinople.
General Unverifiable

except with their wives and slave girls, for these are lawful to them.

c. 610-622 CE (Meccan Sura) — Quran 23:5-6, regarding lawful sexual relations.
Social & Racial Unverifiable

A nation with a woman as a ruler will never succeed.

c. 628 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 7099, in response to the news that the Persians had crowned a daughter of Khosrau a…
General Unverifiable

If a man calls his wife to his bed, and she refuses him, and he passes the night angry with her, the angels will curse her till morning.

c. 620s-630s CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 3237, regarding marital duties.
General Confirmed

The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. 'O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.'

c. 620s-630s CE — Sahih Muslim 2922, an eschatological prophecy.
War & Violence Confirmed

I have been made victorious with awe (by Allah) by terrorizing my enemies.

c. 620s-630s CE — Sahih Bukhari 2977, describing one of the five things given to him.
War & Violence Unverifiable

Kill any pagan you encounter on the spot.

c. 630 CE — Instruction given shortly after the conquest of Mecca.
War & Violence Unverifiable

I have been made victorious with terror.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 2977
Shocking Unverifiable

No nation will prosper that entrusts its affairs to a woman.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 4425
Shocking Unverifiable

No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter Paradise.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 91
Shocking Unverifiable

Indeed, I have been sent with concise words and comprehensive meanings.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 2977
Shocking Unverifiable

The greatest Jihad is to speak a word of truth to a tyrannical ruler.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Abi Dawud 4344
Shocking Unverifiable

Do not curse the wind, for it is from the mercy of Allah.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan Abi Dawud 5097
Shocking Unverifiable

The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 2956
Shocking Confirmed

The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 6114
Shocking Unverifiable

A man will be with those whom he loves.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 6169
Shocking Unverifiable

Indeed, Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih Muslim 91
Shocking Unverifiable

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

c. 610-632 CE (attributed) — Not found in major canonical hadith collections. Often attributed to him, but its authenticity is de…
Shocking Unverifiable

Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.

c. 610-632 CE — Sunan an-Nasa'i 3104
Shocking Confirmed

Modesty is part of faith.

c. 610-632 CE — Sahih al-Bukhari 24
Shocking Confirmed
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