Name: Imam Abu Dawud Sulaiman ibn Ash`ath ibn Ishaq ibn Bashir ibn Shaddad ibn `Umar ibn `Imran al-Azdi Sajastani.

1. The Prophet of Allaah, sallallahu alayhee wa aalehee wasalam said: “Religion is sincerity.” We said: “To whom, O the Prophet of Allaah?” He said: “To Allaah, His Book, His Messenger, to the leaders of the Muslims & their common folk.” [Muslim, Iman (Faith), 95]

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty.” [Sahīh Muslim (911)].  Some people who seek to be pious tend to underrate the value of beauty. They fail to recognize that beauty is an Islamic value. Allah intended for His Creation to contain beauty.

Introduction The following is a collection of 40 Hadith Qudsi. But what is Hadith Qudsi and how do they differ from other Hadith? The following discussion is given in the introduction to the book titled “Forty Hadith Qudsi” published by: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Islamic Translation Center, and P.O.Box 38130, Aldahieh, Kuwait.

Hakeem bin Muaawiyah رضي الله عنهnarrated from his father that he asked Rasulullah (Holy prophet Muhammad) صلي الله عليه وسلمabout the rights of wives against their husbands. He replied:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ” لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ، كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَهُ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي” رواه مسلم (وكذلك البخاري والنسائي وابن ماجه)

Al-Nu`mân b. Bashîr once addressed the people from the pulpit and told them about what took place between the Prophet and his father, saying: