Sunan Ibn Majah

The Prophet said: Whatever I have commanded you do it, and whatever I have forbidden you, refrain from it.

Following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws)

The Prophet said: Leave me as I have left you (Don't ask me the minor things that I have avoided to tell you). For those who came before you were doomed because of their questions and differences with their Prophets. If I commanded you to do something, then do as much of it as you can, and if I forbid you from doing something, then refrain from it.

The Prophet said: Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah.

Whenever Ibn 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہما heard a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he would not do more than it said, and he would not do less.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us when we were speaking of poverty and how we feared it. He said: 'Is it poverty that you fear? By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, (the delights and luxuries of) this world will come to you in plenty, and nothing will cause the heart of anyone of you to deviate except that. By Allah, I am leaving you upon something like Bayda (white, bright, clear path) the night and day of which are the same.'

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A group of my Ummah will continue to prevail and they will never be harmed by those who forsake them, until the Hour begins.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A group of my Ummah will continue to adhere steadfastly to the command of Allah and those who oppose them will not be able to harm them.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah will continue to plant new people in this religion and use them in His obedience.

Mu'awiyah رضی اللہ عنہ stood up to deliver a sermon and said: 'Where are your scholars? Where are your scholars? For I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The Hour will not begin until a group of my Ummah will prevail over the people, and they will not care who lets them down and who supports them.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A group among my Ummah will continue to follow the truth and prevail, and those who oppose them will not be able to harm them, until the command of Allah comes to pass.

We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and he drew a line (in the sand), then he drew two lines to its right and two to its left. Then he put his hand on the middle line and said : 'This is the path of Allah. Then he recited the Verse: And verily, this (i.e. Allah's Commandments) is My straight path, so follow it and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you from His path...

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Soon there will come a time that a man will be reclining on his pillow, and when one of my Ahadith is narrated he will say: 'The Book of Allah is (sufficient) between us and you. Whatever it states is permissible, we will take as permissible, and whatever it states is forbidden, we will take as forbidden.' Verily, whatever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has forbidden is like that which Allah has forbidden.

Venerating the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and dealing harshly with those who Oppose It

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I do not want to find anyone of you reclining on his pillow, and when bad news comes to him of something that I have commanded or forbidden, he says, 'I do not know, whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we will follow.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e. Islam) that is not part of it, will have it rejected.

A man from the Ansar had a dispute with Zubair رضی اللہ عنہ in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concerning a stream in the Harrah which they used to irrigate the date-palm trees. The Ansari said: Let the water flow but Zubair رضی اللہ عنہ refused. So they referred that dispute to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who said: Irrigate (your land), O Zubair., and then let the water flow to your neighbor. The Ansari became angry and said O Messenger of Allah, is it because he is your cousin? The face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) changed color (because of anger) and he said: O Zubair, irrigate (your land) then block the water until it flows back to the walls around the date-palm trees. Zubair said: By Allah, I think that this verse was revealed concerning this matter.' But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.'

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not prevent the female slaves of Allah from praying in the mosque. A son of his said: We will indeed prevent them! He got very angry and said: I tell you a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and you say, we will indeed prevent them?!

He was sitting beside a nephew of his, the nephew hurled a pebble and he told him not to do that, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had forbidden that. He (the Prophet) said: 'It cannot be used for hunting and it cannot harm an enemy, but it may break a tooth or put an eye out. He said. His nephew hurled another pebble and he ( Abdullah bin Mughaffal) said: 'I tell you that the Messenger of Allah forbade that (and you go hurl another pebble)? I will never speak to you again.'

Ubadah bin Samit Al-Ansari رضی اللہ عنہ, head of the army unit, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), went on a military campaign with Mu'awiyah رضی اللہ عنہ in the land of the Byzantines. He saw people trading pieces of gold for Dinar and pieces of silver for Dirham. He said: O people, you are consuming Riba (usury)! For I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Do not sell gold for gold unless it is like for like; there should be no increase and no delay (between the two transactions).' Mu'awiyah رضی اللہ عنہ said to him: O Abu Walid, I do not think there is any Riba involved in this , except in cases where there is a delay. 'Ubadah رضی اللہ عنہ said to him: I tell you a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and you tell me your opinion! If Allah brings me back safely I will never live in a land in which you have authority over me. When he returned, he stayed in Al-Madinah, and 'Umar bin Khattab said to him: What brought you here, O Abu Walid? So he told him the story, and what he had said about not living in the same land as Mu'awiyah رضی اللہ عنہ. 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said: Go back to your land, O Abu Walid, for what a bad land is the land from where you and people like you are absent. Then he wrote to Mu'awiyah رضی اللہ عنہ and said: You have no authority over him; make the people follow what he says , for he is right.

When I tell you of a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then think of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as being the best, the utmost rightly guided and the one with the utmost Taqwa (piety, righteousness).

When I narrate a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), to you, then think of him as being the best, the most rightly guided and the one with the utmost Taqwa (piety, righteousness)