BEST OF THE BEST
Have your ever wondered to yourself what it actually means to be
the best? When we are told that this is the best or that was the
greatest or this will bring the most benefit etc, have you ever thought
who on Earth gave such people/editors the authority to tell us that? In
an age when we have a plethora of Top 10 or Top 100 lists on everything
from cars to films, from foods to places, one wonders where is that list
that will really provide some benefit to us in this current short life
and the next everlasting one.
Below, from a choice of hundreds of narrations from our beloved
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) you can find 100 Ahadith, in no particular order
of merit, detailing ways on exactly how to become the best, how to have
the most excellent characteristics, what really will prove most
beneficial for us to know, what really are the greatest things to think
about and hope for and indeed, how to become the most beloved of people
to our Exalted Creator, Allah (Swt).
No more subjectivity, no more empty statements; just the divine
criteria of what really is the best as developed by the very best
himself, Muhammad al-Mustapha (salAllahu alayhi wasalam).
Take some time out (its not short!) to read them, memorize them,
and then see how many you can get done and how many of your friends and
relatives you can get involved in it too.
Dont be ordinary. Dont be common. Dont be average. Dont be a
chamcha. Be the best.
Sayyidina Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) told us:
1. The best of the Muslims is he from whose hand and
tongue the Muslims are safe. (Muslim).
2. The best of people are those with the most excellent
character. (at-Tabarani, Sahih).
3. The best of people are those that bring most benefit
to the rest of mankind. (Daraqutni, Hasan).
4. The best of people are those who are best in
fulfilling (rights). (Ibn Majah, Sahih).
5. The best of people during fitnah (trouble) is a man
who takes up the reins of his horse pursuing the enemies of Allah,
causing them fear yet they make him fearful too, or a man who secludes
himself in the desert fulfilling the rights of Allah upon him. (Hakim,
Sahih).
6. The best of mankind is my generation, then those that
follow them and then those that follow them. Then there shall come a
people after them who will become avaricious, who will love gluttony,
and who will give witness before they are asked for it. (at-Tirmidhi,
Sahih).
7. The best of people are those who live longest and
excel in their deeds, whereas the worst of people are those who live
longest and corrupt their deeds. (at-Tirmidhi, Sahih).
8. The best of women are those that please him (her
husband) when he sees her, obeys him when she is commanded, and who does
not secretly betray him with regards to herself and her money in that
which he dislikes. (Ahmad, Sahih).
9. The best of women are those that please you when you
see them, obey you when commended, and who safeguard themselves and your
money in your absence. (Tabrani, Sahih).
10. The best of marriages are the easiest ones. (abuDawud,
Sahih).
11. The best of your dates is the Borniyyu date; it expels
disease yet does not contain any disease itself. (Hakim, Hasan).
12. The best of your garments are those which are white;
shroud your dead in them and clothe your living with them. The best of
that which you apply to your eyelids is antimony causing the eyelashes
to grow and sharpening the eyesight. (Ibn Hibban, Sahih).
13. The best quality of your religion is scruulousness.
(Hakim, sahih).
14. The best of your religion is that which is
easiest.(Ahmad, Sahih).
15. The best of the prayer lines for men are the first
rows, the worst being the final rows. The best of the prayer lines for
women are the final rows and the worst are the first rows. (Muslim).
16. The best prayers for women are those performed in the
most secluded parts of their houses. (Ibn khuzaymah, Sahih).
17. The best of you in Islam are those who are most
excellent in character as long as you deeply understand the religion.
(Ahmad, Sahih).
18. The best of you are the best of you in fulfilling
(rights). (Ahmad, Sahih).
19. The best of you are those who are best to their
families, and I am the best of you to my family. (at-Tirmidhi, Sahih).
20. The best of you are my generation, then those that
follow them and then those that follow them. Then there shall come
after them a people who will betray and be untrustworthy, will give
witness even though they have not been asked to, will make vows yet will
not fulfill them and obesity will appear amongst them. (Sahih
Al-Bukhary).
21. The best of you are those who feed others and return
greetings. (abu Yala, Hasan).
22. The best of you is he from who good is anticipated and
safety from his evil is assured; the worst of you is he from whom
nothing good is expected and one is not safe from his evil.
(at-Tirmidhi, Sahih).
23. The best thing mankind has been given is excellent
character. (Hakim, Sahih).
24. The best of that which you treat yourself with is
cupping. (Hakim, Sahih).
25. The best of journeys undertaken are to this Mosque of
mind and the Ancient Hosue. (Ahmad, Sahih).
Note :-
Compiled, edited & adapted by Khalid Latif
Please read Part 2nd & 3rd also .
