Book of

40 Hadeeths
In the Signs of Tawheed

In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the very Merciful

And there is no might and strength except with Allah the High and the
Almighty

The Imam, Shaykh ul-Islam, the lantern of Sunnah Abu Nasr Ahmed bin
Omar Bin Mohammed Bin Abdillah Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Bin Ishaaq
informed us in what I read to him saying “ The Imam and the Supporter
of the Sunnah, Imam of Imams Abu Isma’eel Abdullah Bin Mohammed
Bin Ali Al-Ansari – may Allah have mercy on him- informed us saying:
Chapter 1: Obligation of sincere intention in every action
On the authority of Alqama, I heard Umar Ibn ul-Khattab -may Allah be
pleased with him- say: “Actions are but by the intentions and each
person will have but that which he intended.”
Chapter 2: Obligation of giving sincere advice to every Muslim
On the authority of Jareer Bin Abdillah – may Allah be pleased with him-
who said: “I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬for
offering the prayers perfectly paying the Zakat and giving good advice to
every Muslim.”

Chapter 3: Severity of the sin for the one who conceals

knowledge

On the authority of Abdullah Bin Amr – may Allah be pleased with both
of them – that the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Whoever conceals
knowledge, Allah will bridle him with reins of fire on the Day of
Resurrection.”
 Chapter 4: Obligation of all creations to accept and
acknowledge Allah’s attributes

Narrated Abdullah (Bin Mas’oud):

A man from the people of the Book came to Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬and
said, "O Muhammad! Allah will put the Heavens on one finger and the
earths on one finger, and the mountains on one finger, and the rest of
the creation on one finger, and then will say, 'I am the King.' "On that
Allah's messenger ‫ ﷺ‬smiled until his molars appeared then recited, "No
just estimate have they made of Allah such as due to Him”
Fudhayl and Sufyan added: “He ‫ ﷺ‬smiled of amazement and as
confirmation” End Quote.
Chapter 5: Response to the one who conceals hadeeths about
Allah’s attributes

Narrated to us, from Thabit Al-Bunani, from Anas bin Malik – may Allah
be pleased with him-, that the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬recited this Ayah: “So when his
Lord appeared to the mountain, He made it collapse to dust” (7:143) -
Anas pointed the tip of his little finger so did Thabit. Humayd At-Tawwel
(Thabit’s student) asked: “What do you want with this (ie little finger) oh
Aba Mohammed”. Thabit raised his hand and struck Humayd’s chest
saying: “Who are you Oh Humayd? What are you Oh Humayd? Anas Bin
Malik narrated to me a hadeeth from the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬and you dare say:
“What do you want with this”.
Chapter 6: Clarification of the statement that Allah is living
On the authority of Abu Hurayra – may Allah be pleased with him-, the
messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: "Verily! Allah has ninety-nine Names and He
is witr (one) and loves 'the witr' (i.e., odd numbers). Whoever retains
them in his memory will enter Paradise." He listed the names and in
them is Al-Hayy (the Ever-living)
Chapter 7: Clarification of the evidence that Allah does not sleep
On the authority of Abu Musa, the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬was standing
amongst us and (he said) four things: “Verily Allah does not sleep and it
does not befit Him to sleep. He raises the scale and lowers it. The deeds
of the day are raised to Him in the night and the deeds of the night in the
day. His veil is Fire if He were to remove it, the glory of his Face would
burn everything as far as His gaze reaches.”
Chapter 8: Evidence that Allah - Blessed, High and Glorified is He- is
“a ‫ش ْيء‬
َ (thing/something)”

Narrated Asmaa Bint Abi Bakr – may Allah be pleased with both of them-
that she heard the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬saying: "There is nothing (none)
having a greater sense of Ghira (jealousy) than Allah.”

Chapter 9: Evidence that Allah – Exalted is He- is “a ‫( ش َْخص‬a

person)”
AI-Mughira bin Shu'ba -may Allah be pleased with him- reported that
Sa'd bin 'Ubada – may Allah be pleased with him- said:
If I were to see a man with my wife, I would have struck him with the
sword, and not with the flat part (side) of it. When Allah's Messenger ‫ﷺ‬
heard of that, he said: Are you surprised at Sa'd's jealousy of his honour?
By Allah, I am more jealous of my honour than he, and Allah is more
jealous than I. Because of His jealousy Allah has prohibited abomination,
both open and secret and no person is more jealous of his honour than
Allah, and no persons, is more fond of accepting an excuse than Allah,
on account of which He has sent messengers, announcers of glad tidings
and warners; and no one is more fond of praise than Allah on account of
which Allah has promised Paradise.

Chapter 10: Evidence of affirming Allah – Exalted is He- having

a “‫ نفس‬or spirit”

On the authority of Ibn Abbas – may Allah be pleased with both of them-
, the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Glory and Praise be to Allah the number of His
creation, the number of His words, as much as pleases Him (His Spirit),
Glory be to Him”
 Chapter 11: Evidence that He – Exalted – is in the Heavens
Narrated Ibn Abbas -may Allah be pleased with both of them-: a man
with his black, non-Arab slave girl came to the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬and said: “I
have to free a slave, is this (slave girl) enough? He ‫ ﷺ‬asked (her): “Where
is Allah” to which she replied by pointing with her hand to the heavens.
He ‫ ﷺ‬then asked (her): “Who am I?” to which she replied: “you are the
messenger of Allah”. He ‫ ﷺ‬then said (to her master): “Free her for she is
a believer”.
Shaykhul Islam Abu Isma’eel Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al-Ansari – may
Allah shower him with mercy- said: the hadeeth of Mu’awiya ibnil
Hakam -may Allah be pleased with him- is more authentic in chain of
narration than this.

Chapter 12: Evidence that He – Exalted – is above the Throne

Narrated Abu Hurayra -may Allah be pleased with him- that the prophet
‫ ﷺ‬said: “When Allah completed the creation He wrote a statement which
is with Him above His Throne, ‘My mercy has prevailed over my anger.”

Chapter 13: Mention of Allah’s veil

On the authority of Abu Musa, the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: “His veil is
Fire if He were to remove it, the glory of his Face would burn everything
as far as His gaze reaches.”
 Chapter 14: Allah – Exalted- placing His feet on the footstool
Narrated Ibn Abbas – may Allah be pleased with both of them-: “The
‘Kursi’ or footstool is the place of both feet and no one can give the
Throne its true value”.
The wording is from Wakee’. This was also narrated from Abu Musa, Abu
Hurayra, ‘Ikrima and Abu Malik.

Chapter 15: Affirming the ‘hadd’ for Allah or Allah having a limit
On the authority of Abu Hurayra – may Allah be pleased with him- who
narrated that the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said in his prayer:
“[O Allah] You are the First and nothing has come before you,
and You are the Most Near, and nothing is nearer than You”
Chapter 16: Affirming directions for Allah – Exalted is He-
Narrated ‘Amr bin Dinaar: A’mr bin Aws informed me that he heard
Abdullah Bin ‘Amr -may Allah be pleased with both of them- saying: the
messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said:
“Those who act justly will be with on pulpits of light at the right hand of
the most Merciful, and both His hands are right”
 Chapter 17: Affirming the Face for Allah – Exalted is He-
Narrated Abdullah (Bin Masoud): the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said:
“Whoever said Bismillah” and he ‫ ﷺ‬said once: “Whoever says
SubhaanAllah wal Hamdulillah wa laa ilaaha illa Allah wAllaho Akbar wa
la hawla wa la quwata illa billah wa tabaarakAllah an angel would
receive them (the words) and embrace them with their wings” He ‫ ﷺ‬said
once: “[An angel]would receive them and record them then embrace
them with their wings until the Face of the Lord of the worlds comes”

Chapter 18: Affirming His image – Exalted is He-

Narrated Abu Hurayra -may Allah be pleased with him-: the messenger
of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30
meters) in height.”
Chapter 19: Affirming both Eyes for Him – Exalted and Glorified is
He-
Narrated Qatada: I heard Anas bin Malik -may Allah be pleased with him-
say: the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said:
"There has not been a Prophet who has not warned his Ummah of that
one-eyed liar (Dajjal). Behold, he is blind in one eye and your Lord is not
one-eyed blind. On his forehead are the letters: (‫ك ف ر‬.)" This wording is
of (the narrator) Ghandar.
Chapter 20: Affirming the attributes of seeing and hearing for Allah
- Exalted is He-
Narrated Sulaym bin Jubayr: I heard Abu Hurayra – may Allah be pleased
with him- recite this verse (Indeed, Allah commands you to render
trusts to whom they are due) …. Until the end of the verse (Indeed,
Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing.). He then placed his thumbs on his
ears and the next fingers (index fingers) on his eyes and said: this is how
I heard the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬recite it and place his fingers on them.
This wording is of (collector) Ibn Khuzaymah.

Chapter 21: Affirming the hands for Allah - Exalted is He-

Narrated Ibn Abbas – may Allah be pleased with them- that the
messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: “When Adam ‫ عليه السﻼم‬came down to earth,
 he would glorify the way the angels did and would pray the way they
prayed due to his height and closeness to the sky; Allah placed His hand
on him (Adam) so he got lower to the ground by seventy cubits high.”

Chapter 22: Affirming that Allah created Adam with His hand
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudhri -may Allah
be pleased with them all-, the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Adam and Moosa ‫عليهما‬
‫ السﻼم‬quarrelled. Moosa said to him, “You are the one whom Allah
created with His hand and whom He caused to dwell in his paradise…”.
This wording is from the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed – may Allah be pleased
with him-.
 Chapter 23: Allah created Al-Firdaws with His hand
Narrated Anas bin Malik – may Allah be pleased with him- that the
prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Allah created Al-Firdaws with His hand and forbade it
to every Mushrik and to drunk, addicted to wine.”
 Chapter 24: Affirming Allah writing with His hand
Narrated Tawus: I heard Abu Hurayra – may Allah be pleased with him-
reporting from the prophet ‫ﷺ‬: “Adam and Moosa ‫ السﻼم عليهما‬quarrelled.
Moosa said, “You are our father who let disappointed us and caused tus
to be expelled from Paradise.” Adam said: “Oh Moosa, Allah chose you
with His speech (talked to you directly) and He wrote (the Torah) for you
with His Own Hand. Do you blame me for a matter which Allah had
decreed in my fate forty years before my creation?” Adam prevailed over
Moosa. Adam prevailed over Moosa. Adam prevailed over Moosa.”

Chapter 25: Allah accepts the charity of the believer with His
hand
Narrated Abdullah bin Qatada: I heard Abdullah bin Mas’ud -may Allah
be pleased with him- say: “Charity is placed in the hand of Allah before it
is placed in the hand of the beggar.”
A similar narration from Aisha – may Allah be pleased with her- from the
prophet ‫ﷺ‬.
 Chapter 26: Affirming the fingers for Allah -Exalted is He-
On the authority of Aisha -may Allah be pleased with her-, she said: a
prayer which the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬used to supplicate frequently:
“oh Changer of the hearts, keep my heart steadfast upon your religion”.
Aisha – may Allah be pleased with her- said: “Oh Messenger of Allah
(this is) a prayer I see you supplicate so frequently.” He ‫ ﷺ‬said: “There is
no human being except that his heart is between Two Fingers of the
Fingers of the most Merciful, so whomsoever He wills He makes
steadfast, and whomever He wills He causes to deviate.”
Chapter 27: Affirming attribute of laughter for Allah -Exalted is
He-
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah -may Allah be pleased with him-, the
prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Allah laughs at two men, one of them killing the other
and both enter Paradise”.
Zuhri and Ibn ‘Uyaynah explained: A mushrik kills a Muslim then accepts
Islam and dies upon Islam.

Chapter 28: Affirming the foot for Allah -Exalted is He-

Narrated Anas – may Allah be pleased with him-: the messenger of Allah
‫ ﷺ‬said: “People of hell will be thrown to Hell and it will then say: ‘Are
there any more (to come)?' On that Allah will put His Foot on it, and it
will say 'Enough, Enough.’”
Chapter 29: Further evidence of the foot (as attribute of Allah)
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him- that
the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬stated this hadeeth (mentioned above) and he ‫ ﷺ‬said in
it: “… until Allah places his foot on it to which it (ie Hell) will say: ’Enough,
Enough’”. End quote

Chapter 30: Attribute of running for Allah – Exalted is He-

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him- that
the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Allah said: ‘I am near to the thought of My servant
as he thinks about Me, and I am with him as he supplicates Me. If he
draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw near him by the cubit, and
if he draws near Me by the cubit I draw near him by the space (covered
by) two hands. And if he walks towards Me, I run towards him.’”
 Chapter 31: Affirming His descent to the lowest heaven
On the authority of Rifaa’a Al-Juhani -may Allah be pleased with him-,
the messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬said: “When half or two-thirds of the night have
passed, Allah descends to the lowest heaven and calls out: ‘No one looks
out for My servants other than me; who is asking from Me so I may give
him? Who is calling upon Me so I may answer him? Who is seeking My
forgiveness so I may forgive him?’ until the dawn breaks.”
Chapter 32: The prophet seeing His Lord – Exalted is He- in the
night of Ascension with his own eyes while awake
Narrated ‘Ikrima that Ibn ‘Abbas – may Allah be pleased with him- is
reported saying about the verse ‘And We did not make the sight which
We showed you except as a trial for the people,’ (17:60) that it is the
sight that the messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬saw when he was ascended to the
heavens.
This is the wording from narrator Abdul Jabbar; narrator ‘Amr bin Hafs
added: ‘and it is not a dream or a vision.’
Chapter 33: The believers seeing their Lord – Exalted is He- on
the day of resurrection with their own eyes
Jareer – may Allah be pleased with him- reported: We were on a journey
with the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬when he looked at the full moon and
said, "You shall see your Lord with your own eyes as you are seeing this
(ie moon); and you will have no trouble in seeing Him, so if you can avoid
missing a prayer before sunrise (ie Fajr) and a prayer before sunset (ie
`Asr) you must do so.”

Chapter 34: Them (believers) seeing their Lord – Exalted is He-

in Paradise

Narrated Suhaib – may Allah be pleased with him- from the prophet ‫ﷺ‬
concerning His (Allah's) statement: ‘For those who do good is the best
(reward) and extra’ (10:26), he ‫ ﷺ‬said: “the best reward is Paradise and
the extra is looking at Allah’s countenance”
 Chapter 35: Affirming speech for Allah – Exalted is He-
At the death of the prophet ‫ﷺ‬, Abu Bakr Siddiq – may Allah be pleased
with him- said: ‘we have lost the revelation and speech from Allah’.
Chapter 36: Evidence that the speech for Allah isn’t created
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him- that
the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: "Whosoever says when the sun sets ‘I seek refuge
with the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created',
nothing will harm him that night”.
 Chapter 37: Evidence that the believer’s heart finds comfort
by the light of Allah
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr – may Allah be pleased with both of them-
that the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: "Indeed Allah, Blessed and Exalted,
created His creation in darkness, then He cast His Light upon them, so
whoever is touched by that light he is guided, and whoever is not, he
goes astray. It is for this reason that I say that the pens have dried with
Allah's knowledge."

Chapter 38: Restriction on delving deeply into Allah’s

attributes
On the authority of Abdullah bin ‘Umar -may Allah be pleased with both
of them- that the prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “Delve deeply into Allah’s creation but
do not delve into Allah”
 Chapter 39: Refuting the ones who allow philosophy, those
who dispute concerning Allah
Narrated Abu Umamah – may Allah be pleased with him- that the
messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: “No people go astray after having followed
right guidance, but those who indulge in disputes.' Then he recited the
Verse: "Nay! But they are a quarrelsome people. (43:57)'"
Imam Tirmidhi said: this is an authentic hadeeth.
 Chapter 40:
Imam Abu Hatim Ar-Raazi narrated with a chain of narrators to Ahmed
Bin Mohamed who asked whether the Quran is from the preserved
slate; it was to him “we say so as Allah -the most High- said: ‘Rather this
is an honoured Qur'an [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.’ (85:21-22)
Therefore the Quran is inscribed in the Preserved Slate and it is in the
chests of those who were given knowledge. Allah – the most High- said:
‘Rather, the Qur'an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of
those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses
except the wrongdoers.’ (29:49). It is recited in the tongues as Allah -the
most High- said: ‘Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to
hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.’ (75:16).
Literally speaking, the Quran is written in our Mushafs, literally
preserved in our chests, literally recited in our tongues and literally
heard to us as the Most High said: ‘[…] and grant him protection so that
he may hear the words of Allah.’ (9:6)
This is the last quote by Imam Al-Bayhaqee extracted from the book of
Al-Ibaana. Imam Al-Bayhaqee also said at the start of the chapter after
using evidences from verses and other as mentioned in the book of Al-
Ibaana and said: ‘Ali Bin Isma’eel (Abul Hasan Al-Ash’ari) used this
chapter as evidence’.