Sahih al-Bukhari

Topic

Faith (Iman)

15 hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari

Iman (faith) is the foundation of a Muslim's life. In Sahih al-Bukhari, the Book of Faith gathers the Prophet ﷺ's teachings on belief in Allah, the signs of sincere faith, and the deeds that strengthen it.

These hadiths describe faith as something that grows through worship, sincerity, and good character toward others.

Hadith 6865, 6866 Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) Sahih

Al Miqdad bin Amr Al Kindi

Narrated Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi:An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet, that he said, "O Allah's Apostle! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight, and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts it off, and then takes refuge from me ...

Hadith 6306 Invocations Sahih

Abu Huraira

Narrated Shaddad bin Aus:The Prophet (ﷺ) said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: O Allah, You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship except You. You have created me, and I am Your servant, and I am faithful to Your covenant and promise as muc...

Hadith 37 Belief Sahih

Abu Huraira

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins will be forgiven."

Hadith 7 Beginning of the Revelation Sahih

Abdullah bin Abbas

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas: Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when Allah's Messenge...

Hadith 7439 Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed) Sahih

Abu Said Al Khudri

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" He said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon when the sky is clear?" We said, "No." He said, "So you will have no difficulty in seeing you...

Hadith 7510 Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed) Sahih

Mabad bin Hilal Al Anzi

Narrated Ma`bad bin Hilal Al-`Anzi:We, i.e., some people from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik, and we went in company with Thabit Al-Bunnani so that he might ask him about the Hadith of Intercession on our behalf. Behold, Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coinc...

Hadith 44 Belief Sahih

Anas

Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever said "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a barley grain will be taken out of Hell. And whoever said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his ...

Hadith 50 Belief Sahih

Abu Huraira

Narrated Abu Huraira: One day while the Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in...

Hadith 1358 Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz) Sahih

Ibn Shihab

Narrated Ibn Shihab:The funeral prayer should be offered for every child even if he were the son of a prostitute as he was born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone). If his parents are Muslims, particularly the father, even if his mother were a non...

Hadith 6809 Limits and Punishments set by Allah (Hudood) Sahih

Ikrima

Narrated 'Ikrima from Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s said, "When a slave (of Allah) commits illegal sexual intercourse, he is not a believer at the time of committing it; and if he steals, he is not a believer at the time of stealing; and if he drinks an alcoholic drink, w...

Hadith 6930 Apostates Sahih

Ali

Narrated `Ali:Whenever I tell you a narration from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), by Allah, I would rather fall down from the sky than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you (not a Hadith) then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things jus...

Hadith 7509 Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed) Sahih

Anas

Narrated Anas:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "On the Day of Resurrection I will intercede and say, "O my Lord! Admit into Paradise (even) those who have faith equal to a mustard seed in their hearts." Such people will enter Paradise, and then I will say, 'O (Allah) admit into...

Hadith 2 Beginning of the Revelation Sahih

Aisha

Narrated 'Aisha: (the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ", O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the Divine Revelation revealed to you?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell; this form ...

Hadith 3 Beginning of the Revelation Sahih

Aisha the mother of the faithful believers

Narrated 'Aisha (the mother of the faithful believers):The commencement of the Divine Revelation to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright daylight, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him.He used to go in seclusion in the...

Hadith 9 Belief Sahih

Abu Huraira

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Faith (Belief) consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya (This term "Haya" covers a large number of concepts which are to be taken together; amongst them are self respect, modesty, bashfulness, and scruple, etc.) i...