What are hadiths about the family? Examples of hadiths about the family…
ʿAmir b. Saʿd b. Abi Waqqas (ra) reported the following from his father: “In the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet (saw) came to visit me when my illness had intensified. (When I told him that I wanted to distribute my wealth as ṣadaqa), the Prophet (saw) said: ‘. . . You will surely be rewarded for everything you spend on your family hoping to please Allah, even for a morsel that you put in your wife’s mouth . . .’” (al-Bukhari, al-Janaʾiz, 36)
As reported from Anas b. Malik (ra) (ra), some of the Companions of the Prophet (saw) went to the Prophet’s wives and asked how he worshiped while he was alone. (Thinking that their own acts of worship were insufficient), some of them said, “I will not marry a women;” others said, “I will not eat meat;” and others said, “I will not sleep in bed.” (When these words were reported to Allah’s Messenger), he first praised Allah and declared his exaltedness and then said, “Why is it that people say such things! I pray, yet I also sleep; I fast, and yet sometimes I do not; and I marry women. So he who does not follow my Sunna (tradition in religion), is not from me.” (Muslim, al-Nikah, 5)
As Hudhayfa (ra) said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, ‘Family, wealth, ego, children, and neighbors are tests for a man. Fasting, praying, charity, and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil expiate sins emerging from of those tests.’” (Muslim, al-Fitan, 26; B525, al-Bukhari, Mawaqit al-Salat, 4)
According to ʿAʾisha (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “The most benevolent among you is the one who is benevolent to his family. I am the most benevolent to my family among you…” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Manaqib, 63)
ʿAbd Allah b. ʿUmar (ra) said he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “Everyone of you is a guardian, and responsible for what is in his custody. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects and responsible for them; a husband is a guardian of his family and is responsible for it; a lady is a guardian of her husband’s house and is responsible for it, and a servant is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for it.” ( al-Bukhari, al-Istiqrad, 20)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
Hadith About Imitation
