What are hadiths about felicity and wretchedness? Examples of hadiths about felicity and wretchedness…
According to ʿAli (ra), “We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqiʿ al-Gharqad. The Prophet (saw) came to us and sat down and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand. He then proceeded to bend his head and began to scrape the ground with the small stick. Then, he said, ‘There is none among you, and not a created soul, but has a place either in Paradise or in Hell assigned for him and it is also determined for him whether he will be among the blessed or the wretched.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Jana’iz, 82; Muslim, al-Qadar, 6)
According to Saʿd b. Abi Waqqas (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “From (the signs of) the son of Adam’s prosperity is his satisfaction with what Allah decreed for him, and from the son of Adam’s misery is his avoidance of requesting guidance from Allah, and (from the son of Adam’s misery is) his anger with what Allah has decreed for him.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Qadar, 15)
Ismaʿil b. Muhammad b. Saʿd b. Abi Waqqas reported that his father said that his grandgather (ra) said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “There are three things that would make a person happy, and three things that would make a person unhappy. A good partner, a good accommodation, and a good ride would make a person happy, and a bad wife, a bad accommodation, and a bad ride would make a person unhappy.” (Ibn Hanbal, I, 169)
Harith b. Abi Yazid reported that he heard Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah (ra) say that he heard the Prophet (saw) say, “Do not wish for death. Because the moment of dying is painful. Having a long life, and being able to repent and approach Allah, with Allah’s permission, is happiness.” (Ibn Hanbal, III, 333)
According to Ibn ʿUmar (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) addressed people on the day of the conquest of Mecca by saying, “O you people! Verily Allah has removed the slogans of the Jahiliyya from you, and its reverence for forefathers. So, now there are two types of men: A man who is righteous, has taqwa, and is honorable before Allah, and a wicked man, who is miserable and is insignificant to Allah. People are children of Adam and Allah created Adam from dust.” (al-Tirmidhi, Tafsir al-Qur’an, 49; Abu Daʾud, al-Adab, 110, 111)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “No one will enter Hell except one who is doomed.” It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, who is the one who is doomed?” He said, “The one who never does any act of obedience (towards Allah) and who never omitted any act of sin.” (Ibn Maja, al-Zuhd, 35; Ibn Hanbal, II, 349)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
Hadiths About Goodness (Khayr)
