Stories of the Prophets
Total Hadiths 160
Sincere Lessons and Hadiths on Stories of the Prophets
These authentic prophetic narratives provide deep insight into the lives, trials, and faith of the messengers. According to Islamic scholars, prophets frequently faced severe trials and adversity from their communities, yet they remained firm, knowing Allah's promise of victory is true. Even when messengers faced immense pressure, Allah sent His divine help. We also learn about Prophet Abraham, who requested to see how the dead are brought to life, not out of disbelief, but to gain complete peace of heart and strengthen his faith. Furthermore, the historical interaction involving Heraclius highlights the undeniable truth of prophethood, emphasizing that true messengers come from noble families, do not betray, and are followed by those with sincere hearts. Finally, the narrations confirm that every prophet is uniquely granted a choice between the pleasures of this world and the eternal rewards of the Hereafter before passing away.
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُخْتَارَ بْنَ فُلْفُلٍ، مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . بِمِثْلِهِ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through a different chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2369bIn-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 197USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 30, Hadith 5842
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ إِنْ، شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبَا، عُبَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri through another chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 151dIn-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 201USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 30, Hadith 5846
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَرَأَ { لَتَخِذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} .
Ibn 'Abbas has reported this hadith on the authority of Ubayy b. ka'b that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to recite this.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2380eIn-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 225USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 30, Hadith 5866
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ، يُقْسِمُ لَنَزَلَتْ { هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ} بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ هُشَيْمٍ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr through another chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 3033bIn-book reference : Book 56, Hadith 40USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 43, Hadith 7190
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ سَلاَّمٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَافِدَ عَادٍ فَقُلْتُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ وَافِدِ عَادٍ . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَمَا وَافِدُ عَادٍ " . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ عَلَى الْخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ إِنَّ عَادًا لَمَّا أُقْحِطَتْ بَعَثَتْ قَيْلاً فَنَزَلَ عَلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَسَقَاهُ الْخَمْرَ وَغَنَّتْهُ الْجَرَادَتَانِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ جِبَالَ مَهْرَةَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَمْ آتِكَ لِمَرِيضٍ فَأُدَاوِيَهِ وَلاَ لأَسِيرٍ فَأُفَادِيَهُ فَاسْقِ عَبْدَكَ مَا كُنْتَ مُسْقِيَهُ وَاسْقِ مَعَهُ بَكْرَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ . يَشْكُرْ لَهُ الْخَمْرَ الَّذِي سَقَاهُ فَرُفِعَ لَهُ سَحَابَاتٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ اخْتَرْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَاخْتَارَ السَّوْدَاءَ مِنْهُنَّ فَقِيلَ لَهُ خُذْهَا رَمَادًا رَمْدَدًا لاَ تَذَرُ مِنْ عَادٍ أَحَدًا وَذُكِرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُرْسَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الرِّيحِ إِلاَّ قَدْرُ هَذِهِ الْحَلْقَةِ يَعْنِي حَلْقَةَ الْخَاتَمِ . ثُمَّ قَرَأَ : (إذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ * مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ ) الآيَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سَلاَّمٍ أَبِي الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ .
Narrated Abu Wa'il: From A Man Of Rabi'Ah Who Said: "I Arrived In Al-Madinah, Entered Upon The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) And Mentioned The Emissary Of 'Ad To Him. I Said: 'I Seek Refuge In Allah From Being Like The Emissary Of 'Ad.' So The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: 'And What Of The Emissary Of 'Ad?'" He Said: "I Said: You Have Got The One Who Is Informed About It. When 'Ad Suffered From Famine They Sent Qail And He Stayed With Bakr Bin Mu'Awiyah. He Gave Him Wine To Drink And Two Slave Girls To Sing For Him. Then He Went Out Towards The Mountains Of Murrah And Said: "O Allah! I Did Not Come To You To Cure A Sick Person, Nor To Ransom A Captive! So Give Water To Your Slave As You Used To Do, And Give Water To Bakr Bin Mu'Awiyah Along With Him." He Said That Out Of Gratitude For The Wine Which He Gave Him To Drink. So Two Clouds Appeared And It Was Said To Him: "Choose One Of Them." So He Chose The Black One. It Was Said To Him: "Take It As Ashes That Will Leave None In 'Ad." So He Mentioned That The Wind Sent Upon Them Was Not More Than This Circle - Meaning The Circle Of A Ring - Then He Recited: "...We Sent Against Them The Barren Wind; It Spared Nothing That It Reached, But Blew It Into Broken Spreads Of Rotten Ruins. (51:41 & 42)"
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3273In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 325English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3273
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى قَالَ " انْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا مَا يَعْرُجُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنْ فَوْقَ . قَالَ فَأَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ فُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاَةُ خَمْسًا وَأُعْطِيَ خَوَاتِمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَغُفِرَ لأُمَّتِهِ الْمُقْحِمَاتُ مَا لَمْ يُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا " . قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : ( إذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى ) قَالَ السِّدْرَةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ . قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَرَاشٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَأَشَارَ سُفْيَانُ بِيَدِهِ فَأَرْعَدَهَا وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ إِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي عِلْمُ الْخَلْقِ لاَ عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِمَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Narrated ['Abdullah] bin Mas'ud: "When The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Reached Sidrat Al-Muntaha" He Said: 'There Terminates Everything That Ascends From The Earth, And Everything That Descends From Above. So There Allah Gave Him Three, Which He Did Not Give To Any Prophet Before Him: He Made Fiver Prayers Obligatory Upon Him, He Gave Him The Last Verses Of Surat Al-Baqarah, And He Pardoned The Grave Sins For Those Of His Ummah Who Do Not Associate Anything With Allah.' Ibn Mas'Ud Said Regarding The Ayah: "When That Covered The Sidrah Which Did Cover It! (53:16)" He Said: "The Sixth Sidrah In Heavens." Sufyan Said: "Golden Butterflies" And Sufyan Indicated With His Hand In A Fluttering Motion. Others Besides Malik Bin Mighwal Said: "There Terminates The Creatures' Knowledge, There Is No Knowledge For Them Of What Is Above That."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3276In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 328English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3276
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِإِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِلَى مَلإٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ . قَالُوا وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ . ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ بَيْنَهُمْ . فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَىْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ . ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلاَءِ فَقَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمْرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَؤُهُمْ أَوْ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ قَدْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُ عُمْرَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْهُ فِي عُمْرِهِ . قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتُ لَهُ . قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ عُمْرِي سِتِّينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ . قَالَ ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجَنَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطَ مِنْهَا فَكَانَ آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ . قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ قَدْ عَجِلْتَ قَدْ كُتِبَ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ . قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لاِبْنِكَ دَاوُدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَدَ فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ وَنَسِيَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ . قَالَ فَمِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ أُمِرَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالشُّهُودِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ رِوَايَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “When Allah Created Adam, He Breathed The Soul Into Him, Then He Sneezed And Said: ‘All Praise Is Due To Allah.’ So He Praised Allah By His Permission. Then His Lord Said To Him: ‘May Allah Have Mercy Upon You O Adam. Go To Those Angels – To That Gathering Of Them Sitting – So Say: 'As-Salamu Alaikum.' They Said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then He Returned To His Lord, He Said: ‘This Is Your Greeting And The Greeting Of Your Children Among Each Other.’ Then Allah Said To Him – While His Two Hands Were Closed – ‘Choose Which Of Them You Wish.’ He Said: ‘I Chose The Right My Lord And Both Of The Hands Of My Lord Are Right, Blessed.’ Then He Extended It, And There Was Adam And His Offspring In It.’ So He Said: ‘What Are These O My Lord?’ He Said: ‘These Are Your Offspring?’ Each One Of Them Had His Age Written Between His Eyes. But Among Them There Was A Man Who Was The Most Illuminating Of Them – Or Among The Most Illuminated Of Them. He Said: ‘O Lord! Who Is This?’ He Said: ‘This Is Your Son Dawud, I Wrote Forty Years For Him.’ He Said: ‘O Lord! Add To His Age.’ He Said: ‘That Is What I Have Written For Him.’ He Said: ‘O Lord! Give Him Sixty Of My Years.’ He Said: ‘So You Shall Have It.’” He Said: “Then, He Resided In Paradise As Long As Allah Willed, Then He Was Cast From It, So Adam Was Counting For Himself.” He Said: “So The Angel Of Death Came To Him, And Adam Said To Him: ‘You Are Hasty, One-Thousand Years Were Written For Me.’ He Said: ‘Of Course! But You Gave Sixty Years To Your Son Dawud.’ So He Rejected, And His Offspring Rejected, And He Forgot, And His Offspring Forgot.” He Said: “So Ever Since That Day, What Is Written And Witnessed Has Been Decreed.”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3368In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 420English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3368
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَسَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالشَّكِّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ {رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي}"
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "We have more right to be in doubt than Abraham when he said,'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.' He said, 'Do you not believe?' He said, 'Yes (I believe) but to be stronger in Faith.' "(2.260)
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4537In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 60USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 61
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى فَقَدْ كَذَبَ ".
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says that I am better than Jonah bin Matta, is a liar."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4604In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 126USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 128
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى ".
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nobody has the right to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4631In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 153USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 155
