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Repentance, gratitude, hope, patience and contentment · 13 hadiths

لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Wealth is not in having many possessions, but rather (true) wealth is feeling sufficiency in the soul."

Sahih Bukhari·6446
contentment

لاَ يَشْكُرُ اللَّهَ مَنْ لاَ يَشْكُرُ النَّاسَ

Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who does not thank the people is not thankful to Allah."

Abu Dawud·4811
gratitude

يَسِّرُوا وَلاَ تُعَسِّرُوا وَبَشِّرُوا وَلاَ تُنَفِّرُوا

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run away (from Islam)."

Sahih Bukhari·69
ease

كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Every son of Adam sins, and the best of the sinners are the repentant."

Tirmidhi·2499
repentance

يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Almighty says: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me. I am with him when he remembers Me. If he mentions Me within himself, I mention him within Myself. If he mentions Me in an assembly, I mention him in an assembly far better than his.'"

Sahih Bukhari·7405
hope

مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلاَّ أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Umm Salamah reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, "There is no Muslim stricken with a calamity who says what Allah has commanded — 'Verily to Allah we belong and to Him we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better' — except that Allah will replace it for him with something better."

Sahih Muslim·918
patience

وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "By Allah! I seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day."

Sahih Bukhari·6307
repentance

الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever."

Sahih Muslim·2956
dunya

نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There are two blessings which many people squander: good health and free time."

Sahih Bukhari·6412
gratitude

إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى

Narrated Anas ibn Malik (RA): The Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman who was weeping at a grave. He told her, 'Fear Allah and be patient.' She said, 'Go away from me, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine!' She did not recognise him. Then she was told it was the Prophet ﷺ, so she came to his house and said: 'I did not recognise you.' He ﷺ said, 'Verily, patience is at the first stroke of calamity.'

Sahih Bukhari·1283
patience

لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Narrated Abu Hurayrah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, 'Wealth is not in having many possessions. Rather, true wealth is the richness of the soul (contentment of the heart).'

Sahih Muslim·1051
contentment

إِنَّ عِظَمَ الْجَزَاءِ مَعَ عِظَمِ الْبَلَاءِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا ابْتَلَاهُمْ فَمَنْ رَضِيَ فَلَهُ الرِّضَا وَمَنْ سَخِطَ فَلَهُ السَّخَطُ

Narrated Anas ibn Malik (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, 'The greatness of the reward is commensurate with the greatness of the trial. When Allah loves a people He tests them. Whoever accepts it with patience will have contentment, and whoever reacts with resentment will have resentment.'

Sunan al-Tirmidhi·2396
patience

مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ مُعَافًى فِي جَسَدِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا

Narrated Salama ibn 'Ubaydullah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, 'Whoever among you wakes up secure in his dwelling, healthy in his body, and has food for that day — it is as though the entire world has been gathered for him.'

Sunan al-Tirmidhi·2346
contentment