The Best of the Best - PART 2

50. “The best of you during the ‘Period of Ignorance’ are the best of you in Islam as long as they deeply understand the religion.” (Bukhari)

51. “The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.” (Darimi, Sahih)

52. “The best of companions according to Allah are those who are best to
their companion and the best of neighbours according to Allah are those
that are best to their neighbour.” (Tirmidhi, Sahih)

53. “The best of places are the Mosques and the worst of places are the markets.” (Tabarani, Hasan)

54. “The best supplication on the Day of ?Arafah and the best thing that I
and the Prophets before me ever said was, ‘La ilaha illallah wahdahu la
sharika lahu, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ?ala kulli shay’in
Qadir.’” (Tirmidhi, Hasan)

55. “The best of provision is that which suffices.” (Ahmad in ‘Zuhd’, Hasan)

56. “The best testimony is when one gives it before he is asked to do so.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

57. “The best of dowries are the easiest.” (Hakim, Sahih)

58. “The best of charity is that which still leaves you self-sufficient for
the upper hand is better than the lower hand; start with those you are
responsible for.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

59. “The best of gatherings are those that are most open.” (Abu Dawud, Sahih)

60. “The most beloved deed according to Allah is to have faith in Allah,
then to maintain the ties of kinship, and then to command to good and
forbid the wrong. The most abhorrent of deeds according to Allah is to
associate partners with Him, then to cut the ties of kinship.” (Abu
Ya’la, Hasan)

61. “The most beloved Jihad according to Allah is that a word of truth be spoken to a tyrant ruler.” (Tabarani, Hasan)

62. “The most beloved word according to me is that which is most truthful.” (Bukhari)

63. “The most beloved fast according to Allah is the fast of Dawud; he
would fast every alternate day. The most beloved prayer according to
Allah is the prayer of Dawud; he would sleep half the night, stand a
third and then sleep for a sixth.” (Agreed upon)

64. “The most beloved dish according to Allah is that which most hands feed from.” (Ibn Hibban, Hasan)

65. “The most beloved servant of Allah is he who is most beneficial to his dependents.” (Zawa’id al-Zuhd, Hasan)

66. “The best of earnings is that of the labourer as long as he tries his best.” (Ahmad, Hasan)

67. “The best of all deeds is to have faith in Allah alone, then Jihad and
then an accepted Hajj; they surpass all other deeds like the distance
between the rising and setting of the Sun.” (Ahmad, Sahih)

68. “The best of all deeds is the Prayer at its earliest time.” (Tirmidhi, Sahih)

69. “The best of all deeds is the Prayer in its right time, to treat the
Parents honourably and Jihad in the path of Allah.” (al-Khatib,Sahih)

70. “The best of all deeds is that you bring happiness to your Muslim
brother, pay off his debt or feed him bread.” (Ibn Adiyy, Hasan)

71. “The best of faith is patience and magnanimity.” (Ahmad, Sahih)

72. “The best of days according to Allah is Friday.” (Bayhaqi, Sahih)

73. “The best of Jihad is that man strives against his soul and desires.” (Daylami, Sahih)

74. “The best Hajj is that with the most raised voices and flowing blood.” (Tirmidhi, Hasan)

75. “The best of supplications is that of on the Day of ‘Arafah, and the
best thing that was said by myself and the Prophets before me was, “La
ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu.” (There is nothing worthy of
worship except Allah alone, He has no partners.) (Malik, Hasan)

76. “The best of dinars are: the dinar spent by a man upon his dependents,
the dinar spent by a man upon his horse in the path of Allah and the
dinar spent by a man upon his companions in the path of Allah, the
Mighty, the Magnificent.” (Muslim)

77. “The best word of remembrance is: La ilaha illallah and the best supplication is: Al-hamdu lillah.” (Tirmidhi, Hasan)

78. “The best word of remembrance is: La ilaha illallah and the best
(expression of giving) thanks is: Al-hamdu lillah.” (Baghawi, Hasan)

79. “The best of hours are those deep in the latter part of the night.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

80. “The best of all martyrs are those who fight in the front line; they do
not turn their faces away until they are killed. They will be rolling
around in the highest rooms of Paradise, their Lord laughing at them -
when your Lord laughs at a servant, there is no accounting for him.”
(Ahmad, Sahih)

81. “The best of all martyrs is he whose blood is shed and whose horse is slaughtered.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

82. “The best of all charity is the shade of a canopy (provided) in the
path of Allah, the Mighty and Magnificent, to gift ones servant in the
path of Allah and to gift ones she-camel in the path of Allah.” (Ahmad,
Hasan)

83. “The best of all charity is that which is given to the relative that harbours enmity against you.” (Ahmad, Sahih)

84. “The best of all charity is that you give it while you are
healthy and desirous (of that money), hoping to become wealthy but fearing poverty. Don’t delay until you are about to breathe your last and then you say, ‘This is for ‘so and so’ and this is for ‘so and so’’, for
indeed, it has already been written that ‘so and so’ would receive
that.” (Abu Dawud, Sahih)

85. “The best of all charity is when the one with little strives to give; start with those you are responsible for.” (Hakim, Sahih)

86. “The best charity is to provide water.” (Ibn Majah, Hasan)

87.“The best prayer after the obligatory ones is the prayer in the depth
of the night, and the best fast after the month of Ramadhan is the
month of Allah, Muharram.” (Muslim)

88. “The best prayer is the prayer of the man in his home except for the obligatory prayer.” (Nasa’i, Sahih)

89. “The best prayer is that with the longest standing.” (Muslim)

90. “The best of all prayers according to Allah is the Friday morning prayer in congregation.” (Ibn Nu‘aym, Sahih)

91. “The best fast is the fast of my brother Dawud; he would fast every
alternate day and he would never flee (the battlefront) when the armies
would meet.” (Tirmidhi, Sahih)

92. “The best of all fasts after Ramadhan is in the month that you call Muharram.” (Nasa’i, Sahih)

93. “The best of all worship is supplication.” (Hakim, Sahih)

94. “The best deed is the prayer in its right time and Jihad in the path of Allah.” (Bayhaqi, Sahih)

95. “The best of the Qur’an is: “Al-hamdu lillahi Rabb’l-‘Alamin”. (Hakim, Sahih)

96. “The best of earnings is a blessed sale and that which a man earns with his hands.” (Ahmad, Sahih)

97. “The best of the Believers is the most excellent of them in character.” (Ibn Majah, Sahih)

98. “The best of the Believers with respect to Islam is the one from whose
hand and tongue the Muslims are safe; and the best of the Believers
with respect to Iman are the most excellent of them in character; and
the best of those who migrate is he who migrates from that which Allah
the Most High has prohibited; and the best of Jihad is when one strives
against his soul for the sake of Allah, the Mighty,
the Magnificent.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

99. “The best of mankind is the believer between two honourable persons.” (Tabarani, Sahih)

100. “The best of all days in the world are the ten days (of Dhul Hijjah).” (Bazzar, Sahih)