40 Ahadith that begin with “If”

1. If the world in its entirety was in the hands of a man from my Ummah and he was then to say “AlHamdulillah”, the “AlHamdulillah” would be better than all of that. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 3, Page 253, Hadith 6406]

2. If the son of Adam was to run away from his provisions (Rizq) like he would run away from death, then his provisions would (still) reach him like death would reach him. [Bayhaqi, Shu'ab al-Iman, Vol. 2, Page 412, Hadith 1148]

3. If a woman from paradise was to descend (glance) upon the earth, she would fill the earth with the smell of musk and would take away (out shine) the light of the sun and the moon. [Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabeer, Vol. 6, Page 59, Hadith 5512]

4. If a man had Dirhams in his room which he would distribute and there was another man remembering Allah, then the one remembering Allah (al-Dhakir li-Allah) would be superior. [Tabarani, Mu'jam Awsat, Vol. 6, Page 116, Hadith 5969]

5. If there are two bondmen who love each other for the sake of Allah; one lives in the East and the other lives in the West, Allah will gather them together on the day of Judgement and will say “This is the one whom you loved.” [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 9, Page 4, Hadith 24646]

6. If you were to remain in the same state when you leave from me then you would greet the Angels on the street of Madinah. [Musnad Abi Ya'la, Vol. 6, Page 58, Hadith 3304]

7. If you sin to such an extent that your sins reach the skies and then you ask (sincere) forgiveness, Allah would forgive all of your sins. [Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Page 1419, Hadith 4248]

8. If beasts were to know about death like the children of Adam, you wouldn’t find any fleshy beast to eat. [Shu'ab al-Iman, Vol. 13, Page 137, Hadith 10073]

9. If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and would cry more. [Sahih Muslim, Vol. 4, Page 1832, Hadith 2359]

10. If you knew the calamities that would reach you after death, you wouldn’t eat food with delight, nor would you drink anything with delight, nor would you enter a house to find delights in its shade. You would go to high lands, beating your chests and crying upon yourselves. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 15, Page 640, Hadith 42525]

11. If hardship (‘Usr) came and entered this hole, then surely easiness (yusr) would come, enter the hole and it would take the hardship out. [Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn lil Haakim, Vol. 2, Page 280, Hadith 3010]

12. If this heart was humble, the limbs would also be humble (in prayer). [Musannaf Abd ar-Razzaq, Vol. 2, Page 266, Hadith 3309]

13. If you fear Allah the way He should rightfully be feared, you would attain knowledge with which there would be no ignorance. If you knew Allah the way He should be rightfully known, the mountains would move by your prayers. [Al-Jami' al-Saghir, Vol. 2, Page 237, Hadith 7448]

14. If someone was to supplicate using these words for anything between the east and the west anytime on Friday, his supplications would be answered; “La Ilaha Illa Anta, Ya Hannan, Ya Mannan, Ya Badi’as-Samawati Wal-Ard, Ya Dhal Jalali wal-Ikram.” [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 7, Page 764, Hadith 21306]

15. If it was destined, it would happen. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 1, Page 108, Hadith 502]

16. If it was to be said to the dwellers of Hell: ‘You will live in Hell equal to the number of pebbles on earth’ they would become happy. If it was to be said to the dwellers of paradise: ‘You will live in paradise equal to the number of pebbles on earth, they would feel sorrow. However they would remain there (Hell or paradise) for eternity. [Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabeer, Vol. 10, Page 179. Hadith 10384]

17. If modesty (Haya') was a man, it would be a pious man. [Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Awsat, Vol. 5, Page 76, Hadith 4719]

18. If patience (Sabr) was a man, it would be a generous man. [Hilyat al-Awliya, Vol. 8, Page 290, 12661]

19. If pride (‘Ujub) was a man, it would be an evil man. [Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Awsat, Vol. 1, Page 106, Hadith 331]

20. If there was to be a prophet after me, it would have been ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab (Radi Allahu Anhu). [Jaami' Tirmidhi, Vol. 6, Page 60, Hadith 3686]

21. If the son of Adam were given a valley full of wealth, he would love to have a second one; and if he were given the second one, he would love to have a third, for nothing fills the belly of Adam's son except dust. And Allah forgives he who repents to Him. [Musnad al-Bazzar, Vol. 13, Page 368, Hadith 7024]

22. If the one who passes in front of one who is praying knew what (sin) he incurs, he would realise that waiting for hundred years is better than passing in front of him (worshipper). [Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 1, Page 304, Hadith 946]

23. If the stomach is healthy, the veins return with health and if the stomach is ill, the veins return with disease. [Bayhaqi, Shu'ab al-Iman, Vol. 5, Page 66, Hadith 5796]

24. If Allah blesses even a single person with guidance by you, this is better for you than red camels. [Sahih Muslim, Page 1311, Hadith 2406]

25. If Allah blesses someone with (true) guidance by you, it is better than the kingship of the entire world for you. [Al-Jami’ al-Saghir, Page 444, Hadith 7219]

26. If anyone of you gets fever, sprinkle cold water on him in the morning for 3 days. [Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn lil Haakim, Vol. 4, Page 223, Hadith 7438]

27. If a fly falls into food, submerge it completely, (and then throw it away), as one of its wings has cure while the other has disease. When it falls into food, it first sets the wing of disease (into food), therefore, submerge it completely [so that the wing that contains cure removes the effect of the wing of disease]. [Sunan Abi Dawud, Vol. 3, Page 511, Hadith 3844]

28. If a high status is predestined for a person in the knowledge of Allah, but the person is unable to acquire that status by his deeds, so Allah makes that person suffer financial, physical or family difficulty. He then blesses that person with patience and makes him reach that high status which was predestined for him in the divine knowledge. [Sunan Abi Dawud, Page 123, Hadith 3090]

29. If anyone dies at the end of Ramadan he will enter Heaven; if anyone dies at the end of the day of Arafah (9th Dhul-Hijjah) he will enter Heaven too, if anyone dies whilst donating (in the path of Allah) he will also enter Heaven. [Hilyat al-Awliya, Vol. 5, Page 26, Hadith 6187]

30. If anyone dies in the state of fast, Allah will bless him with the reward of fasting until the Day of Judgement. [Daylami, Firdaus bi Ma' Saur al-Khattab, Vol. 3, Page 504, Hadith 5557]

31. If anyone lays a false blame on a Muslim, Allah will keep him in Radghat al-Khabal (the part of Hell where the blood and pus of Hell-dwellers accumulate) until he is relieved of (the harm of) what he said. [Sunan Abi Dawud, Vol. 3, Page 427, Hadith 3597]

32. If anyone spends (money) in the path of Allah every dirham he spends will be equivalent to seven hundred dirhams and every dinar will be equivalent to seven hundred dinars; and fasting is for Allah, no one except Him knows its reward. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 8, Page 211, Hadith 23616]

33. If anyone serves a person with Iftar in Ramadan with Halal earnings, the angels will send Durood upon him at every night of Ramadan, and Jibrail (Alayhis Salam) will shake his hands with such a person at Laylat al-Qadr. If Jibrail (Alayhis Salam) shakes hands with a person, his eyes will shed tears (due to the fear of Allah) and his heart will become soft. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 8, Page 215, Hadith 23653]

34. If anyone eats seven Ajwah dates in the morning (before eating anything else) he will remain safe from magic and poison that day. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 3, Page 540, Hadith 5445]

35. If anyone offers ‘Isha Salah with Jama’at, it is as if he has spent half night in Salah; and if he offers Fajr Salah with Jama’at it is as if he has spent the entire night in Salah. [Sahih Muslim, Page 329, Hadith 656]

36. If anyone removes something painful from the Masjid, Allah will make a house for him in the Heaven. [Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 1, Page 419, Hadith 757]

37. If you hear of plague in a land then do not go there. If plague should appear in a place where you are present, then do not leave that place in order to run away from it. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Page 28, Hadith 5728]

38. If you have no modesty (i.e. shame), then do as you wish. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, Page 470, Hadith 3484]

39. If a person is in the shade and the shade is drawn together, whereby he is partially in the shade and partially under the sun, then he should not sit there any longer. [Sunan Abi Dawud, Vol. 4, Page 345, Hadith 4821]

40. If a person recites the last two verses of Surah Baqarah at night, then it is sufficient for him. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 3, Page 21, Hadith 4008]