Theme
Hadith: Family
10 hadith on this theme. Drawn from classical collections (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidzi), with narrator, grading, and applied notes for Muslim parents.
مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمِ النَّاسَ لَا يَرْحَمْهُ اللَّهُ
He who does not show mercy to people will not be shown mercy by Allah
Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show him mercy.
مَنْ عَالَ ثَلَاثَ بَنَاتٍ فَأَدَّبَهُنَّ، وَزَوَّجَهُنَّ، وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ، فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
Raising daughters well opens paradise
Whoever cares for three daughters, educates them, marries them off, and treats them well, paradise is his.
كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ حَامِلٌ أُمَامَةَ، فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَهَا، وَإِذَا قَامَ حَمَلَهَا
The Prophet ﷺ prayed while carrying Umamah
He prayed while carrying his granddaughter Umamah. When he prostrated, he set her down; when he stood, he carried her again.
مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ، وَأَنْ يُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِي أَثَرِهِ، فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ
Maintaining kinship widens provision and lengthens life
Whoever wishes for his provision to be expanded and his life to be lengthened, let him maintain ties of kinship.
أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا
I and the one who cares for an orphan are like this in paradise
I and the one who cares for an orphan are like this in paradise — (he gestured with his index and middle fingers, slightly apart).
ثَلَاثُ دَعَوَاتٍ مُسْتَجَابَاتٌ لَا شَكَّ فِيهِنَّ: دَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْمُسَافِرِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ
A parent's dua for their child is a dua that is answered
Three duas are unmistakably answered: the dua of the oppressed, the dua of the traveler, and the dua of a parent for their child.
دِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَدِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي رَقَبَةٍ، وَدِينَارٌ تَصَدَّقْتَ بِهِ عَلَى مِسْكِينٍ، وَدِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ، أَعْظَمُهَا أَجْرًا الَّذِي أَنْفَقْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ
Spending on one's family is the greatest sadaqah
A dinar spent in Allah's cause, a dinar spent to free a slave, a dinar given to a poor person, and a dinar spent on your family — the greatest in reward is the one spent on your family.
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَنْ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِحُسْنِ صَحَابَتِي؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أُمُّكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: أَبُوكَ
Mother, mother, mother — then father
A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, who deserves my best companionship?' He said: 'Your mother.' The man asked: 'Then who?' He said: 'Your mother.' Then: 'Your mother.' Then: 'Your father.'
مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ
Jibril kept counseling me about the neighbor
Jibril kept counseling me about the neighbor until I thought he would make him an inheritor.
خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي
The best of you is the one best to his family
The best of you is the one who is best to his family, and I am the best of you to my family.