Narrated Abu Dharr reported God's messenger as saying,
“There are three whom God loves and three whom God hates. Those whom God loves are:
a man who, when one came and begged from some people in God’s name, not because of any relationship between him and them, and was refused by them, withdrew from them and gave him something secretly, no one knowing of the gift but God and the one who gave it;
a man who travelled all night with people till sleep was more desirable to them than anything which could be compared with it, and when they laid down their heads got up and engaged in his devotions and recited verses of the Qur’an;
and a man who was in a detachment which met the enemy and was routed, yet went straight forward till he was killed or given victory.
The three whom God hates are an old man who commits fornication, a poor man who is proud, and a rich man who is oppressive.”
Tirmidhi and Nasa’i transmitted it but Nasa'i did not mention the three whom God hates.
Narrated ‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud attributed the following to the Prophet,
“There are three whom God loves:
a man who gets up at night and recites God’s book; a man who gives sadaqa with his right hand and concealing it (‘Abdallah thought he added ‘from his left hand’); and a man who is on an expedition and faces the enemy when his companions are routed.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it, but said that this is a tradition to which regard is not paid, one of its transmitters, Abu Bakr b. 'Ayyash, being guilty of many errors.
When God created the earth it began to oscillate, so He created the mountains, ordered them on to it, and it became steady. The angels marvelled at the strength of the mountains and asked their Lord whether there was anything in His creation stronger than the mountains, to which He replied that iron was stronger.
They asked if anything in His creation was stronger than iron, and He replied that fire was.
They asked if anything in His creation was stronger than fire and He replied that water was.
They asked if anything in His creation was stronger than water and He replied that wind was.
They asked if anything in His creation was stronger than wind and He replied,
“Yes, the son of Adam who gives sadaqa with his right hand concealing it from his left.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
Ibn 'Abbas said he heard God’s messenger say,
“Any Muslim who gives a Muslim a garment to wear will be in God’s safe keeping as long as a shred of it remains on him.”
